A New or Improved Game.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Nov., 1898-Accepted, 14th Jan., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Game.
I, CHARLES ERNEST GRIFFITHS, Photographer, Stationer and Picture Frame
Maker, of 51, Alcester Street, Redditch, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:―
This invention relates to a new or improved game which is similar in principle
to the old sport of tilting at the ring. According to my invention I provide a
structure in the shape of an archway made of wood, cardboard, metal or other suit-
able material, and from the centre of this archway I suspend a metal or other ring
by means of a hooked piece of wire connected to the arch at its centre, the hook
being formed at right-angles with the wire but with a slight inclination down-
wards to permit of the ring being easily disconnected therefrom.
I also provide a figure which may be in the form of a soldier upon a horse and
is made of metal, wood, or cardboard.
This figure is mounted upon a stand provided with four or more easily running
wheels and is fitted with a long spear or lance, which may be formed of a piece
of pointed steel or other wire. This spear or lance is held by the figure in an
upwardly slanting direction with the point on a level with the centre of the ring
when the figure attains a position level with the road-way of the arch.
The object of the game is to remove or transfer the ring from the hook on to
the said lance, for which purpose impetus may be given to the figure to cause it
to travel towards and through the arch, so as to transfix the ring by the lance,
during its passage therethrough, the said impetus being obtained by means of
an inclined board placed about twelve or eighteen inches away from and in front
of the arch.
And in order that the invention may be clearly understood reference is made to
the accompanying drawing in which a is the archway or structure which is repre-
sented as trees forming the arch. b is the wire connected to the centre of the arch
and formed with the hook b¹ which inclines slightly downwards towards the back
of the arch, and 62 is the ring. c is the figure representing a soldier on a horse,
mounted on the stand d provided with the wheels d¹, and e is the spear, or lance
carried by the soldier. f is the inclined board which may be provided with a
level portion f which is placed against and in front of the arch. Several rings
may be provided. The figure c is placed at the top of the incline f and released,
when it runs on the level portion f¹ and through the arch transfixing the ring 3
and removing it from the hook on to the lance e, should it be set straight before
starting. Scoring in the game may be arranged as follows:-
If the ring is taken off by the lance the player scores fifty and may have another
turn. Should the ring be knocked off on to the table the player scores twenty,
and should the figure pass through the arch without touching the ring only five
is scored. The player who first raises his score to five hundred wins the game.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
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(1) A new or improved game comprising an archway or structure provided with
a hook for suspending a ring, and a figure, such as a mounted soldier running on
wheels and carrying a spear or lance, impetus to the figure being given by an
inclined board for causing the spear, or lance to transfix and remove the ring
from the hook substantially as described.
(2) In a new or improved game the combination of the arch a, the wire b
hook b¹, and ring 6, the figure c mounted on the stand d provided with wheels d¹,
the spear or lance e, and the partly inclined, and partly level board f, f¹ substan-
tially as described and for the purposes specified.
Doted th 111 of Namh 1000
J. B. FLEURET,
5, Hatton Garden, Holborn Circus, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.