Search swimsCurrently displaying: 2 results You've searched for:Surname: "H" xYear: "1904" xSuccess: "Failed" x Field to search All fieldsSuccessful swim numberSuccessful swimmer numberSwim ranking (England-France)Swim ranking (France-England) Search term Filter by Nationality UK (1) Sort by: OldestNewestSwimmerSuccessful swim numberSuccessful swimmer number Haggerty, Jack - 20/08/1904Description START 6 17pm. FINISH. 7 22pm. End of Admiralty Pier. Sponsored by Weekly Dispatch. Cramp. Turned blue and had a lucky escape from drowning. Temp 62-60. Food; Hot milk. Grease; Beeswax, Porpoise oil, Resin. Wore no mask. Stroke; Side stroke. Jack refused to leave the water, so the crew leaned out of the boat with a long pole with a hook on the end put it around his neck and pulled him to the boat.Swimmer(s) Haggerty, John (Jack)Date 20/08/1904Duration of swim 01:05Pilot W. ColePilot boat BritanniaTrainer Weekly Dispatch - Mr CryerNotes On board; trainer Mr Cryer, Dr Ross and many friends Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Holbein, Montague 'Monty' - 21/08/1904Description START 4 32pm. Aug 20. FINISH. 2 35am Aug 21. Danger rock, Lydden Spout - 10.03 miles out. Side stroke 25 to 30 per min. Food; Cocoa. Bovril. Peppermint. Beef sandwich. Veal sandwich. Sugar sandwich. Chocolate. Temp 62’f. to 60’f. Grease; Beeswax, Porpoise oil, and Resin. Mask with celluloid eye pieces. Colloid linen skull cap. Seized by sickness and diarrhoea after 10 hours. Swimmer(s) Holbein, Montague 'Monty'Date 21/08/1904Duration of swim 10:03Pilot Pilot B. Foster. With Capt F. C. Groves Trinity Pilot, Capt Anning' Fred May.Pilot boat Scotia tugTrainer Charles NewmanNotes Sponsored by Daily Mirror. On board; his wife and her sister Miss Fairley who organized the Feeding, Mr C Newman his trainer, Mr Fred May, Mr Shorland, Mr P Nix, J Warburton, Professor Bates, Mr Moebs (President of the Paris swimming club), Mr Black, Mr Walpole Hiller, Dr Rose, Dr Murphy, also a number of press men and seven or eight swimmers who were to take a spell with Holbein; G Grey, W Booth (London Cygnus S.C.), S Faith and S. L. Peters (London Otter S.C.), W Broad (ex captain Dover S.C.), F Record and E Duffy (Medway S.C.), W Holmes (Champion London Polytecnic S.C.), C Grinstead (Champion of Worthing and Zephyr S.C.), F H Naylor (Hornsey S.C), as well as several French sportsmen.Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)