Antique MINORU GAME JOHN JAQUES THE NEW RACE GAME – DOUBLE EVENT EDITION (983)

Minoru from John Jaques. By Royal letters patent

The New Race Game – Double Event Edition.

This is a vintage game from c1910-1930s comes with 8 very good condition horses loads of counters and a deck of cards unfortunately the 10 of diamonds is missing there is a dice cup but no  dice. The cloth  playing field is double sided. The  paper rules are there but coming apart at the seams The box is in good condition for age and is cardboard  with a snakeskin effect look it has minoru in gold lettering on the outside of the box. When you open the box there is fantastic  Edwardian period print of a race in full gallop the colors are amazing  The game was invented by E. St Clair and marketed by Jaques & Son Ltd as ‘Minoru’ in December, 1909- named after King Edward VII’s horse which famously won the Epsom Derby in that year. This game is a further development of Jaques’s “Ascot” (1891), but the horses are moved by the turn of a card, rather than by cords. This ‘snakeskin’ version is possibly a slightly later ‘austerity’ edition from the First World War period.Minoru, The New Race Game”, “Snakeskin” Edition, John Jaques & Son Ltd, circa 1914-18
the pressed cardboard box in a simulation of ‘snakeskin’ shagreen, ‘Minoru’ in gilt, the inside of the lid with a decorative coloured lithograph after John Sanderson-Wells (1872-1955): Minoru…The New Race Game…By Royal Letters Patent…DOUBLE EVENT…Sole Makers.. There might be bits missing but this is all we have