The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-12-07
A STRONG MAN FROM OHIO.
Dung Charley Barney Expects to Rival
Sandow.

far-famed and marvellous SanuoW.
His name is Charley Lloyd Barney, and
at present he is employed as a butcher
by Schramm Bros. at the corner OF
Ninth and School streets. He is OF
Scotch descent and was born in Buffalo
His father was famous wrestler, but
the boy never took instruction or went
through any other training than the la
Dor of his trade to develop his muscle.
His development is wonderful.
He came to this city five years ago, aud
at that time did not know his strength.
In fact it is only since the last visit of
Sandow to Des Moines that he has come
to appreciate himself. He is a tritie over
81 years of age, tall and straight as All
arrow, with handsome face set off by a
substantial neck; he wears dark curly
when questioned by reporter yesterday
blushed like a school girl in making his
responses. Already some of the feats he
has performed are equal il not superior,
to those performed by Sandow, and he
and his friends soy he has had no train
ing AT present, however, he is making
arrangements to train, as he expects to go
on the road in the spring with an amuse-
ment venture. AS an incidental to his
training preparations he is having made
6Uo-pound dumb bell, with which he
expects to toy while developing his won
derful muscle. Following are some Of his
measurements, taken by DIR. H. z. Hall ::
Weight, 100 pounds.
Height, 8 feet 10 rs inches
Upper arm, relaxed, 10 23 inches, ten
sion, 10 inches.
Forearm. relaxed, ID inches; tension,
1877 inches.
Shoulder, relaxed, IS inches; tension,
II inches.
Chest measurement, relaxed, 80 inches ;
expanded, Al inches.
Abdomen, relaxed, "a inches; tension,
371S inches.
Calf, relaxed, 10 inches; tension, IS in
ches
Neck measurements 1917 inches.
Barney stripped down yesterday for a
Leader reporter. He is the picture of
muscular perfection. Over his shoulder
blades are great layers of muscles, and
his biceps stand out in great interviewer
masses of muscle. The muscles across
his chest, down his neck, across his
shoulders and on the small of his back,
are as large as those Of the arm of an Or
binary man and yet they are plainly
not as well developed as these of his arms
and shoulders and can be brought to a
NJ uoh hig her state of perfection. His
legs are solid muscle, and the great knot
stand out in perfect symmetry, clear to
well-for1ned ankles. Nowhere on his
body is there blelnish. His constitu-
ton is perfection itself; every ounce of
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make an impression on the muscles OF
the arms. shoulders and legs. or get hold
of enough to pinch. DR.. Hall, who made
the examination yesterday, says he is
the most perfect man he ever saw. He
says there is not to .eXpceed 10 pounds OF
superudous flesh on him, and that this
| would be reduced with ordinary training.
| Sandow weighs trifle over 155 pounds
| in best condition. When trained, Barney
will weigh at least 1856. He is much taller
than Sandow, and has almost as good
control of his muscles and that without
practice Without moving another
muscle in his body, he can bring out by
itself each muscle in his shoulders, legs
and arms, and keep perfect time with
them without swaying his body in the
slightest. He can also bring out the
great muscles extending down from his
| shoulders to his hips, SO that they stand
in ridges.
Some of the ieats he has performed are
| marvellous. His friends were first made
aware of his strength by the way he
slaughtered veal Instead of striking it
down with an ak Or hammer, as most
butchers do, he grasps a calf by the back
of the neck with his left hand, and with
his right deals it a blow back of the ear
| that brushes the skull with the first blow.
They suggested that he try his strength,
| and he has done SO with astounding re-
suits. He took horse that weighed $50
pounds. and with his shoulder lifted the
| animal clear off his feet. At another
time he took pole weighing 40 pounds,
and had six men, weighing altogether
| S15 pounds, get on it, and with apparent
ease lifted the pole by the midle, in front
| of him, using both hands, until he could
| rest his elbows against his chest, and
| then with the forearms brought the pole
up in front of his face to level with the
top OF his head. In imitation of San
dow's human dumb bell trick, he secured
stout pole and had two boys weighing
210 pounds, hang ON to it at either end
and lifted it up in dumb bell style,
straight over his head, and let it down
again. He says it is more difficult to
handle live than dead weights and that
he has raised a 200-pound dumb bell to
his shoulder and put it from his shoulder
up the length of his arm repeatedly.
With both hands he has raised a weight
of 800 pounds in front of him, and as far
above his head as he could reach. He
has not tried any of the tricks of support
ing weights on his chest, practiced by
sandow, but expects to become proficient
in them during the winter. He has in
mind pair of ponies with which he in
tends to commence his experiments.
Unlike Sandow, Barney is temperate in
his habits, has had the benefits of fair
ly good education, and is much younger
than the celebrated strong man. He is a
good dresser and a modest, but pleasing
conversationalist, He says he was asked
to play football this season, but did not
accept the invitation because he did not
feel that he could spare the time from his
work. He regrets it, however, as he be-
lieyes the game would have aided greatly
in developing the wonderful muscles of
his back. He is under contract for the
summer season next year, and already
has under consideration a number Of
startling tests which he says he is sure
the can accomplish, and which will place
him far beyond Sandow if he succeeds
He will make his first public appearance
in this city tomorrow night at the Won
derland museum.
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