Steeple Chase

Steeple Chase is a single-player bagatelle-style pure mechanical pinball game manufactured by the Lindstrom Tool and Toy Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 1934. Built around a horse-racing theme, it measures 23 inches long by 14 inches wide and features a round metal top. This is the non-chrome version of the game — a chrome-plated variant was released by Lindstrom the previous year, in 1933.

As a pure mechanical game, Steeple Chase has no electrical components, relying on gravity and simple mechanics to move the ball around the compact playfield. Its horse-racing theme was a popular subject for games of the era, tying into the widespread appeal of racing and wagering-adjacent amusements.

Lindstrom operated only from 1932 to 1934, and few records of its catalog have survived, making both the chrome and non-chrome versions of Steeple Chase notable artifacts for collectors researching the earliest days of coin-operated bagatelle and pinball games.