A MIGHTY BLACKSMITH

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20005, 23 November 1927, Page 2

A MIGHTY BLACKSMITH

A GLOUCESTER WORTHY. “A section of the show which proved a great attraction was the shoeing forge, where several mighty men were at work. Perhaps the mightiest was Mr J. C. Price, of the Forge, Bearland, Gloucester. Besides being an expert blacksmith who has won numerous prizes for shoeing, including some at this show, he is recognised as one of the strongest men in England, and an ox-champion weight lifter” (says the London Observer in its account of u recent agricultural show). “At intervals he has amused and? amazed his fellow competitors by exhibitions of throat, which are remarkably strong, feats is to tie a long rope, in a slip knot round his neck and let two men pull as hard as they can to strangbhim; by extending the muscles of his throat, which are remarkably strong-, he is able to prevent the rope tightening and choking him. By one grip hecan hold his own in a tug-of-war with 10 men. Another accomplishment is to drive nails into wood with 'his hand. Mr Price, who is 44, idioes no training. He smokes a little but doos not drink alcohol, and although he eats rather heavily, he has no special diet.’ He is •hopeful of creating new weight-lifting records shortly.”