Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-08

fine swimmer, a good oarsman, yachts
man and horseman. At the age of six he
drove race horses on the Staten Island
track.
Jefferson at II was tall, raw boned.
freckled, sandy haired. He was not grace
full, but as straight as a gun barrel, sim
envy, strong n alert, with a tread like
an Indians.
Cromwell was a foot ball player, fond Of
boisterous sports. He was nearly six
feet; had a strong, compact body.
Milton was nicknamed at college "the
lady" on account of his slight make, but
he was a good fencer.
Peter the Great in Holland dressed like
a carpenter. He was tall and powerful.
Benjamin Franklin was Of medium
height; sturdy, deep-chested, strong
legged, thick-necked; a stalwart man
with great physical reserve. He was fond
of wrestling and walking n was one of
the best swimmers of his day.
; Samuel Johnson was tall and massive.
but unwieldly. He was fond of boxing
and hunting, possessed remarkable cour
age and was a great swimmer.
Patrick Henry hated books. He was
tall. 1.-the, sinewy n fleet.
Shakespeare worked in his fathers
butcher shop. He was a vigorous man
with we'll developed neck n shoulders.
Alexander Hamilton was we'll made, of
active build. but small. His friends used
to call him the 'little lion for his superb
dash and courage.
Robert Burns was a strong man, with a
firm grip gained at the plow and fail.
Andrew Jackson when elected to con-
gress rode on horseback 500 miles. from
Tennessee to Washington. He stood six
feet and one inch: was slender. but erect.
He was graceful and digniied, and an ex-
quisite horsenan. He was p~asSionately
fond of wrestling.
John Marshall was six feet high. agile,
rather than strong. He used to walk 10
miles a day for exercise.
Napoleon was capable of sitting a horse
Is hours at a stretch. of going for days
without rest or food Except in snatches.)
Scott, in spite Of his lameness, loved to
climb trees and to fight. There never was
a street fight that Scott as a boy was not
in. of he could get there. He often walked
30 miles a day.
Goethe was SO handsome that when he
entered a crowded inn people forgot their
food to stare at him. He was an expert
fencer at Is.
Henry Clay was six feet one inch high,
erect and commanding.
Daniel Webster was described by Sid
breaches" He was five feet 10 inches
tall. but seemed taller, and had prodis-
ious lungs and muscles.
Rufus Choate was over 6 feet, with
powerful chest and shoulders, a gaunt
frame and huge hands and feet.
Gladstone was big framed, leonine and
muscular. At SO years he chopped. down
an oak four feet thick.
Bismack was a giant. He ought IS
duels, in each of which he drew blood, re-
ceiving only a scar, caused by the break
ing of his adversary's blade. He stood
6 feet 2.
Cyrus Mccormick. inventor of the reap
er, had q great body. strong constitution
and immense chest.
Charles O'Connor was 6 feet high. He
used to walk 10 miles from his home to
his office every 4
Lord Ternyson was a big, strongly
built man. dark and sallow, and looked
like a Spaniard captain of privateers or
ar Italian brigand.
Dickens had a wiry frame. implying
enormous energy.
Grant was the rider of his regiment. HIS
could clear a siNfoot bar with ease, and
he holds the record at West Point for this
went. NJ
James G. Carter, leader of the New
York bar, is a great oarsinan, is z feet >
inches tail, deep chested and ruddy.
Beecher could lift a cider barrel and
drink out of the bung hole. He used to
walk 200 miles for exercise during vaca-
tioi:s. and once walked $50 miles to deliver
a lecture, for which he received SO.
Dom" Paul is without a superior as a
rifle or pistol shot and swordsnan.
Byron was lame from birth, but he had
4 good figure, a broad chest and amazing
lenstll OF arm. He was j noted cricket
player, though he had 20 have another
run for him. He could box. ride and
swim.
Greeley had a record Of walking 40
miles in one day.
Dir. John Hall was 6 feet 2 inches tall
and powerfully framed. He was a great
walker and never used tobacco or slim
uiants.
John Wilson, "Christo pher North" low
ed boxing, rowing, running, riding and
swimming. He was an Apollo of 6 feet
. inches.
Agassiz was a broad chested, stalWart.
sunny natured man, a good fencer and
sWnllsman.
charles Sumner was 6 feet 2 inches
high, broad shOuldercd and a tireleSS
walker. in his day the best boxer in Har-
ward. Wendell Phillips was the most
skillful fencer.
Justice Gray of the supreme court was 6
feet 4 inches tail. broad, deep. clear skin
ned and healthy-a magnificent man,
George Washington, the finest speCi-
men Of physical perfection of them all.
was 6 feet 2 inches tall and athletic. as
agile as EraenZlein, as strong as Sandow,
ufth a record of % feet on a running
broad jump.
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