Medals were bestowed on the winning team.

Yes, I have a pair of eyes, replied Sam, and that's just it. If they wos a pair o' patent double million magnifyin' gas microscopes of hextra power, p'raps I might be able to see through a flight o' stairs and a deal door; but bein' only eyes you see, my wision's limited.

Confidently expecting that you will comply with this request, which is the sequence of your expressed desire, I remain, sir, yours, with the respect offered to a sincere withstander, RUFUS LYON.

Ostensibly the reasons given were that craftless people could not readily find jobs […]