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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
62
TO
THROW
A
CARD.--This
sleight
also
belongs
rather
to
the
ornamental
than
to
the
practical
part
of
conjuring,
but
it
is
by
no
means
to
be
despised.
It
is
a
decided
addition
to
a
card
trick
for
the
performer
to
be
able
to
say,
“You
observe,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
that
the
cards
I
use
are
all
of
a
perfectly
ordinary
character,”
and
by
way
of
offering
them
for
examination,
to
send
half-a-dozen
in
succession
flying
into
the
remotest
corners
of
the
hall
or
theatre.
The
card
should
be
held
lightly
between
the
first
and
second
fingers,
in
the
position
shown
in
Fig.
27.
The
hand
should
be
curved
inward
toward
the
wrist,
and
then
straightened
with
a
sudden
jerk,
the
arm
being
at
the
same
time
shot
sharply
forward.
The
effect
of
this
movement
is
that
the
card,
as
it
leaves
the
hand,
revolves
in
the
plane
of
its
surface
in
the
direction
indicated
by
the
dotted
line,
and
during
the
rest
of
its
course
maintains
such
revolution.
This
spinning
motion
gives
the
flight
of
the
card
a
strength
and
directness
which
it
would
seem
impossible
to
impart
to
so
small
and
light
an
object.
A
skilled
performer
will
propel
cards
in
this
way
to
a
distance
of
sixty
or
eighty
feet,
each
card
travelling
with
the
precision,
and
well-nigh
the
speed,
of
an
arrow
shot
from
a
bow.
The
movement,
though
perfectly
simple
in
theory,
is
by
no
means
easy
to
acquire
in
practice.
Indeed,
we
know
no
sleight
which,
as
a
rule,
gives
more
trouble
at
the
outset;
but,
after
a
certain
amount
of
labour
with
little
or
no
result,
the
student
suddenly
acquires
the
desired
knack,
and
thenceforward
finds
no
difficulty
in
the
matter.
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