Show ONE LEGGED ATHLETES Records That Have Been Made by Men With Serious Handicap Although most of us have seen een or oral at al least ast heard of tho the one legged cricketers crick crick- eters eters eters-elev eleven n of whom were often wont In the days das when th the game was I not hot so 80 strictly disciplined as It Is at present to oppose a an nn eleven ell of one- one Armed players PlaYers one one legged athletes ore are by no means common and a one- one lege-cd lege golfer is probably unique Yet such auch a phenomenon does exist In the person o of or a member of or the tho Bulwell Artisans Artisans' club club who it It Is said Ill plays a avery avery er very sound game lie He In all proba proba- however acquired the ruth rudi ments of or the science when acting as a caddie in iii days das previous to the acci- acci den that necessitated the amputation of his limb That such a handicap as the loss loR of a leg does not nol Incapacitate a man from excelling as a swimmer has been conclusively proven on more than one occasion One of the foremost exponents exponents cuts af the art at the present day labors under this disadvantage antage and many old frequenters of Brills Brill's baths at Brighton will remember the Ow head swimming master Camp who i the fact that he had hael but one 1 Jg Ig g. g was not on only an LII adept at trick swimming but In the matter of pace could coul give a start tart and a beating to tu many who had the normal number of or 11 limbs rn bs More than once has a one-legged one cy cyclist clist t won a n race race and not so o long since such a cite one named West Vest used with witha a liberal start to hold his own with Hie sp speediest edlest professionals too must be endowed with as us much power In his one leg as us most men have In their two J If we ve consider the man inan many daring f-ats f ho lie has a accomplished or his cycle foremost among which archis are arc his standing with his machine on the thit summit of th the foot hl h Lax wheel In the Isle of Man lan and his descending descending de de de- at breakneck speed the east easl steps of or the capitol at Washington The fhe annals of contain more than thai one record in point Y We read how ho once Newmarket Heath was wa the of or a n race between two crip- crip oles DIes each having a wood wooden n leg In Inie Lie ie presence of a goo goodly l throng among whom was waR the thc merry cli tIle they started fair and hobbled a good pace race which caused great admiration and laughter an among nl the beh beholders but the tall taller r of the two won by two or three yards ald Again Agam over ovel a bundred hundred hun bun dred re years ears later In 1 1799 u a certain one legged man named Carter backed himself to cover six miles within th the hour and performed the feat with six fix Ix minutes to spare Some Sonic years rears since a wrestler named Binet gained much kudos among the of or continental fairs less by his wrestling prowess prowess although although h that was not Inconsiderable than inconsiderable than by hl his being being- handicapped b by the loss Joss of or a leg This notwithstanding not he always alwa's made a gallant and not Infrequently a successful rul show hi his great height strength and wel weight eIght ht stun standing ln him him In good stead He lie excelled too In feats of strengths strength ani and was specially notable for or IsIs his skill In casting a heavy blacksmiths blacksmith's blacksmiths blacksmith's black- black smiths smith's hammer To a trial of skill with this Implement ho was wont l tc Ic J JI I Issue ue a general challenge and it was waE but sel seldom om he lie found his master masler Nothing one would sa say Is more cal cal- to place a boxer hoxer at a disadvantage disadvantage vantage antage than the lo loss s of or a leg eg Yet Yel homas Konch Kench a burl burly stone fifteen ton man mail topping six feet by sonic some thre incises well held heel his Ills own with th the gloves with such as al had tho the to o face him In the arena of Iho tho boon booti with which he and other boxer hoxer traveled raveled the fairs and race raco courses CS h lr the he days when pugilism nourished Not Nol onh only dl did ho lie take lake on all aJl comer conier at mimic warfare but on one at least 11 itO stripped in the ring ring- fo serious fray his oPI opponent b being l g. g i 10 u. r f Leicester butcher bulcher who In compensate for his Inferiority pounds s and Inches b by his superior ac- ac tivIt In Tn this however he was mistaken mistaken mis mis- taken for or the tho lon long left of If the thc cripple which ho he was unable to avoid put him out of time after afler seventeen se well fought roun rounds Tit |