The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-08
STRONGEST MAN ON EARTH.
IsingIing Brothers Bring Modern sam
 son to America.

The Ringing Brothers have discov-
 cred a man as strong as Samson. His name is Arthur Saxon He is 8 na-
 tive of Germany. Saxon can lie on his back and hold up with his feet a plank with thirteen men sitting on 1t, at the same time supporting with his hands three other men and a z1S- pound dumbbeu.
 with one hand he can lift high above his head a 273-pound bar boil. This exceeds in weight by 100 pounds the celebrated lift by Louis Cyrs a, Ca na.dian, who for twenty years held the championship for lifting and support ing weights Saxon's two brothers, nearly as strong as he is, accompany him. Two of the Saxons form the uT-
 derstructure of g. heavy bridge over which passes an automobile with SIX passengers. Saxon has demonstrateo 41.Is1 to the doctors and scientists in Europe the fact that he is the strongest man in history. Figures prove it.
 In Madison Square Garden, New York City, the Saxons gave test ex- F1ibition while the circus was playing. there All the noted physical cul- turfsts and strong men and party of newspaper and magazine writers were. invited The judges and weighers were Gilman Lowe, editor of Health Magazine. Herbert M. Lome, editor of Physical Culture and Professors A. F. Schmidt and H. W. Titus No special efforts were made, yet the Saxons broke every worlds record for lifting and supporting weights. The judges and strong men were amazed. They had expected much of the three giants after their preliminary, examination, but Ytheir expectations were far sur passed. The Health and Physical Culture magazines devoted pages to an analysis of the German giants Since that test nearly all the monthly pub Hcations in America have printed the remarkable history of their achieve mentS.
 Their performance with Ringing Brothers circus amounts to a sensa- tion They do all the accomplish ments that amazed the scientists of Europe and those assembled at the test in New York City. In their par tfcular way they are the most wonder f11I men in the world. Arthur Saxon is q. graduate of Leipzig University. He is by profession sculptor. Many of the governm ent buildings of France and Germany are enbellished with his handfwork. He is only 32 years old The saxons are vegetarians. They have never tasted alcohol. They but rarely smoke From a physical standpoint they are ideal specimens of manhood. If all the world were searched, 1t is doubtful if six other men could be found whose combined lffiTg powers would equal that or these three men.
 The big circus will be seen in Bridgeport on Wednesday, May 21. Its 1 performances here will be exactly the l same as those presented at the begin 1 ming of the season. Not change has been made since then. This is l the show that astonished New York 1 City. It is considered there to be the ! most excellent amusement enterprise l on the road
 Among the European 1mportations that will be seen for the first time are | the Balkani family of sensational and | novel riders the Janowsky family of | novelty equilibrists, the Lorbeer troupe of sensational jugg1ers, sthe Portta family of women contortionists, the | Maryland family of spring board acro-1 bats, and the three Jahns, balancing ladder experts. The menagerie is new and more e1aborately stocked ] than in the past years, the parade is the best the Ringlings have ever PFe- sented, and the opening spectacle of Joan of Arc, marks an epoc in spec tacuIar theatricals on a gigantic scale.