Sporting and Athletic Records

138 DUMB-BELLS AND WEIGHTS Weight Feat perfowned Name Place and Date lbs. 3,536 Quantity of pig iron Louis Cyr (P.) Berthierville, [l ton 11 cwt. raised by pushing up (Canadian) Canada, 64 lbs.] with back, arms and 1 Oct. 1888 legs until the plank holding iron was lifted clear of the trestles on which it rested. 3,809 Harness lift; with a C.A.Sampson (P.) Royal Aqua- [1 ton 14 cwt. collar and yoke. rium, West- 1lb.] minster, 24 Nov. 1891 4,300 Live weight raised by Louis Cyr (P.) Boston, Mass., [1 ton 18 cwt. pushing up with back, (Canadian) 27 May 1895 44 lbs.] arms and legs until a platform was lifted clear of the trestles.