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

MEN OF l\IUSCLE. "A foot, aye, Sin. will do it, Geordie,'' said a friend near, as Johnstone swung the hammer slowly round his head pre– parative to delivering the missile, but just when making his final effort, and getting beautifully under the hammer, the ball struck the turf in front of him, and the throw was spoiled. He might not haYe reached Morrison's distance, but he certainly would have been near it. Old men who had fol– lowed the Highland gatherings for many years voted this contest the finest they had ever seen. At the same games Morrison made 44ft. 6in. with the light ball, and with a brute of a thing weighing 33lb. he putt 29ft. gin., tieing with Cameron for first prize. At Inverness Morrison threw the light hammer r 14ft. Sin., and the heavy hammer 96ft. 2in., while with the light stone he putt 43ft. 3iin., and 36ft. ro1in. with the heavy stone. With the Aboyne heavy hammer, which i. given as 24flb., Morrison hns a throw of 8oft. r}in., with the r 6lb. stone, t!3ft. 7 }in, and with the 22lb. stone, 34ft. r r }in. At Aberdeen he threw the light hammer 12oft. 4in., the heavy hammer 94ft. 1in., the heavy ball 37ft. 4}in., and the light ball 46ft. gin. Morrison putt the light ball at Dalbeattie 48ft 6in., which is the best putt ever done there. Gideon Perrie held the previous best "ith 47 ft. Johnston was, ancl we hope still is, Morrison's great opponent, but, despite that fact, the men are on the mo t friendly terms. It is easy to be friendly towards the van– quished. It is not so easy when the position is rev rsed, and Johnston gained much in the esteem of followers of the sport by his manly bearing under defeat, and his readi– ness on every occa ion to admit Morrison's ability. Morri· son, on the other hand, was full of sympathy for his opponent, and instead of gloating over his downfall, would have ungrudgingly applauded him had he won, as at Helens– burgh.