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diff --git a/41643-0.txt b/41643-0.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c2ac08f --- /dev/null +++ b/41643-0.txt @@ -0,0 +1,11935 @@ +*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 41643 *** + + ARCHERY + + + PRINTED BY + SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE + LONDON + + +[Illustration: Your's truly + +Horace A. Ford] + + + + + THE + THEORY AND PRACTICE + OF + ARCHERY + + BY THE LATE + HORACE FORD + + CHAMPION ARCHER OF ENGLAND FOR THE YEARS 1850 TO 1859 AND 1867 + + + _NEW EDITION_ + + _THOROUGHLY REVISED AND RE-WRITTEN_ + + BY + W. BUTT, M.A. + + FOR MANY YEARS HON. SECRETARY OF THE ROYAL TOXOPHILITE SOCIETY + + + LONDON + LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. + 1887 + + _All rights reserved_ + + + + +PREFACE. + + +No excuse need be offered to archers for presenting to them a new +edition of the late Mr. Horace A. Ford's work on the Theory and Practice +of Archery. It first appeared as a series of articles in the columns of +the 'Field,' which were republished in book form in 1856; a second +edition was published in 1859, which has been long out of print, and no +book on the subject has since appeared. Except, therefore, for a few +copies of this book, which from time to time may be obtained from the +secondhand booksellers, no guide is obtainable by which the young archer +can learn the principles of his art. On hearing that it was in +contemplation to reprint the second edition of Mr. Ford's book, it +seemed to me a pity that this should be done without revision, and +without bringing it up to the level of the knowledge of the present day. +I therefore purchased the copyright of the work from Mr. Ford's +representatives, and succeeded in inducing Mr. Butt, who was for many +years the secretary of the Royal Toxophilite Society, to undertake the +revision. + +A difficulty occurred at the outset as to the form in which this +revision should be carried out. If it had been possible, there would +have been advantages in printing Mr. Ford's text untouched, and in +giving Mr. Butt's comments in the form of notes. This course would, +however, have involved printing much matter that has become entirely +obsolete, and, moreover, not only would the bulk of the book have been +increased to a greater extent even than has actually been found +necessary, but also Mr. Butt's portion of the work, which contains the +information of the latest date, and is therefore of highest practical +value to young archers, would have been relegated to a secondary and +somewhat inconvenient position. Mr. Butt has therefore rewritten the +book, and it would hardly perhaps be giving him too much credit to +describe the present work as a Treatise on the Theory and Practice of +Archery by him, based on the work of the late Horace A. Ford. + +In writing his book, Mr. Ford committed to paper the principles by means +of which he secured his unrivalled position as an archer. After +displaying a clever trick, it is the practice of some conjurers to +pretend to take the spectators into their confidence, and to show them +'how it is done.' In such cases the audience, as a rule, is not much the +wiser; but a more satisfactory result has followed from Mr. Ford's +instructions. + +Mr. Ford was the founder of modern scientific archery. First by example, +and then by precept, he changed what before was 'playing at bows and +arrows' into a scientific pastime. He held the Champion's medal for +eleven years in succession--from 1849 to 1859. He also won it again in +1867. After this time, although he was seen occasionally in the archery +field, his powers began to wane. He died in the year 1880. His best +scores, whether at public matches or in private practice, have never +been surpassed. But, although no one has risen who can claim that on him +has fallen the mantle of Mr. Ford, his work was not in vain. Thanks to +the more scientific and rational principles laid down by this great +archer, any active lad nowadays can, with a few months' practice, make +scores which would have been thought fabulous when George III. was king. + +The Annual Grand National Archery Meetings were started in the year 1844 +at York, and at the second meeting, in 1845, held also at York, when the +Double York Round was shot for the first time, Mr. Muir obtained the +championship, with 135 hits, and a score of 537. Several years elapsed +before the championship was won with a score of over 700. Nowadays, a +man who cannot make 700 is seldom in the first ten, and, moreover, the +general level both among ladies and gentlemen continues to rise. We have +not yet, however, found any individual archer capable of beating in +public the marvellous record of 245 hits and 1,251 score, made by Mr. +Ford at Cheltenham in 1857. + +One chief cause of the improvement Mr. Ford effected was due to his +recognising the fallacy in the time-honoured saying that the archer +should draw to the ear. When drawn to the ear, part of the arrow must +necessarily lie outside the direct line of sight from the eye to the +gold. Consequently, if the arrow points apparently to the gold, it must +fly to the left of the target when loosed, and in order to hit the +target, the archer who draws to the ear must aim at some point to the +right. Mr. Ford laid down the principle that the arrow must be drawn +directly beneath the aiming eye, and lie in its whole length in the same +vertical plane as the line between the eye and the object aimed at. + +It is true that in many representations of ancient archers the arrow is +depicted as being drawn beyond the eye, and consequently outside the +line of sight. No doubt for war purposes it was a matter of importance +to shoot a long heavy arrow, and if an arrow of a standard yard long or +anything like it was used, it would be necessary for a man to draw it +beyond his eye, unless he had very long arms indeed. But in war, the +force of the blow was of more importance than accuracy of aim, and Mr. +Ford saw that in a pastime where accuracy of aim was the main object, +this old rule no longer held good. This was only one of many +improvements effected by Mr. Ford; but it is a fact that this discovery, +which seems obvious enough now that it is stated, was the main cause of +the marvellous improvement which has taken place in shooting. + +The second chapter in Mr. Ford's book, entitled 'A Glance at the Career +of the English Long-Bow,' has been omitted. It contained no original +matter, being compiled chiefly from the well-known works of Roberts, +Moseley, and Hansard. The scope of the present work is practical, not +historical; and to deal with the history of the English long-bow in a +satisfactory manner would require a bulky volume. An adequate history of +the bow in all ages and in all countries has yet to be written. + +In the chapters on the bow, the arrow, and the rest of the paraphernalia +of archery, much that Mr. Ford wrote, partly as the result of the +practice and experiments of himself and others, and partly as drawn from +the works of previous writers on the subject, still holds good; but +improvements have been effected since his time, and Mr. Butt has been +able to add a great deal of useful information gathered from the long +experience of himself and his contemporaries. + +The chapters which deal with Ascham's well-known five points of +archery--standing, nocking, drawing, holding, and loosing--contain the +most valuable part of Mr. Ford's teaching, and Mr. Butt has endeavoured +to develope further the principles laid down by Mr. Ford. The chapters +on ancient and modern archery practice have been brought up to date, and +Mr. Butt has given in full the best scores made by ladies or gentlemen +at every public meeting which has been held since the establishment of +the Grand National Archery Society down to 1886. + +The chapter on Robin Hood has been omitted for the same reasons which +determined the omission of the chapter on the career of the English +long-bow, and the rules for the formation of archery societies, which +are cumbrous and old-fashioned, have also been left out. + +The portrait of Major C. H. Fisher, champion archer for the years +1871-2-3-4, is reproduced from a photograph taken by Mr. C. E. Nesham, +the present holder of the champion's medal. + +In conclusion, it is hoped that the publication of this book may help to +increase the popularity of archery in this country. It is a pastime +which can never die out. The love of the bow and arrow seems almost +universally planted in the human heart. But its popularity fluctuates, +and though it is now more popular than at some periods, it is by no +means so universally practised as archers would desire. One of its +greatest charms is that it is an exercise which is not confined to men. +Ladies have attained a great and increasing amount of skill with the +bow, and there is no doubt that it is more suited to the fairer sex than +some of the more violent forms of athletics now popular. Archery has +perhaps suffered to some extent from comparison with the rifle. The +rifleman may claim for his weapon that its range is greater and that it +shoots more accurately than the bow. The first position may be granted +freely, the second only with reserve. Given, a well-made weapon of +Spanish or Italian yew, and arrows of the best modern make, and the +accuracy of the bow is measured only by the skill of the shooter. If he +can loose his arrow truly, it will hit the mark; more than that can be +said of no weapon. That a rifleman will shoot more accurately at ranges +well within the power of the bow than an archer of similar skill is +certain; but the reason is that the bow is the more difficult, and +perhaps to some minds on that account the more fascinating, weapon. The +reason why it is more difficult is obvious, and in stating it we see one +of the many charms of archery. The rifleman has but to aim straight and +to hold steady, and he will hit the bull's-eye. But the archer has also +to supply the motive force which propels his arrow. As he watches the +graceful flight of a well-shot shaft, he can feel a pride in its +swiftness and strength which a rifleman cannot share. And few pastimes +can furnish a more beautiful sight than an arrow speeding swiftly and +steadily from the bow, till with a rapturous thud it strikes the gold at +a hundred yards. + + C. J. LONGMAN. + + + + +CONTENTS. + + + CHAPTER PAGE + + I. OF THE ENGLISH LONG-BOW 1 + + II. HOW TO CHOOSE A BOW, AND HOW TO USE AND PRESERVE + IT WHEN CHOSEN 17 + + III. OF THE ARROW 27 + + IV. OF THE STRING, BRACER, AND SHOOTING-GLOVE 44 + + V. OF THE GREASE-BOX, TASSEL, BELT, ETC. 67 + + VI. OF BRACING, OR STRINGING, AND NOCKING 78 + + VII. OF ASCHAM'S FIVE POINTS, POSITION STANDING, ETC. 83 + + VIII. DRAWING 94 + + IX. AIMING 107 + + X. OF HOLDING AND LOOSING 122 + + XI. OF DISTANCE SHOOTING, AND DIFFERENT ROUNDS 132 + + XII. ARCHERY SOCIETIES, 'RECORDS,' ETC. 140 + + XIII. THE PUBLIC ARCHERY MEETINGS AND THE DOUBLE + YORK AND OTHER ROUNDS 148 + + XIV. CLUB SHOOTING AND PRIVATE PRACTICE 279 + + +_PLATES._ + + PORTRAIT OF MR. FORD _Frontispiece_ + + PORTRAIT OF MAJOR C. H. FISHER _To face p. 122_ + + + + +ARCHERY + + + + +CHAPTER I. + +_OF THE ENGLISH LONG-BOW_ + + +Of the various implements of archery, the bow demands the first +consideration. It has at one period or another formed one of the chief +weapons of war and the chase in almost every nation, and is, indeed, at +the present day in use for both these purposes in various parts of the +world. It has differed as much in form as in material, having been made +curved, angular, and straight; of wood, metal, horn, cane, whalebone, of +wood and horn, or of wood and the entrails and sinews of animals and +fish combined: sometimes of the rudest workmanship, sometimes finished +with the highest perfection of art. + +No work exists which aims at giving an exhaustive description of the +various forms of bows which have been used by different nations in +ancient and modern times, and such an undertaking would be far beyond +the scope of the present work. The only form of the bow with which we +are now concerned is the _English long-bow_, and especially with the +English long-bow as now used for target-shooting as opposed to the more +powerful weapon used by our forefathers for the purposes of war. The +cross-bow never took a very strong hold on the English nation as +compared with the long-bow, and, as it has never been much employed for +recreation, it need not be here described. + +It is a matter of surprise and regret that so few genuine specimens of +the _old_ English long-bow should remain in existence at the present +day. One in the possession of the late Mr. Peter Muir of Edinburgh is +said to have been used in the battle of Flodden in 1513: it is of +self-yew, a single stave, apparently of English growth, and very roughly +made. Its strength has been supposed to be between 80 and 90 lbs.; but +as it could not be tested without great risk of breaking it, its actual +strength remains a matter of conjecture only. This bow was presented to +Mr. P. Muir by Colonel J. Ferguson, who obtained it from a border house +contiguous to Flodden Field, where it had remained for many generations, +with the reputation of having been used at that battle. + +There are likewise in the Tower two bows that were taken out of the +'Mary Rose,' a vessel sunk in the reign of Henry VIII. They are +unfinished weapons, made out of single staves of magnificent yew, +probably of foreign growth, quite round from end to end, tapered from +the middle to each end, and without horns. It is difficult to estimate +their strength, but it probably does not exceed from 65 to 70 lbs. +Another weapon now in the Museum of the United Service Institution came +from the same vessel. Probably the oldest specimen extant of the English +long-bow is in the possession of Mr. C. J. Longman. It was dug out of +the peat near Cambridge, and is unfortunately in very bad condition. It +can never have been a very powerful weapon. Geologists say that it +cannot be more recent than the twelfth or thirteenth century, and may be +much more ancient. Indeed, from its appearance it is more probable that +it is a relic of the weaker archery of the Saxons than that it is a +weapon made after the Normans had introduced their more robust shooting +into this country. + +Before the discussion of the practical points connected with the bow is +commenced, it must be borne in mind that these pages profess to give +the result of actual experience, and nothing that is advanced is mere +theory or opinion unsupported by proof, but the result only of long, +patient, and practical investigation and of constant and untiring +experiment. Whenever, therefore, one kind of wood, or one shape of bow, +or one mode or principle of shooting, &c., is spoken of as being better +than another, or the best of all, it is asserted to be so simply +because, after a full and fair trial of every other, the result of such +investigation bore out that assertion. No doubt some of the points +contended for were in Mr. Ford's time in opposition to the then +prevailing opinions and practice, and were considered innovations. The +value of theory, however, is just in proportion as it can be borne out +by practical results; and in appealing to the success of his own +practice as a proof of the correctness of the opinions and principles +upon which it was based, he professed to be moved by no feeling of +conceit or vanity, but wholly and solely by a desire to give as much +force as possible to the recommendations put forth, and to obtain a fair +and impartial trial of them. + +The English bows now in use may be divided primarily into two +classes--the _self-bow_ and the _backed bow_; and, to save space and +confusion, the attention must first be confined to the self-bow, +reserving what has to be said respecting the backed bow. Much, however, +that is said of the one applies equally to the other. + +The self-bow of a single stave is the real old English weapon--the one +with which the mighty deeds that rendered this country renowned in +bygone times were performed; for until the decline and disappearance of +archery in war, as a consequence of the superiority of firearms, and the +consequent cessation of the importation of bow-staves, backed bows were +unknown. Ascham, who wrote in the sixteenth century, when archery had +already degenerated into little else than an amusement, mentions none +other than self-bows; and it may therefore be concluded that such only +existed in his day. Of the woods for self-bows, yew beyond all question +carries off the palm. Other woods have been, and still are, in use, such +as lance, cocus, Washaba, rose, snake, laburnum, and others; but they +may be summarily dismissed (with the exception of lance, of which more +hereafter) with the remark that self-bows made of these woods are all so +radically bad, heavy in hand, apt to jar, dull in cast, liable to +chrysal, and otherwise prone to break, that no archer should use them so +long as a self-yew or a good backed bow is within reach. + +The only wood, then, for self-bows is yew, and the best yew is of +foreign growth (Spanish or Italian), though occasionally staves of +English wood are met with which almost rival those of foreign growth. +This, however, is the exception; as a rule, the foreign wood is the +best: it is straighter, and finer in grain, freer from pins, stiffer and +denser in quality, and requires less bulk in proportion to the strength +of the bow. + +The great bane of yew is its liability to knots and _pins_, and rare +indeed it is to find a six-feet stave without one or more of these +undesirable companions. Where, however, a pin occurs, it may easily be +rendered comparatively harmless by the simple plan of raising it--i.e. +by leaving a little more wood than elsewhere round the pin in the belly +and back of the bow. This strengthens the particular point, and +diminishes the danger of a chrysal or splinter. A pin resembles a small +piece of wire, is very hard and troublesome to the bowmaker's tools, +runs right through the bow-stave from belly to back, and is very +frequently the point at which a chrysal starts. This chrysal (also +called by old writers a 'pinch') is a sort of disease which attacks the +belly of a bow. At first it nearly resembles a scratch or crack in the +varnish. Its direction is always diagonal to the line of the bow, and it +gradually eats deeply into the bow and makes it appear as if it had been +attacked with a chopper. If many small chrysals appear, much danger need +not be feared, though their progress should be watched; but if one +chrysal becomes deeply rooted, the bow should be sent to the bowmaker +for a new belly. A chrysal usually occurs in new bows, and mostly arises +from the wood being imperfectly seasoned; but it occasionally will occur +in a well-seasoned bow that has been lent to a friend who uses a longer +draw and dwells longer on the point of aim, thus using the weapon beyond +its wont. Another danger to the life of a bow arises from splinters in +the back. These mostly occur in wet weather, when the damp, through +failure of the varnish, has been able to get into the wood. Directly the +rising of a splinter is observed, that part of the bow should be +effectually glued and wrapped before it is again used. After this +treatment the bow will be none the worse, except in appearance. Yew and +hickory only should be used for the backs of bows. Canadian elm, which +is occasionally used for backs, is particularly liable to splinter. It +is obvious whenever a bow is broken the commencement of the fracture has +been in a splinter or a chrysal, according as the first failure was in +the back or the belly; therefore in the diagnosis of these disorders +archers have to be thankful for small mercies. The grain of the wood +should be as even and fine as possible, with the feathers running quite +straight, and as nearly as possible consecutively from the handle to the +horn in each limb, and without curls; also, care should be taken, in the +manufacture of a bow, that the sap or back be of even depth, and not in +some places reduced to the level of the belly. The feathering of a yew +bow means the gradual disappearance of some of the grain as the +substance of the bow is reduced between the handle and horn. A curl is +caused by a sudden turn in the grain of the wood, so that this +feathering is abruptly interrupted and reversed before it reappears. +This is a great source of weakness in a bow, both in belly and back. +There should be nothing of the nature of feathering in the back of a +bow, and it is believed that the best back is that in which nothing but +the bark has been removed from the stave. Any interruption of the grain +of the back is a source of weakness and a hotbed of splinters. A bow +that follows the string should never be straightened, for the same +reason that anything of the nature of a carriage-spring should on no +account be reversed in application. The wood should be thoroughly well +seasoned and of a good sound hard quality. The finest and closest dark +grain is undoubtedly the most beautiful and uncommon; but the open or +less close-grained wood, and wood of paler complexion, are nearly, if +not quite, as good for use. + +[Illustration: FIG. 1.--A GOOD BOW UNSTRUNG.] + +[Illustration: FIG. 2.--A GOOD BOW WHEN STRUNG.] + +[Illustration: FIG. 3.--A BADLY REFLEXED BOW THAT BENDS IN THE HAND.] + +[Illustration: FIG. 4.--A GOOD SHAPE FOR A NEW BOW.] + +[Illustration: FIG. 5.--A BOW THAT FOLLOWS STRING: STRUNG AND UNSTRUNG.] + +[Illustration: FIG. 6.--A REFLEX BOW: STRUNG AND UNSTRUNG. + +(Figs. 5 and 6 show the different distances which the limbs of +well-shaped and of reflex bows have to go to their rest when unstrung.)] + +[Illustration: FIG. 7. + +_Doublefish_ _Singlefish_] + +The self-yew bow may be a single-stave--that is to say, made of a +single piece of wood, or may be made of two pieces dovetailed or united +in the handle by what is called a fish. In a single-stave bow the +quality of the wood will not be quite the same in the two limbs, the +wood of the lower growth being denser than that of the upper; whilst in +the grafted bow, made of the same piece of wood, cut or split apart, and +re-united in the handle, the two limbs will be exactly of the same +nature. The joint, or _fishing_ (fig. 7), should be double, not single. +The difference, however, between these two sorts of self-yew bows is so +slight as to be immaterial. In any unusually damp or variable climate +single staves should be prepared; and in the grafted bows care should be +taken in ascertaining that they be firmly put together in the middle. A +single-stave bow has usually a somewhat shorter handle, as it becomes +unnecessary to cover so much of the centre of the bow when the covering +is not used as a cover to the joint, but for the purpose of holding the +bow only. + +In shape all bows should be full and inflexible in the centre, tapering +gradually to each horn. They should never bend in the handle, as bows of +this shape (i.e. a continuous curve from horn to horn) always jar most +disagreeably in the hand. A perfectly graduated bend, from a stiff +unbending centre of at least nine inches, towards each horn is the best. +Some self-yew bows are naturally reflexed, others are straight, and some +follow the string more or less. The slightly reflexed bows are perhaps +more pleasing to the eye, as one cannot quite shake off the belief that +the shape of Cupid's bow is agreeable. Bows which follow the string +somewhat are perhaps the most pleasant to use. + +The handle of the bow, which in size should be regulated to the grasp of +each archer, should be in such a position that the upper part of it may +be from an inch to an inch and a quarter above the _true centre_ of the +bow, or the point in the handle whereon the bow will balance. If this +centre be lower down in the handle, as is usual in bows of Scotch +manufacture, the cast of the bow may be somewhat improved, but at the +cost of a tendency to that unpleasant feeling of kicking and jarring in +the hand. Again, if the true centre be higher, or, as is the case in the +old unaltered Flemish bows, at the point where the arrow lies on the +hand, the cast will be found to suffer disadvantageously. If the handle +be properly grasped (inattention to which will endanger the bow's being +pulled out of shape), the fulcrum, in drawing, will be about the true +balancing centre, and the root of the thumb will be placed thereon. +Considering a bow to consist of three members--a handle and two +limbs--the upper limb, being somewhat longer, must of necessity bend a +trifle more, and this it should do. The most usual covering for the +handle is plush; but woollen binding-cloth, leather, and india-rubber +are also in constant use. + +The piece of mother-of-pearl, ivory, or other hard substance usually +inserted in the handle of the bow, at the point where the arrow lies, is +intended to prevent the wearing away of the bow by the friction of the +arrow; but this precaution overreaches itself, as in the course of an +unusually long life the most hard-working bow will scarcely lose as much +by this friction as must, to start with, be cut away for this insertion. + +The length of the bow, which is calculated from nock to nock--and this +length will vary a little from the actual length, according as it may be +said to hold itself upright or stoop, i.e. follow the string--should be +regulated by its strength and the length of the arrow to be used with +it. It may be taken as a safe rule that the stronger the bow the greater +its length should be; and so also the longer the arrow the longer should +be the bow. For those who use arrows of the usual length of from 27 to +28 inches, with bows of the strength of from 45 lbs. to 55 lbs., a +useful and safe length will be not less than 5 ft. 10 in. If this length +of arrow or weight of bow be increased or diminished, the length of bow +may be proportionally increased or diminished, taking as the two +extremes 5 ft. 8 in. and 6 feet. No bow need be much outside either of +these measurements. It may be admitted that a short bow will cast +somewhat farther than a longer one of the same weight, but this extra +cast can only be gained by a greater risk of breakage. As bows are +usually weighed and marked by the bowmakers for a 28-inch arrow fully +drawn up, a greater or less pull will take more or less out of them, and +the archer's calculations must be made accordingly. + +To increase or diminish the power of a bow, it is usual to shorten it in +the former case, and to reduce the bulk in the latter; but to shorten a +bow will probably shorten its life too, and mayhap spoil it, unless it +be certain that it is superfluously long or sufficiently strong in the +handle. On the other hand, to reduce a bow judiciously, if it need to be +weaker, can do it no harm; but the reduction should not be carried quite +up to the handle. It is a good plan to choose a bow by quality, +regardless of strength, and have the best bow that can be procured +reduced to the strength suitable. In all cases the horns should be well +and truly set on, and the nocks should be of sufficient bulk to enclose +safely the extremities of the limbs of the bow running up into them, and +the edges of the nocks should be made most carefully smooth. If the edge +of the nock be sharp and rough, the string must be frayed, and in +consequence break sooner or later, and endanger the safety of the bow. +The lower nock is not unfrequently put on or manufactured a trifle +sideways as to its groove on the belly side. This is done with a view to +compensate the irregularity of the loop: but this is a mistake, as it is +quite unnecessary in the case of a loop, and must be liable to put the +string out of position when there is a second eye to the string--and +this second eye every archer who pays due regard to the preservation of +his bows and strings should be most anxious to adopt as soon as +possible. + +From all that can be learned respecting the backed bow, it would appear +that its use was not adopted in this country until archery was in its +last stage of decline as a weapon of war, when, the bow degenerating +into an instrument of amusement, the laws relating to the importation of +yew staves from foreign countries were evaded, and the supply +consequently ceased. It was then that the bowyers hit upon the plan of +uniting a tough to an elastic wood, and so managed to make a very +efficient weapon out of very inferior materials. This cannot fairly be +claimed as an invention of the English bowyers, but is an adaptation of +the plan which had long been in use amongst the Turks, Persians, +Tartars, Chinese, and many other nations, including Laplanders, whose +bows were made of two pieces of wood united with isinglass. As far as +regards the English backed bow (this child of necessity), the end of the +sixteenth century is given as the period of its introduction, and the +Kensals of Manchester are named as the first makers--bows of whose make +may be still in existence and use--and these were generally made of yew +backed with hickory or wych-elm. At the time of the revival of +archery--at the close of the last century, and again fifty years +ago--all backed bows were held in great contempt by any that could +afford self-yews, and were always slightingly spoken of as 'tea-caddy' +bows; meaning that they were made of materials fit for nothing but +ornamental joinery, Tunbridge ware, &c. + +The backed bows of the present day are made of two or more strips of the +same or different woods securely glued, and compressed together as +firmly as possible, in frames fitted with powerful screws, which frames +are capable of being set to any shape. Various woods are used, most of +which, though of different quality, make serviceable bows. For the backs +we have the sap of yew, hickory, American, Canadian, or wych-elm, +hornbeam, &c.; and for the bellies, yew, lance, fustic, snake, Washaba, +and letter-wood, which is the straight grained part of snake, and some +others. Of all these combinations Mr. Ford gave the strongest preference +to bows of yew backed with yew. These he considered the only possible +rivals of the self-yew. Next in rank he classed bows of yew backed with +hickory. Bows made of lance backed with hickory, when the woods used are +well seasoned and of choice quality, are very steady and trustworthy, +but not silky and pleasant in drawing like bows made of yew. One +advantage of this combination of bow is that both these woods can be had +of sufficient length to avoid the trouble in making and insecurity in +use of the joint in the handle. Of bows into which more than two woods +are introduced, the combination of yew for the belly, fustic or other +good hard wood for the centre, and hickory for the back cannot well be +improved upon, and such bows have been credited with excellent scores. +There is also a three-wooded modification of the lance and hickory bow. +In this a tapering strip of hard wood is introduced between the back and +belly; this strip passes through the handle and disappears at about a +foot from the horn in each limb. The lancewood bows are the cheapest, +and next to these follow the lance-and-hickory bows, and then those of +the description last mentioned. On this account beginners who do not +wish to go to much expense whilst they are, as it were, testing their +capacity for the successful prosecution of this sport, would do well to +make a start with a bow of one or other of these descriptions. It will +often be useful to lend to another beginner, or to a friend, to whom it +might not be wise to lend a more valuable bow; or it may even be of use +to the owner at a pinch. Bows have often been made of many more than +three pieces; but nothing is gained by further complications, unless it +be necessary in the way of repair. + +Next in importance to the consideration of the material of which backed +bows should be made comes the treatment of their shape. Judging from +such specimens of backed bows, made by Waring and others, before the +publication of Mr. H. A. Ford's articles on archery in the 'Field,' as +have survived to the present day, and whose survival may be chiefly +attributed to the fact that they were so utterly harsh and disagreeable +in use that it was but little use they ever got, the author was +probably right in saying that they all bent in the handle more or less +when drawn, and were too much reflexed. There is but little doubt +that--as the joint in the handle, necessitating extra bulk and strength, +could be dispensed with in these bows--the makers considered it an +excellent opportunity to give their goods what (however erroneously) was +then considered the best shape (when drawn), namely, the perfect arc; +and this harmonious shape they obtained most successfully by making the +bows comparatively weak in the handle and unnecessarily strong towards +the horns; with the result that these 'tea-caddy bows' met the +contemptuous fate they well deserved. Modern archers have to be thankful +to Mr. Ford for the vast improvement in backed bows (even more than in +the case of self-bows), which are now perfectly steady in hand, and +taper gradually, and as much as is compatible with the safety of the +limbs, and this in spite of their being still made somewhat more reflex +when new than appears necessary in the manufacture of self-yew bows. Yet +Mr. Ford was perfectly right to condemn all reflexity that does not +result in a bow becoming either straight or somewhat to follow the +string after it has been in use sufficiently long for its necessary +training to its owner's style. The first quality of a bow is steadiness. +Now this quality is put in peril either by a want of exact balance +between the two limbs--when the recoil of one limb is quicker than that +of the other--or by undue reflexity. These causes of unsteadiness occur +in self-bows as well as in backed bows, and are felt in the shape of a +jar or kick in the hand when loosed. This unsteadiness from want of +balance in the limbs may be cured by a visit of the bow to the maker for +such fresh tillering (as it is called) as will correct the fault of one +or other limb. If the unsteadiness arise from excessive reflexity, which +cannot be reduced by use, a further tapering of the limbs must be +adopted. No bow of any sort that cannot be completely cured of kicking +should be kept, as no steady shooting can be expected from such a bow. +A bow that is much reflexed will be more liable to chrysals and +splinters, as the belly has to be more compressed and the back more +strained than in a bow of proper shape; also, such a bow is much more +destructive to strings, as a greater strain is put upon the strings by +the recoil of the limbs than is the case with a bow that follows the +string or bends inwards naturally. It is the uneven or excessive strain +upon the string after the discharge of the arrow that causes the kicking +of the bow. + +When the question arises, 'Which is the best sort of bow?' it is found +that the solution has only been rendered more complicated since 1859 by +the great improvement in the manufacture of various sorts of backed +bows: as the following remarks, then applied to the comparison between +the self-yew and the yew-backed yew only, must now be extended to all +the best specimens of backed bows of different sorts. The advocates of +the self-yew affirm that good specimens of their pet weapon are the +sweetest in use, the steadiest in hand, the most certain in cast, and +the most beautiful to the eye; and in all these points, with the +exception of certainty of cast, they are borne out by the fact. This +being the state of the case, how is it, then, that a doubt can still +remain as to which it is most profitable for an archer to use? Here are +three out of four points (two of which are most important) in which it +is admitted that the self-yew is superior; and yet, after much practical +and experimental testing of all sorts, it must be left to the taste and +judgment of each man to decide for himself. The fact undoubtedly is, +that the self-yew is the most perfect weapon. But it is equally an +undoubted fact that it requires more delicate handling; since, its cast +lying very much in the last three or four inches of its pull, any +variation in this respect, or difference in quickness or otherwise of +loose, varies the elevation of the arrow to a much greater extent than +the same variation of pull or loose in the others, whose cast is more +uniform throughout. Now, were a man perfect in his physical powers, or +always in first-rate shooting condition, there would be no doubt as to +which bow he should use, as he would in this case be able to attain to +the difficult nicety required in the management of the self-yew; but as +this constant perfection never can be maintained, the superior merits of +this bow are partially counteracted by the extreme difficulty of doing +justice to them; and the degree of harshness of pull and unsteadiness in +hand of the others being but trifling, the greater certainty with which +they accomplish the elevation counterbalances, upon average results, +their inferiority in other respects. Another advantage the self-yew +possesses is, that it is not so liable to injury from damp as are the +backed bows; but then the latter are much less costly, and, with common +care, need cause no fear of harm from damp, as an inch of lapping at +either end covering the junction with the horns will preserve them from +this danger. As regards chrysals, and breakage from other causes than +damp, bows of all sorts of wood are about equally liable to failure. The +main results of the comparison, then, resolve themselves into these two +prominent features: namely, that the self-yew bow, from its steadiness, +sweetness, and absence of vibration, ensures the straightness of the +shot better than backed bows; whilst the latter, owing to the regularity +of their cast not being confined quite to a hair's breadth of pull, +carry off the palm for greater certainty in the elevation of the shot. + +It is almost unnecessary to say that there are bad bows of all sorts, +many being made of materials that are fit for nothing but firewood; and +yet the bowmakers seem to be almost justified in making up such +materials by the fact that occasionally the most ungainly bow will prove +itself almost invaluable in use, while a perfect beauty in appearance +may turn out a useless slug. + +Though it may be no easy matter to decide which particular sort of bow +an individual archer should adopt, yet, when that individual has once +ascertained the description of bow that appears to suit him best, he +will be wise to confine his attention to that same sort in his future +acquisition of bows. An archer who shoots much will find his bowmaker's +account a serious annual matter if he keep none but the best self-yew +bows; and therefore any who find it necessary to count the cost of this +sport should do their best to adapt themselves to the cheaper though not +much inferior backed bows. This also may be further said of the +difference between self-yews and backed bows--namely, that there appears +to be a sort of individuality attached to each self-yew bow, apart from +the peculiarities of its class, which makes it difficult (not regarding +the cost) to remedy the loss of a favourite self-yew bow. It is very +much easier to replace any specimen of the other sorts of bows, as there +is much less variation of character in each class. + +The 'carriage bow' is made to divide into two pieces by means of a metal +socket in the handle, after the fashion of the joint of a fishing-rod. +The object of this make of bow is to render it more convenient as a +travelling-companion; but, as the result is a bow heavy in hand and +unpleasant in use, the remedy appears to be worse than the disease. + +It is often asserted that the best bows should be made of steel, as +superior in elasticity to wood; but this is not borne out by the results +of experiment. The late Hon. R. Hely-Hutchinson, a member of the R. Tox. +Soc., took a great deal of pains to have long-bows manufactured of steel +both in England and in Belgium. The best of these, weighing about 50 +lbs. for the 28-inch draw, with the aim and elevation which with a good +wooden bow would carry an arrow 100 yards, scarcely carried its shaft as +far as 60 yards, so deadly slow appeared the recoil; and besides this, +the actual weight in the hand of the implement was so considerable that +it would be a most serious addition to the toil of the day, on account +of its being so frequently held out at arm's length, to say nothing of +its having to be carried about all day. + + + + +CHAPTER II. + +_HOW TO CHOOSE A BOW, AND HOW TO USE AND PRESERVE IT WHEN CHOSEN_ + + +The next point to be considered is the strength of the bow to be chosen; +and respecting this, in the first place, the bow must be completely +under the shooter's command--within it, but not much below it. One of +the greatest mistakes young archers (and many old ones too) commit is +that they _will_ use bows that are too strong for them. In fact, there +are but few to whom, at one or other period of their archery career, +this remark has not applied. The desire to be considered strong appears +to be the moving agent to this curious hallucination; as if a man did +not rather expose his weakness by straining at a bow evidently beyond +his strength, thereby calling attention to that weakness, than by using +a lighter one with grace and ease, which always give the idea of force, +vigour, and power. Another incentive to the use of strong bows is the +passion for sending down the arrows sharp and low, and the consequent +employment of powerful bows to accomplish this; the which is perhaps a +greater mistake than the other, for it is not so much the strength of +the bow as the perfect command of it that enables the archer to obtain +this desideratum. The question is not so much what a man can pull as +what he can loose; and he will without doubt obtain a lower flight of +arrow by a lighter power of bow under his command, than he will by a +stronger one beyond his proper management. This mania for strong bows +has destroyed many a promising archer, in an archery sense of the term. +Not only did one of the best shots of his day, a winner of the second +and first prizes at successive Grand National Meetings, dwindle beneath +mediocrity in accuracy through this infatuation, but another brought +himself to death's door by a dangerous illness of about a year's +duration, by injury to his physical powers, brought on by the same +failing, only carried to a much greater excess. And, after all, the +thing so desired is not always thus attained. + +Let the reader attend any Grand National Archery Meeting, and let him +observe some fifty or so picked shots of the country arranged at the +targets, and contending with all their might for the prizes of honour +and skill. Whose arrows fly down the sharpest, steadiest, and keenest? +Are they those of the archers who use the strongest bows? Not at +all. Behold that archer from an Eastern county just stepping so +unpretendingly forward to deliver his shafts. See! with what grace and +ease the whole thing is done!--no straining, no contortions there! Mark +the flight of his arrows--how keen, and low, and to the mark they fly! +None fly sharper, few so sharp. And what is the strength of that +beautiful self-yew bow which he holds in his hand? Scarce 50 lbs.! And +yet the pace of his shaft is unsurpassed by any; and it is close upon +five shillings in weight too. There is another. Mark his strength and +muscular power! Possibly a bow of 80 lbs. would be within his pull; yet +he knows better than to use any such, when the prizes are awarded to +skill, not brute force. The bow he employs is but 48 lbs.; yet how +steady and true is the flight of his arrow! And so on all through the +meeting: it will be found that it is not the strongest bows, but those +that are under the perfect command of their owners, that do their work +the best. + +Inasmuch, then, as the proper flight of an arrow from any bow depends +almost entirely upon the way in which it is loosed, the strength of the +bow must not be regulated by the mere muscular powers of the individual +archer; for he may be able to draw even a 29-inch arrow to the head in +a very powerful bow without being able during a match to loose steadily +a bow of more than 50 lbs. Not the power of drawing, but of loosing +steadily, must therefore be the guide here. The bow must be within this +loosing power, but also well up to it; for it is almost as bad to be +_under_- as _over_-bowed. The evils attendant upon being over-bowed are +various: the left (bow) arm, wrist, and elbow, the fingers of the right +(loosing) hand and its wrist, are strained and rendered unsteady; the +pull becomes uncertain and wavering, and is never twice alike; the whole +system is overworked and wearied; and, besides this, the mind is +depressed by ill-success; the entire result is disappointment and +failure. On the other hand, care must be taken not to fall into the +opposite extreme of being under-bowed, as in this case the loose becomes +difficult, and generally unsteady and unequal. The weight of the bows +now in general use varies from 45 lbs. to 54 lbs., stronger ones forming +the exception; and the lowest of these weights is ample for the +distances now usually shot. Each archer must therefore find out how much +he can draw with ease and loose with steadiness throughout a day's +shooting, and choose accordingly. If a beginner, 50 lbs. is probably the +outside weight with which he should commence; a few pounds less, in most +cases, would even be better for the starting-point. As lately as twenty +years ago bows were very carelessly marked in the indication of their +strength, many bows being marked as much as 10 lbs. above their actual +measure; but in the present day all the bowmakers incline towards the +custom of marking a new bow to weigh rather less, perhaps by 3 lbs., +than its actual weight. The reason of this is that in the opinion of the +marker the bow will arrive at the strength marked in the course of use. +It is indeed a very rare case when a new bow does not with use get +somewhat weaker. + +Besides keeping the bows for his own use mostly of the same description, +every archer should also keep them of just about the same weight; and +if he shoot much he should possess at the fewest three, as much alike as +possible, and use them alternately. This will prove an economy in the +end, as each will have time to recover its elasticity, and will thus +last a much longer time. It is an agreeable feature in bows that they +have considerable facility in recovery from the effects of hard work. +This fact may be easily tested by weighing a bow on a steelyard before +and after shooting a single York round with it, when a difference of one +pound or more will be found in the strength of it, more particularly if +the day be hot; but with a few days' rest this lost power will be +regained by the bow. + +In the choice of a bow a beginner should secure the assistance of an +experienced friend, or content himself with an unambitious investment in +a cheap specimen of backed-bow or a self-lance, on which he may safely +expend his inexperience. When an archer is sufficiently advanced to know +the sort and weight of bow that best suits him, let him go to the maker +he prefers, and name the price he can afford to give--the prices of +trustworthy self-yews vary from twenty to five guineas, of yew-backed +yews from five to three guineas, and of other backed bows from three +guineas to thirty shillings; whilst self-lance bows may be procured for +as little as twelve shillings--and he will soon find what choice there +is for him. If there appears one likely to suit, let him first examine +the bow to see that there be no _knots_, _curls_, _pins_, _splinters_, +_chrysals_, or other objectionable flaws; then let him string it, and, +placing the lower end on the ground in such a position that the whole of +the string shall be under his eye and uppermost, let him notice whether +the bow be perfectly straight. If it be so, the bow, so balanced between +the ground at the lower and a finger at the upper end, will appear +symmetrically divided by the string into two parts. Should there appear +to be more on one side of the string than on the other in either limb, +the bow is not straight, and should be rejected. A bow is said to have a +_cast_ when it is tilted in its back out of the perpendicular to the +plane passing through the string and the longitudinal centre of the bow. +Any bow that has this fault should also be rejected. This fault, if it +should happen to exist, will be easily detected by reversing the +position of the bow just previously described, i.e. by holding the bow +as before, but with the back upwards. The next step is to watch the bow +as it is drawn up, so as to be able to judge whether it bend evenly in +both its limbs and show no sign of weakness in any particular point. The +upper limb, as before stated, being the longest, should appear to bend a +trifle the most, so that the whole may be symmetrical, when considered +as bending from the real centre. It may next be tested, to ascertain +whether it be a kicker; thus the string must be drawn up six inches or +so and then loosed (of course without an arrow). If the bow have the +fault of kicking ever so little, experience will easily detect it by the +jolt in the hand. But on no account in this experiment should the string +(without an arrow) be fully drawn and loosed. Care should be taken that +the bow be sufficiently long for its strength. What has hitherto been +said applies to all bows; but in self-bows attention must be paid to the +straightness of the feathering of the wood. As a general rule, the +lightest wood in a yew-bow will have the quickest cast, and the heaviest +will make the most lasting implement. Between two bows of the same +strength and length, the one being slight and the other bulky, there +will be about the same difference as between a thoroughbred and a +cart-horse. Therefore the preference should be given to bows that are +light and slight for their strength. Light-coloured and dark yew make +equally good bows, though most prefer the dark colour for choice. Fine +and more open grain in yew are also equally good, but the finer is more +scarce. If there be no bow suitable--i.e. none of the right weight--let +the choice fall upon the best bow of greater power, and let it be +reduced. Failing this, the purchaser may select an unfinished stave and +have it made to his own pattern; but it is not easy to foretell how a +stave will make up. + +There remains one point about a bow, hitherto unnoticed, and this is its +section, as to shape. This may vary, being broad and flat across its +back, or the contrary--deep and pointed in the belly. Here again +extremes should be avoided--the bow should in shape be neither too flat +nor too deep. If it be an inch or so across the back just above the +handle, it should also have about the same measurement through from back +to belly. This much being granted, it is further declared that the back +should be almost as flat and angular as possible, showing that it has +been reduced as little as may be after the removal of the bark; but the +belly should be rounded; and as the back should not be reduced in its +depth towards the horns, and should not get too narrow across, it will +follow that the chief reduction, to arrive at the proper curvature when +the bow is drawn, must be in the belly, and therefore towards the horn. +A well-shaped bow will in measurement become somewhat shallower from +back to belly than it is across the back as it advances towards the +horns. + +Bows are broken from several causes: by means of neglected chrysals in +the belly, or splinters in the back; by a jerking, uneven, or crooked +style of drawing; by dwelling over-long on the point of aim after the +arrow is fully drawn; by the breaking of the string; by damp, and +oftentimes by carelessness; and even by thoughtlessness. Bows, moreover, +may be broken on the steelyard in the weighing of them. A few years ago, +when the Americans first took up archery very keenly, one of their +novices wrote to a prominent English archer saying that he had broken +nearly seventy bows in a couple of years, and asking the reason. He was +told that he must either keep his bows in a damp place or the bows must +be very bad ones, or else (to which view the writer inclined) he must be +in the habit of stringing them the reverse way with the belly outwards. +This would certainly have a fatal effect, but it is true that the +Americans bought a number of very bad bows about that time from inferior +makers in England. Whenever chrysals appear they must be carefully +watched, and, as has already been said, if they become serious, a new +belly must be added. This will not be a serious disfigurement, even to a +self-yew bow. A splinter should be glued and lapped at once, but no one +nowadays seems to care to have the covering patch painted as formerly, +to represent as nearly as possible the colours of the different parts of +the bow. Care should be taken not to stab the belly of the bow with the +point of the arrow when nocking it; and the dents in the back of the bow +made with the arrow as it is carelessly pulled out of the target should +be avoided. A glove-button will often injure the back of the bow whilst +it is being strung. As other ornaments--buttons, buckles, &c.--may also +inflict disfigurements, it is better to avoid their presence as far as +possible. Breakages from a bad style of drawing, or from dwelling too +long on the aim, can only be avoided by adopting a better and more +rational method. In order to avoid fracture through the breaking of +strings, any string that shows signs of failure from too much wear or +otherwise should be discarded; and strings that are too stiff, too hard, +and too thin should be avoided. If a string break when the arrow is +fully or almost drawn, there is but little hope for the bow; but if it +break in the recoil after the arrow is shot, which fortunately is more +frequently the case, the bow will seldom suffer. Yet if after the bow is +strung the archer should observe that the string is no longer +trustworthy, and decide to discard it, he should on no account cut it +whilst the bow is braced, as the result of so doing will be an almost +certain fracture. If the string be looped at both ends and the loop at +either end be made too large, so that it slip off the nock in stringing, +the bow may break, so that an archer who makes his own loops at the +lower end of the string must be careful not to make them too loose. +Breakage from damp is little to be feared in self-bows, except in +localities where it is exceptionally moist, or, after long neglect, +when damp has taken possession of the joint in the handle. In these +cases single staves only are safe. Amongst backed bows there is much +mortality from this cause. Commonly, it will be the lower limb that will +fail, as that is most exposed to damp, arising either from the ground +whilst shooting, or from the floor when put away. If the bow has been +used in damp weather it should be carefully dried and rubbed with waxed +flannel or cloth. A waterproof case, an 'Ascham' raised an inch or so +above the floor in a dry room, and the bow hung up, not resting on its +lower horn, are the best-known precautions. Half an inch of lapping, +glued and varnished, above and below the joint of the horn is also a +safe precaution against damp; also an occasional narrow lap in the +course of the limb will assist to 'fast bind, fast find.' As regards the +danger of carelessness, bows have been broken through attempts to string +them the wrong way, or by using them upside down; and thoughtlessness +will lead the inexperienced to attempt to bring a bow that follows the +string upright, to its infinite peril. In such cases the verdict of +'Serve him right' should be brought against the offender if he be the +owner. In weighing a bow on the steelyard care must be taken to see that +the peg indicating the length to be drawn be at the right point; +otherwise a lady's bow, for instance, may be destroyed in the mistaken +attempt to pull it up twenty-eight inches, or three inches too much. + +It has already been stated that a belly much injured by chrysals may be +replaced by a new belly; any incurable failure of the back may also be +cured by its renewal. A weak bow or limb may also be strengthened by +these means. Also, if either limb be broken or irretrievably damaged, +and the remaining one be sound, and worth the expense, another limb may +be successfully grafted on to the old one. If possible, let this be an +old limb also, as the combination of new and old wood is not always +satisfactory; the former (though well seasoned, being unseasoned by +use), being more yielding, is apt after a little use to lose its +relative strength, and so spoil the proper balance of the bow. This +grafting of one broken limb upon another may be carried to the length of +grafting together two limbs of different sorts. Mr. P. Muir, who was as +good a bowyer as he was an accurate shot, had a favourite bow, that did +him good service in 1865 at Clifton, when he took the third place at the +Grand National Archery Meeting. This bow in one limb was yew-backed yew, +and in the other lance backed with hickory. A bow that is weak in the +centre, and not sufficiently strong to allow of the ends being further +reduced, may be brought to the required shape, and strengthened by the +addition of a short belly. + +With regard to unstringing the bow during the shooting, say, of a York +Round of 144 arrows, at the three distances, a good bow will not need +it, if the shooting be moderately quick, excepting at the end of each of +the distances. If there happen to be many shooters, or very slow ones, +it may be unstrung after every three or four double ends; and of course +it should be unstrung whenever an interruption of the shooting may occur +from rain, or any other cause; but it certainly appears unnecessary to +unstring the bow after each three shots, as this is an equally +uncalled-for strain upon the muscles of the archer and relief to the +grain of the wood. In a discussion on this subject, however, between Mr. +James Spedding and Mr. P. Muir, the latter maintained that to be +unstrung at each end was as agreeable to the bow as to rest on a +camp-stool was to the archer. Some archers contend that it is better to +have the bow strung some few minutes before the commencement of the +shooting. + +All that has been said respecting men's bows, with the exception of +strength and length, applies equally to those used by ladies. The usual +strength of these latter varies from 24 lbs. to 30 lbs. In length they +should not be less than five feet. The usual length of a lady's arrow +being twenty-five inches, whilst that of a gentleman is twenty-eight +inches, it appears that, when fully drawn, a lady's bow must be bent +more in proportion to its length than that of a gentleman. The +proportion between the bows being as 5 to 6, whilst that of the arrows +is as 6-1/4 to 7; yet ladies' bows appear to be quite capable of bearing +this extra strain safely. + +As bows of three pieces are seldom to be met with manufactured for the +use of ladies, their choice of weapons is limited to self-yews, +yew-backed yews, yew backed with hickory, and lance backed with hickory; +also self-lance bows for beginners, &c. Ladies' bows of snake and other +hard woods are still to be met with; but they are so vastly inferior to +those above-mentioned that it is scarcely necessary to refer to them. + +It is too common a practice amongst archers to throw the consequences of +their own faults upon the bowmakers, accusing the weapon of being the +cause of their failures, instead of blaming their own carelessness or +want of skill. But, before this can be justly done, let each be quite +certain that he has chosen his bow with care, and kept it with care; if +otherwise, any accidents occurring are, ten to one, more likely to be +the result of his own fault than that of the bowmaker. + + + + +CHAPTER III. + +_OF THE ARROW_ + + +The arrow is perhaps the most important of all the implements of the +archer, and requires the greatest nicety of make and excellence of +materials; for, though he may get on without absolute failure with an +inferior bow or other tackle, unless the arrow be of the best Robin Hood +himself would have aimed in vain. Two things are essential to a good +arrow, namely, perfect straightness, and a stiffness or rigidity +sufficient to stand in the bow, i.e. to receive the force of the bow as +delivered by the string without flirting or gadding; for a weak or +supple is even worse than a crooked arrow--and it need hardly be said +how little conducive to shooting straight is the latter. The +straightness of the arrow is easily tested by the following simple +process. Place the extremities of the nails of the thumb and middle +finger of the left hand so as just to touch each other, and with the +thumb and same finger of the right hand spin the arrow upon the nails at +about the arrow's balancing-point; if it revolve truly and steadily, +keeping in close and smooth contact with the nails, it is straight; but +if it jump in the very least the contrary is the case. In order to test +its strength or stiffness the arrow must be held by the nock, with its +pile placed on some solid substance. The hand at liberty should now be +pressed downwards on the middle of the arrow. A very little experience +as to whether the arrow offer efficient resistance to this pressure will +suffice to satisfy the archer about its stiffness. An arrow that is +weaker on one side than on the other should also be rejected. + +Arrows are either _selfs_ or _footed_; the former being made of a single +piece of wood (these are now seldom in use, except for children), and +the latter have a piece of different and harder wood joined on to them +at the pile end. 'A shaft,' says old Roger Ascham,' hath three principal +parts--the _stele_, the _feather_, and the _head_.' The stele, or wooden +body of the arrow, used to be, and still is occasionally, made of +different sorts of wood; but for target use, and indeed for any other +description of modern shooting, all may be now discarded save one--red +deal, which when clean, straight of grain, and well seasoned, whether +for selfs or footed shafts, is incomparably superior to all others. For +the footing any hard wood will do; and if this be solid for one inch +below the pile it will be amply sufficient. Lance and Washaba are +perhaps the best woods for this purpose; the latter is the toughest, but +the former Mr. Ford preferred, as he thought the darkness of the Washaba +had a tendency to attract the eye. The darker woods, however, are now +mostly in use. This footing has three recommendations: the first, that +it enables the arrow to fly more steadily and get through the wind +better; the second, that, being of a substance harder than deal, it is +not so easily worn by the friction it unavoidably meets with on entering +the target or the ground; and the third, that this same hardness saves +the point from being broken off should it happen to strike against any +hard substance--such, for instance, as a stone in the ground or the iron +leg of a target-stand. Before the shooting is commenced, and after it is +finished, the arrows should be rubbed with a piece of oiled flannel. +This will prevent the paint of the target from adhering to them. If in +spite of this precaution any paint should adhere to them, sandpaper +should on no account be used to clean them: this is most objectionable, +as it will wear away the wood of the footing. Turpentine should be +applied, or the blunt back of a knife. + +Before entering upon the subject of the best shape for the 'stele' of +the arrow for practical use, it is necessary to say a few words upon a +point where the theory and practice of archery apparently clash. + +If the arrow be placed on the bowstring as if for shooting, the bow +drawn, and an aim taken at an object, and if the bow be then slowly +relaxed, the arrow being held until it returns to the position of +rest--i.e. if the passage of the arrow over the bow be slow and +gradual--it will be found, if the bow be held quite firmly during this +action, that the arrow does not finally point to the object aimed at, +but in a direction deviating considerably to the left of it--in fact, +that its direction has been constantly deviating more and more from the +point of aim at each point during its return to the position of rest. +This is, of course, due to the half-breadth of the bow, the nock of the +arrow being carried on the string, in a plane passing through the string +and the axis of the bow's length; and this deviation will be greater if +the arrow be chested (i.e. slighter at the pile than at the nock), and +less if it be bobtailed (i.e. slighter at the nock than at the pile) +than if the arrow be cylindrical throughout. If the same arrow, when +drawn to the head, be loosed at the object aimed at--i.e. if the passage +of the arrow over the bow be impulsive and instantaneous--it will go +straight to the object aimed at, the shooting being in all respects +perfect. + +How, then, is the difference of the final direction of the arrow in the +two cases to be explained? + +It must be observed that the nock of the arrow being constrained to +move, as it does move in the last case, causes a pressure of the arrow +upon the bow (owing to its slanting position on the bow, and its +simultaneous rapidity of passage), and therefore a reacting pressure of +the bow upon the arrow. This makes the bow have quite a different effect +upon the deviation from what it had in the first case, when the arrow +moved slowly and gradually upon the bow (being held by the nock), the +obstacle presented by the half-breadth of the bow then causing a +deviation _wholly_ to the left. The pressure now considered, however, +has a tendency to cause deviation to the left only during the first part +of the arrow's passage upon the bow, whilst during the second part it +causes a deviation to the right; or, more correctly speaking, the +pressure of the bow upon the arrow has a tendency to cause a deviation +to the left _so long as the centre of gravity of the arrow is within the +bow, and vice versâ_. So that, if this were the only force acting upon +the arrow, its centre of gravity (this is, of course, the point upon +which the arrow, balanced horizontally, will poise) should lie midway in +that part of the arrow which is in contact with the bow during the bow's +recoil. There is another force which contributes towards this acting and +reacting pressure between the arrow and the bow at the loose if the +nocking-place of the string be properly fitted to the arrow, but not +otherwise. As the fingers are disengaged from the string they +communicate a tendency to spin to the string, and this spin immediately +applies the arrow to the bow if it should happen to be off the bow +through side-wind or that troublesome failing of beginners and others of +a crooked pinch between the fingers upon the nock of the arrow. It will +be observed that if the nocking-place be too small to fill the nock of +the arrow this tendency to spin in the string will not affect the +replacement of the arrow; but if the nocking-place be a good fit to the +nock, the former must be a trifle flattened, and so communicate the spin +of the string to the arrow in the shape of a blow upon the bow. It is +not pretended that no arrow will fly straight unless the nocking-place +fit the arrow. If the string be home in the nock the shot will still be +correctly delivered, because the very close and violent pressure of the +string on the nock will arrest the spin and so apply the arrow; but if +the string be not home in the nock at the delivery of the loose, there +is great danger that the nock will be broken, either from the +nocking-place being too small, or from the other fault of its being too +big. It is this spin given to the string as the arrow is loosed that +necessitates the delivery of the arrow from the other side of the bow +when the thumb-loose of the Oriental archer is employed, because this +loose communicates the same spin, but reversed, to the string. + +The struggle of these forces is clearly indicated by the appearance of +the arrow where it comes in contact with the bow when it leaves the +string. It is here that the arrow always shows most wear. It is also +shown by the deep groove that gets worn by the arrow in a bow that has +seen much service. + +The nature of the dynamical action may be thus briefly explained. The +first impulse given to the arrow, being instantaneous and very great +(sufficient, as has been seen, to break the arrow if the string be not +home in the nock) in proportion to any other forces which act upon it, +impresses a very high initial velocity in the direction of the aim, and +this direction the arrow recovers notwithstanding the slight deviations +caused by the mutual action between the arrow and bow before +explained--these in fact, as has been shown, counteracting each other. + +[Illustration: FIG. 8.--BOBTAILED ARROW. + +A, section of bow. B, string in nock. C, arrow nocked but not drawn. D, +arrow drawn 27 inches.] + +[Illustration: FIG. 9.--CHESTED ARROW.] + +[Illustration: FIG. 10.--STRAIGHT CYLINDRICAL ARROW.] + +The recoil of the bow, besides the motion in the direction of aim, +impresses a rotary motion upon the arrow about its centre of gravity. +This tendency to rotate, however, about an axis through its centre of +gravity is counteracted by the feathers. For, suppose the arrow to be +shot off with a slight rotary motion about a vertical axis, in a short +time its point will deviate to the left of the plane of projection, and +the centre of gravity will be the only point which continues in that +plane. The feathers of the arrow will now be turned to the right of the +same plane, and, through the velocity of the arrow, will cause a +considerable resistance of the air against them. This resistance will +twist the arrow until its point comes to the right of the plane of +projection, when it will begin to turn the arrow the contrary way. Thus, +through the agency of the feathers, the deviation of the point of the +arrow from the plane of projection is confined within very narrow +limits. Any rotation of the arrow about a horizontal axis will be +counteracted in the same way by the action of the feathers. Both these +tendencies may be distinctly observed in the actual initial motion of +the arrow. In the discussion of these rotations of the arrow about +vertical and horizontal axes the bow is supposed to be held in a +vertical position. + +If the foregoing reasoning be carefully considered, it will be seen how +prejudicial to the correct flight of the arrow in the direction of the +aim any variation in the shape of that part of it which is in contact +with the bow must necessarily be; for by this means an additional force +is introduced into the elements of its flight. Take for example the +chested arrow, which is smallest at the point and largest at the +feathers: here there is during its whole passage over the bow a constant +and increasing deviation to the left of the direction of aim, caused by +the arrow's shape, independent of, and in addition to, a deviation in +the like direction caused by the retention of the nock upon the string. +Thus this description of arrow has greater difficulty in recovering its +initial direction, the forces opposed to its doing so being so much +increased. Accordingly, in practice, the chested arrow has always a +tendency to fly to the left. These chested arrows are mostly +_flight-arrows_, made very light, for long-distance shooting, and they +are made of this shape to prevent their being too weak-waisted to bear +steadily the recoil of very strong bows. + +As regards the _bobtailed arrow_, which is largest at the point and +smallest at the feathers, the converse is true to the extent that this +description of arrow will deviate towards the left less than either the +straight or chested arrow; moreover, any considerable bobtailedness +would render an arrow so weak-waisted that it would be useless. + +There is another arrow, known as the _barrelled arrow_, which is largest +in the middle, and tapers thence towards each end. The quickest flight +may be obtained with this sort of arrow, as to it may be applied a +lighter pile without bringing on either the fault of a chested arrow or +the weak-waistedness of a bobtailed arrow. + +If the tapering be of equal amount at each end of the arrow, the +pressure will act and react in precisely the same manner as in the case +of the cylindrical arrow, with the result that this arrow will fly +straight in the direction in which it is aimed. The cylindrical and +the barrelled shapes are therefore recommended as the best for +target-shooting. And as the barrelled is necessarily stronger in the +waist and less likely to flirt, even if a light arrow be used with a +strong bow, this shape is perhaps better than the cylindrical. + +[Illustration: FIG. 11. _a_, different balancing points of thin arrows. + +bobtail chested barrelled straight] + +The _feathering_ of the arrow is about the most delicate part of the +fletcher's craft, and it requires the utmost care and experience to +effect it thoroughly well. It seems difficult now to realise why the +feathering of the arrow came to have grown to the size in use during Mr. +Ford's time, when the feather occupied the whole distance between the +archer's fingers and the place on the bow where the arrow lies when it +is nocked previous to shooting--i.e. the length of the feather was +upwards of five inches. Mr. H. Elliott was the first archer who, about +fifteen years ago, reduced the dimensions of the feathers of his arrows +by cutting off the three inches of each feather furthest from the nock. +He found this reduction enabled the arrow to fly further. Others soon +followed his example, and in the course of about twelve months all the +arrow-makers had supplied their customers with arrows of the new +pattern, which, however, cannot be called a new pattern, as Oriental +arrows, and many flight-arrows, were much less heavily feathered. The +long feathering is now scarcely ever seen, except occasionally when it +is erroneously used to diminish the difficulty of shooting at sixty +yards. Mr. Ford recommended rather full-sized feathers 'as giving a +steadiness to the flight.' With the reduced feathers arrows fly as +steadily, and certainly more keenly towards the mark. A fair amount of +rib should be left on the feather, for if the rib be pared too fine the +lasting quality of the feather will be diminished. The three feathers of +an arrow should be from the same wing, right or left; and as none but a +raw beginner will find any difficulty in nocking his arrow the right +way--i.e. with what is known as the cock feather upwards, or at right +angles to the line of the nock--without having this cock feather of a +different colour, it is advisable to have the three feathers all alike. +Perhaps the brown feathers of the peacock's wing are the best of all, +but the black turkey-feathers are also highly satisfactory. The white +turkey-feathers are also equally good, but had better be avoided, as +they too readily get soiled, and are not to be easily distinguished from +white goose-feathers. These last, as well as those of the grey goose, +though highly thought of by our forefathers, are now in no repute, and +it is probable that our ancestors, if they had had the same plentiful +supply of peafowls and turkeys as ourselves, would have had less respect +for the wings of geese. The reason why the three feathers must be from +the same wing is that every feather is outwardly convex and inwardly +concave. When the feathers are correctly applied, all three alike, this +their peculiarity of form rifles the arrow or causes it to rotate on its +own axis. This may be tested by shooting an arrow through a pane of +glass, when it will be found that the scraping against the arrow of the +sharp edges of the fracture passes along the arrow spirally. Some years +ago a very unnecessary patent was taken out for rifling an arrow by +putting on the feathers spirally, over-doing what was already +sufficient. As regards the position of the feather, it should be brought +as near as possible to the nock. Some consider an inch in length of +feather quite sufficient. It is certain that any length between two +inches and one inch will do; so each individual may please himself and +suit the length of the feathering to the length and weight of his +arrows. The two shapes in use are the triangular and the parabolic or +balloon-shaped. Of these both are good--the former having the advantage +of carrying the steerage further back, whilst the latter is a trifle +stiffer. + +[Illustration: FIG. 12, FIG. 13.] + +The feathers are preserved from damp by a coat of oil paint laid on +between them and for one-eighth of an inch above and below them. This +should afterwards be varnished, and the rib of the feather should be +carefully covered, but care must be taken to avoid injuring the +suppleness of the feather with the varnish. Feathers laid down or +ruffled by wet may be restored by spinning the arrow before a warm fire +carefully. + +[Illustration: FIG. 14.] + +The _pile_, or point, is an important part of the arrow. Of the +different shapes that have been used, the best for target-shooting--now +almost the only survivor--is the square-shouldered parallel pile. Its +greatest advantage is, that if the arrow be overdrawn so that the pile +be brought on to the bow, the aim will not be injured, as must be the +case with all conical piles so drawn. (Very light flight-arrows, for +which the piles provided for ladies are considered too heavy, must still +be furnished with the conical piles used for children's arrows.) This +parallel pile is mostly made in two pieces--a pointed cone for its +point, which is soldered on to the cylindrical part, which itself is +made of a flat piece of metal soldered into this form. This same-shaped +pile has occasionally been made turned out of solid metal; but this pile +is liable to be so heavy as to be unsuitable for any but the heaviest +arrows, and the fletchers aver that it is difficult to fix it on firmly +owing to the grease used in its manufacture. Great care should be taken, +in the manufacture of arrows, that the footing exactly fits the pile, +so as to fill entirely the inside of it; unless the footing of the arrow +reach the bottom of the pile, the pile will either crumple up or be +driven down the stele when the pile comes in contact with a hard +substance. It is, of course, fixed on with glue; and to prevent its +coming off from damp, a blow, or the adhesiveness of stiff clay, it is +well to indent it on each side with a sharp hard-pointed punch fitted +for the purpose with a groove, in which the arrow is placed whilst the +necessary pressure is applied. This instrument may be procured of Hill & +Son, cutlers, 4 Haymarket. + +The _nock_ should be strong, and very carefully finished, so that no +injury may be done by the string or to the string. Of course the nock +must be of the same size in section as the stele of the arrow; and this +furnishes an additional argument against the bobtailed arrow, which is +smallest at this end. The notch or groove in which the string acts +should be about one-eighth of an inch wide and about three-sixteenths of +an inch deep. The bottom of this notch will be much improved by the +application of a round file of the right gauge, i.e. quite a trifle more +than the eighth of an inch in diameter; but great care must be taken to +apply this uniformly, and the nock must not be unduly weakened. This +application will enable the archer to put thicker, and therefore safer, +lapping to the nocking-place of the string, and the danger of the string +being loose in the nock will be lessened. It is possible that this +additional grooving of the nock may to a very trifling extent impede the +escape of the arrow from the string. Mr. Ford recommended the +application of a copper rivet through the nock near to the bottom of the +notch to provide against the danger of splitting the nock. But it is so +doubtful whether any rivet fine enough for safe application would be +strong enough to guard against this danger, that the better plan will be +to avoid the different sorts of carelessness that lead towards this +accident. + +As regards the _length_ of the arrow no arbitrary rule can be laid +down. The arrow most generally in use is twenty-eight inches in length +from the point of the pile to the bottom of the groove of the nock. This +arrow may be easily drawn up by any man of average height--the +twenty-seven inches, or the clothyard length of the old English archer, +leaving the inch of pile undrawn. A taller man may venture to draw the +pile. An arrow of twenty-nine inches may be adopted by those who have +very long arms or are unusually tall. Those who are short of stature or +short in limb may adopt the shorter arrow of twenty-seven inches. +Shorter arrows than this will be found to fly unsteadily, and the longer +arrows, if thoroughly drawn up, are very trying to the bows. The shorter +arrows of twenty-seven inches in length have been in much more frequent +use since about 1862, when the late T. L. Coulson adopted them, and +advocated that it was better to draw up a shorter arrow than to leave a +longer one undrawn. The fault of drawing not far enough is so much more +frequent than that of overdrawing, that archers are strongly recommended +to avoid shortening their arrow unadvisedly, and rather to draw the +longer ones as far as they reasonably can. The fault of overdrawing is +so dangerous to the archer, his tackle, and others, that, though an +unfrequent fault, a caution against it must not be omitted. Whatever be +the length of the arrow, it should always be drawn up to exactly the +same point. + +The _weight_ of the arrow must to a certain extent be regulated by its +length and by the strength of the bow with which it is to be used; for +if an arrow be a long one it must have bulk sufficient to ensure its +stiffness, and stiffness also in proportion to the strength of the bow. +4_s._ for the lowest, and 5_s._ 6_d._ for the highest weight, are the +two extremes within which every length of arrow and strength of bow may +be properly fitted, so far as gentlemen are concerned. For ladies, 2_s._ +6_d._ and 3_s._ 6_d._ should be about the limits. It should be borne in +mind that light arrows, unless dictated by physical weakness, are a +mistake in target-shooting. For flight-shooting very light-chested +arrows may be procured stiff enough for any strength of bow; but in this +style of shooting distance to be covered is of more importance than +accuracy of aim. It would be much better if the arrow-makers, instead of +selling their arrows in sets, progressing by three silver pennyweights, +would sell them also weighed to the intermediate pennyweights. As the +matter stands now, supposing the archer's favourite weight to be 4_s._ +9_d._, he may have at one time a set weighing rather less than 4_s._ +8_d._, and at another time rather more than 4_s._ 10_d._ As all the +intermediate weights of arrows are manufactured, there can be no +sufficient reason why the lighter set should not be marked and sold as +4_s._ 8_d._, and the heavier as 4_s._ 10_d._ A careful archer should +attend also to the balance of his arrows. By this is meant that the same +centre of gravity should pervade the whole set. Longer or shorter, +lighter or heavier footing will vary this balancing-point, as also any +variation in the weight of the piles. + +As the variation of elevation, or distance to be shot, should not be +managed by a change of weight in arrows, it is decidedly advisable to +keep arrows all of the same weight, &c. Indeed it is a great mistake to +change any part of the tackle, bow or arrow, during the shooting, except +in unavoidable cases. The scoring will seldom be bettered by such means. + +Formerly only two arrows were shot at each end, and three were carried, +and called an 'archer's pair,' including the spare one. Now it is the +almost universal custom to shoot three arrows at each end. Some spare +ones should, of course, be at hand in case of accidents. It must be +remembered that if the slightest variation in shape or weight occurs +amongst those in use, the line or elevation is sure to be affected, to +the serious detriment of accurate hitting; therefore too much care +cannot be taken in their choice. + +Whether it be for store or for daily use, the arrow should be kept in a +quiver or case made on such a plan that each shall have its separate +cell, and they should be kept upright when possible, and so be insured +from warping, or from having their feathers crushed. It is too much the +custom to squeeze a quantity of arrows into a small quiver. Let not any +archer who values his tackle be guilty of this folly. An arrow that has +had one of its feathers crumpled from this cause will, maybe, wobble and +stagger all the rest of its life, though in all other respects it be in +perfect repair. Arrows will be found to wear out quite speedily enough +without being subjected to ill-usage or neglect to hurry them through +their short lives. + +It appears to be well authenticated that if a light-chested flight-arrow +be feathered at each end, with the feathers trimmed lower at the nock +than at the pile end, when shot against the wind it will return back +again like a boomerang. And if the same-shaped arrow be feathered in the +middle only, it will in its flight make a right angle, and no power of +bow can send it any considerable distance. + +Mr. R. Hely-Hutchinson, already mentioned as having made experiments in +modern times with steel bows, had another peculiarity. On the back of +his bow he had a flat piece of hard wood or metal fixed at right angles +to the length of his bow. An upright piece of the same material was +fitted into a groove in this, whose outside distance was about an inch +from the place where the arrow usually touches the bow above the handle. +He used always to shoot with his arrow resting, not on the bow, or on +his hand, but in the outside angle between this projection and the +upright piece of it. He aimed as other archers do, and has been seen to +make excellent hitting at the distance of one hundred yards, even when +far advanced in years. In this case the axis of the arrow, or the line +of aim, was distant from the plane through the string and the axis of +the bow an inch in addition to the usual half-width of the arrow and +half-width of the bow. Yet the arrow appeared to fly quite steadily and +truly. It is not known why he adopted this peculiarity, and it is +unnecessary to inquire; but it will serve as a useful peg whereon to +hang a further consideration of the difficulties an arrow has to contend +with in getting straight to the point of aim, and its determined +resolution to overcome these difficulties. In addition to the forces +already discussed as acting upon the arrow, there is also the force of +gravity, the resistance of the air, and the interference of the wind; +but these forces affect in the same way all arrows, however shot. The +same may be said of all the other forces implicated, until there is an +artificially increased impediment interposed in addition to the natural +one of the half-bow and half-arrow. Now, supposing the distance of the +nock from the centre of the bow be such when the arrow is drawn that a +perpendicular let fall from the centre of the bow to the line of aim +will mark off twenty-seven inches of draw, the resolution of the force +acting in the line from the nock to the centre of the bow will be +correctly represented by twenty-seven in the direction of the point of +aim and three-eighths at right angles to that direction; or the relation +between the straight part of the whole force and its remainder will be +as 216 to 5. + +But when Mr. Hutchinson's peculiar method of shooting is compared with +this natural way, it will appear that the relation between these same +resolved forces will be as 216 to 13; showing that the obstruction in +this latter case has been considerably more than doubled--the keenness +of flight will be diminished, and increased _friction_ will be shown +between the arrow and its resting-place at the instant of the loose. + +Besides the spin given to the string at the loose, there is also a push, +at right angles to the direction delivered, by the more or less +unavoidable obstruction of the fingers as they liberate the string; but +this push, occurring before the liberation of the string, is the final +difficulty of the aim and loose. + +Immediately the string is loosed the arrow has, as it were, the +nocking-place between its teeth in the nock, and contributes to the +direction of its course to the point of rest; and it is highly probable +that the path of the nocking-place from the loose to rest is not +confined to the plane of the string and axis of the bow. + +Greater or diminished friction between the bow and arrow would be +another way of representing greater or less obstruction to the aim of +the arrow. As the arrow deepens the groove made by its passage over the +bow the obstruction will be diminished, but the surface exposed to this +friction will be increased. + +If a bow could be so constructed that an arrow could be shot through it +just above the handle, the opening must be large enough to admit free +passage for the feathering as well, and the opening must be contrived so +that the 'stele,' true to the point of aim throughout its passage +through the bow, shall never swerve from the right side of the opening. + + + + +CHAPTER IV. + +_OF THE STRING, BRACER, AND SHOOTING-GLOVE_ + + +The best bowstrings are all of Belgian make, and cannot be considered of +such good quality as they used to be twenty-five years ago. Then the +best bowstrings were obtained from a maker at Liège, by name Meeles, the +last of his race, who, with his wife, kept most jealously the secret of +the manufacture, which had been transmitted through many generations in +the one family, and they died childless without communicating it to +anyone. Their residence was kept with the windows on the street side +constantly barred up, so as to make sure that they could not be +overlooked, and they depended entirely for the air and light necessary +for their labour on the private garden at the back of the house. + +In the choice of a string see that it has three, not two, strands; and +care must be taken to avoid those that are too hard and stiff, as they +are liable to be brittle and to break very soon. The next thing to be +attended to is that the string is smooth and round throughout, and +sufficiently increased in bulk at the ends where are the eye and loop. +It cannot be doubted that a quicker cast may be obtained from a _thin +string_ than from a _very thick one_; but it will be better to choose +strings strong enough in proportion to the strength of the bows to +ensure their (i.e. the bows') safety rather than to pay too much regard +to this quickness of cast. When the string is chosen its eye must be +fitted into the groove of the lower horn of the bow. In order to make +_the loop_ at the other end the string must now be applied to the back +of the unbent bow, and the first rounded turn of the loop must be made +at about three inches from the groove of the upper horn, or two and a +half inches in the case of a lady's bow. At about the distance of one +inch and a quarter beyond--and one inch in the case of a lady's +string--the crown of this rounded turn the string must be sharply bent +back, and this sharp bend applied round the string on the other side of +the rounded turn. Slip the sharp turn a little further down the string +towards the eye, and twist the remaining reversed end of the string +three times round the looped part of the string, beginning inwards. The +sharp turn must then be pushed back into the first bent position. The +eye must now be passed over the upper horn, and passed far enough down +the bow to allow the loop to be passed over the lower horn and into its +groove, and the loop should be so applied into this groove that the +waste end of string shall lie between the sharp turn and the horn (see +fig. 16). If the waste end of the string be then knotted firmly, and the +remainder cut off, the loop will be finished, and, if successfully +managed, will never shift or stretch when it has once reached its +bearings. The virtue in this loop is that it is quite fast and tight +when in use, and yet it can be very readily slipped off and opened for +readjustment on the same bow, or for application to another bow of +different length. By far the neatest finish to a bowstring is the +addition of a _second eye_ instead of the _loop_, and this is now very +readily done by the bowmakers for their customers at a small additional +charge; but every handy archer should learn how to make this second eye +for himself. The following method is recommended. When the loop has been +correctly adjusted, so that the string, when the bow is braced, is at a +suitable distance from the bow (i.e. six inches or so for a man's bow, +or five and a half inches for a lady's bow) mark with ink the crown of +the rounded turn before mentioned (i.e. the point of the string, not of +the waste twisted round the string in the loop nearest to the upper +horn). Now unbrace the bow and take off the string. Undo the loop and +straighten out the string (see fig. 15). At the distance of one inch +and a quarter (one inch is sufficient for a lady's string) from the +ink-mark, and on each side of it, tie tight round the string a small +piece of fine waxed thread; cut off the waste end of the string at the +knot made in finishing the loop. Keep the part of the string between the +two ties well wound up during the whole of the succeeding stages of the +manufacture of this part into an eye so as to correct the necessary +unwindings. Unwind up to C, fig. 17, completely separate, and straighten +out the three strands (1), (2), (3), fig. 17, of the remaining portion +of the waste end of the string up to its tie at C. Pass a small +marlinespike or stiletto between each of the three strands of the +string, just beyond the other tie at B, and as close to it as possible. +Flatten out the three unwound strands of the waste end fingerwise (fig. +17). Bend (keeping it wound up) the part of the string between the two +ties B and C, so as to bring these two ties exactly together, with the +separated strands (1), (2), (3) lying across the string at right angles +to its worm (see fig. 18). Now insert the middle strand (1), fig. 19 +(taking care to cross the worm of the string), with the help of the +marlinespike under that strand of the string across which it lay in fig. +18. + +[Illustration: FIG. 15, FIG. 16, FIG. 17.] + +[Illustration: FIG. 18.] + +[Illustration: FIG. 19, FIG. 20.] + +Give the commenced eye a quarter turn to the left (see fig. 20), so that +it is seen edgewise, tie C being now out of sight. + +Strand (2) now lies across the strand of the string under which strand +(1) has just been passed, and the next strand of the string. Insert it +(2) under this latter strand, and give the eye another quarter turn, +showing strand (2) inserted (see fig. 21). + +[Illustration: FIG. 21.] + +Strand (3) as shown in fig. 21 must now be bent to the left across the +central upright strand of the string, and passed under that strand and +brought out and back towards the right again (see fig. 22). + +[Illustration: FIG. 22.] + +The loop will now be an _eye_, as soon as the two ties B and C have been +brought close together again, and the three strands, loosened by +constant manipulation, have been carefully waxed and wound up again. + +From this point there are two methods of proceeding: the one, which will +complete the eye so as to resemble the manufactured eye, by winding each +waste strand round and round its own corresponding strand; and for this +method the waste strands should now be _tapered_ before they are wound +in. By the other method each waste strand in turn should be passed over +the next strand and under the next but one. The waste strands will again +occupy alternate positions between the other strands. Wind up and wax +the waste strands again carefully. Enough has now been done to secure +the safety of the _eye-splice_; but it will be best to splice in once +again each of the waste strands; then bind tightly over the waste for +about half an inch down the string, and cut off the remaining waste +strands. + +In order to taper the waste strands, divide each into two equal parts, +lengthwise, after the position shown in fig. 22 has been completed, and +with a blunt knife fine down each of the two parts gradually till each +tapers to nothing at the length of about two and a half inches from the +string; now work in as much wax as possible, flattening each of the +divided portions in so doing; readjust the divided portions, and wind +them carefully together again. The waste ends may then be wound round +and round the appropriate strands until they disappear; or the first +method of splicing may be continued till they fade off and disappear, so +that the finishing process of binding and cutting off the waste ends +may be dispensed with. Don't bind the eye with string, leather, or any +other material. If the string was originally sufficiently thicker at +this part, its final failure is very unlikely to occur at either of the +eyes, and there is a general belief that any _unnecessary clothing_ of +the eye interferes with the cast of the string. If the waste strands, +_untapered_, be spliced in and in very frequently, the string will be +somewhat shortened. A string that is too short--i.e. too far from the +bow when braced--cannot be lengthened without altering the loop or +remaking the eye, but a string that is slightly too long--i.e. not +giving sufficient distance between the string and bow when braced--can +be shortened by spinning it up tighter; but care must be taken not to +attempt this operation with a hard-cemented, new string, as it will +almost certainly prove fatal to the string, which will snap in two at +the loose; and no string should be much spun up. + +The next thing to be considered is the _necessary clothing_ of the +string, called its _lapping_. Without doubt the best _lapping_ of all is +a thin strip of _whalebone_, of the width of about one-eighth of an +inch. This may be fastened on to the string at about two inches and a +half from its (the string's) centre (this is calculated for the case of +a bow whose centre or fulcrum is one inch below the top of the handle: +if the centre be at the top of the handle, as in old Flemish bows, the +lapping need not be so long, and if the centre be lower down than one +inch, as in the Scotch make of bows, the lapping must be still longer) +with very fine string, waxed thread, or silk, so that the whalebone +lapping may be wrapped closely round the string in the reversed +direction to the grain or worm of the string. + +Let an arrow be now applied, resting on the top of the bow hand as if +the hand holds the handle of the bow in shooting, and exactly at right +angles to the braced string. This exact right angle must be carefully +attended to, because, if the upper angle be an acute angle between the +arrow and string, cast or force will be lost in the force of the cast +being resolved, as shown previously in the case of an increased +impediment, acting as an obstruction to the right line of force: the +arrow will beat itself wastefully on the top of the hand in overcoming +the unnecessary impediment; and, if this upper angle be an obtuse angle, +the difference between the lower and upper portions of the string will +be increased, to the manifest injury of the pre-arranged balance of the +limbs of the bow. Mark carefully on the lapping the exact position of +the centre of the nock of the arrow, and overlap with two or three +strands of waxed filoselle very tightly for about one-third of an inch, +with the mark under its centre. This is the nocking-place. The whalebone +lapping must be carried down to the length of five inches in order to +save the string from being frayed against the sleeve, armguard, &c.; and +it will be found that this length of lapping will be sufficient for +another nocking-place if the string, already provided with two eyes, be +turned over. The occasional use of the second nocking-place will be +found to lengthen the life of the string by changing the position of the +wear and tear. A narrow strip of vellum used frequently to be used for +lapping, and was applied in the same way as the whalebone. Long strips +of the smooth hard covering of the rib of the peacock's tail-feathers +were also in high favour as lapping at one time, but were found to be +too frail. The lapping usually applied to the strings, as bought in the +shops, is three strands, bound on together, of waxed twine, about the +substance used for chemists' parcels, and the three strands are applied +together, not so much in order to finish the lapping more quickly, as to +safeguard the bow from breaking should the string snap. The dangerous +recoil is then caught up by the triple strength of lapping twine well +secured upon the string. This, of course, is supposing that the string +has broken at or near the nocking-place. It is probable that every +possible sort of twine has been at different times tried for +lapping--from the softest floss silk to the most wiry fishing-guts, +which actually help to cut the string when in use. + +[Illustration: FIG. 23.] + +After all, the best lapping is that which will give a good loose, and at +the same time will be lasting and be easily and quickly repaired should +it fail during the shooting. Now all the lappings already mentioned are +liable to get loose in use, and it takes time to refasten them. The +following somewhat tedious process, the result of more than twenty years +of experience, is recommended. Take a naked string with two eyes, and +make a pencil-mark on it for the exact central position of each of the +two nocking-places. Wax the string well. Wrap two strands nine inches +long of waxed (yellow) filoselle tightly upon the string at each +nocking-place for the third of an inch, with the pencil-mark under the +centre of this third. Fasten off so that the waste ends shall come out +close to these centres. Do not cut off the waste ends. Now take three +strands of waxed filoselle of another colour (red), and in length from +one yard to four feet. Wrap this tightly round the string, commencing +from one and a quarter inch above the one nocking-place, and ending at +the same distance below the other. Apply this wrapping the contrary way +to the worm of the string, and let the waste ends of the previous +wrapping (it does not signify which way this is applied) pass out +between the wraps as they occur. Now take other three strands of (green) +waxed filoselle, of the same length, and wrap them tightly on over all +the last wrapping of red; but this time wrap the same way as the worm of +the string. Again let the first ends of the yellow wrapping pass out. +The principal wrapping is now complete, and the waste ends of (yellow) +filoselle are ready in place to complete the necessary thickening for +the nocking-places. This lapping is very firm and lasting. It cannot get +loose in use, and it is in every part capable of almost instantaneous +repair, and the archer has no need to carry about him any other +materials than a few pieces of filoselle, some wax, and a knife. + +The most convenient position for lapping a string is assumed by passing +the left leg through between the braced bow and its string and sitting +down with the string uppermost and the bow stave under the thigh. This +description of the operation of lapping will be incomplete without +instructions for fastening off, for the benefit of beginners. + +[Illustration: FIG. 24.] + +In the commencement of lapping the end is passed under, and the wrapping +is tightly bound over it five or six times, till it is considered +sufficiently secure. To finish off, the same operation is reversed, +thus: arrest the lapping by passing the filoselle, or whatever the +material in use may be, over the thumb of the left hand, interposed +between the lapping-material and the string. Wrap the lapping material +upon the string the reverse way to that in which it has been previously +wrapped about five or six times (see fig. 22). Keep the material _a b_ +tight-drawn with the left thumb whilst this is being done. Now draw the +end _c_ (fig. 24) close to the string, and along its length, so that it +may lie close between part _a_ and the string. Now take the piece _a b_ +from off the left thumb, and draw the part _a_ up to the lapping already +applied. Bind part _a_ on to the string. This binding will unwind the +part _b_. Continue this till all _b_ is unwound from the string and +wound on again. Now hold tight the remainder unwound of _a b_ with the +left hand. Draw it through under the lapping with the right hand; but +the surplus portion of _a b_ to be drawn through must be kept tight to +the last by the insertion of the left little finger to prevent kinking +and cockling, which would spoil the finish. With the same object in +view, keep the waste part _a b_ as short as possible. Filoselle, being a +loosely wound material, easily passes through this finish, but the +kinking of some of the other tight-wound materials renders this finish +troublesome if it have to be drawn under many wraps. + + +THE BRACER OR ARMGUARD. + +The object of the _armguard_ or _bracer_ is to protect the left arm and +wrist from the blow of the string _in the event of_ this striking upon +it when loosed. The expression 'in the event of' is especially meant to +imply that in most cases no need exists for the string's striking the +arm at all; but if the bow be low-strung--or follow the string, as it is +called--it is impossible to avoid an occasional smart blow in the +neighbourhood of the left wrist, and this must be guarded against. For +this purpose a short armguard, covering the wrist and that half of the +forearm, will be all-sufficient. As regards the blow of the string upon +this limited sort of armguard, it may be observed that it cannot +injuriously affect the flight of the arrow, as it occurs most probably +after the arrow has left the string. This protection for the wrist +should extend up the arm, but very little beyond the point where the +bowstring would touch the arm when the properly-braced bow is extended +at arm's length. For this armguard a piece of thin leather, laced +closely at the back of the forearm, answers very well. Should this be +too thin to save the arm from the blow of the string, let a piece of +stiff card be slipped between the sleeve and the wrist. The sleeve about +the wrist should be made to fit as closely as possible, and all other +materials--cuffs, shirt-sleeves, &c.--discarded, or rolled up above the +elbow. Care must also be taken to avoid all wrinkles and folds in the +sleeve between the guard and the elbow. This can be best managed by +having the sleeve no atom too long, and drawing it as far down the hand +as possible whilst the guard is being fixed. It is unfortunate that the +seam along the inside of almost every sleeve occurs just where it helps +to manufacture folds and projections ready to act as impediments to the +passage of the string. Some archers use stout elastic webbing, and +others wrap round the wrist strong braid, &c. The main object of all +these guards is to avoid the blow of the string until the string shall +have advanced so far in its course to rest as to be unable to interfere +with the direction of a properly aimed arrow. Some archers, shooting +with the bow in the left hand, aim with the left (not with the right) +eye, and this peculiarity makes it rather more difficult to avoid +hitting the forearm at some point between the elbow and the short +guard. With others, when the left arm, holding the bow, is extended +straight out, and stiffened at the elbow, it will be found to bend +inwards--knock-kneed, as it were. In such cases it would probably be +better to widen the handle of the bow, so as to remove the inner +outline of the arm farther from the plane in which the string acts, than +to increase the certainty of an aim-disturbing blow by adding the +thickness of an armguard to the already existing impediment; or--but +this is only mentioned as an alternative, not recommended for general +adoption--the arm may be slightly bent outwards at the elbow. Some try +to avoid this unnecessary hitting of the arm by keeping their bows very +high-strung; but this should be avoided, as it is very trying to both +the bow and the string, and it is generally believed that by keeping a +bow high-strung some of its cast is lost. + +The old-fashioned bracer, of which there are still many modern +representatives--although Mr. Ford, in his book, successfully demolished +the 'armguard-hitting theory,' which was upheld by most previous writers +on the subject--was, and is, certainly admirably calculated to be hit as +much as possible, being often made of very thick leather, and lined and +padded as well. If something of this sort, failing other expedients to +avoid hurting the arm, must be used, let it be as thin and close-fitting +as possible, and in particular close-fitting for the four inches or so +next to the wrist, where the reckless old armguards used to project as +much as half an inch, ready to welcome the blow of the string several +inches sooner than need be. And, to avoid the worst blow of all--that +delivered upon the top of the armguard where it is shaped to the bend of +the elbow--let the upper strap be carried round above the elbow so that +it draws the front of the guard tight as the arm is straightened. In +spite of all that has been said above, it cannot be denied that, such +is the persistent determination of arrows well aimed and well loosed +to reach the target, they will certainly very often succeed, +notwithstanding frequent interruptions from an armguard in addition to +the natural difficulties. Too much care cannot be taken to see that when +fastened no edge or corner of the armguard protrudes that can by +possibility obstruct the free passage of the string. In spite of good +old Ascham's statement that 'the string, gliding quickly and sharply off +it' [the bracer], 'may make a sharper shoot' (he also advised that the +bow be high-strung, so that this hitting may be avoided), the guard +should be made of moderately soft and yielding but perfectly smooth +leather, and not of any hard material. The silver armguard, which may be +fitting enough as a trophy for the Field Captain of the Royal +Toxophilite Society, would be about as much out of place during the +shooting of the York Round as the ancient Scorton arrow would be amongst +the shafts in use during one of the annual Yorkshire meetings. + + +THE SHOOTING-GLOVE, AND OTHER PROTECTIONS FOR THE FINGERS. + +The old-fashioned archer's glove--still in use in Scotland, and perhaps +occasionally elsewhere--resembles a boxing-glove, being made of thick +buckskin, and calculated to protect the hand from some of the accidents +of war. It was provided with a pocket for extra strings, wax, and other +necessaries on its back; and no doubt owned a companion glove for the +bow hand, also calculated to protect _it_ from injury. This glove has +pieces of hard leather sewn on to the ends of the fingers as a further +protection against the string; and leather straps, passing round the +roots of the fingers and along the back of the hand, are tied tightly +round the wrist to prevent the finger-guards from being dragged forward +out of place at the loose. + +[Illustration: FIG. 25.] + +The protection for the fingers, which is probably best known to +beginners and old-fashioned archers, consists of three conical tips or +thimbles of leather, each sewn up at the back of the finger, and +attached--also at the back--to long strips of leather, connected at the +back of the hand so as to form one piece, which is fixed upon a strap +which passes round the wrist and is fastened securely by a buckle (fig. +25). There is nothing to be said against this description of +shooting-glove if a thimble can be got to fit each of the fingers +accurately; but, as it can seldom happen that in a ready-made article a +perfect fit can be found, this form of finger-guard has become +unfashionable, and has gone out of favour. It was probably never made +with the thimbles of the right sort of leather (horse-butt), as the +softer and more pliable sorts of leather would be more suitable to fit +all comers. It effectually obviates one of the difficulties which occurs +to most beginners--that of recovering their tips when they have been +scattered all over the shooting-lawn. + +[Illustration: FIG. 26.] + +The 'tab' (see fig. 26) is probably one of the most ancient of +finger-guards, and it has so many merits that it can never be altogether +discarded. Any archer may quickly manufacture it out of almost any sort +of leather, and it is very readily altered or replaced, and it is no +impediment to the free use of the fingers for other purposes than +loosing an arrow. The whole of the first finger of the right hand is +passed right through the opening A from the side not seen, and the tip +of the finger is placed on _a_. The third finger is similarly passed +through B, and its tip lies on [Greek: b]. The middle finger is now +placed on _b_. It will be found that the 'tab' is now securely fastened +for use, the string being applied to the side not seen. The tab can be +readily turned down into the palm of the hand whilst the arrow is +applied to the string. The tab is then replaced on the tips of the +fingers and applied to the string, with the arrow at the bottom of the +opening between the parts _a_ and _b_. The one drawback to this +description of finger-guard is that the arrow comes into actual contact +with the sides of the first and second fingers, and beginners are +specially perplexed with the difficulty of keeping the arrow applied to +the proper place on the side of the bow during the operation of pulling +up, owing to too tight a pinch between the fingers, given by the bent +string. This same difficulty occurs also with other guards, but the +results are not so painful, as the corner of the nail is protected by +leather from the nock of the arrow. The tab is not, therefore, to be +recommended for the use of beginners. Should any archers be tempted to +use it when the first difficulties are overcome, it will be found that +the insertion of a piece of cork or leather between the first and second +fingers will overcome the trouble caused by this pinch. The tab, as +before mentioned, may be made of one piece of leather; but it is better +to have it made of two pieces sewn together, as shown in the sketch (see +fig. 26), the part applied to the string being made of 'horse-butt,' +which is a brittle sort of leather, the part through which the fingers +are passed being made of some more supple leather. + +Before the more elaborate and scientific finger-stall or guards come to +be considered the remaining simple and old-fashioned ones must be +completed. + +Next in order comes an ordinary glove, which has lately come prominently +to the front, because the constant use of a good thick dogskin glove has +enabled the Champion of 1884 to keep his place in 1885 and 1886. To this +may be applied the dogmatic words of Mr. Ford (slightly altered) with +reference to the tab: 'This does not, however, alter my opinion as to +its being decidedly an inferior method, as who shall say how much more +[he] might have excelled had [he] adopted a different and [less] +rational one?' + +A well-fitting glove may be improved by sewing small pieces of pigskin +or other smooth sound leather over the tips of the fingers (see fig. +27). + +[Illustration: FIG. 27.] + +Constant practice on the harp has been known to enable a lady to +dispense with any artificial protection, and to make three golds at one +end at one of the Leamington meetings. + +Another method of preparing the fingers for naked application to the +bowstring is to use them industriously as pipe-stoppers; but as some +archers do not smoke, and it might not be easy for a non-smoker to get +employment as a pipe-stopper to others who do, a more convenient way of +hardening the fingers would be by dropping on hot sealing-wax, and then +dipping the finger into salt. + +It is undeniable that permanently successful shooting depends mostly +upon an even, certain, and unvarying loose, and such a loose can only be +attained by the help of the most suitable glove, tips, tab, or other +protection for the fingers. The archer must have the perfect command of +the string, and of the exact 'how' and 'when' it shall be allowed to +quit the fingers. If the glove &c. be too loose or too tight, this +necessary command is lost. In the first case, the feeling of insecurity +gives a hesitating uncertainty to the loose; and in the second, the +power of the fingers is so cramped that a sensation of distortion +cripples their best efforts. Further, too thick a glove &c. interferes +with the proper 'feel' of the string; whilst one that is too thin, by +hurting the fingers, causes them to flinch from the proper degree of +crisp sharpness requisite for a perfect loose. Still further, with too +hard a substance--metal, for instance: finger-tips have been +occasionally made of silver--the string cannot be with certainty +retained till the proper instant of loosing, whilst with leather that is +too soft and sodden, the string cannot be quitted without a jerk that +staggers the bow-arm. + +It will be seen, therefore, that positive rules cannot be laid down as +to either the size, make, shape, or material of the finger-guards; as +each individual must be suited according to the peculiar nature of his +own fingers, be they callous or tender, strong or weak, clumsy or +dexterous. + +In 1859 it may have been good advice to archers to manufacture their own +finger-guards, though Mr. Ford candidly confessed 'that the endeavours +of ten years have hardly succeeded in producing finger-stalls perfectly +to my satisfaction.' It may be safely asserted, however, that it is +better to use the thinner leather (provided it be thick enough to +protect the fingers from pain), and the stalls must be constructed so as +to confine the hand and cramp the knuckles as little as possible. + +The 'Mason' finger-stall, described by Mr. Ford, consisted of a piece of +leather partly surrounding the tip of the finger, and connected over the +nail with vulcanised india-rubber, and kept in place by a ring, also of +india-rubber, or preferably of silver, passing over both joints of the +finger, and connected inside the hand with the stall by means of a thin +tongue of india-rubber about an inch or an inch and a half long; a guard +or stop is placed upon each stall, about half an inch from the top, by +which (stop) the line of the fingers and position of the string is +regulated, &c. A very similar finger-guard, produced by Mr. Buchanan of +215 Piccadilly, was made, closed at the finger-end, so as to protect the +top of the finger from possible injury. + +In these finger-guards the stop or catch of leather on the inside of the +finger first makes its public appearance, but the contrivance in its +entirety has completely gone out of favour--probably owing to the +untrustworthiness of india-rubber, even though it be vulcanised. The +connecting ring removed the objection to these separate tips that, +unless they were glued on or too tight (both undesirable), they were +sadly liable to slip off at the loose. Also the connecting tongue of +india-rubber might enable the lower part of the finger to contribute +some trifle of support to the tip of the finger at its fullest strain, +and certainly it would assist to catch the finger-tip back from the +sprawled position (much objected to by some instructors in this craft) +sometimes assumed after a dead loose. + +[Illustration: FIG. 28.] + +Mr. James Spedding and Mr. H. C. Mules, about the same time that Mr. H. +A. Ford and others were making experiments in the construction of their +own finger-tips, contrived a little brass nutted screw-bolt for securing +the finger-tips safely upon the fingers without the uncertain action of +india-rubber, or in any way cramping the action of the finger-joints. +This little contrivance is three-quarters of an inch long. The nut A is +fixed, but the nut B can be moved to any position on the screw-bolt. + +[Illustration: FIG. 29.] + +This contrivance is passed through the holes at _a_ and _b_ (see fig. +29) of a finger-tip shaped thus. Of course the end of the screw-bolt +over which the nut B is passed after the screw-bolt has been passed +through _a_ and _b_ must be clinched afterwards to prevent nut B coming +off again. The lacing together of the six corresponding holes on each +side of the guard at the back of the finger over the nail can be tight +or loose, according to taste; but it should be laced with fine strong +cord, not elastic, as generally supplied by the makers. The brass bolt +passes over the top joint of the finger when the guard is put on the +finger, and may then be tightened so as to keep the guard in its place +and to prevent it escaping at the loose. Leather catches may easily be +added of any shape or in any position that is preferred. + +[Illustration: FIG. 30.] + +[Illustration: FIG. 31.] + +The elementary tip, that anybody may cut out of a piece of pigskin (fig. +30), further sophisticated, became the tip registered by Messrs. Aldred +in 1868 (fig. 31) as the 'Paragon,' with the Mules-Spedding contrivance +added, and also a catch, and a strap over the nail, for keeping it in +position. + +[Illustration: FIG. 32.] + +The _parrot-beak_ (fig. 32) is a further development of the +Mules-Spedding tip, with the brass bolt omitted. This is not an +improvement, as the sewing, if it suddenly failed, could not be readily +replaced. + +Mr. J. Spedding had a further contrivance which brought the little +finger in to the assistance of the third finger. This was managed by +securing a loop to the guard for the third finger. This loop was passed +over the little finger, which was tightly curled up towards the palm of +the hand, thus supporting the third during the strain of the aim. The +little finger was, of course, uncurled at the instant of loose. + +Soon after 1859 Mr. H. A. Ford began to lose the almost perfect command +which he had, during about ten years, possessed over the bow. Whether +this failure arose from the use of bows that were too strong, causing +actual physical injury to some of the muscles engaged in the action of +pulling up or loosing; or whether it arose from shooting too much; or +whether it arose from loss of nerve and confidence, through over-anxiety +to excel, and keep in front of all the opponents who, profiting by his +instruction, began to tread close upon his heels, will never be known; +but certain it is that before he reappeared as Champion at Brighton in +1867, with his fourth best Grand National score of 1,037 (his better +scores being, 1,251 at Cheltenham in 1857, 1,076 at Exeter in 1858, and +1,074 at Shrewsbury in 1854), he had taken to weak bows and light +arrows, and had tried several different combinations of fingers for +loosing. Thus he contrived a finger-tip for the little finger, to the +back of which he attached the third finger, so that these two might +combine to do the work of one finger. This did not prove successful; but +he was satisfied with his final experiment, which consisted of a tip for +the first finger, on to the back of which his second finger was also +applied; and he has been heard to declare his belief that if he could +have tried this loose in his best days he might have improved upon his +best scores. + +Occasionally the second and third fingers are furnished with a +double-cell tip for the parallel action of these two fingers; but as +contrivances of this sort are but the playthings of broken-down +archers--of whom, alas, there are too many--they are not mentioned with +any view of recommending them until, after patient trial, the other +simpler finger-guards have failed. + +A piece of strong quill is sometimes sewn upon the inside of the tip +with the leather catch so as to prevent the string from getting embedded +in the leather, and to quicken the loose; but its interference with the +'feel' of the string argues against its employment. + +It is even doubtful whether anything but the most cautious use of the +leather catch to the finger-tip may not be most dangerous. Many of the +best shots do not use it; and though no doubt the certainty of the one +best position for the string on the fingers, when the archer is at his +best, will produce most excellent results, yet, the possibility that a +permanent breakdown may be the result of the use of the same catch when +the archer is out of condition or practice, or perhaps tired, should +make every archer careful to avoid the loss of liberty of hold that may +be found advisable under varying circumstances. + + + + +CHAPTER V. + +_OF THE GREASE-BOX, TASSEL, BELT, ETC_ + + +THE GREASE BOX. + +_The grease-box_ was, no doubt, an important part of an archer's +equipment when prepared for battle, as he had to be out in all weathers, +and the grease it contained could alone help him to avoid the ill +consequences of moisture about his shooting-glove. The modern archer is +seldom called upon to shoot more than, possibly, one end in a sudden +shower; and many now never carry a grease-box at all. Yet there is no +objection to its use. It should contain vaseline, which may be +occasionally applied to the finger-guards, and to the lapping where in +contact with the fingers; also, the arrows about the footing may be +greased to prevent the paint from the target-faces adhering to them. + + +THE TASSEL. + +He must be a good archer indeed who can dispense with this necessary +addition to his equipment. The tassel is usually made of green worsted, +and its primary use is to remove any dirt that may adhere to the arrow +when it is drawn from the ground, but the head of it may be used for +carrying a few pins, and concealed within the outer fringe may be kept a +small piece of oiled flannel, to be applied to the arrow occasionally, +so as to prevent the paint from sticking on to the shaft. The tassel +should be of moderate dimensions--in fact, the smaller the better, +provided it be big enough for use. It is usually hung on to a button of +a gentleman's coat, but ladies usually wear it attached to their +girdles. + + +THE BELT, QUIVER, ETC. + +In former days a leather belt was considered absolutely necessary, and +some have been known to consider themselves more fully dressed for an +archery contest with the green baize bag for the bow surrounding the +waist. It was certainly useful, and kept together the various things +then in use, namely, the glove, the quiver, the tassel, the grease-box, +the tablets for scoring, the pricker for the same purpose, the armguard, +&c. A well-appointed archer of the present day devotes a coat +specially for the purposes of archery, and this is fitted with a long +leather-lined pocket let into the back of the coat, to the left of the +left back-button. This pocket holds his arrows, and becomes his quiver. +The tassel is attached to a front button. Any suitable note-book with a +pencil goes into a pocket, taking the place of the tablet and pricker. +As a belt is not the most convenient receptacle for the rest of his +equipment, no belt is carried. As ladies are not yet so well provided +with pockets as gentlemen, they still find it almost absolutely +necessary to carry a belt for their various requisites, and some will +even voluntarily (or perhaps involuntarily, in the case of the +Championess of the West) handicap themselves by carrying the whole +apparatus in solid silver. + + +THE SCORING APPARATUS. + +[Illustration: FIG. 33. Mr. Ford shot another dozen arrows at 60 yards, +scoring 80, and shows his score in the St. George's Hound to be 654 from +104 hits.] + +Any ordinary note-book fitted with a pencil is by far the best thing for +keeping the correct record of an archer's score. Very convenient +scoring-books are to be bought at the archery shops, and these contain +usually the forms for York Rounds for gentlemen, and National Rounds for +ladies, to be filled up with plain figures entered in the right places +as the scores are made. The objection to these books is that the rounds +shot are not invariably York and National rounds. That the ingenious may +be saved the trouble of re-inventing the best scoring-apparatus of past +times it is here described. A card 3-1/2 inches by 2-1/2 inches was +slipped into a silver frame, which was much like the contrivance used +for direction cards for luggage in travelling. Between the card and the +back of the silver frame was a leather pad of the same size as the card. +A pricker was used to record the score on the card, and the leather pad +protected the point of the pricker from the silver back. The card had +engraved upon it the form of the round usually shot. The form for a York +Round is here given. The figures on the left-hand side indicate the +twelve double ends of six arrows each--72 arrows shot at 100 yards; the +middle figures indicate the eight double ends of six arrows each--48 +arrows at 80 yards; and the figures on the right-hand side indicate the +four double ends at 60 yards--24 arrows. This form is now filled up with +the best York Round that Mr. H. A. Ford ever made, as recorded by +himself, and here given in facsimile. It is believed that the wonderful +score here recorded of 809, from 137 hits, in the York Round, was made +at Cheltenham about September 4, 1855; but, through an unaccountable +want of courtesy on the part of the Ford family, the accurate date of +this score cannot be given as a fact. It is not entered in the way +invented by the Rev. J. Bramhall, which indicates not only the hits +made, but also the order in which the arrows were shot. Thus (see p. 69) +say the first arrow, shot at 100 yards, hit the red; the second was a +gold, and the third a miss; the fourth arrow was a red; the fifth was a +black, and the sixth a gold. Each set of vertical spaces for whites, +blacks, blues, reds, and golds is allotted to a double end of six +arrows. The result of the first arrow is marked on the left-hand side at +the top, the second on the left-hand side in the middle, and the third +on the left-hand side at the bottom. The same is done with the next +three arrows on the right-hand side. Of course, when an arrow misses the +target, no mark is made, and the order of the misses is shown by the +hits. + +[Illustration] + +A translation into the modern method of Mr. Ford's best score is here +given. + + _100 Yards_ Hits Score + 97 973 971 731 = 11 63 + 753 755 711 973 = 12 60 + 753 75 973 53 = 10 54 + 75 751 953 97 = 10 58 + 731 73 977 775 = 11 63 + 551 553 733 531 = 12 46 + -- -- Hits Score + _80 Yards_ 66 344 Totals + 977 97 955 973 = 11 77 + 953 993 975 975 = 12 80 + 975 973 755 755 = 12 74 + 951 775 953 955 = 12 70 + -- -- + _60 Yards_ 47 301 Totals + 995 997 995 775 = 12 90 + 977 753 775 773 = 12 74 + -- -- 24 164 Totals + -- --- + Grand totals 137 809 + +The incurable fault of this method of scoring by prick-marks is that it +is impossible to correct a mistake or to verify the accuracy of scores +as recorded. (Is there not the Hibernian story of the archer who, in +perfect good faith, believed that he made seventy-three hits with +seventy-two arrows at sixty yards?) So much that was unpleasant +transpired after the Crystal Palace Meeting in 1871, that in 1872 the +system of scoring at the public meetings by means of these prick-marks +in the different colours was finally abandoned, and the scoring by the +figures 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 introduced instead. This scoring by figures had +then already been for some years in vogue amongst the West Kent archers, +introduced by the hon. secretary, Mr. R. B. Martin, and the members of +the Royal Toxophilite Society had mostly, for many years previously, +kept their private scores in plain figures. + +In this method no attempt is ever made to record the order in which the +hits at any end fall; neither is it considered advisable to do so, +though it would be equally easy to enter the figures in the same order, +when known, as the hits are made; but this is a matter of no importance. + + +THE REGISTER. + +Every archer is most strongly recommended to keep a careful and accurate +record of all the shooting he does, not only by entering in a +scoring-book every arrow shot during the day (which will act as a check +to irregular and careless practice), but also by keeping a register, or +book of record, in which the results of each day's shooting should be +entered. Those who have not been in the habit of booking all their +successes and shortcomings have no idea of the great interest with which +this record invests the most solitary practice, and how conducive it is +to its steady and persevering continuance. It begets a great desire to +improve: for no man likes to have evidence before his eyes of his pains +and exertions being of no avail, and of himself at a standstill in any +pursuit he takes an interest in; it ensures a due carefulness in the +shooting of every arrow, since without it the score will be bad, and +therefore disagreeable to chronicle; it excites emulation, by enabling +the average of one man's shooting to be compared with that of another, +and restrains by its sternly demonstrating figures those flights of +imagination occasionally indulged in by the owners of inaccurate +memories as to feats performed and scores achieved. By taking note also +in this register of the causes of failure at different times, a lessened +chance will exist of their occurring again, as it will keep the same +always in view, and the necessity of their avoidance prominently before +the attention. In short, the archer will find the little trouble the +keeping of it occasions him so abundantly repaid in a variety of ways, +that when it is once commenced he will never afterwards be induced to +abandon its use. + +Whilst the subject of register is under consideration the beginner's +attention should be called to the 'Archer's Register,' edited by Mr. J. +Sharpe, which is issued annually, and gives a full account of all the +public archery meetings of the previous year, and of the doings of all +the principal societies in the kingdom. + + +THE 'ASCHAM.' + +This term is applied to an upright narrow cupboard, contrived for the +purpose of holding all the implements of archery. It is constructed so +that the bows may stand or hang upright in the back part, and in the +front each individual arrow may stand, also upright, and sufficiently +apart from its neighbour to avoid the possibility of any injury to the +feathers. In height this _Ascham_ should be upwards of six feet, so that +there may be sufficient room for the longest bows, and the bows should +all, if standing, be on a bottom raised some few inches above the floor +of the apartment, as an additional security against damp, which is a +most fatal enemy to the bow. In damp situations, and particularly at the +seaside, great care must be taken to keep out all moisture. Also, as far +as possible, a tolerably even temperature should be maintained. The long +box in which an archer keeps his stock of bows, arrows, &c., when +travelling, is also called an _Ascham_. + + +THE TARGETS. + +The backing of the _target_ is made of thrashed or unthrashed straw +(rye-straw is the best) firmly bound together whilst wet with strong +tarred string, and in construction is somewhat similar to the make of +beehive, only it is made flat. It is circular, and the front of this +straw _boss_ (as it is called), intended for the canvas facing, is +worked up with a flat surface, so that the facing may lie upon it more +evenly than it could upon the other side. The canvas facing must also be +circular, and exactly four feet in diameter; of course the straw _boss_ +should also be as nearly as possible of the same size, but on no account +less. The canvas facing is divided into a central circle of gold, +surrounded by concentric rings of red, blue, black, and white, arranged +in this order of colour from the centre outwards. The radius of the +golden centre and the breadth of each of the surrounding rings should be +the same, namely, one-fifth of four feet, i.e. four inches and +four-fifths of an inch. Each hit in these colours is valued as follows: +nine in the gold, seven in the red (formerly called scarlet), five in +the blue (still occasionally known as inner white), three in the black, +and one in the white. These figures, however, do not correctly represent +the value of the rings according to their respective areas. The area of +a circle is proportional to the square of its radius. Therefore the area +of the circle containing the gold and red together is four times as +large as the area of the gold circle alone; and it follows that if the +gold circle be removed from this larger circle the remaining red ring +will be three times the size of the gold circle. In the same manner, the +circle containing the gold, red, and blue will in area be nine times as +large as the gold circle alone; and if the combined gold and red circle +be removed the remaining area of the blue ring will be five times as +large as the gold. Again, the area of the circle containing the gold, +red, blue, and black will be sixteen times larger than the gold; and if +the gold, red, and blue be removed, an area seven times as large as the +gold will be left for the black ring. Finally, the entire face of the +target contains an area twenty-five times at large as the gold, and the +white ring is nine times as large as the gold. Thus we get the target +divided into twenty-five parts, of which one part is gold, three parts +are red, five are blue, seven are black, and nine are white. But it does +not correctly follow that, nine being taken to represent the value of a +hit in the gold, and one as the value of a hit in the white (because the +white ring is nine times larger than the gold circle), a hit in the red +ring should count as seven, a hit in the blue as five, and a hit in the +black as three. The proportion of the areas between the white and black +rings is as nine to seven, giving the value of 1-2/7 for each hit in the +black, or 1.28571 in decimals. Similarly, the proportion of area between +the white and blue rings is as nine to five, giving the value of 1-4/5, +or 1.8, as the value of each hit in the blue circle. The proportion of +the area between the white and the red rings is as nine to three, giving +the value of three for each hit in the red ring. + +It may be taken that these values of 9, 7, 5, 3, 1, representing the +hits in gold, red, blue, black, and white, are the best that can be +adopted, and in their sum represent the twenty-five parts, the size of +the gold, into which the target may be supposed to be divided. + +There appears to be no exaggeration of the value of the gold as compared +with the white, and the exaggerated value of the other colours very +properly rewards superior skill, as shown by central hitting of the +target.[1] + +In the days when handicapping was done by taking off rings instead of +percentages it might have been better to reduce the values of these +reds, blues, and blacks when made by the more skilful. + +The old exploded custom of adding hits to score was only a roundabout +method of reducing the values of the hits from 9, 7, 5, 3, 1 to 5, 4, 3, +2, 1. + +Targets are now all made of the same size, as already mentioned; but for +many years after the revival of archery in 1781 four-feet targets were +only used at the long distances of 120, 100, and 90 yards, whilst +targets of three feet and two feet in diameter were used at the shorter +distances and by ladies. In still older times our modern target-practice +was represented by what was called the _Paper Game_, from paper being +employed instead of the oil-painted canvas now in use. + +It was an old fashion to score in money, thus: a gold was 2_s._ 6_d._, a +scarlet 2_s._, an inner white 1_s._ 6_d._, a black 1_s._, and a white +6_d._; and this is still the custom with the Woodmen of Arden, whose +members still receive in cash at the end of a prize meeting the total +value of their scores. The same custom also prevails at the Annual +Scorton Arrow Meeting, except that each archer pays 6_d._ into the pool +for every hit he makes in the white. + +Formerly, unless an arrow was entirely in one colour, it was counted as +a hit in the inferior of the two colours between which its position was +divided; but now, except with the Woodmen of Arden, the contrary custom +prevails, and the arrow will count as a hit in the superior colour, +unless it be quite surrounded by the inferior colour. It is right that +the archer should have the benefit of any doubt in this matter. + +The purchasers of targets should ascertain that they have well-painted +and well-seasoned facings. The American-cloth facings sometimes to be +met with are most unsatisfactory, and occasionally there is too much of +a sticky compound laid on the facings previous to the paint, which +adheres to the arrow, and helps to denude the target of colour. + +It is not generally acknowledged that the colours of the target at +present in use are well adapted for most accurate shooting. They are too +bright and glaring, confusing to the eye, and drawing the attention +away from the centre, so that it is most difficult to avoid aiming at +the target generally, rather than the gold. Now that the scoring is kept +in figures, and no longer in colours, there would be no difficulty in +substituting other colours that would assist to concentrate the aim, if +only a general agreement about the nature of the change could be arrived +at. + +The usual custom of fixing targets is, that the centre of the gold shall +be four feet from the ground, and as the target is always sloped with +its lower part advanced towards the shooter, it follows that the correct +distance of the bottom of the target from the ground is a trifle more +than two feet and one inch. + + +THE TARGET-STANDS. + +The most usual _target-stands_ are of iron, in three pieces, each of +about six feet in length, hinged together at the top, and painted green, +forming a tripod for the support of the target, which is caught on to it +by a hooked spike at the top of the stand, and kept from shifting its +position thereon by a spike about half way up each of the front legs. +These stands are so destructive to any arrows that hit them, even +through the targets, that, for home use, they should be padded in front +with a strip of thick felt, secured with strong twine, and then +carefully wrapped with strong binding and painted. + +The late Mr. James Spedding first invented this method of covering the +stands which he had made for the Royal Toxophilite Society, of three +long ash poles, united together at the top with iron nutted screw-bolts. +When the stand is so treated it is almost impossible that an arrow can +be injured by contact with the stand, and the extra expense (which is, +however, considerable) is soon saved by the saving in arrows at 2_s._ +6_d._ apiece. + +The Meyler stand, a very expensive machine, was a strong iron arm, +fitted into a metal socket fixed in the ground, and at the upper end +provided with three prongs, upon which the target was fixed; but it +possessed the same incurable fault as the old earthen butts, in that it +was immovable (except to the places where the necessary sockets were). + + +THE QUIVER. + +The tin _quiver_, made in different sizes to contain six, a dozen, or +more arrows, with sometimes a receptacle at the top for spare strings, +wax, thread, silk, file, &c., is too handy an article to be ever +altogether discarded, though the arrows in it do occasionally suffer by +being indiscriminately jumbled together. The arrow-boxes of wood now +made to hold different quantities of arrows are, of course, to be +preferred. But the best receptacle for arrows on a journey is a properly +fitted compartment in the bow-box, and the method invented by the Rev. +J. M. Croker is the best of all. This is fitted with a hinge, so that +any arrow in it can be removed without shifting any of the others. + + +FOOTNOTE: + +[1] See Sir John F. W. Herschel's _Familiar Lectures on Scientific +Subjects_, 'Estimation of Skill in Target-shooting,' p. 495. + + + + +CHAPTER VI. + +_OF BRACING, OR STRINGING, AND NOCKING_ + + +In the previous chapters such plain directions have been given +concerning the various implements of archery as will enable each archer +to provide himself with the best of the kind that his inclinations or +means may lead him to adopt, and to enable him to avoid such as are in +themselves radically bad, or likely to add to the difficulties he is +sure to meet with before arriving at any great or satisfactory +proficiency in the art. Having been thus enabled to form a choice as to +his weapons, he must now be guided in their use; and, in the first +place, there are a few minor matters that cannot be altogether passed +over in silence. The first of these is the _bracing_ or _stringing_ of a +bow, which may be considered as the first preliminary operation to +actual shooting. This is the act of _bending_ the bow, when unstrung, +sufficiently to enable the archer to slip the upper _eye_ of the string +into the _nock_ of the upper horn. To effect this, the usual method is +to set the lower horn of the bow (its back being turned towards the +archer) on the ground, against the inside of the right foot, this being +turned a little inward so as to prevent the horn from slipping out of +place. Then, the handle being firmly grasped with the right hand, and +the lower or wrist-part of the left hand being rested upon the upper +limb of the bow a few inches below the upper eye of the string, a strong +steady pull must be applied with the right hand at the handle (the left +hand and right foot forming the _points d'appui_) so that the bow may be +bent, whilst the thumb and second joint of the first finger, or +preferably the tips of the first and second fingers of the left hand, +carry the eye of the string into the nock. Novices must be particularly +careful that they do not get either of the fingers entangled between the +string and the bow. + +In stringing the bow, it is quite unimportant whether it be held in the +right or left hand; but if the finger-tips be worn on the right hand, it +is better to use this hand for the purpose of grasping the bow, rather +than for helping the eye of the string into its place. + +To unstring the bow, the action is the same as in the final position of +stringing it, except that the eye of the string is slipped out of the +horn. + +To string and unstring a bow gracefully and without apparent effort is +an affair rather of knack than of much strength or force, and is +therefore only to be learnt with a certain amount of practice. The +archer must keep, as far as possible, an upright position, as to crouch +over the operation is ungainly, and interferes with the satisfactory +application of the necessary amount of effort. + +The bow being now strung, two things must be carefully noted: first, +that the bend of the bow be neither too much nor too little; and +secondly, that the string starts from both horns exactly at the centre +of each--i.e. no atom either to the right or left, but dividing the bow +precisely in half from end to end. If this latter caution be not +observed the grain of the bow runs considerable risk of being +unnaturally strained, and the bow itself of being pulled away and out of +its proper shape, and sooner or later breaking in consequence. It is +even possible that the correct cast itself may be more or less +disadvantageously affected by any carelessness on this point. This is +one of the many minutiæ of archery, which is of more importance than may +at first sight appear, and should always be attended to before the bow +is allowed to discharge a single arrow. During the shooting, too, +attention should be occasionally directed to the string, to observe +whether the loop may not have slipped a little away, as it may sometimes +unavoidably do. If a second eye has been added to the string in the +place of the loop, the string will be much more easily adjusted, and +then there will be no fear of its getting away during the shooting. As +regards the first point--namely, the amount of bend in a bow when +strung--it has been already stated that in a man's bow the distance of +the inside of the handle from the string should scarcely ever be less +than six inches. The advantages of having the bow low-strung are that +the bow casts quicker and farther (owing to the greater length the arrow +is acted upon by the string), and that the bow, and also the string, are +less strained, and consequently in less danger of breaking; but to be +balanced against these advantages is the fact that the danger of +striking the armguard before the extreme point of the string's recoil +(already shown to be fatal to accurate shooting) is greater, and the +cast may be somewhat less steady. + +It has been immemorially customary to ascertain the amount of the bend +of the bow when strung, by placing the fist upright upon the inside of +the handle (at the centre of the bow), at the same time raising up the +thumb towards the string; if the string then just touches the extremity +of the thumb the bracing is supposed to be tolerably correct. This is +not, however, an infallible test, as the size of hands of different +individuals varies considerably; but each archer can ascertain how far +his own hand, placed in the above way, varies from the old-fashioned +measure of six inches, known as a _fistmele_, and, bearing this +constantly in mind, may ascertain the bracing of his bow as accurately +as if his own fistmele were the exact six inches. + +The _nocking_ of the arrow must now be considered. This is the +application of the nock of the arrow to its proper place on the string. +Simple as this operation may at first sight appear, yet there is a right +way and a wrong way of doing it; and as the wrong way leads to the +injury and disfigurement of the bow, let the beginner acquire the right +method at first, as follows:-- + +The bow being held somewhat downwards by the handle with the left hand, +with the string upwards, let the arrow be placed with the right hand +_over_ the string (not on any account _under_ the string, as this latter +method of nocking is sure to lead sooner or later to the disfigurement +of the belly of the bow, by numerous stabs inflicted upon it by the +sharp point of the arrow) upon that part of the bow (close to the +forefinger of the left hand) upon which it is to lie; the thumb of the +left hand (not the forefinger) being then gently placed over it will +serve to hold it perfectly under command, whilst the forefinger and +thumb of the right hand take hold of the nock end of the arrow, and +manipulate with perfect ease the application of the _nock_ to the proper +_nocking-place_ on the string. Five minutes' practice will suffice to +render this method of nocking easy and familiar. But if the archer be +afraid of unsteadying his hold upon the handle of the bow by shifting +his left thumb on to the arrow, as above described, let him hold the +arrow with his right hand just above the feathers, and so apply the nock +to the string without assistance from the left thumb. This method is, +however, somewhat more awkward-looking. + +The centre of the nocking-place should be exactly upon that point of the +string which is opposite to the spot on the bow over which the arrow +will pass when shot--i.e. the arrow when nocked must be precisely +perpendicular to the string. If the arrow be nocked at a lower point, it +will beat itself against the forefinger of the left hand, and thereby +waste some of the energy that should be applied to its flight. On the +other hand, if the arrow be nocked at a higher point, the drawing will +be commenced from a point not contemplated in the manufacture of the bow +when the compensated strength of the upper and lower limbs is arranged +for a fulcrum not exactly central. Care must be taken that the +nocking-part of the string exactly fits or fills the nock of the arrow. +The hold of the nock upon the string must be neither too tight nor too +loose; if the first, the nock may, and probably will, be split; and if +the second, the shaft is apt to slip whilst in the act of being drawn, +and the nock will be broken, or the correct elevation and proper flight +of the arrow will be lost. + +A word of warning must be added for the young archer against attempting +to alter the range of his arrow by varying the nocking-place. For the +reasons above given, a worse system could not be adopted. + + + + +CHAPTER VII. + +_OF ASCHAM'S FIVE POINTS, POSITION STANDING, ETC._ + + +The various implements of archery having been now described, the proper +use of these by the archer claims attention. + +Roger Ascham stated in 1545 that 'fayre shootynge came of these thynges: +of standynge, nockynge, drawynge, howldynge, and lowsynge'; and these +his well-known _five points of archery_ have been followed by most other +writers on the subject in this same order. He has set out so well 'all +the discommodities whiche ill custome hath grafted in archers' that 'can +neyther be quycklye poulled out, nor yet sone reckened of me, they be so +manye,' that it will be excusable to quote them for the benefit of +beginners, for their avoidance before they have been acquired. + +'Some shooteth his head forwarde, as though he woulde byte the marke; an +other stareth wyth hys eyes, as though they shoulde flye out; another +winketh with one eye, and looketh with the other. Some make a face with +writhing theyr mouthe and countenance so; another blereth out his tonge; +another byteth his lyppes; another holdeth his neck a wrye. In drawynge +some set suche a compasse, as thoughe they woulde tourne about and +blysse all the feelde; other heaue theyr hand nowe vp, nowe downe, that +a man cannot decerne wherat they wolde shote; another waggeth the vpper +ende of his bow one way, the neyther ende an other waye. An other wil +stand poyntinge his shafte at the marke a good whyle, and by-and-by he +wyll gyue a whip, and awaye, or a man wite. An other maketh suche a +wrestling with his gere, as thoughe he were able to shoote no more as +longe as he lyued. Another draweth softly to ye middes, and by-and-by it +is gon, you cannot knowe howe. + +'Another draweth his shafte lowe at the breaste, as thoughe he woulde +shoote at a rouynge marke, and by-and-by he lifteth his arme vp pricke +heyghte. Another maketh a wrynching with hys back as though a manne +pynched hym behynde. + +'Another coureth downe, as though he shoulde shoote at crowes. + +'Another setteth forwarde hys lefte legge, and draweth backe with head +and showlders, as though he pouled at a rope, or els were afrayed of the +marke. Another draweth his shafte well vntyll wythin ii fyngers of the +head, and then stayeth to looke at hys marke, and that done pouleth it +vp to the head, and lowseth; whiche waye, although summe excellent +shoters do use, yet surely it is a faulte, and good mennes faultes are +not to be followed.[2] + +'Summe men drawe to farre, summe to shorte, summe to slowlye, summe to +quickely, summe holde over longe, summe let go over sone. + +'Summe sette theyr shafte on the grounde, and fetcheth him vpwarde. +Another poynteth vp towarde the skye, and so bryngeth hym downewardes. + +'Ones I sawe a manne whyche used a brasar on his cheke, or elles he had +scratched all the skynne of the one syde of his face with his drawynge +hand. + +'An other I sawe, whiche at everye shoote, after the loose, lyfteth vp +his ryght legge so far that he was ever in ieopardye of faulyng. + +'Summe stampe forwarde, and summe leape backwarde. All these faultes be +eyther in the drawynge or at the loose; with many other mo, whiche you +may easelye perseyue, and so go about to auoyde them. + +'Now afterwardes, when the shafte is gone, men haue manye faultes, which +euell custome hath broughte them to, and specially in cryinge after the +shafte and speakynge woordes scarce honest for suche an honest pastyme. + +'And besyde those whiche must nedes have theyr tongue thus walkynge, +other men vse other fautes: as some will take theyr bowe and writhe and +wrinche it, to poule in his shafte when it flyeth wyde, as yf he draue a +carte. Some wyll gyue two or iii strydes forwarde, daunsing and hoppynge +after his shafte, as long as it flyeth, as though he were a madman. Some +which feare to be to farre gone, runne backewarde as it were to poule +his shafte backe. Another runneth forwarde when he feareth to be short, +heauynge after his armes, as though he woulde helpe his shafte to flye. +An other writhes or runneth a syde to poule in his shafte strayght. One +lifteth up his heele, and so holdeth his foote still, as longe as his +shafte flyeth. Another casteth his arme backewarde after the lowse. An +other swynges his bowe aboute hym, as if it were a man with a staffe to +make roume in a game place. And manye other faultes there be, whiche +nowe come not to my remembraunce. Thus, as you have hearde, manye +archers wyth marrynge theyr face and countenaunce wyth other partes of +theyr bodye, as it were menne that shoulde daunce antiques, be farre +from the comelye porte in shootynge whiche he that woulde be excellent +muste looke for.' + +He then frankly confesses that, though teaching others 'of these +faultes, I have verie manye my selfe; but I talk not of my shootynge, +but of the generall nature of shootyng. Now ymagin an archer that is +clean, wythout all these faultes, and I am sure euerye man woulde be +delyghted to se hym shoote.' + +Another will suddenly crouch down on his hams, as though he were +marking a bird's flight to pluck it down, or it were out of sight. + +'Another will call himself uncomely names, whilst another casteth away +his bow as though he would break it for faultes that are his own; and +yet another will treat himself at faulte with such harsh usage that he +shall scarce shoot again without black eyes for manye a daie.' + +As the term _standing_ seems insufficient to include all that has to be +said respecting the attitude and general bearing of the archer whilst in +the act of shooting, the expression _position_ is adopted instead, as +more applicable and comprehensive, and under _position_ will be +included, not only the footing or standing, but also the manner in which +the hand should grasp the bow, and therefore, as well, the exact +position of the bow itself. + +In an endeavour to lay down such plain directions as may prevent the +assumption of attitudes inimical to good shooting, and as may also +assist in the avoidance of such other attitudes as do violence to +gracefulness and are repulsive to the looker-on, it would be venturing +too far to assert that but _one_ position is good, or even that any +particular _one_ is the best; yet some general rules can with sufficient +confidence be laid down for the purpose of controlling mannerisms and of +confining them within harmless limits. + +As regards the footing or standing and the attitudes of archers, it may +be safely asserted that there are as many varieties as there are archers +to call them into existence; that no two are exactly alike in all +particulars; and that no one archer has yet been seen to combine all the +excellences that might be centred in a perfect archer. + +That an archer's general position may be a good one it must possess +three qualities--firmness, elasticity, and grace: _firmness_, to resist +the strain and the recoil of the bow--for if there be any wavering or +unsteadiness the shot will probably prove a failure; _elasticity_, to +give free play to the muscles, and the needful command over them--which +cannot be the case should the position be too rigid and stiff; and +_grace_, to render the archer and his performance agreeable, and not +ludicrous, to the spectator. It so far, fortunately, happens that the +third requirement--that of grace--is almost a necessary consequence of +the possession of the other two: as the best position for practical +results is, in fact, the most graceful one. Experience proves that an +awkward ungainly style of shooting is very seldom successful. All these +three requisites must be kept constantly in mind in every endeavour to +arrive at the best position for combining them. + +To the first part of position--that of _footing_, or _standing_--but +little can be added to what has already been recommended in other books +on the subject. + +The heels should be, not close together, but about six or eight inches +apart--thus avoiding the position that gives too little steadfastness in +a wind in the one extreme, and an ungainly straddle in the other. The +feet must be firmly planted on the ground, symmetrically, so as to form +an angle of from 45° to 60° by the joining of the lines passing through +the feet behind the heels. As regards the position of the heels with +reference to the target to be shot at, undoubtedly the best position is +that in which a line through the centres of the heels points to the +centre of the target (fig. 34); but as many good shots have modified +this position in the one or other direction, it may be allowed that any +position of the feet--varying from that in which a line through the left +or forward foot is at right angles to the line from the shooter's eye to +the centre of the target (fig. 35) to that in which the line through the +right foot is at right angles to the same line towards the target (fig. +36) (an extreme variation of 60°)--may be adopted without extreme +violence to either freedom of action or grace. The fault of tipping +forward towards the target shot at, caused by throwing the balance +unduly upon the forward foot, may be cured by raising the heel of that +foot. This is by no means an uncommon fault, and should be carefully +guarded against as very fatal to shooting, and liable to result in most +ridiculous developments. As the opposite fault has almost overtaken some +of the best shots, it may be classed amongst exaggerated virtues, and is +little likely to embarrass beginners. The legs should be perfectly +straightened at the knees, and not on any account bent forward; and yet +the knees should not be so rigidly locked back as to interfere with the +elasticity of the position. + +[Illustration: FIG. 34, FIG. 35, FIG. 36.] + +It will be observed that in fig. 34 only, the left and right shoulders, +at points A and B respectively, come naturally into the best position +for shooting at the target; but by adopting the position shown in fig. +36, a full-bodied archer may be enabled to draw a trifle further before +the bowstring comes in contact with the chest; whilst in the position +shown in fig. 35 an archer of supple figure can easily get the +shoulders into the best position in the course of drawing up. + +The body should be naturally upright, but not stiff; the whole person +well balanced; and the face turned round so as to be nearly fronting the +target. + +During the brief period of time between the nocking of the arrow +(already described in pp. 80-2) and the loosing of it, some slight +alteration of the body's attitude, as arranged when the archer assumes +his footing, will take place, as in the combined act of drawing and +aiming, the right shoulder will be brought a little forward, and the +left shoulder will be taken a little backward, before the shoulders +resume their former relative positions previous to the loose, which in +that position only can be most advantageously executed. The slightest +possible inclination forward should be given to the head and chest, that +the arrow may be brought directly under the right or aiming eye, without +bringing the line of aim so close to the line through the left shoulder +and bow as to make it impossible that the string can clear the forearm +at the loose. + +Many archers bend the body considerably forward from the waist, and +quote the following passage from Bishop Latimer's sixth sermon--My +father 'taught me how to drawe, how to lay my bodye in my bowe, and not +to drawe with strength of armes, as other nacions do, but with strength +of bodye'--in justification of this practice. Here, laying the body in +the bow means taking up the best position for shooting. An archer in +olden times was said to shoot _in_ a bow, not _with_ a bow. + +'Not stooping, nor yet standing straight upright,' as Nicholl's 'London +Artillery' hath it, expresses the right position correctly. + +The second part of _position_ which is most, important also, is the +manner in which the hand should grasp the bow, and the attitude of the +bow itself--i.e. whether this should be vertical, or more or less +oblique. + +It may be stated at once that the most natural and easy method of +grasping the bow is also the best; in fact this remark is applicable to +almost every point connected with archery, and cannot be too much or too +often insisted upon. If the wrist and hand be in any way unnaturally +employed bad results immediately follow. For instance, if the grasp be +such as to throw the fulcrum much below the centre of the bow, its lower +limb runs great risk of being pulled away and out of shape, which sooner +or later will cause it to chrysal or break. Again, the Waring method, +which used to be in high favour, 'of turning the wrist in as much +possible,' causes the left arm to be held in such a straightened +position, that it will not only present a constantly recurring obstacle +and diverting influence to the free passage of the string, but will also +be the cause of an increased strain and additional effort to the +shooter, besides taking the spring and elasticity out of that +all-important member the bow-arm. If the reverse of this method be +adopted, and the wrist be turned intentionally and unnaturally outwards, +it will be found that in avoiding Scylla Charybdis is at hand, and, +though the string is well clear of the armguard, the wrist cannot +sustain either the strain of the bow at full stretch or its recoil at +the loose. Thus, as in every other instance, the extremes are bad, and +the correct position will be found at the balancing-point between them. + +When the _footing_ has been taken, with the arrow nocked, let the bow +lie easily and lightly in the left hand, the wrist being turned neither +inwards nor outwards, but allowed to remain in the position most easy +and natural for it; as the drawing of the bow commences, the grasp will +intuitively tighten, and by the time the arrow is drawn to the head the +position of the hand and wrist will be such as to be easiest for the +shooter and best for the success of his shot. + +[Illustration: FIG. 37.--WRONG POSITION.] + +[Illustration: FIG. 39.--WRONG POSITION.] + +[Illustration: FIG. 38.--RIGHT POSITION.] + +It will be observed in the three figures giving the correct and wrong +positions of the hand on the bow-handle, that the upper part of the bow +hand, including the whole of the thumb and first finger, is above the +upper line of the wrist (line AB), whilst the fulcrum, or working centre +of the bow, is also above that line, or even in such bows as have their +centres in the middle of the handle but little below that line. It is +pretty clear that if the hand had been originally constructed solely +with a view to its application to the bow, or even as a weapon in the +noble art of self-defence, it might have been constructed so as to be a +more evenly-balanced hammer at the end of its handle, the arm, than it +is at present. Possibly its narrow escape from being another foot has +interfered with its proper development from an archer's point of view. +However this may be, it would be better, as a mechanical contrivance, +for drawing a bow, if the strain applied by the loosing hand could pass +directly along the line through the centre of the arm, with centre or +fulcrum of the bow in the same line--i.e. in line _a b_ (fig. 38). + +The nearest approach to this condition of a perfect archer's hand was +possessed by Mr. G. Edwards, the first archer to displace Mr. H. A. Ford +from the position of Champion, in 1860, who, though he may never have +made the extraordinary scores credited to Mr. Ford, was an excellent +shot, and, when at his best, had the steadiest bow-arm and the firmest +grip ever seen on a bow. Through a gun accident, he lost entirely his +left thumb, and held his bow with his four fingers, pressing it against +a leather pad inserted between the bow and his wrist, much in the +position the thumb would occupy if it could be placed downwards across +the palm of the hand. This altered formation shifted the position of his +arm so that the line through the fulcrum of the bow was well below the +upper line of his wrist. + +Some archers acquire the habit of extending the thumb upwards along the +belly of the bow. This method of grasping the bow tends to weaken and +unsteady the drawing power, but as a point of drill for the acquisition +of such a grasp of the bow with the fingers, before the thumb is placed +in position to assist, as will enable the archer to clear his armguard, +its trial is strongly recommended. A steadier hold of the bow is in the +end obtained by keeping the upper part of the thumb off the bow, so that +the hold is between the root of the thumb and the fingers. As the first +finger is often used to assist in adjusting the position of the arrow on +the bow, care must be taken to replace it at the commencement of the +draw. Unless the bow be held firmly between the four fingers and the +thumb and heel of the hand, at the loose and recoil an unpleasant jar +will be felt, with the further ill-consequence of blisters, &c. The +position of the bow should be straight across the palm of the hand, so +that the fingers when closed in position to hold it lie as nearly as +possible at right angles to the axis of the bow. + +A lateral projection on the left side of the handle of the bow is +sometimes added, if the archer's hand be hollow, and this contrivance +assists the bowstring to avoid the armguard. + +Before the consideration of the final position of the bow at the loose, +as to whether it should be vertical or oblique, a glance must be taken +at the horizontal position which should be adopted by all those who +disbelieve in the possibility of aiming with bow and arrow whilst the +arrow is discharged from the side of the bow, because in that position +the arrow cannot be thrown to the left of the mark aimed at. This +position is so cramped and awkward as to be practically useless for +shooting at a horizontal aim, when a full-length arrow cannot be drawn +up, as the string comes too soon in contact with the left side. Yet +archers have been known to make successful scores in this style, using +weak bows and light arrows. + +The vertical position of the bow (but not as sometimes adopted, when the +bow is thus set up at the end of a horizontal arm to be hauled at until +the beginner's arrow is discharged) is an assistance in clearing the +bowstring from the chest when a full-length arrow is fully drawn; and a +tendency towards this position at the instant of loose will correct the +curious habit many archers acquire of throwing the upper limb of the bow +down and the lower limb up after the loose, as if part of the loosing or +drawing action had been a mutually antagonistic screw between the +holding and loosing hands. + +The chief advantage of the oblique position is that the arrow is not so +likely to be blown away from its contact with the bow by a high wind +from the bow side. + + +FOOTNOTE: + +[2] It should seem possible that Roger Ascham's condemnation of this +style may be insincere, as he speaks of it as 'the waye of summe +excellent shoters,' and further as good 'mennes faultes.' May it not be +hoped that he refers to this as his own style when he says (see further +on) 'of these faultes I have verye manye myself,' modestly classing his +own excellence as possibly faulty. See Mulcaster, who says he (R. A.) +'hath showed himself a cunning Archer,' but this refers to his capacity +for 'trayning the Archer to his bowe.' + + + + +CHAPTER VIII. + +_DRAWING_ + + +Ascham seems to be right in declaring that 'Drawyne _well_ is the best +parte of shootyng'; and, as it is in the course of this part of the act +of shooting that all the ridiculous antics already quoted may be +exhibited, and without drawing well it is almost impossible to _take +aim_ or _loose_ with any chance of success, every archer must pay the +utmost attention to the acquisition of the best and easiest method of +drawing. Yet it is not pretended that there is but one best method of +drawing. + +Here two things have to be previously considered, namely, the strength +of the bow to be used, and the length of the arrow, or rather how much +of its length must be drawn up. First, as regards the strength of bow to +be used, it should be observed that when, in modern times, the practice +of shooting isolated arrows was discontinued in favour of three arrows +shot by each archer consecutively at each end throughout a York Round, +the possibility of making the delivery of each arrow a supreme effort +became impossible, and the more frequent repetition of an effort, which, +though considerable (as it should always be), is not quite a _tour de +force_, is now accepted as more likely to exhibit grace in the execution +and accuracy in the result, with the natural consequence that the +average strength of bows now in use is scarcely so great as it used to +be; though it must not be lost sight of that bows now are more +accurately weighed, than they were before the invention of the York and +National Rounds; and also that now a large proportion of archers pull +their arrows well up, hold, and aim with them, whereas none did so in +the old times when no archer had so much as dreamed that it was possible +to take an aim with bows and arrows. Yet still at any public archery +meeting it is easy to observe, in one or other of the many varieties of +style of drawing represented, the germs of all possible contortions; but +in nearly all these cases of contortion it will be found that the 'very +head and front of the offending' is in the archer's vain attempt to +employ a bow that is beyond his control; whilst, if the weapon be well +within his control, it is as needless to distort even a muscle of the +face as it is for a short-sighted person to make a grimace when fixing +the glass in his eye. Still it will also be a mistake to be under-bowed +with a plaything, as wasting part of the power of covering distance and +overcoming wind, &c. Whilst bows varying in measure from 40 lbs. to 56 +lbs. and arrows varying in weight from 4_s._ to 5_s._ can be easily +procured, every archer's weakness or strength can be appropriately +suited. For ladies there is the range in strength of bows from 20 lbs. +to 35 lbs., and in weight of arrows from 2_s._ 6_d._ to 3_s._ 6_d._ + +Next as regards the length of arrow to be drawn at each discharge. The +variation in the arrows themselves may be only from 26 to 29 inches in +those of men, and from 24 to 26 inches in those of ladies; but there is +a much wider variation in the part of the arrow drawn up by different +archers. There appears to be a widespread belief that in olden times the +archer soldiers used arrows a yard long; but only a few archers +participate in this belief, and join in treating this as a proof of the +degeneracy of modern archers. Ascham, in his treatment of the subject of +arrows, mentions them of many different lengths and thicknesses, without +any precision, and no doubt they were much more various in his time than +now. The 'clothyard' or the 'clothier's yard,' not the standard yard, is +almost always mentioned by old writers when treating of the length of +draw employed by English archers; and many considerations (supposing +positive proof to be altogether wanting) point to the conclusion that +this 'clothyard' was the length of 27 inches. In the absence of any +representative surviving war-arrow the evidence of an ancient model may +be taken, and such a model exists in the possession of the Royal +Toxophilite Society, described thus in 'A History of the Royal +Toxophilite Society 1870.' 'The most ancient piece of plate possessed by +the Society is an arrow, 28-1/4 inches long, the "stele" being of iron +very thickly plated with silver, and the barbed pile (1-1/4 inch long), +of solid silver. The three feathers are also of solid silver. On the +"stele" are these inscriptions: + + SIR REGINALD FOSTER, Kt. and Bart. + WARWICK LEDGINGHAM, Esq. + + _Stewards in Finsbury._ + Anno Dom. 1663. + +This arrow was presented to the Society by Mr. Philip Constable.' This +Mr. Philip Constable is mentioned as one of the oldest Finsbury archers +in Dailies Barrington's essay on Archery in the seventh volume of +'Archæologia.' The ancient Scorton arrow (1672) is of no greater length, +but has been broken and repaired and has no date on it. There is an act +of Parliament (Irish?) 5 Edward IV. ch. 4, which provides that every +Englishman, and Irishman dwelling with Englishmen, and speaking English, +being between sixteen and sixty years of age, shall have an English bow +of his own length, and a fistmele at least between the nocks, and +_twelve shafts of the length of three-quarters of the standard_. This +points to the length of 27 inches as the regulation length for the stele +of an arrow. The danger of breaking a bow increases the further it is +drawn up, and there is no scarcity of bows that are broken at even a +shorter draw than 27 or 28 inches. How many more broken bows would there +have been then if the usual length of arrows drawn were 36 inches; and +this in the course of a battle, when a broken bow meant an archer +temporarily disabled, as an archer? The material used in the +manufacture of bows, the wood, must have been the same as now, and, from +the specimens extant, their length does not appear to have been much +beyond those now in use. In fact, the length of a bow must always be +limited so as to be within the reach of the archer who strings it, and +the average stature of the human race does not appear to have +diminished. + +It is not pretended that no arrows were longer than 27 inches. Doubtless +long and light arrows were employed to annoy an enemy whilst still at a +distance; but for a war-arrow, with a heavy barbed pile, to be an +effective missile, it must have been provided with a strong and stiff +stele, and this cannot also have been unusually long. + +As dictionaries seem to avoid the compound words _clothyard_ and +_clothier's yard_, no better evidence can be found than the statement +that the 27 inches constitute a Flemish yard, and that Flemish bows, +arrows, and strings were always in high repute. So the dispute must +still be left for further consideration. + +Hansard, in 'The Book of Archery,' 1840, treats the matter as fully as +possible perhaps, and apparently leans towards the belief that the +tallest and most stalwart archers may have drawn up huge bows a full +yard of the standard; yet, as he contends, at p. 191, that 'great +numbers of Welsh served at Crecy and Poictiers, and it is somewhere said +that a considerable portion consisted of archers,' it seems unlikely +that at the same time the average archer at those battles was of +gigantic stature. Ascham might have settled the matter, but he ventures +no further than the statement (p. 87 of Arber's reprint) that 'at the +battel of Agincourt with vii thousand fyghtynge men, and yet many of +them sycke, beynge suche archers, _as the Cronycle_ sayeth, that mooste +parte of them drewe a yarde,' &c. + +Apart from the historical consideration of what used to be the average +draw of the old English archers, it must be admitted that modern +archers err on the side of not pulling up enough rather than on the side +of overdrawing. Therefore it is strongly recommended to every archer to +employ as long an arrow as he can conveniently use, and to bear in mind +that the portion of it to be drawn up at each loose should bear some +reasonable proportion to the length of arm, &c., in each individual +case. It may be safely stated that no archer will find that he can +conveniently draw fully up and loose evenly an _arrow of greater length_ +than the space between the left centre joint of the collarbone and the +knuckle of the left-hand index-finger when the bow-arm is fully +extended. + +But few experienced archers now extend the bow-arm fully and take their +aim before they commence drawing at all. Neither can this method be +commended, as it has an awkward appearance, from the necessity that +exists of stretching the other arm so far across the body in order to +reach the string, and it materially increases the exertion necessary to +pull the bow. Yet this method is not without its use as a preliminary +drill for a beginner, that he may learn the necessity and the difficulty +of drawing his arrow up, whilst keeping it constantly and exactly on the +line which the arrow is afterwards to follow towards the object to be +hit when it is loosed; at the same time not yet attending to the second +and equally great difficulty of a beginner, namely, that of shooting the +exact length as well; also that he may learn how to cover different +lengths by higher and lower positions of the bow-hand. + +Much diversity of opinion exists as to the best method of getting the +bow-hand into position for the aim and loose, as to whether, in the +course of drawing up, the arrow shall be brought into the line of aim +from below or from above, or from the right to the left; and here it +would seem that to make the motion of drawing from the right to the left +and upwards at the same time is the simplest and most direct plan, +since, after the nocking of the arrow, the drawing commences most +naturally from beneath and to the right of the object to be hit. + +There seem to be three successful methods of drawing--namely, first, to +draw the arrow home[3] at once, loosing when it has been aimed, without +any further draw; secondly, to draw the arrow within an inch or a little +more of home,[3] aiming then, and loosing after the completion of the +draw; and thirdly, the method of combining the operations of drawing and +aiming so continuously that the loose is the uninterrupted completion of +the draw. It is unnecessary to consider the distinct method of drawing +up and letting out again before the loose, or the uncertain method of +fraying up and down, or playing as it were at fast-and-loose a bit +before the loose, as no archer would adopt any such uncertain style as a +matter of choice; though such stuttering and hiccoughing performances +may occasionally bring back an erring arrow to its duty, or may arise +from the loss of nerve and the departure of the crisp finish from what +was once steady and unhesitating. Any movement of the bow-hand in +drawing up from the left towards the right should be avoided, as that +movement tends to contract instead of expanding the chest; therefore +great care should be taken, when lateral movement is used in drawing up, +to avoid passing the line of aim in moving the bow-hand towards the +left. + +Though the theory and practice of aiming will be fully treated in +another chapter, some reference must here be made to _aiming_, although +it may lead to apparently unnecessary repetition. Reference has already, +somewhat prematurely, been made to the _line of aim_, and also to the +_length_ to be shot. Now it is clear that the success of a scientific +shot must be the result of the exact combinations of the _right line of +aim_, and the correct _level_ of the bow- and loosing-hands by which to +attain the _length_. In drawing, the process by which the _line of aim_ +and the _level_ are arrived at must be associated in _practice_, but may +be _considered_ separately. Advice has already been given to avoid--as +soon as possible after the beginner has got through the first +elements--the setting-up of the bow-hand with the arrow already on the +line of aim to be then hauled at, and this for reasons already given. +But now comes in the apparently contradictory advice, to get it planted +there to be hauled at in good time before the conclusion of the +operation of drawing, so that _that conclusion_ may be certainly in the +right line of aim. And the further advice at this stage of drawing is +that the loosing-hand be kept well back, and never allowed to advance +between the archer's face and the object aimed at. In previous editions +of this book it was laid down that 'the arrow shall be at least +three-fourths drawn when brought upon the [line of] aim.' But this is +far from sufficient at this point of the process. About nine-tenths of +drawing should be by that time accomplished, or the archer will be in a +still worse position for applying his strength to the loose with +advantage should there be any pause at this stage of drawing to combine +the _level_ with the _line of aim_. Next come the considerations whether +the arrow should be held quiescent for a short time, whilst the perfect +aim is found, or whether the entire drawing should be one continuous act +from the first moment of pulling and raising the bow to the loose. +Neither of these methods appears to have much advantage over the other, +if well executed. The former will be a little more trying to the bow, +and, if the finish be imperfect, may lead to letting the arrow out, +which is known as a _creeping-loose_. The latter may lead to an arrow +being occasionally imperfectly drawn; but the bow will have no cause of +complaint, and full advantage will always be taken of all the work that +is done. + +The method of drawing the arrow home at once, which has still to be +considered, has this point apparently in its favour--that it ensures the +arrow's being always drawn to the same point. But it is very trying to +the bow, the arms, and the fingers, and, ending in what is called a +_dead-loose_, at the best scarcely produces results commensurate with +the labour undoubtedly taken, and whenever it is imperfectly finished a +creeping-loose results. + +Ascham, quoting Procopius, says that 'Leo, the Emperoure, would have hys +souldyers drawe quycklye in warre, for that maketh a shaft flie a pace. +In shootynge at pryckes, hasty and quicke drawing is neyther sure nor +cumlye. Therefore, to draw easely and uniformely ... is best both for +profit and semelinesse.' The modern style of shooting the York Round, +&c., is the same as used in his days to be called shooting at pricks, +and his advice as to the manner of drawing cannot be much improved. + +A few lines before the passage above quoted he says, 'And one thynge +commeth into my remembrance nowe, when I speake of drawynge, that I +never red of other kynde of shootynge, than drawing wyth a mans hand +either to the breste or eare.' This he says when referring to the +invention of cross-bows. But it is curious that to no writer on the +subject of archery it occurred that 'under the eye' might possibly be a +better direction for 'drawing' than either to the _breste_ or to the +_eare_. Yet so it is that until the first appearance of Mr. H. A. Ford's +'Theory and Practice of Archery' in 1855 there existed no intermediate +styles between the one, that was too low, and the other, which, though +in the opposite extreme, was then so highly regarded as the grand old +English style, that the author, though annually Champion since 1849, +must have been a bold man to give the first indication of the new, and +now almost universally admitted, best style for target-practice of +drawing '_to such a distance that the wrist of the right hand come to +about the level of the chin_,' and the level of the arrow shall be a +shade lower than that of the chin; its nock being in the vertical line +dropped from the right eye. + +One of the main features of good _drawing_ is that the distance pulled +be precisely the same every time; that is to say, the same length of the +arrow must be drawn identically, whether this length be to the pile, or +any shorter distance. Unless this be unerringly accomplished with every +shot the _length_ must be more or less uncertain, since the power taken +out of the bow will be greater or less according to the longer or +shorter draw. + +A great many devices have been tried and practised to make this exact +similarity in the distance drawn a matter of certainty, such as by +notching the end of the arrow, so that the left hand may feel it when +the right length of draw has been reached; or by touching some point of +the face, neck, or chin, collar, button, or other fixed point with some +part of the drawing hand. But it will be found infinitely better to +arrive at an exact repetition of the same action by careful practice +rather than by dodges, which may, however, be useful as experiments. +These mechanical devices are unlikely to have a beneficial result when +constantly in use, as, when the eye and mind are fixed and concentrated +(as they should be) on the aim, if anything occurs to distract either, +the loose is almost sure to become unequal. + +The pile of the arrow should not be drawn on to the bow. It is far +better that no arrow be drawn further than exactly to the pile; and +every arrow should be longer, by at least as much as the pile, than the +archer's actual draw. The danger of overdrawing, in that the arrow at +the loose gets set inside the bow, to its own certain destruction and to +the bow's and the archer's infinite risk, is very considerable. Nothing +can be gained by the violation of this rule. In cases where a beginner +may be likely to overdraw, a string of the correct length to be drawn +may be tied between the bow string and the handle of the bow, which will +effectually prevent such an occurrence. + +It is believed that all archers, good, bad, and indifferent, are (more +or less) constantly subject to one failing, namely, that in completing +the draw, after the aim is taken, a slightly different line to that +occupied by the arrow (if correctly aimed) is taken, instead of making +the line of finish (as they should do) an exact continuation of the +arrow's axis, dropping the right hand, or letting it incline to the +right, or both; the effect being to cast the arrow out of the direction +it had indicated, and by means of which the aim had been calculated. +Here nothing but the most minute attention and constant practice will +save the archer; but he must be prepared for participation in this +common failing, and it is one of which he will be often quite +unconscious, though the cause of his frequently missing the target. The +very best archer needs to bear constantly in mind the necessary +avoidance of this fault; for, however skilful he may be, however +experienced and practised a shot, he may be quite sure that it is one +into which he will be constantly in danger of falling. Failure in wind +is frequently caused more by this failing than by the effect of the wind +itself; for instance, the aim, perhaps, is designedly taken so as to +make some allowance for a side-wind, and then the loose is delivered as +if no allowance had been made. The difficulty all experience in shooting +correctly on a ground where the distant level is not horizontal is more +or less connected with this dangerous failing. Here, though the archer +be perfectly aware that the distance slopes, however slightly, one way +or the other to the correct horizon, yet at the instant of the loose he +will unconsciously overlook this, and expect to have his unfortunate +arrow travel in a plane vertical to the mock horizon instead of in a +really vertical plane such as it must travel in, unless diverted from it +by wind. Another way of accounting for this universal failing is that +there is an unconscious detection of error at the last moment, and a +convulsive attempt to correct this error before the completion of the +loose by altering the line of the loose. Every archer is strongly +advised, when he detects an error in the aim at the last moment that +cannot be corrected before the discharge except in the action of the +loose, to take down his arrow and begin the shooting of it afresh. The +capacity to do this, when needful, is an excellent test of nerve. + +As far as possible the right hand must always be drawn identically to +the same point for all kinds of target-practice, whatever the distance +to be shot may be. To the left arm alone should be left the delicate +task of the elevation or depression necessary when a longer or a shorter +distance from the target is adopted. It will be obvious that when the +left hand is, according to this rule, higher or lower for the purpose of +shooting a longer or shorter distance the relative positions of the two +hands must vary from a greater to a less divergence from an horizontal +level between them, and this leads to a most important consideration in +the action of drawing, namely, the position of the right elbow. This, +being necessarily out of the archer's sight whilst aiming, is too +frequently forgotten, and a faulty weak position of the elbow is much +more easily contracted than cured. Treated as a mechanical contrivance +for drawing up an arrow, the only correct position of the right elbow +with reference to the arrow is that the arrow's axis should pass through +the point of the bent elbow, and in this position only can the archer +apply his full strength. Yet, probably from the fact that the elbow must +pass through positions of less advantage in the course of drawing before +the full draw is reached, it will be observed that many archers at the +loose have the elbow below the level of the arrow's axis; and not a few +have the elbow projecting forwards from the same axis. These faults are +believed to be the causes of the constant and otherwise unaccountable, +but most frequent, downfall of successful archers, generally attributed +to the failure of nerve. Yet the nerves cannot certainly be altogether +at fault, for the same archer, whose arrow takes its flight into its own +hands, when applied to target practice, can steadily draw and hold the +same arrow when it is not to be shot. It can doubtless be observed that +in such cases the arrow in the one case is drawn up with a faulty +wavering of the elbow, whilst in the other the elbow is brought steadily +into correct position. When a position of the elbow higher than the axis +of the arrow comes to be considered, it appears to partake of the +nature of an exaggerated virtue rather than a fault; is an assistance in +the earlier processes of drawing; and, when in excess though not +graceful, will probably cure itself. Much the same may be said of the +much less frequent fault of drawing the right elbow into a position +further back than the axis of the arrow. This can only be brought about +by overdrawing, and is seldom observable except in beginners who are +anxious 'to do all they know' with too long an arrow. + +The treatment of the elbow of the bow-arm remains to be considered. Here +trouble is more likely to arise with beginners than in an archer's +after-career. If a beginner, in obedience to the instructions of Waring +and the older masters of the craft, hold out the bow-arm 'as straight as +possible' i.e. locked tight at the elbow, a sprain difficult to cure may +not unlikely be the result, and, at any rate, a vast deal of unnecessary +arm or armguard thrashing. On the other hand, a bent bow-arm, such as +may appear to be recommended in the earlier editions of this work, will +lead to but poor results if a bow equal to the archer's power be used. +Here again the best advice that can be given is to hit off the happy +mean between the too rigid arm and that which is too slack. Let the +bow-arm be straightened naturally as the strain of the loosing hand is +applied to it, and by careful drill each archer will arrive at a method +of rendering the recoil of the bow string harmless to the course of the +arrow as well as to a naked wrist, which, it is now almost universally +admitted, need not be brought into contact with the armguard. + +A marked variation of the method of drawing has occasionally been +adopted, with considerable success, with weapons of light calibre. The +nocked arrow is placed horizontally a little below the shoulder-level. +The draw then commences with the extension of the bow-arm, whilst the +right hand and elbow take the position for loosing, the arrow being kept +all the time on the line of aim. + +One not altogether uncommon distortion must be mentioned for careful +avoidance. This consists of a stiffening of the right wrist, with the +hand bent backwards, at the time the fingers are applied to the +bowstring. This antic of course cripples considerably the draw. The +action of the wrist should be quite free and unconstrained until the +commencement of the draw, and during the draw the back of the hand +should be kept as nearly as possible in the same line as the forearm. + +The left shoulder requires most careful attention. It must not be +allowed to rise too high when the bow is drawn, nor to shrink inwards, +as it will sometimes do with beginners when using bows that are too +strong. Moreover, this shoulder must be kept so close to the line +between the bow and the right shoulder that it shall project neither +before nor behind that line. + + +FOOTNOTE: + +[3] By 'drawing the arrow home' the full length of the arrow is not +necessarily intended, but so much of its length as each archer _should_ +draw. + + + + +CHAPTER IX. + +_AIMING_ + + +The _aim_ is undoubtedly the most abstruse and scientific point +connected with the practice of archery. It is at the same time the most +difficult to teach and the most difficult to learn; and yet, of all +points, it is the most necessary to be taught. Upon the acquisition of a +correct method of aiming depends all permanently successful practice; +yet respecting this important point the most sublime ignorance prevails +amongst the uninitiated. + +Unless the archer acquires a perfect understanding of the science of +aiming, an almost impassable barrier is presented to his progressing a +single step beyond the commonest mediocrity, whilst his interest in his +practice is increased tenfold as soon as he has discovered that hitting +or missing the object he aims at may be removed from the mysterious +condition of an unaccountable sympathy between the hand and eye to the +safer ground of positive knowledge. + +It is perhaps quite natural that most beginners should assume that at +any rate as regards the application of their eyes to the shooting of +arrows they can have nothing to learn. Have they not had the full and +constant use of their eyes from their earliest infancy? and have not +these been with sufficient frequency applied in such a manner as must +secure the necessary qualifications for such a simple task as aiming +with bows and arrows? There cannot, surely, be any science wanted in the +use of weapons that any child can not only use but even make? Was it +ever necessary to take lessons in order to secure accuracy in throwing +stones? or can any amount of abstract study of optics contribute the +smallest improvement or finish to a bowler? So it is in this matter of +aiming that beginners, and still more those who are more advanced in +practice, seem most to resent interference and advice; partly because +they object to being told that they are making a wrong or incomplete use +of their own eyes--looking upon it as a direct accusation of folly--when +they feel that they must surely know better than their adviser all about +those useful members, which, though almost constantly in employ, have +never given any trouble, and have never even seemed to require any +training or education; and partly with the more advanced, who have met +with considerable success in hitting with their purblind (as it may be +called) method of aiming, because they fear to weaken their not wholly +complete _faith_[4] in their own system by admitting even the +possibility of a better. Thus in this matter of aiming it will be better +that the inexperienced archer should be referred to written instruction; +and whilst on the subject of instruction it should be thoroughly well +enforced that nothing is more unpleasant than the unsolicited +interference and advice of the officious busybody, and--particularly at +an archery meeting--no unasked advice or instruction should ever be +offered. + +It need now be no matter of surprise that before the first appearance of +this work, in 1855, no writer on archery had been able to grapple +intelligently with the subject of aiming. When firearms first took the +place of bows and arrows as weapons of war and the chase, the firearms +themselves were so inaccurate that chance went almost, if not quite, as +far as science in the use of them. Their improvement was but slow and +gradual; and for the firing of them the invention of percussion instead +of flint and steel, which in its turn had displaced the original fuse, +belongs to quite modern times. The neglected bows and arrows naturally +gained no improvement; yet, until the invention of rifling firearms, +bows and arrows, except for the greater inherent difficulty in the use +of them, might have had a better chance to hold their own against Brown +Bess and the bullet (it was commonly believed that it cost the +expenditure of about a ton of lead to kill a single enemy in battle) had +aiming with them been well understood. It cannot be doubted that many an +archer (besides those who converted their knuckles into pincushions, and +resorted to other dodges) must have hit upon an intelligent method of +aiming for himself in early times; but such early experts must have +resorted to the expedient of getting the arrow under the eye by pulling +low, and would have to bear the withering scorn of all their brethren, +who blindly upheld that the grand old English style of aiming from the +ear was alone worthy of a man; and such despised experts would be most +likely to keep their better knowledge to themselves for the same selfish +but valid reason that Kentfield the inventor of the side-stroke in +billiards, kept his own counsel as long as he could; and also because +any crusade having as its object the deposition of the pull to the ear +in favour of the pull to the breast must always have proved quixotic. So +it came about that Mr. H. A. Ford was the first who, after five or six +years of successful practice and many diligent and careful experiments +conducted in combination with Mr. J. Bramhall, braved the danger of +being anathematised as a heretic for daring to impugn the dear old +legend of the 'pull to the ear,' and preached in favour of a style of +shooting that brought the arrow as directly under the archer's eye as is +the barrel of a rifle in the hands of a marksman, without resorting to +the justly condemned style of pulling as low as the breast. + +Much about the same time great improvements were effected in firearms, +which brought the accuracy of rifles much closer to perfection. The +Volunteer movement, followed by the establishment of the annual +Wimbledon rifle meeting, at which a Ross (then an illustrious name) was +the first Queen's Prizeman in 1860, brought the scientific practice of +aiming to a pitch of perfection that had never previously been dreamed +of. Thus it will be seen that archery was not behind firearms in +scientific advancement. + +It is stated in 'Scloppetaria'--a scarce book on the rifle, published by +Colonel Beaufoy in 1812--that 'as the deflection from the original line +of flight was an inconvenience from which arrows were not found so +liable as bodies projected from firearms, it naturally led to an inquiry +how that could arise. The prominent feature of an arrow's flight is to +spin with considerable velocity all the time of its flight, and +therefore attention was directed towards attaining the same advantage +for firearms'; and it is not without interest to notice that the modern +rifle is thus directly derived from the clothyard shaft. + +The improvement of the conical bullet is a later offspring of the same +ancient missile. + +An archer holds an intermediate position between a sportsman, who, in +his attacks upon moving game, must waste no time in taking aim, and a +rifleman, who, even in a standing position, can use the utmost +deliberation. If he be as quick as the sportsman he will increase the +difficulty of reproducing with each discharge exactly the same accuracy +of pull and position. He must not be too hesitatingly slow, or he will +spoil his bows and involve himself in unnecessary toil. Further, the +rifleman has plenty of leisure to close the eye with which he does not +aim; and such closing assists, and in no way hinders, his taking his +aim, by bringing the bead at the end of his weapon and the mechanical +sight by which the 'length' (distance from the target) is compassed to +bear upon the centre of the target, or such other point at some trifling +distance from it as the conditions of wind or weather may command; +whilst the sportsman, whose weapon cannot be sighted for all the +different distances at which the game he fires at may be from himself, +must keep both eyes open, so that he may be better able to calculate +distances and attend to such other surrounding circumstances as with the +then more perfect indirect vision he will be able to do, taking in a +much wider field than can be obtained when one eye only is open. + +In the cases of the comparatively few archers who have but one eye, or +where, from the natural but not unfrequent difference in the two eyes, +one only is habitually used in aiming, the following considerations of +binocular vision can have but an abstract interest. The binocular +difficulties, moreover, will not occur to those archers who have +acquired the habit of closing one eye whilst aiming. But the habitual +closing of the non-aiming eye is not recommended, for the reason that +any archer in full use of both eyes can much more readily and clearly +watch the flight of his arrow towards the mark with both eyes open. +There is as much enjoyment to be obtained by following the course of a +well-shot arrow as there is necessity for watching the errors of those +that fly amiss that the causes of such errors may if possible be +avoided. + +But before the demonstration of the true and only scientific mode of +aiming can be proceeded with, a few words must be said on the subject of +_direct_ and _indirect vision_. + +When both eyes are directed upon the observation of any single +object--say the centre of the gold of the target at 100 yards--the axes +of the eyes meet at that point, and all parts of the eyes having perfect +correspondence as regards that point, the sensation of perfect vision is +given, i.e. the best and most accurate image that can be obtained on the +retinæ of the point to which the entire attention of both eyes is +directed. But at the same time there are images formed on the retinæ, of +other objects nearer (those more distant need not be considered) than +this point, and to the right and left of it, as well as above and below +it; and all such objects are included within the attention of indirect +vision. The exact correspondence of the images formed on the two retinæ +applies only to the point of direct vision, and the images of all other +objects--i.e. the objects of indirect vision--are differently portrayed +on each retina. Any object embraced in this indirect vision will be seen +less or more distinctly according to its remoteness or otherwise from +one or other of the axes in any part of its length; and it will be, or +at any rate naturally should be, clearest to the indirect vision of that +eye to the axis of which it most approximates. + +Now, in aiming with an arrow, to arrive at anything like certainty, +it is necessary to have in view three things, namely, the mark to be +hit (the gold of the target); the arrow, as far as possible in its +whole line and length (otherwise its real future course cannot be +appreciated); and the point of aim. + +It may be well to explain here that by the _point of aim_ is meant the +spot which the point of the arrow appears to cover. This spot, with the +bow, is seldom identical with the centre of the gold, or if it be so +with any individual archer at one particular distance, it will not be so +at other distances, because the arrow has no adjusting sights such as +are provided to assist the aim with a rifle. As an example, let it be +supposed that an archer is shooting in a side-wind, say at 80 yards, and +that this distance is to him that particular one where, in calm weather, +the point of his arrow and the gold are identical for the purposes of +aiming. It is clear that, if he _now_ treat them so, the effect of the +wind will carry his arrow to the right or left of the mark according to +the side from which it blows. He is therefore obliged to aim on one side +of his mark, and the point of his arrow consequently covers a spot other +than the target's centre. And this other spot in this instance is to him +his _point of aim_. Under the parallel circumstances of a long range +and a side-wind the rifle will be found subject to the same rule. + +Now it will be understood that it is necessary for the archer to embrace +within his vision the gold, the point of aim, and the true line in which +the arrow is directed. + +_Direct vision_ can only be applied to one object at a time, and as +direct vision should be applied as little as possible to the arrow +during the aim, it has to be shown in what way the arrow must be held in +order that the archer may, by means of his _indirect vision_, clearly +appreciate the _true line_ in which it points at the time of aiming. The +discussion as to whether the gold or the point of aim shall be the +object of direct vision may be postponed for the present. + +Now it may be positively asserted as an incontrovertible axiom in +archery that this true line cannot be correctly appreciated by the +shooter unless the arrow lie, in its whole length, directly beneath the +axis of the aiming eye. This is most confidently maintained, in spite of +the fact that the strongest, the most deliberate, and the most +successful archer of the present day systematically keeps his arrow a +trifle outside his right eye. It must be remembered that Ascham ordains +that '_good mennes faultes are not to be followed_.' + +The indirect vision of both eyes can never be used here, for if it were, +according to the law of optics, two arrows would be seen; but this is +never the case with the habitual shooter--though both his eyes be open, +habit, and the wonderful adapting power of the eye, preventing such an +untoward effect equally well as (nay, better than) if the second eye be +closed. To state this more correctly: an expert archer with both eyes +open is in the same condition with two similar eyes as a person who, +with imperfect sight, habitually wears a spy-glass to improve the sight +of the one eye, with which improved eye alone he sees, to the complete +neglect of all that is taken in by the other eye, though constantly +open. Those who have shot both right- and left-handed--and there are +not a few such--can answer for it that, though a different indirect +vision of the arrow is observed with each eye, either can at will be +used without any inconvenience arising from the unnecessary presence of +the other. Another unusual exception may here be mentioned of a style of +aiming which, though eminently successful through a good many years in +the case of a Championess, cannot be recommended for imitation. + +She kept her direct vision only on the point of her arrow, thus seeing +the nock end of the arrow gradually diverging from its point towards +each eye by indirect vision, and also by indirect vision seeing two +targets, or two sets of targets, from which she had to select the +correct one to secure the right direction for the loose. Many archers +close the non-aiming eye, and it will be well for all beginners to do so +to avoid a very possible trouble, in the case of an archer whose +non-aiming eye is the best and most used of the two, of this better eye +officiously interfering to do wrong what its neighbour only can do +right. + +But to return to the statement that the arrow in its whole length must +lie directly beneath the axis of the aiming eye, which is now assumed to +be the right eye, as it is so in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred. +From fig. 40 it will appear that it must be so, because otherwise the +shooter will be deceived as to the true line it has to take; for so long +as the point of the arrow touches the axis of the aiming eye, the arrow +may appear to that eye to be pointing in a straight line to the object +looked at, though really directed far away to the right or left of it, +as shown in fig. 41; where the arrow CB, though really pointing in the +directions _b_CE, may, through touching the axis of the eye from B to D +at C, falsely appear to the archer to be aimed at the object D. + +(In figs. 40 to 43 the distances between A and B are supposed to +represent the possible two inches or so between the two eyes, and the +distances between A and D and B and D to be not less than fifty yards.) + +[Illustration: FIG. 40, FIG. 41. + + A B, the two eyes. + B, the aiming eye. + C, the arrow. + D, the object _directly_ looked at. + A D and B D, the axes of the eyes. + E, false point of aim.] + +[Illustration: FIG. 42, FIG. 43. + + A B, the two eyes. + A, the aiming eye. + C, the arrow. + D, the object directly looked at. + A D and B D, the axes of the eyes. + E, false point of aim.] + +For instance: suppose the archer to be shooting at such a distance that +his point of aim is included in the gold; he of course will bring the +point of his arrow to bear upon it, just as a rifleman would his sights; +that is, the point will touch the axis of the aiming eye. But if the +arrow itself be inclined, say to the right of the axis (as in the pull +to the ear it would be), it will fly away some distance to the left of +the object looked at. And the converse of this will be true also; for if +it incline to the left of the axis it will then fly off to the right; +the archer in these cases being in the position of a marksman who +instead of keeping his foresight in a line with his backsight has +deliberately adjusted the aperture of his backsight to the right or left +of the bead at the muzzle of his weapon with reference to the object +aimed at. + +An example that came within Mr. Ford's personal knowledge will afford a +perfect illustration, and will be useful for the possible solution of +similar cases. An archer had shot for many years, but invariably found +that if ever his arrow pointed (as it seemed to him) in a straight line +with the centre of the target it persistently flew off to the left of it +five or six yards, even at the short distances (see fig. 43, where the +arrow BC, though pointing in the direction BE, appeared to the shooter +to be aimed at D). He was therefore obliged to make an allowance and to +point his arrow that much to the right (see fig. 42, where the arrow BC, +though pointed straight to D, appeared to the archer to be pointing in +the direction AE). In vain he sought a solution of this anomaly. All +could tell him that there was something faulty; but, as everything in +his style and mode of action appeared correct, that something remained a +mystery, until it was ultimately discovered that, though the arrow was +held directly beneath the axis of the _right_ eye (this being also +open), this archer actually used his _left_ eye to aim with. It will be +readily seen why the discrepancy existed between his aim and the flight +of his arrow, the fact being that the arrow did not appear to the +shooter to be pointing towards the object at D until it touched the +axis of his left eye, and consequently not until its direction pointed +far away to the left of the mark (see fig. 43). On closing the left eye +the direction of the arrow's flight and the aim coincided, because the +eye beneath whose axis the arrow lay became the eye with which the aim +was taken. + +As to whether the _direct_ vision should be applied to the mark to be +hit or to the _point of aim_, the argument is all in favour of the +latter. For the point of aim must of necessity be in relation to the +mark--either in the same vertical line with it or outside that line. If +outside, then the direct vision must certainly be upon the point of aim; +otherwise the arrow cannot lie directly beneath the axis of the aiming +eye, which has already been shown to be necessary. Therefore the only +question remaining to be decided is, When the _mark_ falls in the same +vertical line with the _point of aim_, which of the two should be +_directly_ looked at? Here again an argument can be adduced to determine +the choice in favour of the latter; for when the point of aim is above +the mark the latter will be hidden from the right or aiming eye by the +necessary raising of the left or bow hand, as may be easily proved by +the closing of the left eye; therefore the direct vision cannot be +applied to the mark, though it may be applied to the point of aim. There +now remains but one case, namely, when the point of aim falls below the +mark, but in the same vertical line with it; and here (though either of +them may in this case be regarded with the direct vision) as no +reasoning or argument can be adduced for violating or departing from the +rule shown to be necessary in the other cases; and as it is easier to +view the point of aim directly and the mark indirectly than the +contrary, because the point of aim will necessarily lie between the mark +and the arrow's axis; and as uniformity of practice is highly desirable, +the application of direct vision to the point of aim in every case is +most strongly recommended. This teaching was quite contrary to that +taught by all the old-fashioned writers, who maintained that the eye, or +eyes, should be kept always intently fixed upon the mark to be hit. It +is probable that even those archers who imagine that they regard +directly the mark only, do so only in the case when the mark and the +point of aim coincide (which with each archer may be called his +_point-blank_[5] range); and this is analogous to all rifle practice, +where from any cause allowance must be made. + +It must be borne in mind that all these remarks apply only to target +lengths. As regards aiming at very long distances, when the mark and the +point of aim are too far apart to be sufficiently seen in conjunction, +no scientific principle can be laid down for the guidance of an archer. +Practice alone will give him a knowledge of the power of his bow, and +the angle of elevation required to throw up the arrow as far as the +mark. If the distance to be shot be a known and a fixed one-for +instance, two hundred yards--the necessary calculations are more or less +attainable; but the great distance renders the result so uncertain as to +prevent anything approaching to the accuracy of aim attainable at the +customary target distances. If the mark be a varying and uncertain one, +as in Roving, the archer is entirely dependent upon his judgment of +distances. This sort of shooting, though very interesting, must be +attended with a great amount of uncertainty; but, as in every other +case, the more judicious practice be applied the greater will be the +success. + +No hard-and-fast rules can be laid down for deciding where the point of +aim ought to be at any particular distance, as this is dependent upon a +great variety of circumstances--as strength of bows, and the sharpness +and dulness of their cast, heavy or light arrows, a quick or sluggish +loose, and the varying force of different winds. One archer will find +his point-blank range at 120 yards, whilst another can get a point-blank +aim on the target, at 60 yards even, by raising his loosing hand so +high that the angle between the axis of his aiming eye and the axis +of the arrow is very small. It is now many years ago since two +toxophilites, using bows of about fifty pounds in weight, with +five-shilling arrows of the old-fashioned manner of feathering, and +employing the same position (about three inches below the chin) of the +right hand for the loose at each of the three usual distances of 100, +80, and 60 yards, found that the point of aim at 100 yards was about the +target's diameter (4 feet) above the target, whilst the point of aim at +80 yards was about the same measure below the target, and the point of +aim at 60 yards was at a spot about fifteen paces from the shooter. + +It would have been highly interesting if Mr. H. A. Ford, who was always +most faithful to his own dogma that the loosing hand must be brought to +the same position at the loose, had published some account of his own +points of aim, which must have had a very wide range of variation from +those of his best period, when he was using 56 lb. bows, and arrows 29 +inches in length, up to the time of his last appearance as Champion, in +1867 at Brighton, when, with weak bows and light arrows, his score was +1,037, with 215 hits. + +The late ingenious Mr. James Spedding, who always touched some button on +his coat-collar with his loosing hand, contrived a '_sight_' upon his +bow, which obviated the necessity of a point of aim. This was a bright +metal bead such as is at the muzzle of a gun. This at the upper end of a +slight metal rod (in fact, a bright-headed pin), and fitted into a +groove added to the back of the bow (in which it could at will be +lowered or raised), gave him a point of aim on the centre of the target +at distances where his natural (may it be called?) point of aim would +have been beneath the target. With this contrivance, the slightest +variation in the slope of the bow distorted the aim. + +The American contrivance of the _peep-sight_ is a very minute +instrument, with a still smaller aperture. This is shifted up and down +the bowstring, and, when correctly adjusted, the aiming eye should just +catch sight of the centre of the target through the aperture. This +instrument is confessedly useless except for very weak bows, and the +smallest trembling even would put it off the aim, and blind, as it were, +the aiming eye. + +An Irish shot, the late Captain Whitla, succeeded in getting his aim on +the target at all the three distances by varying the strength and cast +of his bows, using his best and strongest at 100 yards, then one that +was slower and weaker at 80 yards, and trusting himself to a slug like a +broomstick at 60 yards. + +Another archer (with the same bow at all distances) got his aim upon the +target when shooting at 100 yards by touching with the thumb of his +right hand about the position of the right collar-bone. When shooting at +80 yards he got his aim again on the target by raising his hand so high +that his thumb, now coiled up and close to the root of the first finger, +with its top joint touched beneath the chin. And at 60 yards he still +obtained an aim on the target by raising the loosing hand higher, so +that the same point of the thumb touched the right corner of his mouth. +It is believed that in this case the gradual contraction of the angle +between the axis of the eye and of the arrow led to a shorter draw at +the nearer distances. + +One class of archers, though implied in previous discussions, should +also be treated separately, as they may be more in number than is +generally supposed, namely, those who, because the left eye is the best +of the two, or, from constant and incurable habit, aim with the left +eye, though shooting, as it is called, right-handed, i.e. holding the +bow in the left hand. Such archers should, if the peculiarity be +detected in time, be recommended to shoot with the bow in the right +hand. Possibly more than one most promising archer has been kept on the +top rung but one of the ladder of fame by trying to force his weaker +right eye to do the work that might have been much better done by the +left one. It has also been already explained that, where physical +peculiarities admit it, this right-handed shooting with the left eye +gives the archer a slight mechanical advantage, as the divergence from +the line of force may be thus contracted. + +To conclude the subject of aiming, it is not pretended that shutting one +eye and aiming with the other is wrong, but that it is better, though +occasionally closing one eye for experiments, to use the other eye for +aiming with, the one being diligently trained to keep in the background, +attending solely to its own subordinate functions. + + +FOOTNOTES: + +[4] It must have been from the absence of this complete faith that the +celebrated archer mentioned by Montaigne in his seventeenth chapter was +constrained to decline the offer made to him when condemned to die, that +'to save his life he should exhibit some notable proof of his art; but +he refused to try, fearing lest the too great contention of his will +should make him shoot wide, and that, instead of saving his life, he +should also lose the reputation he had got of being a good marksman.' +And again in the case of Tell the same scarcity of faith became apparent +from his securing in his quiver that second quasi-historical arrow. + +[5] 'Point-blank' can have no other meaning in Archery. + + + + +CHAPTER X. + +_OF HOLDING AND LOOSING_ + + +HOLDING. + +By _holding_ is meant keeping the arrow fully drawn before it is loosed. +Ascham has made this his fourth point of archery; and but little can be +added to what he has said on the subject. 'Holding,' he says, 'must not +be longe, for it bothe putteth a bowe in ieopardy, and also marreth a +man's shoote; it must be so lytle yat it may be perceyued better in a +man's mynde when it is done, than scene with a man's eyes when it is in +doyng.' This represents so exactly what holding, at its best, should be, +that it needs only be added that this almost imperceptible pause before +the act of loosing serves to steady the arm and perfect the aim, and is +a great assistance to the obtaining of a certain and even loose. It is +therefore, in company with the other points of archery, most necessary +to be cultivated if successful hitting is to be the result. But let no +archer think to arrive at this perfection of holding by grasping his bow +as tight as he possibly can from first to last. The grasp should be +gradually tightened as the strain of the draw is increased; otherwise +too much toil is given to the bow-hand, and it will fail in the loose. +One very successful shot had so many faults that his success was always +a surprise; yet he had this invariable virtue, that, though it was +obvious that he held his bow quite loosely during the draw, at the final +pause his grasp was visibly tightened most firmly. + +Mention should not be omitted of the sadly false conception many +archers have of holding when fully drawn. This they exhibit by +constantly letting the arrow creep out whilst they appear to be taking +aim, as though they were quite incapable of checking its impatience to +be off. This is a most dangerous fault, and must be most carefully +guarded against. + +[Illustration: MAJOR C. H. FISHER, CHAMPION ARCHER FOR THE YEARS +1871-2-3-4.] + + +LOOSING. + +After the bow has been drawn up to its proper extent, and the aim +correctly taken, there still remains one more point which the archer +must achieve successfully before he can ensure the correct and desired +flight of his arrow to its mark; and this is the point of _loosing_, +which term is applied to the act of quitting or freeing the string from +the fingers of the right hand which retain it. It is the last of +Ascham's famous 'Quintette,' wherein, though he does not say much, yet +what he does say is so much to the point that it may well be quoted. 'It +must be so quycke and hard yet it be wyth oute all guides, so softe and +gentle that the shafte flye not as it were sente out of a bow case. The +meane betwixt bothe, whyche is the perfyte lowsynge, is not so hard to +be folowed in shootynge as it is to be descrybed in the teachyng. For +cleane lowsynge you must take hede of hyttynge anythynge aboute you. And +for the same purpose Leo the Emperour would haue al archers in war to +haue both theyr heades pouled and there berdes shauen, lest the heare of +theyr heades should stop the syght of the eye, the heere of theyr berdes +hinder the course of the strynge.' + +This loosing is the archer's crowning difficulty; for no matter how +correct and perfect may be all the rest of his performance, the result +will infallibly prove a failure, and end in disappointment, unless the +loose also be successfully mastered. Upon this the flight of the arrow +mainly depends, and to how great an extent this may be affected by it +may be gathered from the fact that the same bow with a like weight of +arrow and length of pull will cast many yards further in the hands of +one man than it will in those of another, owing solely and entirely to +the different manner in which the string shall have been quitted. + +No arguments are necessary to prove how delicate an operation it is in +archery to loose well, and to accomplish, with the evenness, smoothness, +and unvarying similarity necessary for accurate hitting, the +consummating effort, including as it does on the one side of an instant +the greatest exertion of muscles that on the other side of that instant +are in perfect repose. But considerable misapprehension exists amongst +archers as to what is a good loose, it being often thought that if an +extreme sharpness of flight be communicated to the arrow, it is +conclusive evidence as to the goodness of the loose, without reference +to the consideration that this extreme sharpness of loose seldom +produces steadily successful hitting at any distance, and still less +frequently is effective at all the distances. A thoroughly good loose +cannot exist unless accuracy of hitting as well as keenness of flight be +the combined result; and if the two cannot be obtained together, a +slower flight with accuracy rises immeasurably superior to the rapid +flight with uncertainty. + +The flight of an arrow keenly loosed is as fair to view as that of any +bird, whilst the flight of an arrow that is badly loosed is as +uninteresting as the staggerings of a drunken man. This is quite apart +from the consideration of hitting the object aimed at; but when the +question resolves itself into this practical form--'Is it possible for +the same mode of loosing to give the utmost rapidity of flight and at +the same time certainty of line and elevation?'--the consensus of +experience should be in the negative. There is no denying that a few +successive arrows may be shot accurately in this way, but during any +prolonged period the inaccuracy of flight is sure to be such as to +render the average shooting inferior. The difficulty, amounting almost +to an impossibility, of obtaining a loose which shall combine great +sharpness and accuracy of flight at the same time arises from the fact +that such a loose requires, to obtain that sharpness, that the fingers +of the right hand be snatched away from the string with such suddenness +and rapidity as to compromise the second quality of accuracy--such a +sudden jerk of the string endangering the steadiness of the left arm at +the final moment, and, by its unavoidable irregularity, not only having +a tendency to drag the string and consequently the arrow out of the +proper line of flight, but also simultaneously to vary the elevation. +Excepting for long-distance shooting, then, a very sharp loose cannot be +recommended; nevertheless, in case he may be at any time engaged +therein, the archer perfect at all points should have it under his +command. + +The different looses may now be divided into the _slashing_ loose, which +may degenerate into the snatch or may be improved into the steady +_continuous_ loose. The chief contrast to this is the _dead_ loose, +which in strong hands is very useful. This consists of the simple +opening of the fingers for the escape of the string, and is liable to +degenerate into the _creeping_ loose, which need not be further referred +to except for the purpose of again urging its avoidance. Another loose, +which may be called an _active_ loose, is an appreciable improvement +upon the dead loose in that the fingers at the loosing instant are +withdrawn from the string, though without any further draw, and will be +found, after the escape of the string, to have resumed their previous +position--i.e. curled up instead of being sprawled out straight as is +the case in the dead loose. The only remaining loose may be called the +_lively_ loose, and consists of a short and quick additional draw, after +the aim has been taken, of say from half an inch to three inches, and +finished with an _active_ loose, and care must be taken to prevent the +degeneration of this into a snatch. + +Before the final treatment of the loose be entered upon, it will be +useful to consider how the different sorts of shooting-gloves and +finger-tips affect this intricate operation. Doubtless in the times when +the English archer was in such high repute in battle, the only loose +suitable to the old glove was the _slash_, as the only method of +quitting the string, which, with the strongest bow each individual could +use, must, for the longest pull on such bow, have been gripped as close +as possible to the inside of the knuckles of the last joints of the two +or three fingers used. No other loose could be employed with any chance +of obtaining full results from the work done, and it is evident from the +Acts of Parliament on the subject that in the archer's drill none but +long-distance shooting was countenanced. The comparatively modern +finger-tips or thimbles connected by straps at the back of the hand and +buckled on round the wrist must have been used with the same slashing +sort of loose. But, with the old tab made of horse-butt leather, and all +the different neatly-fitting tips with catches that have been invented +long since the commencement of the public meetings at which York Rounds +are shot, a much steadier and quieter loose may be obtained without +wasting any of the work done; but, it must be admitted, with the general +result that there is some slight decrease in the average strength of the +bows that are used now. Moreover, it has been found that in the +closely-contested matches of the present times the slashing sort of +loose stands at a positive disadvantage at the shorter ranges. + +[Illustration: FIG. 46.] + +With the glove and tab and tips without catches the best loose may be +obtained with the fingers extended as far as is compatible with the +retention of the string; and, by applying the fingers almost diagonally +to the string, a very firm grip is secured combined with much facility +of liberation (fig. 46, p. 128). With the help of catches on the tips +the string can be taught to rest at any intermediate point on the last +joint or third phalanx of either of the fingers--it will be found more +convenient here to use the word _phalanx_ for each part of the finger, +each finger having three phalanges, first, second, and third--and the +most entirely different hold on the string to the one previously +described is that where the fingers are almost completely curled up +(fig. 45); with an _active_ or _lively_ loose the string may be very +sharply quitted with this hold, but it is more liable to strain the +fingers, unless the bow be weak, and the high-set catch, though more +popular twenty years ago, is now very little used. With a strong common +glove and all four fingers on the string, this extreme position has been +known to contribute to first-rate scores at all the distances, and it is +probably the necessary position when four fingers are used. + +[Illustration: FIG. 45.] + +The intermediate position between these two extremes will probably be +found the best, and this may be thus described. + +The third phalanx of the middle finger should be as nearly as possible +at right angles with the line of the drawn-up arrow. + +The second phalanx will make an obtuse angle with the third, and the +first about the same obtuse angle with the second; and these obtuse +angles will vary in individual instances according to the stiffness or +suppleness of the finger-joints. + +The back of the hand will incline slightly away from the line through +the forearm, so that the line from the elbow through the wrist may be +quite straight with the same line continued through the wrist to the +position of the string on the fingers at A. The positions of the +phalanges of the first and third fingers will vary from those of the +second finger, as shown in fig. 44. + +[Illustration: FIG. 44.] + +This position of the string across the fingers should be neither too +near to nor too far from the tips, as too great a grip necessitates a +drag or a jerk to free the fingers, besides exposing more surface to the +friction of the string in passing over it; whilst an insufficient hold +of the string weakens the shooter's command over it, and renders the +giving way of the finger a constant occurrence. It is therefore +recommended that the string be placed as nearly as possible midway +between the tips and first joints of the fingers. + +Now a good loose may be described as possessing the characteristic that +the fingers do not go forward one hair's breadth with the string, but +their action is, as it were, a continuance of the draw rather than an +independent movement, yet accompanied with just enough additional +muscular action in a direction away from the bow and simultaneous +expansion of the last joints of the fingers at the final instant of +quitting the string as to admit of its instantaneous freedom from all +and each of them at the same identical moment of time; for should one +finger linger on the string but the minutest moment longer than its +fellows, or should all or any of them follow forward with the string in +the slightest degree, the loose will be faulty and the shot a probable +failure. So slight, however, is this muscular movement that, though a +distinct and appreciable fact to the mind of the shooter, it is hardly +if at all perceptible to the lookers-on, as in a good loose the fingers +should instantly recover their holding position, but will be at a slight +though appreciable distance further from the bow consequent upon the +combined effect of the removal of the pulling weight of the bow and the +loosing effort. A passage out of Mr. Townsend's article, 'How should the +String be Loosed,' in the 'Archer's Register for 1866-7,' may here be +quoted. 'The string of the bow having been pulled to the fullest extent +intended, and the pause having been felt or made, next comes the loose; +and, as this _must be effected by an opening of the fingers_, the +tendency of the string would be to run forward, if ever so little, +during the opening; and, as the whole spring [cast] of the bow is not +given to the string [and arrow] until it is altogether freed from the +fingers, so, to prevent [the] loss of power, the pulling hand and arm +are drawn so much further back, as the opening of the fingers would +allow the string to run forward before it is altogether released. Thus +the string in reality remains stationary or nearly so [quite so] during +the loose; and the fingers are freed without going one hair's breadth +forward with the string.' + +As an assistance towards this instantaneous recovery of the loosing +fingers, some archers wore silver rings round the first phalanges of +their three fingers, and these rings were connected by india-rubber +straps with the finger-tips, thus compelling the first and third +phalanges to approximate, as described in the _Mason_ tips. + +Mr. Townsend's 'india-rubber practising apparatus' has not been seen for +many years, though of great assistance in experiments and in correcting +faults and general improvement of drawing and loosing. + +Some archers use only the first and second fingers, and the loose thus +obtained possesses the advantage that the string when quitting the +fingers has less surface in contact with it. + +Mr. Ford's own latest loose was from the first and third fingers, with +the second finger packed upon the back of the first finger for its +support; and he has been heard to declare that this arrangement of the +fingers gives the best loose possible, as already described. + +One of the commonest faults at the present day is the habit of making +the third finger do more than its fair share of work. Evidence of this +failing may be found in the fact that blisters are far more common on +the third finger than on either of the others, and a frequent result is +that the muscles of the third finger get strained and even partially +torn from their attachments. This is one of the most frequent causes of +the breakdown of archers who practise much. This may be avoided and the +loose much improved by turning the backs of the fingers while drawing +slightly upwards, and inwards, and thus exerting more pressure with the +forefinger. An example of what is meant may be seen in the picture (opp. +p. 122) of Major Fisher, whose loose is remarkably good. Here it will be +seen that the line of the knuckles is not perpendicular, but slopes +outwards and downwards from the knuckle of the forefinger to that of the +fourth. + +The utility of catches on the finger-tips has already been explained in +a previous chapter, but may be further mentioned in connection with the +loose as contributing by an invariable hold on the string to a constant +repetition of exactly the same loose. + +Especial care must be taken that, whilst loosing, the left arm must +maintain its position firmly and unwaveringly, and must not give way at +the final moment in the slightest degree in the direction towards the +right hand, as arrows constantly dropping short are the certain +consequence of any such shrinking of the bow-arm--the same injurious +effect being produced on their flight as when the fingers of the right +hand are allowed to go forward with the string. This yielding of the +left arm is of more constant occurrence than archers will generally +admit, and is the cause of many an arrow, otherwise correctly treated, +missing its mark. This failing is not unfrequently the result of too +much practice. All must be firm to the last, and the attention of the +shooter should never be relaxed for a single instant until the arrow has +actually left the bow. But, though this firmness be necessary for the +shooting of an arrow it is not necessary, however satisfactory the +result or good the attitude, to remain for some seconds in rivalry with +the Apollo Belvedere; the bow-arm should, if possible, be instantly and +quietly moved to the left whilst the next arrow is procured from the +quiver or whilst the shooting station is given up to the next in order; +and this leftward motion of the left arm will correct the very general +tendency there is to throw the upper horn of the bow to the right and +downwards convulsively, which is a very frequent and unsightly antic. +Many of the other objectionable antics already referred to are brought +to perfection at this instant, and should also be most carefully +avoided. + + + + +CHAPTER XI. + +_OF DISTANCE SHOOTING, AND DIFFERENT ROUNDS_. + + +The attention may now be turned to the results obtained by the use of +the bow and arrow. + +The best notion of the old practice of archery may be gained from a +review of the ancient butts or shooting-fields of our ancestors. These +shooting-grounds were evidently attached to every town (if not also +village) in the kingdom, as may be gathered from the universal survival +of the local name of Butts. There is extant 'A plan of all the marks +belonging to the Honourable Artillery Company in the fields near +Finsbury, with the true distance as they stood, Anno 1737, for the use +of long-bows, cross-bows, hand guns, and artillery.' These marks all +have different appellations, and there is but one single instance of a +repetition of the same distance between one of these marks and the +other. + +The ground on which these marks were situated appears to extend from a +mark called _Castle_[6] to _Islington Common_, and there were two sets +of actual butts at the Islington end. The distance between the one pair +of these butts is given as six score and ten yards--i.e. 130 yards. The +distance between the other pair is not given in the plan, but it appears +to be less than half of the other, and is probably about sixty yards. +The whole length of these shooting-fields appears to be about one mile +on the plan; and this is about the actual distance between the Artillery +Ground and the 'Angel,' Islington. The longest distance between any of +the two marks is thirteen score and five yards--i.e. 265 yards--between +Turk's Whale and Absoly. Here follow the names of the marks; and these +may possibly be still traced in the neighbourhood in some instances. The +distances are also given. + +The start is made from 'Castle.' + + +-------------------------------------------+-------------+-------+ + | | Score yards | Yards | + +-------------------------------------------+-------------+-------+ + | From Castle to Gard stone | 9·5 | 185 | + | " Gard stone to Arnold | 10·0 | 200 | + | " Arnold to Turk's Whale | 8·4 | 164 | + | " Turk's Whale to Lambeth | 3·13 | 73 | + | " Lambeth to Westminster Hall | 11·7 | 227 | + | " Westminster Hall to White Hall | 11·2 | 222 | + | " White Hall to Pitfield | 7·17 | 157 | + | " Pitfield[7] to Nevil's House or | | | + | 'Rosemary Branch' | 9·17 | 197 | + | +-------------+-------+ + | Total yards | | 1425 | + +-------------------------------------------+-------------+-------+ + +At 'Nevil's House' there appears to be a break in the marks, but they +are taken up again at the 'Levant.' + + +-------------------------------------------+-------------+-------+ + | | Score yards | Yards | + +-------------------------------------------+-------------+-------+ + | From the Levant to Welch Hall | 8·18 | 178 | + | " Welch Hall to Butt (1) | 11·11 | 231 | + | " Butt(1) to Butt(2) on Islington | | | + | Common | 6·18 | 138 | + | And, on going back to Welch Hall, | | | + | from Welch Hall to Egg-Pye | 10·10 | 210 | + | +-------------+-------+ + | Total yards | | 757 | + +-------------------------------------------+-------------+-------+ + +Here there is another break. + +To continue the round of the marks on the return journey without going +over the same distance twice, return to Pitfield. + + +-------------------------------------------+-------------+-------+ + | | Score yards | Yards | + +-------------------------------------------+-------------+-------+ + | From Pitfield to Bob Peek | 11·3 | 223 | + | " Bob Peek to Old Absoly | 8·12 | 172 | + | " Old Absoly to Pitfield | 10·16 | 216 | + | " Pitfield to Edw. Gold | 6·11 | 131 | + | " Edw. Gold to Jehu | 9·9 | 189 | + | " Jehu to Old Absoly | 8·17 | 177 | + | " Old Absoly to Scarlet | 9·11 | 191 | + | " Scarlet to Edw. Gold | 7·2 | 142 | + | " Edw. Gold to White Hall | 12·2 | 242 | + | " White Hall to Scarlet | 12·2 | 242 | + | " Scarlet to Jehu | 4·2 | 82 | + | " Jehu to Blackwell Hall | 9·18 | 198 | + | " Blackwell Hall to Scarlet | 9·6 | 186 | + | " Scarlet to Star or Dial | 9·14 | 194 | + | " Star or Dial to White Hall | 7·0 | 140 | + | +-------------+-------+ + | Total yards | | 2725 | + +-------------------------------------------+-------------+-------+ + +Returning to Star or Dial:-- + + +-------------------------------------------+-------------+-------+ + | | Score yards | Yards | + +-------------------------------------------+-------------+-------+ + | From Star or Dial to Westminster Hall | 8·8 | 168 | + | " Westminster Hall to Dial or Monument | 8·4 | 164 | + | " Dial or Monument to Star or Dial | 9·9 | 189 | + | " Star or Dial to Blackwell Hall | 13·5 | 185 | + | " Blackwell Hall to Old Speering | 9·1 | 129 | + | " Old Speering to Star or Dial | 9·16 | 196 | + | +-------------+-------+ + | Total yards | | 1031 | + +-------------------------------------------+-------------+-------+ + +Returning to Blackwell Hall:-- + + +-------------------------------------------+-------------+-------+ + | | Score yards | Yards | + +-------------------------------------------+-------------+-------+ + | From Blackwell Hall to Dial or Monument | 10·16 | 216 | + | " Dial or Monument to Lambeth | 6·10 | 130 | + | " Lambeth to Old Speering | 10·8 | 208 | + | +-------------+-------+ + | Total yards | | 554 | + +-------------------------------------------+-------------+-------+ + +Returning to Lambeth:-- + + +-------------------------------------------+-------------+-------+ + | | Score yards | Yards | + +-------------------------------------------+-------------+-------+ + | From Lambeth to Day's Deed | 8·14 | 174 | + | " Day's Deed to Turk's Whale | 9·12 | 192 | + | " Turk's Whale to Absoly (longest) | 13·5 | 265 | + | " Absoly to Arnold | 9·1 | 181 | + | " Arnold to Blood House Bridge | 7·14 | 154 | + | +-------------+-------+ + | Total yards | | 966 | + +-------------------------------------------+-------------+-------+ + +Returning to Day's Deed:-- + + +-------------------------------------------+-------------+-------+ + | | Score yards | Yards | + +-------------------------------------------+-------------+-------+ + | From Day's Deed to Absoly | 9·11 | 191 | + | " Absoly to Gard stone | 9·15 | 195 | + | +-------------+-------+ + | Total yards | | 386 | + +-------------------------------------------+-------------+-------+ + +The sum of all these distances amounts to about 4-1/2 miles, being +actually 4 miles and 804 yards. There is a pathway extending the whole +distance from Blood House Bridge to Islington Common. There are boggy +places set down as lying between Turk's Whale and Absoly, and Turk's +Whale and Day's Deed. There is also a bog located between the two +nearest butts, which must have been inconvenient; also a pond on one +side, and another bog on the other side of them. + +Two other measurements are given--namely, fifteen score and eight yards, +or 308 yards, for the length of a garden wall lying some yards to the +right of the White Hall and Pitfield marks; and sixteen score and two +yards, or 322 yards, in the same neighbourhood, close by the pathway, +and indicating about the distance between Star or Dial and Edw. Gold. + +The widest part of these shooting-fields seems to be at about this same +part--viz. from White Hall to Scarlet 242 yards, and on to Jehu 82 +yards, a total width of 324 yards; and the narrowest part extends from +Nevil's House to Islington Common, in which narrow part are both the +sets of butts. + +There appear to be some eight or ten fields included in the plan, with +hedges indicated, but there is no appearance of either a road or a +pathway crossing them. + +These marks, giving a great variety of distances, from the shortest of +73 yards between Turk's Whale and Lambeth to the longest of 265 already +particularised, seem admirably calculated for the training of the old +English archer and the teaching him readily to calculate the various +distances at any time between himself and his enemy; and it is worthy of +observation that all these distances are well within the belief of +modern archers as such distances as--bearing in mind that there is no +evidence of general deterioration--our ancestors could easily compass, +seeing that there are well-authenticated instances of lengths somewhat +beyond 300 yards having been attained in modern times without any +lengthened special training. + +In these fields no doubt was seen the _clout shooting_, which is still +kept up by the Woodmen of Arden, at Meriden in Warwickshire, and by the +archers of the Scottish Bodyguard at Edinburgh. + +This style of shooting is so called from the aim having been taken at +any white mark (cloth, etc.), placed at a fixed distance; but the clout +in use now is a white target with a black centre, set slantwise on the +ground. The distances vary from 180 to 240 yards, and this latter +distance may be taken as about the extreme range of this style of +shooting in olden times; as Shakespeare mentions (2 Henry IV. iii. 2) +that 'old Double,' who 'drew a good bow,' and 'shot a fine shoot,' +'would have clapped i' the clout at twelve score, and carried you a +forehand shaft a fourteen and fourteen and a half, that it would have +done a man's heart good to see.' As the clout is but rarely hit, the +arrow nearest to it at each end, if within three bows' lengths (about +eighteen feet) of it, counts as in bowls and quoits. + +When the Grand National Archery Meeting was held at Edinburgh in 1850, +some of this shooting was introduced, with the result that, out of 2,268 +shots at 180 yards, there were 10 hits, and out of 888 shots at 200 +yards there were 5 hits. + +At the meetings at Meriden stands a marker right in front of this clout, +whose duty it is to signal back to each archer, when he has shot, +whether his arrow fall short, or go too far, or wide, and--to avoid +being hit himself. + +The ordinary target arrows may be used in this practice up to the +distance of 200 yards, but beyond this distance much stronger bows or +flight arrows must be employed. + +In these fields, too, would be kept up the practice of _roving_, or +taking, as the object to be aimed at, not these or any known mark, but +some stray or accidental mark. This practice must have been valuable in +olden times in testing the knowledge of distances acquired at the +different fixed marks, and it would still be interesting as an +amusement, but it is not now so easy to find grounds sufficiently open +for the purpose. Where there is sufficient space for golf links, roving +might still be practised, and already the golfer's ball and the archer's +arrow have been matched together between hole and hole. + +Of _flight-shooting_, or shooting with _flight_ or light arrows, it may +be said that such practice was probably in vogue in old times for the +purpose of annoying the enemy whilst at a distance, or in such a ruse as +is described by Hall in his account of the battle of Towton in 1461, +when 'The Lord Fawconbridge, which led the forward of King Edwardes +battail, beinge a man of great Polyce, and of much experience in +Marciall feates, caused every archer under his standard to shoot one +flight (which before he caused them to provyde), and then made them to +stand still. The Northern men, felyng the shoot, but by reason of the +snow not wel vewyng the distaunce betwene them and their enemies, like +hardy men shot their schefe arrowes as fast as they might, but al their +shot was lost and their labor vayn, for thei came not nere the Southern +men by xl. tailors' yerdes.' + +Flight-shooting has also been used in experiments to determine the +extreme casts of different weights and kinds of bows, and the greatest +range attainable by the power and skill of individual archers. As a +result of such experiments, it may be stated that very few archers can +cover more, or even as much as, 300 yards. To attain this range, a bow +of at least sixty-two or sixty-three pounds must not only be used but +thoroughly mastered, not merely as regards the drawing, but in respect +of quickness and sharpness of loose also. + +The only remaining style of shooting in vogue in old times--that at the +butts or mounds of earth--was known as _prick-shooting_, a small mark +being fixed upon the butt and shot at from various distances. This style +of shooting was probably popular even then, as many of the Acts of +Parliament are levelled against it, on account of its interfering with +the more robust practice of the long distances necessary for the purpose +of war. This prick-shooting next became known as the _paper game_, when +cardboard, and paper stretched on canvas, were placed on the butts. It +is not very clear when such targets as are now in use came into fashion, +with their gaudy heraldic faces. The distances employed for this +butt-shooting appear to have been differently calculated from the +lengths in the longer-distance shooting, an obsolete measure of 7-1/2 +yards, known as an _archer's rood_, having been employed; and the +butt-shooting in vogue at the revival of archery in 1781 was at the +distances of 4, 8, 12, and 16 roods, or 30, 60, 90, and 120 yards; and +the modern distances of 60 yards, 80 yards, and 100 yards do not seem to +have come into use until they were mentioned towards the end of the last +century as _Princes' lengths_ at the annual contests held in the grounds +of the Royal Toxophilite Society, for the possession of the silver +bugles presented by their patron, George IV., then Prince of Wales. + +About the date of the Introduction of the _York Round_ in 1844, two +other rounds were in use amongst archers and in archery clubs. These +were the _St. Leonard's Round_, which first consisted of 75 arrows at 60 +yards only, but afterwards of 36 arrows at 80 yards, and 39 arrows at 60 +yards; and the _St. George's Round_, consisting of 36 arrows at each of +the distances of 100 yards, 80 yards, and 60 yards, the round of the St. +George's Archers, who occupied grounds in St. John's Wood, near London. + +The _York Round_, having been now firmly established for more than forty +years as the round appointed to be shot at all the public archery +meetings, has become the acknowledged test of excellence in bow +practice, and all other rounds have dropped out of use with the +exception of the round known as the _National Round_, which is practised +by ladies at the public meetings, and consists of 48 arrows at 60 yards +and 24 arrows at 50 yards; and of 48 arrows at 80 yards and 24 arrows at +60 yards, as practised by gentlemen at meetings where the 100 yards +shooting is omitted. + + +FOOTNOTES: + +[6] Possibly now the 'Castle' publichouse, 9 Finsbury Pavement. + +[7] The 'Rosemary Branch' publichouse, 2 Shepperton Road, Islington, N., +is perhaps too far off the line to be identical. The same may be said of +Pitfield Street, Hoxton. + + + + +CHAPTER XII. + +_ARCHERY SOCIETIES, 'RECORDS,' ETC._ + +Prince Arthur, the elder brother of King Henry VIII., enjoys the +reputation of having been an expert archer, and it is believed that in +his honour a good shot was named after him; but as he was born in 1486 +and died in 1502, his skill in the craft cannot have had time to arrive +at maturity, though even in modern times a stripling has occasionally +snatched the palm of success from the more mature experts. + +That King Henry VIII. took a deep interest in archery as necessary for +the safety and glory of his kingdom is quite certain, and the various +Acts of Parliament passed in the course of his reign (3 Henry VIII. ch. +3, 4, 13; 6 Henry VIII. ch. 2, 11, 13; 14 & 15 Henry VIII. ch. 7; 25 +Henry VIII. ch. 17; and 33 Henry VIII. 6 & 9) sufficiently prove his +determination to stimulate the more frequent use of the long bow. But, +apart from his public encouragement of archery, he took personal +interest in it himself, and, being a famous athlete, he was no doubt as +successful with his bow as his natural impatience would allow. The +following extracts from the accounts of his privy purse for the year +1531, when he was forty-one years of age, may be taken as the nearest +approach to his actual scores that can be reached. The late Lord +Dudley's score at 60 yards, when shooting with one of the best shots at +that distance, at one guinea per arrow, must have shown an equally +unfavourable balance:-- + +'20 March.--Paied to George Coton for vij shottes loste by the Kinges +Grace unto him at Totehill at vj_s._ viij_d._ the shotte xlvj_s._ +viij_d._ + +'29 March.--Paied to George Gifford for so moche money he wanne of the +Kinges Grace unto him at Totehill at shoting xij_s._ vj_d._ + +'13 May.--Paied to George Coton for that he wanne of the Kinges Grace at +the Roundes the laste day of April iij_l._ + +'3 June.--Paied to George Coton for so moche money by him wonne of the +Kinges Grace at bettes in shoting vij_l._ ii_s._' + +And again on the last day of June there were 'paied to the iii Cotons +for three settes which the King had lost to them in Greenwich Park +xx_l._ and vj_s._ viij_d._ more to one of them for one up shotte.' + +This George Coton (Cotton) is probably the same person who was governor +to the Duke of Richmond, the King's natural son. + +On January 31, 1531, 'paied to Byrde Yoeman of the Kinges bowes for +making the Roundes at Totehill by the Kinges commandment xij_s._ +viij_d._' + +The musters, or what we should now call reviews, were at this time held +in the Tothill Fields. + +Sir W. Cavendish, the historian of Cardinal Wolsey, thus speaks of his +interview with the King in 1530, when he was the bearer of the news of +the death[8] of Wolsey to the King, then staying at Hampton Court. (See +Cavendish's 'Wolsey,' 1827, p. 396.) + +'Upon the morrow (of St. Nicholas Eve, 1530) I was sent for by the King +to come to his grace; and being in Master Kingston's chamber in the +Court (Hampton Court), had knowledge thereof, and repairing to the King, +found him shooting at the rounds in the park, on the backside of the +garden. + +'And perceiving him occupied in shooting, thought it not my duty to +trouble him: but leaned to a tree, intending to stand there, and to +attend his gracious pleasure. Being in a great study, at last the King +came suddenly behind me, where I stood, and clapped his hand upon my +shoulder; and, when I perceived him, I fell upon my knee. To whom he +said, calling me by name, "I will," quoth he, "make an end of my game, +and then will I talk with you," and so he departed to his mark, whereat +the game was ended. + +'Then the King delivered his bow unto the yeoman of his bows, and went +his way inward to the palace, whom I followed.' + +Sir Thos. Elyot, the first edition of whose book, the 'Governour,' was +printed in 1531, devoted chapter xxvii. to the praise of the long bow, +and was the earliest writer on the subject of archery, unless the +unknown author of the 'Book of King Modus,' which is said by Hansard +('Book of Archery,' 1840, p. 210) to be 'preserved in the royal library +at Paris,' wrote about two centuries and a half before the 'Toxophilus,' +by Roger Ascham, was printed in 1545. + +Neither Elyot nor Ascham makes any mention of the societies of archers +known as the Fraternities of St. George and of Prince Arthur, but +something of the kind is plainly indicated by Richard Mulcaster in his +book, the 'Positions,' published in 1581, where he quaintly says, 'This +exercise' (archery) 'I do like best generally of any rounde stirring +without the dores, upon the causes before alleaged: which, if I did not +that worthy man our late learned countriman Maister Askam, would be +halfe angrie with me though he were of milde disposition, who both for +the trayning of the Archer to his bowe and the scholler to his booke, +hath showed himselfe a cunning archer and a skilful maister. + +'In the middest of so many earnest matters I may be allowed to +intermingle one which hath a relice of mirthe: for in praysing of +Archerie as a principall exercise to the preseruing of health how can I +but prayse them who profess it thoroughly and maintain it nobly, the +friendly and franke fellowship of Prince Arthur's knights in and about +the Citie of London which of late yeares have so reuiued the exercise, +so countenaunced the artificers, so inflamed emulation, as in themselues +for friendly meting, in workmen for good gayning, in companies for +earnest comparing, it is almost growne to an orderly discipline, to +cherishe louing society, to enriche labouring pouerty, to maintaine +honest actiuitie, which their so encouraging the under trauellours, and +so increasing the healthfull traine, if I had sacred to silence would +not my good friend in the Citie, Maister Heugh Offley, and the same my +noble fellow in that order, Syr Launcelot, at our next meeting haue +giuen me a sowre nodde, being the chief furtherer of the fact, which I +commend, and the famousest knight of the fellowship, which I am of? Nay, +would not even Prince Arthur himself, Maister Thomas Smith, and the +whole table of those wel known knights, and most actiue Archers haue +layd in their challeng against their fellow knight, if, speaking of +their pastime, I should haue spared their names? Whereunto I am easily +led bycause the exercise deseruing suche prayse, they that loue so +prayseworthy a thing, neither can themselues, neither ought at my hande +to be hudled up in silence.' + +In 'the Auncient order Societie and unitie laudable of Prince Arthure +and his Knightly Armory of the Round Table London, 1583,' Richard +Robinson says, 'King Henry VIII. not onely ... proceeded with what his +Father had begun,' by keeping up a body guard of archers, 'but also +added greater dignity ... by his gracious charter confirmed unto the +worshipful citizens (of London) ... this your now famous Order of +Knights of Prince Arthure's Round Table or Society.' + +But when the practice of archery was enforced by Act of Parliament, and +there were shooting butts and fields at hand almost everywhere for the +use of those who took a genuine interest in the exercise, there could be +but little reason for the introduction of archery societies and clubs. +The meetings for the exhibition of skill would be the regular musters. + +How different the position of archery would have been if, instead of +clamouring for and getting passed irksome Acts of Parliament, compelling +all to shoot, archers, bowmakers, fletchers and others had started a +National Long-Bow Association with State sanction and encouragement for +the promotion of this exercise and the reward of the most successful +shots! + +As in early times there were great musters or reviews of companies of +archers, of whom the sole actual survivor is the Royal Body-Guard of +Scotland (the Archers Company of the Honourable Artillery Company, +itself originally a body of archers, was revived late in the last +century, and is now represented by the Royal Toxophilite Society) for +military display; and local festivities, and wardmotes, as still +maintained by the Woodmen of Arden (revived in 1785) and the Scorton +Arrow Meetings (dating back to 1673), for the glorification of the best +local shots; and the daily use of the long-bow for exercise and sport, +i.e. killing of game; so now there are the meetings of the Grand +National Archery Society, established for the peaceable purpose of +annually rewarding the champion and championess and other illustrious +archers, as hereafter set out in the full account of these meetings, and +also the local public meetings of similar character also given; and in +addition to these there are the meetings of the numerous archery +societies and clubs in different localities, and the constant private +practice either at home or on club grounds. + +Nothing is now to be gained by insisting upon the marked inferiority of +the 'incomparable archers' who flourished towards the close of the +eighteenth and in the first half of the present centuries, as compared +with the many strong and accurate shots who have displayed their skill +since the establishment of the Grand National Archery Meetings. Mr. H. +A. Ford seems to have been unable to find any records of shooting at 100 +yards where more than one-half of the shots were hits, though he says +(p. 112), 'I have seen a letter as late as 1845, from good old Mr. +Roberts' (the author of the 'English Bowman,' 1801), 'who was well +acquainted with the powers of all the best archers of the preceding +half-century, in which he states "he never knew but one man that could +accomplish it."' This one man was probably Mr. Augustus L. Marsh, Royal +Toxophilite Society, who owned, and was able to use, the magnificent +self-yew bow of 85 lbs. now in the possession of Mr. Buchanan, of 215 +Piccadilly, as may be seen from the following records of his best scores +in 1837:-- + + 1837 Hits Score + + June 1 at 4 ft. targets, 100 shots at 100 yards 61 233 + " 27 " " " 59 235 + " 29 " " " 52 214 + July 6 " " " 54 204 + " 11 " " " 58 246 + " 20 " " " 58 204 + " 21 " " " 51 197 + +These would be considered even respectable performances now when hits in +the _petticoat_ count, and all hits between the colours count in that of +higher value, also when three arrows are shot consecutively, instead of +two separately, at each end. Competitive examinations had not then been +brought to their more recent perfection, and standards of excellence in +athletics were as yet unrecorded. Professor John Wilson's ('Christopher +North') wonderful long jump remained as unsurpassable as the 'Douglas +cast,' unless it were, perhaps, beaten or preceded by the deeds of the +wondrous athlete who could clear a full-sized billiard-table lengthwise, +though in his first attempt to do so he failed through knocking the back +of his head against the far side of the table. + +Mr. Frederick Townsend, in 1865, made the best 'record' of shooting at +100 yards, at a wardmote of the Woodmen of Arden, when all the old +customs just referred to were still, as now, in vogue, his score being +322 from 80 hits out of 150 shots. + +There is now left for consideration the subject of 'record,' or standard +of highest excellence at the public meetings, and it appears that Mr. A. +P. Moore's performance at Derby in 1849 of 747, when, however, Mr. H. A. +Ford became champion by the points, was the earliest notable score. Mr. +H. A. Ford improved upon this in the next year at Edinburgh by scoring +899, and in 1854, at Shrewsbury, he made an advance to 1,074. In 1857, +at Cheltenham, he took the record on to 1,251 score with 245 hits, and +there it now remains. + +The first eminent score by a championess was 634, made by Miss H. +Chetwynd at Cheltenham, also in 1857. Mrs. Horniblow took the record on +to 660 at Worcester in 1862, Miss Betham next advanced it, at the +Alexandra Park Meeting in 1864, to 693. At Bath, in 1870, Mrs. Horniblow +took it further to 700, and also still further to 764, with 142 hits, in +1873 at Leamington, and at that point it now remains, though very +closely approached by Miss Legh's score of 763 at Sutton Coldfield in +1881. + +Miss Legh's still better score of 840, with all the 144 hits, was made +at the Grand Western Meeting at Bath in 1881; and Mrs. Piers F. Legh +outstripped this 'record' by scoring 864 with 142 hits at the Leamington +and Midland meeting in 1885; 33 of the hits on this occasion were golds. + +The best 'record' of target practice at 120 yards is to be found amongst +the doings of the Royal Toxophilites. Mr. H. O'H. Moore, in 1872, on the +Norton prize-day, shooting 144 arrows, scored 213 with 43 hits, and Mr. +G. E. S. Fryer, on the similar occasion in 1873, scored 273 with 67 +hits. + +In the shooting at 100 yards of the same society, on the Crunden day in +1854, shooting 144 arrows, Mr. H. A. Ford scored 362 with 88 hits. This +score remained unbeaten, though surpassed in hits by Mr. G. E. S. Fryer +in 1873 (361 score, 91 hits), until it was fairly outstripped by Mr. C. +E. Nesham, who scored 478 with 104 hits in 1883. He also made 435 score +with 95 hits in 1886. + +In 1866 Mr. T. Dawson, Royal Toxophilite Society, presented a challenge +medal for the reward of excellence in shooting at 80 yards, 144 arrows +being shot, and in the first year this medal was taken by Mr. T. Boulton +with 501 score from 113 hits. This record he took on further in 1875, +with 591 score from 125 hits. This has been nearly approached only by +Mr. C. E. Nesham in 1886, with 576 score from 124 hits. + +The record for the 60 yards (144 arrows being shot) medal, presented by +the same gentleman in 1866, was also started in that same year by Mr. T. +Boulton, with 824 score from 142 hits. This record was surpassed by Mr. +W. Rimington in 1872, his score being 840 from the same number of hits. + +A good record for best shooting at 100 yards at the annual West Berks +meeting, when 216 arrows are shot at that distance, was first reached by +Major C. H. Fisher in 1871, when he made 140 hits with 556 score. In +1877 he carried the record on to 572 score with 136 hits. Mr. C. H. +Everett made a still further advance with 155 hits and 633 score in +1880; and in 1881 Mr. H. H. Palairet made 153 with 623 score. + +To Mrs. Butt (then Miss S. Dawson) still belongs the best 'record' for +the 'Ladies' Day' of the Royal Toxophilite Society, the largest annual +gathering of ladies, when the single National Round of 48 arrows at 60 +and 24 arrows at 50 yards is shot. She made 70 hits with 406 score in +1867; in 1875 she scored 401 with 69 hits; and in 1885 Mrs. P. F. Legh +made 70 hits with 400 score. + + +FOOTNOTE: + +[8] Wolsey died November 30, 1530 + + + + +CHAPTER XIII. + +_THE PUBLIC ARCHERY MEETINGS AND THE DOUBLE YORK AND OTHER ROUNDS._ + + +In 1791, ten years after the revival of archery by the establishment of +the Royal Toxophilite Society, a public meeting of all the Archery +Societies, which had already become very numerous in the United Kingdom, +was held on Blackheath, and this meeting was followed by other similar +meetings in 1792 and 1793. Here ended this series of National Archery +Meetings, and in the early part of the present century the use of the +bow appears to have languished. + +The records of the Scorton Arrow Meetings go back, in an almost +uninterrupted succession of annual meetings, to the year 1673. These +meetings, though originally confined to a limited locality--'six miles +from Eriholme-upon-Tees,' near Richmond, in Yorkshire--were open to all +comers. In 1842 and 1843 these meetings were held at Thirsk, in +Yorkshire, and to those present thereat the establishment of an annual +Grand National Archery Meeting is certainly owing. + +The first Grand National Archery Meeting was held at York on August 1 +and 2, 1844, the Scorton Arrow Meeting having been again held at Thirsk +on July 30 in the same year. It was originally intended that the meeting +should occupy one day only, but the weather proved so unfavourable on +the first day that the Round had to be finished on the second day. To +the enterprising archers of Yorkshire is also due the invention of the +York Round, which has since become the almost universally acknowledged +test of the comparative excellence of all archers. This Round--which +is now always shot on each of the two days of a public archery +meeting--consisting of six dozen arrows at 100 yards, four dozen arrows +at 80 yards, and two dozen arrows at 60 yards, was so arranged in the +belief that about the same scores would then be made at each distance; +and this has been proved tolerably correct as regards the average of +archers, though not so as regards Mr. H. A. Ford, Major C. H. Fisher, +Mr. H. H. Palairet, Mr. C. E. Nesham, and some others, when shooting in +their best form, as it would be clearly impossible for them to score, in +four dozen arrows at 60 yards, the 495 which Mr. H. A. Ford made in +twelve dozen arrows at 100 yards at Cheltenham in 1857, or the 466 which +he made on the same occasion in eight dozen arrows at 80 yards. Efforts +have occasionally been made to reduce the quantity of shooting at 100 +yards, for the benefit of those who look upon 80 yards as a long +distance; and it has also been suggested that a few arrows might be +taken from 80 yards and added to 60 yards; but it is generally +acknowledged that the York Round cannot well be mended. + +The Ladies' National Round of four dozen arrows at 60 yards, and two +dozen arrows at 50 yards, shot on each of two days, did not become the +established Round until 1851, and then the only reason of its adoption +was that it corresponded in quantities with the shooting of the +gentlemen at 80 yards and 60 yards. + +In the year after the Third Leamington Grand National Archery +Meeting--i.e. in 1854--the Leamington Meeting was started, and has ever +since been an annual institution, except in those years when the Grand +National Meeting has been again held at Leamington. + +The first Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held in 1859, and has since +been repeated annually. + +The Grand Western Archery Meeting was started at Taunton in 1861, and +has been repeated annually at different places, except in 1865, when the +Grand National Meeting was held at Clifton, and in 1867, when no Grand +Western Archery Meeting was held. In 1886 this meeting was combined with +the Grand National Archery Meeting when held at Bath. + +Occasionally an extra public meeting has occurred--as at Aston Park, +Birmingham, in 1858 and in 1868; at the Alexandra Park, Muswell Hill, in +1863, and again in 1873 and 1882; also at Hastings, in 1867. + +The first of a series of Grand Northern Meetings was established in +1879. This meeting has since been repeated annually. + +In 1881 the Royal Toxophilite Society, in celebration of their +centenary, gave a Double York Round meeting, which, though not strictly +speaking a public meeting, was so well attended that it cannot be +omitted from the records of the York Round. This meeting has also been +repeated annually ever since 1881. + +Almost the largest attendance of gentlemen at a public Archery Meeting +consisted of one hundred and ten at York in 1845, when there were only +eleven ladies shooting. At Cheltenham, in 1856, there were seventy-two +ladies and one hundred and twelve gentlemen shooting. The best attended +meeting was in 1860, at Bath, when there were one hundred and nine +gentlemen and ninety-nine ladies. This was just before the beginning of +the Grand Western Meetings, and there was a full meeting of ninety +gentlemen and ninety-three ladies in 1865, in which year no Grand +Western Meeting was held. + +With the exception of the Seventh Grand National Archery Meeting, which +was held in Edinburgh in 1850, all the Grand National Archery Meetings +have occurred in England. + +Two Double York Round Scottish National Meetings were held in Scotland +in the years 1865 and 1866; but they were not largely attended. + +In Ireland, in the course of the years 1862 to 1866, Irish National and +other public meetings were held, mostly in the grounds of the Dublin +Exhibition; but though the Double York Round was shot, and some good +shooting was done by the Irish and also by English visitors, the +meetings were mostly small, and there seems but little probability of +their revival. + +A few words should be said about the scoring at public meetings. The +original plan was for the Captain at each target to mark, with a pricker +made on purpose, the hits made by each shooter in a space representing +each of the colours of the target--gold, red, blue, black, and white. In +1872 an improved plan was adopted of keeping a proper space for the hits +made at each end, in which is entered each hit in the figure +representing its value, as 9, 7, 5, 3, or 1. When no hit is made at any +end, this fact should also be recorded; and thus the progress of the +shooting is always kept accurately noted, and the possibility of +mistakes in the scores is very much diminished. + +Mr. H. A. Ford often mentions the St. George and St. Leonard's +Rounds--the former being three dozen arrows at each of the distances of +100, 80, and 60 yards, and the latter (originally 75 arrows at 60 yards +only) being three dozen arrows at 80 yards, and three dozen and three at +60 yards. The practice of these Rounds has now entirely disappeared from +amongst archers. + +During the whole of the period from 1844 to 1886 inclusive the appointed +Round has been completed (except at the Leamington Meeting in 1862, when +the weather rendered it quite impossible); and this says a great deal +for the steadfastness of archers, as they have frequently had to submit +to the ill-treatment of pitiless downpourings of rain and arrow-breaking +storms of wind in order to get the Round finished. + +No approach has been made to Mr. H. A. Ford's best public score of +1,251, made at Cheltenham in 1857, or to his second best record of 1,162 +at Leamington in 1856; but his other scores of over 1,000 are easily +counted--namely, 1,076 at Exeter in 1858, 1,014 at Leamington in 1861, +1,037 at Brighton in 1867, 1,087 at Leamington in 1868, and 1,032 at +Leamington in 1869. Major C. H. Fisher made 1,060 at Sherborne in 1872. +Mr. Palairet made 1,025 at the Crystal Palace in 1882, and 1,062 in the +Regent's Park in 1881. Mr. C. E. Nesham made 1,010 in the Regent's Park +in 1883, and 1022 at Bath in 1886. No other archers have reached 1,000 +at a public match. + +Miss Legh's score at Bath in 1881 of 840, when she made all the 144 +hits, stood foremost amongst ladies' achievements until it was beaten by +Mrs. Legh's score of 864 with 142 hits at Leamington in 1885. Miss Legh +in 1882, at the Crystal Palace, scored 792, and in 1885 809 with 143 +hits. Mrs. Butt's score of 785 at Leamington in 1870 ranks next. Then +come Mrs. Horniblow's scores of 768 at Leamington in 1871, and of +764--also at Leamington--in 1872. Mrs. Piers F. Legh scored 763 at +Sutton Coldfield in 1881. Mrs. V. Forbes scored 752 at the Crystal +Palace in 1870. Mrs. Marshall scored 744 at the Crystal Palace in 1884. +Miss Betham's best score was 743 at Leamington in 1867. Mrs. P. Pinckney +scored 729 at the Crystal Palace in 1873; and Mrs. Pond scored 700 in +1874, also at the Crystal Palace. No other ladies appear to have made as +much as 700. + +Other scores of 700 and upwards have been-- + + MRS. HORNIBLOW | MISS BETHAM | MRS. BUTT | MRS. P. F. LEGH + | | | + 1871 746 | 1864 735 | 1876 752 | 1882 750 + 1873 733 | 1867 733 | 1879 744 | 1879 743 + 1873 719 | 1866 701 | 1876 730 | 1881 723 + 1872 712 | -- | 1870 722 | 1883 712 + 1863 706 | -- | 1877 718 | 1884 701 + 1870 700 | -- | 1871 713 | -- + -- | -- | 1877 707 | -- + +The summary of Public Meetings is-- + + 43 Grand National Archery Meetings. + 31 Leamington Archery Meetings. + 28 Crystal Palace Archery Meetings. + 24 Grand Western Archery Meetings. + 7 Grand Northern Archery Meetings. + 2 Alexandra Park Archery Meetings. + 1 Hastings Archery Meeting. + 2 Aston Park Archery Meetings. + 6 Royal Toxophilite Society's Archery Meetings. + ---- + 144 Meetings. + +When attention is turned towards the meetings at which most gentlemen +have made more than 600, and most ladies have made over 500, it is found +that in 1860, at Bath, seventeen gentlemen reached or passed the score +of 600, but at the same time only two ladies passed 500. This still +remains the largest meeting which has yet been held, two hundred and +eight shooters having been present. At the Alexandra Park Meeting in +1864, sixteen gentlemen and six ladies attained the same amount of +excellence. At Brighton, in 1867, seventeen gentlemen and seven ladies +passed the same levels. But, in 1882, at the Crystal Palace, the +corresponding numbers were ten gentlemen and nineteen ladies, and at +Leamington in the same year, fourteen gentlemen and sixteen ladies; +whilst in 1883, at Cheltenham, nineteen gentlemen passed 600 and +fourteen ladies passed 500, though the shooters competing at this +meeting were only one hundred and thirty-one. At Windsor in 1884, +thirteen ladies scored more than 500, and twelve gentlemen more than +600. This shows clearly that, although the number of attendances has +diminished since the extraordinary start given to archery by Mr. H. A. +Ford's book (and this is possibly due to the multiplication of public +matches), yet the average of excellence, particularly amongst the +ladies, has made considerable progress. This is a most encouraging +symptom for the future of archery. + +The First Grand National Archery Meeting was held on August 1 and 2, +1844, at Knavesmire, near York. + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Rev. J. Higginson | 18 | 66 | 21 | 93 | 14 | 62 | 53 | 221 | + | Rev. E. Meyrick | 15 | 65 | 24 | 76 | 19 | 77 | 58 | 218 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Sixty-five gentlemen shot, and no ladies appeared at the targets. + +The single _York Round_ (72 arrows at 100 yards, 48 arrows at 80 yards, +and 24 arrows at 60 yards) was shot first on this occasion. + + * * * * * + +The Second Grand National Archery Meeting was held on June 25 and 26, +1845, at the same place. + + +-----------------------+----------+ + | | 60 Yards | + | LADIES +----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+ + | Miss Thelwall | 48 | 186 | + | Miss Townshend | 45 | 163 | + | Miss Emma Wylde | 33 | 161 | + | Miss Jane Forster | 40 | 152 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+ + +Eleven ladies shot 96 arrows, all at 60 yards. + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. Peter Muir | 53 | 185 | 46 | 182 | 36 | 170 | 135 | 537 | + | Mr. J. Jones | 28 | 110 | 63 | 243 | 38 | 146 | 129 | 499 | + | Rev. E. Meyrick | 42 | 150 | 42 | 146 | 32 | 150 | 116 | 446 | + | Mr. Blackley | 27 | 113 | 44 | 176 | 30 | 128 | 101 | 417 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +One hundred and ten gentlemen shot at this meeting, and the York Round, +as before described, was shot on each day and at all the following +meetings. + + * * * * * + +The Third Grand National Archery Meeting was held on July 29 and 30, +1846, at the same place. + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. R. G. Hubbock | 41 | 175 | 47 | 209 | 29 | 135 | 117 | 519 | + | Rev. E. Meyrick | 40 | 174 | 47 | 211 | 30 | 132 | 117 | 517 | + | Rev. T. Meyler | 35 | 135 | 51 | 179 | 30 | 154 | 116 | 476 | + | Mr. Glasgow | 27 | 97 | 56 | 228 | 33 | 127 | 116 | 452 | + | Mr. C. Garnett | 35 | 125 | 40 | 166 | 36 | 150 | 111 | 441 | + | Mr. J. P. Marsh | 44 | 178 | 40 | 144 | 27 | 119 | 111 | 441 | + | Rev. J. Higginson | 24 | 90 | 51 | 201 | 29 | 149 | 110 | 422 | + | Mr. A. Radcliff | 36 | 124 | 44 | 162 | 34 | 136 | 114 | 422 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Eighty-three gentlemen shot at this meeting, but no ladies appeared. + + * * * * * + +The Fourth Grand National Archery Meeting was held on July 28 and 29, +1847, at Derby. + + +-----------------------+----------+ + | | 60 Yards | + | ---- +----------+ + | |Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+ + | Miss Wylde | 65 | 245 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+ + +The ladies, who numbered only six, again shot--at 60 yards only--the +same number of arrows as in 1845, namely, 96. + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. Peter Muir | 63 | 217 | 53 | 229 | 37 | 185 | 153 | 631 | + | Mr. Hutchons | 33 | 125 | 55 | 267 | 41 | 211 | 129 | 603 | + | Mr. E. Maitland | 38 | 144 | 51 | 197 | 42 | 208 | 131 | 549 | + | Mr. E. Marr | 44 | 182 | 40 | 146 | 39 | 177 | 123 | 505 | + | Rev. J. Bramhall | 34 | 132 | 52 | 198 | 39 | 165 | 125 | 495 | + | Mr. C. Garnett | 44 | 146 | 40 | 158 | 38 | 164 | 122 | 488 | + | Rev. T. Meyler | 44 | 164 | 45 | 169 | 32 | 146 | 121 | 479 | + | Mr. G. Attwood | 44 | 142 | 39 | 141 | 37 | 129 | 120 | 412 | + | Rev. E. Meyrick | 30 | 114 | 47 | 145 | 33 | 141 | 110 | 410 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Fifty-eight gentlemen shot at this meeting, and on the following +day--July 30--half a York Round was shot for a bow (Buchanan's) and two +other prizes. + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | ---- +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Rev. J. Bramhall | | | | | | | | | + | won the bow | 18 | 58 | 16 | 74 | 9 | 41 | 43 | 173 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + * * * * * + +The Fifth Grand National Archery Meeting was held on July 19 and 20, +1848, at the same place. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss J. Barrow | 14 | 54 | 33 | 113 | 47 | 167 | + | Miss Temple | 18 | 80 | 26 | 80 | 44 | 160 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Only five ladies shot, and they shot 72 arrows at 60 yards, and 72 at 50 +yards. + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. E. Maitland | 55 | 245 | 44 | 206 | 36 | 130 | 135 | 581 | + | Rev. J. Bramhall | 45 | 145 | 52 | 218 | 35 | 151 | 132 | 514 | + | Mr. C. Wilkinson | 45 | 161 | 40 | 150 | 28 | 134 | 113 | 445 | + | Mr. E. Marr | 42 | 170 | 47 | 167 | 29 | 99 | 118 | 436 | + | Mr. Willis | 35 | 117 | 38 | 156 | 34 | 146 | 107 | 419 | + | Mr. J. Wilson | 42 | 152 | 41 | 141 | 29 | 109 | 108 | 402 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Seventy-four gentlemen shot at this meeting. Horace A. Ford here made +his first public appearance, scoring-- + + +----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | 31 | 81 | 38 | 142 | 32 | 118 | 101 | 341 | + +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +He stood fifteenth in the list. + + * * * * * + +The Sixth Grand National Archery Meeting was held on July 18 and 19, +1849--again at Derby. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss Temple | 36 | 122 | 19 | 67 | 55 | 189 | + | Miss Mackay | 24 | 98 | 19 | 65 | 43 | 163 | + | Miss Billing | 25 | 89 | 14 | 62 | 39 | 151 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Eight ladies attended this meeting, and the _National Round_ (96 arrows +at 60 yards, and 48 arrows at 50 yards), equally divided between the two +days, was shot now for the first time, and has been ever since shot by +the ladies, except at the next meeting at Edinburgh. + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. A. P. Moore | 62 | 238 | 68 | 318 | 43 | 191 | 173 | 747 | + | Mr. H. A. Ford | 69 | 231 | 63 | 264 | 44 | 208 | 176 | 703 | + | Mr. G. Attwood | 65 | 255 | 49 | 235 | 35 | 125 | 149 | 615 | + | Mr. E. Meyrick | 52 | 196 | 41 | 183 | 29 | 161 | 122 | 540 | + | Mr. G. Ollier | 38 | 130 | 49 | 187 | 41 | 199 | 128 | 516 | + | Mr. J. Wilson | 30 | 108 | 58 | 218 | 37 | 177 | 125 | 503 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Forty-six gentlemen shot at this meeting, and the Champion's medal was +first awarded on this occasion, and won by Mr. H. A. Ford, who won most +points[9] (5), Mr. Moore having won 4--namely, hits and score at 80 +yards, and gross score--and Mr. Attwood won the points for score at 100 +yards. + + * * * * * + +The Seventh Grand National Archery Meeting was held on July 24, 25, and +26, 1850, at Edinburgh, in Warrender Park. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Calvert | 27 | 89 | 20 | 72 | 47 | 161 | + | Miss E. Forster | 29 | 113 | 13 | 43 | 42 | 156 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Eight ladies shot at this meeting, and the round, which, owing to the +condition of the weather, was all shot on the third day, consisted of 72 +arrows at 60 yards, and 36 arrows at 50 yards. + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. A. Ford | 79 | 343 | 70 | 314 | 44 | 242 | 193 | 899 | + | Mr. C. Garnett | 65 | 249 | 61 | 221 | 40 | 168 | 166 | 638 | + | Rev. G. Mallory | 59 | 197 | 55 | 235 | 30 | 150 | 144 | 582 | + | Mr. G. W. Willis | 45 | 175 | 46 | 184 | 39 | 181 | 130 | 540 | + | Mr. J. Wilson | 50 | 192 | 49 | 203 | 36 | 140 | 135 | 535 | + | Mr. O. K. Prescot | 58 | 224 | 41 | 165 | 35 | 125 | 134 | 514 | + | Mr. J. Turner | 50 | 208 | 44 | 196 | 31 | 101 | 125 | 505 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Eighty-three gentlemen shot, and the Champion's medal was won by Mr. H. +A. Ford, who made all the points. + +At this meeting there was also some shooting at 200 yards, 180 yards, +and at 100 feet, in addition to the usual double York Round. + + * * * * * + +The Eighth Grand National Archery Meeting was held on July 25 and 26, +1851, on Wisden's Cricket-ground at Leamington. At this meeting +thirty-three ladies shot the National Round. + +Mr. H. A. Ford won all the points for the Champion medal except that for +score at 80 yards, which was won by Mr. K. T. Heath. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | ---- +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss Villers, | | | | | | | + | afterwards | 73 | 323 | 35 | 181 | 108 | 504 | + | Mrs. Davison | | | | | | | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Miss Villers's score showed a rapid stride in advance amongst the +ladies, as she was more than 100 points ahead of the second lady, Miss +Eaton--73 hits, 297 score--and the third, Mrs. Thursfield--75 hits, 293 +score. + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. A. Ford | 76 | 308 | 72 | 324 | 45 | 229 | 193 | 861 | + | Mr. K. T. Heath | 61 | 235 | 67 | 327 | 40 | 214 | 168 | 776 | + | Rev. J. Bramhall | 65 | 283 | 71 | 273 | 42 | 204 | 178 | 760 | + | Mr. P. Muir | 67 | 243 | 51 | 197 | 41 | 228 | 160 | 668 | + | Mr. H. Garnett | 61 | 257 | 52 | 186 | 35 | 163 | 148 | 606 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Ninety gentlemen shot at this meeting. + +On the 27th a handicap sweepstake match was shot. + + * * * * * + +The Ninth Grand National Archery Meeting was held on July 7 and 8, 1852, +at the same place, in Leamington. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss Brindley | 45 | 155 | 39 | 181 | 84 | 336 | + | Miss M. Peel | 51 | 217 | 33 | 113 | 84 | 330 | + | Miss Villers | 49 | 197 | 30 | 132 | 79 | 329 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +At this meeting thirty-six ladies and seventy-eight gentlemen shot. + +Mr. H. A. Ford won the Champion's medal with 6 points, Mr. Bramhall +having won 2 points for hits and score at 100 yards, and Mr. J. Wilson 2 +points for hits and score at 60 yards. + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. A. Ford | 72 | 306 | 74 | 282 | 42 | 200 | 188 | 788 | + | Rev. J. Bramhall | 84 | 352 | 61 | 249 | 39 | 177 | 184 | 778 | + | Mr. J. Wilson | 68 | 238 | 55 | 207 | 44 | 204 | 167 | 649 | + | Mr. H. Garnett | 68 | 230 | 59 | 229 | 34 | 152 | 161 | 611 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +This match had a most exciting finale. When the last three arrows alone +remained to be shot, Mr. Bramhall was 2 points ahead in score. It was +then a simple question of nerve, and Mr. Ford's proved the best, as he +scored 14 to his opponent's 2. The two gentlemen were placed at +adjoining targets, and Mr. Bramhall's nerve was further disturbed by his +hearing some one noisily offer to bet heavily in favour of Mr. Ford. Mr. +Ford shot first at his target, and Mr. Bramhall second at his. + +Mr. Ford's score on July 9, in the handicap match, amounted to 485. + + * * * * * + +The Tenth Grand National Archery Meeting was held on July 6 and 7, +1853--again at Leamington. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Horniblow | 54 | 230 | 35 | 135 | 89 | 365 | + | Miss M. Peel | 44 | 180 | 40 | 184 | 84 | 364 | + | Miss Clay | 46 | 192 | 35 | 145 | 79 | 337 | + | Mrs. Tennant | 48 | 190 | 31 | 129 | 79 | 319 | + | (_née_ Temple) | | | | | | | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +The silver bracer for the Lady Championess, presented by the Norfolk +Bowmen, was first competed for at this meeting, and won by Mrs. +Horniblow, who won 6 of the 8 points, Miss M. Peel having secured the 2 +points for hits and score at 50 yards. + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. A. Ford | 78 | 322 | 77 | 367 | 47 | 245 | 202 | 934 | + | Rev. J. Bramhall | 56 | 212 | 66 | 300 | 45 | 221 | 167 | 733 | + | Mr. C. Garnett | 55 | 197 | 57 | 251 | 39 | 157 | 151 | 605 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mr. Ford won all the Champion's points, and now first began to show his +marked superiority. + +Fifty ladies and eighty-two gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Eleventh Grand National Archery Meeting was held on July 5 and 6, +1854, on the racecourse at Shrewsbury. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Davison | 68 | 318 | 41 | 171 | 109 | 489 | + | (_née_ Villers) | | | | | | | + | Mrs. Horniblow | 56 | 212 | 40 | 186 | 96 | 398 | + | Miss Baker | 61 | 245 | 34 | 152 | 95 | 397 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mrs. Davison won the silver bracer with 7 points, Mrs. Horniblow, who +made a score of 325 on the handicap day, having secured the eighth point +with the highest score at fifty yards. + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. A. Ford |101 | 411 | 87 | 415 | 46 | 248 | 234 |1,074| + | Rev. J. Bramhall | 62 | 270 | 77 | 329 | 37 | 149 | 176 | 748 | + | Mr. H. Hilton | 62 | 230 | 66 | 260 | 39 | 175 | 175 | 667 | + | Mr. H. Garnett | 54 | 214 | 61 | 249 | 41 | 205 | 156 | 668 | + | Mr. P. Muir | 67 | 229 | 52 | 206 | 41 | 197 | 160 | 632 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mr. Ford won all the points of the Champion's medal, and made a further +stride in front of all other competitors, making over 1,000. + +Sixty-six ladies and ninety-four gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The First Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held in the +Jephson Gardens, on July 19 and 20, 1854. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Horniblow | 73 | 361 | 36 | 146 | 109 | 507 | + | Miss Baker | 71 | 277 | 42 | 198 | 113 | 475 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Colonel Clowes | 57 | 197 | 57 | 237 | 36 | 156 | 150 | 590 | + | Mr. R. Garnett | 42 | 162 | 44 | 212 | 32 | 134 | 118 | 508 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + * * * * * + +The Second Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held on June +20 and 21, 1855. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Horniblow | 67 | 265 | 39 | 161 | 106 | 426 | + | Miss H. Chetwynd | 54 | 210 | 38 | 162 | 92 | 362 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. A. Ford | 82 | 270 | 79 | 323 | 46 | 268 | 207 | 861 | + | Mr. T. G. Golightly | 63 | 231 | 55 | 205 | 35 | 151 | 153 | 587 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + * * * * * + +The Twelfth Grand National Archery Meeting was held on August 1 and 2, +1855--again at Shrewsbury. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Davison | 70 | 278 | 45 | 213 | 115 | 491 | + | Mrs. Horniblow | 67 | 277 | 36 | 160 | 103 | 437 | + | Miss Clay | 64 | 282 | 36 | 146 | 100 | 428 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mrs. Davison won 7 points, and again secured the silver bracer. + +Miss Clay won 1 point for score at 60 yards. + +Miss H. Chetwynd made 296 on the handicap day. + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. A. Ford | 69 | 281 | 65 | 285 | 45 | 243 | 179 | 809 | + | Rev. J. Bramhall | 68 | 242 | 63 | 261 | 44 | 206 | 175 | 709 | + | Mr. P. Muir | 59 | 251 | 57 | 217 | 39 | 159 | 155 | 627 | + | Mr. J. Wilson | 50 | 164 | 59 | 253 | 45 | 197 | 154 | 614 | + | Mr. H. Hilton | 53 | 195 | 64 | 258 | 34 | 160 | 151 | 613 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mr. Ford won the Champion's medal, having won all the points except that +there was a tie between him and Mr. Wilson for hits at 60 yards. + +The weather was unfavourable at this meeting, which helps to account for +the apparent falling off in the scores. + +Fifty-five ladies and eighty-three gentlemen shot. + +The series of eighteen articles, out of which this book was afterwards +formed, began to appear in the 'Field' on October 6 in this year. + + * * * * * + +The Third Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held on June +18 and 19, 1856. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Horniblow | 74 | 338 | 41 | 203 | 115 | 541 | + | Miss H. Chetwynd | 67 | 299 | 41 | 209 | 108 | 508 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. A. Ford |105 | 447 | 91 | 431 | 48 | 284 | 244 |1162 | + | Mr. G. Mallory | 65 | 241 | 58 | 220 | 40 | 176 | 163 | 637 | + | Colonel Phillipps | 47 | 185 | 59 | 247 | 44 | 202 | 150 | 634 | + | Mr. G. Edwards | 61 | 251 | 53 | 221 | 40 | 148 | 154 | 620 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + * * * * * + +The Thirteenth Grand National Archery Meeting was held on July 2 and 3, +1856, on the College Cricket-ground, at Cheltenham. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Horniblow | 68 | 294 | 41 | 193 | 109 | 487 | + | Mrs. Davison[10] | 68 | 312 | 35 | 149 | 103 | 461 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + [10] Did not shoot the last six arrows at 50 yards, being prevented by + indisposition. + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. A. Ford | 81 | 299 | 87 | 439 | 45 | 247 | 213 | 985 | + | Rev. J. Bramhall | 82 | 346 | 69 | 271 | 40 | 168 | 191 | 785 | + | Mr. P. Muir | 65 | 289 | 65 | 253 | 34 | 146 | 164 | 688 | + | Mr. C. Garnett | 68 | 260 | 51 | 211 | 39 | 189 | 158 | 660 | + | Mr. W. Peters | 57 | 189 | 57 | 235 | 32 | 160 | 146 | 584 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mrs. Horniblow won the silver bracer with six points, Mrs. Davison +having won the point for score at 60 yards, and having made the same +number of hits as Mrs. Horniblow at that distance. Miss H. Chetwynd made +the same number of hits at 50 yards as Mrs. Horniblow. + +Mr. Ford again secured the Champion's medal with eight points, his old +opponent Mr. Bramhall having won the points for hits and score at 100 +yards. + +Seventy-two ladies and 112 gentlemen shot at this meeting. + +The first edition of 'The Theory and Practice of Archery' was published +in the course of this year. + + * * * * * + +The Fourth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held on June +10 and 11, 1857. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Horniblow | 66 | 276 | 41 | 183 | 107 | 459 | + | Mrs. Litchfield | 58 | 230 | 38 | 158 | 96 | 388 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. A. Ford | 97 | 387 | 88 | 398 | 45 | 241 | 230 |1026 | + | Mr. C. H. Fisher | 59 | 231 | 62 | 212 | 44 | 172 | 165 | 615 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + * * * * * + +The Fourteenth Grand National Archery Meeting was held on July 1 and 2, +1857--again at Cheltenham. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss H. Chetwynd | 82 | 390 | 46 | 244 | 128 | 634 | + | Mrs. Davison | 73 | 339 | 41 | 209 | 114 | 548 | + | Mrs. Horniblow | 80 | 346 | 42 | 194 | 122 | 540 | + | Mrs. R. Blaker | 69 | 325 | 39 | 171 | 108 | 496 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Miss H. Chetwynd won the silver bracer with all the points, and exceeded +all the previous performances of ladies in match shooting. + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. A. Ford |107 | 495 | 90 | 466 | 48 | 290 | 245 |1251 | + | Mr. G. Edwards | 69 | 255 | 76 | 322 | 43 | 209 | 188 | 786 | + | Mr. W. J. W. Baynes | 65 | 245 | 74 | 314 | 44 | 212 | 183 | 771 | + | Mr. P. Muir | 69 | 261 | 57 | 315 | 39 | 201 | 165 | 777 | + | Mr. J. Bramhall | 67 | 233 | 58 | 254 | 46 | 234 | 171 | 721 | + | Mr. H. C. Mules | 66 | 254 | 58 | 260 | 40 | 206 | 164 | 720 | + | Mr. E. Mason | 57 | 215 | 65 | 279 | 41 | 197 | 163 | 691 | + | Mr. H. Garnett | 61 | 235 | 67 | 263 | 35 | 169 | 163 | 667 | + | Mr. H. Hilton | 55 | 243 | 59 | 243 | 37 | 183 | 151 | 669 | + | Mr. J. Wilson | 62 | 260 | 57 | 237 | 35 | 161 | 154 | 658 | + | Mr. C. H. Fisher | 40 | 122 | 54 | 248 | 42 | 194 | 136 | 564 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mr. Ford again secured all the points for the Champion's medal, and made +the finest score ever yet made in public. + +The average of the shooting of all showed a marked improvement at this +meeting; and it was gratifying to Mr. Ford to be able to state that +several of the leading archers attributed their high positions in the +prize-list to their careful following out of the principles and +directions laid down in his book. + +Sixty-one ladies and ninety-seven gentlemen shot. + +Mr. H. C. Mules scored 389 on the handicap day. + + * * * * * + +The Fifth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held on June +23 and 24, 1858. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss H. Chetwynd | 74 | 344 | 41 | 191 | 115 | 535 | + | Miss Dixon | 62 | 270 | 39 | 179 | 101 | 449 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. A. Ford |100 | 424 | 87 | 463 | 43 | 241 | 230 |1128 | + | Mr. G. Edwards | 77 | 303 | 64 | 298 | 45 | 263 | 186 | 864 | + | Mr. H. Walters | 58 | 256 | 66 | 276 | 43 | 225 | 167 | 757 | + | Mr. W. J. W. Baynes | 60 | 260 | 63 | 239 | 45 | 213 | 168 | 712 | + | Mr. H. C. Mules | 56 | 256 | 55 | 225 | 45 | 209 | 156 | 690 | + | Mr. S. Mason | 53 | 197 | 59 | 267 | 38 | 172 | 150 | 636 | + | Colonel Clowes | 44 | 202 | 49 | 211 | 42 | 214 | 135 | 627 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Twenty-nine ladies and twenty-nine gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Fifteenth Grand National Archery Meeting was held on July 21 and 22, +1858, at Exeter. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Horniblow | 58 | 256 | 43 | 201 | 101 | 457 | + | Mrs. St. George | 58 | 254 | 36 | 174 | 94 | 428 | + | Miss H. Chetwynd | 56 | 204 | 43 | 219 | 99 | 423 | + | Mrs. R. Blaker | 54 | 228 | 38 | 184 | 92 | 412 | + | Lady Edwardes | 54 | 262 | 31 | 139 | 85 | 401 | + | Miss Turner | 59 | 255 | 34 | 136 | 93 | 391 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. A. Ford | 87 | 399 | 81 | 385 | 46 | 292 | 214 |1076 | + | Mr. G. Edwards | 73 | 267 | 70 | 324 | 44 | 226 | 187 | 817 | + | Mr. J. T. George | 59 | 217 | 63 | 311 | 40 | 212 | 162 | 740 | + | Mr. W. J. W. Baynes | 57 | 229 | 60 | 254 | 43 | 219 | 160 | 702 | + | Mr. J. Spedding | 48 | 184 | 71 | 299 | 44 | 212 | 163 | 695 | + | Mr. E. Mason | 52 | 172 | 66 | 292 | 42 | 176 | 160 | 640 | + | Mr. H. C. Mules | 56 | 176 | 59 | 255 | 44 | 210 | 159 | 641 | + | Mr. P. Muir | 48 | 176 | 60 | 250 | 39 | 209 | 147 | 635 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mrs. Horniblow won the silver bracer with 4-1/2 points. Miss Turner won +the point for hits at 60 yards, Lady Edwardes the point for score at 60 +yards, and Miss H. Chetwynd won the point for score at 50 yards and +divided the point for hits at this distance with Mrs. Horniblow. + +Mr. Ford, having won all the ten points, became Champion for the tenth +time. He accounted for the apparent falling off in the shooting at this +meeting as compared with the previous one by the fact that the weather +was rough and the ground difficult. + +Eighty-four ladies and eighty-six gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +A Grand Archery Meeting was held in the grounds of Aston Park, near +Birmingham, on September 8 and 9, 1858. + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. A. Ford | 87 | 339 | 73 | 343 | 48 | 294 | 208 | 976 | + | Mr. G. Edwards | 63 | 277 | 65 | 255 | 46 | 250 | 174 | 782 | + | Mr. H. Walters | 55 | 231 | 53 | 253 | 37 | 193 | 145 | 677 | + | Mr. H. Elliott | 60 | 242 | 63 | 247 | 39 | 185 | 162 | 674 | + | Mr. G. L. Aston | 35 | 141 | 57 | 243 | 40 | 164 | 132 | 548 | + | Mr. W. J. W. Baynes | 49 | 185 | 47 | 175 | 41 | 185 | 137 | 545 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Horniblow | 75 | 317 | 42 | 218 | 117 | 535 | + | Miss H. Chetwynd | 65 | 287 | 39 | 187 | 104 | 474 | + | Miss Aston | 67 | 251 | 41 | 175 | 108 | 426 | + | Lady Edwardes | 61 | 267 | 32 | 142 | 93 | 409 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +It was intended, and advertised, that this meeting should be repeated in +1859; but, from insufficient support, it was abandoned, and the first of +the series of annual archery meetings held in the grounds of the Crystal +Palace was substituted for it. + + * * * * * + +The Sixth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held on June +15 and 16, 1859. + +Thirty ladies and thirty-three gentlemen shot. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Horniblow | 70 | 282 | 48 | 262 | 118 | 544 | + | Miss H. Chetwynd | 67 | 313 | 39 | 179 | 106 | 492 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. G. Edwards | 93 | 355 | 76 | 350 | 47 | 257 | 216 | 962 | + | Mr. H. A. Ford | 75 | 327 | 82 | 382 | 43 | 213 | 200 | 922 | + | Mr. E. Mason | 55 | 217 | 67 | 297 | 42 | 240 | 164 | 754 | + | Mr. G. L. Aston | 56 | 254 | 56 | 244 | 41 | 205 | 153 | 703 | + | Mr. H. C. Mules | 52 | 214 | 65 | 257 | 37 | 185 | 154 | 656 | + | Mr. H. Walters | 44 | 170 | 63 | 253 | 40 | 200 | 147 | 623 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + * * * * * + +The Sixteenth Grand National Archery Meeting was held on July 6 and 7, +1859--again at Exeter. + +Miss Turner won the silver bracer with 5 points, Miss H. Chetwynd having +won 2 points for gross hits and 1 point for hits at 60 yards. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss Turner | 77 | 385 | 45 | 245 | 122 | 630 | + | Miss H. Chetwynd | 82 | 370 | 43 | 215 | 125 | 585 | + | Mrs. G. Atkinson | 76 | 334 | 42 | 207 | 119 | 541 | + | Mrs. Horniblow | 74 | 356 | 38 | 160 | 112 | 536 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +The Champion's medal for the eleventh consecutive time was won by Mr. +Ford with 8 points, Mr. Edwards having won the points for hits and score +at 80 yards. + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. A. Ford | 85 | 357 | 72 | 312 | 48 | 282 | 205 | 951 | + | Mr. G. Edwards | 65 | 269 | 74 | 370 | 45 | 249 | 184 | 888 | + | Rev. W. J. Richardson | 70 | 298 | 68 | 332 | 40 | 182 | 178 | 812 | + | Mr. A. Edmondstone | 78 | 300 | 66 | 250 | 41 | 231 | 185 | 781 | + | Mr. H. C. Mules | 58 | 218 | 61 | 255 | 37 | 215 | 156 | 688 | + | Mr. E. Meyrick | 70 | 252 | 50 | 198 | 40 | 184 | 160 | 634 | + | Mr. J. Rimington | 54 | 238 | 56 | 244 | 44 | 204 | 154 | 686 | + | Mr. J. T. George | 49 | 205 | 67 | 285 | 39 | 173 | 155 | 663 | + | Mr. T. Boulton | 57 | 237 | 56 | 204 | 41 | 171 | 154 | 612 | + | Mr. H. Walters | 49 | 165 | 60 | 266 | 40 | 188 | 149 | 619 | + | Mr. H. B. Hare | 47 | 219 | 53 | 225 | 37 | 183 | 137 | 627 | + | Mr. W. Swire | 57 | 213 | 47 | 223 | 42 | 176 | 146 | 612 | + | Mr. C. H. Fisher | 55 | 253 | 49 | 187 | 34 | 146 | 138 | 586 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Eighty-six ladies and eighty-four gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The second edition of Mr. Ford's book was issued in this year, and the +account of this Grand National Archery Meeting was not included in it. + + * * * * * + +A Grand Archery Meeting, under the management of Mr. Merridew, was +proposed to be held in the grounds of Aston Park, Birmingham, on July 27 +and 28, 1859, as mentioned by Mr. H. A. Ford at page 124; but at the +Leamington meeting of the same year it was decided that this proposed +meeting should be transferred to the grounds of the Crystal Palace at +Sydenham, and thus commenced the annual Crystal Palace Archery Meetings. + + * * * * * + +The First Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on July +27 and 28, 1859, on the Cricket-ground. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss Turner | 66 | 272 | 41 | 203 | 107 | 475 | + | Mrs. Horniblow | 50 | 226 | 40 | 198 | 90 | 424 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. A. Ford | 78 | 314 | 80 | 380 | 48 | 252 | 206 | 946 | + | Mr. G. Edwards | 64 | 264 | 66 | 252 | 45 | 259 | 175 | 775 | + | Mr. H. C. Mules | 67 | 257 | 57 | 285 | 41 | 179 | 165 | 721 | + | Mr. H. Walters | 54 | 186 | 73 | 311 | 42 | 202 | 169 | 699 | + | Mr. T. Boulton | 54 | 226 | 47 | 181 | 42 | 216 | 143 | 623 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Twenty ladies and forty-one gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Seventh Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held on +June 13 and 14, 1860. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. E. Lister | 72 | 336 | 45 | 197 | 117 | 533 | + | Mrs. Litchfield | 72 | 324 | 39 | 163 | 111 | 487 | + | Mrs. Horniblow | 66 | 238 | 46 | 202 | 112 | 440 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. A. Ford | 82 | 336 | 80 | 406 | 47 | 255 | 209 | 997 | + | Mr. E. Mason | 70 | 268 | 64 | 266 | 46 | 226 | 180 | 760 | + | Mr. T. G. Golightly | 54 | 228 | 67 | 277 | 44 | 204 | 165 | 709 | + | Mr. T. Boulton | 49 | 197 | 66 | 284 | 39 | 197 | 154 | 678 | + | Mr. H. Walters | 57 | 217 | 61 | 249 | 43 | 207 | 161 | 673 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Thirty-two ladies and thirty-six gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Seventeenth Grand National Archery Meeting was held on July 4 and 5, +1860, at Bath. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. E. Lister | 69 | 337 | 43 | 213 | 112 | 550 | + | Mrs. G. Atkinson | 79 | 341 | 42 | 190 | 121 | 531 | + | Mrs. Rogers | 66 | 306 | 38 | 188 | 104 | 494 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. G. Edwards | 71 | 277 | 71 | 337 | 46 | 272 | 188 | 886 | + | Mr. P. Muir | 68 | 276 | 70 | 322 | 45 | 257 | 181 | 855 | + | Mr. H. A. Ford | 70 | 260 | 74 | 294 | 47 | 253 | 191 | 807 | + | Mr. H. C. Mules | 57 | 243 | 66 | 312 | 40 | 202 | 163 | 757 | + | Mr. W. Rimington | 58 | 244 | 61 | 273 | 41 | 223 | 160 | 740 | + | Mr. E. Mason | 59 | 211 | 68 | 304 | 42 | 210 | 169 | 725 | + | Rev. W. J. Richardson | 61 | 235 | 66 | 264 | 40 | 202 | 167 | 701 | + | Mr. H. Walters | 57 | 223 | 64 | 276 | 43 | 201 | 164 | 700 | + | Mr. H. B. Hare | 61 | 221 | 60 | 254 | 46 | 224 | 167 | 699 | + | Mr. G. T. Golightly | 55 | 233 | 62 | 228 | 45 | 221 | 162 | 682 | + | Mr. J. Spedding | 61 | 261 | 55 | 257 | 34 | 152 | 150 | 670 | + | Mr. J. Wilson | 47 | 203 | 59 | 259 | 39 | 197 | 145 | 659 | + | Mr. T. Boulton | 55 | 197 | 59 | 257 | 38 | 182 | 152 | 636 | + | Mr. C. H. Fisher | 43 | 169 | 60 | 250 | 42 | 216 | 145 | 635 | + | Mr. J. Turner | 62 | 230 | 53 | 211 | 35 | 183 | 150 | 624 | + | Col. Clowes | 51 | 189 | 52 | 230 | 42 | 204 | 145 | 623 | + | Mr. E. Meyrick | 58 | 248 | 45 | 189 | 37 | 183 | 140 | 620 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mrs. Lister won the first score prize, but Mrs. Atkinson won the silver +bracer with 4 points. + +Mrs. Lister won 2 points for gross score. + +Mrs. Horniblow won the point for score at 50 yards, and Mrs. Litchfield +won the point for hits at 50 yards. + +At this meeting Mr. Edwards won the Champion's medal with 6 points, Mr. +Ford, who took third rank, having won 4 points--namely, 2 for gross hits +and those for hits at 80 yards and hits at 60 yards. + +Ninety-nine ladies and 109 gentlemen shot. + +The influence of hits as affecting the position of the winners of the +best prizes was now entirely abandoned, and the order of the prizes +taken from the gross score only, except when two had a tie in score. In +this case the difference (if any) in hits was considered. + +Want of space prevents the introduction of all the winners of best +prizes, who vary in number at the different meetings from six to twelve, +according to the numbers present; but it should be mentioned that at the +earliest meetings the second prize was allotted to the maker of most +gross hits. This rule prevailed up to 1851. In 1852, 1853, and 1854 the +order of prize-winners was in accordance with the order of the gross +scores. From that date the first prizes were named 'first, second, +third, &c. gross score, and hits,' and the rule by which the order of +the prize list was obtained was that the number of each shooter's +position in hits was taken and added to the number representing his +position in score. The lowest total won the first score and hits prize, +and the next lowest the second, and so on. In cases where the totals of +two were the same, the highest score would win. The application of this +rule may be observed in 1859, when Mr. Richardson made the third score +(812), but won the fourth prize; whilst Mr. Edmondstone, who made the +fourth score, won the third prize. Mr. Edmondstone was second in hits +and fourth in score (total, 6); Mr. Richardson was third in score and +fourth in hits (total, 7). + + * * * * * + +The Second Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on July +18 and 19, 1860. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Horniblow | 65 | 271 | 39 | 179 | 104 | 450 | + | Miss Turner | 58 | 258 | 34 | 132 | 92 | 390 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. G. Edwards | 67 | 247 | 77 | 359 | 46 | 224 | 190 | 830 | + | Mr. H. Walters | 66 | 258 | 72 | 306 | 46 | 220 | 184 | 784 | + | Mr. H. A. Ford | 63 | 289 | 64 | 258 | 46 | 226 | 173 | 773 | + | Mr. Bradford | 66 | 256 | 64 | 256 | 42 | 218 | 172 | 730 | + | Mr. H. C. Mules | 60 | 254 | 63 | 257 | 42 | 200 | 165 | 711 | + | Mr. T. Boulton | 57 | 247 | 57 | 243 | 31 | 133 | 145 | 623 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Twenty-six ladies and forty-three gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Eighth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held in the +Jephson Gardens on June 12 and 13, 1861. + +Twenty-six ladies and thirty-four gentlemen shot. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Horniblow | 78 | 366 | 46 | 230 | 124 | 596 | + | Mrs. E. Lister | 69 | 315 | 44 | 236 | 113 | 551 | + | Mrs. Litchfield | 79 | 351 | 39 | 159 | 118 | 510 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. A. Ford | 83 | 321 | 83 | 419 | 46 | 274 | 212 |1014 | + | Mr. G. Edwards | 52 | 238 | 76 | 354 | 47 | 279 | 175 | 871 | + | Mr. T. G. Golightly | 69 | 255 | 68 | 346 | 41 | 223 | 178 | 824 | + | Mr. M. Knapp | 77 | 309 | 55 | 257 | 32 | 164 | 164 | 730 | + | Mr. H. C. Mules | 65 | 263 | 67 | 273 | 37 | 179 | 169 | 715 | + | Mr. W. Ford | 60 | 218 | 59 | 259 | 39 | 177 | 158 | 654 | + | Mr. G. Mallory | 57 | 217 | 49 | 213 | 43 | 211 | 149 | 641 | + | Mr. W. Swire | 52 | 208 | 58 | 232 | 39 | 177 | 149 | 617 | + | Mr. J. Spedding | 60 | 224 | 54 | 244 | 39 | 137 | 153 | 605 | + | Mr. T. L. Coulson | 46 | 174 | 57 | 231 | 40 | 196 | 143 | 601 | + | Mr. H. B. Hare | 50 | 186 | 53 | 205 | 39 | 209 | 142 | 600 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + * * * * * + +The Eighteenth Grand National Archery Meeting was held on the Racecourse +at Aintree, near Liverpool, on July 17 and 18, 1861. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. G. Atkinson | 73 | 367 | 40 | 208 | 113 | 575 | + | Miss Turner | 65 | 291 | 42 | 214 | 107 | 505 | + | Mrs. Horniblow | 67 | 265 | 42 | 212 | 109 | 477 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mrs. Atkinson won the silver bracer with 6 points. Miss Turner won the +point for score at 50 yards, and Mrs. E. Lister the point for hits (44) +at 50 yards. + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. G. Edwards | 68 | 288 | 63 | 235 | 44 | 222 | 175 | 745 | + | Mr. T. G. Golightly | 60 | 250 | 58 | 270 | 41 | 205 | 159 | 725 | + | Mr. P. Muir | 49 | 175 | 62 | 266 | 43 | 221 | 154 | 662 | + | Mr. H. A. Ford | 54 | 220 | 56 | 200 | 45 | 241 | 155 | 661 | + | Mr. T. Boulton | 54 | 178 | 58 | 268 | 40 | 196 | 152 | 638 | + | Mr. J. Wilson | 46 | 220 | 56 | 212 | 36 | 164 | 138 | 596 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +The Champion's medal was again won by Mr. G. Edwards with 7 points. Mr. +Golightly won the point for score at 80 yards, and Mr. H. A. Ford won +two points for score and hits at 60 yards. + +The wind at this meeting--on an exposed ground--was tremendous. + +Sixty-four ladies and eighty-nine gentlemen shot. + +Some better scores--Mr. E. Mason (446), Mr. F. Townsend (374), and Mr. +H. C. Mules (365)--were made on July 19 in the handicap match. + +The Grand National Archery Society was first established at a meeting of +archers held at the Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool on July 19, 1861. + + * * * * * + +The Third Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on July 30-31 +and August 1, 1861. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss Turner | 77 | 345 | 45 | 255 | 122 | 600 | + | Mrs. Horniblow | 66 | 336 | 44 | 216 | 110 | 552 | + | Miss H. Chetwynd | 72 | 326 | 42 | 200 | 114 | 526 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. A. Ford | 80 | 314 | 75 | 319 | 43 | 211 | 198 | 844 | + | Mr. G. Edwards | 50 | 206 | 79 | 361 | 47 | 251 | 176 | 818 | + | Mr. H. Hilton | 54 | 236 | 51 | 219 | 36 | 142 | 141 | 597 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +No other shooter made as much as 600. + +Twenty-two ladies and thirty-seven gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The First Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at Bishop's Hull, near +Taunton, on August 7 and 8, 1861, when fifty-three ladies and forty-two +gentlemen shot. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss Turner | 80 | 386 | 45 | 259 | 125 | 645 | + | Miss Mignon | 66 | 276 | 41 | 197 | 107 | 473 | + | Miss H. Chetwynd | 56 | 236 | 40 | 228 | 96 | 464 | + | Miss James | 59 | 271 | 37 | 165 | 96 | 436 | + | Mrs. A. Malet | 62 | 256 | 34 | 142 | 96 | 398 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. G. Edwards | 59 | 263 | 85 | 381 | 45 | 253 | 189 | 897 | + | Mr. H. A. Ford | 65 | 235 | 73 | 319 | 47 | 275 | 185 | 829 | + | Colonel Clowes | 53 | 215 | 62 | 272 | 39 | 189 | 154 | 676 | + | Mr. W. Rimington | 53 | 207 | 58 | 272 | 39 | 191 | 150 | 670 | + | Mr. H. B. Hare | 58 | 226 | 56 | 232 | 41 | 205 | 155 | 663 | + | Mr. W. Swire | 57 | 205 | 57 | 251 | 36 | 180 | 150 | 636 | + | Mr. H. Walters | 42 | 140 | 57 | 257 | 41 | 223 | 140 | 620 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + * * * * * + +The Fourth Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on May 29 and +30, 1862. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Horniblow | 76 | 328 | 44 | 220 | 120 | 548 | + | Mrs. H. Walters | 73 | 329 | 41 | 209 | 114 | 538 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. F. Townsend | 75 | 299 | 72 | 344 | 41 | 223 | 188 | 866 | + | Mr. H. A. Ford | 77 | 319 | 67 | 291 | 43 | 201 | 187 | 811 | + | Mr. G. Edwards | 58 | 252 | 70 | 312 | 47 | 241 | 175 | 805 | + | Mr. H. B. Hare | 54 | 238 | 61 | 305 | 37 | 145 | 152 | 688 | + | Mr. W. Swire | 56 | 238 | 64 | 254 | 39 | 189 | 159 | 681 | + | Mr. T. Boulton | 62 | 220 | 58 | 238 | 39 | 179 | 159 | 637 | + | Mr. J. H. Chance | 38 | 144 | 55 | 233 | 44 | 234 | 137 | 611 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Twenty-six ladies and forty gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Ninth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held in the +Jephson Gardens on June 11 and 12, 1862. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | ---- +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Horniblow | ? | 191 | 23 | 143 | ? | 334 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +This was Mrs. Horniblow's score on the first day. The round on the +second day was not completed on account of the bad weather. + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. A. Ford | ? | 186 | ? | 184 | 23 | 137 | ? | 507 | + | Mr. G. Edwards | 29 | 131 | 41 | 169 | 24 | 144 | 94 | 444 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +This was the best shooting of the first day. On the second day only 48 +arrows at 100 yards were shot. + +Thirty-three ladies and twenty-eight gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Nineteenth Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held at +Worcester, on July 17 and 18, 1862. + +Sixty-five ladies and eighty-eight gentlemen shot. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Horniblow | 80 | 384 | 48 | 276 | 128 | 660 | + | Mrs. G. Atkinson | 76 | 334 | 40 | 208 | 116 | 542 | + | Miss Jarrett | 68 | 296 | 43 | 229 | 111 | 525 | + | Miss H. Chetwynd | 65 | 313 | 40 | 176 | 105 | 489 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mrs. Horniblow won the silver bracer with all the 8 points. + +Mr. G. Edwards secured the Champion's medal with 7 points. Mr. H. A. +Ford won the point for score at 80 yards, and the points for score and +hits at 60 yards. + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. G. Edwards | 71 | 297 | 78 | 366 | 45 | 239 | 194 | 902 | + | Mr. H. A. Ford | 67 | 245 | 76 | 376 | 47 | 275 | 190 | 896 | + | Mr. E. Mason | 65 | 239 | 71 | 339 | 42 | 210 | 178 | 788 | + | Mr. T. Boulton | 63 | 279 | 56 | 230 | 42 | 156 | 161 | 665 | + | Mr. W. Rimington | 52 | 204 | 62 | 230 | 41 | 199 | 155 | 633 | + | Mr. H. B. Hare | 65 | 249 | 51 | 177 | 40 | 200 | 156 | 626 | + | Mr. H. Walters | 48 | 194 | 61 | 235 | 40 | 194 | 149 | 623 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Some good scores--Mr. H. A. Ford (479), Mr. G. Edwards (447), and Mr. H. +B. Hare (386)--were made on July 19 in the handicap match. + + * * * * * + +The Second Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at West Harnham, near +Salisbury, on July 9 and 10, 1862, when sixty-four ladies and fifty-one +gentlemen shot. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss H. Chetwynd | 65 | 309 | 36 | 154 | 101 | 463 | + | Mrs. A. Malet | 60 | 264 | 37 | 163 | 97 | 427 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. G. Edwards | 51 | 189 | 61 | 255 | 45 | 275 | 157 | 719 | + | Mr. H. A. Ford | 57 | 235 | 63 | 283 | 42 | 188 | 162 | 706 | + | Mr. H. B. Hare | 50 | 190 | 64 | 244 | 39 | 171 | 153 | 605 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mrs. A. Malet and Mr. H. B. Hare became respectively the Championess and +Champion of the West. + + * * * * * + +The Fifth Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on June +11 and 12, 1863. + +Thirty-four ladies and forty-six gentlemen shot. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Horniblow | 78 | 364 | 43 | 237 | 121 | 601 | + | Mrs. Blaker | 61 | 275 | 36 | 188 | 97 | 463 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. A. Ford | 59 | 221 | 72 | 326 | 44 | 244 | 175 | 791 | + | Mr. F. Townsend | 58 | 196 | 68 | 284 | 41 | 195 | 167 | 675 | + | Mr. T. L. Coulson | 53 | 233 | 65 | 281 | 34 | 142 | 152 | 656 | + | Mr. MacNamara | 49 | 169 | 64 | 292 | 42 | 192 | 155 | 653 | + | Mr. G. Edwards | 49 | 185 | 64 | 264 | 42 | 188 | 155 | 637 | + | Mr. A. R. Tawney | 59 | 245 | 55 | 209 | 26 | 156 | 140 | 610 | + | Colonel Clowes | 45 | 173 | 57 | 245 | 36 | 190 | 138 | 608 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + * * * * * + +The Tenth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held in the +Jephson Gardens on June 25 and 26, 1863. + +Twenty-eight ladies and thirty-two gentlemen shot. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Horniblow | 90 | 442 | 44 | 264 | 134 | 706 | + | Miss B. Edwards | 73 | 305 | 47 | 229 | 120 | 534 | + | Miss Waller | 74 | 322 | 42 | 206 | 116 | 528 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. A. Ford | 73 | 295 | 65 | 291 | 41 | 227 | 179 | 813 | + | Mr. McNamara | 58 | 266 | 65 | 265 | 46 | 246 | 169 | 777 | + | Captain Betham | 59 | 227 | 69 | 317 | 37 | 201 | 165 | 745 | + | Mr. T. L. Coulson | 74 | 324 | 63 | 237 | 40 | 152 | 177 | 713 | + | Mr. H. B. Hare | 64 | 246 | 61 | 295 | 33 | 133 | 158 | 674 | + | Colonel Clowes | 57 | 197 | 63 | 277 | 36 | 180 | 156 | 654 | + | Mr. H. Walters | 54 | 204 | 66 | 254 | 39 | 179 | 159 | 637 | + | Mr. J. Spedding | 49 | 209 | 58 | 246 | 33 | 159 | 140 | 614 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + * * * * * + +The Twentieth Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held on the +Christ Church Cricket-ground at Oxford on July 1 and 2, 1863. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Horniblow | 73 | 285 | 43 | 193 | 116 | 478 | + | Miss H. Chetwynd | 61 | 281 | 39 | 189 | 100 | 468 | + | Miss B. Edwards | 60 | 258 | 38 | 192 | 98 | 450 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mrs. Horniblow won the silver bracer with all the 8 points. + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. P. Muir | 72 | 292 | 65 | 295 | 44 | 258 | 179 | 845 | + | Mr. H. A. Ford | 62 | 242 | 70 | 290 | 44 | 248 | 176 | 780 | + | Mr. T. L. Coulson | 59 | 219 | 58 | 240 | 41 | 223 | 158 | 682 | + | Mr. G. Edwards | 54 | 206 | 59 | 245 | 42 | 218 | 155 | 669 | + | Mr. H. Walters | 38 | 160 | 64 | 290 | 45 | 209 | 147 | 659 | + | Mr. F. Townsend | 55 | 211 | 50 | 200 | 43 | 207 | 148 | 618 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +The weather was very rough. + +Mr. P. Muir won the Champion's medal with 8 points; Mr. H. A. Ford won +the point for hits at 80 yards; and Messrs. H. Walters and E. W. +Atkinson divided the point for hits at 60 yards (45). + +Fifty-four ladies and ninety-six gentlemen shot. + +Mr. T. L. Coulson (452) shot well on July 3 in the handicap match. + + * * * * * + +The Third Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at Weymouth on July 15 +and 16, 1863, when fifty-nine ladies and sixty-four gentlemen shot. + +There was a tie between Miss L. Turner and Miss S. Dawson in points; and +on drawing lots (not a fair way of deciding the tie) Miss S. Dawson won, +and became Championess. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss L. Turner | 69 | 331 | 42 | 200 | 111 | 531 | + | Miss S. Dawson | 71 | 295 | 42 | 200 | 113 | 495 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. A. Ford | 65 | 243 | 77 | 341 | 44 | 242 | 186 | 826 | + | Mr. T. L. Coulson | 70 | 258 | 57 | 277 | 42 | 236 | 169 | 771 | + | Captain Betham | 50 | 194 | 76 | 322 | 43 | 219 | 169 | 735 | + | Mr. W. Rimington | 64 | 234 | 67 | 249 | 43 | 207 | 174 | 690 | + | Colonel Clowes | 56 | 208 | 59 | 243 | 34 | 176 | 149 | 627 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mr. H. B. Hare (148 hits, 594 score) became Champion of the West. + + * * * * * + +A Grand Inaugural Archery Fete was held in the Alexandra Park, Muswell +Hill, on July 23 and 24, 1863. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Horniblow | 78 | 370 | 47 | 269 | 125 | 639 | + | Miss H. Chetwynd | 76 | 354 | 40 | 188 | 116 | 542 | + | Mrs. Hare | 74 | 328 | 43 | 177 | 117 | 505 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. G. Edwards | 64 | 234 | 71 | 293 | 47 | 279 | 182 | 806 | + | Mr. W. Rimington | 70 | 264 | 66 | 266 | 43 | 225 | 179 | 755 | + | Mr. T. L. Coulson | 59 | 257 | 62 | 264 | 41 | 193 | 162 | 714 | + | Mr. H. Walters | 60 | 212 | 60 | 254 | 45 | 247 | 165 | 713 | + | Colonel Clowes | 64 | 236 | 58 | 232 | 39 | 193 | 161 | 661 | + | Mr. T. Boulton | 52 | 198 | 67 | 267 | 38 | 192 | 157 | 657 | + | Mr. J. Rogers | 50 | 180 | 65 | 263 | 44 | 196 | 159 | 639 | + | Captain Betham | 50 | 174 | 58 | 224 | 40 | 200 | 148 | 598 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mr. J. Buchanan acted as manager of this meeting. + +Nineteen ladies and forty-one gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Eleventh Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held in +the Jephson Gardens on June 15 and 16, 1864. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss Betham | 88 | 464 | 47 | 271 | 135 | 735 | + | Mrs. Horniblow | 86 | 396 | 46 | 234 | 132 | 630 | + | Mrs. E. Lister | 67 | 313 | 38 | 184 | 105 | 597 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. G. Edwards | 57 | 239 | 82 | 346 | 46 | 258 | 185 | 843 | + | Mr. H. Walters | 55 | 199 | 54 | 284 | 43 | 239 | 152 | 722 | + | Captain Betham | 54 | 212 | 63 | 231 | 47 | 251 | 164 | 694 | + | Mr. G. L. Aston | 56 | 208 | 65 | 269 | 41 | 215 | 162 | 692 | + | Mr. T. L. Coulson | 61 | 207 | 58 | 248 | 42 | 230 | 161 | 685 | + | Mr. Betham | 68 | 232 | 58 | 238 | 40 | 194 | 166 | 664 | + | Mr. McNamara | 50 | 176 | 60 | 242 | 41 | 185 | 151 | 603 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Thirty-five ladies and thirty-three gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Sixth Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on June +30 and July 1, 1864. + +Thirty-eight ladies and forty-four gentlemen shot. + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. G. Edwards | 66 | 276 | 68 | 274 | 47 | 269 | 181 | 819 | + | Mr. Betham | 63 | 249 | 59 | 275 | 46 | 232 | 168 | 756 | + | Mr. H. Walters | 57 | 207 | 71 | 287 | 43 | 211 | 171 | 705 | + | Captain Betham | 57 | 209 | 62 | 246 | 45 | 215 | 164 | 670 | + | Mr. W. Rimington | 57 | 219 | 58 | 236 | 42 | 194 | 157 | 649 | + | Mr. James Spedding | 55 | 189 | 61 | 229 | 43 | 207 | 159 | 625 | + | Mr. H. B. Hare | 55 | 205 | 56 | 232 | 38 | 182 | 149 | 619 | + | Mr. J. Rogers | 69 | 245 | 54 | 192 | 39 | 179 | 162 | 616 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss Betham | 76 | 350 | 41 | 253 | 117 | 603 | + | Mrs. Horniblow | 73 | 343 | 45 | 221 | 118 | 564 | + | Miss Turner | 72 | 296 | 41 | 225 | 113 | 521 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + * * * * * + +The Twenty-first Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held in +the Alexandra Park, Muswell Hill, near London, on July 6 and 7, 1864. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss Betham | 83 | 429 | 46 | 264 | 129 | 693 | + | Mrs. G. Atkinson | 74 | 392 | 43 | 243 | 117 | 635 | + | Mrs. Horniblow | 76 | 314 | 45 | 227 | 121 | 541 | + | Miss A. S. Butt | 79 | 339 | 46 | 200 | 125 | 539 | + | Miss Quin | 68 | 320 | 44 | 208 | 112 | 528 | + | Miss Turner | 66 | 300 | 41 | 211 | 107 | 511 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Miss Betham won the silver bracer with 7-1/2 points. Miss A. S. Butt +divided the point for hits at 50 yards with her. + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. G. Edwards | 63 | 205 | 80 | 418 | 46 | 274 | 189 | 897 | + | Mr. P. Muir | 81 | 325 | 63 | 269 | 45 | 227 | 189 | 821 | + | Mr. H. Walters | 53 | 179 | 68 | 318 | 46 | 240 | 167 | 737 | + | Mr. W. R. Atkinson | 60 | 230 | 61 | 237 | 43 | 249 | 164 | 716 | + | Captain Betham | 57 | 247 | 60 | 246 | 41 | 213 | 158 | 706 | + | Mr. James Spedding | 62 | 246 | 67 | 287 | 35 | 169 | 164 | 702 | + | Mr. Betham | 44 | 180 | 77 | 329 | 42 | 188 | 163 | 697 | + | Mr. T. L. Coulson | 60 | 242 | 55 | 269 | 41 | 175 | 156 | 686 | + | Mr. St. J. Coventry | 68 | 260 | 55 | 219 | 37 | 177 | 160 | 656 | + | Mr. A. R. Tawney | 64 | 242 | 54 | 214 | 39 | 179 | 157 | 645 | + | Captain C. H. Fisher | 65 | 267 | 57 | 193 | 39 | 183 | 161 | 643 | + | Mr. H. B. Hare | 62 | 238 | 64 | 260 | 32 | 134 | 158 | 632 | + | Mr. J. Wilson | 55 | 231 | 59 | 201 | 40 | 190 | 154 | 622 | + | Mr. H. Elliott | 47 | 201 | 51 | 215 | 39 | 199 | 137 | 615 | + | Mr. McNamara | 52 | 200 | 55 | 215 | 41 | 193 | 148 | 608 | + | Mr. H. Garnett | 51 | 227 | 53 | 217 | 37 | 161 | 141 | 605 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mr. G. Edwards secured the Champion's medal with 6-1/2 points. Mr. P. +Muir won 2 points for hits and score at 100 yards, and Mr. H. Walters +divided the point for hits at 60 yards with Mr. G. Edwards. + +Eighty-two ladies and eighty-six gentlemen shot. + +Good scores appear to have been made in the handicap match on July +8--namely, 356 by Miss Betham, 334 by Mrs. G. Atkinson, and 321 by Miss +Turner; 463 by Mr. G. Edwards, 420 by Mr. W. R. Atkinson, and 394 by Mr. +W. Rimington. + + * * * * * + +The Fourth Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at Exeter on August 3 +and 4, 1864, when one hundred and seventeen ladies and fifty-eight +gentlemen shot. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss S. Dawson | 86 | 416 | 46 | 252 | 132 | 668 | + | Mrs. C. H. Everett | 68 | 330 | 43 | 223 | 111 | 553 | + | Miss Quin | 75 | 347 | 42 | 188 | 117 | 535 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. G. L. Aston | 72 | 280 | 74 | 336 | 44 | 220 | 190 | 836 | + | Captain C. H. Fisher | 80 | 340 | 64 | 250 | 37 | 195 | 181 | 785 | + | Mr. H. B. Hare | 53 | 225 | 65 | 251 | 35 | 169 | 153 | 645 | + | Mr. W. Rimington | 50 | 174 | 45 | 207 | 40 | 204 | 135 | 585 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Miss S. Dawson and Mr. H. B. Hare became Championess and Champion of the +West. + + * * * * * + +The Twelfth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held on +June 14 and 15, 1865, in the Jephson Gardens. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss Betham | 86 | 412 | 47 | 259 | 133 | 671 | + | Miss S. Dawson | 84 | 404 | 45 | 241 | 129 | 645 | + | Mrs. Horniblow | 86 | 384 | 46 | 240 | 132 | 624 | + | Mrs. E. Lister | 69 | 311 | 40 | 198 | 109 | 509 | + | Miss A. S. Butt | 74 | 300 | 40 | 206 | 114 | 506 | + | Miss Waller | 70 | 310 | 40 | 192 | 110 | 502 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. G. Edwards | 78 | 338 | 76 | 352 | 44 | 218 | 198 | 908 | + | Mr. T. L. Coulson | 64 | 282 | 64 | 278 | 42 | 202 | 170 | 762 | + | Mr. Betham | 55 | 231 | 65 | 281 | 47 | 241 | 167 | 753 | + | Mr. H. Walters | 68 | 210 | 73 | 301 | 46 | 208 | 187 | 719 | + | Captain Betham | 69 | 261 | 73 | 267 | 35 | 175 | 177 | 703 | + | Mr. Chance | 70 | 304 | 64 | 240 | 38 | 154 | 172 | 698 | + | Mr. H. Elliott | 47 | 175 | 59 | 249 | 43 | 219 | 149 | 643 | + | Mr. A. R. Tawney | 55 | 207 | 59 | 235 | 37 | 161 | 151 | 603 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Thirty-two ladies and forty gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Seventh Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on July +6 and 7, 1865. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss Betham | 70 | 352 | 46 | 246 | 116 | 598 | + | Miss E. K. Fenton | 67 | 307 | 38 | 178 | 105 | 485 | + | Mrs. Horniblow | 70 | 304 | 38 | 176 | 108 | 480 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. E. A. Holmes | 71 | 267 | 67 | 263 | 39 | 181 | 177 | 711 | + | Mr. G. Edwards | 50 | 162 | 63 | 265 | 44 | 246 | 157 | 673 | + | Mr. H. Elliott | 45 | 181 | 59 | 255 | 40 | 194 | 144 | 630 | + | Mr. H. Walters | 30 | 100 | 65 | 269 | 43 | 225 | 132 | 594 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Miss H. Chetwynd (afterwards Mrs. Christie) had the management of this +meeting, and of the previous one in 1864. + +Forty ladies and forty-nine gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Twenty-second Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held at +Clifton, near Bristol, on College Cricket-ground, on July 26 and 27, +1865. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss Betham | 79 | 385 | 45 | 221 | 124 | 606 | + | Miss S. Dawson | 76 | 376 | 45 | 205 | 121 | 581 | + | Mrs. E. Lister | 74 | 362 | 42 | 218 | 116 | 580 | + | Mrs. P. Becher | 71 | 323 | 40 | 212 | 111 | 535 | + | Mrs. FitzGerald | 73 | 337 | 37 | 185 | 110 | 522 | + | Mrs. Horniblow | 67 | 281 | 43 | 213 | 110 | 494 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Miss Betham won the silver bracer with 6-1/2 points. Miss L. J. Butt won +the point for score at 50 yards (222); and Miss S. Dawson divided the +point for hits at 50 yards with Miss Betham. + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. E. A. Holmes | 60 | 254 | 73 | 297 | 41 | 237 | 174 | 788 | + | Mr. T. Boulton | 68 | 272 | 64 | 288 | 41 | 205 | 173 | 765 | + | Mr. P. Muir | 71 | 289 | 60 | 250 | 38 | 180 | 169 | 719 | + | Mr. G. Edwards | 54 | 192 | 65 | 301 | 46 | 226 | 165 | 719 | + | Mr. R. W. Atkinson | 54 | 196 | 58 | 256 | 44 | 260 | 156 | 712 | + | Mr. H. Walters | 42 | 154 | 63 | 191 | 46 | 222 | 151 | 667 | + | Mr. E. Mason | 53 | 199 | 64 | 268 | 40 | 184 | 157 | 651 | + | Mr. W. Rimington | 52 | 188 | 66 | 274 | 40 | 176 | 158 | 638 | + | Mr. T. L. Coulson | 62 | 218 | 59 | 255 | 35 | 135 | 156 | 608 | + | Mr. G. L. Aston | 47 | 177 | 56 | 258 | 36 | 166 | 139 | 601 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mr. E. A. Holmes became the Champion, having won most points (5). Mr. P. +Muir won 2 points for hits and score at 100 yards; Mr. G. Edwards won +the point for score at 80 yards; and Mr. R. W. Atkinson won the point +for score at 60 yards. Messrs. G. Edwards and H. Walters divided the +point for hits at 60 yards. + +Ninety-three ladies and ninety gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +No Grand Western Archery Meeting was held this year. + + * * * * * + +The Thirteenth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held in +the Jephson Gardens on June 13 and 14, 1866. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss Betham | 82 | 444 | 45 | 257 | 127 | 701 | + | Mrs. Horniblow | 83 | 423 | 46 | 276 | 129 | 699 | + | Miss S. Dawson | 91 | 459 | 43 | 187 | 134 | 646 | + | Mrs. E. Lister | 78 | 374 | 42 | 218 | 120 | 592 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. G. Edwards | 71 | 287 | 71 | 333 | 42 | 226 | 184 | 846 | + | Mr. T. L. Coulson | 70 | 290 | 76 | 362 | 40 | 180 | 186 | 832 | + | Mr. T. Boulton | 74 | 274 | 64 | 266 | 43 | 205 | 181 | 745 | + | Mr. O. K. Prescot | 51 | 205 | 64 | 288 | 43 | 229 | 158 | 722 | + | Mr. H. Elliott | 64 | 232 | 63 | 279 | 42 | 194 | 169 | 705 | + | Mr. Golightly | 56 | 244 | 65 | 271 | 42 | 188 | 163 | 703 | + | Mr. Betham | 65 | 267 | 64 | 264 | 44 | 168 | 173 | 699 | + | Captain Betham | 52 | 198 | 68 | 262 | 41 | 193 | 161 | 653 | + | Mr. H. Walters | 41 | 185 | 58 | 222 | 42 | 194 | 141 | 601 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mr. Golightly scored 405 on June 15 in the handicap match. + +Thirty-one ladies and thirty-six gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Eighth Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on June +28 and 29, 1866. + +Twenty-nine ladies and forty-five gentlemen shot. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss Betham | 81 | 389 | 44 | 244 | 125 | 633 | + | Mrs. Hosken | 78 | 346 | 46 | 234 | 124 | 580 | + | Mrs. Horniblow | 82 | 348 | 44 | 222 | 126 | 570 | + | Miss A. S. Butt | 68 | 338 | 41 | 201 | 109 | 539 | + | Mrs. P. Becher | 72 | 332 | 42 | 194 | 114 | 526 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. Elliott | 55 | 253 | 67 | 317 | 40 | 194 | 162 | 764 | + | Mr. G. Edwards | 71 | 285 | 55 | 261 | 41 | 213 | 167 | 759 | + | Mr. T. Boulton | 55 | 243 | 69 | 321 | 41 | 195 | 165 | 759 | + | Mr. E. A. Holmes | 67 | 275 | 74 | 296 | 40 | 184 | 181 | 755 | + | Mr. T. L. Coulson | 67 | 301 | 64 | 258 | 39 | 189 | 170 | 748 | + | Mr. R. W. Atkinson | 48 | 174 | 68 | 278 | 46 | 226 | 162 | 678 | + | Mr. W. Rimington | 52 | 234 | 55 | 243 | 41 | 199 | 148 | 676 | + | Mr. F. Townsend | 55 | 237 | 64 | 242 | 38 | 188 | 167 | 667 | + | Captain C. H. Fisher | 56 | 238 | 57 | 243 | 41 | 177 | 154 | 658 | + | Captain Whitla | 55 | 227 | 59 | 251 | 37 | 147 | 151 | 625 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + * * * * * + +The Fifth Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at Weymouth on July 18 +and 19, 1866, when seventy-seven ladies and fifty-nine gentlemen shot. + +Miss S. Dawson and Mr. H. Walrond became respectively Championess and +Champion of the West. + +During these five Grand Western Archery Meetings Mr. T. Dawson acted as +Hon. Secretary. No meeting was held in 1865, when the Grand National +Archery Meeting was held at Clifton; and none was held in 1867. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss Betham | 76 | 384 | 46 | 262 | 122 | 646 | + | Miss S. Dawson | 82 | 414 | 41 | 195 | 123 | 609 | + | Miss A. S. Butt | 66 | 296 | 42 | 221 | 108 | 517 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. Walrond | 44 | 180 | 66 | 320 | 40 | 198 | 150 | 698 | + | Mr. Betham | 53 | 191 | 62 | 268 | 43 | 223 | 158 | 682 | + | Mr. T. G. Golightly | 51 | 205 | 56 | 254 | 38 | 202 | 145 | 661 | + | Mr. W. Rimington | 47 | 177 | 65 | 255 | 39 | 183 | 151 | 615 | + | Mr. H. A. Ford | 45 | 123 | 61 | 275 | 45 | 215 | 151 | 613 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + * * * * * + +The Twenty-third Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held in +the grounds of Sir R. Harvey, Bart., at Crown Point, near Norwich, on +July 25 and 26, 1866. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss Betham | 85 | 405 | 45 | 257 | 130 | 662 | + | Mrs. Horniblow | 86 | 428 | 42 | 212 | 128 | 640 | + | Miss L. J. Butt | 72 | 316 | 43 | 189 | 115 | 505 | + | Miss A. S. Butt | 60 | 262 | 44 | 228 | 104 | 490 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Miss Betham won the silver bracer with 6 points. Mrs. Horniblow won the +2 points for hits and score at 60 yards. + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. G. Edwards | 66 | 280 | 79 | 345 | 47 | 275 | 192 | 900 | + | Mr. E. A. Holmes | 65 | 247 | 69 | 297 | 46 | 246 | 180 | 790 | + | Mr. W. Rimington | 59 | 255 | 65 | 251 | 44 | 224 | 168 | 730 | + | Mr. Betham | 60 | 200 | 74 | 288 | 44 | 194 | 178 | 682 | + | Mr. R. W. Atkinson | 58 | 198 | 68 | 282 | 42 | 202 | 168 | 682 | + | Mr. F. Townsend | 57 | 217 | 64 | 274 | 42 | 188 | 163 | 679 | + | Mr. T. L. Coulson | 61 | 229 | 65 | 251 | 40 | 188 | 166 | 668 | + | Mr. H. A. Ford | 59 | 191 | 63 | 255 | 40 | 220 | 162 | 666 | + | Captain Whitla | 65 | 241 | 65 | 239 | 36 | 184 | 166 | 664 | + | Mr. O. K. Prescot | 49 | 179 | 72 | 280 | 43 | 197 | 164 | 656 | + | Captain C. H. Fisher | 71 | 255 | 59 | 195 | 42 | 192 | 172 | 642 | + | Mr. C. C. Ellison | 52 | 198 | 49 | 203 | 41 | 219 | 142 | 620 | + | Mr. F. Partridge | 63 | 227 | 50 | 226 | 36 | 166 | 149 | 619 | + | Mr. Chance | 61 | 283 | 56 | 200 | 34 | 116 | 151 | 599 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mr. G. Edwards won all the points, and became the Champion. + +Seventy-four ladies and seventy-five gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Fourteenth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held in +the Jephson Gardens on June 12 and 13, 1867. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss Betham | 86 | 466 | 47 | 277 | 133 | 743 | + | Mrs. Horniblow | 85 | 423 | 37 | 217 | 122 | 640 | + | Mrs. E. Lister | 84 | 394 | 45 | 237 | 129 | 631 | + | Mrs. Litchfield | 65 | 337 | 31 | 169 | 96 | 506 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. A. Ford | 94 | 416 | 78 | 322 | 47 | 257 | 219 | 995 | + | Mr. O. K. Prescot | 83 | 317 | 76 | 362 | 43 | 245 | 202 | 924 | + | Mr. R. Caldwell | 65 | 281 | 69 | 327 | 41 | 225 | 175 | 833 | + | Mr. H. Elliott | 69 | 271 | 64 | 272 | 42 | 246 | 175 | 789 | + | Mr. Betham | 61 | 259 | 59 | 245 | 38 | 192 | 158 | 696 | + | Mr. T. L. Coulson | 51 | 181 | 59 | 255 | 40 | 182 | 150 | 618 | + | Mr. W. Butt | 51 | 193 | 62 | 230 | 39 | 193 | 152 | 616 | + | Mr. Spottiswoode | 65 | 213 | 61 | 225 | 38 | 170 | 164 | 608 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mr. R. Caldwell scored 423 on June 14 in the handicap match. + +Twenty-five ladies and forty-one gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Ninth Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on July +18 and 19, 1867. + +Mr. O. K. Prescot scored 451 on July 20 in the handicap match. + +Forty-nine ladies and sixty-six gentlemen shot. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss S. Dawson | 84 | 378 | 44 | 248 | 128 | 626 | + | Miss Ripley | 70 | 320 | 43 | 201 | 113 | 521 | + | Miss Betham | 69 | 281 | 42 | 218 | 111 | 499 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +----------------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ + | |100 Yards | 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| + +----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+ + | Mr. H. A. Ford | 62 | 224 | 73 | 325 | 47 | 239 | 182| 788 | + | Mr. O. K. Prescot | 54 | 186 | 72 | 350 | 44 | 210 | 170| 746 | + | Mr. Spottiswoode | 69 | 247 | 66 | 268 | 43 | 209 | 178| 724 | + | Mr. W. Rimington | 68 | 248 | 55 | 215 | 45 | 215 | 168| 678 | + | Mr. E. A. Holmes | 63 | 219 | 69 | 259 | 38 | 198 | 170| 676 | + | Mr. H. Elliott | 41 | 173 | 67 | 291 | 44 | 206 | 152| 670 | + | Mr. Betham | 39 | 131 | 60 | 272 | 43 | 239 | 142| 642 | + | Captain C. H. Fisher | 45 | 173 | 64 | 276 | 40 | 186 | 149| 635 | + | Mr. J. M. Croker | 52 | 186 | 61 | 259 | 41 | 181 | 154| 626 | + | Mr. R. W. Atkinson | 47 | 153 | 59 | 235 | 43 | 217 | 149| 605 | + | Admiral Lowe | 44 | 156 | 67 | 297 | 33 | 151 | 144| 604 | + | Mr. St. J. Coventry | 44 | 182 | 55 | 205 | 43 | 217 | 142| 604 | + +----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+ + + * * * * * + +The Twenty-fourth Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held at +Preston, near Brighton, on July 24 and 25, 1867. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. E. Lister | 86 | 454 | 42 | 236 | 130 | 690 | + | Miss Betham | 82 | 366 | 47 | 281 | 129 | 647 | + | Miss S. Dawson | 88 | 404 | 44 | 242 | 132 | 646 | + | Mrs. Horniblow | 88 | 450 | 42 | 196 | 130 | 646 | + | Miss Stephenson | 70 | 310 | 41 | 233 | 111 | 543 | + | Mrs. J. R. Thomson | 75 | 361 | 35 | 169 | 110 | 530 | + | Miss A. S. Butt | 69 | 319 | 41 | 191 | 110 | 510 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mrs. E. Lister won the silver bracer of the Championess with 3 points. +Miss S. Dawson won the 2 points for most hits, and divided the point +for hits at 60 yards with Mrs. Horniblow. Miss Betham won 2 points for +hits and score at 50 yards. + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. A. Ford | 94 | 396 | 74 | 364 | 47 | 277 | 215 |1037 | + | Mr. E. A. Holmes | 88 | 412 | 73 | 345 | 42 | 216 | 203 | 973 | + | Mr. Spottiswoode | 90 | 350 | 71 | 293 | 41 | 205 | 202 | 848 | + | Mr. O. K. Prescot | 67 | 285 | 77 | 313 | 45 | 235 | 189 | 833 | + | Mr. W. Rimington | 74 | 254 | 72 | 316 | 46 | 232 | 192 | 802 | + | Mr. G. Edwards | 60 | 230 | 75 | 361 | 39 | 197 | 174 | 788 | + | Mr. Betham | 58 | 242 | 62 | 290 | 45 | 233 | 165 | 765 | + | Mr. P. Muir | 75 | 281 | 50 | 236 | 44 | 212 | 169 | 729 | + | Mr. R. Caldwell | 59 | 189 | 74 | 314 | 41 | 221 | 174 | 724 | + | Admiral Lowe | 55 | 221 | 58 | 266 | 45 | 221 | 158 | 708 | + | Mr. H. Elliott | 58 | 198 | 61 | 255 | 44 | 232 | 163 | 685 | + | Captain C. H. Fisher | 76 | 290 | 59 | 223 | 38 | 170 | 173 | 683 | + | Mr. R. W. Atkinson | 56 | 208 | 57 | 245 | 45 | 229 | 158 | 682 | + | Mr. T. Boulton | 46 | 154 | 66 | 312 | 44 | 208 | 156 | 674 | + | Mr. C. Ellison | 45 | 193 | 63 | 263 | 38 | 194 | 146 | 650 | + | Mr. T. L. Coulson | 61 | 215 | 58 | 242 | 39 | 175 | 158 | 632 | + | Mr. G. Holmes | 58 | 198 | 57 | 219 | 41 | 205 | 156 | 622 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mr. H. A. Ford became the Champion for the twelfth and last time. He won +8 points, Mr. E. A. Holmes having won the point for score at 100 yards, +and Mr. O. K. Prescot that for score at 80 yards. Mr. E. A. Holmes was +unwell during the shooting at 60 yards on the second day, when he made +only 89 at that distance. The average value of the first ten on this +occasion, all over 700, was 820·7; and this still remains the highest +average ever yet attained. Mr. H. A. Ford on this occasion was using +very weak bows, not much more than forty pounds in weight, and light +arrows. + +Seventy-two ladies and eighty-six gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +A Grand Archery Meeting was held, in the Public Recreation Ground at +Hastings, on July 31 and August 1, 1867. + +Thirty-three ladies and twenty-seven gentlemen shot. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss Betham | 88 | 458 | 47 | 275 | 135 | 733 | + | Miss A. Betham | 76 | 324 | 48 | 238 | 124 | 562 | + | Mrs. P. Becher | 78 | 336 | 39 | 207 | 117 | 543 | + | Miss L. J. Butt | 70 | 294 | 43 | 227 | 113 | 521 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. A. Ford | 82 | 302 | 76 | 298 | 40 | 230 | 198 | 830 | + | Mr. O. K. Prescot | 83 | 331 | 72 | 302 | 39 | 165 | 194 | 798 | + | Mr. Betham | 76 | 304 | 63 | 235 | 44 | 210 | 183 | 749 | + | Mr. W. Butt | 66 | 246 | 53 | 191 | 43 | 231 | 162 | 668 | + | Admiral Lowe | 60 | 266 | 48 | 196 | 40 | 206 | 148 | 668 | + | Mr. T. Boulton | 49 | 225 | 58 | 244 | 37 | 179 | 144 | 648 | + | Captain C. H. Fisher | 50 | 190 | 63 | 291 | 37 | 165 | 150 | 646 | + | Captain Betham | 57 | 197 | 50 | 230 | 41 | 189 | 148 | 616 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +In the handicap match shot in the Archery Ground, St. Leonards-on-Sea, +on the next day--August 2--Captain C. H. Fisher scored 472 and Mr. H. A. +Ford 471. + + * * * * * + +The Fifteenth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held in +the Jephson Gardens on June 10 and 11, 1868. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Horniblow | 90 | 474 | 45 | 245 | 135 | 719 | + | Miss Ripley | 80 | 412 | 48 | 244 | 128 | 656 | + | Miss Betham | 79 | 411 | 44 | 220 | 123 | 631 | + | Mrs. W. Butt | 83 | 401 | 43 | 225 | 126 | 626 | + | (Miss S. Dawson) | | | | | | | + | Mrs. A. Knox | 77 | 385 | 46 | 226 | 123 | 611 | + | (Miss E. A. Betham) | | | | | | | + | Mrs. P. Becher | 70 | 344 | 42 | 222 | 112 | 566 | + | Miss Stephenson | 72 | 306 | 44 | 230 | 116 | 536 | + | Mrs. W. S. Miller | 71 | 317 | 43 | 209 | 114 | 526 | + | Miss H. Hutchinson | 75 | 325 | 44 | 194 | 119 | 519 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. A. Ford | 89 | 419 | 83 | 405 | 47 | 263 | 219 |1087 | + | Mr. O. K. Prescot | 76 | 262 | 78 | 334 | 45 | 231 | 199 | 827 | + | Mr. Betham | 74 | 290 | 66 | 282 | 43 | 225 | 183 | 797 | + | Captain C. H. Fisher | 69 | 241 | 63 | 291 | 45 | 239 | 177 | 771 | + | Mr. R. Caldwell | 61 | 201 | 72 | 310 | 45 | 217 | 178 | 728 | + | Mr. H. Elliott | 52 | 186 | 71 | 313 | 42 | 208 | 165 | 707 | + | Mr. W. Butt | 57 | 187 | 70 | 266 | 38 | 192 | 165 | 645 | + | Mr. Coker | 52 | 200 | 66 | 268 | 31 | 137 | 149 | 605 | + | Mr. Jenner-Fust | 47 | 171 | 64 | 250 | 41 | 181 | 152 | 602 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Thirty ladies and forty-one gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +A Grand Archery Meeting was held in the Lower Ground, Aston Park, +Birmingham, on June 16 and 17, 1868. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss Ripley | 82 | 444 | 45 | 249 | 127 | 693 | + | Mrs. W. Butt | 84 | 422 | 44 | 232 | 128 | 654 | + | Miss Betham | 80 | 342 | 47 | 253 | 127 | 595 | + | Mrs. P. Becher | 83 | 373 | 41 | 191 | 124 | 564 | + | Miss H. Hutchinson | 83 | 391 | 38 | 172 | 121 | 563 | + | Mrs. A. Knox | 84 | 358 | 44 | 180 | 128 | 538 | + | (Miss A. Betham) | | | | | | | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. A. Ford | 82 | 338 | 80 | 410 | 46 | 248 | 208 | 996 | + | Captain C. H. Fisher | 93 | 397 | 66 | 258 | 41 | 207 | 200 | 862 | + | Mr. W. Butt | 54 | 256 | 58 | 258 | 43 | 215 | 155 | 729 | + | Mr. O. K. Prescot | 64 | 232 | 62 | 250 | 43 | 227 | 169 | 709 | + | Mr. Betham | 67 | 245 | 58 | 236 | 40 | 202 | 165 | 683 | + | Mr. H. Elliott | 51 | 189 | 71 | 299 | 41 | 195 | 163 | 683 | + | Mr. R. Caldwell | 50 | 202 | 64 | 264 | 46 | 190 | 160 | 656 | + | Mr. Coker | 59 | 225 | 58 | 246 | 32 | 144 | 149 | 615 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Twenty-two ladies and thirty gentlemen shot. + +This meeting was managed by Mr. N. Merridew for Mr. Quilter. + + * * * * * + +The Tenth Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on July 2 +and 3, 1868. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. W. Butt | 87 | 443 | 43 | 217 | 130 | 660 | + | Mrs. Horniblow | 86 | 424 | 44 | 230 | 130 | 654 | + | Miss Betham | 83 | 421 | 42 | 230 | 125 | 651 | + | Miss H. Hutchinson | 86 | 408 | 39 | 193 | 125 | 619 | + | Miss Ripley | 80 | 368 | 46 | 228 | 126 | 596 | + | Miss Ellis | 68 | 280 | 43 | 235 | 111 | 515 | + | Miss Adams | 66 | 308 | 41 | 207 | 107 | 515 | + | Mrs. A. Knox | 81 | 345 | 38 | 168 | 119 | 513 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +----------------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ + | |100 Yards | 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| + +----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+ + | Mr. E. A. Holmes | 77 | 339 | 79 | 355 | 40 | 208 | 196| 902 | + | Mr. W. Rimington | 84 | 338 | 78 | 296 | 42 | 228 | 204| 862 | + | Mr. H. A. Ford | 81 | 315 | 75 | 313 | 39 | 157 | 195| 785 | + | Mr. Spottiswoode | 62 | 234 | 66 | 302 | 43 | 219 | 171| 755 | + | Mr. E. N. Snow | 49 | 195 | 58 | 258 | 44 | 224 | 151| 677 | + | Mr. F. Townsend | 52 | 200 | 69 | 299 | 36 | 172 | 157| 671 | + | Mr. J. M. Croker | 40 | 162 | 68 | 292 | 42 | 214 | 150| 668 | + | Mr. Betham | 44 | 160 | 67 | 295 | 41 | 195 | 152| 650 | + | Mr. Jenner-Fust | 53 | 209 | 67 | 243 | 40 | 196 | 160| 648 | + | Captain C. H. Fisher | 68 | 272 | 47 | 185 | 43 | 189 | 158| 646 | + | Mr. H. Elliott | 54 | 172 | 60 | 262 | 39 | 171 | 153| 605 | + +----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+ + +Thirty-seven ladies and fifty gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Twenty-fifth Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held at +Hereford, on the Racecourse, on July 29 and 30, 1868. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss Betham | 80 | 382 | 48 | 290 | 128 | 672 | + | Mrs. W. Butt | 87 | 359 | 47 | 265 | 134 | 624 | + | Mrs. P. Becher | 79 | 401 | 41 | 193 | 120 | 594 | + | Mrs. E. Lister | 72 | 346 | 43 | 247 | 115 | 593 | + | Mrs. Horniblow | 82 | 364 | 44 | 222 | 126 | 586 | + | Miss Ripley | 70 | 330 | 42 | 214 | 112 | 544 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Miss Betham won the silver bracer with 4 points. Mrs. W. Butt won 2 +points for most hits and another point for hits at 60 yards. Mrs. P. +Becher won the point for score at 60 yards. + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. W. Rimington | 77 | 299 | 68 | 288 | 42 | 220 | 187 | 807 | + | Mr. O. K. Prescot | 69 | 281 | 63 | 315 | 39 | 191 | 171 | 787 | + | Captain C. H. Fisher | 78 | 312 | 57 | 235 | 40 | 208 | 175 | 755 | + | Mr. E. A. Holmes | 62 | 242 | 66 | 290 | 42 | 208 | 170 | 740 | + | Mr. H. A. Ford | 66 | 230 | 65 | 291 | 42 | 214 | 173 | 735 | + | Colonel M. F. Ward | 51 | 197 | 64 | 302 | 43 | 223 | 158 | 722 | + | Mr. J. M. Croker | 51 | 191 | 65 | 263 | 44 | 242 | 160 | 696 | + | Mr. H. Elliott | 64 | 258 | 61 | 267 | 35 | 157 | 160 | 682 | + | Mr. Betham | 56 | 210 | 57 | 239 | 41 | 219 | 154 | 668 | + | Mr. H. Walrond | 48 | 192 | 62 | 286 | 41 | 187 | 151 | 665 | + | Mr. Jenner-Fust | 45 | 173 | 67 | 295 | 40 | 190 | 152 | 658 | + | Mr. W. Butt | 49 | 211 | 53 | 289 | 43 | 199 | 145 | 649 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mr. W. Rimington became the Champion with 5 points. Captain C. H. Fisher +won 2 points for hits and score at 100 yards. Mr. O. K. Prescot won the +point for score at 80 yards; and Mr. J. M. Croker won the points for +score and hits at 60 yards. + +Sixty-three ladies and sixty-nine gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +Mr. W. Rimington scored 433 on July 31 in the handicap match. + + * * * * * + +The Sixth Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at Bitton, near +Teignmouth, on September 9 and 10, 1868. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Horniblow | 83 | 453 | 44 | 238 | 127 | 691 | + | Miss Ripley | 85 | 397 | 45 | 219 | 130 | 616 | + | Miss Rowlett | 62 | 268 | 43 | 201 | 105 | 469 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. A. Ford | 70 | 300 | 76 | 364 | 44 | 260 | 190 | 924 | + | Colonel M. F. Ward | 67 | 299 | 68 | 320 | 39 | 217 | 174 | 836 | + | Mr. H. B. Hare | 53 | 199 | 73 | 325 | 30 | 198 | 156 | 722 | + | Mr. E. N. Snow | 48 | 192 | 63 | 275 | 43 | 237 | 154 | 704 | + | Admiral A. Lowe | 69 | 283 | 56 | 242 | 34 | 160 | 159 | 685 | + | Mr. C. H. Everett | 63 | 221 | 56 | 212 | 37 | 189 | 156 | 622 | + | Mr. H. Walrond | 58 | 206 | 47 | 207 | 42 | 188 | 147 | 601 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Miss Ripley became Championess, and Colonel Ward Champion of the West. + +Fifty-six ladies and thirty-eight gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Sixteenth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held on +June 9 and 10, 1869, in the Jephson Gardens. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss Betham | 70 | 344 | 47 | 251 | 117 | 595 | + | Mrs. Kinahan | 80 | 344 | 45 | 233 | 125 | 577 | + | Mrs. P. Becher | 79 | 349 | 43 | 227 | 122 | 576 | + | Mrs. Horniblow | 78 | 352 | 43 | 221 | 121 | 573 | + | Miss Peel | 75 | 353 | 43 | 203 | 118 | 556 | + | Miss Stephenson | 73 | 315 | 42 | 204 | 115 | 519 | + | Mrs. E. Lister | 67 | 311 | 38 | 202 | 105 | 513 | + | Miss H. Hutchinson | 74 | 328 | 44 | 178 | 118 | 506 | + | Miss F. Flight | 67 | 333 | 36 | 166 | 103 | 499 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. A. Ford | 95 | 403 | 77 | 369 | 48 | 260 | 220 |1032 | + | Captain C. H. Fisher | 60 | 250 | 74 | 312 | 43 | 205 | 177 | 767 | + | Mr. O. K. Prescot | 79 | 281 | 65 | 291 | 37 | 161 | 181 | 733 | + | Mr. H. Elliott | 74 | 286 | 69 | 247 | 39 | 145 | 182 | 678 | + | Mr. T. L. Coulson | 56 | 236 | 59 | 231 | 40 | 164 | 155 | 631 | + | Mr. Walford | 50 | 198 | 52 | 210 | 44 | 220 | 146 | 628 | + | Mr. W. Ford | 49 | 195 | 60 | 238 | 35 | 179 | 144 | 612 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Twenty-one ladies and thirty-nine gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Eleventh Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on +July 8 and 9, 1869. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Horniblow | 88 | 410 | 48 | 266 | 136 | 676 | + | Miss Ripley | 81 | 369 | 46 | 278 | 127 | 647 | + | Miss H. Hutchinson | 68 | 308 | 41 | 243 | 109 | 551 | + | Miss Stephenson | 74 | 336 | 40 | 200 | 114 | 536 | + | Mrs. P. Becher | 69 | 305 | 43 | 229 | 112 | 534 | + | Mrs. Kinahan | 74 | 344 | 40 | 184 | 114 | 528 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. W. Rimington | 80 | 334 | 73 | 347 | 44 | 236 | 197 | 917 | + | Mr. H. A. Ford | 66 | 258 | 76 | 362 | 47 | 269 | 189 | 889 | + | Captain C. H. Fisher | 77 | 313 | 71 | 319 | 42 | 210 | 190 | 842 | + | Mr. H. Elliott | 60 | 234 | 80 | 380 | 40 | 204 | 180 | 818 | + | Mr. E. A. Holmes | 68 | 258 | 66 | 250 | 45 | 241 | 179 | 749 | + | Mr. Walford | 38 | 156 | 63 | 287 | 47 | 237 | 148 | 680 | + | Mr. Horlock | 54 | 210 | 60 | 262 | 41 | 193 | 155 | 665 | + | Mr. W. L. Selfe | 63 | 223 | 56 | 222 | 42 | 218 | 161 | 663 | + | Mr. J. M. Croker | 49 | 209 | 57 | 217 | 45 | 233 | 151 | 659 | + | Admiral Lowe | 57 | 207 | 59 | 233 | 40 | 192 | 156 | 632 | + | Mr. Betham | 57 | 213 | 48 | 176 | 40 | 212 | 145 | 601 | + | Mr. Lea | 48 | 198 | 47 | 193 | 41 | 209 | 136 | 600 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Forty-two ladies and fifty-seven gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Twenty-sixth Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held in +the Aston Park Grounds, near Birmingham, on July 28 and 29, 1869. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Horniblow | 78 | 402 | 45 | 227 | 123 | 629 | + | Mrs. Kinahan | 83 | 409 | 40 | 198 | 123 | 607 | + | Mrs. E. Lister | 65 | 299 | 45 | 219 | 110 | 518 | + | Miss Betham | 61 | 247 | 43 | 239 | 104 | 486 | + | Miss Stephenson | 62 | 276 | 41 | 201 | 103 | 477 | + | Miss H. Hutchinson | 73 | 321 | 35 | 155 | 108 | 476 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mrs. Horniblow won the silver bracer with the highest score, as there +was a tie between her and Mrs. Kinahan in points. This was said to be +the case at the time, but it does not appear to have been so from the +published scores, as Mrs. Horniblow had the advantage by one-half a +point. Mrs. Horniblow appears to have won 2 points for gross score, 1 +point for a tie with Mrs. Kinahan for total hits, and one-half a point +for a tie with Mrs. E. Lister for hits at 50 yards--total, 3-1/2 points. +Mrs. Kinahan won 2 points for hits and score at 60 yards, and 1 point +for the tie in total hits--her total being only 3 points. Miss Betham +won 1 point for score at 50 yards. The annual report of this meeting was +never issued by the Hon. Secretary, the Rev. O. Luard, so the actual +state of the case cannot now be made certain. Of course there may have +been an error in the unofficial accounts published. + +Mr. W. Rimington won the Champion's gold medal with the highest score, +as there was a tie in points between him and Captain C. H. Fisher, each +having won 4 points. Mr. W. Rimington won 1 point for score at 100 +yards, 1 point for score at 60 yards, and 2 points for gross score. +Captain C. H. Fisher won 2 points for score and hits at 80 yards, and 2 +for most total hits. Mr. E. A. Holmes won 1 point for hits at 60 yards, +and Mr. O. K. Prescot one point for hits at 100 yards. + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. W. Rimington | 71 | 335 | 75 | 311 | 45 | 263 | 191 | 909 | + | Mr. E. A. Holmes | 66 | 274 | 74 | 356 | 47 | 253 | 187 | 883 | + | Captain C. H. Fisher | 73 | 279 | 77 | 369 | 42 | 212 | 192 | 860 | + | Mr. H. A. Ford | 65 | 247 | 67 | 343 | 44 | 224 | 176 | 814 | + | Mr. G. Edwards | 54 | 216 | 70 | 324 | 46 | 232 | 170 | 772 | + | Mr. O. K. Prescot | 76 | 298 | 62 | 270 | 44 | 198 | 182 | 766 | + | Mr. H. Elliott | 69 | 237 | 63 | 277 | 37 | 193 | 169 | 707 | + | Mr. H. Walrond | 55 | 213 | 68 | 300 | 41 | 187 | 164 | 700 | + | Mr. C. H. Everett | 69 | 237 | 60 | 294 | 38 | 142 | 167 | 673 | + | Captain Lewin, R. E. | 51 | 201 | 60 | 218 | 38 | 198 | 149 | 617 | + | Mr. H. B. Hare | 54 | 214 | 65 | 265 | 33 | 135 | 152 | 614 | + | Mr. T. L. Coulson | 59 | 211 | 51 | 221 | 35 | 175 | 145 | 607 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +On this occasion it was decided by the Committee that in future the +Champion honours at their meetings should be decided by gross score and +not by points. A handsome silver cup, value 50 guineas, collected by +small subscriptions from numerous archers, was presented on July 29 to +Mr. C. M. Caldecott, of Holbrooke Grange, near Rugby, who had acted for +many years as judge at these meetings. + +Only thirty-six ladies and sixty-nine gentlemen shot at this meeting. + + * * * * * + +The Seventh Grand Western Archery Meeting was held in Mr. Parson's +grounds at Bitton, near Teignmouth, on August 4 and 5, 1869. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss Ripley | 76 | 390 | 46 | 270 | 122 | 660 | + | Mrs. Kinahan | 86 | 412 | 36 | 176 | 122 | 588 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. C. H. Everett | 59 | 227 | 74 | 310 | 39 | 175 | 172 | 712 | + | Mr. R. Price | 51 | 211 | 63 | 279 | 40 | 194 | 154 | 684 | + | Mr. H. Walrond | 45 | 157 | 64 | 296 | 38 | 186 | 147 | 639 | + | Mr. Jenner-Fust | 53 | 233 | 55 | 193 | 40 | 212 | 148 | 638 | + | Colonel M. F. Ward | 56 | 182 | 60 | 266 | 40 | 180 | 158 | 628 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Miss Ripley and Mr. R. Price became Championess and Champion of the +West. + +Sixty-two ladies and thirty-nine gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Seventeenth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held in +the Jephson Gardens on June 15 and 16, 1870. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. W. Butt | 93 | 525 | 44 | 260 | 137 | 785 | + | Mrs. Villiers Forbes | 86 | 454 | 43 | 227 | 129 | 681 | + | Miss H. Hutchinson | 83 | 403 | 44 | 232 | 127 | 635 | + | Mrs. Horniblow | 83 | 389 | 44 | 236 | 127 | 625 | + | Mrs. E. Lister | 83 | 365 | 44 | 232 | 127 | 597 | + | Miss Joan Ley | 76 | 326 | 41 | 223 | 117 | 539 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. Elliott | 83 | 359 | 69 | 283 | 44 | 248 | 196 | 890 | + | Mr. Jenner-Fust | 67 | 245 | 69 | 295 | 46 | 240 | 182 | 780 | + | Mr. Betham | 61 | 243 | 69 | 295 | 40 | 212 | 170 | 750 | + | Mr. O. K. Prescot | 62 | 242 | 79 | 311 | 40 | 194 | 181 | 747 | + | Colonel M. F. Ward | 59 | 211 | 63 | 323 | 37 | 179 | 159 | 713 | + | Mr. W. F. Heideman | 50 | 168 | 64 | 286 | 42 | 214 | 156 | 668 | + | Captain Lewin, R. E. | 66 | 224 | 57 | 239 | 38 | 166 | 161 | 629 | + | Mr. W. Butt | 43 | 159 | 48 | 214 | 45 | 233 | 136 | 606 | + | Mr. T. L. Coulson | 58 | 196 | 64 | 246 | 41 | 163 | 163 | 605 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Twenty-five ladies and forty gentlemen shot. + +Mr. O. K. Prescot scored 400 on June 17 in the handicap match. + + * * * * * + +The Twelfth Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on July +7 and 8, 1870. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. V. Forbes | 93 | 479 | 45 | 273 | 138 | 752 | + | Mrs. W. Butt | 86 | 442 | 46 | 280 | 132 | 722 | + | Mrs. Horniblow | 78 | 392 | 45 | 241 | 123 | 633 | + | Mrs. Kinahan | 79 | 377 | 41 | 231 | 120 | 608 | + | Miss H. Hutchinson | 78 | 332 | 46 | 252 | 124 | 584 | + | Miss Joan Ley | 66 | 338 | 47 | 207 | 113 | 545 | + | Miss H. Holmes | 75 | 307 | 42 | 224 | 117 | 531 | + | Mrs. Hosken | 68 | 302 | 45 | 219 | 113 | 521 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. E. A. Holmes | 74 | 284 | 79 | 365 | 46 | 248 | 199 | 897 | + | Mr. H. Elliott | 73 | 263 | 72 | 338 | 41 | 193 | 186 | 794 | + | Captain C. H. Fisher | 86 | 336 | 60 | 264 | 40 | 184 | 186 | 784 | + | Mr. Jenner-Fust | 42 | 168 | 72 | 342 | 46 | 212 | 160 | 722 | + | Mr. H. Walrond | 52 | 214 | 63 | 297 | 41 | 207 | 156 | 718 | + | Mr. Walford | 58 | 206 | 60 | 286 | 41 | 169 | 159 | 661 | + | Mr. W. Butt | 49 | 201 | 60 | 258 | 40 | 180 | 149 | 639 | + | Colonel A. Robertson | 47 | 181 | 56 | 236 | 41 | 195 | 144 | 612 | + | Mr. T. Boulton | 48 | 186 | 58 | 240 | 36 | 182 | 142 | 608 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Forty-eight ladies and thirty-nine gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Twenty-seventh Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held on +July 21 and 22, 1870, at Weston, near Bath. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Horniblow | 86 | 412 | 48 | 288 | 134 | 700 | + | Mrs. V. Forbes | 87 | 405 | 47 | 279 | 134 | 684 | + | Mrs. W. Butt | 90 | 424 | 46 | 232 | 136 | 656 | + | Mrs. E. Lister | 81 | 395 | 44 | 218 | 125 | 613 | + | Miss H. Hutchinson | 82 | 364 | 44 | 232 | 126 | 596 | + | Mrs. P. Pinckney | 74 | 350 | 44 | 246 | 118 | 596 | + | Miss Hulme | 75 | 359 | 46 | 234 | 121 | 593 | + | Miss Joan Ley | 69 | 337 | 41 | 183 | 110 | 520 | + | Miss Ripley[11] | 45 | 191 | 47 | 285 | 92 | 476 | + | Mrs. J. R. Thomson | 60 | 254 | 46 | 214 | 106 | 468 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + [11] Shot only 15 arrows at 60 yards the first day. + +Mrs. Horniblow became the Championess by highest gross score. The points +happened to be equally divided between her and Mrs. W. Butt. + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. E. A. Holmes | 66 | 258 | 72 | 302 | 45 | 247 | 183 | 807 | + | Captain C. H. Fisher | 77 | 349 | 64 | 270 | 42 | 178 | 183 | 797 | + | Mr. C. H. Everett | 86 | 348 | 72 | 284 | 36 | 146 | 194 | 778 | + | Mr. Walford | 70 | 274 | 64 | 286 | 44 | 206 | 178 | 766 | + | Mr. H. Elliott | 75 | 313 | 67 | 267 | 42 | 184 | 184 | 764 | + | Mr. W. Rimington | 66 | 192 | 58 | 236 | 45 | 215 | 169 | 743 | + | Mr. W. Butt | 45 | 185 | 64 | 318 | 43 | 223 | 152 | 726 | + | Mr. E. Ley | 51 | 205 | 69 | 333 | 38 | 186 | 158 | 724 | + | Mr. O. K. Prescot | 63 | 287 | 58 | 220 | 38 | 202 | 159 | 709 | + | Mr. Betham | 51 | 207 | 66 | 266 | 42 | 228 | 159 | 701 | + | Colonel M. F. Ward | 52 | 192 | 61 | 263 | 45 | 237 | 158 | 692 | + | Mr. W. F. Heideman | 43 | 149 | 72 | 334 | 39 | 189 | 154 | 672 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mr. E. A. Holmes became the Champion with the highest score under the +rule passed in 1869 abolishing points. He would have become champion by +one-third of a point. + +The average of the shooting at this meeting was unusually good amongst +the gentlemen, being 751·5 for the first ten. + +Mr. H. A. Ford was present, but did not shoot. + +The weather was excessively hot. + +Eighty-three ladies and seventy-nine gentlemen shot. + +Good scores were made by Mr. E. A. Holmes (490), Captain C. H. Fisher +(443), and Mr. Walford (411), on July 23, in the handicap match. + + * * * * * + +The Eighth Grand Western Archery Meeting was held in the grounds at +Bitton, near Teignmouth, on July 27 and 28, 1870. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss M. Lockyer | 91 | 463 | 45 | 235 | 136 | 698 | + | Mrs. V. Forbes | 81 | 407 | 47 | 275 | 128 | 682 | + | Mrs. P. Pinckney | 85 | 403 | 45 | 249 | 130 | 652 | + | Miss J. Ley | 85 | 387 | 45 | 263 | 130 | 650 | + | Miss Ripley | 78 | 362 | 47 | 283 | 125 | 645 | + | Miss H. Hutchinson | 78 | 320 | 45 | 249 | 123 | 569 | + | Mrs. J. R. Thomson | 83 | 343 | 39 | 205 | 122 | 548 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Captain C. H. Fisher | 91 | 375 | 88 | 424 | 46 | 234 | 225 |1033 | + | Mr. H. Walrond | 50 | 216 | 71 | 331 | 44 | 246 | 165 | 793 | + | Mr. Betham | 52 | 250 | 68 | 302 | 40 | 192 | 160 | 744 | + | Mr. O. K. Prescot | 57 | 215 | 64 | 282 | 42 | 208 | 163 | 705 | + | Mr. E. N. Snow | 65 | 277 | 50 | 226 | 42 | 200 | 157 | 703 | + | Mr. W. Rimington | 54 | 198 | 57 | 223 | 42 | 242 | 153 | 663 | + | Mr. Price | 35 | 137 | 71 | 323 | 36 | 160 | 142 | 620 | + | Colonel M. F. Ward | 53 | 179 | 57 | 239 | 41 | 189 | 151 | 607 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Miss M. Lockyer and Mr. Walrond became Championess and Champion of the +West. + +Sixty-three ladies and forty-three gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Eighteenth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held in +the Jephson Gardens on June 14 and 15, 1871. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Horniblow | 89 | 503 | 47 | 265 | 136 | 768 | + | Mrs. V. Forbes | 77 | 431 | 48 | 268 | 125 | 699 | + | Mrs. W. Butt | 83 | 403 | 44 | 240 | 127 | 643 | + | Mrs. E. Lister | 76 | 368 | 45 | 221 | 121 | 589 | + | Miss Joan Ley | 76 | 348 | 46 | 218 | 122 | 566 | + | Mrs. P. Becher | 71 | 329 | 42 | 176 | 113 | 505 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Captain C. H. Fisher | 88 | 356 | 72 | 340 | 45 | 221 | 205 | 917 | + | Mr. T. L. Coulson | 76 | 296 | 74 | 294 | 45 | 225 | 195 | 815 | + | Mr. Jenner-Fust | 58 | 228 | 71 | 305 | 44 | 222 | 173 | 755 | + | Mr. C. H. Everett | 61 | 227 | 63 | 259 | 40 | 210 | 164 | 696 | + | Mr. G. L. Aston | 69 | 287 | 54 | 206 | 38 | 194 | 161 | 687 | + | Mr. F. Townsend | 59 | 209 | 66 | 284 | 35 | 167 | 160 | 660 | + | Mr. W. Butt | 47 | 157 | 66 | 290 | 41 | 197 | 154 | 644 | + | Mr. H. Elliott | 49 | 193 | 61 | 231 | 44 | 204 | 154 | 628 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Twenty-three ladies and thirty-six gentlemen shot. + +During all these eighteen Leamington meetings Mr. N. Merridew acted as +Secretary and Manager, and Mr. C. M. Caldecott as Judge. + + * * * * * + +The Twenty-eighth Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held on +the College Cricket-ground, at Cheltenham, on June 28 and 29, 1871. + +At this meeting the system of points for the selection of the Champion +and Championess was reintroduced, and Mrs. Horniblow became the +Championess with all the points, except that Mrs. V. Forbes and Mrs. +Eyre W. Hussey tied her in hits at 50 yards, with 47 hits. This score of +746 was the best yet made, Mrs. Horniblow's own score of 700 at Bath in +1870 being the next best. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Horniblow | 91 | 467 | 47 | 279 | 138 | 746 | + | Mrs. E. Lister | 90 | 434 | 44 | 230 | 134 | 664 | + | Mrs. W. Butt | 79 | 391 | 45 | 261 | 124 | 652 | + | Mrs. V. Forbes | 80 | 358 | 47 | 269 | 127 | 627 | + | Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey | 75 | 365 | 47 | 231 | 122 | 596 | + | Mrs. J. E. Thomson | 73 | 325 | 46 | 258 | 119 | 583 | + | Miss Betham | 75 | 315 | 45 | 249 | 120 | 564 | + | Miss Joan Ley | 70 | 308 | 41 | 205 | 111 | 513 | + | Miss Hulme | 68 | 300 | 43 | 211 | 111 | 511 | + | Miss F. Flight | 63 | 269 | 45 | 237 | 108 | 506 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Captain C. H. Fisher | 80 | 338 | 80 | 358 | 45 | 259 | 205 | 955 | + | Mr. W. Rimington | 66 | 232 | 68 | 330 | 47 | 233 | 181 | 795 | + | Mr. H. Walrond | 58 | 242 | 67 | 337 | 42 | 210 | 167 | 789 | + | Mr. Jenner-Fust | 56 | 250 | 62 | 268 | 46 | 220 | 164 | 738 | + | Mr. T. L. Coulson | 52 | 180 | 62 | 260 | 41 | 221 | 155 | 663 | + | Mr. Walford | 49 | 213 | 56 | 240 | 41 | 199 | 146 | 652 | + | Mr. H. Elliott | 58 | 212 | 56 | 230 | 43 | 197 | 157 | 639 | + | Mr. P. Muir | 44 | 194 | 57 | 263 | 40 | 180 | 141 | 637 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Captain C. H. Fisher won the Championship with all the points, except +that for hits at 60 yards, which was won by Mr. W. Rimington (47). This +955 was the best score yet made by anybody except Mr. H. A. Ford, and +Mr. Holmes, whose score was 973 at Brighton in 1867. + +Fifty-nine ladies and sixty-eight gentlemen shot at this meeting. + +On the next day--June 30--Mr. Aston made 389, Miss Hulme 388, and Mrs. +W. Butt 380. + + * * * * * + +The Thirteenth Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on +July 12 and 13, 1871. + +Twenty-three ladies and thirty-seven gentlemen shot. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. W. Butt | 86 | 438 | 47 | 275 | 133 | 713 | + | Mrs. Horniblow | 80 | 396 | 46 | 256 | 126 | 652 | + | Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey | 80 | 392 | 46 | 248 | 126 | 640 | + | Miss Ripley | 75 | 335 | 47 | 251 | 122 | 586 | + | Miss Betham | 76 | 340 | 43 | 217 | 119 | 557 | + | Mrs. V. Forbes | 79 | 349 | 40 | 188 | 119 | 537 | + | Mrs. J. R. Thomson | 69 | 315 | 38 | 208 | 107 | 523 | + | Mrs. Kinahan | 70 | 288 | 43 | 223 | 113 | 501 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Captain C. H. Fisher | 87 | 349 | 81 | 337 | 46 | 274 | 214 | 960 | + | Mr. H. Elliott | 70 | 276 | 70 | 328 | 44 | 226 | 184 | 830 | + | Mr. C. H. Everett | 56 | 254 | 63 | 287 | 42 | 194 | 161 | 735 | + | Mr. H. Walrond | 56 | 232 | 64 | 310 | 41 | 185 | 161 | 727 | + | Mr. T. L. Coulson | 53 | 203 | 66 | 284 | 40 | 182 | 159 | 669 | + | Captain Lewin, R. E. | 72 | 254 | 62 | 258 | 35 | 153 | 169 | 665 | + | Mr. Walford | 49 | 159 | 66 | 290 | 43 | 211 | 158 | 660 | + | Mr. B. P. Gregson | 53 | 227 | 64 | 240 | 37 | 173 | 154 | 640 | + | Mr. Jenner-Fust | 39 | 141 | 57 | 229 | 44 | 224 | 140 | 594 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mr. R. Butt acted as Hon. Secretary to these meetings from 1867 to 1871 +inclusive. + + * * * * * + +The Ninth Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at Bitton, near +Teignmouth, on August 2 and 3, 1871, when fifty-four ladies and +thirty-five gentlemen shot. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss Ripley | 86 | 434 | 45 | 265 | 131 | 699 | + | Mrs. V. Forbes | 75 | 337 | 44 | 248 | 119 | 585 | + | Mrs. Letts | 68 | 342 | 39 | 177 | 107 | 519 | + | Mrs. P. Pinckney | 70 | 318 | 37 | 177 | 107 | 495 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. Walrond | 66 | 296 | 68 | 328 | 45 | 227 | 179 | 851 | + | Admiral A. Lowe | 79 | 353 | 59 | 265 | 36 | 180 | 174 | 798 | + | Mr. R. Price | 73 | 283 | 68 | 288 | 42 | 226 | 183 | 797 | + | Captain C. H. Fisher | 73 | 293 | 66 | 302 | 39 | 171 | 178 | 766 | + | Mr. C. H. Everett | 58 | 256 | 57 | 243 | 38 | 236 | 153 | 735 | + | Mr. T. L. Coulson | 70 | 268 | 56 | 208 | 38 | 164 | 164 | 640 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Miss Ripley and Mr. Walrond became Championess and Champion of the West. + + * * * * * + +The Nineteenth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held in +the Jephson Gardens, on June 12 and 13, 1872. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Horniblow | 88 | 470 | 46 | 242 | 134 | 712 | + | Mrs. Kinahan | 90 | 434 | 43 | 237 | 133 | 671 | + | Mrs. V. Forbes | 82 | 390 | 48 | 276 | 130 | 666 | + | Mrs. E. Lister | 81 | 381 | 46 | 226 | 127 | 607 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Captain C. H. Fisher | 88 | 358 | 73 | 267 | 39 | 179 | 200 | 804 | + | Mr. H. Sagar | 65 | 241 | 70 | 284 | 40 | 210 | 175 | 735 | + | Mr. G. E. S. Fryer | 64 | 242 | 73 | 273 | 42 | 206 | 179 | 721 | + | Mr. G. L. Aston | 54 | 226 | 48 | 266 | 41 | 213 | 143 | 705 | + | Mr. Betham | 61 | 259 | 58 | 222 | 44 | 206 | 163 | 687 | + | Mr. W. Ford | 59 | 219 | 71 | 263 | 40 | 198 | 170 | 680 | + | Mr. H. Elliott | 51 | 201 | 61 | 281 | 38 | 184 | 150 | 666 | + | Mr. T. L. Coulson | 68 | 242 | 58 | 262 | 34 | 150 | 160 | 654 | + | Mr. B. P. Gregson | 70 | 264 | 51 | 191 | 42 | 190 | 163 | 645 | + | Captain Lewin, R. E. | 65 | 241 | 66 | 258 | 34 | 134 | 165 | 633 | + | Mr. O. K. Prescot | 66 | 246 | 50 | 196 | 39 | 189 | 155 | 631 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Eighteen ladies and thirty-two gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Fourteenth Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on +July 11 and 12, 1872. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. J. R. Thomson | 81 | 343 | 47 | 261 | 128 | 604 | + | Mrs. P. Pinckney | 72 | 328 | 46 | 208 | 118 | 536 | + | Miss Ripley | 69 | 299 | 40 | 200 | 109 | 499 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. Sagar | 52 | 214 | 73 | 335 | 41 | 197 | 166 | 746 | + | Captain C. H. Fisher | 74 | 258 | 67 | 211 | 45 | 225 | 186 | 694 | + | Mr. G. E. S. Fryer | 59 | 195 | 63 | 289 | 41 | 201 | 163 | 685 | + | Mr. H. Elliott | 55 | 207 | 56 | 222 | 41 | 193 | 152 | 622 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Thirty-six ladies and thirty-three gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Twenty-ninth Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held, in +the grounds of the College at Cheltenham, on June 26 and 27, 1872. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Horniblow | 88 | 394 | 48 | 266 | 136 | 660 | + | Mrs. J. R. Thomson | 80 | 372 | 45 | 233 | 125 | 605 | + | Mrs. Kinahan | 75 | 365 | 46 | 216 | 121 | 581 | + | Mrs. E. Lister | 75 | 327 | 41 | 243 | 116 | 570 | + | Miss H. Hutchinson | 72 | 320 | 45 | 239 | 117 | 559 | + | Mrs. Acklom | 73 | 317 | 41 | 201 | 114 | 518 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mrs. Horniblow won the silver bracer, having secured all the points. + +Captain C. H. Fisher became Champion with highest gross score, as he was +a tie with Mr. Betham for points, each having 4--Captain Fisher having +hits and score at 80 yards and gross score, and Mr. Betham hits and +score at 100 yards and gross hits. Mr. Sagar won the 2 points for hits +and score at 60 yards. + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Captain C. H. Fisher | 64 | 242 | 75 | 347 | 36 | 182 | 175 | 771 | + | Mr. Jenner-Fust | 68 | 250 | 65 | 291 | 43 | 207 | 176 | 748 | + | Mr. Betham | 71 | 269 | 67 | 267 | 40 | 176 | 178 | 712 | + | Mr. G. E. S. Fryer | 63 | 259 | 50 | 216 | 43 | 209 | 156 | 684 | + | Mr. H. Sagar | 37 | 139 | 58 | 250 | 47 | 227 | 142 | 616 | + | Mr. H. Elliott | 56 | 188 | 59 | 233 | 42 | 194 | 157 | 615 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Fifty-five ladies and fifty-eight gentlemen shot at this meeting. + +Mrs. Thomson made a score of 345 on the following day--June 28--in the +handicap match. + + * * * * * + +The Tenth Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at Sherborne, in Mr. +Digby's grounds, on August 7 and 8, 1872, when fifty-four ladies and +forty-four gentlemen shot. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. P. Pinckney | 85 | 401 | 47 | 249 | 132 | 650 | + | Miss Lockyer | 72 | 334 | 43 | 223 | 115 | 557 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Captain C. H. Fisher | 95 | 429 | 76 | 370 | 47 | 261 | 218 |1060 | + | Mr. G. E. S. Fryer | 68 | 256 | 65 | 299 | 46 | 262 | 179 | 817 | + | Mr. R. Price | 58 | 234 | 59 | 261 | 41 | 211 | 158 | 706 | + | Mr. H. Walrond | 52 | 206 | 58 | 256 | 47 | 221 | 157 | 683 | + | Mr. C. H. Everett | 55 | 229 | 53 | 199 | 40 | 188 | 148 | 616 | + | Mr. T. Boulton | 53 | 211 | 60 | 264 | 33 | 141 | 146 | 616 | + | Mr. Jenner-Fust | 66 | 244 | 55 | 217 | 31 | 149 | 152 | 610 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mrs. P. Pinckney and Mr. Price became Championess and Champion of the +West. + + * * * * * + +No Leamington Archery Meeting was held in 1873, as the Grand National +Archery Society's Meeting was held in Leamington in the course of the +year. + + * * * * * + +The Fifteenth Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on +July 9 and 10, 1873. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. P. Pinckney | 88 | 468 | 47 | 261 | 135 | 729 | + | Mrs. Horniblow | 89 | 477 | 46 | 242 | 135 | 719 | + | Mrs. Piers F. Legh | 84 | 398 | 46 | 244 | 130 | 642 | + | Miss H. Hutchinson | 73 | 317 | 46 | 234 | 119 | 551 | + | Miss Ripley | 77 | 329 | 39 | 221 | 116 | 550 | + | Mrs. Mayhew | 79 | 345 | 35 | 179 | 114 | 524 | + | Mrs. M. Barnard | 78 | 334 | 38 | 172 | 116 | 506 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. C. H. Everett | 76 | 340 | 78 | 316 | 38 | 192 | 192 | 848 | + | Mr. G. E. S. Fryer | 69 | 265 | 66 | 288 | 45 | 241 | 180 | 794 | + | Mr. H. H. Palairet | 68 | 278 | 71 | 325 | 42 | 182 | 181 | 785 | + | Mr. H. Sagar | 43 | 195 | 64 | 308 | 46 | 228 | 153 | 731 | + | Mr. T. Boulton | 63 | 251 | 65 | 241 | 41 | 213 | 169 | 705 | + | Mr. Betham | 62 | 214 | 62 | 284 | 44 | 188 | 168 | 686 | + | Mr. B. P. Gregson | 59 | 247 | 64 | 258 | 35 | 151 | 158 | 656 | + | Mr. T. L. Coulson | 50 | 172 | 60 | 266 | 35 | 181 | 145 | 619 | + | Mr. A. Henty | 51 | 181 | 57 | 235 | 38 | 180 | 146 | 596 | + | Dr. R. Harris | 45 | 167 | 61 | 263 | 36 | 166 | 142 | 596 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Forty-four ladies and twenty-seven gentlemen shot. + +Major Lewin acted as Hon. Secretary to these meetings in 1872 and 1873. + + * * * * * + +A Grand Archery Meeting was held on the Cricket-ground of the Alexandra +Park Company, Muswell Hill, near Hornsey, on July 17 and 18, 1873. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Horniblow | 90 | 460 | 47 | 273 | 137 | 733 | + | Miss H. Hutchinson | 77 | 343 | 45 | 239 | 122 | 582 | + | Mrs. P. Pinckney | 73 | 321 | 47 | 253 | 120 | 574 | + | Miss Betham | 73 | 365 | 40 | 198 | 113 | 563 | + | Mrs. Piers F. Legh | 76 | 330 | 44 | 228 | 120 | 558 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. H. Palairet | 62 | 266 | 77 | 309 | 46 | 242 | 185 | 817 | + | Major C. H. Fisher | 84 | 298 | 65 | 285 | 42 | 194 | 191 | 777 | + | Mr. G. E. S. Fryer | 72 | 262 | 65 | 289 | 44 | 220 | 181 | 771 | + | Mr. C. H. Everett | 60 | 252 | 72 | 310 | 39 | 169 | 171 | 731 | + | Mr. H. Sagar | 62 | 250 | 66 | 292 | 39 | 183 | 167 | 725 | + | Admiral A. Lowe | 49 | 219 | 71 | 303 | 43 | 195 | 163 | 717 | + | Mr. T. Boulton | 59 | 215 | 56 | 216 | 43 | 217 | 158 | 648 | + | Mr. Betham | 48 | 176 | 62 | 222 | 43 | 209 | 153 | 607 | + | Mr. G. L. Aston | 54 | 188 | 53 | 237 | 33 | 161 | 140 | 586 | + | Mr. R. Braithwaite | 42 | 152 | 56 | 258 | 34 | 176 | 132 | 586 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mr. T. Aldred had the management of this meeting. + +Thirty-seven ladies and thirty-four gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Thirtieth Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held at +Leamington, in Mrs. Wise's grounds, Shrublands, on July 23 and 24, 1873. + +Mrs. Horniblow again won the silver bracer with 6 points. Mrs. P. +Pinckney won the points for hits and score at 50 yards. + +Major Fisher became Champion with 8-1/2 points. Mr. A. Henty won the +point for hits at 60 yards, and Mr. Fust tied Major Fisher for the point +for score at 60 yards. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Horniblow | 95 | 521 | 47 | 243 | 142 | 764 | + | Miss Ripley | 86 | 414 | 44 | 240 | 130 | 654 | + | Mrs. Piers F. Legh | 82 | 396 | 45 | 243 | 127 | 639 | + | Mrs. P. Pinckney | 81 | 351 | 48 | 272 | 129 | 623 | + | Miss H. Hutchinson | 81 | 405 | 40 | 210 | 121 | 615 | + | Miss Betham | 76 | 338 | 45 | 225 | 121 | 563 | + | Mrs. Villiers Forbes | 75 | 331 | 44 | 230 | 119 | 561 | + | Mrs. Hornby | 77 | 359 | 44 | 200 | 121 | 559 | + | Mrs. Letts | 87 | 305 | 42 | 208 | 129 | 513 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Major C. H. Fisher | 75 | 291 | 81 | 373 | 42 | 234 | 198 | 898 | + | Mr. H. H. Palairet | 67 | 243 | 75 | 305 | 44 | 226 | 186 | 774 | + | Mr. C. H. Everett | 52 | 216 | 73 | 329 | 39 | 205 | 164 | 750 | + | Mr. T. Boulton | 64 | 262 | 68 | 266 | 37 | 185 | 169 | 713 | + | Mr. Jenner-Fust | 69 | 261 | 58 | 216 | 42 | 234 | 169 | 711 | + | Admiral A. Lowe | 61 | 259 | 56 | 220 | 42 | 190 | 159 | 669 | + | Mr. O. K. Prescot | 59 | 227 | 66 | 276 | 39 | 165 | 164 | 668 | + | Mr. G. E. S. Fryer | 66 | 276 | 56 | 202 | 37 | 175 | 159 | 653 | + | Mr. E. N. Snow | 58 | 250 | 60 | 230 | 39 | 153 | 157 | 633 | + | Mr P. Muir | 58 | 214 | 54 | 234 | 36 | 182 | 148 | 630 | + | Mr. A. Henty | 47 | 145 | 57 | 247 | 45 | 219 | 149 | 611 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +In the handicap match on the next day--July 25--Miss Hutchinson scored +350, Mrs. Hornby 312, Major Fisher 462, Mr. Everett 439, and Mr. Fryer +360. + +Sixty-three ladies and seventy-six gentlemen shot at this meeting. + + * * * * * + +The Eleventh Grand Western Archery Meeting was held in Mr. Parson's +grounds at Bitton, near Teignmouth, on August 27 and 28, 1873, when +fifty-three ladies and thirty-nine gentlemen shot. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. P. Pinckney | 83 | 375 | 45 | 273 | 128 | 648 | + | Miss Ripley | 80 | 362 | 47 | 285 | 127 | 647 | + | Mrs. Kinahan | 70 | 308 | 45 | 233 | 115 | 541 | + | Mrs. Letts | 64 | 290 | 40 | 206 | 104 | 496 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. C. H. Everett | 60 | 264 | 73 | 323 | 40 | 182 | 173 | 769 | + | Mr. O. K. Prescot | 58 | 264 | 63 | 269 | 38 | 170 | 159 | 703 | + | Mr. H. Walrond | 47 | 171 | 68 | 294 | 42 | 216 | 157 | 681 | + | Captain C. H. Garnett | 64 | 266 | 60 | 258 | 35 | 151 | 159 | 675 | + | Mr. T. L. Coulson | 57 | 203 | 65 | 273 | 35 | 167 | 157 | 643 | + | Major C. H. Fisher | 40 | 158 | 64 | 256 | 41 | 197 | 145 | 611 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mrs. Pinckney and Mr. Walrond became Championess and Champion of the +West. + + * * * * * + +The Twentieth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held on +June 24 and 25, 1874. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. E. Lister | 83 | 441 | 44 | 250 | 127 | 691 | + | Mrs. V. Forbes | 83 | 381 | 47 | 275 | 130 | 656 | + | Miss H. Hutchinson | 78 | 344 | 45 | 263 | 123 | 607 | + | Mrs. Pond | 74 | 322 | 47 | 261 | 121 | 583 | + | Mrs. Hornby | 77 | 345 | 47 | 235 | 124 | 580 | + | Mrs. Piers F. Legh | 75 | 271 | 47 | 261 | 122 | 532 | + | Mrs. Mayhew | 69 | 329 | 42 | 202 | 111 | 531 | + | Miss M. A. Hollins | 76 | 336 | 42 | 190 | 118 | 526 | + | Mrs. J. F. Stilwell | 67 | 301 | 38 | 196 | 105 | 497 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. O. K. Prescot | 90 | 350 | 65 | 279 | 43 | 195 | 198 | 824 | + | Mr. Betham | 61 | 261 | 71 | 325 | 45 | 217 | 177 | 803 | + | Mr. G. E. S. Fryer | 74 | 288 | 63 | 225 | 44 | 228 | 181 | 741 | + | Mr. G. L. Aston | 57 | 211 | 57 | 223 | 41 | 199 | 155 | 633 | + | Mr. H. Sagar | 56 | 244 | 50 | 196 | 38 | 188 | 144 | 628 | + | Captain C. H. Garnett | 39 | 149 | 68 | 296 | 39 | 177 | 146 | 622 | + | Colonel Norbury | 44 | 140 | 65 | 279 | 45 | 201 | 154 | 620 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Twenty-four ladies and thirty-eight gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Sixteenth Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on +July 8 and 9, 1874. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Pond | 83 | 421 | 47 | 279 | 130 | 700 | + | Miss Croker | 74 | 382 | 42 | 230 | 116 | 612 | + | Mrs. Mayhew | 77 | 339 | 48 | 266 | 125 | 605 | + | Mrs. J. F. Stilwell | 75 | 357 | 44 | 236 | 119 | 593 | + | Miss H. Hutchinson | 71 | 323 | 44 | 244 | 115 | 567 | + | Mrs. Marshall | 83 | 375 | 37 | 189 | 120 | 564 | + | Mrs. P. Pinckney | 69 | 311 | 46 | 240 | 115 | 551 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. W. Rimington | 73 | 329 | 78 | 334 | 46 | 250 | 197 | 913 | + | Major C. H. Fisher | 80 | 326 | 74 | 354 | 42 | 206 | 196 | 886 | + | Mr. Betham | 67 | 283 | 70 | 304 | 38 | 176 | 175 | 763 | + | Mr. H. Sagar | 61 | 229 | 68 | 310 | 43 | 197 | 172 | 736 | + | Mr. A. Henty | 56 | 222 | 68 | 288 | 42 | 160 | 166 | 670 | + | Major Lewin, R. E. | 53 | 195 | 57 | 277 | 35 | 161 | 145 | 633 | + | Mr. G. E. S. Fryer | 46 | 214 | 55 | 221 | 39 | 183 | 140 | 618 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Thirty-nine ladies and forty-three gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Twelfth Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at Weymouth on July +29 and 30, 1874, when fifty-two ladies and thirty-six gentlemen shot. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Pond | 75 | 327 | 41 | 187 | 116 | 514 | + | Mrs. Horniblow | 72 | 304 | 44 | 200 | 116 | 504 | + | Mrs. C. Betham | 68 | 304 | 41 | 191 | 109 | 495 | + | Miss Betham | 60 | 270 | 44 | 212 | 104 | 482 | + | Mrs. Piers F. Legh | 73 | 289 | 43 | 191 | 116 | 480 | + | Miss Lowe | 66 | 306 | 37 | 169 | 103 | 475 | + | Mrs. P. Pinckney | 64 | 244 | 44 | 230 | 108 | 474 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Major C. H. Fisher | 72 | 246 | 65 | 267 | 42 | 244 | 179 | 757 | + | Mr. H. Walrond | 55 | 243 | 56 | 286 | 35 | 133 | 146 | 662 | + | Mr. W. Rimington | 65 | 233 | 60 | 244 | 38 | 156 | 163 | 633 | + | Mr. T. L. Coulson | 49 | 195 | 63 | 297 | 34 | 122 | 146 | 614 | + | Mr. O. K. Prescot | 63 | 239 | 57 | 217 | 34 | 148 | 154 | 604 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Miss Lowe and Mr. H. Walrond became Championess and Champion of the +West. + + * * * * * + +The Thirty-first Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held on +August 5 and 6, 1874, on the College Cricket-ground, at Winchester. + +Mrs. Pond won the silver bracer with 6 points. Mrs. P. F. Legh won the +point for score at 50 yards; and Mrs. P. Pinckney and Mrs. Horniblow +divided the point for hits at 50 yards. + +Major C. H. Fisher became Champion, having secured all the points. + +Eighty-two ladies and sixty-four gentlemen shot at this meeting. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Pond | 87 | 431 | 45 | 213 | 132 | 644 | + | Mrs. Piers F. Legh | 77 | 369 | 46 | 272 | 123 | 641 | + | Mrs. P. Pinckney | 82 | 362 | 47 | 271 | 129 | 633 | + | Mrs. Horniblow | 76 | 352 | 47 | 269 | 123 | 621 | + | Mrs. E. Lister | 76 | 330 | 46 | 252 | 122 | 582 | + | Miss Milne | 76 | 384 | 46 | 196 | 122 | 580 | + | Miss Betham | 73 | 351 | 44 | 204 | 117 | 555 | + | Miss E. Martin | 73 | 333 | 42 | 208 | 115 | 541 | + | Mrs. Mayhew | 64 | 280 | 46 | 250 | 110 | 530 | + | Mrs. Holland | 68 | 308 | 46 | 220 | 114 | 528 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Major C. H. Fisher | 71 | 289 | 75 | 331 | 47 | 253 | 193 | 873 | + | Mr. C. H. Everett | 63 | 225 | 58 | 254 | 43 | 233 | 164 | 712 | + | Mr. G. E. S. Fryer | 55 | 213 | 65 | 291 | 41 | 205 | 161 | 709 | + | Mr. Betham | 60 | 234 | 62 | 248 | 41 | 221 | 163 | 703 | + | Mr. H. Walrond | 48 | 180 | 64 | 266 | 44 | 248 | 156 | 694 | + | Mr. O. K. Prescot | 58 | 224 | 63 | 271 | 37 | 153 | 158 | 648 | + | Mr. B. P. Gregson | 58 | 216 | 55 | 215 | 42 | 188 | 155 | 619 | + | Mr. A. Henty | 54 | 184 | 60 | 244 | 40 | 184 | 154 | 612 | + | Mr. W. Rimington | 57 | 179 | 61 | 241 | 41 | 191 | 159 | 611 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +In the handicap match on August 7, Mrs. E. Lister scored 356, Mrs. Piers +F. Legh 333, and Mrs. Horniblow 319; Major C. H. Fisher 443, and Mr. +Betham 418. + + * * * * * + +The Twenty-first Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held +in the Jephson Gardens, on June 23 and 24, 1875. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. W. Butt | 86 | 422 | 43 | 235 | 129 | 657 | + | Mrs. Pond | 82 | 366 | 44 | 258 | 126 | 624 | + | Miss M. A. Hollins | 80 | 360 | 48 | 262 | 128 | 622 | + | Miss H. Hutchinson | 82 | 328 | 41 | 181 | 123 | 509 | + | Mrs. Hornby | 74 | 326 | 37 | 181 | 111 | 507 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. C. H. Rimington | 74 | 280 | 73 | 339 | 44 | 238 | 191 | 857 | + | Mr. C. H. Everett | 82 | 310 | 71 | 265 | 45 | 215 | 198 | 790 | + | Mr. H. H. Palairet | 62 | 256 | 66 | 276 | 47 | 227 | 175 | 759 | + | Mr. Betham | 58 | 244 | 63 | 253 | 44 | 196 | 165 | 693 | + | Mr. W. Porter | 47 | 185 | 70 | 300 | 33 | 165 | 150 | 650 | + | Mr. H. Elliott | 55 | 213 | 60 | 238 | 40 | 166 | 155 | 617 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Twenty-four ladies and forty gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Seventeenth Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on July +28 and 29, 1875. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Horniblow | 84 | 394 | 48 | 280 | 132 | 674 | + | Mrs. Pond | 82 | 374 | 46 | 250 | 128 | 624 | + | Mrs. Kinahan | 76 | 310 | 48 | 258 | 124 | 568 | + | Mrs. Piers F. Legh | 80 | 350 | 43 | 195 | 123 | 545 | + | Miss Legh | 75 | 313 | 40 | 184 | 115 | 497 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Major C. H. Fiher | 83 | 315 | 80 | 360 | 43 | 213 | 206 | 888 | + | Mr. W. Rimington | 59 | 199 | 80 | 310 | 44 | 258 | 183 | 767 | + | Mr. Betham | 61 | 211 | 68 | 278 | 43 | 233 | 172 | 722 | + | Mr. Piers F. Legh | 49 | 171 | 67 | 289 | 45 | 225 | 161 | 685 | + | Mr. C. H. Everett | 66 | 262 | 61 | 261 | 38 | 150 | 165 | 673 | + | Mr. H. Walrond | 62 | 218 | 47 | 209 | 45 | 231 | 154 | 658 | + | Mr. H. H. Palairet | 50 | 228 | 60 | 240 | 33 | 171 | 143 | 639 | + | Mr. G. E. S. Fryer | 52 | 194 | 64 | 256 | 39 | 185 | 155 | 635 | + | Mr. W. Ford | 60 | 226 | 58 | 228 | 36 | 148 | 154 | 602 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Forty ladies and fifty-seven gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Thirty-second Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held on +August 4 and 5, 1875, in the Deer-park at Richmond, Surrey. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss M. A. Hollins | 88 | 430 | 45 | 263 | 133 | 693 | + | Miss Horniblow | 71 | 311 | 43 | 229 | 114 | 540 | + | Mrs. P. Pinckney | 69 | 307 | 44 | 228 | 113 | 535 | + | Mrs. E. Lister | 74 | 304 | 45 | 223 | 119 | 527 | + | Mrs. Marshall | 68 | 304 | 42 | 220 | 110 | 524 | + | Mrs. Pond | 61 | 287 | 42 | 210 | 103 | 497 | + | Miss H. Hutchinson | 70 | 302 | 43 | 185 | 113 | 487 | + | Miss Milne | 76 | 334 | 35 | 151 | 111 | 485 | + | Mrs. C. E. Hornby | 59 | 255 | 43 | 219 | 102 | 474 | + | Miss Benwell | 70 | 272 | 41 | 193 | 111 | 465 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Miss Hollins won the silver bracer with 7-1/2 points, as she divided the +point for hits at 50 yards with Mrs. Lister. + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. G. E. S. Fryer | 77 | 279 | 75 | 361 | 46 | 236 | 198 | 876 | + | Mr. W. Rimington | 78 | 358 | 66 | 308 | 42 | 196 | 186 | 862 | + | Major C. H. Fisher | 69 | 275 | 71 | 341 | 45 | 233 | 185 | 849 | + | Mr. B. P. Gregson | 71 | 277 | 63 | 279 | 44 | 200 | 178 | 756 | + | Mr. Betham | 59 | 233 | 63 | 269 | 48 | 238 | 170 | 740 | + | Mr. H. H. Palairet | 55 | 217 | 72 | 326 | 36 | 190 | 163 | 733 | + | Mr. Piers F. Legh | 61 | 259 | 64 | 296 | 40 | 168 | 165 | 723 | + | Mr. A. T. D. Berrington | 52 | 232 | 59 | 259 | 39 | 181 | 150 | 672 | + | Mr. C. H. Everett | 63 | 237 | 60 | 272 | 34 | 144 | 157 | 653 | + | Mr. H. Walrond | 54 | 226 | 44 | 180 | 45 | 241 | 143 | 647 | + | Mr. W. Butt | 32 | 122 | 64 | 246 | 42 | 250 | 138 | 618 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mr. Fryer became Champion with 6 points. Mr. Rimington won the point for +hits and score at 100 yards; Mr. Betham the point for hits at 60 yards; +and Mr. Butt the point for score at 60 yards. + +Eighty-four ladies and seventy-two gentlemen shot at this meeting. + + * * * * * + +The Thirteenth Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at Bitton, near +Teignmouth, on August 11 and 12, 1875, when forty-seven ladies and +twenty-seven gentlemen shot. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | ---- +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Hosken | 69 | 313 | 39 | 193 | 108 | 506 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. W. Rimington | 74 | 286 | 81 | 381 | 47 | 259 | 202 | 926 | + | Major C. H. Fisher | 77 | 289 | 77 | 341 | 40 | 206 | 194 | 836 | + | Mr. G. E. S. Fryer | 72 | 290 | 63 | 297 | 38 | 190 | 173 | 777 | + | Mr. H. Walrond | 64 | 274 | 65 | 275 | 40 | 198 | 169 | 747 | + | Mr. H. H. Palairet | 60 | 236 | 68 | 316 | 34 | 150 | 162 | 702 | + | Mr. H. Sagar | 65 | 253 | 56 | 242 | 37 | 169 | 158 | 664 | + | Mr. Grant Dalton | 45 | 171 | 59 | 257 | 43 | 203 | 147 | 631 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mrs. Hosken and Mr. Walrond became Championess and Champion of the West. + +Major Fisher scored 442, and Mr. Palairet 424, in the handicap match on +the following day--August 13. + + * * * * * + +The Twenty-second Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held +on June 21 and 22, 1876. + +Twenty-nine ladies and thirty-four gentlemen shot. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. W. Butt | 91 | 463 | 47 | 267 | 138 | 730 | + | Mrs. Horniblow | 83 | 383 | 47 | 249 | 130 | 632 | + | Mrs. Pond | 79 | 373 | 42 | 218 | 121 | 591 | + | Mrs. Piers F. Legh | 73 | 321 | 47 | 269 | 120 | 590 | + | Miss H. Hutchinson | 75 | 379 | 39 | 199 | 112 | 578 | + | Mrs. E. Lister | 80 | 366 | 41 | 205 | 121 | 571 | + | Miss M. A. Hollins | 74 | 324 | 46 | 244 | 120 | 568 | + | Mrs. Hornby | 74 | 322 | 43 | 233 | 117 | 555 | + | Mrs. Kinahan | 77 | 355 | 39 | 191 | 116 | 546 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. C. H. Everett | 94 | 364 | 70 | 348 | 39 | 185 | 203 | 897 | + | Mr. G. L. Aston | 65 | 243 | 66 | 288 | 45 | 209 | 176 | 740 | + | Mr. W. Ford | 66 | 230 | 71 | 313 | 41 | 185 | 178 | 728 | + | Mr. W. Butt | 42 | 174 | 64 | 276 | 46 | 240 | 152 | 690 | + | Mr. W. Porter | 52 | 204 | 51 | 191 | 44 | 208 | 147 | 603 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mr. C. H. Everett scored 451 on June 23 in the handicap match. + + * * * * * + +The Eighteenth Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on +June 28 and 29, 1876. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. W. Butt | 89 | 447 | 44 | 248 | 133 | 695 | + | Mrs. Kinahan | 82 | 368 | 48 | 250 | 130 | 618 | + | Mrs. Marshall | 82 | 376 | 44 | 226 | 126 | 602 | + | Mrs. Pond | 74 | 338 | 45 | 233 | 119 | 571 | + | Miss Berens | 68 | 316 | 44 | 236 | 112 | 552 | + | Miss Croker | 70 | 302 | 45 | 231 | 115 | 533 | + | Mrs. D. Ainsworth | 70 | 298 | 44 | 224 | 114 | 522 | + | Mrs. Piers F. Legh | 81 | 319 | 43 | 199 | 124 | 518 | + | Miss Follett | 71 | 331 | 40 | 170 | 111 | 501 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. C. H. Everett | 77 | 333 | 69 | 283 | 45 | 209 | 191 | 825 | + | Major C. H. Fisher | 65 | 291 | 66 | 294 | 40 | 176 | 171 | 761 | + | Mr. J. Rogers | 67 | 229 | 66 | 264 | 43 | 213 | 176 | 706 | + | Mr. W. Rimington | 69 | 259 | 72 | 274 | 34 | 140 | 175 | 673 | + | Mr. Eyre W. Hussey | 46 | 178 | 56 | 240 | 41 | 207 | 153 | 625 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Thirty-nine ladies and thirty-five gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Thirty-third Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held on +July 5 and 6, 1876, at Sandown Park, near Esher, Surrey. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. W. Butt | 91 | 483 | 47 | 269 | 138 | 752 | + | Mrs. Marshall | 87 | 409 | 44 | 202 | 131 | 611 | + | Mrs. Kinahan | 69 | 325 | 44 | 246 | 113 | 571 | + | Miss M. A. Hollins | 75 | 303 | 44 | 246 | 119 | 549 | + | Mrs. Kane | 74 | 330 | 39 | 201 | 113 | 531 | + | Miss Croker | 75 | 331 | 35 | 195 | 110 | 526 | + | Mrs. D. Ainsworth | 67 | 307 | 43 | 207 | 110 | 514 | + | Miss H. Hutchinson | 70 | 304 | 44 | 202 | 114 | 506 | + | Mrs. Horniblow | 65 | 283 | 43 | 217 | 108 | 500 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mrs. Butt won the silver bracer with all the points. + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. H. Palairet | 59 | 233 | 77 | 313 | 45 | 227 | 181 | 773 | + | Major C. H. Fisher | 78 | 358 | 60 | 208 | 42 | 204 | 180 | 770 | + | Mr. C. H. Everett | 70 | 248 | 56 | 232 | 39 | 203 | 165 | 683 | + | Mr. Rogers | 51 | 201 | 54 | 240 | 43 | 225 | 148 | 666 | + | Mr. W. Rimington | 61 | 235 | 59 | 231 | 39 | 163 | 159 | 629 | + | Mr. G. E. S. Fryer | 53 | 195 | 63 | 225 | 38 | 184 | 154 | 604 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mr. H. H. Palairet became the Champion with 8 points after a very close +contest during the shooting of the last 3 arrows at 60 yards with Major +Fisher, who won the 2 points for hits and score at 100 yards. + +In the handicap match on the next day Mrs. Horniblow made 340, and Mr. +Everett 427. + +Sixty-three ladies and fifty-three gentlemen shot at this meeting. + + * * * * * + +The Fourteenth Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at Salisbury on +August 2 and 3, 1876, when fifty-three ladies and forty gentlemen shot. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Piers F. Legh | 86 | 368 | 46 | 266 | 132 | 634 | + | Miss E. Pinckney | 81 | 345 | 45 | 213 | 126 | 558 | + | Mrs. Horniblow | 78 | 316 | 45 | 223 | 123 | 539 | + | Mrs. Kane | 65 | 289 | 47 | 233 | 112 | 522 | + | Mrs. E. Lister | 63 | 271 | 40 | 216 | 103 | 487 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. H. Palairet | 64 | 234 | 64 | 302 | 45 | 229 | 173 | 765 | + | Mr. C. H. Everett | 69 | 271 | 59 | 229 | 44 | 204 | 172 | 704 | + | Mr. H. Walrond | 55 | 201 | 62 | 250 | 46 | 236 | 163 | 687 | + | Mr. J. Penrose | 56 | 210 | 63 | 259 | 44 | 198 | 163 | 667 | + | Mr. H. B. Hare | 44 | 160 | 65 | 285 | 36 | 172 | 145 | 617 | + | Mr. P. F. Legh | 49 | 169 | 57 | 231 | 39 | 193 | 145 | 593 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Miss E. Pinckney and Mr. Palairet became Championess and Champion of the +West. + + * * * * * + +The Twenty-third Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held +on June 27 and 28, 1877. Forty ladies and twenty-seven gentlemen shot. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. W. Butt | 88 | 432 | 45 | 275 | 133 | 707 | + | Miss M. A. Hollins | 85 | 413 | 45 | 287 | 130 | 700 | + | Mrs. Kinahan | 87 | 383 | 46 | 248 | 133 | 631 | + | Mrs. Piers F. Legh | 86 | 370 | 46 | 260 | 132 | 630 | + | Miss Legh | 80 | 378 | 47 | 249 | 127 | 627 | + | Mrs. D. Ainsworth | 81 | 353 | 40 | 202 | 121 | 555 | + | Mrs. Acklom | 77 | 361 | 46 | 188 | 123 | 549 | + | Mrs. E. Lister | 73 | 313 | 38 | 214 | 111 | 527 | + | Miss H. Hutchinson | 75 | 327 | 42 | 196 | 117 | 523 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. H. Palairet | 66 | 262 | 77 | 363 | 41 | 213 | 184 | 838 | + | Major C. H. Fisher | 77 | 299 | 72 | 286 | 44 | 242 | 193 | 827 | + | Mr. H. Elliott | 58 | 220 | 59 | 247 | 37 | 185 | 154 | 652 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mrs. W. Butt scored 365 on June 29 in the handicap match. + + * * * * * + +The Nineteenth Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on +July 12 and 13, 1877. Forty-six ladies and forty gentlemen shot. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. W. Butt | 91 | 477 | 45 | 241 | 136 | 718 | + | Mrs. Kinahan | 87 | 439 | 45 | 221 | 132 | 660 | + | Miss Legh | 84 | 372 | 48 | 266 | 132 | 638 | + | Mrs. Marshall | 83 | 359 | 45 | 261 | 128 | 620 | + | Mrs. Piers F. Legh | 80 | 356 | 47 | 251 | 127 | 607 | + | Mrs. P. Pinckney | 77 | 317 | 44 | 266 | 121 | 583 | + | Mrs. Kane | 79 | 385 | 40 | 198 | 119 | 583 | + | Mrs. Hulse | 65 | 297 | 43 | 221 | 108 | 518 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Major C. H. Fisher | 95 | 389 | 72 | 330 | 43 | 213 | 210 | 932 | + | Mr. P. Pinckney | 73 | 307 | 69 | 313 | 47 | 243 | 189 | 863 | + | Mr. H. H. Palairet | 67 | 269 | 75 | 341 | 43 | 213 | 185 | 823 | + | Mr. W. Rimington | 77 | 301 | 70 | 288 | 36 | 154 | 183 | 743 | + | Mr. E. N. Snow | 47 | 173 | 66 | 268 | 43 | 199 | 156 | 640 | + | Mr. H. Sagar | 64 | 242 | 59 | 205 | 37 | 189 | 150 | 636 | + | Mr. H. Walrond | 51 | 185 | 60 | 244 | 38 | 180 | 149 | 609 | + | Mr. J. Rogers | 62 | 198 | 60 | 246 | 36 | 164 | 158 | 608 | + | Major Lewin, R. E. | 46 | 204 | 58 | 218 | 42 | 186 | 146 | 608 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + * * * * * + +The Thirty-fourth Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held at +Doncaster, on the Racecourse, on August 8 and 9, 1877. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. W. Butt | 80 | 414 | 46 | 262 | 126 | 676 | + | Miss M. A. Hollins | 84 | 376 | 42 | 220 | 126 | 596 | + | Mrs. D. Ainsworth | 73 | 327 | 45 | 253 | 118 | 580 | + | Mrs. Horniblow | 72 | 316 | 46 | 244 | 118 | 560 | + | Mrs. E. Lister | 70 | 320 | 42 | 216 | 112 | 516 | + | Mrs. Marshall | 75 | 319 | 46 | 188 | 121 | 507 | + | Mrs. Piers F. Legh | 73 | 311 | 44 | 196 | 117 | 507 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mrs. Butt won the silver bracer with 5-1/2 points. Miss Hollins won the +point for hits at 60 yards, and made an equal number of gross hits with +Mrs. Butt; and Mrs. Horniblow made the same number of hits at 50 yards +as Mrs. Butt. + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. W. Rimington | 55 | 227 | 70 | 290 | 38 | 186 | 163 | 703 | + | Mr. H. H. Palairet | 46 | 170 | 61 | 259 | 40 | 220 | 147 | 649 | + | Mr. Betham | 54 | 242 | 54 | 206 | 41 | 179 | 149 | 627 | + | Mr. G. E. S. Fryer | 58 | 222 | 53 | 229 | 39 | 159 | 150 | 610 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mr. W. Rimington became Champion with 7 points. Mr. Betham won the 2 +points for score at 100 yards and hits at 60 yards; Mr. Fryer the point +for hits at 100 yards; and Mr. Palairet the point for score at 60 yards. + +In the handicap match on the next day--August 10--Mrs. Butt scored 44 +hits, 280 sc. and 24 hits, 154 sc. = 68 hits, 434 sc., and Miss Hollins +362. Mr. Palairet scored 400. + +The weather on the two first days at this meeting was most unsuitable. + +Forty-four ladies and fifty-four gentlemen attended this meeting. + + * * * * * + +The Fifteenth Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at Bitton, near +Teignmouth, on August 29 and 30, 1877, when forty-nine ladies and thirty +gentlemen shot. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. C. E. Nesham | 74 | 360 | 44 | 240 | 118 | 600 | + | Miss E. Pinckney | 75 | 327 | 46 | 240 | 121 | 567 | + | Miss C. Radford | 82 | 392 | 41 | 173 | 123 | 565 | + | Mrs. V. Forbes | 71 | 329 | 40 | 202 | 111 | 531 | + | Mrs. Gataker | 71 | 301 | 44 | 214 | 115 | 515 | + | Miss Follett | 68 | 302 | 41 | 201 | 109 | 503 | + | Miss E. Matthews | 64 | 294 | 40 | 206 | 104 | 500 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Major C. H. Fisher | 91 | 357 | 66 | 292 | 41 | 201 | 198 | 850 | + | Mr. P. Pinckney | 73 | 251 | 67 | 307 | 42 | 228 | 182 | 786 | + | Mr. H. H. Palairet | 67 | 263 | 70 | 288 | 44 | 198 | 181 | 749 | + | Mr. O. L. Clare | 75 | 285 | 48 | 186 | 43 | 205 | 166 | 676 | + | Mr. H. Walrond | 57 | 219 | 65 | 255 | 43 | 195 | 165 | 669 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Miss E. Pinckney and Mr. P. Pinckney--sister and brother--became +Championess and Champion of the West. + + * * * * * + +The Twenty-fourth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held +on June 26 and 27, 1878. + +Thirty-one ladies and twenty-nine gentlemen shot. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Horniblow | 89 | 399 | 46 | 260 | 135 | 659 | + | Miss M. A. Hollins | 80 | 412 | 44 | 206 | 124 | 618 | + | Miss Legh | 81 | 375 | 43 | 219 | 124 | 594 | + | Mrs. Piers F. Legh | 81 | 331 | 45 | 249 | 126 | 580 | + | Mrs. W. Betham | 71 | 311 | 41 | 213 | 112 | 524 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Major C. H. Fisher | 83 | 359 | 73 | 307 | 41 | 183 | 197 | 849 | + | Mr. C. H. Everett | 82 | 298 | 68 | 310 | 44 | 202 | 194 | 810 | + | Mr. Betham | 70 | 278 | 61 | 277 | 29 | 161 | 160 | 716 | + | Mr. G. L. Aston | 55 | 199 | 65 | 231 | 44 | 214 | 164 | 644 | + | Mr. W. Yates Foot | 37 | 163 | 61 | 223 | 43 | 223 | 141 | 609 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +On June 28, in the handicap match, Miss Hollins scored 387, and Mr. C. +H. Everett 460. + + * * * * * + +The Twentieth Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on +July 10 and 11, 1878. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Marshall | 90 | 482 | 43 | 217 | 133 | 699 | + | Mrs. Horniblow | 86 | 418 | 47 | 241 | 133 | 659 | + | Mrs. D. Ainsworth | 84 | 370 | 43 | 241 | 127 | 611 | + | Mrs. Piers F. Legh | 78 | 354 | 46 | 244 | 124 | 598 | + | Miss M. Protheroe | 71 | 347 | 42 | 180 | 113 | 527 | + | Miss Ellis | 69 | 317 | 38 | 200 | 107 | 517 | + | Mrs. Berens | 71 | 321 | 40 | 188 | 111 | 509 | + | Miss Benwell | 68 | 298 | 46 | 204 | 114 | 502 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. H. Palairet | 75 | 299 | 76 | 382 | 47 | 247 | 198 | 928 | + | Mr. W. Rimington | 67 | 305 | 73 | 329 | 44 | 216 | 184 | 850 | + | Major C. H. Fisher | 78 | 308 | 56 | 218 | 46 | 244 | 180 | 770 | + | Mr. Walrond | 58 | 198 | 57 | 261 | 44 | 234 | 159 | 693 | + | Mr. G. W. Chapman | 46 | 176 | 67 | 305 | 39 | 203 | 152 | 684 | + | Mr. Betham | 57 | 219 | 65 | 251 | 36 | 210 | 158 | 680 | + | Mr. O. K. Prescot | 75 | 301 | 55 | 227 | 35 | 131 | 165 | 659 | + | Mr. C. H. Everett | 64 | 244 | 57 | 253 | 34 | 162 | 155 | 659 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Thirty-seven ladies and thirty-four gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Thirty-fifth Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held on +July 24 and 25, 1878, at Tunbridge Wells, on the Cricket-ground. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Marshall | 87 | 425 | 45 | 267 | 132 | 692 | + | Mrs. Horniblow | 86 | 406 | 46 | 226 | 132 | 632 | + | Mrs. Piers F. Legh | 85 | 367 | 44 | 246 | 129 | 613 | + | Miss Legh | 79 | 369 | 42 | 186 | 121 | 555 | + | Miss M. A. Hollins | 78 | 344 | 42 | 190 | 120 | 534 | + | Mrs. D. Ainsworth | 79 | 319 | 42 | 196 | 121 | 515 | + | Mrs. E. Lister | 71 | 297 | 39 | 199 | 110 | 496 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mrs. Marshall won the silver bracer with 6 points; Mrs. Horniblow having +won the point for hits at 50 yards, and tied with Mrs. Marshall for +gross hits. + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. H. Palairet | 83 | 335 | 72 | 360 | 47 | 237 | 202 | 932 | + | Mr. O. Leigh Clare | 74 | 286 | 77 | 371 | 39 | 183 | 190 | 840 | + | Mr. W. Rimington | 56 | 234 | 66 | 286 | 48 | 286 | 170 | 806 | + | Mr. C. H. Everett | 64 | 246 | 60 | 282 | 38 | 194 | 162 | 722 | + | Major C. H. Fisher | 63 | 259 | 53 | 247 | 40 | 208 | 156 | 714 | + | Mr. Betham | 62 | 270 | 56 | 240 | 41 | 167 | 159 | 677 | + | Mr. Eyre W. Hussey | 58 | 268 | 59 | 217 | 42 | 170 | 159 | 655 | + | Mr. Walrond | 55 | 191 | 56 | 248 | 40 | 196 | 151 | 635 | + | Mr. A. Henty | 54 | 194 | 58 | 226 | 42 | 192 | 154 | 612 | + | Mr. G. E. S. Fryer | 54 | 208 | 55 | 235 | 36 | 162 | 145 | 605 | + | Mr. G. W. Chapman | 44 | 150 | 58 | 262 | 39 | 191 | 141 | 603 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mr. Palairet became Champion, having won 7 points. Mr. Clare won the +point for hits at 80 yards, and Mr. Rimington won the points for hits +and score at 60 yards. + +In the handicap match on the next day--July 26--Mrs. Piers F. Legh +scored 360, and Mr. Rimington 401. + +Sixty-two ladies and fifty-six gentlemen shot at this meeting. + + * * * * * + +The Sixteenth Grand Western Archery Society's Meeting was held at +Weymouth, on August 7 and 8, 1878, on the ground of the Weymouth Archery +Society. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Horniblow | 74 | 348 | 44 | 244 | 118 | 592 | + | Mrs. C. E. Nesham | 68 | 336 | 41 | 215 | 109 | 551 | + | Mrs. Piers F. Legh | 79 | 315 | 43 | 227 | 122 | 542 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. Walrond | 56 | 228 | 73 | 327 | 46 | 260 | 175 | 815 | + | Mr. H. H. Palairet | 70 | 278 | 76 | 328 | 42 | 180 | 188 | 786 | + | Mr. A. Meyrick | 45 | 165 | 63 | 261 | 44 | 216 | 152 | 642 | + | Mr. Piers F. Legh | 55 | 219 | 58 | 242 | 39 | 175 | 152 | 636 | + | Mr. E. N. Snow | 54 | 200 | 57 | 223 | 38 | 210 | 149 | 633 | + | Mr. C. H. Everett | 68 | 254 | 53 | 193 | 39 | 175 | 160 | 622 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +On August 9, in the handicap match, Mrs. Piers F. Legh made 315 and Mrs. +Horniblow 314. + + * * * * * + +The Twenty-fifth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held +in the Jephson Gardens on June 25 and 26, 1879. + +Thirty ladies and twenty-five gentlemen shot. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Piers F. Legh | 89 | 455 | 48 | 288 | 137 | 743 | + | Miss M. A. Hollins | 84 | 408 | 43 | 207 | 127 | 615 | + | Mrs. E. Lister | 74 | 356 | 44 | 208 | 118 | 564 | + | Mrs. Hulse | 77 | 327 | 40 | 208 | 117 | 535 | + | Miss E. D. Pryce | 60 | 282 | 42 | 222 | 102 | 504 | + | Mrs. Butt[12] | 45 | 245 | 23 | 119 | 68 | 364 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + [12] Mrs. Butt shot only on the first day of the meeting one-half the + National Round. + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. C. E. Nesham | 68 | 268 | 63 | 269 | 34 | 156 | 165 | 693 | + | Mr. Piers F. Legh | 66 | 258 | 62 | 240 | 42 | 190 | 170 | 688 | + | Mr. H. Sagar | 61 | 251 | 55 | 241 | 36 | 152 | 152 | 644 | + | Mr. E. N. Snow | 56 | 218 | 53 | 207 | 42 | 206 | 151 | 631 | + | Mr. Betham | 60 | 210 | 48 | 222 | 39 | 197 | 147 | 629 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Miss Hollins, on June 27, in the handicap match, scored 353. + + * * * * * + +The Twenty-first Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on +July 10 and 11, 1879. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Marshall | 86 | 428 | 46 | 248 | 132 | 676 | + | Mrs. Piers F. Legh | 89 | 397 | 45 | 269 | 134 | 666 | + | Mrs. C. H. Everett | 84 | 382 | 42 | 258 | 126 | 640 | + | Mrs. Butt | 81 | 411 | 44 | 218 | 125 | 629 | + | Miss H. Hutchinson | 76 | 328 | 47 | 241 | 123 | 569 | + | Mrs. C. E. Nesham | 78 | 352 | 41 | 183 | 119 | 535 | + | Mrs. Hulse | 75 | 325 | 42 | 194 | 117 | 519 | + | Miss E. D. Pryce | 69 | 337 | 38 | 176 | 107 | 513 | + | Miss C. Radford | 75 | 291 | 40 | 220 | 115 | 511 | + | Miss F. Shuter | 74 | 356 | 37 | 145 | 111 | 501 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. W. Rimington | 83 | 327 | 85 | 379 | 46 | 260 | 214 | 966 | + | Mr. C. E. Nesham | 66 | 214 | 66 | 308 | 45 | 267 | 177 | 789 | + | Mr. E. N. Snow | 65 | 261 | 70 | 314 | 42 | 186 | 177 | 761 | + | Mr. H. Sagar | 60 | 268 | 61 | 249 | 42 | 208 | 163 | 725 | + | Mr. Walrond | 54 | 190 | 68 | 326 | 43 | 207 | 165 | 723 | + | Mr. A. T. D. Berrington | 59 | 227 | 64 | 248 | 43 | 185 | 166 | 660 | + | Mr. C. H. Everett | 58 | 250 | 56 | 232 | 36 | 166 | 150 | 648 | + | Mr. H. Elliott | 57 | 229 | 53 | 217 | 40 | 184 | 150 | 630 | + | Mr. Eyre W. Hussey | 49 | 199 | 56 | 246 | 34 | 156 | 139 | 601 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Forty-eight ladies and thirty gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Thirty-sixth Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held on +August 6 and 7, 1879, at Cheltenham, on the College Cricket-ground. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Marshall | 84 | 462 | 46 | 246 | 130 | 708 | + | Mrs. Piers F. Legh | 86 | 424 | 46 | 264 | 132 | 688 | + | Mrs. Butt | 89 | 437 | 47 | 235 | 136 | 672 | + | Mrs. E. Lister | 67 | 379 | 48 | 268 | 115 | 647 | + | Miss M. A. Hollins | 72 | 304 | 43 | 241 | 115 | 545 | + | Mrs. Hulse | 66 | 314 | 44 | 224 | 110 | 538 | + | Mrs. C. E. Nesham | 77 | 331 | 43 | 197 | 120 | 528 | + | Mrs. Hornby | 71 | 303 | 41 | 223 | 112 | 526 | + | Miss E. Matthews | 74 | 344 | 33 | 181 | 107 | 525 | + | Miss I. Carter | 67 | 337 | 38 | 182 | 105 | 519 | + | Miss H. Hutchinson | 68 | 318 | 44 | 196 | 112 | 514 | + | Lady Harberton | 77 | 341 | 33 | 159 | 110 | 500 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +On this occasion Mrs. Marshall won the silver bracer with the highest +score, as she and Mrs. Butt each had 3 points--the former for gross +score and for score at 60 yards, and the latter for gross hits and for +hits at 60 yards. Mrs. Legh won the points for hits and score at 50 +yards. + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. W. Rimington | 58 | 244 | 64 | 304 | 43 | 251 | 165 | 799 | + | Mr. E. Walters | 70 | 256 | 70 | 254 | 47 | 219 | 187 | 729 | + | Mr. P. S. Nevile | 65 | 249 | 61 | 261 | 43 | 183 | 169 | 693 | + | Mr. Walrond | 53 | 201 | 73 | 265 | 44 | 212 | 170 | 678 | + | Mr. A. T. D. Berrington | 59 | 223 | 56 | 236 | 43 | 203 | 158 | 662 | + | Mr. Betham | 66 | 256 | 47 | 187 | 41 | 201 | 154 | 644 | + | Mr. C. H. Everett | 54 | 230 | 58 | 212 | 35 | 159 | 147 | 601 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mr. Walters became Champion with 4-1/2 points--gross hits, hits at 100 +yards and at 60 yards, and a tie with Mr. Betham for score at 100 yards. +Mr. Rimington won 3 points, for gross score and for score at 80 yards; +and Mr. Walrond won the point for hits at 80 yards. + +Eighty-three ladies and sixty-one gentlemen shot. + +Mrs. Butt scored 381, and Mrs. Piers F. Legh 370; Mr. Walters 458, Mr. +Berrington 430, and Mr. Rimington 414, in the handicap match on August +8. + + * * * * * + +The Sixteenth Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at Teignmouth, in +Mr. Parson's grounds, on August 13 and 14, 1879. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Butt | 89 | 445 | 47 | 299 | 136 | 744 | + | Mrs. Piers F. Legh | 89 | 469 | 45 | 231 | 134 | 700 | + | Miss Isabel Carter | 84 | 402 | 44 | 234 | 128 | 636 | + | Miss K. Lowe | 77 | 343 | 42 | 220 | 119 | 563 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. W. Rimington | 79 | 327 | 76 | 372 | 45 | 221 | 200 | 920 | + | Mr. Walrond | 48 | 166 | 72 | 308 | 45 | 235 | 165 | 709 | + | Mr. Piers F. Legh | 53 | 225 | 59 | 251 | 39 | 207 | 151 | 683 | + | Mr. C. H. Everett | 71 | 273 | 63 | 249 | 36 | 152 | 170 | 674 | + | Mr. E. N. Snow | 52 | 202 | 59 | 221 | 40 | 210 | 151 | 633 | + | Mr. W. Yates Foot | 57 | 205 | 61 | 275 | 33 | 151 | 151 | 631 | + | Mr. H. Kendall | 58 | 216 | 59 | 247 | 40 | 166 | 157 | 629 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Forty-six ladies and twenty-seven gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Twenty-sixth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held +in the Jephson Gardens on June 23 and 24, 1880. + +Thirty-seven ladies and thirty-three gentlemen shot. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Butt | 80 | 378 | 46 | 282 | 126 | 660 | + | Mrs. E. Lister | 84 | 404 | 45 | 249 | 129 | 653 | + | Mrs. Piers F. Legh | 86 | 388 | 47 | 243 | 133 | 631 | + | Miss Legh | 78 | 360 | 42 | 246 | 130 | 606 | + | Miss M. A. Hollins | 73 | 355 | 39 | 175 | 112 | 530 | + | Miss M. Allen | 72 | 338 | 40 | 174 | 112 | 512 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. W. Rimington | 79 | 325 | 70 | 314 | 47 | 249 | 196 | 888 | + | Mr. R. Walters | 71 | 251 | 64 | 318 | 39 | 177 | 174 | 746 | + | Mr. J. H. Bridges | 64 | 228 | 66 | 298 | 41 | 213 | 171 | 739 | + | Mr. Piers F. Legh | 64 | 256 | 57 | 223 | 39 | 187 | 160 | 666 | + | Mr. G. L. Aston | 51 | 195 | 64 | 298 | 31 | 143 | 146 | 636 | + | Mr. C. E. Nesham | 74 | 296 | 50 | 190 | 35 | 149 | 159 | 635 | + | Mr. G. O. Pardoe | 46 | 184 | 64 | 276 | 37 | 169 | 147 | 629 | + | Mr. Eyre W. Hussey | 62 | 232 | 54 | 212 | 39 | 163 | 155 | 607 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +In the handicap match on June 25 Mrs. Piers F. Legh, Mrs. E. Lister, and +Mrs. Butt scored 367, 364, and 337 respectively, and Mr. C. E. Nesham +and Mr. J. H. Bridges 421 and 409. + + * * * * * + +The Twenty-second Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held +on July 1 and 2, 1880. + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. W. Rimington | 88 | 350 | 71 | 319 | 40 | 194 | 199 | 863 | + | Mr. C. E. Nesham | 68 | 262 | 64 | 272 | 37 | 169 | 169 | 703 | + | Mr. C. H. Everett | 75 | 281 | 54 | 236 | 40 | 174 | 169 | 691 | + | Mr. R. Walters | 70 | 248 | 63 | 243 | 38 | 196 | 171 | 687 | + | Mr. H. Kendall | 41 | 149 | 67 | 325 | 42 | 200 | 150 | 674 | + | Mr. G. O. Pardoe | 54 | 200 | 58 | 266 | 38 | 182 | 150 | 648 | + | Mr. Eyre W. Hussey | 53 | 197 | 57 | 249 | 40 | 188 | 150 | 634 | + | Mr. G. G. Phillips | 60 | 218 | 57 | 271 | 33 | 141 | 150 | 630 | + | Mr. P. S. Nevile | 37 | 141 | 67 | 273 | 42 | 204 | 146 | 618 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Piers F. Legh | 82 | 408 | 45 | 235 | 127 | 643 | + | Mrs. Marshall | 85 | 393 | 44 | 246 | 129 | 639 | + | Mrs. Horniblow | 81 | 393 | 42 | 246 | 123 | 639 | + | Mrs. Butt | 77 | 367 | 45 | 255 | 122 | 622 | + | Mrs. Kinahan | 85 | 415 | 41 | 191 | 126 | 606 | + | Miss F. Shuter | 83 | 399 | 40 | 198 | 123 | 597 | + | Miss M. Norton | 84 | 390 | 38 | 184 | 122 | 574 | + | Miss Ellis | 76 | 356 | 41 | 211 | 117 | 567 | + | Miss C. Radford | 69 | 281 | 44 | 238 | 113 | 519 | + | Miss I. Carter | 65 | 275 | 46 | 244 | 111 | 519 | + | Mrs. C. E. Nesham | 71 | 305 | 41 | 197 | 112 | 502 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Fifty-four ladies and twenty-six gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Thirty-seventh Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held on +July 28 and 29, 1880, at Shrewsbury. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Piers F. Legh | 78 | 346 | 46 | 254 | 124 | 600 | + | Mrs. Horniblow | 86 | 372 | 47 | 221 | 133 | 593 | + | Mrs. Butt | 77 | 351 | 48 | 238 | 125 | 589 | + | Mrs. Marshall | 75 | 343 | 44 | 226 | 119 | 569 | + | Mrs. C. H. Everett | 76 | 352 | 41 | 187 | 117 | 539 | + | Mrs. D. Ainsworth | 69 | 311 | 41 | 185 | 110 | 496 | + | Miss Legh | 72 | 308 | 43 | 181 | 115 | 489 | + | Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey | 66 | 302 | 38 | 180 | 104 | 382 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mrs. Horniblow, with the second score, won the silver bracer with 4 +points--namely, 2 for most hits and 2 for score and hits at 60 yards. +Mrs. Legh had 3 points, 2 for highest gross score and 1 for score at 60 +yards. Mrs. Butt had 1 point for hits at 50 yards. A very close contest +between the three first ladies. + +Mr. Palairet became Champion with 9 points. + +Mr. Rimington won the point for score at 60 yards. + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. H. Palairet | 68 | 272 | 81 | 401 | 46 | 224 | 195 | 897 | + | Mr. C. H. Everett | 62 | 248 | 71 | 287 | 43 | 227 | 176 | 762 | + | Mr. W. Rimington | 57 | 201 | 54 | 192 | 43 | 239 | 154 | 632 | + | Captain M. Allen | 43 | 179 | 58 | 226 | 45 | 227 | 146 | 632 | + | Mr. C. E. Nesham | 48 | 164 | 50 | 204 | 40 | 208 | 138 | 576 | + | Mr. G. G. Phillips | 54 | 194 | 52 | 204 | 41 | 177 | 147 | 575 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Sixty-nine ladies and fifty-seven gentlemen shot at this meeting. The +weather and the ground were anything but good. + +In the handicap match on the next day--July 30--Mrs. Butt's score was-- + + 60 Yards 50 Yards TOTALS + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 47 289 24 132 = 71 421 + +Mr. Everett's score was 471. + +This meeting was made memorable by the retirement of the Rev. O. Luard +from the office of Hon. Secretary of the Grand National Archery Society, +after having acted as Secretary at thirty-six meetings--in fact, at +every meeting hitherto, except the first in 1844. He was presented with +a complimentary scroll, setting out the universal appreciation of his +services, and with a purse containing 200 guineas. Mr. Palairet was +elected to succeed Mr. Luard as Hon. Secretary. + + * * * * * + +The Seventeenth Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at Sherborne on +August 11 and 12, 1880. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss Ripley | 79 | 389 | 43 | 245 | 122 | 634 | + | Mrs. D. Ainsworth | 77 | 337 | 43 | 223 | 120 | 560 | + | Miss I. Carter | 75 | 325 | 42 | 232 | 117 | 557 | + | Miss E. M. Farrington | 80 | 362 | 35 | 179 | 115 | 541 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. H. Palairet | 77 | 319 | 79 | 403 | 47 | 221 | 203 | 943 | + | Mr. Walrond | 69 | 307 | 61 | 265 | 42 | 196 | 172 | 768 | + | Mr. C. H. Everett | 82 | 322 | 60 | 240 | 41 | 199 | 183 | 761 | + | Mr. O. K. Prescot | 61 | 243 | 63 | 249 | 34 | 152 | 158 | 644 | + | Mr. H. P. Okeden | 41 | 185 | 56 | 242 | 39 | 191 | 136 | 618 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Miss I. Carter and Mr. Palairet became Championess and Champion of the +West. + +Fifty-four ladies and thirty-two gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The First Grand Northern Archery Meeting was held at York on September 1 +and 2, 1880. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Piers F. Legh | 82 | 402 | 45 | 239 | 127 | 641 | + | Mrs. C. E. Nesham | 76 | 360 | 44 | 216 | 120 | 576 | + | Mrs. H. Clarke | 75 | 321 | 48 | 254 | 123 | 575 | + | Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey | 81 | 349 | 44 | 202 | 125 | 551 | + | Mrs. W. Yates Foot | 81 | 367 | 41 | 183 | 122 | 550 | + | Mrs. D. Ainsworth | 70 | 284 | 48 | 266 | 118 | 550 | + | Mrs. W. C. Booth | 72 | 256 | 40 | 188 | 112 | 544 | + | Mrs. Kinahan | 82 | 374 | 35 | 169 | 117 | 543 | + | Miss M. A. Hollins | 85 | 363 | 39 | 147 | 124 | 510 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. W. Rimington | 65 | 243 | 79 | 361 | 45 | 231 | 189 | 835 | + | Mr. C. E. Nesham | 66 | 250 | 70 | 300 | 41 | 209 | 177 | 759 | + | Mr. J. H. Bridges | 60 | 220 | 68 | 282 | 47 | 221 | 175 | 723 | + | Mr. P. S. Nevile | 61 | 257 | 63 | 263 | 43 | 201 | 167 | 721 | + | Mr. G. L. Aston | 57 | 211 | 61 | 277 | 41 | 223 | 159 | 711 | + | Mr. G. G. Hulme | 44 | 186 | 62 | 248 | 45 | 231 | 151 | 665 | + | Mr. G. G. Phillips | 65 | 279 | 51 | 183 | 44 | 188 | 160 | 650 | + | Mr. Eyre W. Hussey | 54 | 220 | 64 | 266 | 33 | 157 | 151 | 643 | + | Mr. G. O. Pardoe | 63 | 239 | 57 | 231 | 32 | 140 | 152 | 610 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mrs. H. Clarke and Mr. P. S. Nevile became Championess and Champion of +the North. + +Fifty-seven ladies and thirty-seven gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Twenty-seventh Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held +on June 22 and 23, 1881. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Piers F. Legh | 87 | 471 | 48 | 252 | 135 | 723 | + | Miss Legh | 90 | 436 | 46 | 260 | 136 | 696 | + | Mrs. Butt | 87 | 441 | 45 | 225 | 132 | 666 | + | Miss M. A. Hollins | 81 | 367 | 46 | 240 | 127 | 607 | + | Mrs. Hulse | 71 | 313 | 40 | 216 | 111 | 529 | + | Mrs. W. Yates Foot | 68 | 324 | 36 | 184 | 104 | 508 | + | Miss H. Hutchinson | 57 | 297 | 38 | 206 | 95 | 503 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. C. H. Everett | 79 | 327 | 55 | 235 | 43 | 207 | 177 | 769 | + | Mr. P. F. Legh | 70 | 292 | 70 | 302 | 36 | 164 | 176 | 758 | + | Mr. C. E. Nesham | 74 | 268 | 71 | 309 | 41 | 171 | 186 | 748 | + | Mr. E. N. Snow | 50 | 190 | 64 | 252 | 39 | 221 | 153 | 663 | + | Mr. G. O. Pardoe | 49 | 207 | 61 | 225 | 44 | 216 | 154 | 648 | + | Mr. O. K. Prescot | 55 | 197 | 61 | 265 | 40 | 156 | 156 | 618 | + | Mr. H. Sagar | 63 | 249 | 49 | 195 | 34 | 160 | 146 | 604 | + | Mr. W. Ford | 53 | 199 | 58 | 128 | 39 | 175 | 150 | 602 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Thirty-four ladies and thirty-four gentlemen shot. + +Mr. Everett scored 444 in the handicap match on the next day. + + * * * * * + +The Twenty-third Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on +July 7 and 8, 1881. + +Thirty-nine ladies and twenty-four gentlemen shot. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss Legh | 81 | 385 | 48 | 280 | 129 | 665 | + | Mrs. Piers F. Legh | 80 | 402 | 46 | 236 | 126 | 638 | + | Mrs. Butt | 86 | 392 | 46 | 244 | 132 | 636 | + | Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey | 79 | 409 | 42 | 200 | 121 | 609 | + | Mrs. Marshall | 81 | 399 | 39 | 207 | 120 | 606 | + | Miss F. Shuter | 81 | 391 | 44 | 204 | 125 | 595 | + | Miss H. Hutchinson | 75 | 337 | 43 | 221 | 118 | 558 | + | Mrs. Horniblow | 77 | 351 | 44 | 202 | 121 | 553 | + | Mrs. Kane | 73 | 325 | 43 | 225 | 116 | 550 | + | Mrs. P. Pinckney | 70 | 318 | 44 | 222 | 114 | 540 | + | Mrs. Hulse | 75 | 319 | 41 | 211 | 116 | 530 | + | Miss Friend | 72 | 310 | 42 | 220 | 114 | 530 | + | Mrs. W. Yates Foot | 75 | 351 | 43 | 167 | 118 | 518 | + | Miss E. O. Parr | 70 | 314 | 46 | 198 | 116 | 512 | + | Mrs. C. E. Nesham | 80 | 320 | 40 | 186 | 120 | 506 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. C. E. Nesham | 86 | 346 | 54 | 232 | 37 | 183 | 177 | 761 | + | Mr. J. H. Bridges | 68 | 264 | 70 | 276 | 44 | 216 | 182 | 756 | + | Mr. W. Rimington | 76 | 276 | 68 | 282 | 44 | 196 | 188 | 754 | + | Mr. P. F. Legh | 62 | 262 | 56 | 248 | 46 | 224 | 164 | 734 | + | Mr. E. N. Snow | 69 | 251 | 64 | 266 | 43 | 199 | 176 | 716 | + | Mr. C. H. Everett | 48 | 212 | 68 | 294 | 40 | 188 | 156 | 694 | + | Mr. G. O. Pardoe | 53 | 193 | 69 | 287 | 37 | 159 | 159 | 639 | + | Mr. Eyre W. Hussey | 52 | 208 | 52 | 224 | 39 | 201 | 143 | 633 | + | Mr. O. K. Prescot | 58 | 216 | 53 | 217 | 38 | 184 | 149 | 617 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + * * * * * + +The Nineteenth Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at Bath on August +3 and 4, 1881, when seventy-four ladies and forty-five gentlemen shot. + +Miss Legh's score of 840 is an achievement never yet approached at a +public meeting of two days' duration, and every one of her 144 arrows +were in the target. Her scores were-- + + 60 Yards 50 Yards TOTALS + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 48 252 24 156 = 72 408 the first day, + 48 282 24 150 = 72 432 the second day. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss Legh | 96 | 534 | 48 | 306 | 144 | 840 | + | Miss I. Carter | 84 | 444 | 45 | 245 | 129 | 689 | + | Mrs. Butt | 84 | 402 | 48 | 264 | 132 | 666 | + | Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey | 76 | 356 | 46 | 256 | 122 | 612 | + | Mrs. E. Lister | 75 | 351 | 47 | 257 | 122 | 608 | + | Mrs. Kane | 73 | 329 | 43 | 233 | 116 | 562 | + | Miss H. Hutchinson | 72 | 314 | 42 | 204 | 114 | 518 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. H. Palairet | 76 | 352 | 81 | 375 | 45 | 255 | 202 | 982 | + | Mr. C. H. Everett |100 | 394 | 74 | 330 | 41 | 183 | 215 | 907 | + | Major C. H. Fisher | 74 | 322 | 75 | 387 | 42 | 188 | 191 | 897 | + | Mr. W. Rimington | 62 | 256 | 70 | 286 | 45 | 239 | 177 | 781 | + | Captain M. Allen | 57 | 225 | 66 | 294 | 43 | 203 | 166 | 722 | + | Mr. E. N. Snow | 59 | 217 | 59 | 255 | 42 | 214 | 160 | 686 | + | Mr. H. Kendall | 52 | 236 | 58 | 234 | 40 | 186 | 150 | 656 | + | Mr. C. E. Nesham | 67 | 273 | 58 | 226 | 33 | 141 | 158 | 640 | + | Mr. G. O. Pardoe | 43 | 159 | 67 | 287 | 42 | 186 | 152 | 632 | + | Mr. Perry-Keene | 62 | 242 | 54 | 194 | 33 | 185 | 149 | 621 | + | Mr. A. Meyrick | 52 | 220 | 54 | 218 | 40 | 166 | 146 | 604 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Miss I. Carter and Mr. Palairet became Championess and Champion of the +West. + +Mr. C. H. Everett scored 477 in the handicap match on the next day, +August 5. + + * * * * * + +The Thirty-eighth Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held on +July 20 and 21, 1881, at Four Oaks Park, Sutton Coldfield, near +Birmingham. + +Miss Legh won the silver bracer with all the points; and her score of +763 has only once been beaten by Mrs. Horniblow, in 1873, who made 764, +only 1 more. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss Legh | 92 | 482 | 47 | 281 | 139 | 763 | + | Mrs. Marshall | 75 | 399 | 46 | 246 | 121 | 645 | + | Mrs. Butt | 85 | 399 | 43 | 225 | 128 | 624 | + | Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey | 79 | 359 | 46 | 246 | 125 | 605 | + | Mrs. Horniblow | 68 | 340 | 44 | 226 | 112 | 566 | + | Mrs. Piers F. Legh | 70 | 320 | 46 | 230 | 116 | 550 | + | Mrs. E. Lister | 74 | 324 | 42 | 224 | 116 | 548 | + | Mrs. W. Y. Foot | 65 | 303 | 42 | 232 | 107 | 535 | + | Miss M. A. Hollins | 72 | 320 | 44 | 212 | 116 | 532 | + | Miss Steel | 66 | 272 | 46 | 250 | 112 | 522 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. H. Palairet | 66 | 260 | 78 | 352 | 47 | 237 | 191 | 849 | + | Mr. J. H. Bridges | 65 | 243 | 67 | 307 | 42 | 204 | 174 | 754 | + | Mr. C. H. Everett | 62 | 248 | 69 | 285 | 41 | 209 | 172 | 742 | + | Mr. C. E. Nesham | 68 | 302 | 54 | 238 | 39 | 175 | 161 | 715 | + | Mr. Piers F. Legh | 65 | 231 | 65 | 273 | 38 | 196 | 168 | 700 | + | Mr. W. Rimington | 65 | 243 | 53 | 239 | 41 | 197 | 159 | 679 | + | Captain M. Allen | 44 | 146 | 66 | 278 | 48 | 246 | 158 | 670 | + | Mr. G. L. Aston | 60 | 236 | 60 | 238 | 42 | 192 | 162 | 666 | + | Mr. E. N. Snow | 51 | 187 | 65 | 293 | 39 | 183 | 155 | 663 | + | Mr. C. F. Garratt | 55 | 195 | 57 | 231 | 40 | 190 | 152 | 616 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mr. Palairet won the Championship with 6 points. Mr. Nesham won the +points for hits and score at 100 yards; and Captain Allen the points for +hits and score at 60 yards. + +Fifty-seven ladies and fifty-six gentlemen shot at this meeting. + +In the handicap match on July 22 Mr. Palairet scored 434. + + * * * * * + +The Second Grand Northern Archery Meeting was held in Croxteth Park, +near Liverpool, on August 24, 25, and 26, 1881. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Piers F. Legh | 81 | 419 | 42 | 230 | 123 | 649 | + | Mrs. Butt | 79 | 351 | 43 | 209 | 122 | 560 | + | Mrs. D. Ainsworth | 68 | 316 | 42 | 204 | 110 | 520 | + | Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey | 71 | 325 | 37 | 183 | 108 | 508 | + | Miss Steel | 65 | 303 | 39 | 201 | 104 | 504 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | ---- +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. H. Palairet | 59 | 221 | 71 | 329 | 43 | 211 | 173 | 761 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mrs. D. Ainsworth and Mr. G. Greenwell became Championess and Champion +of the North. + +The next score was Mr. G. O. Pardoe's of 536. The weather at this +meeting was most unfavourable, with storms of wind and almost constant +rain. + + * * * * * + +In 1882 there was no Leamington Archery Meeting, as the Grand National +Archery Meeting was held there. + + * * * * * + +The Twenty-fourth Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held +on June 29 and 30, 1882. + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. H. Palairet | 99 | 437 | 80 | 346 | 42 | 242 | 221 |1025 | + | Mr. W. Rimington | 69 | 283 | 64 | 294 | 45 | 219 | 178 | 796 | + | Mr. C. E. Nesham | 84 | 354 | 61 | 303 | 28 | 130 | 173 | 787 | + | Mr. E. Walters | 59 | 253 | 61 | 267 | 39 | 211 | 159 | 731 | + | Mr. G. O. Pardoe | 57 | 245 | 70 | 298 | 39 | 187 | 166 | 730 | + | Mr. C. H. Everett | 54 | 206 | 62 | 290 | 39 | 211 | 155 | 707 | + | Mr. Eyre W. Hussey | 57 | 213 | 61 | 245 | 39 | 177 | 157 | 635 | + | Mr. H. Kendall | 53 | 191 | 68 | 296 | 37 | 139 | 158 | 626 | + | Major C. H. Fisher | 61 | 225 | 53 | 215 | 36 | 164 | 150 | 604 | + | Mr. J. Hayllar | 63 | 251 | 57 | 233 | 30 | 118 | 150 | 602 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss Legh | 88 | 514 | 46 | 278 | 134 | 792 | + | Miss I. Carter | 87 | 459 | 47 | 255 | 134 | 714 | + | Mrs. Piers F. Legh | 91 | 455 | 46 | 226 | 137 | 681 | + | Miss F. Shuter | 87 | 425 | 45 | 211 | 132 | 636 | + | Mrs. Butt | 84 | 398 | 45 | 227 | 129 | 625 | + | Mrs. Kinahan | 80 | 400 | 42 | 214 | 122 | 614 | + | Mrs. Marshall | 85 | 413 | 38 | 184 | 123 | 597 | + | Mrs. Graily Hewitt | 82 | 396 | 43 | 199 | 125 | 595 | + | Mrs. C. E. Nesham | 78 | 352 | 41 | 227 | 119 | 579 | + | Miss H. Hutchinson | 77 | 373 | 38 | 192 | 115 | 565 | + | Miss F. Bardswell | 80 | 382 | 40 | 182 | 120 | 564 | + | Mrs. C. H. Everett | 84 | 370 | 41 | 191 | 125 | 561 | + | Mrs. A. Waithman | 75 | 349 | 44 | 204 | 119 | 553 | + | Mrs. W. Y. Foot | 72 | 320 | 43 | 213 | 115 | 533 | + | Miss C. Radford | 70 | 324 | 37 | 205 | 107 | 529 | + | Miss Croker | 70 | 342 | 38 | 176 | 108 | 518 | + | Mrs. Alex. Smith | 67 | 311 | 39 | 199 | 106 | 510 | + | Miss E. O. Parr | 67 | 273 | 44 | 236 | 111 | 509 | + | Mrs. Keyworth | 71 | 267 | 43 | 239 | 114 | 506 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Colonel Lewin acted as Hon. Secretary. + +Forty-three ladies and twenty-seven gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +A Public Archery Meeting was held on the Cricket-ground of the Alexandra +Park Company on July 6 and 7, 1882. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Butt | 80 | 378 | 47 | 265 | 127 | 643 | + | Miss Legh | 69 | 329 | 45 | 273 | 114 | 602 | + | Miss Steel | 60 | 288 | 44 | 238 | 104 | 526 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Nothing could well be worse than the weather during this meeting. The +highest gentlemen's scores were Mr. H. Kendall, 151 hits, 625 score, and +Mr. C. E. Nesham, 153 hits, 623 score. + +Twenty-nine ladies and twenty gentlemen shot. + +Better scores were made on the next day in the handicap match--Miss +Legh, 357; Mrs. Butt, 350; Mrs. P. F. Legh, 315; and Mrs. Keyworth, 303. + +Mr. T. Aldred had the management of this meeting. + + * * * * * + +The Thirty-ninth Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held on +July 26 and 27, 1882, in the Shrubland Hall Grounds (Mrs. Wise's), near +Leamington. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Piers F. Legh | 86 | 460 | 48 | 290 | 134 | 750 | + | Mrs. Marshall | 81 | 409 | 48 | 276 | 129 | 685 | + | Mrs. Horniblow | 81 | 395 | 45 | 229 | 126 | 624 | + | Mrs. Butt | 80 | 396 | 46 | 224 | 126 | 620 | + | Miss F. Bardswell | 76 | 364 | 46 | 248 | 122 | 612 | + | Mrs. W. Y. Foot | 81 | 397 | 42 | 214 | 123 | 611 | + | Miss Legh | 76 | 352 | 44 | 258 | 120 | 610 | + | Miss F. Shuter | 79 | 387 | 45 | 215 | 124 | 602 | + | Miss Steel | 80 | 368 | 46 | 230 | 126 | 598 | + | Miss I. Carter | 73 | 321 | 45 | 249 | 118 | 570 | + | Miss M. A. Hollins | 71 | 311 | 45 | 231 | 116 | 542 | + | Mrs. Kinahan | 76 | 338 | 40 | 200 | 116 | 538 | + | Miss Clayton | 68 | 308 | 45 | 213 | 113 | 521 | + | Mrs. E. Lister | 64 | 304 | 42 | 216 | 106 | 520 | + | Mrs. Hulse | 73 | 329 | 42 | 188 | 115 | 517 | + | Mrs. G. Hewitt | 67 | 321 | 41 | 187 | 108 | 508 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. H. Palairet | 78 | 340 | 75 | 349 | 42 | 196 | 195 | 885 | + | Mr. R. Walters | 60 | 260 | 72 | 388 | 44 | 236 | 176 | 884 | + | Mr. W. Rimington | 75 | 311 | 67 | 285 | 42 | 198 | 184 | 794 | + | Mr. W. Ford | 57 | 221 | 71 | 319 | 44 | 230 | 172 | 770 | + | Mr. O. K. Prescot | 67 | 243 | 63 | 297 | 46 | 224 | 176 | 764 | + | Mr. C. E. Nesham | 81 | 319 | 58 | 234 | 34 | 172 | 173 | 725 | + | Mr. C. H. Everett | 55 | 227 | 65 | 295 | 41 | 195 | 161 | 717 | + | Mr. C. J. Longman | 74 | 266 | 69 | 253 | 41 | 197 | 184 | 716 | + | Mr. J. H. Bridges | 54 | 212 | 73 | 315 | 36 | 178 | 163 | 705 | + | Mr. G. O. Pardoe | 51 | 161 | 72 | 332 | 40 | 204 | 163 | 697 | + | Mr. H. Sagar | 46 | 230 | 48 | 222 | 37 | 177 | 131 | 629 | + | Captain M. Allen | 43 | 189 | 64 | 238 | 41 | 197 | 148 | 624 | + | Mr. Piers F. Legh | 48 | 178 | 60 | 228 | 42 | 214 | 150 | 620 | + | Mr. H. Kendall | 63 | 257 | 52 | 208 | 34 | 146 | 149 | 611 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mrs. Piers F. Legh won the silver bracer with all the points, except +that Mrs. Marshall also made all the hits at 50 yards. + +Mr. Palairet won the Championship with 6 points, after a very close +contest with Mr. Walters, who won 2 points for score at 80 and at 60 +yards, and was only 1 behind in gross score. Mr. Nesham won the point +for hits at 100 yards, and Mr. Prescot that for hits at 60 yards. + +Sixty-three ladies and fifty-five gentlemen shot at this meeting. + +On July 28, in the handicap match, Mr. Pardoe scored 411 and Mr. Walters +410. + + * * * * * + +The Twentieth Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at Exeter, on the +Grammar School Cricket-ground, on August 2 and 3, 1882, when sixty-four +ladies and thirty-nine gentlemen shot. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss I. Carter | 74 | 332 | 42 | 226 | 116 | 558 | + | Mrs. Butt | 67 | 275 | 46 | 260 | 113 | 535 | + | Mrs. Kinahan | 77 | 353 | 38 | 166 | 115 | 519 | + | Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey | 77 | 343 | 31 | 161 | 108 | 504 | + | Miss F. Bardswell | 65 | 305 | 41 | 187 | 106 | 492 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. H. Palairet | 70 | 272 | 73 | 367 | 42 | 184 | 185 | 823 | + | Mr. W. Rimington | 75 | 291 | 65 | 283 | 41 | 237 | 181 | 811 | + | Mr. O. K. Prescot | 58 | 216 | 64 | 278 | 44 | 208 | 166 | 702 | + | Mr. R. Walters | 60 | 198 | 69 | 301 | 37 | 189 | 166 | 688 | + | Mr. Perry-Keene | 63 | 233 | 66 | 300 | 35 | 137 | 164 | 670 | + | Mr. A. Meyrick | 59 | 191 | 61 | 239 | 38 | 186 | 158 | 616 | + | Mr. E. W. Hussey | 51 | 179 | 58 | 232 | 43 | 201 | 152 | 612 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +In the handicap match on the next day Mr. O. K. Prescot scored 480, and +Mr. R. Walters 431. + + * * * * * + +The Third Grand Northern Archery Meeting was held at Harrogate, on the +Cricket-ground, on August 23 and 24, 1882. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. D. Ainsworth | 81 | 365 | 46 | 286 | 127 | 651 | + | Miss Legh | 79 | 349 | 41 | 201 | 120 | 550 | + | Mrs. Piers F. Legh | 73 | 313 | 44 | 228 | 117 | 541 | + | Mrs. Kinahan | 65 | 303 | 40 | 208 | 105 | 511 | + | Mrs. Swire | 66 | 322 | 37 | 187 | 103 | 509 | + | Mrs. Butt | 65 | 257 | 46 | 234 | 111 | 491 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. C. Perry-Keene | 49 | 211 | 57 | 273 | 37 | 183 | 143 | 667 | + | Mr. C. H. Everett | 49 | 189 | 62 | 278 | 39 | 165 | 150 | 632 | + | Mr. C. E. Nesham | 44 | 178 | 60 | 278 | 37 | 167 | 141 | 623 | + | Mr. G. O. Pardoe | 54 | 212 | 59 | 225 | 38 | 158 | 151 | 595 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mrs. D. Ainsworth and Mr. Houghton became Championess and Champion of +the North. + + * * * * * + +The Twenty-eighth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held +on June 27 and 28, 1883. + +Twenty-nine ladies and twenty-two gentlemen shot. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Piers F. Legh | 90 | 406 | 47 | 277 | 137 | 683 | + | Miss Steel | 84 | 384 | 47 | 277 | 131 | 661 | + | Miss F. Bardswell | 81 | 389 | 45 | 237 | 126 | 626 | + | Mrs. D. Ainsworth | 76 | 372 | 45 | 239 | 121 | 611 | + | Mrs. E. Lister | 81 | 389 | 46 | 218 | 127 | 607 | + | Miss I. Carter | 86 | 400 | 41 | 203 | 127 | 603 | + | Miss M. A. Hollins | 75 | 365 | 40 | 206 | 115 | 571 | + | Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey | 75 | 349 | 43 | 209 | 118 | 558 | + | Mrs. C. E. Nesham | 66 | 308 | 42 | 230 | 108 | 538 | + | Mrs. W. Yates Foot | 74 | 342 | 44 | 180 | 118 | 522 | + | Miss Legh | 74 | 342 | 37 | 171 | 111 | 513 | + | Mrs. Keyworth | 68 | 338 | 41 | 163 | 109 | 501 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Major C. H. Fisher | 75 | 305 | 77 | 347 | 45 | 223 | 197 | 875 | + | Mr. C. E. Nesham | 87 | 341 | 74 | 314 | 38 | 148 | 199 | 803 | + | Mr. H. Kendall | 64 | 248 | 71 | 333 | 39 | 203 | 174 | 784 | + | Mr. T. R. Dunne | 59 | 193 | 69 | 279 | 41 | 221 | 169 | 693 | + | Mr. T. T. S. Metcalfe | 53 | 189 | 58 | 208 | 46 | 260 | 157 | 657 | + | Mr. G. L. Aston | 57 | 223 | 57 | 253 | 38 | 172 | 152 | 648 | + | Mr. Eyre W. Hussey | 51 | 191 | 54 | 234 | 41 | 191 | 146 | 616 | + | Mr. W. Ford | 60 | 212 | 58 | 226 | 37 | 175 | 155 | 613 | + | Hon. A. Hanbury | 54 | 190 | 60 | 230 | 40 | 186 | 154 | 606 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +In the handicap match on June 29 Mrs. Piers F. Legh and Miss Legh scored +374 and 363 respectively, and Mr. C. E. Nesham 398. + + * * * * * + +The Twenty-fifth Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on +July 12 and 13, 1883. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Marshall | 85 | 357 | 45 | 265 | 130 | 622 | + | Miss F. Bardswell | 83 | 403 | 41 | 199 | 124 | 602 | + | Miss Pears | 79 | 373 | 45 | 201 | 124 | 574 | + | Mrs. D. Ainsworth | 75 | 357 | 43 | 215 | 118 | 572 | + | Miss I. Carter | 77 | 349 | 45 | 219 | 122 | 568 | + | Miss Steel | 71 | 325 | 45 | 243 | 116 | 568 | + | Miss H. Hutchinson | 75 | 341 | 43 | 197 | 118 | 538 | + | Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey | 73 | 349 | 37 | 177 | 110 | 526 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Major C. H. Fisher | 72 | 234 | 81 | 359 | 45 | 235 | 198 | 828 | + | Mr. C. E. Nesham | 64 | 256 | 52 | 232 | 37 | 185 | 153 | 673 | + | Mr. C. H. Everett | 54 | 226 | 59 | 257 | 37 | 187 | 150 | 670 | + | Mr. A. Meyrick | 45 | 195 | 63 | 297 | 36 | 170 | 144 | 662 | + | Mr. T. R. Dunne | 57 | 225 | 63 | 275 | 38 | 136 | 158 | 636 | + | Mr. W. Rimington | 42 | 180 | 57 | 243 | 43 | 195 | 142 | 618 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Forty-seven ladies and twenty-nine gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Twenty-first Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at Salisbury on +July 25 and 26, 1883, when fifty-five ladies and forty-one gentlemen +shot. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss Legh | 85 | 433 | 47 | 249 | 132 | 682 | + | Mrs. Piers F. Legh | 84 | 376 | 47 | 271 | 131 | 647 | + | Miss I. Carter | 86 | 392 | 44 | 236 | 130 | 628 | + | Miss F. Bardswell | 79 | 377 | 43 | 235 | 122 | 612 | + | Mrs. P. Pinckney | 78 | 374 | 42 | 238 | 120 | 612 | + | Miss H. Hutchinson | 80 | 346 | 45 | 245 | 125 | 591 | + | Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey | 83 | 383 | 38 | 196 | 121 | 579 | + | Miss C. Radford | 79 | 349 | 43 | 197 | 122 | 546 | + | Mrs. W. Yates Foot | 73 | 297 | 39 | 207 | 112 | 504 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Major C. H. Fisher |102 | 406 | 73 | 327 | 43 | 229 | 218 | 962 | + | Mr. H. Kendall | 76 | 324 | 73 | 309 | 46 | 242 | 195 | 875 | + | Mr. H. H. Palairet | 66 | 262 | 76 | 322 | 44 | 212 | 186 | 796 | + | Mr. Eyre W. Hussey | 72 | 288 | 69 | 297 | 38 | 192 | 179 | 777 | + | Mr. Piers F. Legh | 66 | 242 | 59 | 235 | 37 | 199 | 162 | 676 | + | Mr. N. Rattray | 60 | 218 | 54 | 242 | 39 | 205 | 153 | 665 | + | Mr. Perry Keene | 62 | 226 | 59 | 211 | 44 | 212 | 165 | 649 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Miss I. Carter and Mr. H. H. Palairet became Championess and Champion of +the West. + + * * * * * + +The Fortieth Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held on August +1 and 2, 1883, at Cheltenham, on the College Cricket-ground. + +Sixty-seven ladies and sixty-four gentlemen shot at this meeting. + +Mrs. Legh won the silver bracer with 6 points. Miss I. Carter won the +point for hits at 50 yards, and Mrs. Ainsworth the point for score at +the same distance. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Piers F. Legh | 92 | 434 | 46 | 278 | 138 | 712 | + | Miss I. Carter | 90 | 408 | 47 | 271 | 137 | 679 | + | Miss Steel | 81 | 411 | 46 | 264 | 127 | 675 | + | Mrs. D. Ainsworth | 83 | 375 | 45 | 289 | 128 | 664 | + | Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey | 80 | 400 | 47 | 243 | 127 | 643 | + | Miss M. A. Hollins | 78 | 396 | 44 | 228 | 122 | 624 | + | Miss F. Bardswell | 84 | 366 | 46 | 256 | 130 | 622 | + | Miss C. Radford | 75 | 367 | 45 | 241 | 120 | 608 | + | Mrs. Horniblow | 80 | 364 | 45 | 239 | 125 | 603 | + | Miss Legh | 72 | 344 | 46 | 252 | 118 | 596 | + | Miss Pardoe | 79 | 391 | 44 | 200 | 123 | 591 | + | Miss H. Hutchinson | 81 | 347 | 46 | 232 | 127 | 579 | + | Mrs. E. Lister | 84 | 342 | 44 | 210 | 128 | 552 | + | Mrs. Marshall | 74 | 328 | 43 | 219 | 117 | 547 | + | Mrs. C. H. Everett | 73 | 315 | 42 | 224 | 115 | 539 | + | Mrs. C. E. Nesham | 76 | 310 | 43 | 223 | 119 | 533 | + | Mrs. W. Y. Foot | 68 | 290 | 44 | 242 | 112 | 532 | + | Miss Hayllar | 87 | 365 | 42 | 166 | 129 | 531 | + | Miss Panter | 63 | 283 | 46 | 230 | 109 | 513 | + | Miss Oakley | 71 | 299 | 41 | 213 | 111 | 512 | + | Miss B. Oakley | 75 | 315 | 38 | 188 | 113 | 503 | + | Mrs. Edgar | 63 | 303 | 38 | 198 | 101 | 501 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. C. J. Longman | 69 | 285 | 77 | 343 | 47 | 241 | 193 | 869 | + | Mr. Eyre W. Hussey | 73 | 267 | 71 | 335 | 44 | 212 | 188 | 814 | + | Major C. H. Fisher | 72 | 296 | 63 | 307 | 45 | 203 | 180 | 806 | + | Mr. H. H. Palairet | 68 | 238 | 71 | 353 | 42 | 200 | 181 | 791 | + | Captain M. Allen | 68 | 244 | 65 | 279 | 45 | 225 | 178 | 748 | + | Mr. Piers F. Legh | 65 | 263 | 60 | 282 | 38 | 188 | 163 | 733 | + | Mr. C. E. Nesham | 66 | 256 | 67 | 301 | 42 | 172 | 175 | 729 | + | Mr. W. Rimington | 58 | 212 | 60 | 290 | 43 | 225 | 161 | 727 | + | Mr. R. Walters | 69 | 253 | 75 | 309 | 37 | 163 | 181 | 725 | + | Mr. H. Kendall | 63 | 243 | 67 | 275 | 42 | 198 | 172 | 716 | + | Mr. Perry-Keene | 62 | 234 | 68 | 288 | 39 | 173 | 169 | 695 | + | Mr. T. R. Dunne | 67 | 223 | 72 | 294 | 37 | 173 | 176 | 690 | + | Mr. O. K. Prescot | 59 | 217 | 72 | 278 | 39 | 181 | 170 | 676 | + | Mr. G. L. Aston | 51 | 203 | 66 | 280 | 38 | 180 | 155 | 663 | + | Mr. Gregson | 63 | 205 | 63 | 277 | 43 | 177 | 169 | 659 | + | Mr. Walrond | 55 | 207 | 61 | 237 | 41 | 209 | 157 | 653 | + | Mr. C. H. Everett | 60 | 216 | 59 | 209 | 41 | 195 | 160 | 620 | + | Mr. A. Meyrick | 43 | 147 | 57 | 291 | 39 | 181 | 139 | 619 | + | Captain C. H. Garnett | 50 | 188 | 60 | 250 | 39 | 179 | 149 | 617 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mr. Longman became Champion with 7 points. Mr. Hussey won the point for +hits at 100 yards, Major Fisher the point for score at 100 yards, and +Mr. Palairet the point for score at 80 yards. Mr. Longman also won the +Spedding Memorial Challenge Cup, now first presented by the Royal +Toxophilite Society, to be held by the maker of the highest gross score. + +In the handicap match on August 3, Miss Legh scored 416, Major Fisher +508, Mr. Nesham 442, and Mr. Dunne 417. + + * * * * * + +The Fourth Grand Northern Archery Meeting was held at Derby on August 8, +9, and 10, 1883, when the weather was so unfavourable that the highest +lady's score was that of Mrs. Piers F. Legh--490, with 108 hits. + +The only notable scores made by gentlemen were-- + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. F. A. Govett | 54 | 220 | 49 | 211 | 39 | 191 | 142 | 622 | + | Captain M. Allen | 58 | 238 | 47 | 189 | 41 | 189 | 146 | 616 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mrs. T. Hibbert and Mr. Gregson became Championess and Champion of the +North. + + * * * * * + +The Twenty-ninth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held +on June 12 and 13, 1884. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Marshall | 87 | 419 | 48 | 270 | 135 | 689 | + | Miss M. A. Hollins | 83 | 413 | 43 | 191 | 126 | 604 | + | Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey | 85 | 385 | 44 | 208 | 129 | 593 | + | Miss F. Bardswell | 72 | 340 | 44 | 240 | 116 | 580 | + | Mrs. Horniblow | 75 | 323 | 44 | 214 | 119 | 537 | + | Mrs. Kinahan | 69 | 279 | 44 | 248 | 113 | 527 | + | Mrs. W. Yates Foot | 68 | 292 | 45 | 235 | 113 | 527 | + | Miss Steel | 72 | 320 | 44 | 206 | 116 | 526 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. C. E. Nesham | 81 | 325 | 56 | 258 | 43 | 215 | 180 | 798 | + | Mr. C. H. Everett | 73 | 287 | 64 | 294 | 33 | 153 | 170 | 734 | + | Mr. J. H. Bridges | 58 | 244 | 57 | 225 | 46 | 262 | 161 | 731 | + | Mr. H. J. B. Kendall | 66 | 252 | 68 | 284 | 42 | 192 | 176 | 728 | + | Mr. Eyre W. Hussey | 58 | 212 | 60 | 244 | 47 | 251 | 165 | 707 | + | Mr. Gregson | 64 | 262 | 61 | 235 | 40 | 204 | 165 | 701 | + | Mr. C. J. Longman | 80 | 260 | 64 | 252 | 42 | 188 | 186 | 700 | + | Mr. T. R. Dunne | 56 | 218 | 66 | 280 | 38 | 178 | 160 | 676 | + | Mr. G. L. Aston | 63 | 289 | 52 | 198 | 39 | 179 | 154 | 666 | + | Mr. F. A. Govett | 54 | 198 | 54 | 210 | 40 | 188 | 148 | 596 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +In the handicap match on June 14 Mr. C. J. Longman scored 401. + +Twenty-nine ladies and twenty-seven gentlemen shot at this meeting. + + * * * * * + +The Twenty-sixth Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on +July 12 and 13, 1884. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Marshall | 83 | 475 | 47 | 269 | 130 | 744 | + | Mrs. Piers F. Legh | 79 | 361 | 45 | 259 | 124 | 620 | + | Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey | 77 | 329 | 41 | 215 | 118 | 544 | + | Miss H. Hutchinson | 71 | 329 | 42 | 194 | 113 | 523 | + | Miss Ellis | 66 | 298 | 44 | 212 | 110 | 510 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Major C. H. Fisher | 90 | 348 | 74 | 340 | 46 | 224 | 210 | 912 | + | Mr. C. E. Nesham | 92 | 344 | 64 | 262 | 43 | 249 | 199 | 855 | + | Mr. C. J. Longman | 69 | 225 | 76 | 374 | 44 | 244 | 189 | 843 | + | Mr. H. Kendall | 65 | 241 | 65 | 295 | 43 | 223 | 173 | 759 | + | Mr. Eyre W. Hussey | 66 | 244 | 70 | 310 | 42 | 178 | 178 | 732 | + | Mr. C. H. Everett | 54 | 208 | 59 | 263 | 39 | 199 | 152 | 670 | + | Mr. J. H. Bridges | 61 | 211 | 60 | 244 | 43 | 213 | 164 | 668 | + | Mr. Gregson | 78 | 320 | 47 | 207 | 27 | 105 | 152 | 632 | + | Mr. T. T. S. Metcalfe | 54 | 178 | 58 | 230 | 41 | 197 | 153 | 605 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Thirty-eight ladies and twenty-two gentlemen shot at this meeting. + + * * * * * + +The Twenty-second Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at Taunton on +July 23 and 24, 1884. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey | 72 | 374 | 44 | 246 | 116 | 620 | + | Miss I. Carter | 67 | 279 | 37 | 197 | 104 | 476 | + | Miss F. Bardswell | 72 | 282 | 38 | 182 | 110 | 464 | + | Miss M. Winwood | 70 | 298 | 37 | 159 | 107 | 457 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Major C. H. Fisher | 79 | 353 | 69 | 303 | 44 | 258 | 192 | 914 | + | Mr. C. E. Nesham | 82 | 314 | 69 | 303 | 47 | 241 | 198 | 868 | + | Mr. C. J. Longman | 57 | 209 | 67 | 269 | 44 | 222 | 168 | 700 | + | Mr. F. A. Govett | 66 | 260 | 55 | 233 | 35 | 179 | 156 | 672 | + | Mr. Eyre W. Hussey | 48 | 178 | 64 | 262 | 44 | 192 | 156 | 632 | + | Mr. H. Kendall | 53 | 195 | 66 | 244 | 40 | 168 | 159 | 607 | + | Mr. T. T. S. Metcalfe | 46 | 190 | 58 | 226 | 42 | 190 | 146 | 606 | + | Mr. Gregson | 57 | 203 | 68 | 216 | 40 | 174 | 165 | 593 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mr. and Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey became Champion and Championess of the West. + +Fifty ladies and thirty-eight gentlemen shot at this meeting. + + * * * * * + +In the handicap match on July 25, the only good score was made by Mr. C. +E. Nesham, 362. + + * * * * * + +The Forty-first Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held on +August 6 and 7, 1884, on the Cricket-ground of St. Mark's School (Rev. +Stephen Hawtray) at Windsor. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Piers F. Legh | 88 | 434 | 47 | 267 | 135 | 701 | + | Miss Oakley | 84 | 440 | 47 | 257 | 131 | 697 | + | Miss Legh | 80 | 418 | 43 | 263 | 123 | 681 | + | Mrs. Marshall | 87 | 407 | 43 | 223 | 130 | 630 | + | Miss B. Oakley | 78 | 390 | 47 | 237 | 125 | 627 | + | Miss Hayllar | 81 | 387 | 42 | 212 | 123 | 599 | + | Mrs. C. E. Nesham | 78 | 350 | 45 | 245 | 123 | 595 | + | Miss H. Hutchinson | 81 | 351 | 46 | 234 | 127 | 585 | + | Miss Pears | 76 | 348 | 42 | 232 | 118 | 580 | + | Mrs. Horniblow | 79 | 353 | 46 | 216 | 125 | 569 | + | Miss M. Winwood | 69 | 329 | 43 | 239 | 112 | 568 | + | Miss C. Radford | 76 | 318 | 44 | 220 | 120 | 538 | + | Miss I. Carter | 72 | 316 | 43 | 191 | 115 | 507 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mrs. Piers F. Legh won the Challenge bracer with 6-1/3 points. Miss +Oakley won 1 point for score at 60 yards; and she and Miss B. Oakley +divided the point for hits at 50 yards with Mrs. P. F. Legh. + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Major C. H. Fisher | 75 | 315 | 71 | 369 | 45 | 257 | 191 | 941 | + | Mr. C. E. Nesham | 84 | 340 | 79 | 343 | 45 | 219 | 208 | 902 | + | Mr. H. Kendall | 64 | 272 | 73 | 357 | 47 | 223 | 184 | 852 | + | Mr. Gregson | 52 | 218 | 72 | 326 | 43 | 217 | 167 | 761 | + | Captain M. Allen | 64 | 252 | 66 | 284 | 41 | 213 | 171 | 749 | + | Mr. O. L. Clare[13] | 63 | 229 | 73 | 327 | 36 | 182 | 172 | 738 | + | Mr. N. Rattray | 51 | 223 | 62 | 250 | 45 | 211 | 158 | 684 | + | Mr. J. H. Bridges | 63 | 235 | 62 | 268 | 39 | 171 | 164 | 674 | + | Mr. Eyre W. Hussey | 49 | 205 | 61 | 239 | 42 | 228 | 152 | 672 | + | Mr. F. A. Govett | 73 | 291 | 49 | 195 | 34 | 144 | 156 | 630 | + | Mr. G. G. Hulme | 55 | 209 | 50 | 242 | 43 | 177 | 148 | 628 | + | Mr. C. J. Longman | 46 | 158 | 66 | 280 | 40 | 180 | 152 | 618 | + | Mr. T. T. S. Metcalfe | 52 | 168 | 55 | 219 | 44 | 228 | 151 | 615 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + [13] Entered as Mr. Hindley. + +Mr. C. E. Nesham won the Champion's medal with 5 points. Major Fisher +won the 2 points for gross score and the Spedding Challenge Cup, and 2 +more points for score at 80 and at 60 yards. Mr. H. Kendall won the +point for hits at 60 yards. + +In the handicap match on August 8 Mrs. P. F. Legh scored 357, and Miss +Legh 354; Mr. C. E. Nesham 482, Mr. H. Kendall 411, and Mr. Gregson 406. + +Fifty-seven ladies and fifty gentlemen shot at this meeting. The weather +was intensely hot. + + * * * * * + +The Fifth Grand Northern Archery Meeting was held on the West Cliff +Cricket-ground at Preston, in Lancashire, on August 27 and 28, 1884. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Piers F. Legh | 84 | 432 | 42 | 234 | 126 | 666 | + | Miss Legh | 90 | 426 | 45 | 233 | 135 | 659 | + | Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey | 84 | 380 | 47 | 275 | 131 | 655 | + | Mrs. Waithman | 70 | 332 | 41 | 223 | 111 | 555 | + | Mrs. Swire | 66 | 294 | 42 | 230 | 108 | 524 | + | Mrs. H. Clarke | 64 | 298 | 43 | 217 | 107 | 515 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. C. E. Nesham | 81 | 311 | 76 | 382 | 47 | 271 | 204 | 964 | + | Mr. Gregson | 74 | 320 | 78 | 336 | 42 | 192 | 194 | 848 | + | Mr. Eyre W. Hussey | 74 | 316 | 66 | 280 | 44 | 228 | 184 | 824 | + | Mr. O. L. Clare | 57 | 247 | 63 | 245 | 38 | 176 | 158 | 668 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mrs. Waithman and Mr. Gregson became Championess and Champion of the +North. + +Forty-four ladies and thirty-five gentlemen shot at this meeting. + + * * * * * + +The Thirtieth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held in +the Jephson Gardens on June 10 and 11, 1885, when twenty-nine ladies +and thirty-eight gentlemen shot. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Piers F. Legh | 94 | 554 | 48 | 310 | 142 | 864 | + | Miss Steel | 85 | 389 | 47 | 257 | 132 | 646 | + | Miss Legh | 82 | 390 | 43 | 247 | 125 | 637 | + | Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey | 86 | 372 | 44 | 254 | 130 | 626 | + | Miss F. Bardswell | 85 | 395 | 43 | 199 | 128 | 594 | + | Miss B. Oakley | 76 | 370 | 39 | 173 | 115 | 543 | + | Mrs. Keyworth | 67 | 273 | 46 | 246 | 113 | 519 | + | Mrs. Wade | 68 | 308 | 39 | 195 | 107 | 503 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Major C. H. Fisher | 87 | 369 | 72 | 316 | 43 | 233 | 202 | 918 | + | Mr. C. E. Nesham | 90 | 348 | 63 | 301 | 45 | 257 | 198 | 906 | + | Mr. Perry-Keene | 70 | 284 | 70 | 272 | 45 | 213 | 185 | 769 | + | Mr. R. Walters | 67 | 289 | 72 | 290 | 39 | 171 | 178 | 750 | + | Mr. T. T. S. Metcalfe | 49 | 203 | 77 | 331 | 43 | 215 | 169 | 749 | + | Mr. Gregson | 44 | 174 | 68 | 308 | 44 | 236 | 156 | 718 | + | Mr. Eyre W. Hussey | 54 | 228 | 71 | 291 | 43 | 197 | 168 | 716 | + | Mr. G. L. Aston | 65 | 251 | 68 | 260 | 34 | 180 | 167 | 691 | + | Mr. H. Howman | 67 | 289 | 59 | 259 | 39 | 143 | 165 | 691 | + | Mr. Piers F. Legh | 61 | 207 | 64 | 272 | 41 | 199 | 166 | 678 | + | Mr. Brodie Hoare | 36 | 134 | 78 | 352 | 39 | 179 | 153 | 665 | + | Mr. H. H. Longman | 60 | 228 | 65 | 263 | 32 | 146 | 157 | 637 | + | Mr. H. Kendall | 46 | 182 | 60 | 264 | 37 | 181 | 143 | 627 | + | Mr. G. G. Hulme | 46 | 168 | 56 | 254 | 39 | 191 | 141 | 613 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Miss Legh scored 352 and Mr. Hussey 390 in the handicap match on June +12. + + * * * * * + +The Twenty-seventh Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held +on the Cricket-ground on July 9 and 10, 1885, when forty-eight ladies +and twenty-nine gentlemen shot. + +Mr. Nesham acted as Hon. Secretary to the meeting. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss Legh | 95 | 517 | 48 | 292 | 143 | 809 | + | Mrs. Piers F. Legh | 88 | 486 | 46 | 250 | 134 | 736 | + | Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey | 81 | 397 | 46 | 242 | 127 | 639 | + | Miss F. Bardswell | 80 | 372 | 45 | 231 | 125 | 603 | + | Miss Carlisle | 71 | 341 | 46 | 216 | 117 | 557 | + | Miss Pears | 79 | 325 | 45 | 227 | 124 | 552 | + | Miss Hayllar | 76 | 318 | 46 | 230 | 122 | 548 | + | Mrs. Stilwell | 72 | 342 | 41 | 205 | 113 | 547 | + | Miss Milne | 68 | 312 | 43 | 225 | 111 | 537 | + | Mrs. W. Yates Foot | 71 | 317 | 42 | 196 | 113 | 513 | + | Mrs. Marshall | 70 | 294 | 44 | 218 | 114 | 512 | + | Mrs. C. E. Nesham | 72 | 316 | 43 | 191 | 115 | 507 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. C. E. Nesham | 76 | 324 | 73 | 313 | 47 | 223 | 196 | 860 | + | Major C. H. Fisher | 75 | 273 | 77 | 351 | 42 | 176 | 194 | 800 | + | Mr. R. Walters | 67 | 241 | 71 | 293 | 42 | 204 | 180 | 738 | + | Mr. C. H. Everett | 65 | 265 | 67 | 279 | 38 | 188 | 170 | 732 | + | Mr. Brodie Hoare | 68 | 266 | 62 | 252 | 41 | 197 | 171 | 715 | + | Mr. H. Kendall | 71 | 283 | 54 | 240 | 39 | 177 | 164 | 700 | + | Mr. Perry-Keene | 69 | 277 | 58 | 236 | 38 | 184 | 165 | 697 | + | Mr. T. T. S. Metcalfe | 58 | 226 | 66 | 282 | 43 | 185 | 167 | 693 | + | Mr. Eyre W. Hussey | 42 | 188 | 61 | 271 | 47 | 269 | 150 | 678 | + | Mr. Gregson | 34 | 140 | 58 | 248 | 46 | 238 | 138 | 626 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + * * * * * + +The Twenty-third Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at Weymouth on +July 22 and 23, 1885, when forty-nine ladies and twenty-eight gentlemen +shot. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey | 80 | 360 | 46 | 250 | 126 | 610 | + | Miss F. Bardswell | 80 | 354 | 43 | 197 | 123 | 551 | + | Mrs. P. Pinckney | 71 | 329 | 43 | 221 | 114 | 550 | + | Mrs. W. Yates Foot | 83 | 345 | 39 | 201 | 122 | 546 | + | Mrs. C. E. Nesham | 73 | 317 | 45 | 227 | 118 | 544 | + | Miss M. Winwood | 66 | 282 | 43 | 221 | 109 | 503 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. C. E. Nesham | 84 | 324 | 66 | 268 | 46 | 250 | 196 | 842 | + | Mr. R. Walters | 56 | 220 | 66 | 264 | 43 | 209 | 165 | 693 | + | Mr. T. T. S. Metcalfe | 56 | 202 | 53 | 193 | 44 | 208 | 153 | 603 | + | Mr. Eyre W. Hussey | 39 | 129 | 66 | 252 | 40 | 196 | 145 | 577 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mr. and Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey became Champion and Championess of the West. + +Mrs. Hussey and Mr. Nesham scored 367 and 530 respectively in the +handicap match on July 24. + + * * * * * + +The Forty-second Grand National Archery Meeting was held in the +College-grounds at Great Malvern on July 29 and 30, 1885, when +sixty-four ladies and fifty-one gentlemen shot. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Piers F. Legh | 88 | 460 | 47 | 289 | 135 | 749 | + | Miss Legh | 91 | 417 | 44 | 258 | 135 | 675 | + | Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey | 84 | 386 | 46 | 248 | 130 | 634 | + | Mrs. Marshall | 84 | 360 | 42 | 228 | 126 | 588 | + | Miss Steel | 77 | 345 | 41 | 197 | 118 | 542 | + | Miss B. M. Legh | 75 | 363 | 42 | 172 | 117 | 535 | + | Miss F. Bardswell | 72 | 310 | 43 | 217 | 115 | 527 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. C. E. Nesham | 94 | 356 | 72 | 316 | 45 | 245 | 211 | 917 | + | Major C. H. Fisher | 79 | 381 | 68 | 310 | 40 | 194 | 187 | 885 | + | Mr. T. T. S. Metcalfe | 52 | 211 | 64 | 310 | 40 | 224 | 163 | 745 | + | Mr. Perry-Keene | 46 | 194 | 67 | 261 | 45 | 261 | 158 | 716 | + | Mr. R. Walters | 69 | 291 | 59 | 251 | 32 | 130 | 160 | 672 | + | Mr. H. Kendall | 61 | 241 | 62 | 270 | 33 | 159 | 156 | 670 | + | Mr. Eyre W. Hussey | 51 | 213 | 58 | 248 | 42 | 184 | 151 | 645 | + | Captain M. Allen | 54 | 216 | 62 | 252 | 37 | 153 | 153 | 621 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mrs. P. F. Legh became the Championess with 6 points, Miss Legh having 1 +point for a tie on the gross hits, and 1 point for most hits at 50 +yards. + +Mr. Nesham won the Champion's medal for most points--7-1/2--and the +Spedding memorial cup with the highest score. Major Fisher won 1 point +for hits at 100 yards, and Mr. Perry-Keene won 1-1/2 points, having tied +Mr. Nesham with 45 hits at 60 yards, and he won the point for highest +score at 60 yards. + +Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey and Mrs. P. F. Legh scored 374 and 371 respectively +in the handicap match on July 31, and Mr. C. E. Nesham and Mr. +Perry-Keene scored 462 and 402 on the same day. + + * * * * * + +The Sixth Annual Grand Northern Archery Meeting was held at York, on the +Gentlemen's Cricket-ground, September 2 and 3, 1885, when forty-eight +ladies and thirty-one gentlemen shot. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. W. Yates Foot | 72 | 360 | 44 | 256 | 116 | 616 | + | Mrs. D. Ainsworth | 84 | 392 | 45 | 219 | 129 | 611 | + | Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey | 82 | 360 | 44 | 206 | 126 | 566 | + | Miss F. Bardswell | 74 | 294 | 46 | 244 | 120 | 538 | + | Miss K. Sharpe | 70 | 296 | 42 | 233 | 113 | 529 | + | Miss M. A. Hollins | 61 | 295 | 45 | 225 | 106 | 520 | + | Mrs. H. Clarke | 70 | 272 | 44 | 234 | 114 | 506 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. Eyre W. Hussey | 58 | 198 | 73 | 305 | 42 | 248 | 173 | 751 | + | Mr. T. T. S. Metcalfe | 54 | 218 | 64 | 304 | 41 | 225 | 159 | 747 | + | Mr. Gregson | 42 | 162 | 68 | 276 | 44 | 208 | 154 | 646 | + | Mr. C. E. Thorpe | 56 | 190 | 54 | 276 | 32 | 156 | 142 | 622 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mrs. D. Ainsworth became the Championess of the North. + +Mr. Gregson became the Champion of the North. + +In the handicap match on September 4, Mr. Nesham scored 495, Mr. +Metcalfe 411, and Mr. Hussey 401. + + * * * * * + +The Thirty-first Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held +in the Jephson Gardens on June 9 and 10, 1886, when twenty-three ladies +and twenty-eight gentlemen shot. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss Legh | 83 | 409 | 45 | 253 | 128 | 662 | + | Mrs. Kinahan | 78 | 386 | 45 | 247 | 123 | 633 | + | Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey | 84 | 354 | 45 | 259 | 129 | 613 | + | Miss F. Bardswell | 85 | 385 | 45 | 223 | 130 | 608 | + | Mrs. Gilmour | 81 | 369 | 40 | 210 | 121 | 579 | + | Mrs. W. Yates Foot | 74 | 372 | 39 | 179 | 113 | 551 | + | Mrs. D. Ainsworth | 64 | 292 | 45 | 247 | 109 | 539 | + | Mrs. Berens | 72 | 326 | 41 | 189 | 113 | 515 | + | Mrs. Hibbert | 73 | 323 | 40 | 188 | 113 | 511 | + | Mrs. Keyworth | 74 | 318 | 40 | 182 | 114 | 500 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Major C. H. Fisher | 86 | 404 | 69 | 317 | 43 | 205 | 198 | 926 | + | Mr. Perry-Keene | 77 | 293 | 83 | 353 | 42 | 234 | 202 | 880 | + | Mr. C. E. Nesham | 93 | 339 | 69 | 277 | 44 | 222 | 206 | 838 | + | Mr. T. T. S. Metcalfe | 80 | 354 | 62 | 240 | 42 | 242 | 184 | 836 | + | Mr. Brodie Hoare | 60 | 236 | 60 | 264 | 46 | 240 | 166 | 740 | + | Colonel H. A. Burton | 69 | 259 | 60 | 270 | 41 | 203 | 170 | 732 | + | Mr. R. Walters | 66 | 212 | 68 | 282 | 40 | 196 | 174 | 690 | + | Captain Garnett | 64 | 248 | 54 | 226 | 38 | 186 | 156 | 660 | + | Mr. C. J. Longman | 48 | 216 | 64 | 258 | 34 | 168 | 146 | 642 | + | Mr. Gregson | 31 | 101 | 75 | 325 | 38 | 190 | 144 | 616 | + | Mr. G. G. Hulme | 59 | 207 | 54 | 236 | 36 | 168 | 149 | 611 | + | Mr. F. N. Garnett | 49 | 181 | 63 | 259 | 39 | 167 | 151 | 607 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mr. Perry-Keene scored 474 in the handicap match on June 11. + + * * * * * + +The Seventh Grand Northern Archery Meeting was held at Lincoln on June +23 and 24, 1886, when twenty-six ladies and nineteen gentlemen shot. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. D. Ainsworth | 82 | 350 | 46 | 248 | 128 | 598 | + | Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey | 75 | 343 | 42 | 242 | 117 | 585 | + | Miss F. Bardswell | 75 | 375 | 43 | 207 | 118 | 582 | + | Mrs. Kinahan | 78 | 370 | 43 | 207 | 121 | 577 | + | Mrs. Waithman | 67 | 301 | 44 | 238 | 111 | 539 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. Perry-Keene | 88 | 348 | 81 | 377 | 46 | 244 | 215 | 969 | + | Mr. C. E. Nesham | 74 | 286 | 46 | 178 | 44 | 222 | 164 | 686 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mrs. D. Ainsworth and Mr. Gregson (145 hits, 591 score) became +Championess and Champion of the North. + +Mr. Perry-Keene scored 530 in the handicap match on June 25. + + * * * * * + +The Twenty-eighth Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held +on the Cricket-ground on July 15 and 16, 1886. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Marshall | 79 | 391 | 46 | 252 | 125 | 643 | + | Mrs. D. Ainsworth | 84 | 392 | 45 | 245 | 129 | 637 | + | Mrs. Kinahan | 83 | 413 | 46 | 224 | 129 | 637 | + | Mrs. Haigh | 75 | 355 | 39 | 215 | 114 | 570 | + | Miss A. Barton | 67 | 353 | 41 | 207 | 108 | 560 | + | Mrs. Keyworth | 72 | 320 | 43 | 211 | 115 | 531 | + | Miss Hayllar | 72 | 342 | 41 | 181 | 113 | 523 | + | Miss Norton | 70 | 320 | 43 | 191 | 113 | 511 | + | Miss F. Bardswell | 71 | 299 | 43 | 209 | 114 | 508 | + | Miss C. Smith | 71 | 307 | 41 | 201 | 112 | 508 | + | Mrs. Kane | 71 | 311 | 44 | 194 | 115 | 505 | + | Miss Carlisle | 68 | 296 | 41 | 209 | 109 | 505 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. Perry-Keene | 87 | 339 | 73 | 379 | 44 | 226 | 204 | 944 | + | Mr. Eyre W. Hussey | 55 | 243 | 69 | 367 | 42 | 242 | 166 | 852 | + | Mr. C. E. Nesham | 81 | 299 | 71 | 315 | 42 | 206 | 194 | 820 | + | Mr. T. T. S. Metcalfe | 62 | 266 | 69 | 283 | 38 | 200 | 169 | 749 | + | Mr. J. H. Bridges | 58 | 218 | 61 | 297 | 43 | 185 | 162 | 700 | + | Colonel H. A. Burton | 55 | 211 | 65 | 307 | 34 | 166 | 154 | 684 | + | Captain M. Allen | 54 | 186 | 61 | 251 | 43 | 235 | 158 | 672 | + | Mr. C. H. Everett | 56 | 222 | 67 | 255 | 38 | 200 | 161 | 677 | + | Mr. H. Kendall | 62 | 266 | 48 | 198 | 40 | 196 | 150 | 660 | + | Mr. Gedge | 50 | 200 | 60 | 244 | 40 | 194 | 150 | 638 | + | Mr. Burrowes | 45 | 173 | 56 | 236 | 42 | 204 | 143 | 613 | + | Mr. Erskine | 62 | 258 | 56 | 228 | 33 | 125 | 151 | 611 | + | Mr. Walrond | 59 | 237 | 57 | 217 | 38 | 154 | 154 | 608 | + | Colonel Lewin | 58 | 228 | 53 | 223 | 34 | 150 | 145 | 601 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Fifty-two ladies and thirty-five gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Forty-third Grand National and the Twenty-fourth Grand Western +Archery Meetings were united and held together at Bath on July 29 and +30, 1886. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss Legh | 89 | 437 | 47 | 289 | 136 | 726 | + | Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey | 83 | 397 | 46 | 246 | 129 | 643 | + | Mrs. Marshall | 75 | 375 | 48 | 262 | 123 | 637 | + | Mrs. D. Ainsworth | 83 | 389 | 46 | 242 | 129 | 631 | + | Miss Steel | 84 | 416 | 43 | 211 | 127 | 627 | + | Miss B. Oakley | 84 | 420 | 39 | 201 | 123 | 621 | + | Mrs. Gilling | 77 | 377 | 44 | 242 | 121 | 619 | + | Mrs. Kinahan | 80 | 368 | 43 | 225 | 123 | 593 | + | Miss F. Bardswell | 76 | 304 | 45 | 273 | 121 | 577 | + | Miss C. Radford | 74 | 328 | 43 | 221 | 117 | 549 | + | Miss M. Winwood | 76 | 332 | 41 | 217 | 117 | 549 | + | Mrs. Horniblow | 73 | 341 | 42 | 188 | 115 | 529 | + | Mrs. Berens | 76 | 364 | 40 | 164 | 116 | 528 | + | Miss B. M. Legh | 68 | 316 | 41 | 203 | 109 | 519 | + | Miss Pedder | 68 | 290 | 45 | 221 | 113 | 511 | + | Mrs. Maltby | 67 | 317 | 38 | 194 | 105 | 511 | + | Miss Palmer | 75 | 355 | 36 | 150 | 111 | 505 | + | Mrs. Gilmour | 75 | 311 | 41 | 191 | 116 | 502 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. C. E. Nesham | 81 | 411 | 76 | 354 | 45 | 257 | 202 |1022 | + | Major C. H. Fisher | 70 | 278 | 72 | 344 | 45 | 243 | 187 | 865 | + | Mr. E. Sharpe | 75 | 309 | 71 | 303 | 42 | 180 | 188 | 792 | + | Mr. J. H. Bridges | 62 | 222 | 68 | 322 | 42 | 206 | 172 | 750 | + | Colonel H. A. Burton | 70 | 300 | 60 | 266 | 39 | 179 | 169 | 745 | + | Mr. Perry-Keene | 65 | 257 | 70 | 290 | 42 | 196 | 177 | 743 | + | Mr. T. T. S. Metcalfe | 53 | 213 | 66 | 216 | 42 | 214 | 163 | 743 | + | Mr. F. A. Govett | 72 | 322 | 56 | 232 | 32 | 182 | 160 | 736 | + | Mr. Eyre W. Hussey | 55 | 217 | 67 | 259 | 43 | 219 | 165 | 695 | + | Mr. G. G. Hulme | 57 | 209 | 53 | 237 | 43 | 225 | 153 | 671 | + | Mr. Gedge | 48 | 188 | 63 | 263 | 44 | 204 | 155 | 655 | + | Mr. Gregson | 37 | 149 | 73 | 329 | 41 | 171 | 151 | 649 | + | Mr. Gataker | 55 | 225 | 60 | 246 | 36 | 170 | 151 | 641 | + | Mr. Piers F. Legh | 46 | 194 | 55 | 253 | 39 | 185 | 140 | 632 | + | Mr. Erskine | 64 | 244 | 57 | 233 | 34 | 148 | 155 | 625 | + | Mr. R. Walters | 54 | 204 | 53 | 231 | 35 | 179 | 142 | 614 | + | Captain M. Allen | 46 | 160 | 60 | 222 | 44 | 226 | 150 | 608 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Ninety-five ladies and sixty-five gentlemen shot. + +Miss Legh became the Championess with 7 points, Mrs. Marshall having won +the point for hits at 50 yards. + +Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey became the Championess of the West. + +Mr. C. E. Nesham became the Champion with 9-1/2 points, Major C. H. +Fisher having tied with him in the point for hits at 60 yards. + +Mr. Perry-Keene became the Champion of the West. + + * * * * * + +In the handicap match on July 31, Miss Legh scored 391, Miss B. Oakley +363, Mrs. D. Ainsworth 344, Mrs. Marshall 343, and Mrs. Horniblow 337; +and on the same day Mr. E. Sharpe scored 429. + + +_ROYAL TOXOPHILITE SOCIETY'S HANDICAP MEETINGS_ + +A series of meetings extending over two days, the double York Round +being shot, commenced in 1881, and the Grand Centenary Archery Meeting +of the Royal Toxophilite Society was held in the Society's ground in the +Regent's Park, on October 12 and 13, 1881. + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. H. H. Palairet | 82 | 364 | 81 | 417 | 47 | 281 | 210 |1062 | + | Mr. W. Rimington | 76 | 294 | 75 | 337 | 43 | 241 | 194 | 872 | + | Mr. J. H. Bridges | 72 | 292 | 75 | 337 | 44 | 206 | 191 | 835 | + | Mr. O. K. Prescot[14] | 74 | 274 | 72 | 298 | 44 | 234 | 190 | 806 | + | Mr. Piers F. Legh[14] | 69 | 261 | 69 | 299 | 43 | 215 | 181 | 775 | + | Mr. G. O. Pardoe[14] | 57 | 225 | 77 | 327 | 41 | 201 | 175 | 753 | + | Mr. C. H. Everett | 65 | 231 | 65 | 287 | 40 | 198 | 170 | 716 | + | Major C. H. Fisher | 71 | 255 | 63 | 279 | 36 | 162 | 170 | 696 | + | Mr. H. Kendall | 58 | 206 | 64 | 248 | 44 | 222 | 166 | 676 | + | Mr. C. J. Longman | 59 | 237 | 59 | 251 | 37 | 183 | 155 | 671 | + | Mr. E. N. Snow | 54 | 234 | 52 | 224 | 40 | 212 | 146 | 670 | + | Mr. C. E. Nesham | 72 | 264 | 55 | 203 | 37 | 199 | 164 | 666 | + | Mr. A. Meyrick[14] | 45 | 181 | 65 | 299 | 28 | 162 | 138 | 642 | + | Colonel Lewin | 62 | 244 | 58 | 238 | 32 | 154 | 152 | 636 | + | Mr. O. L. Clare | 54 | 204 | 64 | 238 | 40 | 178 | 158 | 620 | + | Mr. A. Newall | 54 | 182 | 58 | 268 | 40 | 170 | 152 | 620 | + | Mr. Eyre W. Hussey[14] | 55 | 209 | 57 | 207 | 39 | 195 | 151 | 611 | + | Captain M. Allen[14] | 46 | 146 | 69 | 249 | 41 | 211 | 156 | 606 | + | Mr. Perry-Keene[14] | 66 | 234 | 47 | 217 | 33 | 153 | 146 | 604 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + [14] Visitors. + +Sixty-five gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +A Grand Annual Handicap Meeting of the Royal Toxophilite Society was +held on October 11 and 12, 1882. + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Major C. H. Fisher | 83 | 315 | 77 | 337 | 44 | 238 | 204 | 890 | + | Mr. C. E. Nesham | 84 | 332 | 66 | 296 | 38 | 188 | 188 | 816 | + | Mr. O. L. Clare | 60 | 222 | 64 | 294 | 46 | 260 | 170 | 776 | + | Mr. R. Walters | 73 | 265 | 74 | 316 | 41 | 191 | 188 | 772 | + | Mr. Piers F. Legh[15] | 56 | 236 | 75 | 325 | 43 | 207 | 174 | 768 | + | Mr. C. H. Everett | 67 | 257 | 69 | 285 | 45 | 201 | 181 | 743 | + | Mr. G. W. Chapman | 60 | 248 | 52 | 198 | 38 | 210 | 150 | 656 | + | Mr. H. Kendall | 51 | 227 | 52 | 238 | 40 | 174 | 143 | 639 | + | Mr. G. O. Pardoe[15] | 47 | 211 | 53 | 249 | 40 | 172 | 140 | 632 | + | Mr. W. Yates Foot | 53 | 209 | 54 | 230 | 35 | 187 | 142 | 626 | + | Mr. C. J. Longman | 56 | 198 | 55 | 195 | 43 | 207 | 154 | 600 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + [15] Visitors. + +Thirty-three gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Grand Annual Handicap Meeting of the Royal Toxophilite Society was +held on October 11 and 12, 1883. + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. C. E. Nesham |100 | 426 | 75 | 337 | 45 | 247 | 220 |1010 | + | Mr. C. J. Longman | 72 | 274 | 69 | 305 | 47 | 229 | 188 | 808 | + | Major C. H. Fisher | 79 | 313 | 67 | 291 | 37 | 185 | 183 | 789 | + | Mr. H. A. Howman[16] | 65 | 273 | 57 | 259 | 41 | 231 | 163 | 763 | + | Mr. N. Rattray | 69 | 221 | 71 | 315 | 41 | 225 | 181 | 761 | + | Mr. F. A. Govett | 68 | 258 | 66 | 292 | 46 | 208 | 180 | 758 | + | Mr. O. L. Clare | 57 | 229 | 69 | 281 | 41 | 213 | 167 | 723 | + | Mr. Eyre W. Hussey[16] | 69 | 291 | 60 | 238 | 39 | 189 | 168 | 718 | + | Colonel Lewin | 59 | 203 | 64 | 270 | 43 | 211 | 166 | 684 | + | Mr. G. W. Chapman | 54 | 224 | 63 | 271 | 38 | 164 | 155 | 659 | + | Mr. G. G. Hulme[16] | 53 | 219 | 57 | 227 | 38 | 186 | 148 | 632 | + | Captain M. Allen[16] | 64 | 228 | 57 | 215 | 40 | 178 | 161 | 621 | + | Mr. C. H. Everett | 59 | 231 | 54 | 220 | 38 | 164 | 151 | 615 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + [16] Visitors. + +Twenty-eight gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Grand Jubilee and Annual Handicap Meeting of the Royal Toxophilite +Society was held on October 9 and 10, 1884. + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. C. E. Nesham | 89 | 393 | 70 | 290 | 45 | 211 | 204 | 894 | + | Mr. R. Walters | 70 | 264 | 69 | 305 | 43 | 219 | 182 | 788 | + | Mr. O. L. Clare | 83 | 321 | 66 | 268 | 42 | 198 | 191 | 787 | + | Mr. J. H. Bridges | 66 | 242 | 75 | 327 | 41 | 215 | 182 | 784 | + | Mr. Eyre W. Hussey[17] | 58 | 206 | 75 | 323 | 45 | 247 | 178 | 776 | + | Mr. C. J. Longman | 76 | 310 | 68 | 270 | 38 | 172 | 182 | 752 | + | Captain M. Allen[17] | 67 | 243 | 71 | 309 | 42 | 198 | 180 | 750 | + | Mr. Gregson[17] | 74 | 252 | 65 | 291 | 38 | 188 | 177 | 731 | + | Mr. T. T. S. Metcalfe | 55 | 225 | 64 | 276 | 44 | 200 | 163 | 701 | + | Mr. Piers F. Legh[17] | 57 | 201 | 69 | 283 | 40 | 192 | 166 | 676 | + | Mr. A. Newall | 57 | 225 | 60 | 256 | 31 | 147 | 148 | 628 | + | Mr. C. H. Everett | 45 | 149 | 66 | 288 | 41 | 179 | 152 | 616 | + | Mr. Walrond | 57 | 195 | 57 | 199 | 41 | 205 | 155 | 599 | + | Mr. G. G. Hulme[17] | 47 | 179 | 52 | 210 | 41 | 209 | 140 | 598 | + | Mr. H. Kendall | 54 | 184 | 51 | 209 | 41 | 199 | 146 | 592 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + [17] Visitors. + +Forty-nine gentlemen shot. + +Nothing could have been more unfavourable than the weather on this +occasion. It was wet, stormy, and bitterly cold. + + * * * * * + +The Grand Annual Autumn Handicap Meeting of the Royal Toxophilite +Society was held on October 8 and 9, 1885. + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. Perry-Keene[18] | 69 | 245 | 84 | 384 | 43 | 255 | 196 | 884 | + | Mr. C. E. Nesham | 79 | 273 | 81 | 355 | 45 | 243 | 205 | 871 | + | Mr. R. Walters | 72 | 256 | 78 | 370 | 39 | 203 | 189 | 829 | + | Mr. E. Brodie Hoare | 66 | 274 | 58 | 246 | 43 | 201 | 167 | 721 | + | Mr. H. H. Longman | 61 | 205 | 60 | 268 | 42 | 230 | 163 | 703 | + | Mr. C. H. Everett | 63 | 249 | 61 | 259 | 39 | 175 | 163 | 683 | + | Mr. H. Kendall | 44 | 174 | 52 | 224 | 43 | 233 | 139 | 631 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + [18] Visitor. + +Twenty-one gentlemen shot at this meeting. + + * * * * * + +The Grand Annual Autumn Handicap Meeting of the Royal Toxophilite +Society was held on October 14 and 15, 1886. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-------------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+--------+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits| Score | Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+--------+-----+-----+ + | Mr. C. E. Nesham | 86 | 354 | 78 | 354 | 44 | 208 | 208 | 916 | + | Mr. J. H. Bridges | 65 | 269 | 69 | 309 | 43 | 211 | 177 | 789 | + | Mr. N. Rattray | 67 | 289 | 54 | 242 | 43 | 203 | 164 | 734 | + | Mr. Walrond | 67 | 259 | 63 | 245 | 44 | 220 | 174 | 724 | + | Mr. H. H. Longman | 59 | 207 | 68 | 298 | 36 | 180 | 163 | 685 | + | Captain M. Allen[19] | 47 | 189 | 68 | 328 | 30 | 154[20]| 145 | 671 | + | Mr. E. Fisher[19] | 63 | 215 | 57 | 239 | 44 | 212 | 164 | 666 | + | Mr. C. H. Everett | 51 | 187 | 67 | 261 | 40 | 188 | 158 | 636 | + | Mr. E. C. Gedge[19] | 59 | 235 | 57 | 197 | 36 | 178 | 152 | 610 | + | Mr. A. Henty | 45 | 171 | 57 | 207 | 44 | 222 | 146 | 600 | + | Mr. T. T. S. Metcalfe | 53 | 205 | 53 | 207 | 39 | 187 | 145 | 599 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+--------+-----+-----+ + + [19] Visitors. + + [20] Did not complete the shooting at 60 yards. + +Twenty-one gentlemen shot at this meeting. + + +SCOTCH PUBLIC MEETINGS + +The Eleventh Annual Scottish Archery Meeting was held on the +Cricket-ground (Lavilands), near Stirling, on August 4 and 5, 1865. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss Betham | 88 | 424 | 46 | 290 | 134 | 714 | + | Mrs. Horniblow | 82 | 432 | 43 | 253 | 125 | 685 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. P. Muir | 85 | 315 | 61 | 239 | 44 | 266 | 190 | 820 | + | Mr. J. Murdoch | 54 | 194 | 58 | 238 | 39 | 193 | 151 | 625 | + | Mr. P. Murdoch | 59 | 243 | 49 | 163 | 40 | 208 | 148 | 614 | + | Mr. J. Allan | 52 | 162 | 42 | 206 | 40 | 226 | 134 | 594 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Thirteen ladies and thirty-six gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Twelfth Annual Scottish National Archery Meeting was held on the +County Cricket-ground in Raeburn Place, Stockbridge, Edinburgh, on +August 17 and 18, 1866. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | ---- +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Horniblow | 82 | 368 | 45 | 241 | 127 | 609 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. P. Muir | 67 | 279 | 63 | 261 | 42 | 212 | 172 | 752 | + | Captain Betham | 47 | 195 | 56 | 232 | 42 | 196 | 145 | 623 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Nine ladies and thirty-eight gentlemen shot. + +It was only on these two occasions that the Double Rounds were shot at +these meetings. + + +IRISH PUBLIC MEETINGS + +The Second Irish Grand National Archery Meeting was held at Bray, not +far from Dublin, on August 12 and 13. + +Twenty-three ladies and twenty-eight gentlemen shot. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Horniblow | 86 | 428 | 47 | 263 | 133 | 691 | + | Miss Betham | 78 | 362 | 47 | 245 | 125 | 607 | + | Miss Warde | 69 | 301 | 42 | 218 | 111 | 519 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. G. Edwards | 68 | 266 | 77 | 357 | 48 | 298 | 193 | 921 | + | Mr. R. W. Atkinson | 69 | 303 | 66 | 298 | 42 | 228 | 177 | 829 | + | Mr. T. L. Coulson | 60 | 230 | 52 | 248 | 39 | 195 | 151 | 673 | + | Mr. H. Walters | 63 | 223 | 57 | 235 | 36 | 180 | 156 | 638 | + | Mr. Macnamara | 46 | 160 | 62 | 254 | 42 | 224 | 150 | 638 | + | Mr. E. Popham | 54 | 198 | 63 | 287 | 34 | 134 | 151 | 619 | + | Captain Betham | 48 | 178 | 61 | 263 | 42 | 170 | 151 | 611 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Mr. G. Edwards scored 404 in the handicap match on August 14. + + * * * * * + +The Third Irish Grand National Archery Meeting was held in the Rotunda +Gardens, Dublin, on July 27 and 28, 1864. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss Betham | 85 | 437 | 42 | 218 | 127 | 655 | + | Miss H. Tarleton | 72 | 320 | 32 | 134 | 104 | 454 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. G. Edwards | 70 | 276 | 73 | 308 | 48 | 248 | 191 | 827 | + | Captain Betham | 64 | 234 | 66 | 276 | 43 | 215 | 173 | 725 | + | Mr. Betham | 58 | 210 | 60 | 246 | 44 | 226 | 162 | 682 | + | Mr. R. W. Atkinson | 51 | 179 | 68 | 282 | 42 | 202 | 161 | 663 | + | Mr. Maconchy | 63 | 215 | 55 | 207 | 40 | 214 | 158 | 636 | + | Mr. H. Elliott | 48 | 150 | 59 | 269 | 44 | 200 | 151 | 619 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Twenty-two ladies and twenty-one gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Fourth Irish Grand National Archery Meeting was held in the New +Winter Gardens, Dublin, on May 31 and June 1, 1865. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss Betham | 85 | 375 | 46 | 264 | 131 | 639 | + | Mrs. Ormsby | 65 | 257 | 41 | 175 | 106 | 432 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. G. Edwards | 50 | 192 | 77 | 387 | 45 | 231 | 172 | 810 | + | Mr. Betham | 74 | 306 | 62 | 248 | 42 | 204 | 178 | 758 | + | Captain Betham | 59 | 227 | 61 | 277 | 39 | 157 | 159 | 661 | + | Captain Whitla | 59 | 223 | 57 | 237 | 28 | 130 | 144 | 590 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Thirteen ladies and seventeen gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Second Grand Leinster Archery Meeting was held in the grounds of the +Exhibition Palace, Dublin, on September 19 and 20, 1865. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss Macpherson | 75 | 343 | 42 | 220 | 117 | 563 | + | Miss Hendley | 67 | 305 | 41 | 187 | 108 | 492 | + | Miss Betham | 66 | 290 | 36 | 200 | 102 | 490 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Captain Whitla | 41 | 149 | 64 | 310 | 40 | 230 | 145 | 689 | + | Mr. Betham | 49 | 197 | 56 | 234 | 39 | 171 | 144 | 602 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Twenty-six ladies and sixteen gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Fifth Irish Grand National Archery Meeting was held in the New +Winter Gardens in Dublin on August 1, 2, and 3, 1866. Eighteen ladies +and seventeen gentlemen shot. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. Horniblow | 86 | 386 | 46 | 268 | 132 | 654 | + | Miss Betham | 80 | 378 | 40 | 244 | 120 | 622 | + | Miss A. Betham | 61 | 291 | 44 | 238 | 105 | 529 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. Betham | 63 | 241 | 68 | 272 | 45 | 287 | 176 | 800 | + | Mr. G. Edwards | 36 | 134 | 70 | 348 | 45 | 231 | 151 | 713 | + | Mr. R. W. Atkinson | 54 | 210 | 57 | 259 | 41 | 213 | 152 | 682 | + | Captain Whitla | 58 | 226 | 60 | 260 | 40 | 192 | 158 | 678 | + | Captain Betham | 36 | 130 | 60 | 240 | 46 | 238 | 142 | 608 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + * * * * * + +The First Ulster Grand Archery Meeting was held at Ulsterville, Belfast, +on August 8, 9, and 10, 1866. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss Betham | 88 | 418 | 46 | 274 | 134 | 692 | + | Mrs. Horniblow | 79 | 349 | 40 | 202 | 119 | 551 | + | Miss Ada Betham | 70 | 320 | 41 | 209 | 111 | 529 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. Betham | 72 | 274 | 65 | 257 | 40 | 196 | 177 | 727 | + | Captain Betham | 50 | 172 | 53 | 255 | 41 | 173 | 144 | 600 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Eighteen ladies and nine gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Third Grand Leinster Archery Meeting was held in the grounds of the +Exhibition Palace at Dublin on September 4 and 5, 1866. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss Betham | 87 | 467 || 287 | 134 | 754 | + | Miss L. Quin | 74 | 336 | 39 | 191 | 113 | 527 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. Betham | 59 | 209 | 71 | 287 | 41 | 205 | 171 | 701 | + | Captain Betham | 59 | 201 | 71 | 305 | 41 | 195 | 171 | 701 | + | Mr. R. W. Atkinson | 54 | 214 | 67 | 305 | 41 | 181 | 162 | 700 | + | Mr. W. Butt | 52 | 192 | 50 | 236 | 38 | 172 | 140 | 600 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Twenty-three ladies and twenty-three gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Second Ulster Grand Archery Meeting was held in the grounds of the +Armagh Archers, at Armagh, on August 7 and 8, 1867. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss Betham | 84 | 400 | 48 | 294 | 132 | 694 | + | Miss H. Hutchinson | 81 | 367 | 44 | 226 | 125 | 593 | + | Miss A. Betham | 73 | 329 | 43 | 237 | 116 | 566 | + | Miss Davison | 72 | 296 | 42 | 220 | 114 | 516 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. Betham | 63 | 281 | 73 | 291 | 43 | 233 | 179 | 805 | + | Mr. R. W. Atkinson | 55 | 191 | 56 | 234 | 43 | 231 | 154 | 656 | + | Mr. Russell | 58 | 216 | 58 | 244 | 36 | 162 | 152 | 622 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Twenty ladies and seventeen gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Grand Munster Archery Meeting was held at Limerick, on September 21 +and 22, 1867. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss Betham | 84 | 424 | 48 | 234 | 132 | 658 | + | Miss A. Betham | 82 | 380 | 46 | 246 | 128 | 626 | + | Miss Warde | 64 | 312 | 41 | 225 | 105 | 537 | + | Mrs. Ormsby | 68 | 294 | 44 | 214 | 112 | 508 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. Betham | 63 | 267 | 58 | 246 | 41 | 227 | 162 | 740 | + | Mr. A. E. Knox | 60 | 212 | 58 | 270 | 38 | 186 | 156 | 668 | + | Mr. R. W. Atkinson | 58 | 204 | 52 | 220 | 37 | 169 | 147 | 593 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Twenty-eight ladies and eighteen gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Fourth Grand Annual Meeting of the Leinster Archers was held in the +grounds of the Exhibition Palace, Dublin, on August 26 and 27, 1867. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss Betham | 84 | 416 | 46 | 278 | 130 | 694 | + | Miss A. Betham | 84 | 390 | 47 | 231 | 131 | 621 | + | Miss H. Hutchinson | 75 | 329 | 42 | 224 | 117 | 553 | + | Miss Mayne | 73 | 313 | 46 | 226 | 119 | 539 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. Betham | 70 | 282 | 80 | 358 | 45 | 231 | 195 | 871 | + | Mr. A. Knox | 63 | 277 | 66 | 252 | 38 | 196 | 167 | 725 | + | Mr. Russell | 53 | 205 | 59 | 299 | 40 | 186 | 152 | 690 | + | Mr. R. W. Atkinson | 59 | 217 | 44 | 176 | 45 | 225 | 148 | 618 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Twenty-three ladies and seventeen gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Sixth Irish Grand National Archery Meeting was held in the grounds +of the Exhibition Palace in Dublin, on September 14 and 15, 1867. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss Betham | 88 | 440 | 47 | 303 | 135 | 743 | + | Miss Ormsby | 83 | 425 | 44 | 232 | 127 | 657 | + | Miss L. Quin | 76 | 384 | 47 | 259 | 123 | 643 | + | Miss A. Betham | 76 | 328 | 46 | 258 | 122 | 586 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. Betham | 61 | 269 | 70 | 268 | 44 | 230 | 175 | 767 | + | Mr. Russell | 65 | 247 | 59 | 251 | 38 | 192 | 162 | 690 | + | Mr. N. A. Knox | 63 | 253 | 58 | 244 | 34 | 154 | 155 | 651 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Fourteen ladies and fourteen gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Second Grand Munster Archery Meeting was held in the grounds of +Cortigan (Sir Denham Norreys, Bart.), near Mallow, on September 2 and 3, +1868. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss Betham | 87 | 473 | 48 | 292 | 135 | 765 | + | Miss L. Quin | 72 | 326 | 43 | 217 | 115 | 543 | + | Miss Ormsby | 72 | 334 | 40 | 198 | 112 | 532 | + | Mrs. Vansittart | 74 | 326 | 35 | 181 | 109 | 507 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. Betham | 52 | 182 | 65 | 269 | 41 | 219 | 158 | 670 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Nineteen ladies and twelve gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +The Third Grand Munster Archery Meeting was held in Sir D. Norreys's +grounds at Cortigan, near Mallow, on September 8 and 9, 1869. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss Peel | 85 | 373 | 45 | 199 | 130 | 572 | + | Mrs. V. Forbes | 70 | 308 | 46 | 236 | 116 | 544 | + | Miss L. Quin | 83 | 359 | 42 | 176 | 125 | 535 | + | Miss Ormsby | 73 | 313 | 44 | 220 | 117 | 533 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. Betham | 66 | 232 | 67 | 305 | 41 | 189 | 174 | 726 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + +Twenty-four ladies and fourteen gentlemen shot. + + * * * * * + +A Grand Leinster Meeting was held in the grounds of the Exhibition +Palace, Dublin, on October 6 and 7, 1869. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Miss H. Hutchinson | 84 | 412 | 46 | 254 | 130 | 666 | + | Mrs. V. Forbes | 88 | 408 | 46 | 252 | 134 | 660 | + | Miss Mayne | 73 | 323 | 41 | 239 | 114 | 562 | + | Mrs. C. W. Betham | 73 | 333 | 40 | 212 | 113 | 545 | + | Miss Peel | 80 | 374 | 38 | 164 | 118 | 538 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. Betham | 65 | 285 | 57 | 223 | 42 | 208 | 164 | 716 | + | Mr. McNamara | 47 | 183 | 45 | 199 | 43 | 183 | 135 | 565 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +_AMERICAN NATIONAL ARCHERY MEETINGS_ + +The First American National Archery Meeting was held at Chicago on +August 12, 13, and 14, 1879. On this occasion the ladies shot +forty-eight arrows at each of the distances of 30, 40, and 50 yards. The +gentlemen shot forty-eight arrows at 60 yards, and ninety-six arrows at +80 yards, on the first day, and seventy-two arrows at 100 yards on each +of the other days; thus making up the quantities of a York Round, though +in unusual order. The best results were as follows:-- + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. W. H. Thompson | 39 | 155 | 43 | 155 | 68 | 236 | 150 | 546 | + | Mr. T. McMechan | 35 | 175 | 47 | 177 | 34 | 126 | 116 | 478 | + | Mr. E. P. Hall | 37 | 157 | 50 | 178 | 28 | 104 | 115 | 439 | + | Mr. C. Leach | 34 | 152 | 38 | 138 | 39 | 149 | 111 | 439 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + * * * * * + +The Second Annual American National Archery Meeting was held at Buffalo, +near New York, on July 11 and 12 (13 and 14?), 1880, when the Round shot +by the ladies was forty-eight arrows at each of the distances of 50, 40, +and 30 yards; but the gentlemen shot a single York Round on each day. +The result of each day's shooting only is given, as the details of the +different distances cannot be discovered. + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+-------------------+ + | | 1st Day | 2nd Day | Double York Round | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+---------+---------+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits | Score | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+---------+---------+ + | Mr. L. L. Peddinghaus | 74 | 346 | 78 | 360 | 152 | 706 | + | Mr. W. H. Thompson | 82 | 370 | 78 | 332 | 160 | 702 | + | Mr. W. Burnham | 81 | 331 | 78 | 342 | 159 | 673 | + | Mr. F. H. Walworth | 68 | 274 | 76 | 316 | 144 | 590 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+---------+---------+ + + * * * * * + +The Fourth Annual American National Archery Meeting was held at Chicago +on July 11, 12, and 14, 1882, the National and York double Rounds being +shot.[21] + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. A. H. Gibbes | 63 | 251 | 38 | 198 | 101 | 449 | + | Mrs. F. Morrison | -- | -- | -- | -- | 94 | 374 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. D. A. Nash | 58 | 210 | 65 | 257 | 44 | 246 | 167 | 713 | + | Mr. H. S. Taylor | 55 | 151 | 67 | 275 | 46 | 252 | 168 | 678 | + | Mr. R. Williams | 49 | 179 | 55 | 235 | 44 | 236 | 148 | 650 | + | Mr. W. A. Clark | 45 | 197 | 62 | 244 | 41 | 195 | 148 | 636 | + | Mr. W. H. Thompson | 46 | 178 | 54 | 234 | 44 | 198 | 144 | 610 | + | Mr. F. E. Perry | 42 | 148 | 56 | 226 | 39 | 179 | 137 | 553 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + * * * * * + +The Fifth Annual American National Archery Meeting was held at +Cincinnati on July 10, 11, and 12, 1883. + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. P. Williams | 76 | 300 | 79 | 371 | 44 | 236 | 199 | 907 | + | Mr. H. S. Taylor | 53 | 191 | 51 | 223 | 45 | 235 | 149 | 649 | + | Mr. W. A. Clark | 56 | 192 | 63 | 257 | 39 | 171 | 158 | 620 | + | Mr. D. A. Nash | 35 | 135 | 57 | 243 | 45 | 209 | 137 | 587 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. C. Howell | 85 | 413 | 47 | 277 | 132 | 690 | + | Mrs. S. A. Whitfield | 88 | 436 | 39 | 185 | 127 | 621 | + | Mrs. T. F. George | 71 | 299 | 45 | 237 | 116 | 536 | + | Mrs. H. M. Pollock | 76 | 328 | 42 | 198 | 118 | 526 | + | Mrs. Arthur | 72 | 296 | 43 | 213 | 115 | 509 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + * * * * * + +The Sixth Annual American National Archery Meeting was held at Pullman +in 1884 on July 8, 9, and 10. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | ---- +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. H. Hall | 46 | 204 | 42 | 212 | 88 | 416 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mr. W. H. Thompson | 63 | 237 | 68 | 314 | 43 | 209 | 174 | 760 | + | Mr. R. Williams, jun. | 67 | 251 | 65 | 267 | 43 | 227 | 175 | 745 | + | Mr. C. C. Beach | 46 | 176 | 65 | 297 | 44 | 250 | 155 | 723 | + | Mr. H. S. Taylor | 44 | 160 | 50 | 198 | 39 | 181 | 133 | 539 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + * * * * * + +The Seventh Annual American National Archery Meeting was held at Eaton, +Ohio, on July 7, 8, and 9, 1885. + + +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS | + | LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Mrs. M. C. Howell | 75 | 353 | 46 | 252 | 121 | 605 | + | Miss J. Pollock | 78 | 300 | 44 | 216 | 122 | 516 | + | Mrs. J. Arthur | 65 | 271 | 42 | 210 | 107 | 481 | + +-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ + | | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS | + | GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score| + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Colonel R. Williams | 91 | 357 | 78 | 360 | 46 | 278 | 215 | 995 | + | Mr. C. C. Beach | 46 | 172 | 75 | 347 | 44 | 214 | 165 | 733 | + | Mr. J. W. B. Siders | 39 | 173 | 57 | 275 | 41 | 199 | 137 | 647 | + | Mr. W. H. Thompson | 52 | 198 | 53 | 233 | 38 | 176 | 143 | 607 | + | Mr. W. A. Clark | 51 | 197 | 50 | 200 | 41 | 197 | 142 | 594 | + +-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+ + + +FOOTNOTES: + +[9] The points for the Champion's medal are-- + + 2 points each for gross score and gross hits. + 1 point each for score and hits at 100 yards. + 1 point " " 80 yards. + 1 point " " 60 yards. + Total, 10 points. + +Transcriber's note: Footnotes 10-20 immediately follow the tables that +refer to them. + +[21] No report of the meeting in 1881 can be traced. + + + + +CHAPTER XIV. + +_CLUB SHOOTING AND PRIVATE PRACTICE_ + + +In the following scores an attempt is made to give authentic specimens +of the best shooting of as many as possible of the best archers of the +past and present time. Mr. Ford himself mentioned how sadly disheartened +and crestfallen he felt on his return from his first Grand National +Meeting at Derby, where he had scored 341 with 101 hits in the double +York Round, which was far below the score he had anticipated, and warned +his readers that shooting at a public meeting was very different from +private practice or small match shooting. There are but very few archers +who have not met with the same disappointment, as will be easily seen +when the public and private records here given are compared. Young +archers should be strongly recommended to make their public _débuts_ as +early as possible--as well to work off the novelty and excitement of the +scene as to compare the methods and results of other archers--before +they have established great local reputations, which may run the greater +risk of being fatally exploded from the very over-anxiety which is +employed to keep or increase those reputations in public. + +The erroneous practice of shooting trial arrows before the commencement +of the regular round has been mostly given up of late years, being +altogether discountenanced by the rules of the private practice club, +and disallowed at all the public meetings. + +In fact, it was a most dangerous practice at the public meetings, where, +in former years, before the match shooting commenced, or when it was +finished, those who had to cross the ground ran no little risk of being +shot by some of the industrious archers, who, not satisfied with the +round allotted to the day, were threshing out themselves and their bows, +not with shooting at the targets, but mostly at a piece of white paper +placed about so far from themselves as an arrow would fall when supposed +to have passed through the gold at the particular distance at which +these zealots were ever engaged in the apparently hopeless search of the +'range' or a 'point of aim.' + +The earliest grand score on the testified York Round in the books of the +Royal Toxophilite Society belonged to _Mr. H. C. Mules_, and was shot on +August 24, 1856. + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 50 240 42 232 23 131 = 115 603 + +He also has scores of 116 hts. 500 sc. and 106 hts. 508 sc. in the books +made in 1858. This was surpassed by _Mr. H. A. Ford_ on November 3, +1858, in the Toxophilite grounds: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 47 227 46 258 24 138 = 117 623 + +and the score of _Mr. G. E. S. Fryer_, made in the same grounds on +August 2, 1872, of + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 59 289 44 218 24 132 = 127 639 + +went further, and still remains unsurpassed. + +This last-mentioned score took, and still holds, the _Wilkinson practice +medal_, which was given to the Royal Toxophilite Society in 1866, and +was first taken by _Mr. T. Boulton_ with + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 43 175 40 186 24 148 = 107 509 + +who afterwards improved his holding of it by making + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 48 206 46 208 23 133 = 117 547 + +On July 6, 1867, _Mr. W. Spottiswoode_ scored + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 50 244 41 201 23 129 = 114 574 + +and took and held it until it was transferred to Mr. Fryer in 1872. + +The full details of _Mr. H. A. Ford's_ best private-practice score of +809 with 137 hits have been already given. + +He also records a score in which the only arrow missed was the 59th, +shot at 100 yards, the particular of the score being + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 71 335 48 272 24 158 = 143 765 + +When shooting with the Royal Toxophilite Society on June 23, 1854, the +round being 96 arrows at 100 yards, 72 arrows at 80 yards, and 48 arrows +at 60 yards, he made the following score: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 79 373 71 325 47 313 = 197 1011 + +His best double York Round, made privately, seems to be as follows: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 61 295 48 306 24 186 = 133 787 + 63 299 46 278 24 168 = 133 745 + ---- ----- + Total 266 1532 + +His best scoring at 100 yards is represented by 371 with 69 hits-- + + G. R. B. BK. W. + 12 17 19 14 7 + +from his second best York Round score of + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 69 371 48 274 24 154 = 141 799 + +his best score at 80 yards being 306 with all the 48 hits, + + G. R. B. BK. W. + 10 19 15 2 2 + +and his best at 60 yards 186, + + G. R. B. + 10 13 1 + +Mr. H. A. Ford himself reports one of his own most extraordinary feats +as follows: 'Not but what I have been the originator of a respectable +fluke or two myself in my time. For instance, on the second day of the +first Grand National Meeting at Shrewsbury in 1854, an old archer, Mr. +Hughes, offered a silver bracer as a prize for most golds at any one +end, 100 yards to take precedence of 80, and 80 yards of 60. In a very +few minutes two gentlemen, Messrs. Garnett and Hilton, if I remember +rightly, got two; but this was not enough, the third arrow being +destined to go there as well. Accordingly, but a few rounds after, my +friend Chance came to my aid, and so the whole three went into the +desired spot. Now the combination here was curious. But once during my +archery experience has a special prize been offered for a feat of this +particular nature, and upon that occasion, and that occasion only in a +match, have three golds been got at one end, by one shooter, at 100 +yards' ('Archer's Register,' 1864). + +Mr. Bramhall gives a good idea of Mr. Ford's indomitable perseverance. +'If,' he says, 'I reported a good score, he persevered until he had +beaten it--e.g. in 1853, March 7, I completed 409 following hits at 60 +yards. He soon sent me a report of a little over 600' ('Archer's +Register,' 1881). + +_Mr. John Bramhall's_ best single York Round was made November 25, 1851: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 61 317 41 223 23 135 = 125 675 + +In 1849 the average of the 54 York Rounds he shot was 453 score from 103 +hits; in 1850 it was 502 from 110 hits in 70 rounds; in 1851 it was 561 +from 117 hits in 64 rounds; in 1852 it was 575 from 117 hits in 52 +rounds; and in 1853 it was 567 from 114 hits in 38 rounds. In shooting +at 100 yards he has made 4 golds in consecutive hits, and often 3 at +one end. At 80 yards his best in 48 arrows was 47 hits 273 score; and he +has made 55 consecutive hits at 80, and 5 following golds. At 60 yards +his best record is 24 hits 172 score--409 consecutive hits and 5 +following golds. His best double York Round was: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 107 535 91 497 48 290 = 256 1322 + +shot on June 26 and July 1, 1852. + +_Mr. E. A. Holmes_ (champion 1865 and 1870) made his best score on the +single York Round in private practice at Harrow, soon after the Grand +National Meeting at Brighton in 1867, which is as follows: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 66 284 46 206 22 132 = 134 622 + +_Mr. C. E. Nesham_ (Royal Toxophilite Society), champion 1884-5-6, has +13 York Rounds scores on the Royal Toxophilite Society's books of over +500, of which the highest is: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 55 281 41 187 22 126 = 118 594 + +made on May 5, 1887. + +In private practice at Bournemouth he scored, on May 14, 1883, + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 63 281 43 243 22 108 = 128 632 + +and + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 53 269 41 203 22 122 = 116 594 + +made in the Regent's Park, March 6, 1884. + +On twenty-three other occasions, in private and in club matches, he has +scored 500 and upwards. Of these, in the Royal Toxophilite Society's +books, are: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 46 228 47 253 20 110 = 113 591 + +shot on October 16, 1884, and + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 50 224 44 220 24 148 = 118 592 + +shot on October 29, 1885. + +Major _C. H. Fisher's_ (Champion 1871-2-3-4, and made highest score at +Windsor in 1884 when Mr. Nesham became champion) best York Round score +in the books of the Royal Toxophilite Society, made on July 2, 1885, is +as follows: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 53 239 42 192 24 136 = 119 557 + +and his next best, made on October 20, 1871, is + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 47 227 42 194 23 113 = 112 534 + +His best private practice score on the York Round is the following: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 49 227 45 243 24 158 = 862 118 + +made on May 25, 1872; and he reports that this Round was shot too +quickly, and might have been improved if he had taken more pains. + +He has made the following good double rounds in practice, namely: + + Hits Score + May 27 and 28, 1873 235 1079 + July 23 and 24, 1874 235 1123 + +and in 1876: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + June 12, 50 196 43 213 23 103 = 116 512 + " 13, 46 194 45 233 23 113 = 114 540 + --- ---- + Totals 230 1052 + +and in 1877 a single York Round: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + Sept. 7, 55 241 44 202 23 125 = 122 568 + +_Mr. T. T. S. Metcalfe's_ (Royal Toxophilite Society) best single York +Round is: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 54 258 37 173 19 93 = 100 524 + +made on May 22, 1886, in private practice. + +_Mr. C. H. Everett's_ best single York Rounds appear to be: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + Aug. 9, 1880 45 179 41 229 22 114 = 108 522 + April 2, 1883 48 180 42 222 24 134 = 114 536 + " 16, " 54 214 37 177 24 158 = 115 549 + +made in private practice. + +At a meeting of the Royal Toxophilite Society on October 4, 1874, he +scored: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 45 187 40 190 23 123 = 108 500 + +and again in the Regent's Park on September 30, 1880: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 52 192 41 209 23 109 = 116 510 + +and on October 14, 1880: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 50 224 38 166 22 116 = 110 506 + +_Mr. W. J. Richardson_ (Royal Toxophilite Society) has a good score on +the York Round in the books of the Royal Toxophilite Society, made on +June 7, 1860: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 44 190 39 193 21 133 = 104 516 + +as also has _Mr. W. Rimington_ (Royal Toxophilite Society) champion +1868-69 and 1877: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 48 206 42 178 24 120 = 114 504 + +made on July 2, 1869. + +_Col. H. F. C. Lewin's_ (Royal Toxophilite Society) best scores have +been made in private practice at Eltham, in the late Mr. Mill's grounds, +and are: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 41 199 38 194 21 115 = 100 508 + +made on November 3, 1870, and + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 50 226 36 146 24 136 = 110 508 + +made in 1869. + +_Mr. G. E. S. Fryer_ (Champion in 1875, Royal Toxophilite Society), +besides his excellent score of 639 with 127 hits, has another very good +York Round score in the books of the Royal Toxophilite Society, made on +June 3, 1873: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 55 235 47 249 24 138 = 126 622 + +He made another fine York Round on August 15, 1873, in private practice: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 54 238 46 218 24 150 = 124 606 + +and in the books of the Royal Toxophilite Society in 1874, on May 27: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 50 200 42 242 23 129 = 115 571 + +on June 17: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 58 242 44 200 23 155 = 125 597 + +and on July 1: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 48 184 45 243 24 132 = 117 559 + +_Mr. H. H. Palairet's_ (Champion in 1876, Royal Toxophilite Society) +best scores on the York Round appear to be the following: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 53 241 45 239 24 108 = 122 588 + +made at a West Berks Meeting at Great Marlow (Colonel Wethered's) on +June 20, 1882, and this score is the York Round 'record' of the West +Berks Archers. + +In private practice on July 15, 1875, he scored: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 54 252 43 205 23 121 = 120 578 + +showing a very good score at 100 yards; and on July 30 he scored 46 hits +264 score in the 48 arrows at 80 yards. + +His best shooting at 60 yards appears to have been made on July 24, +1874, when, shooting 96 arrows, he scored 579 with 95 hits. + +_Mr. C. J. Longman's_ (Champion in 1883, Royal Toxophilite Society) best +York Round score in the books of the Royal Toxophilite Society is dated +November 1, 1883, and is as follows: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 49 199 41 189 23 149 = 113 537 + +and his best private practice scores made in the same grounds are: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 55 249 41 213 23 129 = 119 591 + 46 204 46 220 24 148 = 116 572 + --- --- + Totals 235 1163 + +made on June 17 and 18, 1884, respectively. + +_Mr. H. H. Longman's_ (Royal Toxophilite Society) best York Round score +made in private practice in the Royal Toxophilite Society's grounds on +March 30, 1887, is as follows: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 51 223 41 191 21 91 = 113 505 + +_Mr. Piers F. Legh_ (Royal Toxophilite Society) has made some good +single York Rounds in private practice, viz.: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + July 14, 1879 45 181 40 194 24 154 = 109 529 + " 19, 1880 41 177 44 208 24 124 = 109 509 + Sept. 20, " 51 223 38 180 24 124 = 113 527 + +_Mr. R. Walters_ (Champion in 1879, Royal Toxophilite Society) has made +some good scores in private practice, of which the best appear to be as +follows: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + Oct. 25, 1884 48 184 43 211 23 133 = 114 528 + Aug. 15, 1885 45 187 44 214 24 126 = 113 527 + +_Mr. J. H. Bridges'_ (Royal Toxophilite Society) best single York Rounds +in private practice are: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + Oct. 7, 1881 39 181 42 222 24 120 = 105 523 + June 8, 1884 = 118 546 + +At 100 yards, in 72 arrows, he has made: + + Hits Score + April 2, 1884 55 261 + +At 80 yards, in 48 arrows, he has made: + + Hits Score + January 27, 1887 45 263 + April 12, 1887 48 216 + +At 60 yards, in 24 arrows: + + Hits Score + April 23, 1884 24 166 + +and in 100 arrows at 60 yards: + + Hits Score + September 18, 1879 100 586 + April 23, 1884 99 627 + +It will be observed that nearly all Mr. Bridges' practice occurs early +or late in the season, as cricket absorbs much of his attention in the +summer. + +_Mr. L. R. Erskine_ (Royal Toxophilite Society) has made some good +single York Rounds in private practice, viz.: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + Nov. 8, 1886 49 195 41 215 22 122 = 112 532 + Mar. 1, 1887 50 210 46 222 23 117 = 119 549 + " 5, " 53 231 46 198 24 126 = 123 555 + " 11, " 52 220 45 227 23 133 = 120 580 + +The full particulars of _Mr. O. K. Prescot's_ (Royal Toxophilite +Society) best private practice double York Round score of 1197 cannot be +given, as they have been lost or destroyed. It was shot in two days of +September 1867. The first total score was 621, and the score at 100 +yards was 256--200 having been made in the first 4 dozen. The second +round was 567, and, in this round, the score at 80 yards was 249. The +most annoying thing about the round was that the last arrow at 60 yards +missed the target, when a black even would have brought the total up to +1200. + +_Mr. H. J. B. Kendall's_ (Royal Toxophilite Society) best score in the +York Round was made in private practice on August 14, 1884: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 46 222 46 228 22 118 = 114 568 + +On this occasion the 2 arrows not counted at 80 yards went through weak +places in the target. + +He also made 52 hits 224 score at 100 yards on Aug 28, 1884. + +On July 5, 1877, he made 3 golds in one end at 100 yards in the course +of the Summer Handicap match of the Royal Toxophilite Society, repeating +the feat performed by Mr. H. A. Ford at Shrewsbury in 1854. + +_Mr. O. Leigh Clare_ (Royal Toxophilite Society) has made some good +private practice, viz.: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + July 23, 1879, 52 266 43 193 23 109 = 118 568 + +in the single York Round; and in 72 arrows at 100 yards: + + Hits Score + October 12, 1878 56 250 + +also in 48 arrows at 80 yards: + + Hits Score + July 13, 1878 42 212 + +_Mr. C. J. Perry-Keene_ made the following fine score in private +practice on July 24, 1886, in the single York Round:-- + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 57 225 45 229 24 150 = 126 604 + +and two other good scores made by him are: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + May 6, 1886, 43 217 40 188 23 119 = 106 524 + " 7, " 51 215 45 199 24 152 = 120 566 + April 18, 1887, 48 202 44 230 24 124 = 116 556 + +In private practice _Mr. F. A. Govett_ (Royal Toxophilite Society) made: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + October 12, + 1883, 50 204 38 184 21 113 = 109 501 + +and on May 29, at one of the meetings of the same society, he made: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 52 198 41 209 24 114 = 117 521 + +Again, in private practice, he made on April 11, 1884: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 38 174 43 215 23 123 = 104 512 + +On September 23, 1886, _Mr. F. L. Govett_ (Royal Toxophilite Society) +scored in private practice: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 47 227 40 176 24 130 = 111 533 + +_Mr. F. Townsend's_ (Woodman of Arden) best York Round score appears to +be as follows: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 49 237 33 177 22 102 = 104 516 + +made on December 27, 1862. + +He seldom practised the York Round, and never allowed his archery +practice to interfere with his other numerous avocations. + +_Mr. W. Spottiswoode_, P.R.S. (Royal Toxophilite Society), has another +good score on the Society's books: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 50 194 38 194 22 124 = 110 512 + +made on May 30, 1867. + +_Captain A. P. Moore_, who made the highest score in 1849, at Derby, +when Mr. H. A. Ford was first champion, reports that his best score in a +single York Round was in private practice: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 65 309 44 230 24 152 = 133 691 + +and that he has made 316 score with 56 hits and 304 score with 64 hits +in the 72 arrows at 100 yards. + +His best performance at 80 yards was 254 score with 44 hits in the 48 +shots, and at 60 yards his best score was 164 with the 24 hits. His best +double York Round was 1288 with 252 hits, mentioned by Mr. H. A. Ford. +In the month of March 1852 he shot 14 rounds, and their average was 557 +score with 115 hits. + +Two very good records of _Mr. Charles Garnett's_ (Royal Toxophilite +Society) shooting at 100 yards are: + + Hits Score Hits Score + 58 288 and 61 269 + +72 arrows being shot on each occasion. + +He says: 'I shot a distance of 304 yards on a calm day with an 85-lb. +bow and four-and-ninepenny 28-inch arrow. I could not get a flight-arrow +to stand the bow, or I should probably have shot further, as the +four-and-ninepenny arrow was one of the old pattern and heavily +feathered.' + +_Captain C. H. Garnett's_ (John o' Gaunt Bowmen) best score in the York +Round amounted to 522, but he has been unable to find a record of the +details. The following is another good score made by him on November 17, +1873: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 48 202 34 182 23 127 = 105 511 + +In October of the same year, in 72 arrows at 100 yards he made 48 hits +220 score, and made 3 golds in one end. + +He reports that his father, Mr. H. Garnett, shooting with the John o' +Gaunt Bowmen on one occasion, scored 500 in the York Round. + +Another John o' Gaunt Bowman, _Mr. B. P. Gregson_, has scored as much as +497 in the York Round. + +A good St. George's Round (of 36 arrows at each distance) made by _Mr. +Marr_ is: + + 100 Yards 80 Yards 60 Yards TOTALS + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 24 114 32 118 35 181 = 101 413 + +another by _Mr. Heath_: + + 100 Yards 80 Yards 60 Yards TOTALS + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 25 89 31 139 35 203 = 91 431 + +A good St. George's Round made by _Mr. E. Maitland_ (Champion in 1848, +Royal Toxophilite Society) is: + + 100 Yards 80 Yards 60 Yards TOTALS + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 25 97 34 190 36 196 = 95 483 + +and he says: 'I tried hard to catch up Mr. H. A. Ford on my return to +England from Australia in 1858, but had scarcely got within 25 per cent. +of his scores when I broke down from overwork--bows too strong, and +practice too unremitting. He said if I did not beat him, there was no +one else in the field to do it. I don't think I ever should, because I +had not his indomitable steadiness and threw away many a shot on a +chance: for I was a rapid shooter. I never dwelt on the aim as he did.' + +_Mr. T. L. Coulson_ (Royal Toxophilite Society) recorded his first score +of 500 on the single York Round on May 1, 1861, on November 18, 1862: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + -- 228 -- 207 -- 130 = 105 565 + +and on October 21, 1865: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 56 224 44 198 24 136 = 124 558 + +On January 13, 1869, he made 3 golds in one end at 100 yards. + +_Mr. J. A. Froude_ (Royal Toxophilite Society) says: 'I did once make [a +score of] over 500 [in the single York Round] in a private match; but +only once, and the record of it has long vanished. Richardson and +Spedding were both shooting on that occasion, and I, for a miracle, in +that single instance beat Richardson.' This probably happened about +1860. + +It is generally believed that the private practice of _Mr. G. Edwards_ +(Champion in 1860-1-2-4-6) was far beyond his public shooting. He has +been heard to say that, though Mr. Ford had been able to land only 71 of +the 72 arrows shot at 100 yards in the target (missing his 59th arrow), +he (Mr. G. E.) had put all his 72 arrows into the target at the same +distance. There is no reason to disbelieve his positive statement that +on one occasion, shooting 24 arrows at 60 yards, he put every one of +them in the red circle. + +'Some of the scores made by _Mr. Edward Mason_ in private practice were +very large, and it is to be regretted that no actual details can be +given. It is well known, however, that on several occasions he made a +score of over 1000 on the double York Round, and were the figures +available they could not fail to be of wide interest' ('Archers' +Register,' 1882-3). + +_Mr. Peter Muir_ (Champion 1845-7 and 1863) was a most successful shot +at all distances, short as well as long, but probably seldom, if ever, +practised the York Round. Mr. H. A. Ford gives as his best score the +following, made at the distance of from 20 to 30 yards, 2 shots, 2 +hits--a hawk and a crow (fact). + +_Mr. E. Meyrick_ says: 'It is true that I have seen _Escott_ hurl his +eight-shilling arrows from a bow of 80 lbs. and ten-shilling arrows from +a 100-lb. bow, but then he could not do much hitting. I should think +something authentic must exist of my old friend _Marsh's_ long shot of +360 yards up and down. He would hit half his arrows at 100 yards very +often,' as may be seen from the extracts given from his actual scores. + +A point of interest in _Mr. W. Butt's_ (Royal Toxophilite Society) +shooting is, that he shot with both hands, though only on one occasion +did he shoot two rounds on the same day, one with each hand. This was at +a West Berks meeting at Coombe Wood, Surrey (Sir W. Baynes), as follows: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 34 134 28 122 21 105 = 83 361 Right-handed + 16 68 23 77 21 95 = 60 240 Left-handed + +His best right-handed shooting was as follows: + + 80 Yards 60 Yards + Hits Score Hits Score + 43 215 24 158 + +shot on October 3, 1863; and on October 9, 1863, in 110 arrows at 60 +yards: + + Hits Score G. R. B. Bk. W. + 110 640 19 32 39 15 5 + +On February 8, 1864, in a York Round: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 48 216 42 172 23 113 = 113 501 + +and on March 12, 1864, at 80 yards 41 hits 207 score in the 48 arrows. + +Shooting left-handed, his best scores in the books of the Royal +Toxophilite Society are 47 hits 201 score, in 72 arrows at 100 yards, on +the first half of the shooting on the Crunden Day on April 18, 1867; and +on May 30 in the same year in the York Round: + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 44 206 36 154 24 138 = 104 498 + +and on October 5, 1876, at 60 yards, 24 hits with 160 score--'record' +for 60 yards shooting in the York Round at the meetings of the Royal +Toxophilite Society. + +_Mr. Macnamara_ made good scores at the public meetings, but it is +believed that his shooting in private practice was of infinitely higher +quality. He took to shooting left-handed afterwards, but without much +success in public. + +_Mr. G. L. Aston_ also has been at different periods a successful shot, +both right-handed and left-handed, at the public meetings. + +About thirty years ago _Mr. Aubrey Patton_ shot so well that Mr. H. A. +Ford took the trouble to explain in the pages of the _Field_ that he had +not yet been beaten by him; but Mr. Patton's regimental duties took him +out of reach of more archery practice. + +_Mr. E. Sharpe_ (John o' Gaunt Bowmen) made + + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 48 240 36 164 22 112 = 106 516 + +in private practice October 2, 1886. + +No attempt has yet been made to collect the records of the many +excellent scores that have been made by numerous ladies in club matches, +or in private practice; but it is believed that, owing to the ladies' +shooting at the public meetings being more like their club and private +practice, in that it occupies an afternoon only, and is not spun out all +over the day, as is the case with the gentlemen, the ladies' public +shooting more fairly represents the best they can do; yet many ladies +have scored over 400 in the half of the National Round who have not yet +approached the 800 which both Mrs. and Miss Legh have shown to be +attainable at a public meeting in the National Round. A few samples of +their accuracy of aim can however be here given as specimens of what +might be contributed to another edition of this book. + +Mrs. Butt, shooting in private practice in the Jephson Gardens, at +Leamington, on June 10, 1870, made + + 60 Yards 50 Yards TOTALS + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 48 280 24 168 = 72 448 + +and, in the course of this score at 50 yards, made 6 consecutive golds +in one double end. + +Miss Ripley (now Mrs. Bradford), shooting at a Prize Meeting of the +Torbay Archers, on August 5, 1871, is reported to have scored + + 60 Yards 50 Yards TOTALS + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 46 292 24 170 = 70 462 + +Mrs. Piers F. Legh, shooting at home on September 9, 1881, scored + + 60 Yards 50 Yards TOTALS + Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score + 48 316 24 162 = 72 478 + +Doubtless many other archers have already made noteworthy scores in the +course of their private practice. These scores and the many others +hereafter to be made, as much as possible better than any herein given, +the editor (with Mr. H. A. Ford's adieu of 'Farewell and shoot well') +will gladly record in the fourth edition. + + + PRINTED BY + SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE + LONDON + + + * * * * * + + +Transcriber's Notes: + +Punctuation and spelling standardized when a predominant +preference was found in this book; otherwise unchanged. Simple +typographical errors remedied; most retained. + +Captions of some adjacent illustrations have been combined to +preserve the continuity of the original book. + +Illustrations have been moved to be adjacent to paragraphs +that reference them. + +Footnotes for scoring tables appear immediately below those tables. + +Page 111: in the phrase "vision he will be able to do", 'he' was +printed as 'be'. + + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Theory and Practice of Archery, by +Horace Ford and W. 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