The Ashburton Guardian.

Yol xxi. No 5794

Ashburtoii : Tuesday, October 21, 1902

Price - One Penny

Holbein's Attempt to Swim the Channel.

THIRTY MILES COVERED,

' The weather had beeoaie- almost ideal on Thursday morning, August 7th, when Mr Montague Holbein left Dover for Cape Grisnez in order to make his second attempt t to rival the feat of swimming across the Channel performed by Captain Matthew' Webb twenty-seven years ago. We stenmed slowly across Channel, pick ing up Cape Grisnez through the haze shortly after two o'clock. The mail steamer .Calais from Dover to Calais came close I alongside the tug Granville, and the pas j senders gave Holbein a cheer as he stood !on the bridge. It was 3.25 when the tug anchored under Cape Grisnex lighthouse,, and there was quite a muster of French people on the cliffs and foreshore. Hcibein. partook of a plate of beef, "with bread and 1 coffee, at 4.30. The wind had by this time gone east and was blowing fairly fresh, I making quite a popple on the sea. At five o'clock Dr Murphy fixed the special mask which Holbein had made for the swim. 16 is of American plaster, with glasses fixed to the eyes. The mask was closely fixed to the face from the forehead to the nostrils by means of collodion. Holbein's body waa next thoroughly rubbed all over with a greasy preparation, the object of which was to lessen the effect of the cold water on the swimmer. He wore ordinary racing drawers.

At 5.25 Holbein was rowed ashore, and his start from the French coast was made at 5.38| amidst a rousing cheer from those accompanyingl him and from the French people. Holbein started with his favourite back stroke, making twenty to the minute, the powerful strokes sending him along at a great pace. The sea was very broken, bat there was evidence of the wind drop ping. At six o'clock Holbein took his first • refreshment since he had entered the sea, this consistisg of hot bovriland a raw egg, which were handed out to him by a special 1 contrivance on the end of a long bamboo ! pole. Mrs Holbein and her sister attended [ to the feeding arrangements on the tug. A special feeding bottle was used for the j liquids. The temperature of the Channel i taken soon after the swim had started I showed 63 degs.= The course set for Hoi- , bein was north-west. "When he commenced ; ' his swim a strong tide had commenced to set eastward. He swam strongly, but was gradually drifted eastward. At the end of the first hour Holbein was about three miles off the French coast, Captain Lam !be t's bearings showing thtft we had 1 Grisnez south-west by south, and Cape Blanc Nez almost the south-east. At 620 George Gray took a " header " from the lugger for a swim with Holbein, and accompanied him until nearly seven o'clock, at which hour we were in sight of the English land. At 7.40 Captain Lambert stated that we were four miles out from the French shore. Holbein was being drifted a good deal to the eastward, Gri snez being then well west. Holbein was fed each quarter of an hour alternatively with bottles of hot B-vril and hot milk, raw eggs, and virol sandwiches. His stroke remaiued Avonderfuily regviiar, the twenty movements per minute being made with almost mechanical precision. The tempera ture of the sea was; taken, and proved to be 62 d.g. By eight o'clock we had pickl ed up th» South F<_re'mi;d lights, whilst Grisiifz a.iid .Calais lighthouses flashed :ii>ainas'.erno! us. Lights were now got i out on the tu^ m>d boats and arrangements hns.de for steering Holbein's course by means of powerful aceti'lere laiapt:, almost Lko seiircliliglitSj beiflg 150 candle power. they wee lent by Mr Salisbury, an old cycling friend of Holbein's, and proved of great value in nivcTiDg the swimmer. . The wind had gone N.E., and was now blowing fresh, causing a nasty sea. Holbein, how ever, made very light, of this, and was swimm ng grandly, only varying the back stroke occasionally for a ftw minutes on the breast stroke. . The correspondent goes on to narrate how, despite Holbein's powerful swimming, nothing cculd be done with the strong tides. Hour after hour passed, and no progress ■was made towards the English coast. At six o'clock Holbein, with evident reluctance and keen disappointment in his I tone, consented to give tip, and jumped into the boat entirely unassisted, remark ing iv reply to a question as to how he felt, " I'm all right, but I'm disappointed.' Jt/r Murphy took Holbein's temperature and pulse when he was put on board the tug, and to the surprise of everyone;his temperature was 97i, the normal being 98, while his pulse was 94, as against a normal of 78. But any effort naturally sends the pulse up, and Dr Murphy stated he should not have been surprised had Polbein's; been well over the 100. When Holbein had dressed and. taken a cup .of tea. he at once cams'on deck and discussed matters with Captain Lambert and iis friends. The captain stated that Holbein had swam at least thirty, miles, and that when he finished the Varne buoy bore three and a half miles N.N.W.- In other words, he was twelve miles from Dover, and eight from the French coast. Holbein's.,swim had been done in two long "legs" or tacks —first up Channel and then down. The , swim was about three miles longer than Holbein's effort last year. Dover was reached at eight o'clock, and there was a large gathering, who gave Holbein a hearty cheer, and " Better luck next time."' Durino- the twelve hours and: twenty minutes^Holbein was swiuiinuig he con sumed a gallon of milk, a quart each ot cocoa and bovril, half a dozen eggs, and some sandwiches. ■

A MODERN FIEND.

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BUSINESS NOTICES. WILLIAM WOOD & CO, MERCHANTS, 139 HEREFORD-STREET CHRISTOHUttCH. /■^ASH Buyers of SHEEP and LAMBS for Freezing. Agents for John Fowler and Co, (Leeds) Limited/ Tracfcfon Engines, Etc, Ruston & Proctor, Ltd), Threshing Machines, Etc. ASHBURTON OFFICE, The Arcade. Representative in attendance]) every TUESDAY and SATURDAY. For -v CYCLING SHOES, GO TO 11. Pannell, Bootmaker and Importer, 90 and 95, Manchester Street, Christchnroh. I CYCLING, RUNNING, TENNIS And every description of Athletic Shoes made to order and in stock. Write for instructions for self measurement FIT GTIARANTCED. 1 TTOICE PRODUCTION, SINGING, PIANOFORTE. Mrs Johnston. Havelock Street. C PANNELL, TAILOR AND MERCER, 127 Manchester Street, Christchurch, TTAS a Choice Assortment of Suitings suitable for the season. Chesterfields and Dovert Coats a specialty. Samples sent to my Address. Gentlemen's Mercery of every Jescription, and the LATEST FASHIONS IN STOCK. SjBSmBUJL j WARD AND CO.'S TIN RIVALLED ALES AND STOUT. Superior to English; INSURE NOW WITH THE Government Life Insurance Department. i £1,600,000 J \ AS already been added to Policies in \ J_ the Department. This is the Bonus Year And everyone now taking out a participa ting Policy will receive a substantial bonus at the end of the year. j J. H. RICHARDSON,. Commissioner. ■ CLAEIDGE'S STABLES, (Late McConnell's). Tancreb Street, Ashburton. BEST accommodation and attention for Town imd Country visitors. Horses and Traps always on hire. Wed ding and Picnic Parties catered for. Horse lipping done. F p CLAEIDqE> Proprietor. Telephone No. 91. 6 8? MANNING & GO'S NEW SEASON'S BOTTLED ALES AND STOUT, IN QUARTS AND PINTS. mHE BEST IN THE MARKET. Equal to the Leading Brands oi ENGLISH ALES. Agents for Ashburton—Messrs Shear man Bros. WHAT prize takers for pastry use Patty Pan baking powder thegrea novelty



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