_Two of clubs._ Right. _Seven of diamonds._ Right. _Four of spades._ Failed. _Four of hearts._ Right. _King of hearts._ Right. _Two of diamonds._ Right. _Ace of hearts._ Right. _Nine of spades._ Right. _Five of diamonds._ Four of diamonds (wrong); then four of hearts, (wrong); then five of diamonds, which was right on the third trial. _Two of spades._ Right. _Eight of diamonds._ Wrong. _Ace of diamonds._ Wrong. _Three of hearts._ Right. _Four of clubs._ Wrong. _Ace of spades._ Wrong.
The following results were obtained with fictitious names:--
_William Stubbs._ Right. _Eliza Holmes._ Eliza H. _Isaac Harding._ Right. _Sophia Shaw._ Right. _Hester Willis._ Cassandra--then Hester Wilson. _John Jones._ Right. _Timothy Taylor._ Tom, then Timothy Taylor. _Esther Ogle._ Right. _Arthur Higgins._ Right. _Alfred Henderson._ Right. _Amy Frogmore._ Amy Freemore, then Amy Frogmore. _Albert Snelgrove._ Albert Singrore, then Albert Grover.
On another occasion the following result was obtained with cards, Mary, the eldest daughter, being the percipient: In thirty-one successive trials the first only was an entire failure, six of spades being given in answer for the eight of spades. Of the remaining thirty consecutive trials, in seventeen the card was correctly named on the first attempt, nine on the second, and four on the third.
It should here be observed, that according to the calculus of probabilities, the chances that an ordinary guesser would be correct in his guess on the first trial is, in cards, of course, one in fifty-one, but in these trials, numbering 382 in all, and extending over six days, the average was one in three, and second and third guesses being allowed the successes were more than one in two, almost two in three.
The chances against guessing the card correctly five times in succession are more than 1,000,000 to 1, and against this happening eight times in succession are more than 142,000,000 to 1, yet the former happened several times and the latter twice--once with cards and once with fictitious names, the chances against success in the latter case being almost incalculable.
The following experiments were also made among many others, Miss Maud Creery being the percipient:--