SWIMMING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 20 December 1907, Page 2

SWIMMING.

'illO UlllClUl opening U1 LUC OU'ULiOI'U oWimiliiilg OaUla ws nave L.lKCii pum. JCoICUUM, bUL OU.ilg LU UIC Ullpiup'uous nature ol me ucauicr—h«.i*y ia»u lulling almost eomiiiuuusiy uii'onguoul uic aitcrnoou —me ceremony proper was postponed until noxing uay. .as,

However, euiiipt-'Lllul's IniU aimed il'oui as lar norm as -New i'iyiiioulh and south to \\ anganui, the oniciais decided to hold the opening events, wuich resulted as follows: —

Maiden race (50 yards): Bristol 1„ Curtis 2. Xiiue, 35sec. Girls' race (25 yards): N. Lepine 1, N. Crozier 2, K. Ilea 3. Aleii's Handicap (100 yards): Xichbon 1, Bridges 2. Xime, lmiu 27sec. A eat ueader: A. Stohr 1, Alorison 2.

Afen's handicap (50 yards); Bristol 1. All ol the competitors in the girljs' race travelled from New Plymouth, and were highly pleased witli the reception accorded them. Afternoon tea was served in the Technical School. Mr C. D. Sole assiduously discharged the duties ol secretary; Air I'. Skogluud acted as handicapper; the judges were Alessrs A. W. Budge, N. J. King, and \Y. Mori son; and Air T'yrer (headmaster of Hie High School) -was starter* The swimming bath is 75 feet in length and 2.3 feet wide, |be depth of water varying from lilt fiin to Bft (iin. The usual spray, springboard and platform for high diving are provided. Two dressing rooms arc fitted up, and along one side of the pond tiers of steps are erected, to be used either as spectators' gallery or for dressing purposes. Quite a - novelty in its way is a pond for the little children, being about 12ft long by Oft. wide, and depth of water 18 inches to 30 inches.