Yank Hoe (born Ercole Castagnone c. 1864 – unknown) was an Italian magician known for performing the trick "Card through Cigarette" and inventing "Sympathetic Coins" also known as "Coins-n-Cards". Hoe began performing in London at the Trocadero in December 1885.[2]
Yank Hoe | |
|---|---|
| Born | Ercole Castagnone[1] c. 1864 Turin, Italy |
| Died | unknown |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Years active | 1885–1907 |
| Known for | Juggler Magician |
Biography edit
Hoe started as a juggler and magician. He began his professional magic career in 1883, when he became a manager of an unidentified Japanese juggling troupe.
In 1886, he worked with Nadine Osborne also known as Omene who was a London girl that acted as his assistant until 1892. She began a solo career in "exotic dancing" and later became a magician as well. After their split, Yank Hoe continued to perform mainly as a juggler, rather than magician.[3][4][5]
Hoe stage act employed mentalism, juggling and magic. John Northern Hilliard recorded some of Hoe's tricks in Thomas Nelson Downs' The Art of Magic.[6]
Hoe's trick "Sympathetic Coins" was published in The Art of Magic which later evolve into the modern variation known as Matrix, developed by Al Schneider in 1960.
References edit
- ^ Ye Olde Magic Mag, Vol. 5, n. 1, p. 26
- ^ New York Passengers List, Aug. 15 1889, "Spain". First arrival in the USA
- ^ Omene story and cigarette cards at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
- ^ Ye Olde Magic Mag, Vol. 2. n. 2 By Marco Pusterla
- ^ Yank Hoe Poster By Zurich University of the Arts
- ^ Thomas Nelson Downs (1921). The Art of Magic. Arthur P. Felsman.