The new game of cupolo

Eastbourne Chronicle, Saturday 17 June 1899

A NEW LAWN GAME.

The new game of cupolo occupied the curious attention of a limited gathering in the grounds of Devonshire Park on Thursday afternoon. Several exhibition matches were played and so much interest was evoked in them that it seems more than likely the game will in time become popular. There is nothing complicated in the game, which is based largely on the principles of snooker pool at billiards, worked out as a lawn game, in combination with some of the rules of croquet. It is claimed for it that it is quickly played and offers a skilful player opportunities for a succession of mildly sensational strokes. The matches above referred to were played on a court 60-ft. by 40-ft.— the dimensions may be more restricted—marked off into 24 squares. The balls are placed on cup sticks set up at the junctions of cross lines, in five lines of three each, namely, red, blue and red; three red; pink, yellow and green; three red; and red, white aud red; and the player, as in snooker pool, takes a red and a differently coloured ball alternately until all the red are down, when the other balls, which are replaced after uncupping, are taken, and the game is determined by the number of points scored.