"RABBIT GAME."

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19066, 30 July 1927, Page 18

"RABBIT GAME."

SKILL OR CHANCE?

DECISION RESERVED.

(FUSS ASSQCUTIOX TK-MBiM.) WELLINGTON, July 29. "Is the rabbit game played at the Winter- Show a gam© of skill <w chance?" is a question on which the Magistrate (Mr P.age) reserved his decision to-day, in several cases which were before him, . . The "rabbit game" u a device operated by electricity, lftere are twelve email tin imitation raw»»i each of which is attached to an endless chain, These move up a bfaraea slope in a groove, being' propelled by means of a rubber bafl which each competitor endeavours to jerk with a lever into a box. Twelve competitors took part in every game, paying oa each to enter. The prize, a hpsor chocolates, was worth about Is 9d. we rabbit game was played at last years Show and the Dunedm Exhibition and no complaint had then been made. Members of the executive committee of the Winter Show considered it a game of skill. . Deteotives said there was a noticeable difference in the levers, some being easier to operate than others, and the jumps made by the different rabbits were l>y no means equal. They had asked if one rabbit were winning all the time any adjustments could be made, and the reply was: Yes. It wouldn't do to have one rabbit winning all the time. We would get no business." The defence was that the sending of the ball into the trap properly was a I matter of skill and it was. possible to I regulate the length of the jump of the rabbit by the manner in which this was done.