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More Card Manipulations

JEAN HUGARD

More Card Manipulations Series No. 1. by

JEAN HUGARD

ILLUSTRATIONS BY NELSON HAHNE

PUBLISHED BY

MAX HOLDEN NEW YORK AND BOSTON

MORE CARD MANIPULATIONS No. 1.

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TRICKS. The Three Musketeers and D'Artagnan Page The Sheep and the Goats " Snap—A Quick Trick " Crime Club Detection— Dr. H. Walter Grote " Infallible Prediction — Audley V. Walsh and Hal Haber " The Continuous Spelling Trick—Jack McMillen " The Burglars—Orville W. Meyer ..." " The Magic Thrust— Orville W. Meyer " The Two Jokers—P. W. Miller " The Ladies' Lookingglass—A New Version " The Conus Aces—A New Version "

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PART II. FLOURISHES. Visible Colcr Change Roll Down Color Change Color Change With Fingers Wide Apart

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PART III. The Riffle Pass. I The Riffle Pass. II.—P. W. Miller The-Herrmann Pass The Spring Force New Light on the Glide New Finger Clip Palm Fan Production From Finger Clip Palm New Throw Change for a Packet of Cards Replacing a Palmed Card on Top of Deck—Braue The Changes: I. The Top Change II. The Bottom Change The Delayed Location—Frederick Braue I. On the Table.'

II. The Spring. a. Onto the Table, b. Into the Hand.

Card Cnotrol.

I. Jog and One Hand Fan II. Fan Control b. Riffle Control

The success which has been attained by "Card Manipulations, Numbers I to V." has induced the author and publisher to venture on the production of a second series. The same policy will be continued, viz: the publication of new tricks and improvements on old ones, new and improved sleights and flourishes with unprepared cards only and without apparatus, with the closest attention to the simplest and most practical methods of working. As in the first series there will be no "pipe dreams" and no impractical sleights.

I have to render my most cordial thanks to Mr. Frederick Braue, of Almeda, California; Mr. P. W. Miller, of Susanville, California; Mr. Orville W. Meyer, of Denver, Colorado; and Mr. Jack McMillen, of California, for tricks and sleights they have contributed and for the friendly spirit of cooperation they have shown at all times.

I will be glad to correspond with any lovers of the art of card manipulation with regard to new ideas for tricks or sleights whether they are for inclusion in this series or not, and any assistance I may be able to give will be rendered most willingly.

New York.

June 21st, 1938.

Copyright July 1935 by

MAX HOLDEN 22O W. 42nd St., New York City

MORE CARD MANIPULATIONS

PART I. TRICKS THE THREE MUSKETEERS AND D'ARTAGNAN

EFFECT— The four Jacks, referred to as the Three Musketeers and D'Artagnan, are widely separated in the deck, even by the spectators themselves yet they come together in one packet selected by the audience.

WORKING— 1. From any pack, borrowed for preference, throw out the four Jacks face upwards on the table. Introduce them as the Three Musketeers and D'Artagnan: The Jack of Spades being Athos, the dark, silent leader of the gang; Porthos, the burly ruffian, as ready with a bottle or a club as with a sword, is the Jack of Clubs; Aramias, the dapper ladies' man is the Jack of Hearts; and lastly, the Jack of Diamonds represents D'Artagnan, the canny Breton, with a shrewd eye for the cash or diamonds.

Explain that these four are setting off on a vacation, each going his own way but with a pledge to meet at a rendezvous when ordered to do so by the leader, Athos.

2. While making this introduction, separate three cards at the top of the pack secretly. Take them off with a casual riffle and put them face down on the table without any reference to the number.

Pick up Aramis, the Jack of Hearts, saying he is the first to leave, and put the card face down on the three cards.

3. Secretly separate three more cards at the top of the deck as before, riffle them off and drop them on Aramis, saying nothing about the actual number. Take up Athos, the Jack of Spades, as the next of the Musketeers to leave, and put it face down on top of the pile.

4. Now invite a spectator to cut off a number of cards, say ten or twelve, from the remainder of the deck, and place them on the pile.

Then have him pick up either of the remaining Jacks, Porthos or D'Artagnan, and put that card face down on the top of the packet.

5. While this is being done, quietly get three more cards ready at the top of the deck in your left hand, riffle them off and drop them on the pile. Finally let a spectator place the last Jack on the pile also face down. Leave this packet for the moment.