The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-05-05

1agca1 e1AaSws ~ N.Y. 1aA
II Kasis.n. seado1 kad followed hi
fathers advioe the world vouid have Lost
the strongest man that has appeared ia
modern tip~. Eugene saade~kwss sentl
Ito sspivsssity, hbsfslser iitnathin
ssr !. paissn. The heI wai - ct ont
TO b : prsasher, bat a athlsts,~ho ss4
lift so4 pounds IN one hand. He doe
not appear to weigh IN ounce over 100
pounds, but his great muscular develop.
ment IL not apparent until he strips.
Stripped be looks to weigh 800 pounds,
which il his actual weight. Sandow per-
fsrmsmny fest, Of strength and 4eGers
10000 y any nan 70. duplisats them.
Oandow drst san the light Of day Ia
Koenigsbure, Prussia, some ~ ysars ago.
He was rather delicate q youngster.
but ct 10 was - strong - lion. He
studied anatomy when quite young. he
Waited Florepce On vacation and became
iniAtusted With the statusry, md asked
bis hther Why the men If the present day
were not 50 physically perfect. From
that time Sandow devoted al his spare
time to physical culture and followed his
own system Of developing the muscles.
An American artist really brought SAN
dow consp,ciously before the world. He
ehappensd to meet Sandow In Venice.
This wss ia 1857. The ,Amerissn .saw
Sandow do feats of strength that fairly
astonished him. He told 6andow that
sampson, the strong man performing 1t
the Aquarium in London, had standing
offer of 1000 to any man who could du-.
plicate his feats Of strength, Ssndow
vas anxious to see Londonsand vim the
$1,000. He lost no time IN going to Lon
don, and the night Of bis arrival went to
the Aquarium attired in dress suit,
He waited impsds1tiy .fse SAMPSON and
his pupil, Cyclops, to do their sct. Tho
usual offer WAS msds Of $500 pounds to
any one Who could DO the feats performed
BY C,clops and 3looo.tos any one to do
YampsonI act.
Sandow at that time could not speak .
word Of Enelish, but be had . representa-
tive Who stepped apon tho stage and &C
ceptsd the "ded" on behalf Of friend.
This very naturally caused An uproar.
Cyclops w.s drst, pitted .gainst, sandov,
Who va introduced . tho audience =
"Nr. Shocks" Cyclops lifted 400
pound weight With one finger. Mr..
Shocks did likewise to tho astonishment
Of the spectatora Cyclops added two
afy -,ix pounds, 70 the 100 pounds bat
Nj. Snooks performed tho fest with the
greatest facility, and sfterward lifted the
weight with two men hanging on. Cy-
clops put up . $50 pound bar bell four
times. Mr. Shocks put it up twenty one
times.
Sampson refused to meet Mr.. Shocks
that night bat , contest WAS arranged for
tho following Saturday night. Tho gate
receipts exceeded. 100000. There Was
such An immense crowd in front of the
aquarium that Mr.. Shocks could not get
in. he finally broke door down. In
the meantime, Sampson got on the stage
and announced that Mr.. Shocks had not
yet appeared and was apparently afraid
to meet him, but just about this time
the audience caught sight Of Mr.. Snooks
and . mighty roar went up. Mr.. Shocks
did everything that Sampson could do
and the judges, Marquis Of Queensberry.
Lord Clifton aud the editor of the London
Sportsman, declared Sandow, alias Mr..
Shocks, the winner of the $1,000.
The name Of Sandow has become .
household word since then. He il the
acknowledged king of the strong men.
Sandow il we'll educated and speaks fair
~ good English. His measures are re-
markabls. He il 8 fiat S1< Inches tall,
scales very close to 400 pounds. His fore
arm. il 16 inches in circumference, while
bis hioepa is 191l inches. His chest in
repose measnres ~ incAes, but expanded
81 inches. His thigh il 81 inches aud
calf ,17H sipches. sseadQw Ass com
parativeiy small hand forisuch ! bik man.
my greatest feat in al probability
10 to turn somersault blinded with fifty
six pounds in each hand" said sandow
to group Of newspaper men At the Pal.
ace Hotel last night. "a 2y
One Of Shadows feats 1t every per-
formance is to slowly elevate with one
hand . s04-pouud dumbbell.-San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
| Over the Wire.
a ssiscnberT % tho Telephone Ex.
change iaked r. b placed H. comnani-
cation with his medical man.
| Extraordinarily wife complains OF 1