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Originally Posted by Dean Romig
Thanks John. Prior to that distinction Harvey H. Brown won the Lorrilard Medal in 1873 but later returned it to Lewis Lorrilard, Esq. with a scathing letter to him and the officials because the field wasn’t even regarding the entrants in a competition. His robust challenge to the integrity of field and the officials may have been the reason for the change.
The below excerpt taken from Ed Muderlak’s “Parker Guns, Shooting Flying and the American Experience” pg. 309 with more history on this on pages 310 and 311.
(Thank You Ed for your exhaustive research and wonderful books.
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All of this didn't show up, but the situation discussed sounds exactly like what embroiled the golf world in the early late 1800's through the early 1900,s. My guess is that the formation of the modern Olympics fostered a "purity in competition" movement. (Along with simple jealosy of how good those guys were.)
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