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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1966, 23 April 1875, Page 4

York Hearld states that a printers' tourna-, Umenf;) >Being¥ cenfo'sfc m type-setting; took' place on sth December last, at Washing-; 'tortf frith' tHsWlowihg' result:—The First Class : The type nonpareil. Time, three hours. The first prize, a solid god composing stick, won by S. N. Bennerman, "who set 5070 ems ; second prize, a solid .silver composing. stick, full newspaper size, ■ won by R. Ai M^LeanV who set 4998 ems; third prize, a " Menamin's Encyclopaedia of Printing," won by W. W. Sf'Collum, whp set;472Q enis/. Second Class: Time, 1 hour' 30 minutes. . W. ; W, Malloncy Was'lttwarded? a silrer composing stick, newspaper size,{baring! set 227^ ems; JFrank A. .M'Grili,-- a, German silrer composing stick,' fuirsize, 2250 ems ; H. W.; Hartman, " Harpcl's Typograph," 2187; ems. Long Primer Class : Time, 1 hour ,30 miautes. r i ar.-^.jM'Bride,-wai air«,rd«d ihejfiwt;cias9{pr|ziei solid ing stick, * breastpin size, having set 2128 erfis; r(r. J:r S. Hunnicutt, "American finelyclopwilia of printing," 2037 ema ; BY ov '. lurtletdn; k> therometer, 1988 ems* The tournament took placeman; the-National Eepublican Office.- sThei decision were made m accordance with rules previously established, and none were present except the judges, referee, and proof-reader. The tournament wbs cloied with a grand banquetrat :^ight*j - '