SWIMMING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 320, 21 February 1910, Page 8

SWIMMING.

EECOJ!i)- iini.'AMXG. N.Z. SWIiIMTXI; CHAMPIONSHIPS. SOME SEXSATIOXTL CONTESTS), | i\'KW WORLD'S RECORD. I ®.y Telegraph.—Press Association. I Auckland. Saturday Night, j The first <la\'s racing of (lie Now j Zealand Amateur Swimming Champi ui- ' ship meeting provided some sensational 1 contests. The weather was ideal, Ihe , bright sunshine being tempered bv a cool south wind, which did not- ailVvt the swimmers in the basin of the Dock, j The 220 yds championship gave the crowd the first taste of a series of sensational performances, Champion, Healy and Freybcrg finishing in a lino, each being under New Zealand record time. I Atkinson created a sensation by winding the 220 yds breast-stroke cliampioa- , ship in world's record time/, clipping <l4sec. j Healy won the 880 yds championship in X r e\v Zealand record time. Champion started, but when leading on equal ' terms with Healy, ricked himself in turning, and gave up at 480 yds, Results:— ' 220 yds Championship- -M. E. Chain- . pi'Hi (xiuckland) 1, 11. Uraly (Welling--1 ton) 2, B. C. Freyberg (Wellington) 1 Als : o started: G. Seymour (Napier), E. , H. Bailey (Canterbury), J. Grant (Hawera), B. Bell (Auckland), and C. Campbell (Wangamii). A splendid race, won <by one foot, with a touch between sec--1 and and third. Time, 2min 40sec., a Mew Zealand record. ' 220 yds Breast-stroke—C. Atkinson I (Canterbury)' 1, W. Cookson (Canter- | bury) 2", W. B. Jerrom (Auckland) 3. I Also started: F. Truscott (Canterbury). ! A. M. Russell (Canterbury), W. E. Horton (Auckland). Won by 20 ya'-ds. I Time, 3min 10 2-ssec., a world's record. I 880 yds Championship —B. Heaiy Wellington) 1, F. C. Dodge (CanterI bury) 2, C. H. Rich (Canterbury) 3. Also started: M. E. Champion (Auck- ; land), Grant (Hawera), Manline (Canterbury), C. Welson (Auckland), F. J. , Kernott (Auckland). Champion ricktd | himself and gave up when leading in ' company with Healy. Dodge was secI ond, 25yds away, and Rich, syds away, I third. Time, 12min 41 3-ssec., a New j Zealand record. I The 30yds scratch race was won by j "Yfarett, of Auckland, with Emerson, of I Nelson, second.