Get My Goat
a.k.a. Katch the Kaiser, Katch The Kron Prinz, ...
Patented by J. Wiley 1914.
(left: 2.9" x 3.75" x 7/16" cardboard box and 11 wood pieces 1/4" thick;
right: 2.9 by 3.75 by 3/8 inch cardboard box and 11 cardboard pieces 3/16" thick;
both box tops say "OFFICE 1058 BROAD ST. PROV. R.I. PAT. OCT. 6, 1914";
solution sheet of the red version says "Rust Craft Publishers, Inc., Boston, MA.";
shown on plate 6 of
Hordern's book
and page 134 of the
Fifteen
book;
similar to but a bit harder than the
Bull's-Eye
puzzle)
There are one 1x2 piece
(in the upper right of the starting position),
nine 1x1 pieces, and 1 keeper piece (center of the starting position).
Both box tops have the same directions on the underside,
that instruct one to move the goat to the middle:
Solution Sheet That Came With The Red Version
"Katch The Kaiser" Version
Inlaid Company, Providence, R.I., patented October 6, 1914.
(2.9" x 3.75" x 3/8" cardboard box and 11 cardboard pieces 3/16" thick)
"Katch The Kron Prinz" Version
"BRITISH MADE, Patent No. 14356/16 Appd. for."
(2.9" x 3.75" x 3/8" inch cardboard box and 11 cardboard pieces 3/16" thick)
"Put Hitler In The Dog House" Version
"Created by Zen", Bridgeport, CT, Copyright 1942.
(3.4" x 4.4" x 7/16" cardboard box with raised bottom and 11 cardboard pieces 1/8" thick)
Hordern's Get My Goat Solution (28 Moves)
Further Reading
Baxter's's Page,
from: http://www.johnrausch.com/SlidingBlockPuzzles/classic.htm
Wiley Patent,
from: www.uspto.gov - patent no. 1,112,746