The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-06

compete. he said, at leapinE and heavg-
weight throwing. The Terrible ~
laughed heartily so that his big far b7.,,
shook Ike mass Of jelly. and SAID r..
II they wished he would throw the bon,
himself across the courtyard The. ~.
look up one OF the great hammers. soma
Of which weighed two hundred rog1-s
put the one he raised weighed about s5~.,-
he swung is around his head twice ana
threw IT hundred feet, then looked ab,,-,
proudly.
1neooore Just smiled pityfngly ar him
ana picking up the two-hundred uou-4s-
ne tossed II like a bah a thousand rz.,
away, so that it fell into the Rosph,---s
with a great splash The Turk stood stzr.
ing Tor moment. and then. IN q IONA
voice. called for another big hammer
but when he got it he could only send 3.
forty teet and 1t strained him to do eve,
that II
Enough for today" cried the Srr,s,
giving Theodore the great Turkish d.
mona medal for hammer throwing. .-Tsl-a
the medal You are certainly the bas,
that ever came to Turkey
Next day they tried leaping, and vrbfs
the Iurk was jumping over teD-forr
Oar theodore jumped right over his head
forty feet higher. and the Turk asked -
De allowed 10 wrestle right then and there
or course. nobody expected that Theodore
could win this time, but since he "a
shown such strength they knew II worr1
De worth seeing. All Of the aewspsDer
men were there from all over the world
as Wen as all the mana gers of museums
ana proprietors OF eircuses. who were
anxious to engage Theodore II possible 10
60 with their shows
When the two appeared and came upou
the great crimson carpet to wrestle everv-
body sighed and said: IT'S all I'd win
the KID, for he seemed like a pigmv
compared with the enormous Turk, who
glared at him savagely, for ne OF All tbat
crowd was the only one who really knew
how tremendously strong the boy must
De 10 send that great hammer clear into
the river He looked carefully at him To
see II he could detect the secret Of his
power, but while he saw the belt Of Her
cules, he supposed that it was only a
trophy Of some Of Theodore's triumphs
in America He did not seem as anxious
10 begin the wrestling as the spectators
hoped, but after a moment OF hesitation
he advanced toward the boy and then, as
If determined TO conquer him quickly, he
rushed upon him.
Theodore stood stilI as the enormous
Turk sprang at him, and when he seized
aim by the shoulder all the people ex-
pscted to see him thrown to the CARPET at
once. but Just as the Turk touched him
the lad grasped one OF his gigantic arms
and, lifting the Turk high above his head
t~irled- him around twice like great bag
and then landed him on mis- lack upon the
gaudy carpet
The Turk sprang Up and cried out that
it was a foul, but the umpire said that
although it was rather N unusual way
TO tackle q man IL was perfectly proper
Then the Turk. much alarmed, for he was
now convinced that Theodore was soma
kind Of g magician. tried again 20 seiza
the boy, and this time Theodore allowed
him TO get good. firm hold on him. II
seemed 10 the onlOokers that the boz
would be simply szaothered in the mas:
OF flesh OF the great wrestler. but sud.
cenly they saw the Turk being forced
backward and then, Just as It seemed
that mis- great back was breaking, he feI
. over and Theodore laid him fat on the
floor.
Shouts rose from all sides. witch
craft!' ''SorceryF' yelled the Turks
. ''Hurrah.'' ''Bullyi' cried all the Euro
peans, and thu Sultan presented the great
| wrestleF's badge TO the boy, who had
won so grandly.