The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-21

etes win Records.
Minerva in this feat. but failed 10 accom-
push IL IN the same easy way that she did
Oiten she lifts fifteen chairs with her
hahds, elsvating them above her head and
Inen balancing them with one hand alone
cue mas raised cartwheeI supposed to
weigh so pounds, 10 her chest. and then
balanced 1t. One Of the sensational feats
liherVa performs is that Of standing with
one loot each on two chairs. the chairs
Delng placed three feet apart. and raising
~ pounds by the help of a rome and hook
Hl'aohed 70 her neck. When Minerva was
o on performing this feat in Mexico a
NLalt gave way under the pressure lust as
s t heu the ponderous weight raised from
me ground. The girl fell and injured one
VI her knees, but she procured another
siHaii' repeated the feat and her reputa-
IIoh was made among the Mexicans
. -elAihs horseshoes is another Of this
s "oman's specialties. She uses her
JANUS 70 break the horseshoe either across
her thigh or on her breast and has re-
~ OF breaking ffty-four inside of sixty
minutes. Breaking chains and leather
@ps by expanding the chest is another
teat minerva performs But her greatest
aa. Is catching a 24-pound cannon hall
- rom cannon. She accomplished
80 we single day, and il Is claimed
she Is the only female who can stand tbir-
y teel from the cannon and successfully
perform the fact. Minerva accornnlisbes
Various other things. such as pulling 4
leaIh OF horses, and lifting a horse while
pulleys W iiieais Oh
Another wonderfully strong woman
VINO can probably defeat any of the for
e,sh lehale candidates for the champion-
snip Is Yucca. She is a native horn
american, stands 5 feet inches In HIGHT
r "eisis loO pounds, and boasts of a bust
measurement of a inches. She has an
Pua,eu at all the principal places of
amusement in the United States. and
TWO years ago in New York created a
- ensatlon by lifting a horse weighing.
II was claimed, 1850 pounds. This won
uertul feat gave Yucca a national rem
utatlon and She was challenged by Mi
nerVa' but owing to their failure to
asIee upon hfteen test competitions, no
contract was arranged
fucca's feats include holding two 40
pound weights to which a ring is at
tached' with each hand straight from
me shoulder; putting up a $50 pound bar
Dell with two hands and eieyating II
ABOVE her head at arms length; lifting
barrel of lime weighing 80 hounds ana
placing 1t on her shoulder; lifting a man
OF lao pounds. weight seated in a chair
ehalr and man being held at arms length:
n1tlng sixteen chairs with two hands
eleVating them above her head and then
balancing them with only one hand and
raising cartwheel, Weighing 80 pounds.
from the ground to her chest. there bal
ahcing IL on her chin One of the sensa-
tional feats Yucca performs Is raising
SOO pounds weight with the assistance
OF rope and hook attached to her neck
Another champion at lifting is Flossi.,
La Blanche, the female Samson. She also
is native Of this country and possesses
wonderful strength, although not able
Itch bo
by Minerva and Yucca. This is not be-
cause she does not possess the same splen-
dld physical development. She has not
had the training and the experience of her
sister athletes. Flossie La Blanche stands
Feet inches and weighs $50 pounds She
llfts bar bell weighing $50 pounds with
two hands above her head and can break
chains upon her chest with her bare hands
She is credited with pulling 75-pound dumb
DELL, using only one hand and with ele-
vatlng forty pound dumb bell twenty
nVe times In thirty minutes which ia n
rare Feat. She is constantly improving
ana expects in the near future TO be able
to accomplish the marvels performed by
Athleta. Minerva and Yucca. OF the Prov
ess of Bronx, the Bavarian strong woman.
(who is said to lift a barrel Of water with
her teeth, raise 800 pounds with two hands
from the ground, and lift horse) the pa
pers abroad are constantly telling, Angela.
the italian champion strong woman is said
to stand feet inches in hight. She lifts
ESQ pounds with one finger and elevates a
5O-pound bell with one hand. Neither
Bronx nor Angela has been in America.
but Tulla, the German champion strong
woman, who is said to be far ahead of
Bronx or Angelo, is coming to this coun-
try to meet Minerva and Yucca. Tulla
stands five feet six inches in hight, weighs
100 pounds and her bust is fifty inches. She
Is said to possess wonderful muscular de-
velopment for a female, and is credited
with performing feats which the ordi-
nary amateur strong man could not
achieve. 1t is said she lifts a horse while
hanging with her feet, the latter being
fastened with anklet loops to the bar
she is suspended from. Comparing the per-
formances of these wonderful female Sam
sons. it looks as If the championship lies
between Tulla and Minerva Another
strong woman who is fast gaining fame in
England is Alice Sinclair. She is not only
noted for her feats of strength. but Is
splendid equestrienne and quite a swim
mer, too. Since the outbreak of the strong
woman craze she has daily practiced in
gymnasiums and gained both muscle and
strength. Her manager expects her with
In year to be a formidable rival of any
strong woman in America or England