[r-t] Nelson's Victory

[Andrew Johnson]

Nelson's Victory Minor is:

X36X16X12X16X34X16-16

which is irregular, giving lead head 146532

Some straightforward extensions would seem to be:

X36X1X12X1X34X1X56X18-18
X36X1X12X1X34X1X34X18-18
X38X1X12X1X34X1X56X18-18
X38X1X12X1X34X1X34X18-18
X38X1X12X1X12X1X34X18-18

X38X1X1258X1X34X1X56X1-18

all also irregular.

The notations starting X36X have the advantage of bringing up Queen's in 
the plain course.
I prefer 
X36X1X12X1X34X1X56X18-18
as the tenor just dodges behind with the 6 & 7, giving 8 678s in the plain 
course.

The Central Council decisions on extension are here:
http://www.methods.org.uk/ccdecs.htm#decG

I think this extension fall foul of the rule that external places remain 
external.

Perhaps
X38X1X12X1X12X1X34X18-18
is the closest extension, the rule being Nelson's Victory TB is Oxford TB 
with the 34 place when the treble is in 12 replaced by 3n and the 12 place 
nearest the half lead being replaced by 34.

or this
X38X1X1258X1X34X1X56X1-18
which has the rule: make adjacent places below the treble when the treble 
dodges and separated places (i.e. plain hunt) above, except when the 
treble is in the penultimate section (to avoid adjacent places behind 
without the treble).
That seems quite an elegant rule, and the plain course contains back 
rounds (at handstroke, just before the half-way point).


Andrew Johnson
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