SHEER STRENGTH

Evening Star, Issue 19001, 24 July 1925, Page 2

SHEER STRENGTH

MAN r, MACHINE,

A NECK STRETCHING NOVELTY

William Holding, an Imemirgill man, gave a remarkable inhibition ol strength at the Southland A. and I . Show” Ground* on Saturday afternoon (states the ‘Southland limes’). In the presence ol several ml tinted spectators lie hold a Ford car, running in low gear, in ihock, with his teeth. Tho youncj jikih had just jiroshoa a hard game of football, but he walked off the playing area, and tak u tl a roue with a prepared leather mouriipiere m atiached it to tho rear of a friend s car. With another piece -f rop s he obtained purchase on a nearby post, and then commenced ihc tost. I mst lie hold the car with the right i.nn, and despite a buzzing engine and skidding wheels ho kept it captive. _ That was limbing. He smiled as he pm', and m? rather' appropriate name. Then the car was backed into a fresh posit on where tho ground was firmer, end gripping the rope vith his toetn Hold _ng gave the signal tc take rim stra'n. Again the "engine buzzed and the wheels spun uselessly as the clutch was let homo For six seconds William Holding’s teeth and nock fought a successful battle with the engine.