SWIMMING.
MISS DURACK PRAISED. "A SUPER-MERMAID." By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. New York, Jan. 26. Newspapers express regret at Miss Durack’s reported retirement from competitive swimming. They declare it would be interesting to see the result of a race between her and Miss Bleibtrey. The New York Sun says that even in the age of swimmers Miss Durack was an aquatic marvel; Indeed, she might be called a super-mermaid, so amazing were some of her feats in the water. Ali authorities contend that she was one of the greatest swimmers of either sex ever known in the world of sport.
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Taranaki Daily News, 28 January 1921, Page 3
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98SWIMMING. Taranaki Daily News, 28 January 1921, Page 3
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