Some time ago, a poster questioned whether Mucklow had in fact received an 8th
place prize in London 1851. I had never heard any such claim; my tournament book
shows 8 prizes awarded with Mucklow getting 8th. Although I still believe that
Mucklow did receive an 8th place prize, I was surprised to see that Der Humorist,
July 30, 1851, lists only 7 prize winners for the tournament, so there may be
confusion on this issue essentially since the tournament ended. I was able to
find only 2 reports on London 1851 in the Austrian papers (though I did not check
every page, only those I felt were most likely); these are on July 19 and July
30, 1851.

Jerry Spinrad