Men of Muscle, and the Highland Games of Scotland, etc.

CHARLES M'LE.\N OF FORT-WILLIAM. 7 I like a flash leaps to the trig and delivers the ball, his arm shooting out like the sling of a catapult. Herein lies the secret of putting, and the secret of M'Lean's success, a thorough knowledge of the art combined with a will-power strong enough to command every grain, ay, every atom of strength and energy into one sudden effort. M 'Lean has made many exceptional " putts,'' but, unfortunately, on some occasions the gr0und was not certified as being level or the balls were not the standard weight. His best d s– tances, where the conditions were nearest perfection, were at Haddo House last summer, when he "putt" a genuine 161b. ball 45ft. 10in. on ground to all appearance level. At Kinross, with a 16lb. lead ball, 46ft., ground as smooth as a billiard-table. Bridge-of-Allan he made a grand putt of 35ft. 5in. with a ball said to weigh 25lb. The ground was fairly level, and the ball felt like the weight, but we had no opportunity of weighing it. M'Lean him ·elf says that the be t performances he has ever done are :-38ft. 5in. with a 2rlb. stone; 5ft. 10in. high jump; and 10ft. s1in. pole vault. M'Lean also has a "putt" of 37ft. Sin. with a 2 2lb. ball at Pitlochry which stm<ls as a world's record. M'Lean has been, in turn, bank clerk, bar officer in the Govan police, detective in the same force, and now pro– fessional athlete without any other occupation. As a putter of the ·tone there has never been his equal for his size, and his name w;u stand in the anna 1 s of sport as one of the most famous of the great clan M'Lean.