DONALD DINNIE, THE SCOTCH ATHLETE.
Donald Dinnie has filled no small space m newspaper literature recently. The correspondent of a contemporary tells the following story : —" Soi^e years ago? when Donald. DJWP was a.t the summit of fmne (where he has remained seated ever since), he was admitted to be an unconquerable wrestler; but going home one evening from some athletic gathering he -was pitched out of the trap m which he was seated, fortunately sustaining no injury. Some enterprising newspaper got hold of the affair, and turned it to profitable account, for next morning its posters and placards contained the startling announcement: ' Donald Dinnie thrown,' and m the next line m very small type, ' from a trap.' The first three wprdscreated a panic; every popy was iusfantly bought up, and an extra edition had to be published."
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 32, 7 January 1884, Page 2
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137DONALD DINNIE, THE SCOTCH ATHLETE. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 32, 7 January 1884, Page 2
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