SWIMMING.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 423, 4 February 1909, Page 2

SWIMMING.

■ The~.Thprndb.il ; Swimming .Club ;got r .off :three' : ■■: events of a 100 Yards' Handicap at the Thorn-.. :; don Baths r yesterday-evening.. The: water was perfect,.- and" the .competitors'comprised .the ■;,,. bulk of the fastest siyininiersjn-the ,oitjr,.,wwn.:.;.:■. the-result that 1 ;the tunte v . \vere .oxaeptwnaUy;;.,,, good'even allowing for the.fact that the. 1 horn*;,yy. don 100 yds. course, is eighteen'inches snorfcoimv. ■; principal heat-was: the third, in' which Healy, \v.. •Boberts,- and-Eohayne:were jplaced. •Thestwo;-; : limit men, Briee and Bridge; made.-the pace at -■~»•' the start, and Brice was tne'.first to-turn into ;•; the home stretch. -Bridge followed, and close -./ behind came EoEerts: and Epnayne,-/ who .-were-.-'>■. together/and Healy,. the ecratchman, not far. ;• in th'e rear. 'Roberts began to draw.away •from Konayno, arid atTSyds. was : Wading,the field, Bonayne and Healy being ne.tt,'and' the,other ~,. pair: dropping in the rear.- 'Five yards from .' home.: Eoberts. looked to have fa : fairly v •thing on, but Eonarae put in- another- of ..his -: brilliant finishes and drew up.toUtoberts, who - only won by a'touch.- Oiily about three, feet • separated, tiie placed .men. The times of .the V three mon'were: Roberts 6i 3-5, Epnayne 65 1-5,' • Healy 62 3-5. The New-Zealand record fot :. the 100- in 65660.,' so that 'on yesterday: even- :: ing's Jimes, and with • Healy, Rpnayne, and Champion competing;'in the lOO'.Yards New . Zealand Championship'next we.ek, 65seo. should ■.;. be broken easily enough, provided thdt the oon< :-.-■ ditibns are anvthing fike reasonable. ;The" final of tho race will be deoided on.lfriaay.even'.,". ine. : . ! The results:of the-heats were.:—: ; > ■:■:■■. - First heat-G. Bruce (165e0.), 1;' E.i Stewar); > (16sec), 2; K. Wiggins (19sec), 3., Also startcdf ; ; A- AV.-. Smith (25sec); H. Thompson; :(l8s«.), W,; Bey (16sec.). Time. Jrnin. 20 3-Ssec.■■' n■'.■J^-:- v . . • Second heat—E. Nelson (llsec), 1; D.'.M']>d . (Msec), 2; N; Pownall (Ssec), 3. Alse started:;. \V. L. Allen (13520.), E. Picot(l3sec.); ,Time, lniin.• Msec■■'..' ...■■■ l . . : :. : : V :^; " ' '-' Third heat-F. Eoberts (3sec), lj;R. ; Konaynf;■■ , (3sec), 2: E, Healy (bw.).J. Also'.started: C. : . . Brioe (3sec), L. Bridge (Gsec). Tinier, luimv |~y, 2-fisec. ■.■.■•... :'. ..;■■■-.,■ '■ :> - -.