pages: unmaskingrobert00houdgoog.pdf, 172
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unmaskingrobert00houdgoog.pdf | 172 | THE OBEDIENT CARDS royalty, Anderson had another bill printed, showing Eagle playing before the King at the Ascot race-track, and an assistant passing the hat in mountebank fashion. In revenge, Eagle had a book published, in which he exposed Anderson's best drawing trick, The Gun Delusion, in which the magician allowed any one from the audience "BARNEY" ALIAS THE IMPOSTOR WIZARD OSTAINING ROYAL PATRONAGE on ASCOT HEATH RACE COURSE. Window poster issued by Anderson to belittle his imitator "Barney" Eagle and show how the latter secured royal patronage. From the Harry Houdini Collection. to shoot a gun at him using marked bullets. These bullets were caught in his mouth or on the point of a knife. This trick became as common as the obedient- card trick. In the face of such overwhelming evidence, Robert- Houdin's claim to having invented the obedient-card [x55] |