The daily Alaskan., 1909-03-24
ROYAL STRONG ARMS
Famous MonarChs That RiValed
 the Mighty Samson.

-am0uS M0naFCnS snal hlVa'eu
 the Mighty Samson.
 AMAZING FEATS OF MUSCLE. The Emperor Maximianus Could Lift
 Three Men With One Hand-Augus-
 tus the Strong of saxony Carried a
 Horse and It's Rider on tis Back.
 Crlously enough, a large percentage of the notably strong mon of history have been of royal blood. one of the earliest of these royal athletes was NIaxlmIanus, called "NaXimiauus Her. culcs" because of his great strength. He was the son of a peasant and had au enormous physique. He became common soldier and was finally made emperor De acclaim of his fellow sol Litrs during stormy period of Ro. mau history
 MaNImianus strength was prodi- gfouy. It was soid that on foot he could run down a fox, that he could Hrr three men with one hand and that by gripping Che wheel of 30 chariot with one finger Inc could resist the pull of three horses. Like most men of great physical strength. Nayimianus ,,.rs a npavv enter History records that his daily allowance was forty pounds of meat and eighteen bottles of wine
 Augustus the Strong of SaNony was another of these royal Samsous. He would often seize two of his courdcrs. graynlu- one with his rfgh. hand and another with his lof, holding them up at arms length and p'ayCuuy ,wirling them about
 uu one occasion Che horse ridden by one or his attendants became balky and refused Co budge. After some min u,cs or coaNug ,he king dismountcd. placed his unrcu.cau shoulder under Che horses rhns. gruspiDg it by the fore legs. and calmly walked away with both horse and rider This re- mmauble performance was witnessed by number of c0urtiers and attend ants.
 King Richard of England C'Cocur de LlouI had tremendous strength. Dur ing his captivity m Germany hc gave terrible demonstration of l.a physical powers. The son of one uf tac ward uus was a youth locally renowned for his muscular strength and In his as- suruu.c invited Dho u1ga. captive Co an exchange of huUpts. The young man by a cast of the dice won the right Co tua Hrst stroke and sEu.. tha king a staggering blow ou the side of the head. lr was then the kings turn. and hc landed a blow just behind his op- u1u.urs ear su GoIsy that rhe man was instantly killed
 This incident is used iu Sir Walter Suotrs famous historical novel Ivan hoe" where King Richard. the "BlacI, Knight" and rhc jolly outlaw Fr.ar Tuck have am cEnhau-c of bullets, without. however amy fatal result
 Dom Pedro l., emperor of Brazil. is also on tne list ol royal strong men. Ou rl, occasion oc carnival hc ar- ranged matters SO that Gc was stand. ing on the bow of the royal barge be tween two of his slatol.cs. couruers. Suddenly in the midst Of the festivities the king reached out grsnad a court fer with each hand and. after holding .hcu for rrw moments sgUrmiDc in the afr and begging to hc released he relaxed his grip and allowed them Co drop plump into tnn water, amid the frantic applause oG the huge crowd that had assembled Co view their mon. arch. The king joined heartily ia the general huwrg. Uu. wha. the drcnched cUrrtiers thought about t1ls exquisite joke is not recorded.
 Peter the Great nr Russia, like Char Iemarnc possessed great physical as well aS meur-l power His years ot work as blacksmith and ship carpeu- ter had so developed a naturally pow prrur physique that ho was believed Co hn tnn strongest man iu Russia
 The story is tuI that certain blacksmith rnal.'c country town had boas.n1 lh0t Ua was the only black smith n the world who could lift bis own anvil. The emperor. hearing of Che DlneEsuIls boast q -u.scl him self as workman and with a single comnrninn eat on. for ,hc bl1clsmith's village. Ca Iearnne of their crrand the blacksmith without a word laid as'T, his tools and "rasDi~g the anvil with hfs hrnwnv hands Ut.od it with groat effort about a foot from the floor. Then Peter took hold of the anvil, raised lf foot, two fecD three higher and higher. tiu Inc finally swung it to