SWIMMING MEETING.
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Wanganui, last night. For the second day of tho Australasian Championship Swimming Meeting thero was fine weather aud a large attendance. Splendid sport was witnessed, the results being as follows : 50Yds District Handicap : E. W. Johnson, Collegiate School, Bsec, 1; E. Larking, Wanganui, osec, 2 ; R. C. Murphy, Collegiate School, 3. Time, 42 l-sscc. 440Y’ds Australasian Championship , It. Cavill, Otter Club, Sydney, 1; G. Read, East Sydney Club, 2; F. Gailey, Queensland, 3. A great race. Time, smin 37 l-ssec, or 4 4 ssee under Read’s previous world’s record.
High Dive : W. Perrett, Wanganui, 1; R. Cavill, Sydney, 2. Ladies’ Bracelet: F. Lane, Sydney, scr, 1 ; M. Champion, Wellington, 3sec, 2 ; F. Gailey, Queensland, 3seo, 3. Cavill, who won his heat, did not start in tho final. Time, 61 l-ssec. 50Yds Blindfold Race : Cavill 1, Champion 2.
Championship Plunge ; W. J. Mahoney, Wanganui, 43ft, 1, A. W. Smith, Wellington, 40ft Gin, 2.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 352, 28 February 1902, Page 2
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157SWIMMING MEETING. Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 352, 28 February 1902, Page 2
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