SOCIETY GAME.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 10 November 1924, Page 2

SOCIETY GAME.

AS NEW TERROR, How participation in tlie new society game of “chasing clues’’ brought Baron Ahngton’s sister, the Hon. Lois Sturt', . Fortman Square, W., into conflict with tlie law iyas told at Marylebone fiourt, London, the other day. For driving at a dangerous speed Miss Sturt was fined £3, and her license was suspended for three months; and for not stopping when ordered to do so another £3 . fine was imposed, blie was also ordered to pay £3 3s costs. Mr Hay Halkett said it was a. most outrageous performance, and if people played a game of that sort in London they must not be surprised if the streets were unsafe. The game, said Mr Musketf, was organised by the “Society' of Bright Young People.” "v- f*°P e ff v r ill soon cease, otherwise unofteujive users of the sereet will have another terror to face,” he said In passing through Regent’s Park, said Mr Miiskett, the speed of the car was 51 miles an hour. When seen later, Miss Sturt said: It is ridiculous. I didn’t know there were any speed limits.” In court Miss Sturt said her speed was between 40 and 45 miles an hour. When she savy the officer’s signal she began to pull up, bpt was told by her friend that the constable did not jvant them, and so> droye on. The gam© referred to in court is conducted on paperchase lines, except that the players follow a trail of cryptic clues. Thus, being told at the starting point that next clue will be found at “a sharp point beside the Thames,” the astute competitor motors to Cleopatra’s Needle. There lie o.r she finds a servant waiting with another “clue” even more obscure, and tfie chain of fen or a dozen clues leads round the West End to a spot where the prize—monev pooled by the competitors beforehand-—awaits the first-comer.