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

MEN OF MUSCLE. Leaving Cardiff, he journeyed on to Manchester and joined the Lancashire Constabulary, and here he had the longed-for opportunity of the exercise and practice of ath– letics. On December 2nd, 1878 1 at the Salford Police sports, Ross appeared as a competitor, and won the putting. With a 24lb. ball, seven feet run, he made 29ft. 9in. ·with the same ball, stand at the mark and follow, he made 33ft. 6in. Throwing 16lb. hammer, three feet six inch handle, from seven foot circle, he made 92ft. 9in., and at the high jump cleared 5ft. 4in., winning each of the events. He also won the quarter-mile police championship in 57}sec. The following year at Widnes, Lancashire, Ross won the putting with the 16lb. shot, the distance being 39ft. 6in. ; and was second in the high jump, Thomas, of Liverpool, the then amateur, being first. At Salford, same year, he won putting the 16lb. ball with 41ft. 6in., and the high jump, 5ft. 6in. At Ratcliffe Caledonian games, he won both the light and heavy ball j with the former he made 41ft. 7in., and 35ft. 6in. with the latter. From twelve yards, he also won the quarter-mile handicap. In 188 r, at Widnes, he won the Northern Counties Championship, defeating the famous brothers Davin, and was awarded the gold medal, value 10 guineas. This was Ross's first victory in the Amateur Championship. On 1st July, 1882, Ross won the International Champion– ship, held at Stoke-on-Trent. On this occasion he putt the 16lb. ball 42ft. 4in. The measurement, according to ama– teur rules, is just as much on one side as measuring from the centre of the trig, as at some of the Highland games, is on the other. In the amateur competitions the athlete is credited with less than he accomplishes, while at the latter it is quite the reverse. Ross was credited with 42ft. 4in. ; in reality he "putt" 43ft. 11in. However, he won the championship, and also broke the record, for which he received an extra medal. Ross now left the police force,

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