Show A LONG SWIM OVER ovett T wenty 1 tm fiess tiia 11 I 1 I 1 n I 1 i six houks hours i vj 0 11 1 J bag telegraph of july i baa haa iho the following Fredd ricki cavill advill a 9 professional swimmer yesterday essayed assayed to afim from flom london br bridge to gravesend Grave Send aa distance distante by water of a little more than twenty five miles cavil cavill who ia Is a powerful muscular man of about thirty nine years yeara of oze 1 j I weighing mirton atone three pounds and standing five feet eight inch inches esan and d a it half high last year swam from the star lind and garter ati ati putney to Blac blae blackwall kwall kwaii a distance of or about thirteen and a quarter and it is stated that he hi contemplates trying to eross cross from dover to calais home bome tinie next month he the also Inte intends lids rids to swim frona southampton to portsmouth aut aul and from beachy head readi to brig h OT aag kag each of these journ journeys dys I 1 ia sab s abo ab d 1 u lies lles long iong Cavill gavill wore wor e I tr tigh L ifa t gaubes gauze jersey and rand thau thal ii ask well a as his skin was ad eli eil el ell rubbed with porpoise oil abelli filled steamer accompanied the swimmer the vie tide tlde tideway tid owns ewas was a very slug gish tish e ebb b dr drw kea ken nar va af in a sin smail small al skiff which i h kept t to cavill cavil th the littera 9 yo young U 3 som sops harry and charlie charile 1 ag ageg aget e gresi fresi res siv sir and a half balf du anda tl fou four and a half plunged 1 bato the vate water wath with him but did not stay therel ca cavill began eg ari ati his hig task at 3 cheered by vy a large crow dO P I 1 who had assembled on L london 60 bridge and the adjacent nv pleis ho H sta started at a steady pace sIn swimming lull Anit n on dright side bide st lct itheria ith erih docks we were re bre breasted asted Jated aag ata of and 1 trie I tunnel pier five minutes litter the muse ferry forry dry vry w was reached aub Rt 33 and b by jv thi anig tim time the which had beeg been overcast east cast fine flue and lile tile sun 19 holle bhone bue gue out b brilliantly milli wall pl eraA eras was roge reached hed in hodr hour auti severi severt M teb tes froin the tho start and just after this thin sampson n a juian man who had been swim swimming ming eiga elga against cavill gavill up ulo to this thia point gave up he had been in the water ier ter an ut hour 0 and thirteen minu minutes minutest tesi lebi jj and though bo he never stood ai a chance as a competitor and was wag fully 2 dards yards behind when ha he I 1 left the water he be still exhibited bornet skill aff blae Blat kWaM pierl pier i i time 4 cavill took bis his first rei re i freshment rne wilb boys hoys on the mar inel ine Socie sio fio tys training ship a ad woolwich ph gave the swimmer a hearty cheen cheer as he hia passed the afternoon gasnow wasl gloriously fine below woolwich the affair d somewhat monotonous and dava lit was evident that thit the tide would not hot last long eno enc enough ugh to enable the gwim ibler to td hib his belt sell bel eel imposed taska thle thae balf half ady way was reached al at bohat three hours and seventeen minutes had had bad been jaken in covering i da little over twelve and on one oue eha e oha ha half balf if miles shil shii caviar went bravely on and eritha was wasi passed at 7 15 5 the fhe long reach tavern was wag I 1 passed as ed 1 the alexandria saloon had just before been pas pasi i up pp stream crowded with lim iku so the doctor here r re 4 potted pdt pot ted gavill cavill to bo be gaii 11 right and were swe freely expressed that li after ah lu he ouid ab to he now mew camp bielat bieu at it 81 oine fine large training ship and the boyr manning the yards gave bim a loud h hurrah ur bib eib further down stream the ohe obe cheering ering became gen era ern avil avii niad litti now lleen liven five hours houra inalle inalie in the tie water and arid hail swam swain nearly twenty miles he had been from wool woolwich for several beyerau mile by a mery very clever swimmer named smith a iad ad of seventeen and on the latter going astern lu a teacher of swam iain rain by ca vill viii hilpa salda sid bid the ress bakdo was nov now awand shortly affer after aber 8 qc cloone tock dhe the nde fide turned land i though d was almost in sight tha for victory wex vex were 13 very slight he struggled hu jou capitally butil when it became obvious to every obe OBO kiat klat the tide was vas too strong forham MJ m und lie he got on oa board board abe the skiffs he was gas as in capital condition at the tho time and n no 0 doubt could h have hate accomplished pa oed med the feat had bad ahlo ebia tide lasted long enough the spot where he gave op up wad was opposite about fow bourand a balf half mile mlle short of gravuso Grave send nd the tile distance actually gwain swam was a trifle more than twenty and a half milts tho theotime time cavill was in the wat water gag yas five hours hud had f nifty fifty minutes ho he was speedily made comfortable on board the steamer which then returned to london bridge the swim though not entirely successful gave 9 lave cave evidence that cavill Is quite a farst first class swimmer and it may be taken for granted that in any future attempt at long distances he lie will mt nail fall for want of strength pluck or determination 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 A GREAT FEAT FAT the 0 p july bays says yesterday Y miss beckwith succeeded in iwa swimming from the id bridge e at chelsea to greenwich per large largie crowds hd hid gathered to ee th tho mart egbirt and when a few minutes in apo 1 t es after three she leaped ap ped from a waier water waterman mans boat into th the e rivel she sho was loudly cheered there was a stair fair breeze which made the water rather lumy lamy but thol thoi force of the ebb tide was all in ill her beh favor falor NV with ith a gentle breast the young soung ga sW swimmer ommer with every ve i encouragement i cincent froni from the tho curio ly pu bublie public blie proceeded on her arduous feat ma A pilot in a smail small bo boat n t I 1 in which fere her hem father and br brothe 0 othe otho t h elt eit the latter iatter ready to jump to the aid of f his bister sister in the event of any emergency led the way in sev enty minutes miss bechwith ilar liar hau han W schied defied s bridge aud and from this point to ther the end ot thet course spectators appeared 0 on masts m 1 ats c crowded wharf occupied every available position J afar the young ung wimmer had aad dis disi played hod hot the least S h proceeded the ease eabe ofa skilled eri ell while wa ti dista istance nace bace ha haq not nob he remarkable gr grace cul cui or of her style mid wid bridaet bridget ig ell crowded of course courve i iwas passed i in one hou ranil t wenty two manutes the b boats boata after this thia be became earue barue noor boord me acts arts ri unruly iliadi ih ah ever dver and arld on severa beverl occasions elsar neek beek beckwith withy was nean f jaruck Jy ruck k 0 on n the tha head with their dows cows opo oro OVo opposite siVe greenwich spier pi sitsa I 1 a beckwith ec with at ata gwo sa was abou akon b on bo board ard hie t lie lle volunteer j swa swam M eted the ten miles af pf n wo wo hours and forty six minutes I 1 during the time she was in ila illet lilet he water wafer she de C libed all ali 11 offers of ref ret D n a ba she bhe appeared on board steamboat bbb 8 he wa apparently a fres fresh aa andl andi ks is when rhen first shad she camhout hide alde aide u t of her nei cabin at chelsea |