To prepare himself for his great race. Beach seldom did less than 20 to 25 miles a day, frequently more , of strong physical exercise, both in his boat and on foot Tommy gelly may truthfully be termed the pnne© of trainers, having in tarn had ail the best rowing men !NW South Wales has produced—Trickett, Bush, Laycock, androore recently Beach— under his care, with all of whom he has been exceptionally successfu.l.
A Bavet correspondent of the Enre% p.eaa Mail states that Miss Beckwith, the well known exponent of natation was to attempt to swim from Dorer to the French coast early in August. Miss Beckwith was to be accompanied by Toms, the pilot who went with Captain Webb
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Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4897, 19 September 1884, Page 2
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119Untitled Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4897, 19 September 1884, Page 2
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