SWIMMING.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 159, 30 March 1908, Page 4

SWIMMING.

' : .. y ■■ -v.SWIFTS CLUB; MILE" HANDICAP. ' A "mile handicap race arranged by tho Swifts Clul) , was ..got. .off /at, Tq;,;Ar9/.:..Bathson Saturday : afternoon. ' The" starters woro:—C. G. Aston;;4Bim:.:lssec..rC. Morse,• 3min. 25sec.; C. M. : War.cl, 2inin: "25s.ee. F. ■ lyilton, 2min/ lOseo.; E~. E.' Je.iikinson, imin! .55sec; J. Lynch, ,scr.. .'The race '.was/ woii by' Lyilch, ivho stvain a' great, race, overhauling.' man in' the final' stages, and . eventually'winning-by fiilly.'2sryar'ds;;in-.,the.;escellent ;:timq : .;of.,29min. 23sec. out, his" '-lap tifri.es s.yaryini; 'fronv .49;,,t0/J's2sec. Freyberf''dj.d./notl jtart. ;,Thi3' ilifeit/.nian had covered'27s' yffrds the' borird. Tlio earlier ; laps'/wqre;;ija.t^vvpry 'interesting, . b'lit- as ' the ',raco;/p.rogr6sso(l':: it was apparent 'that' tho scratch;" mhn-w'a's ,puttin|; in good 1 work.!' He 'oveftpbß'>'Johkinsoii' at ■' 800; yards) and passed Aston at 1200. At 1300N yards he was only ; 50 yards : Behind tlio : leader,' Morse. Tho next 100 saw theyleader's advantage reduced to 20 yards, Ward at this stage swim,mmg vseeoud." Beforp ; tho i'neSt- - pieted Lynch had passed'\Ward,' set"out' ;in. 1 pursuit' ' of Morse,'.who waf. oyei-takori 'Without 'inuch difficulty, bythe.: time \1600':, y'ards had ' been traversed.':,.Lynchput ',in a -good finish,, and;,won.bj: .fully 25 .yards iifn'idijt 'the ! applauso of',' tli§ : spectator?...'/ ' Jlqr§o'- cghrifi. second/ and\Wilton third,> .a'Vjoi^f- - way : .6ir.-' Ward a who sh'puld/ have finished" 'third, -. miscounted the laps, apd stopped 50 yards from homo. ''.'Aston. swam'lOO 'yards' short," and'Jen'kin'soh;so-. yards 'short. - '

AUCKLAND CENTRE'S CARNIVAL. . ■■■ ! •: ■ , '■ ■ ■ . „ ,-(B>' ASSpCIA.'fION,) ; - Auckland, March 29. At tho Auckland Swimming Centre's carni,ral . last evening, tho 2JO yards" provincial championship 1 was contested,-.'Champion',■'■'of-Auckland, > scpuriifg.., first place; Kernott, of Auckland,second; arid ,'Dodgo, .of': Christchurch/ thjrd/.-VEour conipeteii; ' The race was won by : about eight yards: ' The', time was 2min: 48 2-osec., or 1 below the standard, time;,: The time/jsVa: : 2-ssoc. ojitsidij' the Nov/- Zenlnnd-recoi'd,'-'-', • ,The 100 . yards'; invitation;; scratch race resulted as* follows:—Champion,'. i;,'D6dgo, '2; OJHarc, 3. • Four compaced. Time, 65seo". (standard, tipe),, , '. - ■ . ; ■ ; : ..