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

ALEXANDER M 1 CULLOCH OF OB N. 61 be a suitable opponent for even Hali Adali. But '' Sandy 17 does not practice ; it ,is only when "the notion takes him " that he enters; but even under existing circumstances, he can give the best men who follow the games no end of trouble ere they gain a fall. This much must be said, that M 'Culloch has no oppor · tunity to improve himself as a wrestler, but like many other good pieces of material in the Highlands, grows rusty from want of an opponent. A man can practice putting the ball or throwing the hammer by himself, although even in those branches an opponent is almost indispensable, but in wrest– ling it is impossible to gain any proficiency in the art without the aid of a man who understands the game, and not one opponent but many, who must also know something of the sport. This is the secret of the success which generally falls to the lot of the booth boxer who has served his apprenticeship against all comers at fairs, races, etc. Dick Burge, Ted Pritchard, and many other well known men served their time in boxing booths, and it was there, and not in a school that they lea-11ed the "manly art." What a champion M'Culloch would make if he had Burge's ability and ring experience. " Sandy" is bigger and stronger and more athletic than even Jim Jeffries. If he had fancied the ring we would have had a champion of Scotland who would have made the Sassenach tremble. With the exception of a few years' service in the Go,·an Police Force, M'Culloch has ~pent his life in the Highlands farming, as his father has done before him. "Sandy" once had a fancy for the spirit trade, but his love for the hills and the heather predominated, and a son of the soil he will probably remain until the end of the chapter.