<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_msg"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_msg">On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 3:28 PM <<a href="mailto:pje24@cantab.net" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">pje24@cantab.net</a>> wrote:<br class="gmail_msg"></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote gmail_msg" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr" class="gmail_msg">Richard:</p><p dir="ltr" class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg">
> Do you allow methods whose plain courses are shorter than <br class="gmail_msg">
> five leads long?</p><p dir="ltr" class="gmail_msg"></p>
<p dir="ltr" class="gmail_msg">I'm keen to see answers both for extents just using the standard 147 td methods, as well as examples with more freestyle method choice...</p></blockquote></div></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg">By exhaustive search, the answer on the standard 147 appears to be 8. One example (the bell doing the pivot work each lead is marked in parentheses): </div><div class="gmail_msg"><br></div><div class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace"> 123456 (2) Oxford TB</font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace">- 142356 (2) Evening Star D</font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace"> 156234 (2) College Exercise TB</font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace">- 134256 (2) College Exercise TB</font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace"> 162534 (2) Coventry D</font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace"> 123645 (2) Kent TB</font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace">s 126534 (2) Kent TB</font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace">s 125463 (2) Kent TB</font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace">- 142563 (4) Kent TB</font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace"> 154326 (5) Oxford TB</font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace">- 135426 (4) College Exercise TB</font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace"> 164235 (4) Evening Star D</font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace">- 143526 (4) Oxford TB</font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace">s 145632 (4) Kent TB</font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace">s 146253 (6) Evening Star D</font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace"> 153624 (6) College Exercise TB</font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace">- 124653 (2) Oxford TB</font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace"> 162345 (6) Kent TB</font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace">s 163524 (6) Kent TB</font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace"> 156432 (5) Kent TB</font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace">s 154263 (5) Kent TB</font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace"> 125346 (2) Oxford TB</font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace"> 132654 (3) Kent TB</font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace"> 163425 (6) Oxford TB</font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace">- 146325 (3) College Exercise TB</font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace"> 153246 (3) Evening Star D</font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace">- 134625 (3) Oxford TB</font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace">s 136542 (3) Kent TB</font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace">s 135264 (5) Evening Star D</font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace"> 164523 (5) London Scholars' Pleasure TB</font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace"> 123456</font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-family:monospace"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-family:monospace">s = 1236</span><br></div><div class="gmail_msg"><br></div><div class="gmail_msg">Sticking to only bobs and 1234 singles, the maximum is 6. One example:</div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace"> 123456 (6) Chester S </font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace"> 135264 (6) Wooler S </font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace"> 142635 (6) Morpeth S </font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace">- 135642 (6) Morpeth S </font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace"> 142563 (6) Wooler S </font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace">- 135426 (6) Chester S </font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace"> 152364 (3) Morpeth S </font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace">- 164352 (3) Morpeth S </font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace"> 152436 (4) Morpeth S </font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace"> 136245 (2) Morpeth S </font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace">- 145236 (6) Chester S </font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace">- 145362 (3) Newcastle S </font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace"> 123645 (6) Newcastle S </font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace">- 145623 (6) Morpeth S </font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace"> 123564 (5) Morpeth S </font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace">- 164523 (3) Chester S </font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace">- 164235 (3) Wooler S </font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace">- 152643 (4) Wooler S </font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace">- 136524 (4) Chester S </font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace"> 162345 (5) Chester S </font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace">- 162453 (5) Wooler S </font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace"> 134562 (5) Morpeth S </font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace">- 162534 (5) Morpeth S </font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace"> 134256 (2) Newcastle S </font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace">- 156234 (2) Newcastle S </font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace"> 142356 (6) Chester S </font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace"> 125463 (4) Newcastle S </font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace"> 134625 (2) Wooler S </font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace">- 156342 (2) Chester S </font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace">- 156423 (4) Morpeth S </font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font face="monospace">- 123456</font></div><div><br></div><div> - John</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>