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

JAMES FLm.lING OF BALLINLUIG. 35 most successful tour of the States, and returned to Scotland in the autumn. For the next two years ('73 and '74) Fleming and Dinnie travelled the games together most amicably. They could, as a rule, defeat all comers easily, and it mattered little to either whose name appeared first and whose second. In 1875, however, a new aspect was given to the scene by the appearance of George Davidson as a regular competitor. He upset this arrangement, and put both athletes on their mettle. Coupar-Angus was the venue of Davidson's debut against Fleming and Dinnie, and, as the latter had pre– dicted when he was a spectator of Davidson's work some time previous, George took second in each of the heavy events, Fleming being third and Donald first. Fleming, however, was now much past his best, but even at his best Davidson would have been a match for him at ball and caber, and possibly the hammer as well. After this Fleming seems to have lost heart, or else he must still further have deteriorated, as we cannot find his name conspicuous at any of the big gatherings. At this time Dinnie and Davidson fraternised and travelled to– gether. Fleming entered into partnership with Dinnie in his business at Stonehaven, and seems to have taken over the management of the carriage-hiring concern while Dinnie attended the games. Here Fleming remained until 1881. In 1884 he went to Australia, and again joined Dinnie who had preceded him some six months. For some time before leaving Scotland he had been in bad health, and it was more in the hope of deriving benefit from the warm climate of the land of the kangaroo, than with the intention of doing anything in the athletic line that Jemmy Fleming sailed to Australia. He joined Dinnie at Sydney and accompanied him sometimes as advance agent on a tour of the Colony, which lasted almost a year. During the tour his health,