SWIMMING.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIII, Issue 32, 20 January 1923, Page 2

SWIMMING.

HERETAUNGA CLUB RACES. The club held their weekly programme of events at the Maddison Baths last night. G. Rose won the Perkis Cup (junior). The “Silver Kings’’ team will hold the Crooks Diamond badges for the current week. During the evening exhibitions of life saving were given, the demonstrations being convincing and well carried out, whilst the handicapping was very good. These weekly events are becoming very popular, last night’s attendance eclipsing that of the previous Friday, which was itself a record. Following are the results:— Perkis Cup (junior), final distance of 75 yards.—Mitchell (ssec) 1, Rose (16 sec) 2, Jones (8 sec) 3. Time, 73sec. Novice Handicap, 25 yards.—First heat: M. Poppelwell 1, Kelly 2, Salmon 3. Second heat: Jackson 1, H. Poppelwell 2, McCallum 3. Third heat: Gordon 1, Anderson 2, Geddis 3. Fourth heat: Duncan and Luttrell (dead heat) 1, Davis 3. Final: Luttrell 1, Gordon 2, Jackson 3. Time, 17 1-5 sec. 50 yards Open Club Handicap.—First heat: Mackerel! 1, Jaeger 2. Second heat: McKenzie 1, R. Ellingham 2. Third heat: J. Blake 1, Collins 2. Final: Mackerell 1, J. Blake 2. Time, 35 4-ssec. Ribbon Dive, junior.—M. Ellingham 1. ? Ribbon Dive, junior.—W. Le Bas 1. Teams’ Race (Crooks Diamonds). — First heat: Heretaunga Kids 1, Heretaunga No. 22 Hcretaunga No. 1 3. Secopd heat: Hcretaunga Duds 1, Heretaunga Scrags 2, Heretaunga Triers 3. Third heat: Silver Kings 1, Hydroplanes 2, Torpedoes 3. Final: Silver Kings (Anderson, Delaney, B. Davis) 1, Heretaunga Kids 2, Heretaunga Scrags 3. Time, 57secs. AUSTRALIAN BOY’S RECORD. Sydney, Jan. 11. A Manly boy. Alan Charlton, who has not yet turned 16, has accomplished several wonderful swimming feats. On Monday afternoon, in the Rushcutters’ Bay. (Sydney) baths, Charlton swam 880 yards in llmin. 0 3-ssec. This is 23 3-ssec. faster than the -world’s record, held by Norman Ross, the American champion. Unfortunately, Charlton’s figures will not go dow'n on the record books, as he did not swim under official conditions. In 1905, Barney Keiran was credited with llmin. 11 3-ssec. for the half-mile, though his time was never officially recognised. Charlton’s swim was in the nature of a trial —he is to meet W. Harris, the champion of Hawaii over half a mile in the New South Wales Championship, to be decided on Saturday. He was carefully timed, and there is no reason to doubt that the record is not authentic. 1 Only a fortnight ago, in a competition race in the Manly Baths, Charlton swam 440yds. in smin. 16 3-ssec., which is the fastest time ever recorded by an Australian. The previous best was by. Keiran, who registered smin. 19sec. in Sydney in 1905.