AQUATICS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 8, 11 January 1904, Page 2

AQUATICS.

AX OCEAN YACHT RACE. , (I'm- I'ress Association.) Kecoivid 10, 9.57 a.m. SYDNEY, Jan. 10. I he first of throe oceain rates ov«r a course u>n miles each way was jailed tixduy between Mr Brume's Atw Z«ahu:i,l l,uilt yacllt Dana, ,MtMi'irtin K New South Wales, and Mr Ciollins Vicioriun S-aycmam. The fwsult uus tt will for the Siayemara ■vy 4nrm Sscc, or <i?sec over hoi' time allowance of 178 sec. Tl w winner lud nil the way <; n the return ncy I'lu' ilona's balloon jib car- ■' w.v, causing tt delay of two mi'inites. SWIMMING RECORD BROKEN, SYDNEY, Jan. 10. in a svwmmitug raoe Wickhfom, tho young Island clmnij>ion, cowed 50 yands in 25sec, lowering l his own previous world's rccoid by 3-ssec. SWIMMING NOTES v (By Natal o.r)} The saltwater baths Imwc been tho .scene ol consKlernJjlo activity during Ine past un'k. On Sunday morning; fbj'ut 201) bathers attended, small .Vy being much in evidence. Thero was a depth of 9ft Gin of water, t'lio -ides Ix-iitg good just now. Thy main from the town water r.ervva' to t-ivo baths is now almost completed. When this connection is made and tho new ceivtrifugtil pump pl'accd in position a good depth of ™' lw w '" U) ow-.ured at all times. ('"rough Council should toko to lm,w the liatlw moro ajdverf.urJ tlu-oufjilMMit tlu> district. A lot ')f h'lraiiKcra have been luvtieeablo umuiigwt tlixx-io attending 0 f la.to, but It tJw baths wciv made more widely ktijown the niumliers of visitors would no doubt hi' largely incivascd. Isie l>rO'lv.il»itii)n 0 f siiiokiii® on tho riTh "■ U ' ,loli< '' a ' effect, ,-iv,. of I, looms being , ,f tIH '■'yosore forniod by emu* '•Uc butts, etc., lji„ g Clgu '" Mr Poln«l, the is pro°i! F m,cun s 'wis uivj , V" nwi Uuj,Jb •»"» (or t'hw use of s, a provision tluit should bo uiy imieh H.]i.prwlftl(xl. ijuitc a large numlKtr of ladies hl>urs n-erv 'l' l>VW ™ w (lurln « t'he t , ' for them—some oven ntkiKling twice daily. Speaking ot the ladles reminds me ' " ''""""H' 1 have lieai'd that some them olnjeet t 0 t)l() , )IWJt , nco of t | la i iuetiikvr in the baths while they nro HiMiang. The sump tickle jadft 'Muime IJuinour, liutli it -that some of the 11 pectin s hai l' even gone so fer a . to sign a ..(.ptisitiou to tho Borough ml''!-? „n' , th ® calvt shwid M lie ftllmvod to attiTJd them lie tliftt „s it i„my j ~a t. j,w tlw Of a jnom WOut(t fair . • r n 4UU|M ' #u muph diwiix.il if Wly of thc into dlllioulties, n;lan<:e, * w "w™