ProvenanceA wheeled, thin, wooden model of a galloping racehorse with jockey. Front legs terminate on a single, rotating, metal wheel with a metal hook protruding forward. Rear legs fixed with a metal wing-nut to a wooden strut c/w wooden wheels on each end. Horse is painted dark grey, jockey wearing light Gray boots, white breeches, orange shirt and cap. Saddle blanket orange. Number "5" appears twice on one side while the reverse has "4" made from elastoplast strips. This model is part of a set of "racing horses" used as deck games aboard Adelaide Steamship Company cruise vessels on the 'Gulf trips' around S.A. gulf waters during 1930's-50's. A line from a separate winder device was fed through the metal hook forward and winched along in "races".SignificanceDescriptionA wheeled, thin, wooden model of a galloping racehorse with jockey. Front legs terminate on a single, rotating, metal wheel with a metal hook protruding forward. Rear legs fixed with a metal wing-nut to a wooden strut c/w wooden wheels on each end. Horse is painted dark grey, jockey wearing light Gray boots, white breeches, orange shirt and cap. Saddle blanket orange. Number "6" appears twice on one side. This model is part of a set of "racing horses" used as deck games aboard Adelaide Steamship Company cruise vessels on the 'Gulf trips' around S.A. gulf waters during 1930's-50's. A line from a separate winder device was fed through the metal hook forward and winched along in "races".Creator (person)Creator (organisation)AcknowledgementKeywordsdeck gamesSportDate of CreationDate of UsageMaterialWood - plywood
|Metal - iron or iron alloy including steel, cast iron
|Art medium - paint, unspecified Accession NumberHT 1985.1620
