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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[February 13, 1880. 



of it as possessing attractions that call together ladies ami gentle- 

 men of a high order of Intelligence. It is distinctive m»i exclu- 

 sive in its domiiniis upon reoroatiye ambition, and it Is the duly of 

 this meeting to so order its deliberations and enactments, as to 

 preserve and perpetuate the high character of the pastime which 

 it is convenes to regulate and honor. 



The report of the inaugural proceedings at Crawfordsville 1 

 now beg to read. * * * * The Constitution of .the Association 

 having been carefully prepared and reviewed by the Committee 

 appointed, it was handed over to the Secretary, who ordered two 

 hundred Copies printed and mailed to the different archery clubs 

 in the States, and, in the few months preceding the grand inau- 

 gural meeting, the .Association added to its membership eightso- 

 bfefles, ami on August 1st the roll-call of members was as fol- 

 lows !— 



Wabash Merry Bowmen, CrawfordsviU, Ind. 



Ivokomo Archers, Kokomn, Ind. 



Des Moines Toxophilites, Dos Moines, Iowa. 



Highland Park Archers, Highland Park, 111. 



Chicago Archery Association, Chicago, " 



North Side Archery Club, " " 



Batavia Archery, Batavia, 



Buffalo Toxophilites, Buffalo, N. V. 



Brdoldyn Archery Club, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Bobin Hood Archery Club, DePere, Wi3. 



Arden Archers, Marietta, Ohio. 



Toledo Archery Club. Toledo, Ohio. 

 n1 Bowmen, Charlotte, Mich. 



Hastings Archery Club, Hastings, Mich. 



Commodus Archers, Lawrence, Kans. 



This list shows that the 

 Cuited States, in its first 

 ship lr 



Nfttii 



;■] Aivht 



claUi 



a tin. 



rishh 



of the 

 •mber- 

 which 



to the 



lion to centralize and form laws for the gen- 

 eral government of archery societies, it also provided and en- 

 enacted that there should be held each year a grand annual meet- 

 ing of its members for competitive shooting for Association and 

 private prizes, as per Article 8th of the Constitution. The first 

 meeting was appointed to take place in Chicago, and continue 

 through the three days, from August 13th to 11th, inclusive. The 

 members ol the Committee delegated to prepare a programme 

 and order the arrangement of prizes, worked faithfully, patiently, 

 and conscientiously at the very difficult task assigned them, and 

 they congratulated themselves upon its completion, that they 

 had molded well their work : yet, at the conclusion of the grand 

 meeting, this Programme Committee discovered that it had made 

 , , i mistakes, which, in view of its having had no anteoe- 



-;,,, ■- | i, ii to build upon, was generously condoned by the 

 1 1 1 ., , public. That the first grand annual meeting was a great 



, u ... (hi those elements of geniality, harmony, and interest, 



Which constitute genuine success), lias been admitted by all those 



cipated in, its festivities, 

 couragingly large for a 



The Championess and 

 ve scores of 541 and 634. 



to pay every cash prize and every claim in full. Thus the integ- 

 rity and pood faith of the Association In this, its first year of life, 

 has been sacredly preserved : and I cougratulateyou, gentlemen, 

 upon the stability with which your Association enters upon its 

 second year of existence, and by united perseverence and fidelity 

 on your part, it shall become national in character and interest, 

 as it Is now in name. Hesrt C. CAHVBTt. 



PRIVATE PRACTICE CLUB. 



A FTER the adjournment of the business 

 -£*- tional Archery Association, which was 

 the 28th day of January. Hie archers there OH 

 formed and adopted the constitution and rult 

 tiee Club. The vast advantages of such a socii 

 heirs and the mass Of archers in general can 

 lystem. 'Every 



the shooter 



age 





diffcrc 

 lisheel their best I 

 id K0 with t 

 pear attached to 

 by the same archi 

 should be. It is 

 printed, but the it 



Every 



close 



neetlng of the Na- 



heldat Chi 



cm bled as delegates 

 •s Of a Private Prao- 

 •ty to both the mem- 

 be seen at a glance, 

 arrow shot will be 

 know that his aver* 

 roher will see in the 

 msm-eof the Bill] oj 

 ill archers onlypub- 



sof a 



fty t 



iepti, 



;y-fivc put 



This 



sit 



the tot 



ml Nat 



who hopes to 



.mil Ass 



blob should be 

 Practice Club will 

 utrylhan any other organization 

 iclation, and will do much fit make 

 1 m'iii a success. Every archer in I he 

 attain to a high position in archery should 

 f to the Private Practice Club. The olub 

 elected th.i following officers:— 

 Preslileift— E. T. Church, Charlotte, Mich. 



Vice-Preside] 



should apply t 

 the President 



EST AND STBK 



ih B e 



—Edwin B. Chester, Lawrence, Kansas. 

 Vreaswer— Will H. Thompson, Crawfordsville, Ind- 

 in of practice will be a short one, running only 

 U meeting at Buffalo on the second Tuesday in 

 cfore all archers who desire to become members 

 the Secretary at once. The Secretary will send to 

 f every society known to him a copy of the FoR- 

 M containing the constitution and rules, and begs 

 receiving papers to call the attention of members 



of 1 



iriy 



pplio 



Whs witnessed, and thearchers who 

 The attendance of archers was mo 

 lirsl meeting— twenty ladies and lift; 

 for the many and valuable prizes off 



i Medals were won with rei 



Dot us compare our champion's score at this first national meeting, 

 ,i i n-suli- t the first five-years of the English grand national 

 meetings. Their init ial gathering of archers was held at York in 

 1S14, with no lady, and sixty-five gentlemen competitors, the 

 Champion .Medal having been won with a score equal to 112. 

 Their second meeting (1846) at York: Competitors— 11 ladies; 110 

 gentlemen; highest score, 537. Third meeting (1846), also held at 

 , : gentlemen competitors; no ladies; champion's score, 

 519. Fourth meeting (1847), at Derby: fi ladies; 58 gentlemen; 

 medal won by veteran Peter Muir, of Edinburgh, with a score of 

 ; ,:a. Yi i Ml meeting (1848), at Derby: 5 ladies; W gentlemen; 

 champion's sere. 5S1. Thus, through a period of five years, the 

 mplon'8 score, on the Double York Bound, but once 

 , : st score made at our first meeting, and that 



by but seven points only, while the gross hits of our champion 

 Mr. Mims' 153 ; while not until the eighth year of its m- 

 . .hi ..mil organization, could the English Grand Na- 

 tional boast, of so great, a number of lady contestants as Our 

 record shows for its opeuiug event. Hence, if comparisons can 

 i norpase and strengthen hope and zeal, we may assuredly feel en- 

 ergized and eucouraged in our goo a work. 



In preparing for the inaugural meeting the detail of work was 

 varied and complicated, and your Executive Board in reviewing 

 the event, would suggest to the newly-elected committee that 

 much confusion and unnecessary labor and delay may be 

 avoided by care in the arrangement: of *n improved system of 

 6O0ring. Tour Committee plead guilty to having under-esti- 

 mated the importance of this very important, feature in pre- 

 ,,.,.. for the meiting of August last, and so loosely kept and 

 confused were the score sheets, that it required many days ol 

 hard work to straighten and confirm them. The light ol last. 

 year's experience will be valuable to us in preparing for the 

 second C. rami Molding, and let us take due counsel from its les- 

 sons, that we may have a perfect programme this year, justly and 

 wisclv distributing prizes, a perfect order of shooting, with no 

 hitches or discords; a perfect plan of scoring, that shall show 

 oorreot aggrogato scores at the completion of each dozen arrows. 

 Let ushnvc harmony, enthusiasm and perpetual good cheer all 

 through 



of their societies to the imp 

 for admission to the club. The English archers two years ago 

 formed such a private practice club, and I he archery edilorof the 

 London FirJd declares that thearchers of Great Britain owe more 

 to it. than any other organization for the rapid advancement made 

 by the mass of British archers in the past two years. b\y the 

 classing of archers the advantage of the expert over the beginner 

 is curtailed and an opportunity given to all to gain a. prize. Even 

 in the classes the prizes aie so arranged as to make uncertain the 

 success of those scoring highest. For instance,- in each class the 

 archer who averages best at the whole York Round's shot will get 

 first prize. The same archer may also average bet 



making the hi; 

 not average w 

 as to the three 



i bai 



r pn* 



The 



ml prize. 



Re 



should plat 

 try, after i 



■If ■ 



class 



..Hi In. 



thought willii 



In i 



My 



.nborty ing a 



.ills. 



ail Grand Annual. A little oa 

 his, and it will be a pleasant m. 

 submitting io you my report 



and fore- 

 ory to 

 Correspond- 



lstances the 



lints ft 



llliutii 



ate; in 



el chn 



paired 



iation. 



S $150. 



n England, 



>s, $105.10; total. 8153.04 



iys incumbent upon the Ex- 



.r the lirst grand 



sary to raise a contingent 



. |.. use might be equitably 



■ drafted and circulated. and 



te amount of £-5,700. At the 



statement of receipts and 



Disburse! 



SM7.91 : stationer'., 

 ttiyiewoi the >•-■ 

 ccutive Committee 

 annual uiectiuu', it 

 fund, in Ol 

 shared. Adocumc 

 subscriptions recti' 

 ion of the I 

 expenditures Incurred was prepari*. uy «r/wa, uuun^,.^ 



mined to eafl Slowing the gross receipts to have 



been $1,1 01 ■'"" - ' " ' *W' 7i ' leaving a deficit of 



,,., ., lining an assessment of thirty-elghf percent. 



upon eneh guarantor's subscription inordet to pay all debts and 



i . Ever> guarantor cheerfully and promptly honored 



i. ml, with the single exception of tbeKukouio Archers, 



w ,.ni,adsubscril,edesOOtoll,efund. Tins club, as a body, re- 



, , ■ , , ■ , ,,ir pledge, which they should have held sacred. 



. ,i . their defalcation, however, waa paid into the 



byiouf individual members of. other clubs, enabling me 



i consultaf 



ggest that the, classi'tieation shouli 

 about thus:— Each archer who feels that he is reliable 



for an average score of sixty points with l,, m ,. 



arrows at sixty yards should attach himself to the Class I. 

 Those averaging loss than sixty and more than fifty points, 

 Class II. Less than fifty and more than forty points. Class 111. 

 Less than forty points, Class IV. Of course no class can be com- 

 posed only of archers of exactly the same degree of skill, only 

 approximately so. Some may imagine that all the grading is put 

 low, but the most, careful examination of records will show thai 

 an average in both public and private shooting of sixty points 

 with twenty-fourarrows at sixty yards is good work for an archer 

 of two years' experience, and any archer who can make such an 

 average should uuhesitai ingly enter t he first class. At the aunual 

 meeting in July the classification will, without doubt, tie rear- 

 ranged in accordance with the priH ed skill of the members. The 

 members should at ..nee, upon joining the club, begin a careful 

 detad record of their shooting at the ranges of the York Round, 

 and the Secretary will furnish blanks upon which the scores may 

 be reported to him. 



By the constitution and rules a member may practice at ranges 

 of fifty yards and under, and at ranges of 120 yards and over, at. 

 . ili asure; but each and every arrow shot al any of the ranges 

 of the York Round must, be reported, so that the club will know 

 ..skill of each member. The monthly reports 

 of the Secretary will appear In the Forest a»d Stiiham about 

 the 10th of each mouth, giving the details of the shooting of each 

 member for the past month, and will be watched for anxiously 

 by all earnest archers. The Object of forbidding any shooting at 

 any ranges longerthan fifty yards and shorter than 150 yards was 

 to prevent h member practising at such approximate distances a 

 would give Mm an undue. advantage; say at sixty-one yards, 

 seventy-nine yards, and ninety-nine yards. The perfect fairness 

 Of the plan commends itself to all fair-minded persons. Hurry 

 in the names. Lot us have two hundred members by March 1st. 

 Already a large number of leading archers have joined. The first 

 monthly report of the Secretary for the half of February, begin- 

 ,i .■_ ■ .. Be 15th inst., will appear in the FOBEST. AKP Stkkam on 

 the llth day ot March, and although the membership will neces- 

 sarily be small at. that time and the scores few, because of the 

 •wintry weather, a start will be made. TYiXL H. THOMPSON, 

 Secretary Private Practice Club. 



CI I NSTITCTION ASD RULES LIE THE Mill ATE PRAOITCE CLUB. 

 I. Tlds Society shall be called the Private Practice Club. 

 n. Ii shall i.e the object of this Society to encourage the sys- 

 tematic practice of the pastime of archery at the ranges of the 

 York Round and by every effort to promote the skill of each 

 member. 



f this Society shall consist of such geutle- 



VI. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to keep a record of all 

 the doings of the Club in n book by liim kepi and te receive and 

 duly account for all moneys and properly of the Club. Heshnll 

 detail record of the scores made by each member, and re- 

 ported to htm. showing in said record the class to which each 

 •tuber belongs, the date of each score shot, and i ho hits and 

 value of each score at each range. He shall at the end of every. 

 detnil report of the doings of the Club, and 

 forward the same to the organ ot the Club for publication. At 

 annual meet Ing ol the Club he shall present a complete re- 

 jf the doings of the Club for the preceding year, showing 

 -hole number of York Rounds, and parts Of Hounds, shot by 

 each member, the average aoore, the average bus. and the high- 

 est single round, and the average score at each range made by 

 each member of the Club ; and upon said report the prizes shall 

 be awarded and paid by the President, by an order drawn by him 

 on the Secretary. 



YII. The Club shall hold one annual business meeting at the 

 same date and place of the annual business meeting of the Na- 

 tional Archery Association, to receive the report of the Secretary 

 and the prize awards of the President, and to transact such other 

 business as shall come before the Club, and shall at such meeting 

 elect officers for the ensuing year. 



VIII. The mombors of the Club shall be divided into four 

 classes, to be known as Class 1. Class 2, Class :;, ami Class 4, and the 

 Club shall offer five ,. -ash prizes ,, each class, i follow: Thi 

 whole amount of the initiation fees received from each class Bhi II 

 be divided into five prizes, the first l" : ".'■ -eight pet- 



cent., the second em-.- twenty torn pei ■ at., the third prize 

 twenty per cent., the fourth prize Sixteen per cent, and the fifth 

 prize twelve per ecnt. of (tie whole sum. the prizes shall be 

 awarded as follows : — 



To the member making the highest aveiago in his class at the 



Single York Round.. first Prize. 



To the member making the highest individual score in his 



clasp at the single York Round .Second Prize. 



To the member making the highest average score at the PHI 



ardsrange Third Prize. 



To the member making the highest average score at the 80 



yards range. Fourth Prize. 



To the member making the highest a inage scon 



yards range Fifth Prize. 



Provider], that no membur shall be awarded more than one 

 prize. 



IX. The practice of the members shall consist of the York 

 Round (or some one or more of the ranges thereof:, which may be 

 shot through upon any day, except Sunday, and, at any place, or 



an, ,,ii . a in. i I la.-smay be shot upon one day, and the 



remainder upon the next: oran.vsiibscquent day, and at tl a " 

 or any other place. Provided, that no trial shots or any inter- 

 mediate practice at any Of the ranges of the York Round, or at. 

 any range longer than SO yards, and shorter than 120 yards, shall 

 be allowed. 



X. Since it is not. practicable bar private practice so ... ■ ■ . 

 waysat.tcsicd by a witness, ii Is permitted each member, upon his 



mil honor, Io report, tolhe Secretary his own scores, 



and any member who shall be found to have made a false roport 

 shall be expelled from the Club, shall lose all place in the score 

 lists, and the Secretary shall cause a report of such act to be pub- 

 lished in the organ of the Club. 



XL On the first day of each month the shooter shall forward to 

 the Secretary a detailed report of every score shut, by him at any 

 of the ranges of the York Round, giving the date and placi Ben 

 each score was shot, and the hits and score at each range, and the 

 Sccr.-iary shall record tie Bam OhiB credit. Tim shooter is not 

 required to shoot all the ranges of the York Round, but may 

 shoot only the range or ranges ho may desire, ami his scores at 

 such range or ranges shall be counted, and considered in the 

 ■d of p 



shoot the York Hound, and shall a 

 one or more of the ranges, lie - a 

 awarding prizes for said range or i 



arrow shot at any of said r 

 reported, whether shot in print 



meeti ng. 



XII. In awarding prizes, it tie in 

 and in case of a lie in both bltl 

 prize shall be equally divided betw 



XIU. In addition to the prizes of 

 making three golds at an end at 

 Round, at the grand annual meet it 



a, shall 



present or not, the sui 



XIV. Any special pr 



Club shall be awarded 



regardless of the resu 



the Club. 



i f rr 



of tw 



And il o member shall 



teess of scores at 



.;H be considered in 



But each and every 



iae oi place must be duly 



a match, or at n public 



shall be decided by hits, 



score, the amount of the 



ic members so tied. 



the Club, any member 



ranges of the York 



atlonal Archery As- 



f the Club, whether 



icmbers or patrons of the 



by the donors, 



titlon for the cash prizes 



.a ii 



in. The n 



shall a 



aid s 



theUnilei 



of An 



.. members, indicating in sail letter the class to 



which each desires to lie attached, and paving to saa 

 .,,, .,.. ...- ■. Ceeol a e dollar. 



IV. The officers of the Private Practice Club shall be ft Presi- 

 dent. a Vice-President, and n Secretary, who shall be ex u(»cto 

 Treasurer. 



V. It shall be the duty of the President (and in his absence, of 

 the Vice-Presidenti to preside at the meetings of the Club, to 

 call special meetings at such times and places as shall be neees- 



Bary, to present to the members entitled Sherd I - 



awarded to them, and Io perform such other duties as usually de- 

 volve upon the executive officer of a society. 



§xclifinti[ ami Routing. 



YACHTING NEWS. 



DEStGNIKC 1'Ai [ITS. We ..all attention 10 the card Of Mr. A. 

 Cary Smith, to be found in another column. Mr. Smith has de- 

 signed so many successful yachts Unit any praise of his work here 



.. perfiuous. lie has achieved In the Intrepid 1 



rare as remarkable- a perfect combination of seagoing and cruis- 

 ing qualities ol the highest degree, with racing capabilities of no 

 mean order. As a matter of record the schoonoi Fn > ,,,. i , ,,.- 



to-day the most successful combination of all di 



bo found in America. 



Town Cues. -Says the Boston Herald, very truly --"It is sug- 

 gested by man ■■< id 00 tl] rowipi .ml yachting 



that the city should be more liberal with the pleasure sailors next 

 Fourth of July than heretofore; that prizes sufficiently , tlfl , la- 

 te attract the best yachts to the country be offered, and that a 

 sailing regalia grander in proportions than any .let, witnessed in 

 these waters bo arranged. Whatever is worth doing at all is 

 worth doing well, and if the yachtsmen will only make half an 

 effort, and not let the arrangements for the Fourth ol July lii - 

 gat ta go try default, thes can hme jast such a regatta as is sug- 

 gested. People have tired of se< in the same yachts 

 each other a i 



be the proper thing. Independent Of I , aeituens' 

 grand prize for all yachts could duttbi i I with u lit- 

 tle effort." 



—We wonder if the Cil v Fathers of New Vork will i i 



nautical enough to devote a portion of the m : pris 



lions for the Fourth of . I ul. to a. il Matches Ibr Craft of all 



tonnages, from tie big schooners down to tin 



are both less useful an I i ... ...... .■.. .ling public 



funds in vogue. 



Tjlk Cabin Lock i. lartsi water 



