REMARKABLE SWIMMING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18298, 15 January 1923, Page 8

REMARKABLE SWIMMING.

N.S.W. BOY BREAKS REUORD. HALF-MILE IN IIM, 5 1-SS. Australian ana ?N:Z. Cable .Association* v ' iKecA 5.5 p-m.) -■ •'- SYDNEY, Jan- ■"• At the Ne\r So«%; Wales'. gwinuuing ;; championship meeting: yesterday the ':"/ IDOyds «resulted:-~W. -v Harris jHaWai)} i 1 ; W. Herald/ 2; H. Hay, 3." It was ; & .great race throughout, and hid -an. exciting finish, Harris -winning by ft ' touch in 57 1-sb:, .-; ? ?C V ' >?i;:^.;^ The. . half-milei- retailed /-—A. Charlton, '.';■ 1; .N" Christie, 2 7-A. Wilkes, 3. Charlton went away; from the start and eajuiy , l >■ outdistanced the otherVoorapetitors;,•'; He Twqji" by? K looyds in... the worlds .record ;,! . : ''"" •'.' time JlrfrvS. 1-5% The. feat was .'.'-, specially -meritorious as Chariton ia.only '■,'■■' 15i years 01d..-Harris, "who did hot: 03m- • ~ -..• rpe.te; described jfc., as ;easily^the,,mdst ;"won-: : f- r: derful, race he had _ever sefei. ~ ; v ;; / ■ ■The IGOydsV ba^-sfcrXike^ championship; .■;'■'■: reacted :—S. Kirkland, 1; S. IJecfc,' 2; ; •"'".,. :■■;'■' F.*; Carben-jr, v 3.,. ■'■Winnings tim2, 14 i 4-s*. ' " -'■/'« ; . .: Tile standing "world's record for the . v ■'■' half-mile swim, i* Htn 24 ! l-ss, established -i :■■■'■■.. | • "by Norman Boss (United States) at Syd- ; : ' ney in 1920. I * ;.' ; - ; ;:,