ABSTRACT

In 1900, Lawn Tennis (1 August 1900, p.258), the official mouthpiece of the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), enthused:

Tens of thousands of spectators lined the route. … The police with their jubilee medals pinned to their chest directed the enormous vehicular and pedestrian traffic. … The mob yelled itself hoarse with delight, the massed bands playing “God save the Queen” and “Yankee Doodle” at the same time with brilliant effect.