Swimming.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 3, 5 January 1904, Page 2

Swimming.

At the Lyltrlton swimming carnival on New Year's Day two New Zealand Amateur championships were deckled. The 100 yds was won 'by H. A. Creatine, of IHmediii, try four (eel from l{. E. Mjirphy, Wamgamii, who beat !•'. E. OrakP, of Christehiirch. Six s-tartud. Time (57 3-ssec. The 440 yds, swum over a course. UOyds loaig, was also won by Civayi.v, V. Stokes and !■'. Ti-uscott, \\»ih of Chiwuhureh, tilling tiio next places. Four others started". Crcaigji* was behind until uibout 50yds fmm lion.e, wh.-n ; , R , val .strujitije wit* Sli.kcs gaw him victory bv threc((Ufti'ter.., ~i u t,. The times at tl.e ei.ll .if each lap were: B'Jsec, 3 nun. ll>!s.r, su.in fjser, in«d tiniin .it.jlsec. It wins slated iwcmtly by a. .gentlamwi well known in the world of swimmers that accidents to swimmers are seldom due to cramp, l>ut to njnoidexy re:ailti,(jf f|. om M n|,i m coobi.ig. ']'i u . s-imkiii S three times is a nil i.mis error, as same persons swallow water and strangle on first immersion, sinking but omce, while others may sink' and rise iifty times. A inn who has saved sixty-live' lives has louml that t:lx> dirowmmg ivison euunot be sti,i»n,«l by a blow "> be lace, but that he can be ha*. ""I 'by preying t,he Uvimrtj under t-l.e ears amd <fucbi I% r his l*ead until mind const,tutes tire greolest dawvr «bon persons are i„ thfl \vatw. ■