THE OLYMPIC GAMES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 254, 20 July 1908, Page 7

THE OLYMPIC GAMES.

SWIMMING AND WALKING EVENTS... (BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPTRIGHT.) (Rec. July 19, 4.30 p.m.) v London, July 19. •Additional., results in connection with events ■at the Olympic Games are as follow^: —.. 100 Metre (109 yds.) Swimming Race. ( Frank Beaiirepaire (Australian champion) won his heat in this ovent. : ~ Tartakovor (N.S.W.) gained'second place in another heat. •• ; . Beaurepaire has not won many important short sprint races; but. in contests over distances between 440 yds. and a milo lie is extremely liard < to-beat; Although'only..l6 years old, ho came second in the 100 yds. and ■ 220 yds. races at the recent Australian championships, and'won with plenty to spare in the 410 yds., SSOyds., and the .mile. That ho lias struck fine form niay be gauged from tho fact that' H. Taylor, the'champion of England, defeated . him by only five yards on Thursday in the. final of the-400 metre (437iyds.) contest in Smin. .36-4-5 sec. .Tartakover is a much less brilliant performer. • 18 Kilometre (10 Mile) Walk. ;. Kerr:-(New'Zealaiid) scratched' in thefiniil for this' event. ' Larnor ;(of' England), the winner, ' completed, tho distance in 1 hour 15 min. 57sec., establishing a new amatour record. Tho news that Kerr did not compete in the final .will cause, disappointment. It is probable'that, .owing to insufficient training, ho 'felt the strain, of the keen, struggle in his heat, which was von'- by Larner .in 78min. 19sec— 40 l-ssec. slower than the world's amateur record put up by W.. J. Sturgess in England -in.; 1896. The,'new "record established- by. Larnov, who is a constable, beats the existing amateur record by lmin.'4l 4-ssec.,-and is only lmin. 12sec. slower; than tlio professional record .winch was made by J. W. Raby in" England' in 1883.,, . , '