A Medley of Puzzles 



By Sam Loyd 



We asked the puzzle man to prepare for our readers a variety of his 

 popular problems — niechanical. mathematical and otherzvise. 



Here zve have his first offering. 

 ' Let us put on our thinking caps and see zvho can unraz'cl his interesting 

 posers. — Editor. 





The problem of the presidential dark horse 



The Presidential Puzzle 



A political prophet says that only six 

 of the presidential possibilities are to be 

 considered in *'the running," and that, 

 eventually a "dark horse" will come in 

 the winner. 



In the illustration we see his idea pre- 

 sented in checker-board puzzle form, 

 with the six likely 

 candidates deployed 

 for the contest and 

 the " dark horse" 

 standing on square 

 No. 15. The puzzle 

 is to show how the 

 candidate F may, in 

 a series of jumps, 

 make his way to the 

 \V hite House on 

 Square 5, his oppo- 

 nents being eliminated 

 in the process. Here 

 are the conditions : 



Prizes for the Clever Ones 



If you can solve one or more of the 

 problems write out your answers and 

 send by post not later than March 

 tenth to SAM LOYD, care of the 

 Popular Science Monthly, 239 Fourth 

 Ave., New York City. 



To each of the ten persons who send 

 the best answers to the puzzles will be 

 awarded a copy of Sam Loyd's Cyclo- 

 pedia of 5000 Puzzles, Games, Tricks 

 and Conundrums," published at Five 

 dollars. 



A7tswers and prize awards will appear 

 in Mav issue 



F*uzzling Kugelspiel (see page 431) 



Jump the men in any order you wish, 

 a jump meaning that a candidate hops 

 over another on an adjoining square to 

 the square beyond. 



A candidate hopped over is at once 

 removed from the field. 



The jumps may be diagonal or other- 

 wise. That part does not matter. 



Start with anyone 

 you like and continue 

 the jumps until the 

 survivor F in the 

 final jump lands on 

 Square 5, the presi- 

 dent's future home. 

 The candidates and 

 squares are numbered 

 and lettered to facili- 

 tate a description of 

 the jumps. 



Now see if you can 

 clear up the political 

 situation. 



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