Totopoly (1938)

The object of the game according to the early editions of the rules is to own the horse that wins the race. However, many players elect to use later rules editions and make the money count as the measure of the game. Starting with £700, each player can buy horses and/or businesses in two steps, first by lot and then by auction. Then the players make one lap around the Training Track of the gameboard with each of their horses. Here the players collect advantage and disadvantage cards to be used in the race. Also on the Training Track, the players gain or loose money that can be bet on the race. Once the players have circumnavigated the Training Track, the gameboard is flipped to reveal the Race Track.

The players may enter only 3 horses into the race. The players may bet on any horse to win. After the betting is over the race begins. The players roll one die and move their horses in turn, utilizing the cards earned during the first half of the game whenever it is felt to be advantageous. The players who bet on the winning horse divide the money bet on the race minus ten percent (that goes to the Bookmaker).

The names of the horses are previous winners of "The Lincolnshire Handicap", a 2 mile flat race which ran at Lincoln race course from 1849 until 1965 [when it became "The Lincoln" and the race transferred to Doncaster].
1926 – King of Clubs
1927 – Priory Park
1928 – Dark Warrior
1929 – Elton
1930 – Leonidas
1931 – Knight Error
1932 – Jerome Fandor
1933 – Dorigen
1934 – Play On
1935 – Flamenco
1936 – Over Coat
1937 – Marmaduke Jinks