The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-29
POWERFUL MUSCLES.
developed by Gymnasium Exercises.
louisville Commerolal,

louisville Commercial.
Its hardly yet known that the eisy Of
Louisville has for a resident gentleman,
who FOR Iong timo haa enjoyed the reputa-
ton Of being the strongest man living, and
certainly if not the strongest, he is one Of
the very few called so. He has for number
Of years past been Showing oems extraordi.
nary featS Of strength, particularly in dumb
bells and lifting heavy weights, both in thi,
country and in Europe, and has numorou,
medals &s trophies of his feats. In 1873. at
the Academy of Music in New York civ, at
herculean tournament in which thsre vsra
competitors OF oil nations, no won sir out
Of twenty medals offered for cOmSstitiop
Ate tournament in lS74at Barnum's bipno.
drome he won tho whole of tho five medals
which were offered for the best fealg in dumb.
bell lifting, Also later, at Shook IL Palmer,
hippodroms in New York, in tournament
which lasted four days, he won ths champi
oiship Of tho world. On tho Dist o'Julv.
1874, he startled tho spectators at an exhibi.
ton given at Woods gymnasium, in New
York, by holding with single hand mon.
ster duinb-bo Of 20l pouads weight. In
Boston, in 1875, at performance al tha
Howard Athen@um, he gave o performance.
using kegs of nails bars of railroad irsn.
ahsfling, aad also with tho great.
eat of ease manipulated the famous l8O
pound dumb-bell made for the cse-
bTGted DIR. Winship, but never used by him.
Ho is also a great. weight-lifter, having liflod
o dead weight vita his haEds of 800 pounds.
he has defeated the famous strong sen Of
this cOuatry, including p. Kelly, W. Miller,
H. Joyrteny (Barzun's famous strong man).
Chri5tol, Regnicr, and others, and also the
faEous athlste sud Hercules OF Germany.
Martens Arps, and many others throughout
Great Britain, inclusiGg tho famous Denald
Dunill, who backed out FROM competing with
him, sfter viewing his msterisl, for grand
test Of strength. lie lifts h0rsea, holds half
ton csnnons while they are loaded and Cred
of, pulls agsinat teams of draft horses con-
sisting Of TIVE, four and even six horses;
holds 56 pound weights at arms length hori-
Eontally from his body with his littl5 fingers.
These and othsriadsscribable featS Of strength
must place nm IN the foremost rank oil streng
men. re look OF this gentleman when dressed
ono would not think him 10 be the powerful
msn he is, but when stripped no shows q
magnificent physical development. This
gentleman Is MIR. Richard A. Pennell,
superintendent snd instructor of the gym.
nsstie and athletic department of tho
Young Mems Chr8tiks-1sgocia!on Of this
city. Mr.. Psnnoll Arst Joined gymnasium
when o young man TO see if benefit could
be gained in his health, he having paIptation
Of the heart OF the time. His exEsrinezt was
complete success, an extraordinary robust
meas Of body and grest health being attained
in short time, together with great develop
ment Of physical power, which he hiss re-
tanned TO this day, and although for days at q
time no has followed sodsntsry employment,
he never has had the slightest recurrence of
his old trouble, but, on the contrary, enjoys
almost immunity from sickness of all sorts.