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diff --git a/41643.txt b/41643.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 107cf25..0000000 --- a/41643.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,12326 +0,0 @@ -The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Theory and Practice of Archery, by -Horace Ford and W. Butt - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with -almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: The Theory and Practice of Archery - -Author: Horace Ford - W. Butt - -Release Date: December 17, 2012 [EBook #41643] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ASCII - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF ARCHERY *** - - - - -Produced by Chris Curnow, Charlie Howard, and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive) - - - - - - - - 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 versa_. 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 Liege, 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 minutiae 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 deg. to 60 deg. 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 deg.)--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 -'Archaeologia.' 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 -retinae of the point to which the entire attention of both eyes is -directed. But at the same time there are images formed on the retinae, 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 retinae -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 | - | (_nee_ 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 | - | (_nee_ 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 _debuts_ 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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