SWIMMING.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 395, 2 January 1909, Page 12

SWIMMING.

(By Splash.) , CARNIVAL DATES. January 23.—Swifts Carnival. v February 6.—Y.M.C.A; Carnival; February 20. —Wellington Carnival. March (ii—Thorndbn Carnival. . , March 20.I—Centre1 —Centre Carnival. A halt has been called in the operations of the" local swimming clubs since;the beginning: of the holidays, l and . local : news is • quently at a premium. : - " The, brick wall at'the -To Arb Baths is now practically- completed all the way round, and : •the' result is " smooth water' in the -heaviest! northerly, except;at ;high' water, whenthe , seas break over the wall and cause a little sea inside. The posts of the wall of the old bath are still standing, ■ and spoiling the sheet : of; water to some extent.'. The most important event at the .East Syd- ; ney Club's carnival (says tho "Referee") was the 300, Yards State- Championship.; The race provided a fine struggle between Harold Hardwick and Cecil Healy over .the 100 yards; course.':. Other competitors were J. R. Garland, Ci J. - Hnntj and J._Lord. The; first-, named .four covered; tho distance under., four minutes, -thus 'gaining standard. ; 'certifipa,tes; All entered tha water together.- ; . The initial lap; saw, Healy leading Hardwick by about a yard; Garland -and : Hunt "eight; yards', behind. At-th® finish- of the'second hundred.' Healy had..'increased"'his 1 advantage^pushjng .:'off aboht two 'yarSs. to tho good.-., Hardwick chal-! longed Hoaly ; and. drew_ level.; with'.'him at 260 .yards amid great excitement, and, swim-, ming. strongly, went away, wnning/by about six, yards in. the veTy 1 fast time .of 3min. 87 2-Ssec., which is only 6 4-osec. outside the late B. B. Kieran's world's -record. Garland just; defeated -Hunt by v the touch for third place.' Healy- covered the distance in3mm. 41 4-sseo.; Garland, 3min. 50scc.; Hunt, 3min. 60 4-ssec.; and Lord, 4min. 6 I-ssec, Writing in tho Sydney.' 'Referee",; in' answer to a correspondent, "Natator" says:—Rarely indeed has a hard-musoled man proved a firstclass speed swimmer, u arid-when, he lias shone at'aJl .it was ~ohly over . very , short The softer the body as a whole (excepting tho legs),; tho greater;-; the..-- floa,ting power—of course, I mean soft .within reason. There must do mhsoW .'of . the elistio: variety, .'not: mere flabby 1 flesh. ■ None of the men named by my correspondent are .muscular-looking, but they .'are' Splendidly 'framed, as a rule, and finely developed whero thoy, woiild need to be .to prove so successful.' The necessity .for ■ softmuscle, in the, swimmer; is' why he .must con-; fine himself almost solely -to his own;: game (the- exceptions being walking -and running and like 'pastimes),' if he desiros to 'continue to' excel. Aristotle'likens tho swimmer to tho runnor and' t-h'e boxer. tending 't6 harden the body has 'always"proved detri- ' sticks'to'swTniming'''absolutely-remaihs'on. top the'longest.' ' Lookbackat Gormly, the Cavilla, Lane, and; dozens, of-others!. who I might easily ; M^menti6ne'd;.-r, : - :r. • A start- was mado -at 'Te- Aro Baths on Thursday with tho work of; removing : •': the piles .:which hold. the outside., fence -of the old .batli. ' -'When tbe piles are .removfed the baths will -be 'a'real:treat to/sirim'-. in. .- L : .The programme mapped out for tlio tenth annual. csrnivai of. the. Swifts Club on'. January 23-is as follows'.-roOyds. maiden,: 50yds, club.'jtmior handicap/ under, 16: years ; ; -50,yds.'- • ladies' bracelet handicap ;• 100 yds. inter-club 1 handicap • spring board, dive;:coinic"dive 'in ' fancy costume; 220 yds. intor-club handicap; ■200ydii. : rclay 'rac(j. Tho .relay raco will bo open to teams .of four men (swimming clubs . excepted),; business 'firms,. Government _,Departments,.; or "other business, .institutions. Each competitor • must be ; able ,; to sign l .'the N.Z.AiS.A. .declaration,as to amateur status.; The. final item on the programme will be an exhibition of .water polo.

MURDER WILL NOT OUT.

POLICE 'CONVINCED OF GUILT, BUT: LACK EVIDENCE. Thei British Homo. Secretary, has informed Earl Wiriterton,"M.P., that tho total number of .murders; (infanticide not included) that have taken place in iho Metropolitan Police Distriot, with the . number in which; thovperpetrators have not been .discovered, since. January 1, 1903, is as follows: —■ . r: - Murders. ■ ' Murderers " .' . • Committed! notDoteeted. 1903- 17 ... — . . 1904...'- ... ; 20 -2 ;- 1905" ... :.. 19 ... 1 1906 15 ... 2 1907 11 ... ■ 3 1908 (to Sept. 30) 10 ... ' 2 , 92 10 . Of the . ton murders , the. perpetrators . of which havo not been discovered, four were oases in which women had died as the result of- illegal: operations, - - Mr; Gladstone adds that hi has included "hot only, tho cases in which, the criminal has not bean traced, but also those in which the police possess information which convinces them that only one person could-have committed the-orime, but havo found it. impossible ■to .'obtain 1 the: legal evidence hicessary: to; justify his or' her arrest, or, : in cases, of'arrest, to secure his or her conviction." "