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 wrestler; square-sided, deep-chested, strong-necked, and uncommonly well-legged—a hearty, vigorous, manly, well-balanced man, whose sturdy port, and gait, and entire presence tell of present strength; and of one who in his youth must have been an unusually good one. At nearly seventy a well-known wheelman, he could probably duplicate his long horseback trip through the South almost as easily as he made it long ago. For many years used to much daily club-swinging, fond of walking, his stout stick and sensible walking-shoes, his easy swing and his evident enjoyment of all the footwork he can get show that, if he does not care to excel in parade, and in the feats of the French "Bicepsmen," of whom he has written so instructively; he is not unmindful of the more sensible daily training of his illustrious predecessor Bryant; and knows, as he knew, the value of systematic, sensible, muscular exercise to sedentary brain-workers.

"The presentation by the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in this State yesterday of the portrait of the Presiding Justice, Charles H. Van Brunt, was a graceful and fitting recognition, by leaders of the New York Bar, of a well-earned judicial reputation. It revealed the personal regard felt for him by the members of the Bar, and his fellow-justices; and demonstrated the respect and admiration entertained for him as a judge by jurists of the highest study and reputation.

"Judge Van Brunt is a unique personage in this community. Although he has been sitting continuously on the Bench of the highest courts of New York for more years than most of the younger lawyers have lived who were in his court yesterday, he has barely passed the three-score-year mark. He has probably heard more appeals argued than any other of our living judges; but he is to-day a closer student than ever. At the Bar he had the reputation of being a hard fighter—aggressive, indomitable, intrepid; and, as a judge, these qualities have manifested themselves