HEAVY WEIGHT-LIFTING. BEFORE TRAINING. {Right hand 56lb dumb-bell. From ground above {Left hand 46lb ” head {Both hands 84lb bar. Holding at arm’s length} Right hand 22lb weight. straight from shoulder } Left hand 20lb ” ——————————————— After two years’ training under your system. {Right hand 100lb dumb-bell. From ground above {Left hand 80lb ” head {Both hands 130lb ” Holding at arm’s length } Right hand 40lb weight. straight from shoulder } Left hand 30lb ” [Illustration: JOHN P. PETERS. (Before Training.)] [Illustration: JOHN P. PETERS. (After Training.)] MON REPOS, 66A, HERNE HILL, LONDON, S.E., _March 6th_. MANAGER CLEASE, DEAR SIR, _It is just over three years since I started to improve my physical power by means of the Sandow system, and I take this opportunity of forwarding some photographs taken at different periods. In what measure I have succeeded can best be seen by comparison of my original efforts and my present attainments, of which I also forward a list. Although they are as yet nothing to boast about or sufficiently great to be handed down to posterity, they are the result of close application to the system Mr. Sandow originated, and by means of which, in a few years, I hope to attain the culmination of human strength, and, if possible, to rival that of Sandow himself, for I am a firm believer in starting with an almost unattainable ideal, then gradually coming within measurable distance of it, and eventually, perhaps, to reach it. To do this will require the exercise of many mental qualities, determination, perseverance, and endurance. I suppose there are many young men like myself in whom Mr. Sandow has awakened a latent ambition to muscular prowess, and in doing so I state without any hesitation that he alone has done as much good for the country as any man of the present century._ _I can only conclude with expressing my deep gratitude to Mr. Sandow for the splendid facilities he has offered to those who wish to be classed as nature’s men (which is indeed the duty of man), and in doing so I am but echoing the sentiments of many of his pupils._ _I have the honour to be, Faithfully yours_, JOHN D. PETERS. EBURY STREET SCHOOL. ——————————————— COPY OF MEASUREMENT SHEET. ——————————————— _Name_:—JOHN PETERS. _Address_:--66a, Herne Hill, S.E. Before After Training. Course. Increase.