BATHING AND SWIMMING.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2394, 12 November 1887, Page 1 (Supplement)

BATHING AND SWIMMING.

i'Tjie Fiku» ) Thk athletic revival whi :h m iv ho said to huvo rtumn- ncf"! ab m*. t-.wnt v-tive rears a*ro b*i< not bt'.-u without in ♦th ct on It would biv** b*-n indvod bud Mvimmiii;: i* no iin|Ktos wbik* all olh-r udvan‘*j<i hv I'-.ijK and huiiin to »: Tor, c apart fiom in and tb«* it uiiord-* for lb-; dj-;>I»v «tf *kiil, that i-b-ne ni of ibn;;* r about it which r. ndrt> it u:d;ti u-iily :: 4 tr.jctivr t<) a ccitain >‘ rti :i of ntbb-t-**. X»-ve:lb*‘-b it imi-t b.* e that *be nlllii-**ia i- v:v j] li i-» »;•»:!'* umtv fir running, rowing huiutreT tbf.-.v-tiij at: 1 b;yy< , n?i*. r , *b.u foj* >-aiiii:i:;i;ir, < lubs b *v<-, .* Ti -jiruni; :iito « x:>:iiil ?};- <•!♦- «*i bitb~ h*'dw;c >•»*:»* j t<« «.■:*<• ur-i/c b:i T b.i t ib<abHiiy to <w\:u is not **» unixu-x***] :»• it rh 'jjj'l !•!■. *! rjj*- i- *•••!* in.!v -urpri'-iuj, for >*.v::n*;iinir n-t :j:i ;:••• nt r* ‘-juirin j a l-mx aj.prr-ni].*: -bi]*, lik" pi :v* iiiir ihv : r in*t m ’• ; iwribn*-* i; jn. v *lw /ft ;it o:j. ntarv drudgery, i k-‘ b nnjt*» writ*- -li 'i* : i oid ; nor, n:i::i. it bk* » o’jtrdo, ; an oiiiv to hr ti.■ ] j;i- i bv i; 0:1 <>[ powiris, Aii;ont- doiinuy b-ahb a;.d strength, and v.itii u•* ii.nr- lln-i :> i-'i—i hv ■ j. .i it v <>: ;n.-n, h b *uld learn to kc«-j» lii u'-U all at a:tcr a wry few hours’ j'.ra'.-tj;-.-. and wb‘-u one* 1 half a dozen i-trolo can be t ikon, tin* n>t is all plain and <b j o< -it pr< •li-.-icucv shouldn't*, be b-n* <!• i*r**d. iVtj.b- w'm cinnot swim <scca«i--n*;:lv ind tli-'U:-- !■••« in awkward and nndi jn:Jj-d pr--d*.-i----iiknls. \\ l;at con'd b*‘ buoiili than for a full -_*roun iran to j.d!«-fn-ly tor In in In-wise lie bad Ih cu eircjin-v*-nt- d tty the t!■ 1 -rn d a t» etd si/, -d puddle

between him and the -ho: ■■: Vet this is what ocounv i no* mmv «hiys and. w*Jo*n ashram*** arriv.-tin* wut»*r found to k* rii) -nt l-nr J— i df-p, Tijwarm wvalh'-r !ni< sunniicr has mtuiuliy <*.insd l-ithin:' t j he indulg'd in t** ;i iriv.it* r 4'\t<*nT thin umi-«J. an !of o-Mir<*r tin* fataHth*-." many of vvi.kvi an. 4 vary K j n. n-cd fro-n hav»- a* niiub-r'i'.i' as ovt-r. Tha* -witnminir ha r.ar.irdvd a* :t > : -T*r nt to rowing an i r.iiiinir is an oV.nms Irni-m, and t'-day it is <jmu* 1 l*f * x->-|»Tion for :i in m hi b nr, jo lit- niiihh? Jo •.tvini. Twvutv-iiv*.* VGirs Mir * th*.* r- v. r-.» i have trfi; ii* ir* r tho truth : and it wa«- in ;na* .»f *!:•:* -inking <»f a nrnw, an I t!n* x 2-* ith <•: Jiv-* «-r -ix «;f 11 »»• uimjilm*:-., tint tli" V.‘-x Swimming Club w;s fir-t. •‘-?ao!S~hf d, in JN-V.*, hv a h-dy -l miv. li*» <• .ludd.-r. 1 tint thf* aridity to '‘.vi-r, *-li«>u*l cvht h* f ti<* p-ooph* tni-** .i »hj«; ti:-* Iws lit liirht bi;at<. Manv invv -in--* L ; c:i ;rt'*d. iu♦dndinir ?ov««r.jl for i.i !•■*-, hut th- Ikv is th.* j> mn* ty of limn ail; and it i*, ivi- i.-ia v. by Il+ x nun tint irviny • •tbi'TS liiV b* ♦!l Tll-su 4'bibs uonr-o <-:::ry swimming into r* jt -ux WJK*ro it w.hjM olhvr'.vi>** bt» unknown, and ith" an imp tns r-i tht* d.-T‘dopin**fir, of th«? biirb-r bi:i!r;lu,uhi*-b wuuM ju-v<*r ivsab Irani m r** oriiiinry praence; bn! ‘Mnuut but tliiak t l j .t in' r* sai:aIT ;n: riit be ir:v»-ii.

In as in <*?b«r nirtffcr-, a I:ttJ!• is <1 ina<*n us ; :i imtj,

<»f lb«? pow* r that b«* r in swim a litllu. taktj** iilerti'S l;f* <*f utgi* l h:* uuabi* 4 to sn’im at all. He imy perhaps hi* able to ii'.-t abiii» riiriit m» bmn as •AMtor in i*3-un*lr f but rrb«ij suhb'i.ly as by the of a boit, h*? his ]if S“tu;‘ j of min i, nets Hurrifl, :ju<» is a< drown *ti as he <• *nM not s-Aini astro-oa Tiiv* Mine win* <*f cau**s nianv deaths *,vlii»o bathmir. 35a wry mol**-t >orr, aru apr. t-i entrrtihi an i:r.pr*»vol otiiruto of their own powers, n:ni overtaxed their lo'i- <*oafi h-nee at n tiding theuis*'hvs yt-i s j:u*' di'Jan-'*u from shore, with the ii:ii (3 s LTuluilly fatiiju* 1. Having l-*>l iht-ir it is only a short **t *p in -re To th-ir Until i-.ia-i i-r.rde f imiliiritv wi*3i tin* w it.-r ,f e iniiu*!, ttiondr abb? te-wim a Imndn'd y «rb -»r vt !aa*t j.ot be tikt-n as inv«.l* i’-i: iJu* ;*.i-M ffii-r in*.’iiis 4>f >4 n, fur the retains jas* s’att-d, th*itijrh, at the -one lim-, he wJj*» cm swi*n a Htth* ,-T:ind-a b* tfer *-i siring hirn-fdf th in he who cannot :t\ all. When, hj nvcv* r. by din! of j»r*ti-***, lieaders— or nine cm be tak**n withoat }]• itio-i, and when a |.n*rs-ia f—**l- perf.. :lv at li ■:n- 1 in t3i*; wat<*r and ciii-uim A:ih**at f»»r as ; t time a- it is «? jrnl.-rt jble t*» >?irin the

w«:-r. a oat of a ho it on any KugH-h riv- r ought n -t to he n girded ns at alia -to: .ns rna’t- r. An c<ie<-l]enl stviram- ron tinning himself :u the water woiil 1 slris- out as naturally as he would h- g c to walk tin ri-ing from a 3.1! without b Sag to any gr. at'T -stent disc n -irte':; and people who are up to this s; in lirdar-’ nntoft-n drowned unless, of catirse, s i/eJ with cramp or overtaken by illness. The rcsc ie of drowning persons a t all times a serious and no swimmer should miss the opr ertunity of acquiring the knowledge of how to s-t about the tisl* should he ever be called upon to save another. To go in front of a drowning man and cat'h hold of him, as one would seize a Uk-buoy, is to court almost certain death.