Westminster Papers, 1878 (1st Löwenthal Tourney)
2 pr. J. W. Abbott (My Lords the Judges laugh, and you are dismissed)
3 pr. J. Menzies (Many things perplex, / With motions, checks and counterchecks.)
pr. (best #3) J. W. Abbott
pr. (best #2) H. J. C. Andrews
The main prizes were donated by the Löwenthal Fund. The additional prizes
for best single problems were donated by A. J. Studd (best #2) and
Westminster Papers (best #3).
W. T. Pierce (one of the judges) announced an additional prize for
one of the problems of the set Rosicrucian (G. J. Slater) (see
Westminster Papers, v. 11, p. 130, prb. 1089) at
the same time that the report was published. As this
prize is not mentioned further, it is not known if it was awarded.
It seems probable that it was considered to be unrelated to the tourney
proper, and for that reason omitted.
Twenty sets were received, but only ninteen sets were printed (fully or partially).
The last set did not include a motto or solutions, and was for that
reason disqualified for competition. (The set was included in the
list of competitors as by Sophie Schelt, (Merfort)
. This is probably a
misreading or misprint of Sophie Schett-Merfort
.)
The set Viator (a faulty set) was not included in the list of competitors,
and thus the identity of its author remains unknown. A comment in the
text reveals it to be from Australia.
