Evening star., 1901-04-06
games, the minimum for entrance for prize
The score is.
A Unique Chess Set.


Mr. s. c. Dunham of this city is the DOS
SCISSOR OF set Of chessmen the like of
which Is to be found nowhere else on earth.
Mr.. Dunham was sent to the mining re-
| gtons Of Alaska, first by the labor bureau
| to gain statistics Of conditions prevailing
| In the new communities there, and after his
| return and report was sent back again, this
| time by transfererice to the census bureau,
for work in that department. Like a true
SON of Caissa. Mr.. Dunham took his chess
paraphernalia with him The pieces were
the ordinary, everyday variety in common
| use. but they excited the intelligent Gu
riosity Of one of the Alaskan Indians, who
undertook to carve a set from the ivory of
the walrus tusk His tools were of the
most primitive form. In one of the settle
ments he saw foot lathe in operation, and
constructed one for himself, made from the
driftwood picked up on the coast. His cut
ting tool was an ordinary butcher knife
broken off to about an inch and half in
length and ground to point. With such
means as these he produced the beautiful
and singular set of men Mr.. Dunham exhib-
tied at the chess club.
The bases and middle parts are reproduc-
tions of the set he had first seen; the va
Ration comes with the head pieces. These
are all new except in the case of the
knights. which he has topped off with the
ordinary horses heads. The rocks are fin
the cache Ckash, the hut built on poles to
keep supplies out of the way of the Dogs,
and on all the remainder are the heads
of walruses, with their long tusks CLEAN
ing, SEALS foxes wolves and ducks, etc.
Distinction Is made by coloring the tops of
one-half the pieces pink by the use of a ma
tive dye.
Mr.. Dunham, by his familiarity with the
country, has acquired some interests of his
own, and will return shortly to take care
of these. When 1t was suggested TO him
that he must find it hard to get game in
that far-off corner he replied that he found
some pretty hard nuts to crack.
Previous to his first trip Mr. Dunham
was conducting for the Washington Club
a game against the Franklin of Philadel-
phia and wound it up with an announced
mate in eleven moves.
Frank ]. Marshall showed up at Brook
lyn club very Unexpectedly last Saturday.
AS he had sent no advance notification as
to the time he had intended to leave Monte
Carlo his incoming was a complete sur
prise. He expressed himself satisfied
under the circumstances, notwithstanding
his poor showing. with the outcome of af-
fairs. His health. he said. was poor on
reaching the other side. Nevertheless he
had gone ahead and done the best possible,
as things were. He promises himself bet
ter luck next time an international rolls
around. After a rest up. he says he wants
a match with A. J. Souveine, who won the
Brooklyn Chess Club championship over
him. just on the eve Of his departure for
Europe.
The college cable match, which is to be
played Friday and Saturday, April 26 and
81, will have as the American contingent
II. G. Falk and T. H. Sewall of Columbia.
E. r. Perry and c. T. Rice of Harvard and
F. Swaine of Yale The sixth man will
be furnished by Princeton. The English
players are E. L. Coleman, c. c. Wnes
and ]. E. Wright of Cambridge and H
Lane F. A. Babcock and H. F. Davidson
of Oxford.
Played in the Manhattan tourney. The
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