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	About the [[Eugen Sandow]]'s "Physical Culture" competition at the Royal Albert Hall on 14 september 1901 where [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] was one of the judges.		About the [[Eugen Sandow]]'s "Physical Culture" competition at the Royal Albert Hall on 14 september 1901 where [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] was one of the judges.

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			== Editions ==

			* in ''[[Herts & Cambs Reporter]]'' (20 september 1901 [UK)])
			* in ''[[Derby and Chesterfield Reporter]]'' (20 september 1901 [UK)]) ''Our London Letter''

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''Physical Culture at the Albert Hall'' is an article first published in the [[Herts & Cambs Reporter]] on 20 september 1901.

About the [[Eugen Sandow]]'s "Physical Culture" competition at the Royal Albert Hall on 14 september 1901 where [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] was one of the judges.

== Physical Culture at the Albert Hall ==
[[File:herts-cambs-reporter-1901-09-20-p3-physical-culture-at-the-albert-hall.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Herts & Cambs Reporter]]<br />(20 september 1901, p. 3)]]

The attendance at the Albert Hall to witness the "Physical Culture" competition numbered between 7,000 and 8,000 people. The prizes were given by Mr. [[Eugen Sandow]], and were offered to physical athletes of this country. The first was a gold statuette, value £500, of Sandow, by Pomeroy; the second, a silver replica; and the third, a bronze. The weakness of most of the strong men proved to be in their legs; and the possession of magnificent shoulders and arms with hips and thighs by no means out of the ordinary put many of them out of the running. After a long process of elimination by the painstaking judges, [[Sir Charles Lawes]], sculptor and all-round athlete, and [[Arthur Conan Doyle|Dr. Conan Doyle]], with Sandow himself as referee, the number of competitors was reduced to three, and of these a man of medium size, but of almost perfect symmetry of figure — Mr. [[W. L Murray]], of Nottingham — obtained the trophy of gold, Mr. [[D. T. Cooper]], of Birmingham — a bigger man, but with less perfect legs — the silver statuette, and Mr. [[A. C. Smythe]], of Middlesex, the bronze to one. As the result of the competition, £600 will be handed to the Lord Mayor as a contribution to the War Relief Fund, Mr. Sandow bearing the whole of the expenses.

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