Mollie Hill caught her foot in her nightdress, and dropped her candle altogether.

Jess Gardner pursued the original method of holding her candlestick in her teeth, and using both arms to swim.

There was keen excitement as the candidates cautiously worked their way across.

Each was required to place her candle for a second on the edge of the bath, and then to swim back to the original starting point.

Only five competitors were in the running for the return journey--Winona, Audrey Redfern, Elsie Parton, Dora Lloyd (a Fourth Form girl), and little Olga Dickinson.