The Swimming Championship of Australia.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 253, 25 April 1888, Page 5

T he Swimming Championship of Australia.

The long-standing dispute as to the swimming championship ot Australia waspiactically mottled on the 21st, when Cavill heat Kenny in the second heat of the championship mutch, and the latter, in ! consequence of iil - health, intimated his intention ot forfeiting on tiie following da} . At piesenteach has won one heat, but as the thii d heat is a mile, and as Kenny foiuul himself too weak for I,oooyds on Satin da\, he could haidl} be expected to entei on a mile contest on Mond.i} in a hi condition to compete. There weie tin i-c htats 500} d.-, I, COCtyds and a mdc, the winnei of two t<» be declined the champion, and the winner ot the stake of L'so a--ide, Kenny being allowed CIO foi expen-e-. Cavill it. lined at the Laxcndcr Hay Baths under 111— fathei , while Komi} did his work at Kobinson's Hath-, under the care of his biothei The heat ot 600\d- wassctdown foi last. .Saturday week at Robinson's Baths, Domain, when Kenn\ won b} two lengths m the. magnificent turn ot 7min. lOUec. Those who saw t,hc t.ice thought that nothing, bat accident oi ill-health, would keep Kenn} tiom winning last Saturday's event Very tew woe piepatcil to see Cavill win so c.isih, or to witnes- such a ie\ ei sal ol form m Kenn}. As a matter of fact, howevei , thelattei was tar horn being well, but notwithstanding hi 1 - ill-health Kenn\ still telt confident he could win, and e\en went so fai as to back himself at 2 to 1. lie ne\er tiul} telt how weak lie was until he had gone something like 300 yds. As he aftorwaid- explained, "I then felt it ua» all o\ er. 1 tiied to catch Cavill, but could not. Thinking if I had caught up to him I might lessen Ins hcait, 1 put on a tew atiokes and then tell to pieces completeh tiled, thouidi 1 had put, no pace on to make me feel '•o. ' He then went on to add that "it was no u-e swimming Cawll on Monday (the day next ioi the final event,) as he could not get tuck enough .«tiength in one day to swim a mile." " I shall,'' he said, '' tot feit the match. J ne\er telt so sorrow - tul in .ill my life ami so dissatisfied with ui}-elt. 1 could not, -<*c (. «i\ ill, but my bi other and iho-e able to ]udgc on these mattcis tell me tliat it I had been in my best I should ha\e had m\ woik cut out to beat him; but 1 feel convinced that 1 can, and alter a lest will meet him again next season as soon as can be ai ranged." Kenny felt -o bad on Saturday night that medical as-i-tance had to be obtained. \\ bile making the necessary allowance foi Kcnn\ s ill-health, we must gi\e Lawll e\eiy piaisc for his undoubted pluck and gameness in challenirinn and defeating -i man like Kenny who ha- canied all betoie liim in Victoiia and beaten live Limes the once imincible Mclndoe. ( avill's -tyle on Satmday was a vast impio\emout on his pi e\ ions lace, being less llurned and characterised by a good, long, .-tcady stioke. He did ihe first 500} ds in a tick o\ci 7niin. llsec. , Kenny coming along 22-ee. later. In the 17th lap Kenny gave up and Cawll finished the 1,000 yds. 2tt. in 15mm. 41sec, making a lecotd tor the u oild. Atllollingswoi th Lake on May 14 la-t ,1 l'mne\ did I,ooo} ds in lomin. 40, Sec: bul in hit. second attempt in the Lambeth Baths on Octobu 20 la-t he did it in Minin. 43 ,'-00. To -how Cavill s lcmarkable time foi 1000\ds. it ma\ be stated that.). •'. Colliei , when -wimming the mile championship fot the Spot tannin's Cup, did tlie fiist 880yd-. in Minin. 22scc on -Inly 7, 1883, and ihi- i- gi\cn as a remarkable -w im ; while Kenny, in (ieelong, N'ictoiia, onFebiuar) 26 last, won the All Comeifa Handicap, halt-a-milefrom scratch, by a foot in 23min. 35sec. , which is a wonderful time ; the best pre\ ious record being 14mm. n'.&cc. done by Jl. C. Schlotclat tlic Wolt>h Harp, Hcnclon, on Jul\ 10, 1886. .1. -L Colhei, on Septemliei 27," 1886, did I,ooo} ds in 16min. 22, ! sec. and this man on Ma} 23 anil 30 pi e\ ious won the mile American nOO Tournament at the Ro\al Wentmin-tci Aquarium fiom sciateli, beating all Jiiopponent- casi y It will thus be seen that we ha\e in our mid-t two men who can bieak the iecoul& for 500} ds. and who between then have established lecoids toi the halt mile and J, oooyds. not ca-ily wiped out. Mr YV. Wynne held the watch in Saturday's contest, and Mr Koulcr sent them oil. It ma) nob be geneiall} known that New .South \\ ales holds the championship ot Austialia for the following spotting departments: — Cycling, C. W. Bennett. ; sculling, Peter Kemp ; footrunning, Charles Samuels ; cricket, H. Moses (bat), C. Turner (ball) ; turf winneis, Hon. James White ; jockeys, T. Jlales; sailing, Ja-. Milson, Waitangi and Kh'a ; boxing,]'. Jackson; swimming, E. Cavill

Chickens arc no longer the onl^ young ereatuies now brought into the world with the aid of hatching machines. Tholyinii-in hospitals of Parib aie using, with astonishing .success, thccc most ingeniously-con-structed appliance-- foj the saving of infants prcmatmely born, or otherwise deficient in vitality at birth. The object of these machines is to supply fcho weak little things with the heat necessary to enable them to attain to strength and maturity. Newborn babes, weighing from 21b to 2^lb, instead of the average 4Mb, who would have inevitably perished a couple of years ago, aie now placed in these machines, and in the great majority of eaK.e& come out strong and healthy. The apparatus is similar to the ejeg-hatching machine. It is a large wooden box, divided into two compartments ; one of these is filled with warm water, and the other contains a basket lined with wadding, into which the infant is depobited. The lid has a glass pane, allowing the movements of the little creature to be watched. The machine is under the care of a nurse, who reports to the medical director the progress of the incubation. Dr. Pinard, ot the great Lariboitiere Hospital, and Dr. Tavnier, ot the Maternity Hospital, have several of these machines working under their care at this present writing, with perfect success. Whenever practicable, the machine with its tiny inmate is placed betide the mother, who watches the progress of her baby under the care of the nurse and the doctor.