New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-28
TWO WOMEN AND MAN
SWIM TO CONEY ISLAND
R. FrederiCkson, of GraveSend,
Arrives from the City in 6
Hrs. 2 Minis. 80 Secs.
c. H. BENEDICT HAS TO QUIT
Miss Elaine Golding Wins Race
from Battery, Making Is Miles
in Hrs. 54 Minis. to
Steeplechase Park.

from the Battery in the annual compe-
tition Of the United States Volunteer
Life Saving Corps yesterday succeeded
I'm reaching the goal-Raymond Freder-
ickson. Of the Gravesend Bay division
He completed the distance Of fifteen
miles in hours minutes and 80 sec
onds He went ashore in good condition
on the sand at Bay 21st street. and was
greeted by several thousand enthusiastic
spectators. Frederickson used double
overland stroke. which sent him into the
lead shortly before reaching the treach-
erous Potato Patches off Norton's
Point.
Miss Elaine Golding. of Bath Beach.
wor a fifteen mile swim from the Bat
terry. to Steeplechase Park yesterday af-
ternoon. covering the distance in 5 hours
and 81 minutes Mrs. Lillian Howard,
another Bath Beach woman finished
second in hours and 81 minutes. Mrs.
Clara Bouton. Of Staten Island, was
seized with a cramp off Bath Beach after
being hours and minutes in the wa
ter. and was taken aboard the judges
boat. OF the eight entrants these three
were the only ones 70 start.
After the trio had advanced into the
waters Of the Lower Bay they were COM
PEELED to battle with a squally wind that
stirred up a choppy sea. Considering
these conditions. the time made was
good. While Mrs. Bouton was in the
race she was Miss Golding's most dan
gerous rival and she was only short
distance behind her when a severe cramp
compelled her TO quit.
Commodore William ]. Curran Of the
Bath Beach volunteer lifesaving corps,
who pioted Rose Pitonof. Of Boston. 20
a worlds record for girls two weeks ago,
showed the way for Miss Golding.
The three contestants received the
word 10 go at 1876 o'clock in the morn
ing. and Immediately plunged from the
Battery wall. Miss Golding Immediately
took the lead. with Mrs. Bouton second
and Mrs. Howard third They made a
wide detour Of South Ferry 10 escape the
crossing boats. Miss Golding passed the
northerly end Of Castle Williams at
lilo o'clock, with Mrs. Bouton FIVE
Yards in her wake and Mrs. Howard
twenty-five yards behind
Mrs. Bouton Comes Up.
IN rbe stretch down Buttermilk Chan
mel Mrs. Bouton came abreast Of Miss
Golding. while Mrs. Howard continued
10 lose ground. Miss Golding was asked
how she felt, and said she was feeling no
bad effects from her exertions. She then
spurted and gained $50 yards on Mrs.
Bouton. who soon afterward was hauled
aboard.
Miss Golding then leisurely swan on
and reached the opening Of the Narrows
ar 40. while three minutes later she
was between st. George, Staten Island.
and the Crescent Athletic Club. Thirty
five minutes later Miss Golding was off
Fort Hamilton. with Mrs. Howard al
most half a mile in the rear and closer
inshore. Both swimmers were still 10 face
the most heartbreaking point Of their ef-
fort with the Potato Patches and Nor
TOMS Point near The leader was abeam
Of the light at $50, and Mrs. Howard
was moving up rapidly.
Miss Golding turned the point and
could see the finish in the distance.
Thousands Of friends greeted her at the
finish. and when Mrs. Howard came up
she was congratulated on her plucky ef-
fort.
The competing athletes had 70 buffet
a retarding sea, churned by a north
easterly wind which blew across the
bav at the rate OF thirty-fve miles an
hour. The outgoing current was rapid,
and the swimmers, who tried 10 take
advantage of it by moving out in the
middle OF the bay, were driven far out
of their course toward the southern end
OF Staten Island and near Hoffman
Island.
Rain fell heavily for three hours after
the start OF the thirteen entrants who
failed TO complete the course twelve
suffered from the salt water. which al
most blinded them. and they had to be
taken aboard the official boat, on which
we're Commodore w. E. Longfellow and
Captain Norris William p. Schott. OK
the Port Washington division. who was
among the leading group off Hoffman
Island. was the only swimmer to be
seized with a cramp.
Benedict Was the FaVorite.
Clifford H. BENEDICT, Of the ROTOR
Point Comm station. the only entrant
last year 10 reach Norton's Point, COW
cred most Of the distance. Benedict had
been a favorite with the spectators.
When he was within half a mile of Nor
tons Point he had to give up, as his eyes
were swollen by salt water. one OF the
rescued swimmers, William j. Hahn. of
the East 64th street station, was SO
blinded that he was swimming toward
the Battery when pulled from the water.
Hahn had been in trouble off Bay Ridge,
and Commodore Longfellow, fully cad.
Jumped in after him. Hahn persisted in
continuing in the race.
Opposite Hoffman Island the swim
mers found progress so difficult that
Otto Hurst. Of South Beach Louis
Moser. Of Little Falls. Paterson. y. J.;
Frank Murphy, of Ridgefield Park y. j..
and William z. Schott, OF the Port
washington Point station. were pulled
aboard boats in rapid succession. Emil
skinner the favorite swimmer Of the
Harbor Squad. showed up well until the
Crescent Athletic Club was reached,