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Show I . Takes Second for "All-round" nt the Chautauqua Professional Plcltl Day. The friends and admirers of KnfS Milne, southern Utah's plucky athlete, will be pleased to learn that helms Won second placo as on all-round athlete, in tlio Chautauqua Institute's Held day, receiving n silver medal. Following is an account of tho contest as published in The Dixie Advocate of last week over Milne's signature: "My course is very heavy as I am carrying car-rying more than a full one, nnd muit confess I have all I care for, but thauk fortune 1 Imye successfully passed out of the ones I feared most. Now I feel moro content nnd cosy. Most of my work has been under the Yule instruct-ora, instruct-ora, and that is sulllclcnt to let ono know Hint they arc able and competent teachers. There are from fifty to soventy-flye taking the course In physical physi-cal education that I am following. Tho professionals held their annual field day hero on Thursday tho 30th. Utah was represented by ono lone 'country jake,' Milne, and he felt as much alone us ho really was. There were only two mednls oflcred, the gold medal for first place In all-round, nnd ho silver mcdnl for second place. The result for Ulah was as follows: Third plnco in hammer throw; third place In shot-put! third in half mile race; second place In tho 120-yard hurdle; hur-dle; first placo In tho high jump nt five feet six Inches; first place In hundred yard dash In both the preliminary and llhnl. Thus the sum of my points were 10 to 17 for K. K. Smith of Yale. This gave Conn, tho gold medal at 17 points, and Utah tho silver medal, for second place nt 10 points.". . i |