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

42 l\1EN OF MUSCLE. hill, but when the great John M'Pherson was there he only made 37ft. roin. with the same ball on the same ground. When the Scottish-Canadian was in Scotland, Duffy was long past his best, and M'Pherson defeated him on many occasions, yet Duffy had the pleasure of a victory now and again-as, for instance, at Bridge of Allan, where he won the heavy ball with 37ft. roin., M'Pherson being a foot behind. The "Yankee," as Mac was sometimes called, won the light ball with 4t! ft. 7in. Again at Rothesay he tied with M'Pherson at 39ft., with a ball just under 2rlb. Geo. Davidson has the best putt (38ft. 4in.) at Luss; Owen Duffy has the next best (3 7ft. r oin. ), this with the heavy ball. All the champions have been at Luss, but those dis– tances stand unequalled. One of Duffy's best putts was made at Bridge of Allan, where he made 36ft. 4in. with a 24lb. ball, down hill of course. Duffy was a big man, standing 6ft. 2in., in his stockings, and weighing r 7st. He was fair haired, had merry blue eyes and ruddy comrl~xion. He wore a trimmed moustache, but no beard, a square plug hat, and black coat. He was smart on his feet, unless when getting into position to putt, when he would waste perhaps ten minutes, making a firm place for his foot, rubbing the ball clean and dry, removing any little twigs or stone which had the remotest chance of being in the way, and, lastly, posing with the ball until he "just felt it right." Strangers to Duffy aud his "way,, generally predicted, on seeing him get ready to putt, that he was taking too much pains, and that he was doing himself more harm than good by so many preliminaries, but such was not the case. Duffy could not putt at all unless he indulged in his usual "preparation." But we must leave this typical son of Ould Ireland and turn to one of his Scottish contemporaries, the bold Kenny M'Rae. ..