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

JA)IES P.\.TO.N OF ~IURTHLY. 2! method is such an improvement on the old style, and the handles were formerly so short and thick in comparison with those in use at present, that Paton's throws, although good under past conditions, would seem small alongside the throws of more recent years. In appearance Paton was a " fine figure of a man," and was admitted on all sides as the most handsome of all the handsome men who wore kilts fifty years ago. He was just 6ft. in his shoes, had dark hair and whiskers, and piercing eyes as black as coal. He was round and plump, and very full in the chest, with beautifully proportioned arms and legs. Such was Jimmy Paton, the great athlete, swordsman, and dancer. He died some six years ago, but his name is ever green in Perthshire. \Ve remember at Helensburgh last year, when the dancing and the athletes generally were being praised, how an old fellow sitting near with hands o'er stick and chin resting on top, quietly remarked, "Ye'll no' be offended, young chaps j I'm an auld man, an' I'm no' for quarrelling, but thae men oot there are naething tae Jimmy Paton."