Golf-table
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Oct., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 17th July, 1899-Accepted, 30th Sept., 1899
GEORGE EDMUND HOLLAND, of Ranelagh House, Grosvenor Gardens, London,
S.W., Cabinet Maker & Upholsterer, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion to be as follows:-
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Golf-table. A game of golf, being absolutely the true game of golf in
miniature, but played with flippers and counters instead of clubs and balls. It
can be adapted to any sized table, and has tees, bunkers, pond, sand pit, trees,
hedges, putting greens, flags & all other accessories of the real game of golf.
The bunkers, sand pit, & pond are covered in grass colored baize and are about
9 inches square, the pond being formed by a hollow in the centre.
These are
made in wood from 1" to 3" in thickness. Hedges are placed on these bunkers
being composed of moss, grass, heather & other natural growths. The tees are
small pieces of wood about 3 2 & about " in front & going to a feather
edge behind, & covered green, with 2 white discs on each. The putting greens
are pieces of wood, or tin, 5" square covered baize with a hole in centre to admit
of the counters being "holed" out. The "flags are 3" high with a lead weight
at one end, to admit of the "flag" standing in the hole of the putting green &
a red flag at the upper end. The bunkers &c. are all copies taken from various
golf links and made to scale. The trees are those obtained out of various boxes
of toys bought for children. The flippers are bone counters about 1" in diameter
"
& the counters are the usual bone counters about % in diameter.
Dated this 15th day of October 1898
G. E. HOLLAND,
I, GEORGE EDMUND HOLLAND, of Ranelagh House, Grosvenor Gardens, in the
County of London, Furniture Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My invention relates to a game of table golf, being absolutely the game of
golf in miniature, but played with flippers and counters, instead of clubs and
balls.
It can be adapted to any sized table, and has tees, bunkers, pond, sand pit,
trees, hedges, putting greens, flags and all other accessories of the game of golf.
The bunkers and other parts are composed of wood and covered in green baize
of grass colour, with hedges and bushes composed of grass, moss, heather, and
other natural growths.
The trees are those obtained out of any box of toys of farm yards etc., bought for
children. The bunkers are copies of various sand pits, hedges, ponds, enclosures
and other obstacles, taken from various golf links, and all made to scale.

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Fig. 12, is the sheep fold with a tree.
Fig. 13, is the plan of one each of the flips and discs.
The tees of which there are four, are composed of wood 3½ inches long,
2 inches broad and 3 of an inch thick at the back and brought to feather edge
in front and are covered in green cloth.
The putting greens f, of which there are four, are pieces of wood 5 inches
square by 2 of an inch thick, with a hole n one inch in diameter bord in the
centre to represent the golf holes; these are also covered in green cloth. In
the aforesaid holes are placed flags made of tin painted red and numbered
to 4, about 1 inch square, on wire supports 32 inches high are each fixed to a
lead weight o to fit into the holes n.
The first or hedge bunker e is made of wood 9 inches square ½ inch thick, and
on this are nailed two pieces of wood 9 inches long, 1 inch wide and 3 of an
inch thick; on the front piece of wood is a hurdle . The whole of the wood is
covered with green cloth. To enlarge the bunker, so as to fit a large table a
folding wing 9, is attached, made of wood 6 inches long covered with baize,
3 inches high and ½ of an inch thick. This wing when used in a small table
is against the front of the bunker, and when used on a large table is at right
angles to the bunker e. It is ornamented with artificial flowers, grass, and pieces
of loofer to represent a hedge, the wing 9 when so ornamented is 32 inches high.
The second or high bunker e is made of 3 inch wood, 8 inches long at the
top, 11 inches at the base, 2 inches wide at the top and 3 inches at the base,
the sides are solid and nailed with cross pieces. The whole is covered with green
cloth and ornamented with flowers etc. as herein before described.
The pond d is made of 1 inch wood 9 inches by 6 inches with bevilled edges.
A hollow 3/8 of an inch deep is cut in the wood and coloured blue to represent
water. The whole bunker, with the exception of the pond is covered with green
cloth, the edges of the pond are trimmed dyed loofer or artificial weeds, and at
the corner of the bunker is a tree of dyed, loofer with stems of painted iron to
represent stems of trees and the stand are made of lead. A nail is placed in the
wood and the stand of the tree is drilled to fit on to it.
The fence bunker is made of wood 9 inches by inches by an inch covered
with green cloth, four holes are drilled on each side, and three at each end,
into these are glued pieces of wood about by ½ of an inch and cut winded in
and out of these alternately are pieces of split cane to imitate hurdles.
as before described (at hedge and pond) is placed in the centre.
A tree
The sand bunker a is composed of wood 9 by 9 inches by 1 inch. Onto this
piece of wood are nailed two shaped pieces of wood 9 inches long, 2 inches
high, 2 inches wide at base and 13 at the top. The whole of this bunker is
covered with green cloth; the space in the centre is glued over and sanded.
The shaped pieces of wood are trimmed with artificial flowers etc. Two wings s
as described in the hedge bunker e are fitted to the back of the bunker a to be
used to suit the size of the table. Green baize hinges are used as in Fig. 10.

page_text: The whole of the game packs into a small deal box. The sand bunker a
with wings folded at sides is placed in first, and a box containing the flags g,
flips i, and discs j, and the four tecs are put into the sanded space. The high
bunker rests on the sand bunker and the fence bunker is placed on its side at the
other end of the box and in this are placed the trees. The hedge bunker is
turned upside down so as the wing fits into the space left vacant. The pond and
putting greens lie on the top.-
In addition to these bunkers herein before described are two others made
specially for use on a billiard table. The first is an addition to the high bunker c
made of a piece of wood 6 inches by 3 inches by 3 inches, and shaped to resemble
a hillock as in Fig. 7, it is trimmed with artificial foliage etc. as before described
and is covered with green cloth, and is called the wing bunker u.
The other is a hill bunker k, about 18 inches long 3 inches high in the
centre, and gradually deminishing to ½ an inch at the ends and edges. It is
made of wood cut out to resemble hillocks, and rises of the ground and is slightly
hollowed out in the front. It is covered in green cloth, has three trees vas
before described, and is trimmed to represent small bushes etc. as may be seen
on the side of hills and illustrated in Fig. 8.
In Fig. 12, is the sheep fold m made of wood covered with green cloth and
surrounded with a hurdle. A tree is placed in the centre.
The rules of the game are as follows:-
1. Any player sending the disc off the table, picks up and places it 2 inches
on the table from the spot it rolled or went over and loses stroke.
2. Discs played into centre of the sand bunker, or into pond, or weeds round
pond to be lifted and placed 6 inches behind the hazard and player loses 1 stroke,
discs played on the greens of these are playable.
3. Discs played on to the edges of hazards, not lying flat, can be placed flat
on the table without penalty.
4. If a disc be played into a hole and any part touches the table it is counted
as holed.
5. If a disc lies on another it is to be placed so that each disc is playable
without penalty.
The above are extra rules to the ordinary rules of golf as usually played.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that-what
I claim is:
1. The game of table golf, substantially as fully described in the above specifi-
cation and illustrated on the drawings.
2. In a game of table golf, the combination and arrangement of the sand,
fence, high, pond and hedge bunkers, trees, putting greens, flags, tees and white
and red Hips and discs, substantially as described and illustrated in the accom-
panying drawings.
3. In a game of table golf, the combination and arrangement of the hedge,
high, hill and sand bunkers, sheep fold, pond, putting greens, flags, tees, flips
and discs, substantially as herein described and according to Figs. 6, 7, 8, 5, and
12, of the accompanying drawings.
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1000
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, London, W.
Agent for the Applicant.