Channel Swimmers in a Bath

Some of the country’s biggest swimmers – literally – take to the swimming pool in Chiswick for an entertaining gala.

The Daily Sketch gala is held at the small open-air pool in Chiswick, a popular location for Topical Budget. It starts with four rather portly fellows – named as Wolffe, Perks, Record and Maciel – creating a splash, diving into the pool to start a race. Next comes Monty Holbein, who we are told has made a dozen attempts to swim the English Channel, doing a lazy backstroke, before Henry Sullivan claims a Ј1,000 prize by showing “grace can be combined with endurance”.