SWIMMING.
Preas Association'-By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON. Auguso 26. Percy Cavill won the Half-mile Swimming Handicap at Manchester. The Australian had a start of ten seconds, the scratch man being Derbyshire. Cavill moved with a powerful stroke, Derbyshire ploughing after him. Cavill held the lead for two-thirds of the distance, and won by fifty yards in 13min lOeeo, thus breaking the record for the distance. Wilkinson, with a start of 35sec, was second, and Derbyshire a had third.
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 9817, 28 August 1897, Page 7
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