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with Captain Holme, of Somersetshire, and at one time 

 or another secured most of the important prizes at 

 Wimbledon. He shot no less than fifteen times in the 

 Scottish eight for the Elcho Shield. 



Those who saw his erect and stalwart form in later 

 years would hardly have recognised the slim stripling 

 of 1860. He was a very majestic and haughty person 

 in his mien. To see him stride up the centre of Trinity 

 Chapel with the slow and stately step of a monarch was 

 to witness a spectacle of human vanity provocative of 

 mingled contempt and amusement. The arrogance and 

 superciliousness of his manners rendered him unpopular 

 among his contemporaries at Cambridge, for the under- 

 graduate, whilst always ready to pay homage to merit 

 of any kind, resents the obtrusion of "side," and of 

 " side " Edward Ross had an abnormal share, at any 

 rate in his undergraduate days. But I think some 

 allowance must be made for the fact that, whilst a mere 

 lad, his head was turned by the adulation lavished on 

 him as the hero of the first Wimbledon meeting and 

 first winner of the Queen's Prize. 



Edward Ross's greatest shoot was in his match with 

 Captain Fenton in 1872. They had tied for the Any 

 Rifle Association Cup at Wimbledon in 1870, and time 

 did not allow of their shooting off the tie. They 

 accordingly agreed to shoot a match at Sir Henry 

 Halford's private range at Wistow, 50 shots at 200 

 yards and 50 shots at 600. The match was most 

 keenly contested, and the shooting was, for those days, 

 admirable, for Ross scored 369 and Fenton 368 out 

 of a possible 400. 



