Walter L. Richard has organized Backgammon tournaments on both sides of the Atlantic, including the first in this country among members of well-known clubs, a meeting which was so successful that it was followed by his formation of a league for periodical competition among teams from leading clubs in New York. He has perhaps done more to popularize Backgammon than any other person, and has initiated some of the most prominent professional instructors into the scientific mysteries of the game.