Hand coloured race game, Steeple-Chase, published in France in about 1860

Design: hand coloured lithograph mounted on card; double fold; embossed red paper on back with a dimond and spsot design
No. of squares: 100
Squares illustrated: some
Square numbering: all
Squares titled: none
Subject of starting square: horses gathering
Subject of ending square: none

The game has five fences with a fallen horse and rider at the second. The centre illustration and the corners depict the thrills and spills associated with the race.

It is played anticlockwise.

CGG-Games and Puzzles, 1991

Rewards: forward movement, extra turns
Forfeits: missed turns, return to start
No. of Players: any
Equipment required: markers, possibly in the shape of horses
dice

Rules:
Double folded board showing an oval playing surface marked with 100 numbered slots. Slots 25, 55 and 75 show green `fences' with 35 showing a fallen horse and rider at the fence and 92 is a water jump. The slsots are bound on each side with a band containing the numbers. In the centre is an illustration showing the race goers, the grandstand, coaches, horses and pedestrians (both men and women). In each of the corners is a scene from a horse race and in the space between the start and the finish the scene of gathering the horses ready for the race with the starter and his flag.

Rules placement: none

Watilliaux, editeur Paris (appears below the start scene); lith. Watilliaux (poss. Freres) Faubs St Paris (lower right corner)

Sporting activities have inspired many games, most of which follow the designs of older games. Horse racing, and in particular steeplechasing, gave rise to a new design of playing board. This is often folded in three rather than two. The playing surface is long and oval-shaped, and the playing spaces are narrow and angled. The basic rules of race games are still used, however, with turns missed and players moving backwards and forwards as directed. This particular game is played anticlockwise.

MISC.111-1989