April 89, 1880.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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how quickly the owner of a lead or bad score finds out that bis 

 friends have noticed his munc too much lately in the papers, 

 It will he advisable to have the bogus one Inserted; and the 

 honest shooter, who, with his proper name, may have been beaten 

 lathe previous records, finds out that now it is his turn, he only 

 Wins over some false names. This method had advanced to 

 high state of perfection last year, when, to the credit of the Mas- 

 sachusetts Rifle Association, they took the bull by the horns and 

 made it a law that whatever name a person eutered a mi 

 with should be upheld through the same. Although this law has 

 been broken a few times since its adoption, it has been the tot 

 of doing away with much of the previous injustice. The only 

 alternative now to escape detection, is not to finish a single s( 

 throughout the day, which, before the last shot on the sco 

 llred, does not give evidence of being a good one. The Itaym 

 Sportsmen's Club snub this plan, by the publication of the best 

 withdrawn score, which is doing Justice to all the shooters. The 

 two following rules are in the Interests of all riflemen and glass- 

 ball shooters :— 



1. The name under which a competitor enters must be con- 

 tinued through the match. 



3. In the event of unfinished score or scores, the best be re- 

 ported. 



The adoption of these rules by the Raymond Club has reduced 

 the bogus-name business to the narrowest limits. 



D. Kerkwood. 

 » 



OmarN of the Term " Bull's-Eye."— The New Tork World, 

 In ita Notes and Queries of April 18th, asks: "What was the first 

 form of the center of a target, and why was it. called a bull's- 

 eye ? " " Bibota " responds : Authorities differ on this point. The 

 other writers say that tho target was originally a small shield. 

 Congrevesays it was squire, while Worcester says it was large 

 and round. One thing is certain, its use as a word in the sens 

 being anything but a shield is of very modern date. The word 

 "bull's-eye is equally modern. After a considerable comparison 

 of authorities I have arrived at the following conclusion : That a 

 target was so called from its resem'olaneo to a shield ; that the 

 term " bull's-eye " was first applied in naval gunnery. It was 

 ready a naval term, being used as a name for a thick piece of 

 glass inserted in the deck to give light, and which was generally 

 of an oval form. The center of tho target, as commonly used, 

 being of the same size aud shape, the same name was given to it. 



" Uncle Toby " asserts : The Tartars, famous for their use of 

 the bow, teach their youth to shoot at a mark made of hide, 

 pierced in the middle. This is probably the oldest form of target. 

 Such were in very early use among the Saxons, and afterward 

 those painted with rings and a white spot. From the Saxons we 

 have 1 he term "bull's-eye, the word "bull" or "boll "being ap- 

 plied to anything circular. In Scott's description of the archery 

 contest (" Ivanhoe," chap, xiii,) the target is described as marked 

 with rings and naving a white spot in the center. 



" Delta " Is another one who has worked out a response as fol- 

 lows : The old name for the center of the target was the " clout," 

 and It was always painted white. The piece of wood which held 

 it on was called the "pin," and marked the exact center. The 

 " clout " is supposed to have been so called from a piece of cloth 

 having been at first used to mark the center of the target, 

 * clout " being the old name for patch or rag. Target was for- 

 merly the name for shield, and it is probable that a shield used 

 at first to be set up for a mark. Shakespeare speaks of " hitting 

 the clout" m "Loves .Labor Lost" and in " King Lear," and we 

 have still the expression " to hit the white." The central mark 

 of tho target was probably always round or oval inforai.and 

 thus the name of bull's-eye was given to it, as it is applied for the 

 same reason to many other things, among others, to the round, 

 old-fa6hioued watches worn by our grandparents, to the round 

 windows put in tho roof for ventilation (hence the name " oail 

 de bosuf " given to the ante-chamber at Versailles), and to the 

 old-fashioned plate-glass from the round knob left in the middle 

 by tho end of the pipe through which it was blown. 



A Creedmoorite puts the following explanation upon it: 

 Everybody knows that, sometime B. C, George Wood invented 

 the target now known as "The Tramp" target. It .differed, in 

 those days, from the one now in use, in having a mammoth 

 poster of a hull, and his eye was the central point (metaphorically 

 speaking) aimed at. No charge for information. H. 



Michigan Archery Tournament.— The first annual meeting 

 of the Michigan Archery Association will be held at the Recrea- 

 tion Park in Detroit, June 33d and 31th next. Medals will be con- 

 testedfor at the Double Columbia and Single York rounds. Han- 

 dicaps : Ladies, 30 yards ; gentlemen, 40 yards. Team shooting at 

 the Columbia and American rounds. _ Matches not confined to 

 archers in the State, but open to all, will be shot at the English 

 and Tork rounds. From pledges already made the committee 

 feel safe in saying that prizes to the amount of over $1,000 will be 

 offered. Constitution aud rules furnished on application to Dr 

 W. H. Durance, Jackson. 



The suocess of the meeting is a matter of interest to every per- 

 son interested in this elegant and invigorating pastime, and clubs 

 intending to participate in the tournament should lose no time in 

 joining the State Association. More than one hundred prizes will 

 be offered, and it has been tho aim of the oommitiee to arrange, 

 that they may be evenly distributed, and not all carried off by a 

 few superior bowmen. 



The professional element will, as it has In all other American 

 sports, detract from the amusement as a pastime, and should not 

 be encouraged. No archer need fear to compete, for all Michi- 

 gan clubs are young, only two of them having ever taken partin 

 a tournament. Persons wishing to perfect their shooting will 

 find this meeting a e-ood place to get points. Assurances have 

 been received that Will H. Thompson and other prominent arch- 

 ers will attend. The committee are desirous of putting pro- 

 gramme and other matters of interest into the hands of every 

 club in the State, and to that end earnestly urge clubs not be- 

 longing to the Association to furnish the names and location at 

 once whether they intend to join the State Association or not. 

 Address B. T. Church, 



Chairman Executive Committee M. A. A., Charlotte, Mich. 



Short Ranqe Practice.— Galesbura, April Uh— Editor Forest 

 and" Stream :— The communication from " L. W„" gl ving the effect 

 of short-range practice upon long-range shooting, has led me to 

 think that to some of your readers my experience of the effect of 

 long-range practice upon short-range shooting would not be alto- 

 gether uninteresting. 



All my practice the past winter hss been out of doors, and, until 

 Feb.2Ist, at the Tork Round. Then, owing to the dilapidated 

 oonditlon of my arrows, I shot the American Round several 

 times. My last record in 1819 at this round was 78-858, my beat 

 73-368. My fust in February was 83-411, my bcst85-445. 



Last Saturday I would not shoot at the long ranges, as a friend 



bad carried off my finger-tips; so I shot r) la mode rfir Ni 

 i. e., 90 arrows at 30 yards. My fingers Burned before I bad tfnlahi d 

 my score, but I persevered. My record is 80-618 ; first 30, 203 ; sec 

 ond30, 208; third 80, 30«. A moderate wind was blowing across tin 

 course. By the way, I find that the wind annoys me most by its 

 effect not Upon the arrow after it has been loosed, but upon my 

 bow-arm before loosing. 



1 should like to ask tho experts a question. Is a good bow for 

 the long range sure to be a good one for the short? My 

 shooting at the long range is relatively better than at the short, 

 and I am inclined to explain it by the construction of my bow 

 The lower arm is much stiller than the upper, and it is to this 1 

 attributed— though I am quite likely to be ail wrong— the neces- 

 sity of aiming below tho gold at 30 yards. There is a very percep- 

 tible rise of the arrow as it leaves my bow. This I do not notice 

 atthelongerranges. Of course it occurs, but I think It escapes 

 my notice in the necessary elevation. 



My best. 30 arrows at 30 yards scored 208 ; at 40 yards, 182 ; at. 50 

 yards, 148; at (10 yards, 117; at 80 yards, 100 ; at 100 yards, 78. 

 should very much like to know whether I had better have the 

 lower arm of my bow weakened a trifle. The bow is a strong one 

 every way— 54 pounds honest measure. 



I am aching to write something further upon the plan of cor 

 reetions to neutralize partially the element of chance at tin 

 longer ranges, which I proposed in a former communication, but 

 courage fails me. When the present storm, which found vent in 

 "T. A. L.'s" admonitions, has blown over, perhaps I shall ven- 

 ure it. T. R. W. 

 * 



Oritani Archers.— First mooting in 1S80, April 22d ; 30 arrows 

 each distance :— 



40 Tante. 

 (180 

 Col. F. Brandreth.. . j 173 



O. 0. Moore 



Robert Lawrence... 

 W. Holberton 



147 



(115 



258 



New Tork Archery Club.— The New Tork Arehory Club will 

 begin practice on its grounds in Central Park May 1st, aud, we un- 

 derstand, will be in a condition 'o receive an increase of mem- 

 bership. The Secretary, Mr. James W. Auten, Jr., was appointed 

 a delegate to the meeting of the Eastern Archery Association. It 

 is hoped that the next meeting of the Association may be held in 

 this city. 



—The Belleville, Ont. Crioket Club held a meeting on April 9th 

 and resolved to put the old grounds on the bay shore in order 

 again. The prospects for the coming season are unusually good. 



—Philadelphia cricketers have been hard at work for threo 

 weeks past, and the Staten Islanders commenced their practice 

 on Saturday last. 



—A new cricket club has been formed in Brooklyn, and the 

 Brooklyn Park Commissioners have granted tho new organization' 

 which is called the Appleton C. C, permission to play at Prospect 

 Park, and have also kindly promisodto do all they can to advance 

 their interest! in cricket. 



—William Brewster, for many years the excellent professional 

 of tho Staten Island C. C, is desirous of securing an engagement 

 for the season. Communications can be had with him through 

 this office. __ 



AVERAGES FOR 1879. 



TRINITT COLLEGE, OF TORONTO. 



SUMMARY OP MATCHES. 



Out of eight matches played by this University iu 1879, two 

 were won, threo lost and three unfinished— two greatly in favor 

 of Trinity. 



May 17th, at Triui ty I Carlton C.C., of Toronto 44 



College (Trinity lis 



Stark's 25 was the only double figure for Carlton. On the 

 part of the home club, H. J. Campbell played an excellent in- 

 nings of 40, A. F. Campbell getting 21, and R. J. Moore, 21 (not 

 _ -it) by first rate hitting. D. Howard had 5 wickets for 24 runs, 

 Campbell, 4 for 11. 



May 24th, at Trinity I Toronto C. C 41and52 



College (13 a side). I Trinity 115 



Won by an innings and 22 runs. Totlen headed the losers with 

 15 and 17, Swlnyard .'getting 2 and 10, Sproule (4 wickets for 10 

 runs) was their most successful bowler. For the winners, Camp- 

 bell scored 30, A. Campbell, 20, and Moore, 25. D.Howard and 

 Campbell bowled without a change, the former having 11 wickets 

 for 54 runs, the latter 8 for 81. 



On May 39th and succeeding afternoons a practice game was 

 played with Upper Canada College, in which Trinity had the bet- 

 ter by 30 runs, mainly owing to the batting of Campbell, who 

 scored38 and 33 in capital form; J.S.Howard obtained 6 and 16; 

 For Upper Canada College, W. S. Jackson made 1 and 42 (not out). 

 E. R. Ogden, 28 (not out) and 0. 

 May 30th, at; Trinity I St. Catherine's C. C. . . 01 aud 31 for 1 wkts. 



College I Trinity... 178 



Drawn. Merritt was the visitors' best batsman, with 19 and 8 

 W. Merritt getting 1 and 9. For Trinity, Dr. Spragge hit bril- 

 liantly for 72, and Irving carried out his bat for an admirable in- 

 nings of (2; D. Howard took 9 wickets, and Campbell in the un- 

 finished innings bowled 35 balls for 1 run and 1 wicket. 



May 31st, at New- (All North, of Toronto 13 and 01 



market f Trinity 44 and 39 



Lost by 1 run. Logan (4 wickets for 7 runs) aud D. Howard (4 

 for t>) disposed of the North in their first Innings for a remarkably 

 Small total, notwithstanding which defeat eventually overtook 

 thevlsitors. Dudley's 25 was the sole double figure on the win- 

 ning side, Howard (12 and 9) heading the losers, for whom Camp- 

 bell bowled 45 balls for 3 runs aud 2 wickets. Scudding and Ken- 

 nedy divided the wickets for North. 



June 2d, at Whit- I Trinity 32 and 59 



by (Whitby Si aud 8 (no wkts down) 



Lost by 10 wlokets. Garrett's 24 and Laing's 23 were the leading 

 scores of the victors, for whom Malheson, Lalng and Trousdell 

 did all the bowling. Logan was top scorer for Trinity (who 

 played a very weak team) with 1 and 23 (not out) ; he also took 

 wickets for 42 runs, Campbell having 3 for 19. 

 Tiin R 2Rth at Trlnitv ) Trinity College School 



Collet! Xrmlty V (Port Hope) 66 and 87 



uoueffB ) Trinity College 42 and 40 (for 3 wkts) 



Drawn. Allen's brace of 13s and Allan's 19 (not out) in the 

 second essay were the only double figures for Trinity. On the 

 part of the Sohool, Stennett scored 16 and 2 ; Billings, 2 (not out) 

 and 43 ; Wood, 3 and 15 ; Roberts, 12 and ; Jones, 9 and 0. Rob- 



erts and Wood were their mo3t successful bowlers. Crutt.enden , 

 for the College, took 1 wickets for 12 runs. 



June 37th, at Trinity I Trinity 31 nl , r1 30 



College I Hamilton 119 



Lost by an innings and 38 runs. The hero of this match was 

 H. C. Simonds, who scored 68 (not out) in first rate style, Robert- 

 son, 10, the last man, being the only other of the Bide to reach 

 double figures. Ferriehad 13 wickets at acostof 30 runs. Lo em 

 (5 wickets for 59 runs! bowled well for Trinity, for whom Sp agge 

 scored 4 and 18; Irving, 5 and 12; D. Howard, 11 and 0. 



HATTING AVERAGES. 



1. E.W, Spragge 4 5 101 1 



3. H. J. Campbell 7 11 169 4 



3. A. F. Campbell 3 4 44 2 



4. P. .E.Irving 6 8 81 t 



5. C. J. Logan 4 5 37 3 



6. R.J.Moore 9 01 S 



7. A. Allen 5 9 57 1 



8. J. S.Howard 8 13 68 1 



9. G.W.Allan 5 5 20 1 



!'.''. if. if. i-'l ' -i :. Vi 



11. .; |.\ ;/;,i,;uH , , :, (•• r,i 



13. li. M. H . I! ill 



13. W. M. Oruttendeu 3 1 4 



14. W. Farncomb 6 7 3 



* Not out. 



BOWLINu ANALYSIS. 



I 3 § P 



72 30.2 



70 15. 8« 



21 11. 



62* 1 10.12 



S- C 



u 



1. G.W.Allan 1 



2. W. M. Cruttenden.. 2 



3. H.J. Campbell 8 



1;. !;.. :,-.;:!. ,■- : , 



5. D.M.Howard 11 



6. C. J. Logan 7 



7. R.J. Moore 4 



8. W. H. Reade 1 



9. J. S.Howard 7 



10. A.Allen ... 4 



H 



85 2 1 - - 



55 12 4 6 3. 

 378 79 19 18 4.15 



yms ;; 



28 



683 



\'i\n 



74-4 



IH 



374 



if;:: 



44-2 



III 



232 



71 



8-8 







18 



8 



40-3 



10 



208 



74 



31-3 



i 



133 



53 



6 



ST. PAUL'S SCHOOL. 



We are enabled to give below 11 summary of the principal 

 matches played during the term of 1879 at St. Paul's School, Con- 

 cord, N. H., together with the averages of the school eleven. The 

 following averages wore mailed to us in November last In a very. 

 incomplete state. We would remind the Cricket Secretary of the 

 school that at some subsequent period these figures will be looked 

 upon as the records of the school cricket, and that the compil- 

 ation of tho averages should be attended to with care. 

 First Second 



Date. Siiirx. Inni'm.'. tiv,,imis. T'.i.'ni. 



<,„„(. , R (School .48 48 



Sept ' 18 (Upper School 53 - 52 



Uppor School won by 4 runs. 



SeT ,t 17 .(School 53 (7 Wkts) — 53 



6ep '' " ( Upper School 45 - 45 



School won by 8 ruus and 3 wickets to fall. 



a pnt o V (Old Hundred 37 32 69 



Bept '"' 1 Isthmian 68 74 132 



Isthmian won by 63 runs. 



Opts (Old Hundred 37 38 75 



uct ' s Usthuilan 94 94 



Isthmian wou by an Innings and 19 runs. 



Opt 23 (Longwood 112 30 138 



uct " M ISt. Paul's School. 70 51 (7 wkts) 131 



Longwood won by 42 runs. 



BATTING AVERAGES. 



I I 



I 3 



Names. 8 ? 



1. J. Howard.. 1 3 38 



2. S. L. Shober, Jr 3 6 12 



S. Mr. T.J. Drumm (Tutor),... 3 5 61 



4. Mr. .'I.C. Knox 3 6 59 



5. T. S. Blair, Jr 3 4 38 



0. F. S. Conover, Jr 3 6 40 



7. J. T. A. Doolittle 2 3 18 



8. Mr. L. C. Dole 3 4 15 



9. J. M. Garnett ..3 6 18 



10. D. V. Powell 3 6 17 



11. W. S. Brlgham 3 13 



UOWLlNtl AVERAGES. 



W » S 



1. Mr. L. C. Dole 280 84 15 25 



2. Mr.T. J. Drumm (Tutor).... 25 4 2 1 



3. S. L. Shober 4411 90 21 22 



4. J. Howard 150 43 4 6 



6. D. V. Powell 821 104 10 14 



n5 S 







7. '12 



LiLLYWiiiTE's Cricketer's Companion.— To sit down 

 review this wonderful compilation of last year's cricket is 

 rae thing like donning the flannels and going out with an eleven 

 in the field. We look around aud there are all our horoes of bat 

 id ball as lively as spring. For scorer no one could be more 

 ./uitthan Mr. Lillywhite, who is quite as familiar with the 

 neks of the present as he made one of that class in the past. It 

 an excellent book, well edited and published by an old hand. 

 I'tiai Hi,- issue before us is tho thirty-sixth edition of the Crick- 

 's Companion and Guide, is a proof of the value and popular- 

 if this old cricket magazine. Open it. where you will, there is 

 ething of interest, correctly given. Besides a review of the 

 on of 1879 by the editor, there are leading articles on bowling, 

 slow aud fast, by Messrs. Buchanan and Freeman. The Hon. R. II. 

 Lyttleton ha.s a say at international cricket — American, Canadian, 

 and Australian. Mr. Thornton doC3 for the public schools, while 

 Mr. Absolom describes the visit of his team (Lord Harris) to Aus- 

 tralia. Nothing is forgotton— oounties, universities and all ; the 

 laws of tho game bringing the two hundred and eight pages to a 

 e. The little book can be had of John & James Lillywhite & 

 Co., 10 Seymour street, Euston Square, N. W., London, Eugland. 

 rice one shilling. 



- The St. Thomas Cricket Club, of Canada, have reorganized for 

 the season, and at a recent meeting the foilo-rUi officers were 

 elected for the coming season : Patron, Rev. G. Or, Ballard, M. A.: 

 Hon. President, D. Gustin; Hon Vice-Presideuts, B W. Gossage 

 and Johiel Mann ; President, C. O. Ermiuger; Vice Pi "jeideut, H. 

 B.Wilson; non. Secretary, H. H. Smith; Treusui A. Jukes: 

 Committee, C. H. C. Clarke, G. Hunt, R. G, Bowies G. Soott, 



