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FOREST AND STREAM 
New Haven vb. Worcester—A T ew Haven, Conn., Aug, 
18<fr. — Glass ball match :— 
NEW HAVEN. 
Jorey.10110011110 lOOlOlOlOlOOlll 111 1—19 
Poison.10101 1 01 1101001101 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 01 1—33 
Hanson . 00.1110110 lllUOOlllllllllOlll 1-23 
Bronson. 1111110111111110 11000 001 0101 11-31 
Cowell . 1 010 1011 001 0010010000 0 1 1 0 0 111 1—14 
Penn . 1111101011111 111101111 01110 0 1 1— 24 
Bryan.101 1 011110011111111110110 01100—81 
Moore. 11111111101100111 111110101 11 00-23 
Colvin.41010111 100111101 11111010110 11-32 
Willie.60 1 1110001011110101 0111101111 0—1# 
Total..- ..209 
WOnCH ESTER. 
Perry.11111111101111111111111111101 1-28 
Pond.11 01011111110 111 11001 111011111-23 
Hudson . 011011010 01010100011100011100 0—16 
Gilman. .10 00001 11 I I 1 01 1 01 1 010 1 01 001001—16 
Eafrrr . 011111110 11111111101110110110 0-83 
Johnson __ 111111110111101111010001110011-22 
Holden..... ..11 00000 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 I 0 0110 1 1 11-20 
Smith. 1 110111000010000011011 1 01 10011-16 
Chamberlain-1 1 1 0 11111 11 1110110 111001111110-24 
HouKhton.01 001 1 0 1 1 1 11 10001111 0011 1 1 1110-30 
Total . .203 
New Jersey Gun Club — West Side Parle, Aug, 20.— 
Regular monthly shoot at pigeons. First contest; sweeps; 
21 yards rise ; 8*0 yards boundary: H. and T, traps; club 
rules: — 
John Pearson.1 1 1—3 ] — Lamherson . 1 1 1—8 
W, Hepsley.1 * 1-8 W. Sunders.1 1 1-3 
— Warm-.1 1 1-3 | Geo.L. Wilms..1 1 1-3 
Ties, 25 yards ; miss and out ;— 
Pearson _ l 11 1 l 0-5 I Sanders . 1 1111 0—5 
Warne .1 1111 0—5 Wilms. 1 0 — 1 
Lamherson ... 1 1 I 1 1 1— 81 
Handicap badge shoot at 7 birds :— 
Yards. 
1111111-7 Pearson . 
1111111-71 Sipp. 
111101 1—6 Barclay. 
1 111101-6 Smith. .. 
11111 1 0-6 Sanders.. 
1110111 — 6 | 
1110101—5 
1 11 1 i 0 0—5 
1 1 100 01—4 
1100011-4 
,1010 wit’dr. 
Dusenbury. 
Hepsley . kb 
Dunlop. 33 
Warne.33 
Jaehers. .21 
Ties 
Dusenbury . . . 111 — 8 —Hepsley. 10—1 
2d sweeps; 25 yards ; 5 birds ;— 
Warns.. . 1 1 1 1 0—41 Hepsley . 
Pearson. 0 011 0—3 Thompson 
Wilms. 0 111 1 — i Jones.... 
Sanders. . 1 1 1 0 1 — 4 I McCool... 
..1 1 
1 1 1-5 
,[) 110 0—2 
0 0111—3 
,110 0 1-3 
Ties on 4; miBS and out: — 
Warne.0 — 0 | Sanders 
Wilms. . 1 1-3 | 
3d sweeps ; same conditions: — 
Hepsley .1 
Wilms.I 
McCool.1 
_ 1 1—3 J Brown... . 
1 1 1—5 Thompson. 
1 1 1 — 5 - Warne. 
. .0 1 1 1 1-4 
.10 11 0—3 
.1011 l^i 
First money, Wilms and McCool ; second money, Brown 
and Warne. G. L., W. Secretary. 
New Jersey— Plainfield, Aug. 29f7i.— Match between 
R. Hartigan of Jersey City, 27 yards., and T. H. Thomas, 
of New York, 30 yards ; 50 birds; 5 ground traps 5 yards 
apart; Narragansett Gun Club rules : — 
HarttBan— 11 011, 11011, 0111L 11111, 11111, 10101 , 
00111. 11111, 11011, 01111. Killed, 41; missed, 0. 
Thomas.—11111, 11111, 01111, 11111, 01011, 11101, 
11111, 01010, 11011, 10011. Killed,40; missed, 10. 
Tennessee— Nashville, Aug. 8th. — Glass-ball shooting 
at Laitenberger’s Garden; Mole's revolving traps; Bogar- 
dus’ rules ; 18 yards rise: — 
Valentine- 1111 
Jones.0 1 1 1 
Maskey....1 1 I 0 
Meaders .1 1 1 1 
Second match:— 
1—6 I Gilbert.. 
1—5 Napier. 
1-5. Phillips 
1—5 I Seiferle . 
Mitchell, 
Meaders.. 
Jones. 
Oates. 
.11111 1-6 I Maskey.0 1 
.11111 1-6 Seiferle . 1 1 
.11111 1—8 Valentine., ..11 
.111111—61 Bailey .. 1 0 
.11111 0-5 I Phillips.0 1 
1 0—5 
1 0—1 
1 0-4 
1 0-8 
111 1-5 
1110-5 
110 1—5 
1110-4 
010 1—3 
Shoot off; 21 yards ; miss and out: — 
Mitchell. 111111110-81 Jones. 
Meaders.110 —3 I Phillips., 
Ties on five : — 
Oates . 1 1 0 
Maskey. 1 1 1 
Third match: — 
1 1 
ini 0-4 
- 0 —0 
1 0-4 
1 0-3 
l 1—4 
‘ 1—4 
Mitchell.1 1 1 I 1 1—0 1 Meaders.1 0 1 1 
Phillips. 11111 1—0 Maskey.1 1 0 0 
Leader.l l l 0 1 1-5 Valentine .0 1 1 0 
Jones.— 0 1111 1-5 Seiferle.1 0 0 1... 
Bryan,.0 1111 1-5 | Bailey. 0 1 0 0 0 1—3 
In shoot off, 21 yards, Mitchell and Jones won first and 
second. 
Fourth match: — 
Mitohell.1 1 1 1 1 1—6 I Valentine.011 11 0-4 
Phillips.1 1111 1-0 Leprler.1 0 0 10 1-3 
Meaders. 11111 1—6 | Maskey.1 0 0 1 0 0—2 
Oates.0 1 1 1 1 1—5 1 Seiferle . 1 0 0 0 1 0-2 
Jones.I 1 1 1 0 1-5 
Shoot off, 21 yards, won by Mitchell and Oates respec¬ 
tively. 
Fifth match;— 
Mitchell.1 1111 1—6 I Valentino.1 0 0 
Jones.1 1111 1-6 Legler...1 1 0 _ 
Oates.1 1 1 1 1 1-6 Meaders.0 1 1 0 
Phillips.0 1 i I 1 1—5 I Seiferle , 
Shoot off, 21 yards, won by Mitchell, 
Sixth match— 
1 1-4 
0 1-4 
0-3 
-100111-4 
Phillips. . 
Valentine 
Jones — 
Mitohell 
.1111 
.1111 
.001 
1 1-5 
1 1-3 
1-3 
1100-4 
1 1-3 
_ 1—6 Turner— 
1 1—6 | Meaders... 
Shoot off, 21 yards, won by Phillips. 
Seventh match ; miss and out ;— 
Mitohell. 1 1 1-3 I Phillips.... 
Turner. . 0 —0 I Oates. 
Mitchell and Phillips divided :— 
Eighth match ; miss and out. 
Mitohell-1110 -3 1 Oates . 
Turner . 11111111 1—9 I Phillips 
Florida— Tallahassee, Aug.. 16th .— MatCll at glass balls; 
20 yards rise ; balls thrown from the hand :— 
team so. L 
C.C. Pearce .0.0 U I 1—2 I H. A, Shine. 110 1 1—4 
It. M. Burroughs.(I 0 0 0 0 0 | W.A. Dernlly. .0 10 01—3 
Total... . 
TEAM NO. 8. 
J. D. Wescott, jr..0 1 1 10-3 1 Geo. Darts . 0 0 11 0-3 
E. K. nollinirer_1111 1—5 | G. L. Ba.lD.ell . 0 0 0 0 (1-0 
Total......10 
Match at pigeons; 20 yards rise:— 
team no. 1. 
C.C. Pearce.0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0—6 
B.M. Burroughs.i l o 1 1 l 1 o 0 1-7 
W. A. Donally.1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 T-5 
B. A. Shine.1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1—7 
Total . 34 
TEAM NO. 3. 
J. D. Westcotl, ,1r. 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0-7 
Geo. Davis l o 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1—6 
G. L. Baltzell .0 10 10 110 1 0—5 
E. K. Hollinger.0 1 1 1 I 0 1 0 0 1—6 
Total..... 24 
Shine and Davis tied on one bird each; match decided by 
finally Hopkins and Davis shooting at glass balls, bails 
missing, and thus giving match to Team No. 1. 
—Read Henry C. Squires’ advertisement.—f Adv. 
U rttiomil jffzistimes. 
CHICAGO NATIONAL ARCHERY TOUR¬ 
NAMENT. 
T HE grand annual meeting of archers of the United 
States, held at Chicago on the 12 th, 13th and 14th 
of August, under the auspices of the National Archery 
Association, was certainly a great success, and has done 
more for the cause of archery than anything since the 
publication of the “Witchery of Archery’’ by Maurice 
Thompson . More than 100 archers took part in the meet¬ 
ing. and 54 gentlemen and 20 ladies shot the Double York 
and Double Columbia Rounds through in the three days. 
Several gentlemen and ladies shot in the handicaps who 
did not shoot for the medals, 
The grounds at White Stocking Park are not well 
suited for an archery meeting, as the proximity of the 
railways brought an an noying smoke at times, and the 
adjacent buildings dwarfed the appearance of the targets 
and rendered the aim uncertain, reducing the average 
score of every archer at least 20 per cent. But the enthu¬ 
siasm of the assembled archers was unbounded, the 
rivalry, though extremely generous, was keen, and 
especially during the “ team shoot ” on the last day was 
the excitement intense. That the financial returns did 
not equal the outlay was solely due to. the showery 
weather of the first two days, which prevented the at¬ 
tendance of spectators. On the last day a fine crowd of 
spectators graced the grand stand, and the applause which 
came from the stand whenever a fine shot was made 
evinced their appreciation of the pastime. The shooting 
was at ten targets ranged from west to east across the 
grounds, the gentlemen shooting at eight targets and the 
ladies at two. There was a great deal of curiosity mani¬ 
fested to see Mr. Maurice Thompson shoot, and his friends 
regretted as deeply as he himself did that he was not in 
condition to attempt the use of a bow. Early this spring 
he seriously affected his left shoulder by the use of an ex¬ 
tremely powerful bow, and in consequence his shooting 
has been ruined for one season at least; but it is hoped 
that by the next season he will have wholly recovered the 
command of the bow. For the good of the cause of arch¬ 
ery only he consented to shoot through this meeting re¬ 
gardless of his unfit condition, and although his scoring 
was very low, the absolute perfection of his line shooting 
attracted much notice. None of his arrows went wide, 
but he was not strong enough in his left arm to keep the 
proper length, and the monotonous falling of his arrows, 
just under and just over the target at the longer ranges, 
was no doubt a trial of his patience. In style he is care¬ 
ful rather than brilliant, drawing his arrows to within 
about six inches of the pile, then pausing two seconds 
upon his aim, drawing slowly and steadily from thence 
to the finish and loosing on the draw. He used two bows 
of finest Spanish yew—one of 51 pounds weight, made 
by Thomas Aldred, of London, and one of 46 pounds, 
made by Horsman, of New York. His arrows were made 
by Horsman and were of 5.0. weight. 
Mr. Will H. Thompson, who bore off the champion 
medal, was also an object of curiosity to the assembled 
archers as well as to the spectators. His friends 
were sorry to see him appear upon the target field 
in a very poor state of health, he having been prevented 
from touching his bow for several weeks on account of 
sickness. He was,'however, improving from day to day, 
and though his shooting was marked by feebleness on the 
first day, ne seemed to gain strength and nerve, and on 
the second day made the fine run of 42 hits from 72 shots 
at 100 yards, though the hits ran low, only yielding him 
130 points. With the same number of bits he has fre¬ 
quently scored 180. Many of the assembled archers, who 
have frequently seen him in matches score from 270 to 
300 points at the 60-yard range, were astonished to find a 
score of only 155 to his credit at that range. His feeble 
condition furnishes the reason. His total of 624 at the 
Double York Round falls 350 short of his better practice 
scores. His style of shooting is peculiar and very attract¬ 
ive. He keeps his eyes fixed upon the target while he 
leisurely draws the arrow from the quiver and places it 
upon the string. Never for a moment glancing at the 
bow or arrow, he raises thewhole to the proper elevation, 
drawing the string hack as he lifts the bow till the pile 
of the arrow barely shows beyond the bow, and looses the 
arrow exactly as the full draw is reached. The whole 
process does not occupy more than one second from the 
time the arrow is nocked on the string to the loose. And 
yet in that one second he coolly finds his line, draws to 
the pile of his arrow, settles the arrow point upon his 
point of aim, and looses. To the spectator it appears Use 
a flash. The second score on the list was made by Dr. 
McMeohan, of the Wabash Merry Bowmen. While 478 
is not a large score at the Double York Round, it is really 
fine work for an archer entering upon his second season 
and at lira first great public meeting, He made no 
" spurts,” but shot steadily throughout, and won second 
place by good nerve and careful shooting. He used a 
iancewbod-haolced bow of 48 pounds weight. For third 
, place Mr. Ford F. Hall, of the Highland Park Archers, 
and Mr. Charles Leach, of the Kokomo Archers, tied with 
a score of 439 each. No two styles could be more unlike 
than those exhibited in the shooting of these two gentle¬ 
men. Mr. Hall, who is of slight frame, shoots with a very 
quick, nervous draw, takes no aim, but so soon as the bow 
is raised to the elevation which the mind thinks is right 
the string is whipped back to the check, the recoil of the 
bow is heard and the arrow is gone. He is decidedly a 
“ sensational” shooter, sometimes making a Single York 
Round of nearly 400 points, sometimes dropping to less 
than half that amount. Mr. Leach is a man of great phy¬ 
sical and nervous force, a symmetrical athlete who draws 
a seventy pound bow with jperfect ease, but has the good 
judgment to confine himself to the use of a fifty’pound 
self Spanish yew, and exhibits a command over it which 
renders his shooting a very beautiful thing to look upon. 
He is one of the coming archers, and we should advise 
Mr. Will H. Thompson to keep an eye upon him, for in. 
all future contests for the medal Mr. Leach will he an ad¬ 
versary of great power. Mr. Hall’s score of 102 with his 
second 24 arrows at 60 yards, and Mr. Leach’s score of 92 
points with his second 72 arrows at 100 yards were among 
the most creditable performances of the meeting. We 
should very much like to give a short description of the 
stylo of shooting of each of the archers who took a paid in 
this first grand annual meeting, but our opportunity for 
separately observing them was not good and we must 
forego that pleasure. "We must, however, give a few 
lines to the ladies, and here the same difficulty meets us, 
for we were only permitted to observe the shooting of af ew 
of them. The lady champion, Mrs. Spaulding Brown, of 
the Hastings Archers, draws a 35 pound bow with 
evident ease, and shoots with great steadiness and the 
most imperturbable coolness. To her nerve upon the first 
day she owes her success, for on that day she gained a lead 
over her principal adversary, Mrs. Lee, of 37 points, a 
gain which that lady, though shooting with great brilliancy 
at 40 yards, could not overcome. Mrs. Brown is just 
beginning her second season with the bow, and we feel 
no hesitation in saying that the lady who shall win from 
her the champion medal next year will have to score 700 
points at the Double Columbia Round. Her gross score 
of 548 points was a very fine record for the first grand 
annual meeting. The second gross score of 510 points, by 
Sirs. Lee, of the Wabash Merry Bowmen, was only pre¬ 
vented from being very much larger by her extreme ex- 
citment and nervousness at her first public match. In 
private practice she has scored 743 at the Double Colum¬ 
bia Round, and is generally very reliable for 650 points. 
She shoots with great deliberation, aiming her arrows 
carefully and drawing steadily and slowly. Her loose is 
perfect and in the contest next season she will be one of 
the champion's principal competitors. The third score 
was made by Mrs. M. C. Klein, of the Wabash Merry 
Bowmen, and in the beginning of the race it seemed as 
though the medal was almost within her grasp, as she led 
the 30 yards score by eight points over the champion, and 
by 45 points over Mrs. Lee. Her shooting at times was 
brilliant, her three golds at 30 yards eliciting a storm of 
applause. Like Mrs. Lee she was greatly affected from 
her first attempt to shoot in public, and fell far below her 
practice scores. 
The fourth gross score was made by Miss Laura Owens 
of Des Moines, Iowa, and the Des Moines Toxophiiites 
may well be proud of her success. She shot well at 30 
and 40 yards, but fell off greatly at the 50 yard range, 
caused we think by the use of an outrageously strong bow. 
While Miss Owens has ’great nerve, and more strength 
than is usual for a lady of her size, yet there can he no 
hope of her ever attaining the first place among our lady 
shots while she endeavors to master a 46 pound lancewood 
bow, There are very few gentlemen who need a stronger 
how than the one she shot with at this meeting. If she 
will get a self yew of 28 pounds, her arrows will fly as 
sharp and low and far more truly than they now do. 
Considering the weapons she used, her scoring was very- 
fine. Miss Janie Street of the Highland Park Archers 
scored 401 for fifth place, getting a fine score at 30 yards, 
but falling off badly at the longer ranges. Miss Street is 
perfectly unaffected by the circumstances of a public 
meeting, shooting with the greatest coolness during the 
whole meeting. Her self-control and fine nerve was well 
exhibited in shooting off a tie with the lady champion 
and Mrs. Klein, eaoh of whom was scoring much higher 
than herself. The three were tied upon “most golds,” 
and shot off the tie with 15 arrows at 35 yards. The cham¬ 
pion and Mrs. Klein were each somewhat excited, but 
Miss Street shot with the same quiet nerve which she had 
before exhibited, and won by one point over Mrs. Brown 
and two points over Mrs. Klein. We have space to speak 
of the shooting of only some of the lady archers, and we 
call attention to Miss Bixby’s style of shooting as some¬ 
thing rarely observed on the target-field. She secured 
sixth place by a fine score at 50 yards after appearing to 
lose all place by a very poor score at 40 yards. This young 
lady archer shoots left-handed, uses a very strong bow, 
and in the 60 yard handicap showed that with her, dis¬ 
tance only “lends enchantment to the view.” She seems 
to shoot almost as well at 60 yards as at 40, and was uni¬ 
versally admitted to be the most graceful shot on the 
grounds. If Miss Bixby will accept our advice to obtain 
a 80 pound Spanish yew bow instead of the powerful hard 
wood with its terrible recoil, she will score over 700 at the 
next national meeting at the Double Columbia Round. 
We should very much like to touch upon the shooting of 
other ladies who graced the first great meeting with their 
presence, but want of space forbids. We can only say 
generally that they preserved their nerve better, and shot 
nearer to their practice scores than the gentlemen did. 
At the great meeting of 1880we shall see instead of twenty 
shooting through the meeting, more than a hundredlady 
contestants. All honor to the twenty who graced the 
first ! We append the score list of the three days shoot 
for the National Medals, and the prizes won by the seve¬ 
ral contestants. We are sorry that it is impossible to give 
this week the scores and prizes in the several handicap 
shoots, but we will do so next week and accompany them 
with some further comments upon the shooting and other 
matters of interest connected with the shooting. On the 
last afternoon during the “team shoot” a fierce wind 
was blowing which whisked arrows about as though they 
were straws, and effectually prevented any high scoring 
only one archer, Mr. Will A. Thompson, passing400points 
at the American Round. On Thursday evening the archers 
assembled in the ladies’ dining hall of the Sherman House 
| and the prizes were awarded by the president, Mr, Maur- 
