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

DONALD DINNIE OF ADOYNE. has "one motioned " 168lh. in the right hand, besides many other equally creditable performances with dumb– bells. Dinnie was the first Scotsman who ever excelled in this branch of athletics. Dinnie's father was well-known in the North as an anti– quary and poet of no mean ability. He was a native of Birse, Aberdeenshire, and died in 1891, at the age of 83 years. There were six sons, of whom Donald was the oldest, and four daughters. With one exception, the sons followed the mason and contracting business. Walter first became a bank clerk in Aberdeen, and afterwards went to London and found employment at Scotland Yard, first as clerk, and then as detective. He is now detective inspector in that famous establishment. In hammer-throwing and at putting Dinnie has made better distances than any other athlete ever did. The pity is that the missiles were not weighed at the time, and the ground was not surveyed before the events. However, his throws were so much farther than any other competitor's than we can readily believe that the phenomenal distances which eye-witnesses maintain they have seen him accom– plish. His best throw with a 16lb. hammer, 138ft. 8in., was made at Coupar-Angus in 1871. He has putt a 24lb. 37ft. 9in., a 22lb., 39ft. 9in., and a 16lb., 49ft. 6in. The ground was certainly not certified as level, yet there are many who maintain that it was to all appearance level. In hammer throwing, particularly, Dinnie could have made even farther throws had there been any need, or demand, for great work. At many competitions he only required to take one throw, and go away and compete at some other event. The other competitors could throw as often as the rules permitted; they could never reach Dinnie's one try. Dinnie and his opponents came only