He was one of the most remarkable gymnasts of his day, and notwithstanding the distortion of his lower limbs had marvelous power and agility in them.

As an arena-horseman, either standing or sitting, he was scarcely excelled.
He walked and even ran quite well, and his power of leaping, partly with his feet and partly with his hands, was unusual.

His lower limbs were so short that, erect, he touched the floor with his fingers, but he earned his livelihood as much with his lower as with his upper limbs.

In his skeleton his left lower limb, between the hip and heel, measured 16 inches, while the right, between the same points, measured nine inches.

Hare mentions a boy of five and a half whose head and trunk were the same as in any other child of like age.