Detroit Free Press, 1879
39 sets sets were received, of which 27 were found to be sound, and almost
all of them meritorious.
The judge identified seven sets as deserving
honorable mention as being fully up to first-class tourney standards,
but he also included the prize-winning sets in the list.
The judge explained his judging criteria for the motto prize as
follows: In my view a
He identifies nine
such mottos, which thus possibly could be regarded as Motto
should be original in its
application, pointed, pithy, compact, easily understood and so
striking as to fix itself upon the memory.honorary
mentions,
but which have not been included here.
Huddersfield College Magazine (v. 8, p. 91) reported additional prizes
but probably misinterpreted the judge's statement that the sets
A free lance and Et voluisse sat were considered
to be third in merit, not that they were given 3rd prize, and also that
the best of the two-movers were those from the sets Bust 'em and
Et voluisse sat, but not that both of these sets were given prizes.
Prizes
1 Prize: Robert Braune
2 Prize: F. W. Martindale
Prize best #4: Robert Braune
3
#4
Prize best #3: N. Sardotsch
#3
Prize best #2: C. L. Fitch
#2