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

G. :'II. ROSS OF LAIRG. 51 and on November 10, 1882, he set sail in the Guion liner "Wyoming" for New York. Bad luck seems to have overtaken him in the States, as he was almost immediately seized with an attack of typhoid fever, which held him in its clutches until the following March. He was so much reduced through his long illness that athletics were out of the question, and he was glad to accept a situation as keeper in Dr. Kirkbride's fam0t.s asylum, at Philadelphia, where he remained until the following December. While here looking after the insane l{oss recruited his strength rapidly, so that in August we find him competing at the Caledonian games in Phila– delphia, and, what is more, carrying of premier honours in the putting. The stone on this occasion weighed 21lb. and Ross made 38ft. ~in. Duncan C. Ross was seconJ with 36ft. 6in. By competing at these games, however. Ross became a professional, and the amateur ranks have been closed against him ever since. At the Boston Caledonian games, the finest Highland gathering in the world, Ross won again the putting and came second in cots wrestling. Half a dollar is the cheapest admission to those games, and the attendance has often exceeded 15,000 people. After leaving the asylum Ross travelled west, competing at games and wrestling when the winter came on. Next year, 1884, he competed, with the greatest succec;s, at all the Caledonian games, and also took part in the Irish gatherings which are as popular in the States as our own. In the Irish style Ross seemed equally at home, for in '86, '87, '88, and '89 we find him prominent among the winners, having victories over such champions as John D. M·Pherson, C. Currie, Duncan C. Ross, Gideon Perrie, Griffin, and Cummings. His best performances in this style are :-Putting 56lb. with follow, 23ft. 7in.; 28lb., 35ft. 10}in. j 16lb. 1 5oft. 9in. Throwing 5olb, 28ft. 9fin.,