Duncan C. Ross, wearing a large belt

USA,

1890s

Cabinet card with title below in ink. On back, in pencil, ‘Champion Caledonian athlete. Tossing the Caber, (……. in the old. old days), Wrestling on horseback- Broadsword and all them things we used to do in 1870 + earlier’.

160 by 105mm (6¼ by 4¼ inches).

Ross was a wrestler, exponent of the broadsword, caber-tosser and all round strongman. His victories, and claimed titles, are often disputed and he may have been as much a big talker as a big doer.

£200

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