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

MEN OF MUSCLE. to win prizes; no one bothered about making records, yet surely everyone will admit Dinnie, at least, holds the record for the number of prizes he has won, which are consider– ably in excess of 10,000. Is there any other athlete who can, in any way, approach this? In wrestling, as in other branches, Dinnie was a champion. In 1882, at Plainfield, New Jersey, he won the mixed styles championship of America and a massive gold medal given by R. K. Fox, of the Police Gazette. Duncan C. Ross and J. C. Daly were also in this competition. Almost every– body who takes an interest in sport .as heard of William Muldoon, then the champion Grreco-Rornan wrestler across the pond. Dinnie wanted a match with him, but William had heard of Donal', and would only wrestle in his own style. Finally, a match was made for £ 50 a-side and half "gate." In this match Dinnie undertook to throw Muldoon twice for once-Muldoon Grreco-Roman, Dinnie Cumberland. Dinnie lost the stakes through ignorance of the rules of Grreco-Roman style. Muldoon regularly ap– plied the strangling hold, and Donal', who did not know how to avoid it, or that he was allowed to break fingers, thumbs, or wrists, regularly gave the fall to his opponent whenever the hold was properly on. After winning five falls, Muldoon had to embrace Dinnie in the Cumberland style, and Donal' began his innings, and endeavoured to gain the ro falls necessary to a victory. He threw Muldoon for the ninth time just as the gong sounded, and thus he lost by one fall. Dinnie was engaged to compete at the great Highland gathering, or Caledonian games, as it is called, at San Francisco. There was an American named Farrel, a great wrestler, purpostly engaged to defeat Dinnie in this event, while Duncan A. M 'Millan was brought to win the putting. The committee knew it was hopeless trying to get a man to defeat Donal' with the hammer. Splendid prizes