THE SWIMMING TOURNAMENT.

Evening Star, Issue 4069, 11 March 1876, Page 3

THE SWIMMING TOURNAMENT.

[Bt Pigeon Express.]

~ A E * Sims’s swimming tournament eame off U ?n er v 6 .17 advantageous circumzvoalfn’ being beautifully flue. The Golden Age left the Eattray street jetty at 2.15 p.m., hut only conveyed about forty visitors. She ™f“ oored alongside the baths, affording those on hoiwd a good view of the races. The first event was lor

All Coheres. Three lengths of the baths. Eight .started.

C. Armstrong i J. Currie ... I WahLoe ... ”, ”| g , V n ? p A 6d lead, swimming on ftoL r^f Q * “ at -drawtrong s<ym collared him, and a well 6usued. The little Chinaman was third,

’ ° Ver eiellteeil, Ninc started. J. Rogers ... i J. O’Brien g “• “ 8 All-comebs, over eighteen. Eight lengths. Seven T „ _. , started. J. B. Finlaysou ... -i B. Treseder ... o J. Campbell ... g Treseder started off with the lead, and Btondv^thoi W iJ hj a , ei^e-8 trokc—the former long Ul> from the te,: n fast: ' them all p Ir °“ tho staJ t. and won at his case by a length Two lengths. E. M‘crlashan ... . . o A. ti arris ”■ g A tiije mco, being won all the way. Schools, wider 14. One length, C. Rattray i _. S. Leith ... o Five started, A capital race, Au Comers, under 14. One length R. Bnrke ... ‘t K. Blair g G. Hoare ’’’ 3 Agoodrace. Axe Comers, under twelve. Two lengths across R. Lees ... ... ... ... 1 A. Tidey ... ... ... ... 2 Seven started. Ail Comers, over eighteen. Twenty lengths. J. B. Finlayson ... ... ... 1 W. Hessey... ... ... 2

j i.Tkj ß was the great race of the day, hut though «wlf 6 fj even Fiulayson frightened all bn b, Beasey. I'inljiyson soon went to the Uh!’vfe?Sy LiS lad evcry length ot th '- Messrs L, O Boat and J. Marshall acted as ampires, Mr tr. Clayton as starter.