Sporting and Athletic Records

136 DUMB-BELLS AND WEIGHTS Weight of Bells Feat performed Right Left lbs. lbs. 126 119 Name Place and Date Raised simultaneously E. Sandow (P.) from floor to arm's length above shoulder. I 59- 83 i5 0 -35 Tossed from ground to WTuerk (A.) shoulder, then to arm's length above shoulder. 174 174 Raised in one sweep Louis Cyr (P.) from floor to arm's (Canadian) length above shoulder. i 8 8 , / 2 i 88'/a Tossedup from floor Louis Cyr (P.) to arm's length above (Canadian) head. London, 8 Feb. '91 Vienna, 15 Sept. '91 London, 19 Feb. '92 Chicago, 7 May '96 Weight Lifting Weight lbs. Feat performed Name Place and Date 278 Man seated on a W. Kennedy (P.) Housatonic, [nearly 2 , / J cwt.j chair lifted with one Mass., hand and placed chair 28 Apr. 1892 and all on a platform raised i8 , / # in. from the floor. 433 [nearly 4 cwt.] 55 2l /« [nearly 5 cwt.] Barrel of sand and Louis Cyr (P.) Chicago, 111., water shouldered with (Canadian) 7 May 1896 right hand on the right shoulder, without help of knees, and by taking hold of the chimes. Lifted clear of the floor Louis Cyr (P.) with one finger, unpro- (Canadian) tected and without artificial aid. 987 Lifted clear of the floor Louis Cyr (P.) [over 8 8 / i cwt.] with one hand, without (Canadian) help of knees or arti­ ficial aid. Chicago, 111., 7 May 1896 Chicago, 111., 7 May 1896