A LADIES MEETING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6128, 15 March 1898, Page 1

A LADIES MEETING.

The first annual swimming carnival held exclusively by the lady members of the Richmond Amateur Swimming Club on Saturday was very successful. Despite the inclement weather, there was a large attendance of lady members and their friends. Mrs T. Bassett (lady captain) and Miss Pheney (deputy captain) deserve great praise for the manner in which they carried out the programme. The results are as follow : — 75yds HANDICAP—Mias M. Strange, 30sec, 1; MisaD. Bassett, 9sec, 2; Miss O. Fisher, 27sec, o. Miss L. BiEsett scranri Miss I. Basse it o'3sec also Started. Mic 8 Grange swum in a very plucky uianner, and defeated her opponents easily. Miss L. Bassett was much too severely handicapped, bnt gamed very fabt on the field. Time—lmin 413 sec. 25yds HANDICAP—First- heat: Miss E. Baxter, 14sec, 1; Miss 1. Bassett, lOsec, 'I. Miss K. Kajrs 6sec and Miss N. Baxter 17sec also star td. Time —29Jsec. Second heat: MissO Fisher, 9aec, 1; Miss C. Bain, 6sec,' 2. Miss J. Cardwell Bsec also i competed. Tinie—3osec. Third heat: Miss D. Bassett, 3sec, 1.; MissL. Bassett, scr, 2. Miss J£. Shand 9sec and Miss B. Hinge ton lOsec also started. Veryexcitingrace. Won on t.he touch only. Time —24Jsec. Final he it: Miss K. Baxter, 14sec, 1; Miss C. Bain, Osec, 2. Mi is I>. Bassett scr, Miss D. Bass-tt 3b ec and Miss O. Fisher 9sec competed. Time—3osec. NKATBST HIGH DlVE—This was won by Miss E. Shand lifter a very graceful exhibition, with Miss Enyrs second. Four others competed." LADIES' PLUNGING CHAMPIONSHIP— Miss E. Bbaiid, 29ff5in, 1; Miss Eayrs, 25ft Sin, 2. ELECTRIC DASH (across bath)— Miss Zoe Arrowsroith,"l; ffliss M. Parsons, 2. Miss G. Wilson and Misa M. Trent also started. Very close finish. ' 25YDS BEGINNERS —Miss E. Arrowsmith, 1; Miss G. Kent, 2. Miss V. Hiorns, Miss K Randall, Miss E. Kenuett, Miss I. Kdgar, Miss A. Hall and Miss G. Treut were the other starteru. Won rather easily. Time—3ssec. 50yds HANDICAP—Mis* I. Bassett, 27sec, 1; Miss D. Bassett, fisec, 2. M»s^ K. Baxter V!3sec, Miss B. Hingston 18sec and Miss C. Ban ltisec also competed. TMr was the best race of the dny. Won on the touch, all five competitors being witnin two yards of the winner. Time—7ssec. TURNING COMPETITION—This was a very pretty exhibiti-m. and wiig won by Miss D. Bassett with Misal.Bjssett second. Afternoon tea was partaken of.in the schoolroom at the close of the proceedings. The Hornby bath, which had been emptied and thoroughly cleaned, was examined on Friday evening by the committee, and the concrete-wor.k was found to be in excellent order. It was decided that the ground sorrounding the bath should be tarred before next season, the matter ta be left in the hands of Messrs Leslie and Piper. At the previous meeting the balance-sheet and financial statement were read and adopted, and a hearty vote of thanks was accorded to the honorary Secretary and Treasurer for the good work they had done. Entries for the inter-club events to be held at the Canterbury Club's race meeting closed yesterday.. There are forty in the 50yds, twenty-eight in the 100 yds, and thirty-two in the 50yds Junior. The coinjpetitors in the 220 yds Grand Invitation Scratch Eace will be —H. Rich (Lyttelton), A. B. Truscott (Richmond), F. Truscott (New Brighton) and probably F. Stokes I (East Christchurch). The bath will be heated to over 80deg.

[Per Press Association.] :v ~ AUCKLAND, March 14. ' G. A. Tyler, who broke the New Zealand record for 100 yds in the Graving Dock on Saturday,. afterwards established a world's . sfcraight-away record for the same distance. In the Ladies' Bracelet, Tyler, -who was attired in full swimming costume, and who had already won two races, was a few inches behind the winner of this race, and the official time for the race was 79sec. The limit man's start was 13sec, making Tyler's time for the race a little over 66sec. By a separate official timekeeper, Tyler was timed to have done the distance in 67sec, which is a world's record for a straightaway 100 yds. This time is almost equal to Tyers' bath record, with two turns, of 63{fsec, and is better than P. Cavill's New South Wales record of 66gsec, in which two turns were made.