A New Card Game.
Year: 1896

page_text: A New Card Game.
I, GILBERT TOUT of Rock View, Paignton, South Devon, Gentleman, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my improved game is to afford amusement and instruction at the
same time and in carrying it into effect I provide a number of cards bearing on the
centre of one of their surfaces a musical sign or character, such as a "rest," quaver,
semi-breve, and so on. At each corner of each card is the representation of a stave
of music bearing the notes representative of certain keys in music, or certain musical
characters of lesser or greater value, than the sign and character in the centre
of the cards and words below to denote their relative values. The complete pack
of cards consists of a number of cards-say fifty-five, there being several cards of each
kind in the pack. The game is played by shuffling the cards and dealing them
among the players. The player on the left of the dealer commences the game by
turning up a card and the player to his immediate left continues by also turning up
a card and so on until the players each turn up a card bearing the same character
or sign and the first player who names the card correctly takes the cards and those,
if any, below them.
The game is played similarly to ordinary "snap."
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicant.
I, GILBERT TOUT, of Rock View, Paignton, South Devon, Gentleman, 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 :-
The object of my improved game is to afford amusement and instruction at the
same time, and in carrying it into effect, I provide a number of cards bearing on
the centre of one or both of their surfaces a musical sign or character such as a rest,
quaver, semi-breve, and so on. At each corner of each card is the representation of
a stave of music bearing the notes representative of certain keys in music, or certain
musical characters of lesser or greater value than the sign or character in the centre
of the card and words below to denote their relative values. The cards may contain
any other musical information. A complete pack of the cards consists of say,
fifty-five, there being several cards of each kind in the pack. The characters in the
centre of the card I call the "snap" note or sign. The game is played as follows:-
All the cards are dealt round to the players, face downwards, the player to the
dealer's left leads the game by placing his top card on the table face upwards, the
next player to his left then does the same, and if the cards correspond, then any

page_text: player who first names correctly the cards viz., "sharp," "flat," "dot," "quaver," or
whatever they may be, claims both cards (and those under if any) and adds them
under his own pack, then he continues the game by playing his top card as before.
The player who succeeds in getting the whole of the cards, wins the game. Although
a player may have played all his cards, he may still "snap" when a chance occurs.
The game of pool and many other round games can also be played with these cards.
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 :-
A new game provided for by means of cards each of which bears on its surface or
face or surfaces or faces musical characters and information, the said cards and the
mode of playing the said game being substantially as described in the above
specification.
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HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for Applicant.