SWIMMING.

Wanganui Chronicle, 6 March 1901, Page 2

SWIMMING.

The Annual College. Swimming Sports were held on Monday, in the College Baths; 21 items were contested, the icsults of which are given below. The Half-mile, the Quarter-mile, and the Humane Society's Competition for Life-Saving will be held on subsequent days. The sports were a great success, for • the weather was tine. Several-records were broken. The Murphys were , as usual, very conspicuous. R. C. Murphy lowered the school records for tho 100 yards and the 50 yards, while R. K. Mr-" accomplished the extraordinary distance of 238 feet in the long dive. There was a good snrinkling of humourous items to allow the competitors to recover from their exertions.

100 Y^RDS OPEN (Dr Saunders' Challenge Cup). R. C. Murphy 1 Borlase '. 2 R. K. Murphy 3 Time, 70 sees. Munphy swam splendidly, beating his previous school record by over a second. HIGH DIVE (OPEN). Total, 60 points). Hewitt, ma., 57 1 Bell, 54 2 Barker, ma., 51 3 Some very good diving was shown in this competition, but many of tli3 boys do not recover properly. 50 YARDS, under 15 (Dr Saunders' Cup). Smith, mi 1 Smith, ma ■•• 2 Barker, ma 3 Time, 36 l-sth sees. The winner swam in good style, but it will be a long time before. R. C. Murphy's record of 34 l-sth sees is beaten. 25 YARDS' BEGINNERS' RACK ;^r Atkins' Challenge Cup). Bowen ••• 1 Bcvan • ••• 2 Lupton • 3 Time, 20 l-sth sees.-, This is a race for the boys who ha.ye learnt to swim during the year. The record was previously held by Chavannes. LONG DIVE (OPEN.) R. K. Murphy 238 ft 1 R, C. Murphy, 203 ft 2 Johnson, 189 ft 3 The previous school record of 167 feet was held by R. K. Murphy; unless the New Zealand record of two years ago (228 feet) has since been beaten, Murphy's dive establishes a colonial record. In any case, ib was a "rout performance for a schoolboy. 75 CARDS, Under 14. Xii Karauria 1 Gibbs , I McDonnell 3 Timo, 72 2-sth sees. 25 YARDS DORMITORIES' CKOCO-

DILE RACE. Number 2 Dormitory School House... 1 Day Boys' Team 2 Number 4 Dormitory School House ... 3 This is one of the "comic" items, and is swum by four boys from each <'<rmitory, each clasping a straip fastened round the waist of the boy in front of him. As the prize is a case of a.pples to the winning dormitory, the race usually causes much excitement.

100 YARDS (Open Handicap). Thompson, ma., 65 sees ■.....'.. 1 Millar, mi., 55 sees 2. iWillock, 45 sees •■• 3 PREFECTS' RACE (50 Yards Handicap.) Cunningham, 16 sees 1 Wilder, ma., 17 sees 2 Martin, 9 sees 3 JUNIOR LONG DIVE (Under 15). Barker, ma., 110 ft 1 Smith, mi., 87ft 2 Injjlewood, ma,., 68ft 3 100 YARDS (Under 16. Borlase 1 Smith, mi 2 Wright 3 Time, 78 4-sth sees. Tho School record of 73 4-sth sees is held by R. C. Murphy. NEAT HEADERS, Open (60 Points.) Hewitt, ma., 58 points 1 ft. C. Murphy, bl points + Willoek, bt points .....!.... t : Hewitt again dived well. NEAT HEADERS (Under 15); total 90. Hewitt, mi., 80 points 1 Gibbs, 79 points 2 Meuli, mi., 74 points 3 50 YARDS' OPEN HANDICAP. Buchan, 22 sew 1 Inglewood, ma., 23 sees 2 Evans, 24 sees , ....;.. o PLATE DIVING (48 Plates). McKelvie, 22 plates ? Johnson, 21 plates 1 Seymour, 21 plates "t 60 YARDS' OPEN. R. C. Murphy 1 Borlube ; £ R. K. Murphy 3 Time, 31 sees.

Murphy again beat his previous record, this time by 4-sth sec.

DORMITORY WATER AND BISCUIT RACE.

No. 1 Dormitory, Mr Shields' House 1 No. H Dormitory School House i No. 1 Dormitory School House 3 This is another "comic" item. Each dormitory sends two representatives, who swim across the baths (10 yards), tied to each other by tho wrists, crawl out and sit on tho edge: one then drinks a glass of water by the humble assistance, of a teaspoon, the other enta a cracknel biscuit: ■then they swim back 10 yards to the starting place. If anyone doubts the amusing character of such a race, let him try to perform either of these feats against time. 50 YARDS' HANDICAP, Under 16. Price, 2 Bsecs 1 Robertshawc, ma., 25 sees 2 Fitzherbert, 30 sees .. 3 5Q YARDS' HANDICAP, BREAST \ STROKE (Mr G. Pownall's Medal). • I Fitzherbert, 30 sees 1 Riddiford, mi., 28 sees 2 Smith, r.ui., 16 sees 3 DISTRICT RELAY RACE, 100 Yards. Gisborne Team... 1 I [ Wauganui Team . fc Ha'rt'ke's Bay Team ...■<■ 3 Time, 59 4-sth sees. Four boys represent each of the various towns or country districts of the colony, an-3 swim 25 yards each. The Gisborne reps (consisting this year of the Murphys, Johnson and Seymour) lmvi been unbeaten for some years. OLD BOYS' RACE HANDICAP. Fry, (10 sees) 1 Pownul.; (5 sees) 2 Uodgson (8 sees) 2