Impressions of Northern Athletes and Athletics

weight of 286 lbs. [129.73 kg] aloft with one hand. Afterwards another 56 lb. [25.4- kg] weight was attached, thus bringing the total to 342 lbs. [155.13 kg], and this Saxon also pressed overhead with one hand, thereby transforming Donald into such an enthusiastic admirer that he pronounced Saxon to be the best lifter extant. Claimants for Weight-Lifting Championship. There have, of course, been a number of splendid achievements by other athletes. Hackenschmidt is said to have performed a lift of 350 lbs. [158.76 kg]. Louis Cyr is credited with a lift of 347 lbs. [157.40 kg]. Lurich has pressed 363 lbs. [164.65 kg]. with both hands. Maspoli, the Frenchman, has done over 300 lbs. [136.08 kg]. But the mighty Steinbach has exceeded 400 lbs. [181.44 kg]. Without doubt the greatest weight-lifter at his weight is Maxick, of Munich, who although only weighing 10½ st. [147 lbs.; 66.68 kg], has lifted 322 lbs. [146.06 kg] overhead. Not a few claim the highest honours for strength tests for A.A. Cameron [something seems to be missing here]. There is obviously material for a competition, but it is unlikely that such an event will come about as the very athletes who are so prone to put their performances forward as world’s records are, for the most part, singularly backward when it comes to an open contest: witness Saxon’s challenge. His feats are well attested, and he has consistently maintained his claim to premier weight-lifting honours for years. [13] SUNLIGHT: ITS RELATION TO HEALTH John O’Groat Journal , Friday 24 January 1913 The necessity of fresh air in physical culture is evident, but the value of solar light is not so well appreciated. In his treatise on “The Influence of Light,” Dr Forbes Winslow, the well- known medical and hygienic specialist, clearly shows that there can be no consistent energy nor development without light. He remarks that if it were possible for a human being to be consigned during the natural term of his existence to a place of darkness, “the physical tissues and mental faculties would undergo serious modifications and deteriorations.” In habitations where light is not permitted to permeate, there are found, in a high state of manifestation, bodily deformities, intellectual degeneration, disease, and premature, often sudden death. A material, moral and mental decay occurs when the vital stimulus of light is withdrawn. A great deal of incontestable evidence conclusively establishes the inestimable value of this agent. By way of comparison, I need only mention the bright, ruddy faces and buoyant spirits of