CENTRAL SCHOOL SWIMMING SPORTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 50, 15 March 1901, Page 2

CENTRAL SCHOOL SWIMMING SPORTS.

. The teichcrs of tha Central School are , to be congratulated oa the excellent, i programme submitted to tho public at ' tho swimming sports yesterday in tho Kecn-ation Ground?, find the pr. m;.i • f ind business-like manner in which t.hsame was carried out. The he>,d master, Mr. Dempspy, awistel !>•, s Messrs. Johnson and Gi"y, t'ssiV.nt master?, arf certainly entitled to vtry mat credit for tho trouble, they liuyh 1 takon in. torching the b'>ys to -wim—--1 to he, in fact, quite at homo in th, [ svator—»a the accomplishment is not only of g.eit viiue to the iddivi.hin), but often the moans of siving valuable lives. Notwithstanding tho late had weather, and tha gloomy appeiranos of tli3 dfieiTO)' l , th'ro was an ex's-'lont attendance on tho part of t.hn pu'.liii, whose hoarty p\tronago must havu burn vary onrous aging to the tcac! eta and the boys competing in the various evanta. A couplo of marquees w.-i-e pitched ne:ir tho band rotund.!, fruit •lud cordials v.-pie retulod at on. and afternoon t"a was seivod by the hdies at the other, both of which appeared to be well patronised. Thp fowa B'liA was also present, and rendered an ex< ellent pr. gramme of music, which was highly-iippreehte;!. The programing of events cousinted "f 25 item o , 10 of which w;r.i got oil .vhen a downpour of rain, wi'h thnndei and lijjhteoiog, compsllrd the abn-.d-inment of the remaining item?. T.-;e acti»jg-eh»irmtin of the committee, Mr. •"atth-y, was present, »nd gave valuable assistance; the secretary, Mr. A. It B. Pookfls, was also present. Captain Flood and Mr, Hi lints kindly acted as judges, whilst Mr. Stohr rfnderal excellent service :is st'irter. The )«b----was quite olive with S'oats, and it only | required bright sunshine to make the . [ enjoyment perfect. ( ! Th« folio wine arc the results of (he completed even:.s ;>.nd it is probablothe ramiiiuiug events will bo got off next i Thuradey ttomoon;— '

Maiden Race, Ist heat.—Heldt, let; | B. Stohr, 2; J. Stohr, 3. Second heat: Nathan, 1; 11. Hood, 2; J. Laing, 3. ' Liamtrb' Race.—Clow, 1; Butler, 2; Nsnl, 3. High Dive—J. Stohr, 1; Black, 2. Learners' Racfl. —J. Heldt, 1. Mudlarks.—West, 1; Heldt, 2; Kent, 3. I Handicap, 50 Tarda.—Nathan, 1; i Bake, 2 ; Drake, 3. Boat Race.—Skinner's crew, 1.

Obstante Race.—Olelasd, 1 ; Drake, 2; Block, 3. Old Boy's Race.—Wco'dboiise, 1 ; Standi-h, 2 ; Hcldsworth, 3. Mudlarks No, 2,—Qiiilli'im, 1; Heldt, 2. Flat Boat Race.—Hill's crew, 1.

Barrell Race,—Nathan, 1; Gannell,

Long Dive.' -Drake, 1; Stohr, 2. Junior Plunge, —Avery, 1; Glow, 2 ; Blyth, 3. Handicap, 75 yards,—Black, 1; Drake,2 ; Lang, 3. Greasy Boom.—Stohr, 1 ; Nathan, 2.