This wrestler and strongmen was from north of the border but used a nickname evoking a far away land. In the late 19th century he won the "Championship of the World. Whenever he had a battle, he always insisted on getting paid in gold, rather than paper money. Not long after his victory over he took the first ship back to Europe. It was on a ship, where he was one of 600 passengers that drowned when the ship sank.