Simultaneously with the second and third leg strokes, the second arm stroke should be executed. In order to make the second arm stroke effective it is absolutely necessary that the right hand, which is in advance of the head, should be hollowed, knuckles uppermost, with the thumb and fingers firmly pressed together. The hand should then be sharply pulled back toward the body and close to the chest, till it regains its former position on the right hip. The left hand, meantime, extended to its original position in advance of the head (see Fig. 16). This completes the five movements, three for the legs, and two for the arm's, required for the correct performance of the side stroke.
The action of the right arm in its forward motion may be varied ; by raising the arm clear of the water, and then reaching forward as far as possible, then dipping the hand, as in the Indian stroke, (see Fig. 19), and although this is not, strictly speaking, the correct style to adopt by any person desirous of becoming a graceful swimmer, this will be found most Useful in speed contests. One of the most popular
exponents of the side stroke is Mr. Horace Davenport, the Amateur Champion Swimmer of Great Britain, whom the author had the pleasure of meeting while in Canada in the summer of 1882. This style of swimming was first introduced by a celebrated Australian swimmer named Charles Saundstrum, who achieved wonderful success as a side swimmer. I have endeavored, as far as possible, to describe from memory the exact detail of his method. Several American swimmers, including Ernest Von Schcening, George H. Wade, Wm. H. Daly, Tony Butler, and George Hyslop (of Hamilton, Canada), have achieved considerable notoriety as- "side stroke " swimmers. Captain J. L. Rawbone, R. H. S., of the Dolphin Swimming Club, Toronto, has also won a; number of gold and silver medals by his skill in this style of swimming; in 1887 he won the championship of Toronto Bay from W. B. Swain, formerly champion of Tunbridge Wells, Eng land. He also holds the Royal Humane Society's bronze medal for saving life July 27th, 1883.