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Show HENRY SULLIVAN, OF BOSTON, FIRST AMERICAN TO SWIM ENGLISH CHANNE1 Wll HIS punsE OF Marathon Swimmer Is the ' Third Man . to Make Swim Actom Channel ' CALAIS. rriiN, auf. T (B A. p.W ; Benry ftultlvaa of ltiil, Mesa, yesterday yes-terday achieved an em bit to he bu had for yea re thai af wimmtn that Ka- i gllsh ekatnl and duplicating the (f " or ('truii webs aad t. w. Bumtt, the aaly two m perform the feet. ulitvaa took lk wit at 4:14 ' Sunday afternoon at Dot", Kn)aad. and finished here ton'rM In front of th fata re eestne at tee oe4oh. has a-. official time being tl hours and 41 mm-Mtee mm-Mtee for the approximately twenty-tw and one-half mile straight ax re as ta caannal frara olnt to point. juat haw far Salilran had t ftwlm m WttiloB hia way aroaa tha rhaprr vat.n. huffotad y tha wavaa and car-riad car-riad hithar and ihithar hy tha aoad-tn aoad-tn tMm. haa aot rot aa dfIaltoir "r. rartatlnod. Oa raport ton I hi waa that . had iim a dlatan oC hlaaiy kitw-inatara. kitw-inatara. or fwy-ata rn ' JSA.ST TIM KA. Hanry lalltvoji la tha thlrtf man to hrrompltah lha haaardna fvat of nwlm nm th Knllh chana4. Tha flrat to mk tha aaaaaca aeroaa tha aarrow oat alwyo attramHr chappy eoaraa, wMh tta raahtnc tMa and wlrlla a4dla, waa Capiat atlthw ahh, aad arona waa T. W, MarffMa. Bath wr Jbnaltaihinaa. W ehh 11 da tha awlm an Aafaaf ll-ii. IIT. rorartnal lha iwaat-tw and ana-half ana-half nlla hwtwaaa lowr aad t'alala la 31 houra and 4 m(aia. Wbh waa drawnod July t. 111. whtla altamptUi ta awlm lha raptda and Ntasara falla. T. W Bnrfaoa arrompllahvd tha faat September I, 1111. awlmmitio (ram Boat a i , roroiand. En 1 aad. la I chattt. HO tin u II fcwr tad 11 Tha present was SoUtvaa'a Shaath at-(mpt at-(mpt to make the awim. ta all hie fnria ha had ni.ta a"tabla mar ha, (a 1 aai aetltna wtthia five n.Ha of Iho ITranch shore after bavins bo a the iitar It hAttre and ft Tniattlea. Whan Ruiiitaa tooh ta ihe air off Dovar oa Sunday Be t aey In flaa alyta undr what ware rierlarad le b favnrabla rtlt lone. The aea waa calm afid lha tam-parttiure tam-parttiure of tho Water waa J degreta lahreanatl. V haa Bur r-auv marta the awim he eJee had a ernnoth bat lha : tv.iiiphar.iur of lha water was twa da-gr da-gr tits har. Auiena lha nomareue paranae wa have Irl-d ta s-rim the rhenael have baa a-wrei women. Thoy. however, have nvr boaa aba to sat aay aatabta There hae ben standing far a long . lime an frfr of a Undon publlfaipna of a rrlie tf f"r the aaoeaaeotul rrriNint rf the chasael by a aaa ST .awuiaa awlaimer. nriTtf rnhn V. 1 1 at h 1 1 M a. f h v ER, Aw T r A. T frea rw uiiltta, tha hfty arn af afaaamt-hwaeiia si c waQvaar lha Snglth caunal Wm .laxtti. la eon tent ta raet ea thta big aav t . . veniont. at (eaei for the present. ' I m eatiafiwd with who I've dne; ,r not p.anniaa any aitr awlmt all 1 v n, ta atwp h told tha correopoeid-nt correopoeid-nt uooa r-taralna to !vor ta tha ro-tttriweaxf ro-tttriweaxf whw t. had ascoaaipaalad kits. cr.iaa th rbannel. N'U iiven tj ttyM ware sJlrhtly b low tl shot 'an, hie ru1lr faa waa brief Una with a "iwn lty iruvth of beard, but be waa ' em i una anrl rteclarad be felt ffino sot ' 'tirori. but sieenv. aittiooah ha had ee.ua at 'a fw h"uro' aifep UM msht In I a iavie. ' The first thins Sullivan ashed for when his pull of puir thaa 1 1 houra axhroiif h lh choppy rhoaael had ended, -wit Juat ta-a creem. fte fralnara thr,urh( it tVfaTt. anwarlf, for him tO lake tma(hlr.. adUUHvOai In the aatara an-uf a eiimuiaat. From atart to fin I ah Sullivan pluavd , ti with' a Straight breaet atrnhie. Ha . my ha bad foartij from eiparrtoaco that to ait or a atrae ar flop over oo hie . bark for a raet rattaed in atuaclea to iniitrict, and boded ha'tly for tha a -h ie v meat of aa ambtlloa Sueh as hi. ruMivan ale bat onre during hla hang ' ewtm. That waa when ha had swam ' but a ehrtrt dlaianra from Dortr, Kot ' Ion arter ha he eaten he at I tie a rhoppy aaa where h swallowed roa-a'deraoia roa-a'deraoia watar. Thta turned hup atom -' arh en-1 ha fait that to aat agala would Brelui'a hia rhanree. have abandoned her attempt t awlm lha Bna'lah e haa a el whaa at a point eta anlla-a off Cape lriaNas sa tho French roe at. gke le aald to hava teeem very I ei hoveled durin tha last half-hoar akej was in the water. Ha found tha weier oolrfa-et ta midstream, mid-stream, but ba aald that wheaovar ha movM Into a particularly chilly ewlrt he simply apeedad as kia stroke ta keep hla body warm. Tha Daily lkatrk aananead today , tt.at tt had derided to award ta tHnry .- Kuiltren the pound priaa It off-red . tv-ine time atro for tho channel swim. Tte aewepaper aaya that aithouah Sullivan Sul-livan an '-rod the eoalaat, ba dig aat ..fulfill the cnndltlona. toaamuca aa ihrra waa aa rnreentat1vo ot the paper In the eccornpanrlnt boat, but that ta tew af hie pluck and tha fact that thT-o lo no doubt of his haviag aeaam-pnahed aeaam-pnahed the fast, tha prise Will ba awarded. fUriT PIXCK aiHtVaV SI IMlalMlS, hOVPtH, Bngland, Aug f (By A. P teervara who wara In the email bust that accompaaNd Henry Swlllvaa of T, ell. Mtaa,, oa hia awtaa scrno tho Rntiita chanaol, aay that la tha final o'n-e af ha great effort the A roe r lea a ' niii ahnwerl marvelous dog re af tia-a-d determtnetto. hi itvaa haa ttie inlofert ana ta moot a eron tide setting from the French ' rao-e aod the captala of tha accom-pauviT'i accom-pauviT'i motor lucs-r aettmated that but 1'r th'm tha iwifn would have ba actvtmpllehrd tn ala hoar leea time, a tt waa. Sullivan performed tha feat la JT houra II an i nut as Bar.ua of thi baffllna tide, tt tfwth the awtrnrner from g it a clock yeaterday . marnmc until I St o'clock lea night to n. th la at at mil -a of hla Journey. hu'livaa awata nearly fiftv-eim sailea r-nii, tf atr;pjT. MUM Ah' TAll-a. rOVr.pt. p.oglaad. Aug f fBy A. F kra, 4 t mini lea i'araoa. tha America a long- dlaHance awlmmer, ts reported to |