New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-23
THE PASSING THRONG.

There is friend Of mine" said Gillespie James
of Washington. yesterday the Waldorf Astoria.
who is OF the strongest men
FEATS OF have ever known. His great
STRENGTH natural strength he inherited, but
ON SHIP he greatly augmented his original
SOARD. gifts in this direction by the long
course of athletics he went through
during his collegiate career a. a German university
Just after he had finished part of his life and
on the steamer returning to this country. he
treated his fellow passengers to an exhibition of
strength that made him famous shipboard. All
sorts of athletic trials had been gone into by the
passengers TO relieve the tedium of the Journey
and of these Lunng-that's my friends name
had come off first in Two, which. while
not calling for extraordinary strength. never
theless showed him 20 be above the ordinary man
In this particular. There was a huge man
on board who had won everything hands down
calling for bull strength alone. and who was pecu
b W tan fothr and Knees
hunched up graspng a broomstick with both
hands; a: a given signal they begin to pull and
the lifted from the floor loses. The Englishman
had beaten every one on board at this game. save
only giant member of the crew. whom the cap
Hercules. 1t becoming noised about that Lqning
get BIN into a game of coskdght with the English
man. who was more than eager for the trlai;;
one morning every began to taunt him and &C.
cuse him of being afraid The Englishman himself
and in trice they were seated on the deck facing
given. when to the establishment of every one the
EngIishman scared INFO air. went clean over Lun
on the deck beyond. Instantly there was a yell
for the sailor, and he being produced Luning found
a harder nut to crack: but slowly he too. was also
raised. Luning said afterward he never saw
sailors when he began to rise from the floor. ana
it came home to his mind that defeat was on him
at last"
although he has these years past given up taxing
regular exercise continued Mr.. James, "Lunings
great strength apparently holds I'M
STRENGTH abated. have never known or any
PUT TO one strong enough TO put his arm
PRACTICAL down. The other night he was gong
USE. to dine and was, OF course. clad
in conventional evening dress,
crush hat etc AS he started to get on Madison
ave- car the motorman motioned him to get on in
once inside the reason apparent. for the rear
doors were fast stuck and huge man was vainy
trying to pull them apart. To his aid. as Luning
entered came another man. but their joint efforts
were likewise without avail The conductor then
told I.unng that the doors had been damned from
Eighty-sixth-st. down. and every effort so far hau
failed to pull them apart. Luning then ofered 10
null them apart. and the two men, who were OBJ
vously workmen. after slow. insolent look AT
him from head to foot which read largely or their
contempt for his class stepped back with only
half suppressed comment the cheek of the dude
Giving the doors a preliminary trial 10 make sure
of being able do the trick to the enthusiastic
surprise of every else and the manifest cnaSrln
of the workmen, Luning pulled them apart, anu
amid the admring cheers of his fellow PASSENGERS
stepped out the platform. All TINS time un-
consciously he had been carrying lighted cigar IN
his mouth. and coming to realization OF thls
and knowing it was an infraction OF the rules ne
conductor touched him on the elbow ana salu lou
smoke it if you want TO, sir