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...stretch of water between island and mainland was too shallow for barges, too deep for motor trucks. If John E. Dooley swam and waded his small herd out to the island, that was a feat in itself. Rounding up the Dooley herd's 300 descendants and making them swim back would be impossible...
...mildest nature. In Tokyo the studious young wanderers disported themselves in a manner deemed both boisterous and annoying; reports from the barrooding were of extraordinary business and from the police of grievous wounds to their civic dignity." No "official actions" was taken and presumably the University continues to swim its way around the globe, trusting in the triumph of mind over matter and in the hope that human nature is the same towards college boys the worlds over...
...nothing else, Mrs. Lottie Moore Schoemmell, a mother, climbed out of New York Harbor into a sheet held by her sister, while whistles screeched and 200 rain-soaked persons hailed her with cheers. She had swum from Albany to the Battery (160 miles) in 57 hr. 11 min., swimming time, beating by 6 hr. 24 min. the record made in 1921 by Mrs. Corson.* She lost 4 pounds, used 72 pounds of fat, ate lumps of sugar soaked in whiskey. Having handed Mayor Walker a letter from Governor Smith, she offered to swim back if the Mayor wanted to send...
...nearly went to sleep in the water. Some one had pue drugs, in the beef tea I drank before starting. My trainer proved this beyond any doubt. Well, before my second attempt, all my food was prepared by my sister. I was more confident than ever of making the swim, though no one else thought I would...
...started it was awfully rough, but I knew I would get across. These feeling stayed with me. I was laughing and talking to my friends during most of the swim. The thought of failure never occurred...