Great Feats of 'Weight-lifting.

Thames Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 6863, 23 April 1891, Page 4

Great Feats of 'Weight-lifting.

:" .'/Some extraordinary feats of weight* lifting were accomplished in London a few weeks ago by the now well-known professional, Eugene Sandow. He commenced with a dumb bell 1791bs in weight, and with his right hand lifted it straight np ■ above his shoulder, thus making a record. vlfext in order came a two hand feat. This "time Sandow lifted a bell weighing 1261bs with bis right band, and 1191bs with his - left hand. Sandow got the two bells to ;. ' his shoulders in very neat style. Then he started to press them up, but Hesitated momentarily. The pause looked ominous, . bat slowly and surely the arms began to straighten, and in a few seconds the two masses of iron were held aloft, new re- . «ords being thus made. The next task was the lifting of 16Olbs with the left hand. . He first curled the weight '. over'his shoulder, and then slowly pressed it until it was 'well over his head. Not . satisfied with.showing his superiority over his late rival, Sandow set about making some new world's records. His first per- ■ formance was with a long-handled dumbbell, weighing 2501b5. Steadying himself, Sandow lifted the bell on to his chest, and ~ and then pjrfhed it half way up, straight- * * ening his' arms as the bell rose. He stood with the enormons mass fully extended. Dropping the bell shoulder-high, hejagain pushed it up, and tried the performance again, but tne ball turned in his hand •whetf it was half-way up, and he dropped it;to the floor with a crash that made •Igtatyone's teeth jar, - Next the bell was \ -*fc|p4i end ways, and with two hands •^;Bai»dow lifted it to his shoulder, steadying $it for a moment, and then, . gradually ' pressing the bell np, he aohiered one of " 'the grandest pieces of dumb-bell lifting . eTer. seen. The next thing was the elevating of a bar-bell weighing 1771b5. Sandow bad no trouble in curling this weight up to his shoulder, nor in pre asiDg it up into the air. The work was so clean that the spectators give the performer round- efter round of applause. An ordinary plate bell of 1611bs was the next weight handled,, and, this time the left hand was used. The curling process was cied to bring the bell to the shoulder, fu4 t|»#u the ,^tm **■■» pi iyty open*

tion, and finally ho held the weight aloft as though it had been a walking-stick. He then took a plate-bell weighing 701 ha, and curled it up to his shoulder. Then, gradually dropping the weight until his arm was at right angles with his body, he accomplished .one of the greatest feats of genuine strength ever shown in.this or any other country. The performance will now form a world's record in the absence of any known performance of its kind. The left hand was treated to a 561b lift, and it was a very clean one. After a little rest Sandow cam 9 forward for the last and probably the greatest feat of all. It was the simultaneous elevating of a 70|lb weight ii his right hand and a 561b weight in his left hand. Baieing this pair of boll's to his shoulder, Sandow held them there until everyone I could see that there war no trickery about the feat. Then he gradually lowered I his arms to a horizontal position, and ! held the weights out. The ring of the 561b weight was down, so that no assistance could be gained from the wrist, and the ease and coolness of the performance electrified everyone.