MORE RECORDS BROKEN.

Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13646, 11 February 1913, Page 7

MORE RECORDS BROKEN.

Wanganui, Feb. 10

The New Zealand amateiir swimming championships concluded to-night in fine weather and before/a big attendance. The meeting throughout was characterised by fine swimming, and in ali tho championship events New Zealand records were' beaten by substantial margins. Tho results of to-night's contests were-.: —.- . . ' '440 yards amateur -championship: Champion ("Waitemata)- 1 y Wikon (Waitemata) 2, Atkinson (Opiwa) 3. T.ime,--smin 40secs, beating , Champion's, own record for New Zealand by 8-8-sse.es: 50 yards scratch: Br-i-cri^Vellington) 1 Pfankuch (Blenheim) 2; O'llara (Wai temata) 3. Time,-29sccs. :• ' -.; 100 yards ladies' handicap: Miss E. O'Leary (Masterton) -'.I,- Mies Ostler (Richmond) 2, Miss A/ O'Leary. (Mas-. terton) 3. Time 1.-15----•400 yawls flying squadron .championship : Auckland l/Hawke's Bay 2, Waiignnui 3. Time, '4.2$ 1-51 ' Polo .championship, final V Canterbury beat Wellington 4—2. . 100 -yards ro'.ay inter-club handicap : Victoria B (Wanganui) 1, Blenheim 2. Time, 60 2-ssees. > ' ■ - The Yaldhurflt shield was won by.the Auckland province with 46 pdints,-Can-terbury 1.9 being second. ; ' ■