New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-01

land His claim 10 the position rests upon ,eaS ;der
eve and pretty WRIT play, backed up by no ncohst
able DO ling talent and conspicuous snaruless III '"
| long field . ,,.. .oro enter-
tanned by members OF the club Mt dinner.
MISS BECKWITHS UNSUCCESSFUL SWIM.
| A pLUCKY ATTEMPT To GO FROM SANDY HOOK TO
| RoCKAwAY-Too LATE FOR THE TIDE
There was something of a sensation among
the dozen and hall Of men who were idlng ABOUT run
ton Market slip at quarter past seven yesteruay o"
Ing when woman came the pier In fuli Walking
costume Of pearl-gray silk, and attended oy TWO nen
1t is not populous region at that time In the morning.
and women in pearl-gray silk are comparatively scaroo
Just there and tIeD. But this wonians arriVh "ouu
probaby have caused sensation at other time ana
in ANY other dress for 1t Miss Agnes Beek~ith VINO
was about to embark in the Bonnie Doom for sandy
Hook; thence to start In her twenty miles swim 10
Rockaway; and her companions were her brother' W.
Beck WITH and her business manager, w. Taylor ono
nj once disappeared the cabin. and the Twelve UT
fifteen male passengers arranged themselves az comfort
ably "a possible The passage down Butermilk Chahnei
and through the Narrows enjoyable; but IN inc
Lower Bay the began 10 make itself ieit. suddenly
the GA biz door opened and everybody stood up 10 get
glimpse OF Miss Becwith and give her cheer lhere
was no gray silk now; nothing but head sticking o' VI
the middle OF coarse red and black and yellow striped
blanket The blanket helped up on to the port gun
vale Just aft OF the cabin by its brother, VINO was no"
IL slid do WI on the deck and left dainty vision III paie
mink and sky blue which hestated few seconds; then
faultlcss header and swim had begun This was at
exactly eight minutes to nine, and about loo ee' W
southwest of buoy No. in the Lower Bay FROM 'ns'
point to the Pier calculated wod De ABOUT
twenty-five miles. On coming TO the surface MISS BECK
with Immediately struck with slow, business-hke
strobe TO ard south-southeast the ebb tide bene
no about half run The swimmer had TO get along
on this as could far as the Bell Buoy ABOUT
three and half miles from the Per- which mad to be
reached before the tide turned, or the HOOD wouo III
evitably carry her back toward Sandy Hook again.
Soon Miss Beckwth asked for n hat, and broad
brimmed straw with wide sEy-blue ribbon was sup
piled II proved only nuisance, however and after
short time WAS returned the Bonnie Doom III was
now half past nine, and no change OF any klnu
was made until hour later when Miss Bcck"lth mao
an experiment II the shape OF cup OF Dee ile Apou'
eleven O'Clock this was repeated The second dose was
80 nyigorating that II celebrated By change OF
stroke aud for about twenty minutes the lon powerful
hrea.t stroke was for the side stroke which Is
her brothers specially which Miss Beck win herself
seldom uses for long distances The course had now
been shifted from southAodtheast to almost due east
and 10y the Old stroke had been resumed the ben
BUOY was IN sight But the ebb tide almost out,
and IL the Hood set In before she got around that buoy
there would Ia small chance OF her ever reaching ROCK
Interest however was now partly distracted from the
buov By the appearance Of the sylvester excursion
steamer which had out TO meet MISS beckWh anu
which, after being welcomed vita three cheers ANA twice
As many Whistles up her station ~ the wake OF the
blue and pink mermaid with the SylNestc, came nun
dersorn In a few minutes dense black clouds hai
the taunder crucklng rieht over behu
and the rain pouring down In torrents the htte mean
looked f0rorn and helpless as II rose nh lei on thn o
grOun-swcl For minute there was some t'lA oi TAX
ing her out OF the water but II decided that sue Was
probnh, considerably wet already ahl the ram couil
not matter much: she went with the same steady,
sweeping stroke ~ she had made the hfsl nIh uoh',
wards with The 81 3rm lasted til alter on O'Clock ana
when n cleared every undy looked Tor tue brl bupy
But fheI3c Buoy. hlc had 40 one time been scarcely
thousand feet away, nal i"ihuea HEa'h my Wv
hall mile away. The tide lad turned ana the swimmer
was not around the buoy n evident too thdt the
strokes were much harder WORK thin ihcf id Deeu -
fore the though Ter fhcr Wa7 SCI III
toward the bnOy, the distance uttNf'h h EcM
ong,r and longer n became only Iu snh ol lnc "hc
the strug c should be given mp ~ quart 10 Two l
the spectators had realized fhl ~ wa u.le-s or hrr 10
,tay IN the water any longer and az lcnsih the tlS
striped blanket ca.ic Tor and tAc swimmer Vas ia
10 art into one Oi tie Ei-- 80, Won wa o
au-wer Pa all right Bnt ynn cannot 40 ii-the
tides against YOU. Then Il wait th the uIr turn.
until 10 ''uni " Was iuNy Ten minutes
before she could be persuaded that, even II sue w"c
the tide would carry nrr 20 iar ont 80 L" hhAo tA' 80
sill. luposslbe. Even when persuaded snf nlucN away
fam the boai. that tried to take hct on board ana uny
yielded and allowed herself 10 be lifted out very reue-
| family indeed .-,. IL. 49,,
had s.. eckwiih caught the flood the feat would nave
been slcressinlly accomplished Tor ~" wa. ohy
slightly flgned and the fatigue lnd only cont on scs
| inc hnffln- win the adverse tide began lhch ihc
1ne.f on arose a TO whose :nn ii that such blum
| der had been made. But hODrdy cond Dc lohhu VIM
| was r. ponslblc. About NO hundred peofir were
assembled al the Iron Per ri Rock away nni lucy "eio
sadly di-aplOnied when they tOuhd t-ai the i"'Ay
Diminer waH shut up inside Tue canih O inc iDhho
DOon and that had failed to achieve her tAaA ap-
pareny through no fault OF hcf o"r some CONSOLATION
have derived from the exhibition 81 fancy
swimming which Miss Bcckwith and her broiner the
gave round the mead oil the pier.