SWIMMING.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 116, 17 May 1924, Page 21

SWIMMING.

English swimmers are starting to pre- j pare seriously for the Olympic Games. I At the request of the Olympic Games I Committee, W. J. Howcroft, of Liver- I pool, a famous instructor of swimming. I is making a tour of Great Britain, and j coaching gwimiuers, and it is stated that | the lour is having very satisfactory re- j __ • | "Boy" Charlton's future lies on the land, not in the water. His father, a bank cashier, considers that to become j the world's swimming champion is all right as a recreation, while the boy is-1 young. But he will see that his Bon j does not overdo it, and does not neglect the land for the water. He refused to allow his son to take part in the Victorian championships, but said the "Boy" would be available to represent Australia at the Olympic Games at Paris. A trip like that would be an education in itself. Later "Boy" will go on the I land, his grandfather having promised i to see that the lad gets a good start. . He belongs to a swimming family. His ' sister. Enid, was a very promising swim mer, who put up some fine performances ' as a school girl. She has given up racing as she does not care to swim in publia _ _'