The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1879-08-25
SECOND 81 EDITION
GIRLS SWIMMING FOR PRIZES.
xIyrIx o'coNNoR, LILLE DECKER AND
fl.s LIBBY GRRKN WIN. 10

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xIyrIK o'CoNNoR, I.IILIE DECKER AND
an.s1 LIBBY GREEN WIN.
The East River at the 70 It Of ll4th |
direct presented lively scene TO the |
residents Of the neighborhood yesterday.
/ ssmo th surface was plowed by myriads |
Of rovbosts from the shell oftbe amateur
n ,ller down to the fiat-b0 toned ana |
tnrtle-sbapt d skiff Of the terrible small
how. and fieeting through the mass,
switt and ever changing Is shadows,
came sailboats that made their way al
mort airaculou ly through the closely
mac ed fio,ill. In the bath house at
the foot Of Hath street . score or 90 Of
voung ladies were busily enveloping
themselves in the very newest fashion N
bathing dress s, preparat' ~ TO swim
for sund articles Of jawelry. The,
we're ali pupil. of Mrs. Grant, the teacher
n the baths, and hey rang In ase
from Q TO "a years. The fOible Of the sex
VA ~ manifest in the youngest As IN
the Oldest Of the prospe tive contestants.
Banged hair was confined chief, TO the
youi,e ia,iies above ~ years, although
some Of the younger misses had tortured
what little hair they had into the iidicu
.leus ,hape that fashion pi escri YES. Que
Young lady appeared with hair done up
In a iump, and pinned to the top Of her
bead, device that seemed indicate
her lear VI being drowned. 1t happened
afterward that she gave out sulde. III
tn swimming, and her hair aiiorueu all
,sxcellept hold for the gallant young gen
tlpman who rescued her. without ex-
,,eeption the bathing suits were modest
There may have been rather a large DIS.
play of the lower li,ubs On the part o'
; some of the more mature maidens lhan
would have been positively agreeable TO
their admirers, but the costumes were
actually as comprehens We AS they could
be, considering the exertions requ' red oil
their wearers. ....,....t.t.l
AZ p. m. the starters for the first race
were placed in line OH float near TIN
1l4th street free bath and al word Of COM
mand they plunged into the stream to
swim across the river and back. They
we've six In number and worr the mos
gxudily trimmed bathing suits attana
Bile. Kittie O'Connor, Katie Graham
Hattie Rettler, Carrie Tonnes, Libby Bat
" and d liza Hays were the contestants
The OIL es girl in the party was not owe
IL, and the course was FL ly half a mil,
with an adverse tide. Before the frs
forty ards had been made Katie Graham
gave out and was hoisted into boa ant
in minute afterward De ia Hays be
came faint and exhausted. John FagaI
the professional swimmer attached to Ill
bath, kept close to :h- contestants VIII
had dropped TO the rear, and as the
showed signs o: distress or fatigue h
aided them to get into the boats that 70
lowed the little swimmers closely. Til
girls struck out boldly al first, but 500
showed that they wee weary by turnin
on their backs and floating. As Kit
O'ConnOr turned the stake boat she a,
ed pathelically, Saint we go,n' to la,
no re,t?' As the other swimmers WEI
800 feet behind her, and As they al,
seemed exhausted, the race was clos,
about TIVE ty yards fr III the stake boa
and the girls werr picked ont of the "
ter and Ia ell ashore. Kitty O'Conn
won the priz which was pair
bracelets.
In the second ra: the e. tries wer
Eva Holmes, Del Reilly, Louise Sh
don, Maggie Brennan, Lille Deck
Mary Farrell and Nelly Blu Iianan. \
more than seven-fve yards from
l. staff g point Louis Set6pn gave c
and was picked up. MAG B,enni
who started little behind the re
SWIM wei in her eff 1T to catch up "
L lie De, ker, WHO had the lead, a
succeeded so well that sh- came in a {
second. The third race was arnounC
as swim from Harlem Bridge to lo4
street, but al Hath street u e two lasl
aud the little girl interested in it d cid
Il at they h ID gon- as far as they wan
togo. Tive entries were Ms. Nj |
Henley, MIS-. Esther Kent d little l.
by Green, aged 10 years, The dauyl
of the female instructor in tie II
street hath. The little girl al 'ov
a start Of two bl )cks, and set out on
long swim from the foot of Second q
y nue.. The other contestants star
from Harlem Bridge at the same ii
From start to fin sh Mrs. Kent a, d
Heniay never allowed clear wrer
come between them. Mrs. Kent fol
Mrs. He lay once, b t exp aimed
!. she couldn't he p it and was forgi
The little girl came III al the bath h'
two minutes ahead Of her competi
l. q d won the prize. Mrs. Henlay
swims with a vigorous, masculine st
cane in second, but barely a lie
ahead of Mrs. Kent The prize W;
= medal. A scrub race ended the
u. ceediugs L. wa won by Miss Ma
o. O-Br;en.-N. Y. Star.
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