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inclusion in the Olympic programme in 1908; and the existence of a good covered court 

 in Stockholm enabled similar competitions to be carried out in 1912. Further, an open 

 covered court championship has been instituted in Paris. French and German players, 

 who are now able to hold their own with British champions on grass, have proved them- 

 selves superior in the hard court. 



In Paris, O. Froitzheim carried off the French championship in singles, and (with O. 

 Kreuzer) the doubles: A. H. Gobert took the Olympic medals at Stockholm in singles, and 

 doubles, partnered by M. Germot, although the British champion, A. F. Wilding, competed, 

 as the representative of New Zealand. Gobert visited London and won the Covered Court 

 Championship in 1911 and 1912. In the former year he was also victorious in doubles with 

 M. J. G. Ritchie, but in 1912 A. F. Wilding and S. N. Doust took the doubles championship. 

 Qn the other hand, though Gobert and Decugis carried off the British doubles championship 

 in 1911 at Wimbledon, no other successes fell to foreign competitors, the singles champion- 

 ship being retained by A. F. Wilding, who was again victorious in 1912, when C. P. Dixon 

 and H. Roper Barrett won the doubles. 



The grass championships at the Olympic Games were fixed for a date which conflicted 

 with the All England tournament, and the latter was preferred even by most of the leading, 

 foreign players. The medals were accordingly captured by Winslow (singles) and Winslow 

 and Kitson (doubles), representing South Africa. Another international test of play on 

 grass was afforded by the preliminary round of the Davis Cup, in which the English team 

 beat the French in the summer of 1912 at Folkestone. But in two matches between England 

 and Germany in 1912 each team was successful on its own ground, the English match being 

 played on turf and the German on an artificial surface. In the previous winter Australasia, 

 represented by N. E. Brookes, R. W. Heath and A. W. Dunlop, had retained the Cup by 

 beating an American team at Christchurch, New Zealand. England unexpectedly regained 

 the Davis Cup at Melbourne on November 28-30, 1912. C. P. Dixon and J. C- Parke beat 

 R. W. Heath and N. E. Brookes respectively on the first day, and on the third Parke beat 

 Heath but Dixon lost to Brookes. The Australian pair Brookes and Dunlop beat Bramish 

 and Parke; so that England won by the odd match. A team enlisted by the Drive L.T.C. 

 (Fulham) made a tour in South Africa in 1910-11 and won two out of the three Test matches. 

 A mixed team of men and ladies sailed from England for South Africa in the following winter 

 and played three test matches, but unexpectedly lost one of them. The university matches 

 of 1912 went in favour of Cambridge; in 1911 Oxford won the singles and Cambridge the 

 doubles. A young Russian player, Count Saumarakoff-Elston, gained distinction t>y 

 defeating C..Setterwall, the Swedish champion in the Olympic tournament, and made a close 

 match with Kreuzer, a German player of the first rank. Many hard courts for autumn and 

 spring play have been recently constructed in England and a new covered court is used for 

 winter play at Dulwich. The difficulty of enforcing the :foot-fault rule is still receiving 

 attention. At an International Congress held in Paris in October 1912 preliminary measures 

 were taken for a common understanding with regard to international championships. 



The American lawn-tennis championships were won as follows: men's singles: 1911, W. 

 A. Larned; 1912, M. E. McLoughlin; ladies' singles: 1911, Miss H. Hotchkiss; 1912, Miss 

 M. Browne; men's doubles: 1911 R. D. Little and G. F. Touchard; 1912, M. E. McLoughlin 

 and Thomas C. Bundy. 



Motoring. 



;! The sport of motor racing/ as distinguished from the competition of manufacturers 

 in races for testing mechanical qualities, is best seen in France and America. 



The chief French event of 191 1 was the Light Car Race competed over the Dieppe circuit 

 on June 25. The distance was 387 miles, and the contest was won by Bablot from Boillot 

 at an average speed of about 55 miles per hour. In America some serious accidents caused 

 a considerable restriction of high-powered racing. The principal event there the Vander- 

 bilt Cup was won by Mulford. In 1912 the revival of the French Grand Prix race and its 

 fusion with the Small Car Contest the Coupe de TAuto formed the chief event of the 

 season. The Grand Prix was a race without any limitations of engine power, and was won 

 by Boillot on a car of 175 H.P. from Wagner on a still larger car. Behind the pair came three 

 small cars of 12-16 H.P. driven by Regal, Resta, and Medinger. The winner's speed was 

 70 miles per hour, while Regal and Resta, who were first and second in the Coupe de I'Auto, 

 averaged about 66. In America Hunery drove a 200 H.P. car at a speed equal to'i4i miles 

 per hour. The American Grand Prix was won by C. Bragg, and the Vanderbilt Cup Race 

 by Ralph de Palnia. 



Mountaineering. 



1 For the purpose of Swiss Alpine climbing, never were two successive summed seasons 

 more unlike than those of 1911 and 1912. The latter was perhaps the very worst within 

 the memory of the oldest climber and the former was certainly the finest. 



