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

J. IEN OF ::\IUSCLE. he says, tell the truth as to the weight of their dumb– bells. Many amusing anecdotes are told of Dinnie, the majority of which, however, are unsuitable for this article. One which happened years ago at the Mar Lodge games is so characteristic that we cannot refrain from giving it. The heavy events ,vere over, and many were preparing to leave the field, when the cry arose that the Prince of \Vales was coming, and a cloud of dust indicated the approach of the I> oyal equipage. The Prince had been expected to honour the games that day, but his coming had long been despaired of. The games were almost over. What could the com– mittee do? Dinnie, of course, was the great man, would he go out and give a throw with the hammer and toss the caber? "Aye," said Donal', "I'll gang oot, but I want twa pound." "But it's the Prince of \Vales, Donal'-the Prince, ye ken; it's an honour tae throw afore the Prince." " I dinna gie a d--," said Dinnie; "I pay me taxes, an' I'll no' tak' less." Persuasion ,Yas hopeless with Dinnie, and finally the other competitors took the field without him. Everything went well until the caber was tackled. At this feat every one of the athletes failed, seeing which Dinnie rushed into the arera and tossed it over like nothing. Dinnie himself at first denied this story, and sai<l that he did nu~ a"'k the two pound for himself, but proposed that the committee should offer that amount as an extra prize, and let all the athletes compete for it. Dinnie began to practise lifting heavy dumb bells through the appearance of Napoli, the Italian Hercules, at the show grounds, West End, Aberdeen. Dinnie chanced to be passing, and was instantly attracted by this exhibition of feats of strength. The Italian inviterl him to try, at1d, much to his surprise, Donal' easily lifted his heaviest weights. With practice Dinnie eventually succeeded in lifting a bar-bell weighing 2 5olb. with both hands above the head, while he