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

J. J. MILLAR, OF ALLO \. J OHN JAMES IILLAR is one of those "harum-scarum" kind of fellows whom fortune nearly always favours. He can throw the hammer fairly well, he can al o high jump over five feet, and he can wrestle with the best in Scotland. Millar was born at Alloa on December 3, 1874, and has lived there ever since. He has, as he himself said, "been amongst horses all his life," principally in the contracting busintss. In the "Lady of the Lake,>' Scott refers to a J C,hn, of Alloa, who wrestled, but there is no connection bdween the character in the poem and the subject of this sketch. However, he is distinguished and sufficiently eccen– tric to form the subject of a rhyme, being fearless to the point of recklessness, with many little idiosyncrasies in bis tem– perament both startling and amusing. Millar stands six feet one inch in his boots, and weighs thirteen stone stripped. He has raven black hair, which curls abundantly, and piercing, dark eyes, and a swarthy complexion, which gi,·es him quite a gipsy appearance. He walks very erect, with chest expanded, and i a really good fellow, honest and straightforward above all thing , and much respected by his confreres. Millar is intelligent in conversation, has read a good deal, and can repeat whole Psalms as glibly as when he attended Sunday School. He likes fun and frolic, and in a train or tramping to games is a lively companion. Millar has won many competitions at wre tling, d feating 75