BOGIA & ZIMMERMAN'S BILLIARD AND MARBLE GAME OR FIELD AND PARLOR. Patsated f felsruary 1?^ 1874, mi Beptemb&r 8^ 1374. ..,.„-^^ — _^.™. „=„__ MANUFACTURED BY 3, BOGIA. & T. a: ZIMMERMAN, PliiladelpMa. ^-^F.O. M,. JACOCKS & CO., SOLE AGENTS, 7 'r- BOGIA & ZIMMERMAN'S COUPE CROQUET BILLIARD AND MARBLE G/W^E. , FOR FIELD AND PARLOR. Patented February 17, 1874, and September 8, 1874. MANUFACTURED BY M. C. BOGIA & T. A. ZIMMERMAN, PMladelpMa. GEO. M. JACOCKS & CO., SOLE AGENTS, ^^7 ^1 . Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874, by BOGIA & ZIMMERMAN, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. PREFACE. o>® Draw the lines, as in the diagram, on the grass, or other place best suited to the players. The diagram is diamond-shaped, drawn one inch to the foot, or as the size or diagram is marked on Plate No. 1. Cut out the circle with a knife, then place a cup in the ground and a board over the cup; press down with the foot so that the edge of the cup will be even with the surface of the ground, in order that the ball may readily run in. There are nine balls (one for each cup); they are known as the red, white, blue, and black ; the cups are numbered from one to nine ; each player is to have two balls, when four are playing, making in all eight; the odd ball is called the king, and is to be placed as a target three feet below the first cup. If the king ball is deposited in any of the cups it counts double; if the black balls are deposited by any of the players they are counted to the owner, (6) COUPE CROQUET. NE%V CUP CROQUET GAME. 6 9 Size of bed, six feet wide, eight feet long. Diamond shaped, as per diagram. King ball, three feet below first cup as target. Base, five feet below king ball. COUPE CROQUET. and the owner of the black ball has the right to take one of the balls out of the lowest numbered cup ; if they should both be deposited by other players, any player can aim for the cups or croquet other players' balls in cups to add to their account, or croquet other players away if to their advan- tage. If they should miss getting in cups or miss hitting any of the other players' balls they stop, and the next player goes on. You can only use one ball until it is deposited in the cup ; you then take the other, starting from the base; no player can have two balls out of the cups to play with unless they have been knocked out after having been deposited ; each player is to do the best he can to get other players' balls in the cups, as they count to their game, except the black balls — they are counted to the owner ; when the black balls are deposited, except by the owner, they are counted as a miss, then the next player goes on. Players can croquet a black ball away from the cups ; players keep on if they deposit or croquet; if missing either, next player goes on. The full number of COUPE CROQUET. cups count fifty-four ; with the l^ing ball in num- ber nine counts double ; each player is to continue the game until all balls are deposited. If any player's balls are knocked out of the cups it gives the owner a chance to continue playing when their turn comes around to add to their account; the player who counts the highest number wins the game._ No player can croquet the balls out of the cups ; if they should hit them and they come out it will count as a miss and the next player goes on, but should they accidentally knock a ball out of cups and deposit their own, if they have another ball they can continue on play- ing. Players hitting other players' balls can place their ball to croquet anywhere. Size of bed, six feet wide, eight feet long, dia- mond shaped, as per diagram. King ball three feet below first cup as target. Base, five feet below king ball. GAME KEPT ON SLATE. See Rules, etc., page 21. TO Pi« BHIHGH CEOOHET WITH C0P3. Lay out the cups as per diagram on opposite page, and as now played in Bridge Croquet. Make the space 20 x 30 feet ; use the stakes at each end. Play the game the same as now played, through the bridges, in the cups. Players of Croquet can become efficient in knocking the balls in cups which will help them very much in the new games. (10) COUPE CROQUET. 11 BRIDGE CROQUET WITH CUPS. SPACE OF BED 20X30 FEET. BILUAHQ GAME. oXXo In laying out the billiard game, place two cups in corner, one foot between each cup ; players to make the size of bed according to the ground they may have to play on, as per diagram as to shape. The numbers painted on cups are not to be used in this game. The game is to consist of fifty points, to be played as follows : Players are to choose who are to play first, second, and so on ; players when commencing the game, play their balls from lower to upper cups; failing to deposit their ball, or missing any of the following points, which add to their game, counts as a miss, then the next player takes his turn, and so on continue. The points are as follows : In hitting other players' balls counts one. When getting their own ball in cups counts two. Getting other players' balls in cups counts three. (12) COUPE CROQUET. 13 BILLIARD CUP GAME. Size of bed, six feet wide, eight feet long. Cups one foot apart in corners, as per diagram. 14 COUPE CROQUET. Players in croqueting hits two balls with one stroke, counts the player four. If in hitting three, counts five. Players can croquet any where to make their points in the game, or deposit their own ball if to their advantage. Player cannot nurse the balls more than once, so that each player may have an equal chance. When players' balls are deposited in cups by other players, owner takes their ball out and waits his turn in the game, and when their turn comes around, they hit their ball near the cup they were deposited in, and so on continue the game. The game to be played with four balls, one to each player. Size of bed, six feet wide, eight feet long. Cups one foot apart in corners, as per diagram. GAME KEPT ON SLATE. COUPE CROQUET. 15 BOYS' MARBLE GAME. 4 5 3 3/ Size of bed, four feet wide, eight feet long. Laid out as per diagram. MAHBLH GAME. Place the nine cups, as per diagram, two or three feet apart as the players wish ; each player has one, shooting with five or ten marbles to back him ; each player deposits one marble in the pool before commencing the game, first player commencing the game six or eight feet from first cup, shooting upwards ; players in going through their cups keep on a straight line until getting to the centre cup, then play in a diagonal manner, then to their line again returning in the same way in coming back on the other line of cups ; if they should deposit, keep on to next, and so on ; if he should miss, next player goes on. Players have the right to shoot at other players' marbles ; if hitting, player received from one hit a marble. Player cannot hit the same marble until deposited in the next cup on their line. If players in shooting at other players' marbles should get their own marbles in any cup (16) COUPE CROQUET, 17 out of the line on which they are, it counts a miss, then the next player goes on. The cups count from one to nine. In shooting other players' marbles in cups, count as cups are numbered to their game, highest number of player takes the pool and is winner of the game. Size of bed, four feet wide, eight feet long. Laid out as per diagram. GAME KEPT ON SLATE. PARLOR CORRUGATED CUP. Patented Sept. 8, 1874, By M. C. BOGIA. The Star Cups are made exclusively for the game to be played on the carpet, floor or where the cups cannot be sunk. With a little practice the balls and marbles can be very readily deposited in the cups. The cups are star-shaped, grooved out between the points so that the ball in striking between the points will run in. If players do not want to take the time to sink the cups in the ground, the star cups can be used. Their own weight keeps them in position. (18) CIRCULAR. Dealers will state i7i theh^ 07^ders the size and style of Clips. Figures i, 2 and 3, on the following l)age, are open, close, and tube cups. The different sizes to suit the Croquet Balls now in use are three to three and a- ha If inches in diameter. Cups for Marble Game one and one-half inches in diameter. If cups are left in the ground, we have caps which set in cups to keep the dirt out. Dealers can have any part of the croquet game sent to their order, in large or small quantities, such as balls, mallets, cups, books, &^c. For Terms, Agencies, 6^^. ADDRESS, GEO. M. JACOCKS & CO., SOLE AGENTS, No. 121 Duane Street, Ne\v York. (19) 20 COUPE CROQUET, ^"osscup; RULES GOVERNING THE MANTUA CUP CRO- QUET CLUB OP WEST PHILADELPHL/^. COUPE CROQUET. REMARKS. This new and interesting game- is rapidly becoming the Game of the Season. On account of its simplicity and attrac- tiveness, all can master it in every detail in five minutes, from the gray -haired grandsire to the little child of six summers. It admits of more gentle and graceful playing than croquet, and is preferred by all who have seen it, to that well-known game. TO PLANT THE CUPS. Take the knife and cut nine round holes (after the ground has been accurately measured according to the annexed diagram), place the cups in them, and lay a board over the cups and press down with the foot, so that the cup will be even with the ground, to admit of the ball running easily in. RULES FOR PLAYING. There are nine balls (one for each cup), they are known as the Red, White, Blue and Black, there being two of each color, the odd ball being called the King Ball. The cups are all •(21) 22 COUPE CROQUET. numbered, ranging from one to nine. The game can' be played by two persons, each having four balls, or by four persons, each having two balls. Each player, after choosing their balls, always taking two of the same color, plays by turns as in Croquet, the Red coming first, the White, Blue, and Black always last. The King Ball is placed three feet below the first cup, as a Target, and players start five feet below the King Ball. First player starts from Base and tries to strike the King Ball with his own ball if possible, and then croquets or roquets it into one of the cups. If he succeeds in doing so, it counts double the number that is on the cup it was deposited in ; he then tries to deposit his own ball in one of the cups ; if successful, he then takes his other ball and tries to deposit it, but if he fails to strike the King Ball, or to deposit his own ball, his turn is over, and the next players proceed with the game. They in their turn try to hit the King Ball, or any balls that may be on the ground, if not already deposited, and try to hit them and croquet them, one at a time, into the cups. It is of the greatest advantage for players to croquet their opponent's balls into the cups, as the numbers on the cups they are placed in count to the player cro- queting them, except the black balls, if they are croqueted into the cups, either intentionally or accidentally, they count to the owner of the black balls, and is counted a miss for the player croqueting them. The King Ball always counts double the number on the cup it may be deposited in, and in favor of the COUPE CROQUET. 23 player depositing it. The balls are not taken out of the cups after once being croqueted therein until after the game is ended, unless they have been accidentally placed in, in which case the owner of the ball has the right to take it out and use it. No player can have two balls of the same color in use at the same time — one must be deposited before the other can be used. The rules that govern the ordinary Croquet are carefully ob- served in this game, no player can croquet the same ball twice in one turn, but he can continue playing so long as he can strike his opponent's balls, or deposit his own. Should a player's foot slip in croqueting a ball his turn is over. The numbers won by each player are kept carefully on a slate or paper, and after all the Balls are in the cups they are added up, the player having the highest number winning the game. After the game is ended, the balls are easily removed from the cups by touching them with the foot. This game is sure to become the favorite of all who play it. It takes less room than the ordinary Croquet, and is more exciting ; no person can play one game but he will be tempted to play for. hours.