The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-12-12
A REMARKABLE FEAT.
Performed by the Champion Swim
mer OF Australia
He swinns Across the GoldeA Gate ~
aAn Francisco In One Hour AAa
Z Eifteen Minutes Against
4. the Tide.

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, The most imporant iea' IN s~
ming In the history OK the coast was &C
complished recentiy Oy Onaries CAs'
the champion swimmer o. le's'
Cavili managed 70 breast ooes nno cur
rents between Fort POINT ana Inc NAT
in county shore ana SWAN across 'ne
Golden Gate II was .: ~ 9 elOc. lass' u nen .
cavin let Devhs fo,n sno
hour ana 10 minuoce i@'el ne .
The rocks aDout SW ya1u
from Fort Wlnneao ocot'' na'is eo
cred distance as tne c'o" n'' u
over lHs miles.
The Austrainn,s performance oIew
big crowd. Inc saore aoou. Hor' o'I.
was lined with people ana me "a.<1s ~
the gate were cro"oeo wl.n ~. SINAI .fai.
OF every description. Inc
Sausaiito nad place IN usc .'A
with almost 'noosano peoPle aoalu
From swimmer saanoPoin' 'ne oas
was an ioea1 one. Inc ~ser WI. As
smooth as couio De oes.reo' ~ sur,.ce
only rlppleo oy tne CURING eoees VI 'ne
Ahere Was siisai' VIM o'o
was not s~ong enough y" AieA W any
oisturpahce
OaVni iei' tne ga aosali'o "nen 'l'r va.
arrived In madssream on Lime roln'.
lie had as companions Auoipn hAnn'
the hlgh diver OF the CahlorniA SWIM
ming ciuD, and froi- hAhck, OF tne
Sutro baths NE saving crew. Inc tioe
was at standstnl, anu the unfee men
chose as starting point 1or tne s"iin-
mer bunch OF rocks about loo yards
north OF Devils POINT ana nile nor'n
OF Lime foint. seieceSu Sfs" afo''i
the Dolphin boat ciuo actso aS ee'cor'
IN whitehall boat
Cayiil wore the reguiatlon 1ehts. ne
| dlpped INTO the water easaiy ano natuT-
ally, and started for the san Francisco
shore with energy, hiiiick anu heun
ana the Doiphln crew acconfs1iS iue
MN IN poats' Inc swimmer ieu on WIN
long, easy, right'saoe stroke' anu .or
the first few hundred yaros o. .he
course the way was easy nnu nis P1eN
was RAPID. ABOUT quarter oi inhe
from shore the Australlan encouh'eieu
what ne says was lne s"ii'es' cuiien
ne ever met.
Inc tice nad turned since ne iei' ons
Z, ferry ana was now pouring 'ilousn '''
channel with the speed OF niiii r''oe
Inc rlppies ioarea NhS i, LII
ana thfea'enea 70 eheuii rne :
Gavin Struck ih'o II oraNeiy' anu
lempteu 70 Nas us pios
ing MS idce 'om w aiu 90 ueaA.o 'u -,
ming hor,h, Inc roweis ~ .ue ooa
attehlPteo siniiiai .So'e, ou' 'ne
oi waters 'oWaiu ~ :.
every phihs Win ~ 5 NC ~.
useless 70 a.."ps " ". :.
ioree u 'he s,uo Us
ne was s'ii ieu %. oi. - -.
oelore nc ehooun IN,
currents On 'ne 1ioto $50. So ao,r,. ~,
- n; "a ,,,,,;r,ea hin, back aoai,
~ r. 49, rro,, ,h;s time .,
.,,, .ti,,a1r, CO.,,
II -. tox,a =
i,e ,,.
,he io io 60, ~
oa,s aA1 -.;a,-oa ~, a., o,d fel
a.t;, =, +ho wat..r an
- t.a n.h..o tho amp..
- a., ,.,,oto
.rs.d ,ha .hora Cav;u i,
aas.ri ri. ~nax.d Tba Do,nh;p ere
ns 10. fror, tho life avinp sery;,
a,,,,., +hs WOW There was a lon
sIorv swell smashing against the rock
ana on ton Of one of these breaker
C...:i, ,aaa .,r Tbare was a ore,
crowd awaiting his arrival. and as Il
: s,,;,nuer walked up the beach he w:
r,;ran m ovation hv everything ar
! erorrhodv from the small boy ON I'll
, ~..,,ots 20 The h;g whistle of a
1ort parape's 70 'he o'N