SWIMMING SPORTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 306, 24 December 1903, Page 2

SWIMMING SPORTS.

» The AucKiiUid Amateur _w__i_ii_g Sports ill aid vi ti_-- Vet_ia__ l_oi_.e _ mm, nt_u _a __i_A>pe J__i-_ yo_u___y anci__v_, ]■_.->_._ u_. _uc.fL-__i_ii>. lt*_i'e wa_ u_iy a iuouclaLti Ui.L__-_a._i__. l__il_g Lilt. iiiicJ'iwuii tJU_i __.._ct_-_i___' .__u tiu>-i'i-_i', _u.*cu-_pu___eU by _u*Ui__l J__.l__, ___~ <U-d _H_l_t__ _.U£>ca- '.',__, !____. .___._., JUKI _u_ -,v _i__ip __,; __aj or iu_e iaoii. __ _UL_—_i_u_,), _i . O-o. lon .as, At._t.ii., u_iu _>___up _.en___4i, were i--e___l_ I I IS ___ci;i___cy p___.__l.c_U Lilt! WIII--—U.' _£ mc veleiit__' race IJ. t_.i-_._uyj wiui l_u tolu _i_ua.i preituued uy all a. J_.<ju_u. __e_ia were iiven lor i_ue Uir«rii<x, Uie i_miiiLess OX lUuiiut'iy, auu J_oiu Au/uuiuiu. •Appeiiucd arc vie i__uil_ ox uic races:— iiiyu. _.<.«• ice iiamiiuap.—isaies 1, Lake; _, l___iin,.on „. Xiilie, _o_. Ouyus _._ys' Race luxiuer 14). —A. Sp_agg, is, 1; _'. luster, [>s, _; ii. luil&at, _a, o. lime, -ij _-_s. itiyds _.uy_' Race (under 16>- —W. Hand, _s, 1; U. Vvright, lus, 2; M. lieca, scr, 3. IXUlii til 4-is. luuj'ds i__ui__ Bracelet Handicap.—Cossar __d Tyler (.dead heat;, 1; Hedges, 2. lime, 77 2-Os. ooyds bcnuolboys (under 14).—A. Dajig, 7s, i; F. .o_Ler, os, 2; J. Mciiuiucas, is, 3. iiiue, 40 l-_s. l'lnnge Handicap.—N. McDeod, Sit handicap, 1; J. iiaJUoiiey, 4_t, 2. Distance not La_e_u .oyd_ Veterans' Handicap.—J. Cassldy, 10s, 1; P. 11. Hughes, ha, _; J. A-miiage, ltk>, 3. Time, 00s. 7oyd_ Schoolboys' Handicap.—M. Rees, scr, 1; 11. Stein, 9s, Ii; I*. L.o_g<iill, Os, 3. Time, 6_ 1-os. Cuyds llaulurly . Handicap.—Lakey 1, Wilhy 2, Mahoney 3. Time, 355. Relay Race U'or public schools).—ronsonby 1, Devonport A 2. Neat Header.—ll. Knight 1, N. McLeod 2, A. C. Bates 3. Trick and Fancy Events.—Mr _L C. Cossar gave an exhibitioja of the Monte ChrisLo act. *_!oyds Calliope Handicap.—J. L. F.asdale, 305," 1; G. A. Tyler, scr, 2; J. Warbrick, 223, g 'V T Novelty Race. —P. Graham 1, P. Warbrick 2, C. Carter 3. In this case the competitors wore required to swim across the dock, drink a bottle of mineral water, li-ht a cigar, and swim hack to the start-ing-point with the cigar alight and carrying an umbrella. Next came a display by six members ox the club equipped with wateT wings. This novelty enables a non-swimmer to float with ease and confidence, while beginners are so assisted by the hMp of these wines that all of entirely disappears.-No exertion Is necessary, so the bather's whole attention may be devoted to aeQulrlng different methods of propnlsion, the water wings being equally applicable for back swimming or breast stroke.