SWIMMING CARNIVAL.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1379, 4 March 1912, Page 9

SWIMMING CARNIVAL.

SWUTS J.ADIKS" Cl.rii. Rnlnrilny was anylliing but plwisml for the holding of the second annual larnival of the. billies' branch of the Swills Aiitalimii" Swimming Club, which look place in llio Ti> Aro Hal Its in Ihe aflcrnoi.ii. To tlti< swimmers il probablv made very lillle dilVerencc. us in any i-a-n they had lo Ki't wel, but lo the o'nlooker il was perhaps a littlo dillieull lo wax rnlhushsliii with tin) mill snaking into one's shoes and trickling down one's face. Some of Iho events were very good, and piir.icnlarlv amusing wero the ob.-taclc races, and" last, but by no means least, the niidgvts' race, in which a particularly liny competitor took part and nviiin most game.ly llio whole ienglh of the baths, amidst the most encouraging plnmlils from tho onlookers. He was third nl the winning post, but it. was a clo=o Ihiiiß between himself nnd the winner of the second place. Tea was warmly welcomed, half-way through tho aflernnon, by spectators and .swimmers alike, and was decidedly cheering. Tho following arc the rosulls:— 50 Yards liroast-stroke. lliimlicap-First heat: J[. Uaubney, 1; 0. Tucker, 2; 0. Turtoii, S. Second lietit: 0. Arthur nnd If. Gibbs, ciitiul. Final: G. Tucker, 1; H. Gibbs, 2; M. Daubney, 3. Time, 48sec. 100 Yards Club Championship—o. Arthur, 1; H". llurrell, 2; 0. King, 3. Time, lmin. 3-jsro. Tifl Yards Girls' Race, unilor IB—A. Cairns, I; G. Tucker, 2; D. Powell, 3. Time, 47.sec. 50 Yards Club Handicap-First heat: J). Wobb, 1; X. Murrell, 2; G. Turton, .'I. Time, 45 t-risec. Second heal: 0. Smith, 1; 0. Arthur, 2; 0. King, :i. Time, It! Msec. Final: ]). Webb, 1; 0. Arthur, 2; 0. Smith, 3. Time, 47 2-r)?oc. Midgets' Kua—Xnm Watson, 1; ]!. Jl'Cormack, 2; If. Stevenson, .1. Diving Competilion-O. Arthur, 1; 0. Smith. 2: H. Murrell, 3. Obstndo Kace-Kirst heat: 0. King and IT. Mtirrell, equal. Second heal: sf. Dntibney, 1; Q. Jftnerney and A. Cairns, equal. Final: 11. Murrell, 1; 0. King, 2; A. Cairns, IS. First distance of the. Schoolgirls' Championship. 75 yards—First heat: ,F, Ward, 1; A. Ward ami F. Out trim, equal, 2. Second heat: Xora Watson, 1; .T. Smith, 2. Final: J. Ward, 1; A. Ward, 2; I'. Outtrim, ". Time, 78 2-. r isec. Second distance, 50 yards-First heat: J. Ward, 1; F. Outtrim, 2; A. Ward, X Time. 4Ssee. Final: J. Ward. 1; A. Ward and 0. Outfrim. equal 2. Third distance. 100 yards-J. Ward, 1; A. Ward nnd 1". Outtrim, 2. Time, lmin. 51 l-isec. Fourth distance, 25 yards—.l. Ward, 1; F. Outtrim, 2; A. Ward, X Time, 20 l-ssoc. Points to count, for gold mcdnl— J. Wnrd, Clyde Quay, 10 points; silver medal, F. Outtrim, Dixon Street. li'. points; silver medal, A. Ward, Dixon Street, 51 points.