New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-12

measuring. bare and unexpanded, 81 IL inches, ana
ca pable Of being inflated TO measurement OF 43 l.
inches. lie has 15inch blceps, forearm measuring
IL "a inches and a 16inch calf Weuproportioned'
finely built Mr.. Fuller always looks one should se9
him in athletic costume. Then the grand cords ana
siuews the punches and coils Of hardened and trained
muscles stand out bold in relief yet well tempered
they ara that YOU know their possessOr IS agile as well
as strong.
A Tribune reporter recently had the pleasure OF
seeing an exhibition Of Mr. Fuer's enormous sueustn'
II was in a downtown brokers' Office and the suDJecO
of experiment a carefully measured horseSnoe'
fresh from the forge which had been made for heaVy
truck horse Grasping an end of the shoe with each
band Mr. Fuller bent himself to the task Inc spec'a
tors gathered to witness the performance, prepared
laugh ut his discomforure the undertaking dd seem
absurdly impossible 1t was picture for an artSt'
with elbows stuck out like shoemaker at WORK over
his last and almost bent double, the Rrsplranon
breaking from his brow and every muscle
and sinew at its utmost tension, the athlete
tucged. The expected laugh did not come
something gave way The solid iron seemed TO
bend then 10 twist to side. Mr.. Fuller renewed
his exerton and the prongs answered by opening OaoA
He threw It to the moor in disgust; this horseshoe was
TOO much of task. lie couldn't break 1t, but ne had
bent It out three full inches one of Mr. FulerS other
fents Is the lifting with a one-hand grip Of a marble
slab that stands against the wall oil the once Oh Deus
Co.. at No 165 Broadway, where he makes MS hcau-
quarters. The line lower le6 ueNelOPHche "NiOA'
Mr. Fuller shows he attributes to MS fohdheSs TOT
bicycle exercise lie rides the wheel nearly every uaS
and was one Of the contestants in last years team ROAD
race between teams from the Westchester county
Whee!men and the Yonkers BICYCLE Club he OF course
riding with the Westchester men. The race Which
wos a efteep-mile one from LarchmOnt to Rye and
back, resulted in dead heaJ' Ile Sui
pris,nrly good time Of forty-seven minutes being
made This time must be about correct as well as inc
distance. for the crack rider Kluge who was good
nourh 70 become professional, though he las since
been renstaed could only make this distance IN three
minutes, better time Mr. Fuller is also fine swim
mer having won swimming races the Harlem at
Ocean Grove and in Alameda, Cal He is also hrst-
| rate oarsman superior rife shot, superb fancy
skater and at dumb-ben and Indanclub exercises ahd
| weightlftng has few superiors.
Reference has been made before in these notes 10
the disregard Of this notably muscular amateur to the
conventional care-taking Of the modern athlete Mr.
Fuller is fine subject for the study OF those who ad
mlre and like health and strength but object TO being
| in training all the time. lie always looks like
| a thoroughbred lit for a race, but he goes
about his daily business like man who
never had an idea outside Of books; all
he Insists on is good air and plenty Of 1t, plunge
every morning in mild weather of the pier at New
| Rochelle nt5 the sound a bicycle ride of few miles
every afternoon or evening, and an occasional hard
| bout with the weights, dumb bells or indian clubs
| MIR Fuller believe that II IS necessary u
abstain from the eniOyments OF the table; he IS
moderate dfinher, and enjoys a good cigar Thoroughly
Before he was twenty years old he had risen u the
ofce of mate on the English brig sirius, and he after
ward sailed around the Horn on the Davy Crockett III
a voyage that took ll6 days. man VINO cOuld rise
from the place Of drlii-hOider In the COush JACK
! mine in California must have as much mental as
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