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

(22lbs.) 36ft. 9in., and the light stone (r6lbs.) 43fl win. In the same year, at Burghead in Morayshire with a 22lb. ball, he made 37ft. This is the best putt ever made at Burghead. Previous to M'Nair's throw M'Rae held the record there with 35ft. 8in. M'Nair was born in Nairnshire in 1870 1 and was first employed as a shepherd. He joined the Partick Police in 1894 and has served under Captain Cameron ever since. M'Nair is an energetic officer, temperate, steady and reliable. He has been a sergeant for almost two years now, and will doubtless continue to rise in the service. He has sandy hair and moustache, and merry grey eyes which continually sparkle with fun and good nature. He is smart and quick in spee h and action, and, apart from his ability as an athlete, is "orthy of notice as a model policemen who would be a credit to any police force in the whole world. No. 9.-DONALD DIN.'IEhas no records according to sportins annals which in some cases are most stringent; but he has many throws with hammer, ball and 56lb. weight much farther than the accepted records. In many cases, however, the exact weight of the missils used, the state of the ground, or even how the measurements were taken cannot be proved. This re ret– able state of matters exists through the want of precaution of the judges at games in not having the missils weighed in presence of reliable witnesses, and proper records kept of all notable performances. When in San Francisco, however, Dinnie offered to attempt to make records with genuine weights before impartial judges, and the Pacific Lift, a notable sporting paper in San Francisco, took the matter up and here we take the liberty of quoting from that journal :- '' DONALD DINNIE·s EXPLOITS IN CALIFORNIA. "On Friday, Nov. 16 (1883), Donald Dinnie, who h s for some time back been offering to make a match to break either or all of the best authenticated records at throwing hammers, putting stones, and throwing 56lb. weight, failing to find a bac.ker of records agreed to give a free exhibition of these feats-so on the 16th the Pacific Life sent their representatives, and also secured the services of Dr. Charles A. Clinton ~nd