Su ie, 2, No. 1

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DAI VERNON'S"TRIUMPH"

Photographic In/~'pre.'alion by GEORGE KARGEREdiled by GEORGE STARKE

DR. J ACOB D AL EY : " Fa"e .#ruflle.. hot'Ht Men my prime in'ere" [ormnny yean. Utile did I dream 'hal .0difficult a manipulalion ('ouldbe made .0 em y 10 mailer. In Ihit mamucript, Da; "'eraon-Ihe1treaU>" Ut:ing card experl - i. re/eruinl an amm;", l':O,d tricku'ilisin, Ih i, neID . im plijied m ethod lor lobe .hufflin, ~ith 011 it.in t r i,,, ing and inexhaustible po..ibililie.. Tr'41y ,hi, ia a IT rium ph'for the lo ver 0/ fine card con j" , in, ."

Oai Vernon divulgefl one or hi, moet utonillhinS dil!Heoverif"&' anexq u is ite eard m iracle entilled "Triumph." A revolulionary .Ieight ill in-volv..d wh ich will be covered by every magician. It ill an eeey-to-dc fal selIh uffle eq u ivalen t to a pull-through Ihullle, considered one of the mostdifficuh of all gam b lin g Ileighti. Very few m-ieianl are able to executea neat and deceptive pull-through beeeuse it requires year. of conAtantpractice and m oil of them have abandoned the effort in dilgU8t. Now, bym eans of Vai Ve rno n's false I!I h uflle you ean achieve the .ame rellull withvery linlt' pradiee .

You will li nd it the perfect falle shufHe for mainlainin l the order ofahe red. and hI 8('k . . F urthermore, lovers oC gamblinl Irick. will rejoicein this sleigh t beca use th'; order of tbe endre pack ean be kept inlact.

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EXPLANATION OF FALSE SHUFFLE

I. 1"0 ,u"ill'(I'" Ihf' Order oj thf' R"I, ami Blm'k , tT ht" I..Ct band eu t.. uff 1t"58 Illan hair vf the dftk from 111.. "til, aurl ('ommenring "lIh 'lie r ight lUIlk t> l,

!III' 1'8NIIi ar.. ri fflrd lup:t'lIu'r ( F iN. 2 ) . At the en d of III ,. . huRIt-, one ur more card. from III.. Idl IUlckei'1Hlli l ....mai u n il top. T ht' ,'ani, a re 110"- pushed in ..v..uly ( Fi~ . 3) umil only ab4ml nne h.1C 10 III ref' qua eteeeA a ll i1H'h o f th.. r i/ol ht . Ick r l prolrudf" (Fig. ..j-I.rolrudirig en d exaggrraled for d uily) .

The Ir (1 hand nnw , h irh 1)0,11 1011 ( FIJ'. 5 ), t"o m r.1df'I)' n185kink tbt" Ir(t em f uf the ded ;. The lip of the1t' (1 finl fill )lrr IlO" .....111 \'er)' a,ltlly un the t OiJ e81'1 I The rilCh~ hand 810wly pusbee the protr ud ing packettn lht! 1..(1, thus m d vlng . 11 the end, in hulh v.duel. III the It'C, rzrf!p t the 10'1 ca rtl or cardl oC lin' 1t11jililt:kt'l l\h it'll ~nl a l Jl I latl lJllary illId thul 1I'lIomall.'.U,. lin,. up flulh l\'Uh the rlKh l end 01 the d eck (.' ig, 6) ,Iii "'Iji, 7 11I f' h l, I!lUIlI h beton lillrlJUaely eemo ved Ih omer,to IhoW' th e ..d ual poalliuJi ul the ta rdl. Theliei ll re' IIhull r iU f>8 ",h .1 IU'I heen aCCUhl llll.hec! hy pltlhil18 the prtltrudlng pat:kei.

With li lt' 1,,11 IIand l liIl hellI In th e Iiolitilln . hown I" F ig , 6 , the rlMhl h llrul IU;W aumee a . im llar1IlII IIIon al lit.. ri,u:111 .'utl 01 lile lletk . SllIle )our IIIUIUh. 10 Ih.. uilier ('U,.lIto ti and li re lorward wi ll i 11,t'lh um lill IIl I lliol lilt' IlIwk hlugC'. til a IJOlllt btol weell tlie . el' l)lu l fillgt'rl or .... eh himel, a t the cppostte . lcIe 01lit' .1"I,k ( "' I~. R-I ..lt IJll('k..t e X\Ullied lur l'Itlrlly) . nee.lI.e 01 tite pressure exeeted Ly the thumhll, )'11 11"Ill find Ih ltl 1111' fil1~I'rli 01 each ulIld 1I0W Itolt! eeeh ,lack..t lepa rah ly and eee ueety.

\\ 'illl illt' 11 '(1 'HUHI rt'ntlllulll@: Ii la ll ll l1a rYI the rlghl hUlid IHlIl. the right J)8ckd 10 the right unlil the

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1"(1 ouu-r ('(It'Ilt'r ('lean the 1('(1 lJ('emul fiugee, p'un, the PQckr t .linMonaUy forwud (Fl . 9) find I~a\'~, It onII", 10"1f'. lI i m u la l i n~ a Jtf'l1llinc cu t, T he r igh t hand n ow hlke lJ 'he lefl pack 61 I n d plqct'l it un tOI) of th~tnhl .. r af' k rl. l'''nlplrlin p: ,Il l' ('ul

\11 Ilu" ("a n )! a re !lOW ill the nrilfinal o rder exeepa the r ani o r cam. whleh were allow,.,1 to tall fill topnl Ill.. "Ulnplf'lion of IIH' r ifil(' All1Imr, The dtepl aced ca rd .or caNis will no w he in th e m iddle of th fl peek ,1I" " f'\'I'r. til"" I l iII N'lI1nin in thf'ir url.hlol half anumR tll el r own col~r.

If ~'1I 11 filll i it diffif'lllt to grip tflt' e.rdl while tn rn ln jit Ihl. Ih ume. Osl Vernon re("u m nlt'lHls tl!81 youIlrll"liN' wilh Ihe ca rd 1't'(ljcct ing . Iigh tl,. ovee th e edge of the loble.

2, To Mn;n'nln 'lie Ortler 01 ,1,fIt Enlin Pack,To neeo mpl teh thi !!! it II neeeeeaey to do t fre 8hume twtee.( :111 ofT nholll half of Ihe dttk from the top with lI.e r igh l hand In81f'ad of IIle Ir f l , Co m mf" l1r hlp: th e

rim" ~ lll l m f' with th e r i/;:hl hanll, nltow on ly one card 10 fall on (01) frum the I",ft hal f. T hen l)rol'1'1',1 " ilhII,r

EFFECf AND PAlTER SUGGESTION FOR "TRIUMPH"~.Magiciana often beve to overcome a difficult Iltu.llon. The other day I ..ked. man to eeleer a ca rd an d

return it to the pack. A. I w...huminl the deek, be interrupted I 'How about lettlng me ahufHe the deck l'

" And 50 he deliberately turned half of the pack. face up and bd'ore I bad. chance to , top him heK lu ally rime-thuJBed it into the otber half which w (aee down . He then handed m e the deek wit h m alicioua gleam in hi. eye and uid : 'Let'. tee yo u get out of t!au .'

"The ca rd. ~ere in topey-turvy cond it ion. Some were face up, some face down and some back to back .It was a l'r ilitttl sil ua lion for m e. My co ur teous friend aimply sneered. He wu obvioualy en joying mypeedicemeut.

" I remarked l ' You've made it utterly impossible for m e but I'll accept yo u r challenge. You expect alIIiraf'le lu u l )'tlU I'Ih.1I have itl ' I s lap ped the deck, handed 1110 him and dt eeered him 10 ribbon-lipread it o nthe table, You sho uld have seen the exp reeston 011 hi. face when he found that cq,I,he card. hall righted them-.elve. ami weee now face down with the excep tio n of one eart.l which was (ace Up--lhe very card h e hadselected,"

INSTRUCfIONS FOR "TRIUMPH"A (rl.~ly selected ca nJ 18 brougllt to the top of the deck by any method. The right hnd undereu"

about half of the deck and turn, it face up, Spread both balve. on 'able to ebow clearly Ibat one haii I,I Ik"f': up. tli~ other h.1l (ace down. Square up both packel. and i-iJRe .bume them together, uaing the FalseShuffle a. prevlouely de8Cribed, being euee to leave ollly 'he 'op card of the lelt feee-dcw packet on top.Push the vis ible face-up half into the lelt half, the ieft index fitlger preventing' the selected card on top,"rom moving 10 the left. Pull the righi-hand portion dlagunally f~rwanJ and place it on the table. In placingthe other packet 011 top, hold a narrow break with the left thumb on the Inner aide or the deek, Immediatelyundercut h ille of the eerde of the packel below the break with tbe right band and place them on top, atillhulilillg ahe break with th e lefl thumb. (The.e u rd. wtll be lace up. ) Then remove the balance of tbe eerdeht!luw the IU'dk with the rlghl hand, pleee oh 101. and aquare up, leaving the deck ora the table.

Tu IIhisirale in the apeel_ten, tite 1I1urnrigtd c!ond h lun of the pidc, cu t anywhere among the uPI,erlIalr III1lI , Iun" u IIICe-up ca rd. Cui again i mo nl the 16wer half and ahow l ace-down eeed, On the nbt eut,I'IlIiea vur l u NU exacll)' " here the two h.l ves are b-.ek to back. Of you do,, 't hlt il al c nee, do not worryhet'a lu't!! It tj~Il'1 leue" the elFillel. uu wil l do ~ uri UUfl or two mote trial.. )

Wlu:n the right hand h c ui tltc~ deck at lite uback tu baek" eeede, turn up the right hand, shuw thei lu~c1 ll lor th e hack of the benom urd which yo ulueve cu t to, and Inflafer il eo yubr lell hand (Fig.10). (T ile fKe-tlown rep ear d of the plldtet .. nowhl':ld in It'ft hlilnd i. the eeleeted eard, the reel of thecurd$ betug Ieee up. ) T he rigl1l hand immediatelyI)i ckll "I) the IJOrlion remaining 011 the table andturns th em up 10 show that the eeleeted card is 1I0ton Ihe hollom. As yo u now replace the right handpadcel (are down un the tabl~ yo ur left hand turnapalm f/ou'" in placing ita paeket on lop of the tablellUckt't . T h ill eevereee Ihe left packet naturally andindc lecllth l", Ihull bringing the selected card to the-eu rer o ( the pack face up.

Ilirecl the 81~1.lnr to ribbon-spread the pack onh.. tahle thereby revealing that ,not ouly he aUhe cardll righted themselves, but ~hey are now f eeelo wn with the excep tio n of one card-Ihe selected~rd !

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