Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-09-05

10 VIM. The gaf here is in the hoops.
arn handed to the player 70 throw
are exactly large enough to fit closely
around the block, and It is almost i'm
possible to toss one so it will fall over
a block. The faker has larger hoops
IN his hand, which he gives to the
capper when he throws to win.
Every fair ground this fail VIII have
us cane and knife racks at which
rlngs are tossed, the player winning
any cane or knife he throws a ring
around. The faker will show you that
the rings are large enough to go down
over the canes and knives, but the
trlck IS that all the valuable canes
ana knives, which make such a brave
snow on the racks, have heads or
handles so large that rings will barely
go down over them, and they are set
SO, with a slight slant, that rings hit
tng them always bounce off. The
only n and knives that can be
,,rlhged' are worthless things, bought
by the faker at a few cents apiece.
Wooden pins, at which rings are
tossed for prizes, are set on springs
ahd the pin bends when it is hit and
The ring slips off.
Trick Bottomed Buckets
Every fair this fall will have several
nooths with buckets at which balls are
tnrown. The player losses three balls;
II they stay in the bucket he wins;
If one bounces out, he loses. The
buckets are SO close to the player that
he can almost lean over and drop the
pals III, and when he tries it lust for
lun, 1t is easy to make all the balls
stay IN; but when he pays and losses
lor a prize, the balls always bounce
out.
This, one of the most popular of fair
ground games, because of its seeming
simplicity and fairness, is known to
takers as the "buckaloo." It is a very
bic game to the faker, because
Eyer never wins unless the oper-
ants him to, and no prizes are
ven out, except to Gamers of the
Costly and attractive prizes are
Up, such as blankets woven in
colors, rugs, SilverWare, clocks,
on The player thinks he has
ice to win n of those $40 or
ICES for S or 10 cents, and there
ly always a crowd around the
10 Joint.
a faker will often go through
season of fairs and finish with
ne set of prizes he started out
ic ulu IOJ give a prize away
bout the whole season.
to get back to the buckaloo
the 'gimmick" is in the bottom
buckets. If you will notice this
when you go to a fair this fall,
i'll see that the buckets are gen.
o4a..s set deeply into a cloth. That
is TO conceal the mechanism that works
the bottoms. The bucket has a false
bottom. Sometimes it is of leather.
painted to resemble wood. Slacken the
leather a little and the ball, dropping
in on it, will not bounce out. Make
the leather taut, like a drum head, and
the ball, merely touching it, will bounce
out of the bucket every time. The faker
slackens or tightens the bottom by
touching a lever that operates the GIN
mick.
Or, the bucket has a very thin wood
en- bottom. from which a ball will
bounce quickly. Beneath this is an
other false bottom made of a block
of solid wood. When this block is
pushed up tightly against the thin bot
tom the balls are not inclined to bounce
from it. The faker can move the false
bottom up and down by touching a
lever with his toe.
Nearly every game Of chance and