ATTEMPT TO SWIM THE CHANNEL
Failure of Holbeia. (Received 9.30 a,m.) tt».- , LONDON . Auguat 22. Holbein has abandoned the swim through sickness after ten when he was half-way across. ' , [It is interesting to note tha+'m. . the latest to &**n*&2*£ ■< regard to feats of physical enduSeS Jules Gautier, a swimmer of repute promises at the end of the premt *2 to emulate Captain Webb- unrivalled «2 cord of swimming the English CtouuwL As an earnest of his intentions, GaS will essay the remarkable feat of swfcT ming through all the bridges of LmiS! with his hands and feet cled, starting from Putney leaving the water at the lower br : <|ee H» has previously swum in manacles from Putney to London Bridge, and chd lenges the world for any dist- ice at thh form of swimming. The stroke he uses is an adaptation of the side-stnke to which he sweeps the water with both hands simultaneously. He is under water nine-tenths of the time.]
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 201, 23 August 1904, Page 4
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