Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1901 — An Athletic Millionaire. [ARTICLE]

An Athletic Millionaire.

The striking of oil on the Texas lands which has made a millionaire of exGovernor Hogg would not surprise some of the friends of his youth if the striking had been done by the gigantic Texan’s own 'rands. His feats of strength were scarcely excelled by those of Dan Rice himself when that athlete gave the first public exhibitions In Europe of what young America could do in the way of lifting hogsheads, heaving .pig-iron, and withstanding pressures supposed to be sufficient to kill any ordinary person. Of young Hogg, says Harper’s Weekly, it was told that he duplicated the exploit of the South’s famous giant at the beginning of the last century, Peter Francisco, of Buckingham County, Virginia, who threw an angry bull, according to tradition, over a nine-rail fence and made him angrier than ever. As a newcomer among American millionaires Mr. Hogg will find few physical equals. Most of those who make big fortunes are small men.