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

KENNETH MACRAE OF BEAULY. 47 length was doubtless of much advantage to him in feats of throwing, and would have been of equal service had he chosen the profession of boxing. We are often told that Scotsmen have never excelled in the ring; but that state– ment is only partly correct, as there have been men such as Bob Brittle, of Portobello; "Sandy" M'Kay, of Glasgow; and others who have figured in the best of company in that line. The average Scotsman, however, does not seek honour in the prize ring, or there can be little doubt that if men like M'Rae adopted boxing instead of throwing and putting we would have champions here in Scotland second to none in the world. As Owen Duffy once said, after Hercules and Samson had visited him, and had been " down at the back " putting the ball with him. " Troth, boy, they're that strong they can't help putting ; it made me busy to keep out of their road." The same might be said of M'Rae and many other fine specimens of the Scottish Highlander, "They're that big and strong they couldn't help boxing if once they began." M'Rae's last appearance on any field of sport was at the Particle Police gathering two years ago, when Davidson, M'Rae, Dinnie, and James Currie, of Alexandria, were engaged for an exhibition of wrestling. That, by the bye, was Currie's last appearance at Partick also, and we cannot remember of seeing him as a competitor at any of the games since. The veterans were well received by the spectators, and many were the flattering remarks passed upon their manly proportions as,_in the garb of old Gaul they .appeared on the field. "Then friends that have long parted been, And hearts that have grown cold, Unite again like parterl streams, And mingle as of ola'." Many thousands flocked to Partick to see those old -champions, whose names are known not only in Scotland,