On August 18, Paul Boyton defeated George Fearn, the English swimming champion, in a race for a $1000 purse. Boyton swam 12 miles with his life-saving apparatus against Fearn's 10 miles. On August 21 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Boyton allowed Fearn a half mile start. This time the English champion won.
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