Donald Dinnie.

Fair Play, Volume I, Issue 22, 1 June 1894, Page 8

Donald Dinnie.

Donald Dinnie, who in his zenith was perhaps the best allround athlete in the world, is just now touring New Zealand with a variety company. Donald is on the shady side of three score years,' and even now his hand has not altogether lost its cunning for the performance of those feats of strength which used to astonish the world. The illustration published above is a reproduction of a photograph taken some ten years ago. Before he came to New Zealand in June last year, Dinnie was the winner of 8,862 contests, and the holder of over 100 champion medals which, according, to Scottish rules, must be won three times in succession. Unless “ business” pans out better in the North Island than it did in the South, he contemplates a journey Home. “ I can make a lot of money at athletics in England yet,” said Donald the other day to a Pair Play representative.