SWIMMING.
THE HALF-MILE HANDICAP, [Per Press Association.]
LONDON,: August 26.
Percy Cavill won the Half-mile Handicap, at Manchester. The Australian had a start oif .'ten: seconds, the scratch, man being : Derbyshire;' Cavill moved with a powerful stroke, Derbyshire ploughing, after, him. Cavill held the lead for two-thirds of the distance and won by fifty yards in 13min 103 ec, thus breaking the record for the distance. Wilkinson, with a start of thirtyfive seconds was second, Derbyshire a bad third.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5960, 27 August 1897, Page 3
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79SWIMMING. Star (Christchurch), Issue 5960, 27 August 1897, Page 3
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