Lone Star Derby

Lone Star Derby is a pure mechanical pinball machine manufactured by the Standard Amusement Co., Inc. of Beaumont, Texas, during the company's brief 1932-1933 run. Its most distinctive feature is a pair of twin playfields set side by side, letting two players compete simultaneously on separate boards rather than sharing a single field — an unusual layout even among early pinball machines.

With a horse racing theme fitting the "derby" name, the game reflects the popularity of racing-themed amusements in the early 1930s. As a pure mechanical machine, it predates flippers, relying instead on plunger shots, gravity, and mechanical scoring elements typical of the earliest pinball era.

Little is documented about the specific designer or artwork of Lone Star Derby, but its twin-playfield design and Texas origins make it a distinctive and rare piece of early pinball history.