Canadian Spectator, 1880
R:
set of #2 + #3 (2 pr. best set + 1 pr. best #2 + 1 pr. best #3)
Standard motto and sealed envelope requirements. Solutions had to be in English notation.
J:
C. A. Gilberg (assisted by E. B. Cook)
C:
1880-04-01 / 1880-05-01 (Europe)
A:
| sets | 1 pr. | W. Atkinson (Motto: Gemini) |
| 2 pr. | W. A. Shinkman (Strategy) | |
| hm. | R. H. Seymour (The Amaranths) | |
| hm. | J. G. Nix (Orange Blossoms) | |
| hm. | H. W. Butler (Sua cuique voluptas) | |
| hm. | B. Berry (Gynx's Baby) | |
| single | pr. best #3 | W. Atkinson (Gemini) |
| pr. best #2 | W. Atkinson (Gemini) |
S:
Canadian Spectator
v. 3, i. 1 (1880-01-03), p. 11: announcement
v. 3, i. 23 (1880-06-05), p. 275: first set published
v. 3, i. 39 (1880-09-25), p. 467: last set published
v. 3, i. 43 (1880-10-23), p. 516: report;
v. 3, i. 46 (1880-11-13), p. 551–552: names of competitors
N:
Seventeed sets were received, and published. Seven sets were found to be faulty, and disqualified.
The Gynx's Baby set appears not to have followed requirements strictly: the column editor had to request the author to send in
solutions (1880-04-03).