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Show half w.iy point, Lttf speeded up a bit, and was coming strong when the finiah was reached. Alvin Nelson, holder of numerous amateur titles, will undertake the Ante-lope-Snltair ewim today. Long Lake Swim Is Success S3 t3 3 3 S Excellent Time for Distance Leaf in the Water and Out of It. v. . .... v : ' ., . ' I ' ,.-iC'C' n ';-'''-T'-'-'':---;Av-;:-!,'-..r ' ...svxw-'p-P-'- S, ff ' 9 P::P'PP Pi:M V;.: j? ? m .-. . . : mmmsf'm .' ::::: '.i V. '. jej : ; . - . ri- N " v ? -V CS. LEAP, instructor in swimming jit Wiirm Springs, yesterday swam from Antelope island to tho Salt-air Salt-air pavilion, Great Salt Lake, in two hours, twenty-eight minutes and thirty seconds. Tho distance is seven miles, as near as may be. Leaf was as fresh at tho finish as ho was when he took the water at tho island. After his effort, ho said the swim had not tired him at all, and that he could have continued indefinitely. Leaf was followed in a launch containing con-taining forty-three persons. The start was made at 12 o'clock. Captain Edwin G. Brown, admiral of Great Bait Lake fleet, was referee. R. S. Sleator, W. T. Burton and George C. Larsen were time-keepors. time-keepors. The swimmer used tho single ovearm stroke exclusivclv. His first three miles were made in leisurely fashion. At the |