Yale Center for British Art

Title:
Derby day : the horse race card game.
Published / Created:
London : Lagoon Group, [2009]

©2009
Physical Description:
1 game ; box 15 x 11 x 2 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
GV1234.G7 D47 2009 Flat
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
Notes:
Title from box top.

"This is an authentic reproduction of a card game believed to have been produced in England in the 1950s."--Printed rules, page 4.

"Derby Day is a game for any number of players, and consists of a playing sheet, five horses with coloured counters, and pack of 54 cards ... By exercising skill a player can play his cards not only to benefit the horse which he wants to win, or be placed, but also to hold back the others."--Printed rules, page 1.
Subject Terms:
Card games -- Specimens -- Great Britain. | Horse racing. | Sports -- Miscellanea. | Sports -- Quotations, maxims, etc. | Amusements -- Great Britain. | Lagoon Games -- Publisher.
Form/Genre:
Playing cards. | Games -- Great Britain. | Recreations -- Great Britain.