New-York tribune., 1908-08-30
|0XYGEN AIDS SWIMMERS
DOCTORS ARE INTERESTED
Inhazations Appear to Increase
STRENGTH Temporarily at Least.

Tn tests held at Huntington Bay, Long ISlaho'
Yesterday afternoon it was conclusively shown
that athletes who have inhaled pure oxygen DIX
for tbe time being so invigorated that they are
capable of faster performances for short distances
than under ordinary physical conditions he eN
periments were made on NUMBER Oh s"iii'A
from the Bath Beach Swimming Assoclauoh d.
the Chateau des Beaux Arts. on the shore oi ~
hav and were under the direct supervision OF Dr
L. f. Smith, professor of physiology III the roiu
ham University medical school
Raw MuIvey and J. Ferber, after oxygen hao
been administered to them. made remarkable rec
ords and MIlvey enabled to swim loo yaIuS
in 81 % seconds when his best time made unoer
identical conditions earlier in the afternoon was
more than seven seconds slower than ttiS- @>s
resuIt the phvsicians who witnessed the tests be-
lieve that when athletes are exhilarated DS oA!
gen they will able to break all existing speeo
records in the short distances at least
DR. smith, in an interview after 'he eApe
ments declared that the opinion OF Ut heohai"
HILL F. r. s, Of the London Hospital. VINO an
nounced a short time that better time coulo
he made nv "oxvgenized" athletes. had been SUBJ
stantiated He said:
It was clearly shown that tho men who received sa
oxygen this afternoon were easy winners IN re e
FIRST event the men. Ferber and ileueE. Mera r
evenly matched far ordinary conditlons ~efS 8,
concerned but Ferber after ds tnree MmIvev how
ever was the superior of White in the second tsst;
xneceS nf Sea and also swan the course in seconds
less time than it had taken him Wheh s"Hh"''"s
This s,bstantiates DR.. Hills contention that the
@ % of sspems fr short periods
When oxygen IS administered the amount OF 'niS ms
gas The prcsehce of this additional
causes the blood to circulate less rapidly as th ,t
tissues have all the oxygen they require ana anH
heart is consequently not under the same necessg @
for action is 1d me rrar tn do So much work
| breathing under normal conditions he "ou'd De
obliged to do
yyber he was asked what he thought the proha-
bIo aAec. of tba n the experiments NOuiU
he he responded that 1t not the physician 5
business give prognosis of case, ana mat ne
was sionf, very we'll if he correct DIAGNOSIS
cit does2 seem clear however,. he said. that In
short distances lower records Will be MADE AFTER
the administration of oxygen. but that there wonio
probably be apprecable difference In the results
of long distance tests unless it be possible lot 'hs
man inhale the oxygen at intervals thfoushouI
the test
t-erber and Kelly the pa rticpants the first ex-
pertinent were examined by DR.. L. G.. Blessing, or
Huntington, the physician i'm charge before anu
after the test After the experiment Ferbers purse
had gone up TO 12O and his respirat tion 10 - Wns
Kelly. who had not taken oxygen. showed lower
pulse and respiration in comparison
Practically the true of MuVeT ann
White This according DR.. Blessing. showed
that the man swimming without the inhaled oxygen
was compelled breathe less oftener and his hear'
| did not have work so lard as that OF the man
who was without the "energizins Influences
Another conducted on George De"ers'
who after three inhaatons OF oxygen swan under
water for minute and Go seconds and came TO 'he
surface apparently as fresh when he began the
| test Mr. Dewers said that he did not feel eN-
| hausted in the least.
Miss Elaine Cioldng. the champion Bath heae!'
woman swimmer. swan Quarter-mile ekl'"''io'
| on a triangular course which included all cohnl-
,ons of tide and current. in the time OF minutes
4 s-5 seconds Miss Goldns had taken three inia'a-
,ions or oxygen two minutes before she plunged INTO
~. ,rater and the time she made is a record Tor
| women swimmers for that distance. MISS So'oi'D,
said II REQUIRED much less effort than under norma
| ply sical conditions
| rbo 1.a+er carnival included varied programme
! of swimming races for both men and women eAh''
| bi,ions in high and fancy diving. and canoe utiis
contests. The summaries follow"
| or..buudrod- -yard handicap for woHen,v"on % o>
u,.. rsic Thiel tscratch); Miss Helen "eih ts sec
| nnsl Time. 40.
'oneohundred- yard handicap FOR menn"on @ q. se
Dewers Il sec"s' S'~
| - Pa tscratchD. third Time. i:"t %
| CnnalsD--Currier anu 1'aha'H
| ,efeafed white and Kelly. Time. t-o2 49,. 5000
| Fancy Iiving-Won by Z Kelly; J. l. White second
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