PLUCKY LADY SWIMMER.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1676, 17 February 1913, Page 6

PLUCKY LADY SWIMMER.

FEAT AT AUCKLAND. ' (By Talfffrttßh.— Special Oorrcepoß«enO; Auckland, February 0. Tho feature of a cwimmlng raco acrois the harbour from NortliMto to Sheni Deach on:S.iturdny was the. mot that Ui course, which is it shade over ft mile, \va» covered for the first, tuno by h war-' Miss Lnrgo—who. finished soventh, aft«. a highly creditable performance. Sho ha« a nice, free style, and possesses eiayiiiff power seldom found in swimmers of hei sex, With ■ tho -limit, allowance (Ismin.) sho led half-Way across, and proved her stamina, by finishing comparatively fresh, whilo more than-half of the mftio coift» pctitorß gave up long beforo tluv tape waf reached. At' tho oonolusion Miss LarM was loudly cheered by th« crowd of spectators and ' a substantial, sum was sub. scribed on tho bracli to present her with a trophy as a memento of her feat. • It, wa9 an unusually cold day for thie time of (H* rear and there wai a bleak Bouth-West wind which raised a perceptibl» jobble, trying even the strongest swimmer, but, fortunately, tho tide was on the ebb, Had it bren again the. wind, tho task would navo been muoh harder. Conelderlnir the conditions, tile times wers Rood, M'Quillen'i SOmln. flOseo. from toratoh, being particularly *o. Inkster was the winner with a start of lmln, SOmo., and his actual lime . waj Slmin, Msec. Lowe, who was runner-up, ttjor iJmin,, and M'Qulllan was third.