SWIMMING.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 763, 11 March 1910, Page 8

SWIMMING.

;THOENDON CLUB. Despite the unseasonable • weather, a large, attendance of swimmers witnessed the final of the M'llroy Handicap (100 yards) yesterday. The club's handicapper had ganged the merits of the different competitors excellently, and a very close finish was seen. Cyril Brice, 17 years of age, who is the possessor of a fast crawl stroke, won the event in the good time of 65sec, with E._ Picot second and F. Roberts third. Entries;' for the Wellington Amateur Swimming Club's fifteenth annual carnival, which .will be-held at Te Aro Baths to-morrow afternoon, have, come to hand in a manner which has exceeded the records of any previous season. For the ladies' bracelet. 100 yards handicap, over 50 swimmers have entered, the prize being a ,£3 .3s. trophy, and for- the 50 [ yards inter-club handicap the entries are even more numerous. The comic display promises to be something '■ out" of the ordinary. The extension of the To Aro Baths recently carried out by the City' Council, has provided a large amount or additional space for spectators, and every comfort in the way of seating accommodation, can be reliod upon; long distance swimming will relieve the.monotony of the ■ short distance events, usually so conspicuous at swimming sports, as a 220 yards provincial championship and a «0 yards handicap event find places on the programme. , .