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

124 t.IEN OF MU 'CLE. occasions. His best authenticated putt was made in his match with Currie at Toronto, 10th Nov., 1888, when he made 4oft. 11lin. with a 201b. ball. This is his only authenticated putt, but he has done many equally creditable performances with stone and ball. M'Pherson was killed through a fall into the locks of the canal at Sault, St. Marie, Michigan, America, 4th October, 1895. M'Pherson was born at Charlottetown, Prince Edwards Island, 1865. No. 5.- DENNIS HORGAN'S best putt was made in Glasgow in 1899. The distance was 47ft. Iin., and the ball weighed 16lb. This is a world's record. With a 28lb. shot, with follow 35ft. 31in., 24th July, 1898. Horgan has also been credited with putting a 16lb. ball, 48ft. 2in., at Queenstown, Ireland, 25th Sept., 1897, but there are doubts as to the ball being the correct weight, and therefore cannot be accepted as a record. Dennis is a most reliable putter, and as a rule i:an be depended upon to come up to his best form at almost any time. At the Partick police sports 1900, on bad ground, and with a new and slippery 16lb. ball, he made 45ft. 10in. with five trys. Dennis is a genial son of Ould Ireland, and hails from Banteer, County Cork, where he does a little farming with his father. .. ·o. 6.-DONALI) GILLE PIE, of Ardbeg, Islay, is an erratic kind of athlete who only appears at the games once in a season or so. ·when he does come, however, he generally annexes the first prizes in putting, and when M'Lean and Donald Ross are pre– sent that takes some doing. Gillespie stands about 6ft. with boots, and weighs I 3 stone. Last year, at Aberfeldy, he de– feated :M'Lean with both the heavy stone and light ball ; but the distances, on this occasion, although exceptionally good, are not the best that illespie is capable of. At Bowmore games, some four seasons ago, he putted a 17lb. ball 43ft. 2in., on ground level to the eye. On the same day he made 33ft. 9in. with a 25lb. ball. He is a farmer doing good business next door to the famous Ardbeg Distillery. Donald does not sample the still himself, but there is always a keg of the real M'Kay at the farm from wh ich the thirsty traveller can find comfort. Gillespie is