PILLSBURYS MARVELLOUS MEMORY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11686, 22 June 1901, Page 5 (Supplement)

PILLSBUR YS MARVELLOUS MEMORY.

On'k hundred and fifty persons gathered recently in the parlours of the Athletic Club thought that, the exhibition given by 11. N. I'illsbury, when he played twelve chess and six checker games, was marvellous, but they would have opened their eyes still wider had they seen him in his room at the' Kimball House write out the scores for all twelve games without referring to any memorandum—in fact, he had nothing to which he could refer To play twelve games is I comparatively simple when it comes to rej meinbering about one thousand moves made | the night before, both by himself and his ! twelve opponents. Besides the games of | chess and checkers, Pillsbury gave several 1 exhibitions in memory that opened the eves ]of the crowd. One of them was to pass 1 live cards out into the audience and have ' six names written on each card. These I names were, then called oh", and afterwards ! he told what name was opposite any number | asked for or what number was opposite any i name. Several fake names were introduced i by the audience, but he immediately dei tected the trick.—Atlanta Journal.