MERCEDES GLEITZE
Reproduced courtesy of Yorkshire Evening Post
(8 May 1930 edition)
Doornfontein Baths, Johannesburg.
Rand Daily Mail, 11 May 1932.
Caption reads: Miss Mercedes Gleitze, the Famous long-distance swimmer, signing autographs for school children at Doornfontein baths yesterday, when she gave a demonstration of her swimming methods. The children are giving their autograph books to Mr J. Patrick Carey (Miss Gleitze’s husband) to obtain a famous signature in novel circumstances.
Leicester Mercury, 21 August 1931.
Caption reads: Miss Mercedes Gleitze visited the Knighton Fields Baths where the Leicester Mercury and Braunstone Adult School Swimming Clubs met last night.
(Reproduced courtesy of the Leicester Mercury)
Ellis Park Swimming Baths, Johannesburg Demonstration of swimming methods to local school children
(Rand Daily Mail, 11 May 1932)
Dirt Track Riding Presentation
1929: Mercedes presented the Manchester Evening Chronicle Cup and Golden Helmet to the winner, the Australian track star, A.W. Jervis, at the White City Dirt Track in Manchester.
(Sunday Chronicle image)
“Dirt track riding is certainly a game that calls for grit, accuracy and pluck. A fine sport, interesting and thrilling, although I would enjoy watching it much more if the riders had a greater guarantee of safety.”
(Mercedes Gleitze, Diary of New Zealand Tour, 1930-31)
