The state chronicle., 1893-06-20

The Strongest man In tne "orlo'
New York Herald.
Perhaps the strongest man whom
the world has seen since Samson de-
stroyed himself along with three
thousand Philistines is in New York
lust now. He is not staying thou
sands with the jawbone OF an ass,
carrying off ponderous gates like
those Of GAIA on his shoulders, nor
pulling down stone houses on him.
self and others, but he is doing
feats in lifting dumb-bells, men and
horses that make cold chills chase
one another up and down the spine
of the beholder.
Ernest Sandow this modern mervel
of physical power beside whom the
average man is puny, made his
American debut in the Casino be-
fore a-private gathering of about
two hundred persons, many of whom
were medical men, last Sunday. It
was hard for the spectators when a
calcium light was turned on the
figure standing on a pedestal in the
back of the darkened stage to be-
lieve that it was indeed flesh and
blood that they beheld. Such knots
and punches and layers of muscle
they had never before seen off the
statue of an Achilles, a Discabolus
or lighting gladiator.
sANDow's BoY1sH FACE
! The face was that of little more
than a boy-smooth, with rosy
cheeks and little blond mustache.
The chin, however, was square and
heavy. The neck was massive, and
the shoulders seemed yard apart
The arm locked as though hickory
nuts and walnuts had somehow
been forced under the skin, causing
it to bulge out in abrupt Jumps
Layers of muscles three inches thick
covered the chest, and on the alb
domen was q succession Of rolls ot
muscle that one could tell even from
distance of several yards were
hard as iron.
Below the waist the development,
was no less remarkable. The thighs
were "big around as beer kegs,
some one said, and the calves were
in proportion. The ankle and foot
however, were comparatively small
See how his ribs show!"
heard a physician who sat near me
exclaim, as Sandow suddenly chang
ed his position and fexed the mus
cles of the upper part of the body
I thought they were ribs too unit
1 felt of them in Sandow's dressing
room after his performance las
Tuesday night. The ridges tha
stood out so plainly were of muscl'
and not of bone. "Ihey are rudi
mentary in most men and the,
don't know how to develop them
Sundow said. "That is the reason
they are SO in fire eauently SEEN"
OPINION OF AN EXPERT.
The physician who made the re
mark about Sandow's cribs" was D1
Ramon Guiteras. The Doctor wa
, formerly much interested in ath
t letics. He is a member of the Ney
York Athletic Club, and enjoys witt
: "Charley" Nithell and "Jim" Cor
bett the proud distinction of havinI
knocked down Mr.. John Sullivan
That was before Sullivan became
professional.
!. [ asked the Doctor what b
9 thought about Sandow.
. "Sandow," said he, s'is about tn
: most perfectly developed specime
! of mar I have ever seen. I hav
;, seen athletes with bigger muscle
: than he, but never one with the a.
: round development Sandow pos
Q seeses.
/, "There is nothing abnormal in hi
d development. The nearest approac
n to deforraity, if a natural muscr
s lar development may be termed
? deformity, is III the abdominal mus
cles. The like Of these I have neve
!, before seen on q human being.
< The feats which he performs ar
q SO far as one could judge, wei
Q genuine. The three horses he su,
q ports, to be sure, are not of lare
/ size, but together, nevertheless, the
make up weight that would crus
J. the life out of an ordinary athlet
lr GETTING STRONGER EVERY YEAR.
:, Sandow says he is getting strong
II every year and expects to keep il
n oressing in strength for years
Is come. Before he gives up profe
a sional work, he says, he intends
St write book explaining his syste1
He will also give personal instru
20 tions to those who want to becon
y strong.
d The feats which Sandow perform
70 on the stage seem nothing less the
marvellous. lie handles fifty-s
a. pound dumb-bells as a schoolbt
zt would handle weights of ty
pounds each. He is not in the lea
musclebound and turns somersaul
and handsprings with the ease OF