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134 CHAMPIONS IN OUTDOOR SPORTS. Pictured by Pen and Photograph. HIS bas been an unusually exciting year so far as battles for the various championships are concerned, and if the Mother country has lost rather heavily, some account of those who have triumphed will probably be none the less interesting One of the greatest surprises of the season MR. J. DE QG, EDYE. (From a Photograph.) has been Mr. J. de G. Edye, who won the Wingfield Sculls, Although’ twenty-five next birthday, Edye was practically a novice in the matter of racing boats until the present year. So little had he done at regattas that last ‘sum- mer he was able to enter for the Junior Seulls at Staines, in which event he scored-a victory. At Henley he competed, last July, for the Diamonds, and lost, but he proved himself a powerful oarsman, and gave his German oppo- nent an extremely hard fight. Edye trained for Henley under Bill East, the ex-champion, who states that he never had a pupil who learnt so much in the space of four weeks as this brilliant young sculler. In the Metropolitan Regatta, Edye led Cap- tain Darrell a long way, but once more was Mn. NORMAN BROOKES. (From a Photograph.) CHUMS fated to suffer defeat. In the Wingfields, how- ever, he retrieved himself and registered & magnificent triumph. He is an engineer by profession, and is as keen on sculling as any man breathing. Those who are best capable of judging declare that, provided his form does not deteriorate, he will capture the Diamonds next year for a certainty, : David Billington, the champion swimmer at distances that are not officially reckoned long, has succeeded in doing what few others have done this year—he has gone abroad and beaten opponents who were immeasurably better acquainted with the water than he was. In the cross-Paris swimming race he pounded through seven and a quarter miles of the Seine in 2 hr. 18 min. 26 sec,, thus beating the previous best —that of Jarvis, whose time was 2 hr. 50 min. Billington, who comes from the North country, had an casy victory, keeping ahead from the start. By the bye, the competitor from whom he had most to fear was a French boy named Estrade, fifteen years of age only, who passed the post six minutes behind him. Billmgton is an amazing swimmer. His pace is so phenomenal that ‘when he is on the go one wonders what on earth the fish must think. Unfortunately, he is not a cross-Channel swim- mer. He has had a shot at this stupendous task and failed—more’s the pity. A huge number of prizes have fallen to him, and he has deserved MR. DAVID BILLINGTON. (Photo: Lord, Bacup.) every one of them, for he is a genuine sportsman aud invariably does his best. The lawn tennis champion of the year is, of course, Mr. Norman Brookes, of Australia, who not only accounted for the singles in the Dwight-Davis competition, but won the All- England Lawn Tennis Championship. Mr. Brookes, whe is undoubtedly the finest tennis player in the world, has had extraordinary success this summer. In his four matches in the singles he lost but one set, and in practically every contest in which he has figured he has shown that he can triumph under any cireum- stances. Mr, Brookes, who is 31, was educated at Melbourne. Grammar School, and developed a love for outdoor sport when he was a small boy. It was on leaving school, where, by the way, he was considered a splendid bowler, that he began to devote himself seriously to the game at which he is so proficient, and in the course of time he was given a place in the inter-State lawn tennis teams of Victoria. At this juncture his form was nothing out of the common, but on seeing the American service he was so struck by it that he adopted it, He practised it for all he was worth, with the result that to-day he is the best server on the face of the globe, In fact, his serves generate a veritable funk’ He is not merely champion, but triple champion, for in the All-England matches he won the doubles with Wilding and the mixed with Mrs, Hildyard, as well as the singles. Mr. Brookes plays left-handed, and hopes to add to his triumphs that of the golf championship of Australia, The King’s Prize, presented at Bisley this MR. JAY GOULD, (From « Photograph.) year, went to Australia, in the kee Lieutenant Addison. Although a repr tive of the Commonwealth, the heutenan) English stock, his parents hailing from Ste shire. He is a large-proportioned man, bra shouldered, exceedingly muscular, and over. feet in height. Thirty-two years of age,” came to England for the first time this st mer. His oceupation is that of a wi merchant, and, notwithstanding that he big business, he has for a long while prat rifle sheoting regularly. Like thousands” Colomals, he is aceustomed to spend many his evenings at the butts, the consequence bei that he has won trophy after trophy at 1 meetings. He was an excellent shot years ago, b this respect he was no different from vast bers of his countrymen. In Australia the consider it their duty to become proficien the gun, the idea being that ever should be able to defend his home. — Lien’ Addison and his companions from Australi LIEUTENANT ADDISON, (From « Photogragh,) by means of their accurate marksmanship B Pee a sme ay at 2 me possessed themselves of the eat of oa" _ Mr, Jay Gould, the amateur tennis champion is, we all know, an American, He comes of oue of the wealthiest families on the other side of the Atlantic, and is little more than a bey, *) It was his victory against Mr. Eustace Miles that won him the championship, and, maryel- lous as it was, it cannot be said to have been unexpected. Mr. Gould does not look a parti cularly robust youth or one possessed of great