The sun., 1909-02-21
THREE FAMOUS .OWINDLES
CARD TRICKS on winch MUCH
.HO\ED ms BEEN LOST.

~ The PIvr Aces Considered Had
.~-yEorss- -AaNa9ays-Bnck Jack and
t,,,-sAceMoet ingenious ot Gard Swlndles
Cotfienco tricks are divided into
three classes. 'fhrso which .are known
hut which tlc player thinks he can beat
ike the strap game. thimblerigging and
threo card munfe hose which arc known
but which tho victim does not recognize
ike the badger game and Peter Funks;
those which are not known and which
look as # ths real victim was the man
dong the trick ..,
These last IRE works Of art, and there
are three of tj,nm which atte particularly
deadly Larger sums Of money have
probably been wdl andriost on these
three tricks Than on any 'rhrr confidence
games IN the world. -;
The simplex and the Oldest is called
the high EanS ltS .rnusty Famous VIC
tim is said to. have been the Duke of
Cumberland. who lost So Hn.
The deolor, sitting on the victims
right. rings in a cold deck during a rubber
at whist The leader finds himself with
four tru,npE tp the king Jack and all
the aces and hugs ip the pack besides
hat he loses . grand slam" Tho writer
has always iseu HChnad ~ doubt this
yarn, because II is never Satfd ana is
not clear wh'u the Duke '"t upon nor
now the bet was worked mp
The modern version OF tts hlGh hahn'
NJ adapted to tho game OF bridge Is y"
Gfvo the leadeG tho slA hlShrst hearts'
the four hgheE spades ana the threc
highest clubs. hut no dlamonaS' or else
Is Q of spades, \ ~ CLUBS ana >
OF diamonds.
The declaration - - heArt' douhIed oi
course. and r'douh'rd nntl' the cows come
home. In TINS there Is no pe'uhg' .he
gain being SIMPLY on the increased value
oi the rubber o mater now INC ieauer
plays ne loseS the "ou 'rloh pccsHse 'he
dealer has seven truhlpS aiu al the Qua
monds' " the leader mas a oil dla-
monds dummy has a "
Both tnes" handH are lSo years oiu ana
Afe gpon IN hovie as examples ol trump
management ana torclis'
Nelther OF lneSo ineinVets ol 'ho hleh
hard family Is aNaIlanie 10 the ordinary
gambler and Ms STOCK IN trade Is usually
introduced as a pleasing 'arlathon 10 the
eame'oi seven up III Is not the riouey-
maker u was some years ago peiore
auction ptch became me vogue ou. IL
Is suil a, kMer Tor those VINO fancy they
can pfay olu Sfe"ee.
his ingenious slNIidle Is JUST ~ llhely
TO catch the sharpe.s caro- payer rs the
Veiiest duifer much depending on the
way II - worked up IL consists III having
Two packs of cards the backs OF which
are exactly alike, one of which is in play
and the other in the shaperer's pocket
"i''A D4' D'"o, 80
H Iansou toi un' Nl''.Ie' a., ..,,,-
By knocking something oil the taole
as IL by accident or by having coniede-
ratp attract the victims attention for a
r,,,,is,f tho cold dack ia s,,hstit,,ted for
~ 80 in ,,lou Exnsrts bavs was,sd
tho oho !" pay hApoiOe now "',o'o" ',
naiiV hours Trying To arrange 1his little
game so that IL could be worked on the
victims own deal, hut so far they have
:, I. 100000 T1Kis 10 ,bo onI,, hlo,nisb
"o', snee ~ -,
on an otnel"he PERFECT uich'
1t Is usual to wait until a game IN winch
the victim wants four TO go and the y
sharr,ar wants one ONLY. The dealer
,,trr,sN -, ,Ls tow ,os n snit saw snades
Vu'uS UP 'no ipSi y, So ~
and the victim hnds III ms hahd the
A h, j 10 90 OF trumps.
Before looAing at his own hand the
d,,ale,.- risss from the table and goes hunt
.'orrr- s...I, Io,,,,h;,,,I, r,r,o rl,i,,
ing +oE d atHe,I'' 10 'l Nnis
that ne VIII pe 'ieio l" d NO '''H wa
that game in q walk.
This OF course brings an immediate
,,.Dansi,ioo, from, TN, victim N he, that
y - Mpt,1ot, a, ,,.i,, tt;, ,a,oo ,rhioh
the oeaieI "hi lac Ie' WI. 'i''1 son l.ien
looks Ike a cloGn' a5 tile payer mas tne
four points hieh' low JACK, game, rlsht
IN his hngers, af-d th9se Ionr points put
him out right then aIo thTe:
Somehow or othet the clBar VIII not
light, and during the progress OIL wasting
matches tue bet u made ana Is as large
as tine victim cares 10 make H..
Upon res uling his seat inc dealer re-
marks carelessly. after looking at his
cards: i suppose you are going TO beg.
as want only one 10 go" This is OF
coursea a blum The cards that the dealer
holds are SIX trumps 10 the queen. ana
il these two hands are laid out 1t Will be
found that no matter how we'll the leader
manages shis cards he must lose either
jack or game simply because he has the
lead and cannot get rid of it more than
everything but the deuce of trumps.
Another and perhaps more useful
swindle, which was much more common
fifty years ago than it is now. is called
the five aces. The great objection 70 il
from the swndlers : point Of view is that
the moment the trick is played the victim
knows that he has been swindled, which
!, considered bad form in modern CONT