Made by
- Design
- Harry Mabs
- Art
- George Molentin
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- green
- red
- yellow
- pink
Fingerprint: Million Handicap in white block capitals with rainbow interior shading over a fairground awning, printed score windows numbered 10 to 900 in alternating colored trapezoids, six house-shaped shield panels at bottom each with cartoon character and numeral 11-16, dark red and green grandstand packed with silhouetted spectators, carnival raceground theme
The most memorable element is the enormous white HANDICAP title with rainbow interior shading, sitting over a fairground awning of alternating red, yellow, green and blue vertical stripes. Second is the two-tier bank of printed score windows numbered 10 to 900 in alternating coloured trapezoid panels across the whole top of the glass. Third, a row of six house-shaped shield panels along the bottom, each carrying a differently coloured cartoon character portrait under a white numeral 11 to 16, flanked by yellow YORE HOSS banners and white WINNER banners in the corners.
Setting
- Fairground awning
- Racecourse grandstand
- Printed score reel panel
Symbols
- Striped fairground awning
- House-shaped shield panels
- Pink-and-white striped bunting
- Printed number score windows
- Yellow corner banners
Lettering
- Main title in very large white sans-serif block capitals with thick black outline and red, blue, green and yellow drop-shadow stripes; million in widely letter-spaced white capitals on pink; winner in black serif capitals on white corner banners; yore hoss in red cursive script on yellow; an orange-red cursive artist signature at the left of the awning.
Themes
- Carnival
- Fairground
- Racecourse
- Grandstand
- Crowd
- Awning
- Novelty
Title on it
- Million handicap
Text on it
- MILLION
- HANDICAP
- YORE HOSS
- WINNER
- 10
- 20
- 30
- 40
- 50
- 60
- 70
- 80
- 90
- 100
- 200
- 300
- 400
- 500
- 600
- 700
- 800
- 900
- 000
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Other | A dense crowd of small grey-white silhouetted spectators in tiered grandstand seating, many with arms raised, shown in profile across a dark red and green band |
| Other | A lower row of small colourful seated figures at tables beneath pink-and-white striped bunting |
| Animal | Green cartoon character portrait under the numeral 11 in the first shield panel |
| Animal | Yellow cartoon character portrait under the numeral 12 in the second shield panel |
| Other | Red and orange cartoon character portrait under the numeral 13 in the third shield panel |
| Animal | Blue cartoon character portrait under the numeral 14 in the fourth shield panel |
| Other | Pink cartoon character portrait under the numeral 15 in the fifth shield panel |
| Other | White and grey cartoon character portrait under the numeral 16 in the sixth shield panel |
| Other | Small orange-red pennant banners with tiny figures in the top left and top right corners of the backglass |
A printed backglass in a wooden cabinet, dominated by a carnival-raceground theme. The top third is two rows of printed score windows set in alternating red, green, cream and blue trapezoid panels: 10 through 90 on the upper row and 100 through 900 on the lower row, each with a 000 beneath. Below sits a wide pale-pink band carrying the widely letter-spaced word MILLION in white capitals, and under that the main title HANDICAP in huge white block capitals with a heavy black outline and red, blue, green and yellow interior shadows, laid over a rainbow-striped fairground awning of vertical red, yellow, green and blue panels. An orange-red cursive signature sits at the left end of the awning. Beneath the title is a dark red and green grandstand scene packed with rows of small grey-white silhouetted spectators, many with raised arms, behind pink-and-white striped bunting, with a further crowd of colourful seated figures at tables lower down. The bottom third is bright green and holds six house-shaped shield panels in a row, each with a white numeral (11 to 16) above a cartoon character portrait in a different colour, with a small nameplate under each. Yellow corner banners with red script flank the row, and white banners reading WINNER sit in both bottom corners. Condition is good; the glass shows slight reflections.