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The idea of arranging the red and black cards jogged from opposite ends of the deck, so that the pack may be shown all red by riffling one end, and all black by riffling the other, was described by F. W. Conradi in "Rouge et Noir" in //Der Moderne Kartenküstler//, | The idea of arranging the red and black cards jogged from opposite ends of the deck, so that the pack may be shown all red by riffling one end, and all black by riffling the other, was described by F. W. Conradi in "Rouge et Noir" in //Der Moderne Kartenküstler//, | ||
- | It would not be surprising to discover that the idea of alternately jogged red and black cards, and of special decks made up of pairs of long and short cards, are older than the published sources above, given the age of the Blow Book, which uses the principle | + | The idea of trimming |
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