The Card Caught on the Plate

The artist requests a gentleman to select from the pack any card he may desire and then to mark it so that he will be sure to recognize it, The same spectator is then handed the pack and requested to replace his card and shuffle the cards.

The performer next introduces an ordinary china plate which he freely shows from both sides, proving it to be unprepared. He now takes the plate in one hand and throws the pack in the air with the other.

As the cards descend in a shower, he makes a lunge among them with the plate, upon which he catches the chosen card which is given to the spectator, who identifies it by his mark.