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FOREST AND STREAM 
ever held on the Pacific coast. Archery hids fair to be 
the leading attraction here next summer, and I believe 
California can soon bring out a team that will beat any 
{earn east of the Rocky Mountains. We have already 
one (F. 0. Havens) who has beaten the highest score 
on record made at the American Round, and some of 
our Sacramento ladies are experts in the use of the bow. 
There is to be a tournament in Oakland in two or three 
weeks, given by the San Francisco and Oakland Arch¬ 
ery Clubs. 
First Day—Club shooting by teams of five gentlemen; 
open to all; entries, Pacific Archery Club, of San Fran¬ 
cisco ; Red Cloud Archers, of Sacramento ; Eureka Arch¬ 
ery Club, of Sacramento: Capitol Bow Club, of Sacra¬ 
mento. The Red Cloud Archers team not being complete 
could not contest in this match. Each archer 30 arrows 
at each range: — 
40 I'd*. 50 YOt. GO rd*. Total. 
F. C. Havens. SOI Iftl 14ft 027 
A. W_ Havana. 03 r.0 117 210 
It. Darm-nl . 110 111) 117 1102 
G. W. Kiimey. Ill 71) 30 25# 
E. K. Otejr. 78 41 SO 130 
Total. . .. .1,487 
Second prize won by Eureka Archery Club : — 
lords. 50 TflH. GO Yds. Total. 
R.J.Dokm. 115 J03 70 201 
.1. K. Berry. 08 72 G5 235 
H. Kerry. 81 GO 12 180 
T. Lottos.. . 0G 70 50 822 
A. Cliftine.. . . 83 81 38 185 
Total.1,125 
Third prize won by Capital Bow Club:— 
40 rds. 50 ms. GO ms. Total. 
A- IV. Pearson. IK) 54 37 1MI 
J. W. I«ftwtdl. 101 05 42 203 
L. H. Thompson . 27 21 25 70 
N. While. . ™ 
W. G. William*. 
03 
61 
29 100 
Toxophiutes vs. Franklins.— The Toxophilites, of 
Woodside, N. J., a. club organized this season, met the 
Franklin Archery Club in a friendly match on the gronnds 
of the former on the 25th inst. The teams consisted of 
four ladies and five gentlemen from each club. The la¬ 
dies shot 30 arrows at 30 yards, and the gentlemen the 
same number at 40 yards : — 
181 
Total . 023 
Second Event—Gentlemen’s; individual shooting; open 
to all; 80 arrows each range:— 
-40 rns.- -50 rds— -GO Tils.— .— Total —, 
Hits. Jfnlnts. HitsJ’oinls. Hits.Points. THH.PoiiltS. 
First prize, won 
by F. C. Hav¬ 
ens, Oakland 
BoW Club. SO 188 30 152 28 152 88 492 
Sec’d prize, won 
by H. Danieal, 
Pacific Arch¬ 
ery Club. 29 129 22 90 13 74 03 299 
Third prize, won 
by T. LoftUS, 
Eureka Arch¬ 
ery Club.2« 120 28 87 13 61 G2 258 
F'rtb prize, won 
by It. J. Dolan, 
Eureka Arch¬ 
ery Club 29 100 10 04 14 81 53 251 
Third Event—Open to all ladies; 30 arrows at each 
range: — 
-20 m«.~ -so ms— -40 rds— —Total— 
Hits. Points. t lit s .Puitds. Hits.Points, lli’s.Points. 
First prize, won 
try Mrs. Inwall, 
Archers 1 °. U ... 30 184 28 102 18 64 70 370 
See d prize, won 
by Mrs. 11. N. 
Rogers, Red 
Cloud Archers 30 lot 
Third prize, won 
by Mrs. It. O. 
Cravens, Capi¬ 
tal Bow Club 26 121 
FTth prize, wop 
by MissE.Boy- 
nor. Red Cloud 
Archers.27 173 
The prize awarded to the lady making the largest num¬ 
ber of hits in the gold in this contest was won by Miss 
E. Boyne, scoring 10 golds at 30 yards. 
Second Day —Fourth Event—Open to Sacramento clubs 
only; each archer 30 arrows :— 
40 ran. so ms. go ms.r;. 
First prize, won by Capital Bow Club.... - - — — — 950 
Second prize, won by Eureka Archery Club 442 323 171 
Fifth Event—Open to all Sacramento gentlemen ; 80 
arrows each - ■ x M U _ JWol _ 
mts.Polnti. Hits.Points. Bits. P'ts. 
120 17 66 44 206 
^m^r^aTreh/rjfciub. 0 -^ IOC 20 100 44 200 
T ^ P C tee .’ WOn .. br . N- . - 1*0 - 63 - 203 
Fourth prize won by .J. H. Col- 
line. Red Cloud Archers. 23 101 ♦ 18 80 41 181 
Leftwicb and Dolan tied on hits and points. Leftwich 
making six golds to Dolan’s three, took first prize. 
An extra prize was given, open to all gentlemen, for 
the best score with 30 arrows at 40 yards. Won by J. 
H. Collins, of the Red Cloud Archers; hits, 39; points, 
139; total, 180. 
Sixth Event — Open to all Sacramento ladies; 80 arrows 
at each range :— 
—20 Fife— —30 m«— —40 rds— ,— Total — 
Hits. Points. BiU-Polnts. Hits.Points. Bite.Puints. 
m 28 100 
fcKU 109 23 99 
Third prize, won 
Xh I, '‘ > ' . Le . tU 20 126 26 180 
F’rtb prize, won 
by Mrs. R. O. 
oPtho'c. ibCd 28 140 24 100 21 53 — 295 
An extra prize given, open to all ladies, for the best 
sewre with 30 arrows at 30 yards. Won by Mrs. Inwall, 
‘ scoring 38 hits 136 points. ARCHER. 
Binghamton Archers.—B inghamton, N. Y., lias an 
archery club, which contests weekly badges for the lady 
and gentlemen members. 
—The National Medal of Great Britain was won on the 
0th and 7th of August- by Mr. R. Walters with a score of 
ijun This is the lowest score, with one exception, by 
which the medal lias been won for thirty-five years—the 
exception being 1877, when Mr. Rimington won with 703 
o. Hne scoring, however, was done at the Crystal 
Palace meeting and the Grand Western At the first- 
named meeting C. E. Nesham scored 160 with twenty- 
four arrows at 60 yards. 
FRANK LIN ARCHERY CLUB. 
Bits. Score. 
Miss Safflord . 21 87 
Miss Klngsland . 25 137 
Miss Wheeler . 19 93 
Mis* VnuZandt. 29 133 
Mr. J.Kiugftlnud. 25 121 
Mr. VnuZandt.... 18 72 
Mr. H. I). Cnrrif. 23 79 
Mr. C. Klngsinnd. 20 110 
Mr. F. M. Gantt.22 98 
Total. 
TOXOMILITE ARCHERY CLUB. 
Hits. Score. 
Miss Palmer. 27 119 
Mrs. Gibbes .20 147 
Miss M. Carter. 25 123 
■Mrs. Roberts. 24 80 
Mr.'L'. Maeauloy. 24 108 
Mr. elms. Smith.17 58 
Mr. Jno. Roberts. 7 27 
Mr. A. W. Ferris. 15 59 
Mr. T. F. Baldwin. 22 82 
.208 #20 Total.100 839 
Pout ax at vs. Robin Hood.—W e have never shot at 
long range, but have made some creditable scores at 30 
aud 30 yards. To-day we shot a match gamo with the 
Robin flood archers of Burlington, N. J. The conditions 
were:—Twenty yards range, 48-inch target, and 18 ar¬ 
rows :— 
robin noon. 
.—Total—. 
9 7 5 8 1 Hit*. Sow*. Score. Bits. 
Miss Mott. — 5 4 0 1 16 74 
Miss Barton. — 2 5 4 1 14 70 
Mi sr Eyre. — 3 3 4 2 11 45 
Miss Taylor. 1 2 4 8 4 14 00— 245 55 
Mr. Lukens. — 0 7 5 — 18 92 
Mr. D. Mutt. 6 7 2 3 — 18 123 
Mr. Gummcre.__ 3 3 3 6 2 10 76 
Mr. W. Molt . 4 8 6 - 18 122- 412 70 
Crand total. .657 
9 7 5 
125 
Miss Slack. 1 0 8 3 — 
Miss A.Fierce... . 2 5 5 4 2 
Mrs. Montgomery . — 3 3 4 1 
Miss re. Phillips . - 1 7 5 3 
Mr. H. Pierce.. 3 9 5 1 — 
Mr. Jurnfby. 3 7 2 5 1 
Dr. Ivins. 5 2 5 0 — 
Gflkeson. 5 9 3 1 — 
18 
448 
Grand total...741 133 
The three highest scores ever made by any members of 
the club are 119 pointB with fifteen arrows at twenty 
yards by Mr. Gilkeson ; 115 by Mr. H. Pierce, and 111 by 
Dr. Ivins. Poutaxat. 
Milwaukee . Sept. 29th .—The archery fever is indeed 
upon us. With the exception of a few enthusiasts who 
practised occasionally last season, Milwaukee has known 
but little of tho archery fever. This summer, however, 
it has become epidemic, and club after club has been or¬ 
ganized—some to continue tlleir interest in the health- 
gi ring gamo, and others more for Jack of time than en¬ 
thusiasm, discontinuing. Dealers in sporting goods have 
carried large and ^expensive stocks of implements, and 
inform your correspondent that the demand has been 
over the supply. Youngand old either attach themselves 
to an organization for practice and competition or with 
home-made butt twang away in their back yards and on 
their lawns for a few hours daily. The principal organ¬ 
izations, however, are the Sherwoods and Mihvaukees. 
The Loeltsleys, a formation promising to take front rank, 
abandoned the field at an early stage of the excitement 
aud have not since been heard from. 
The (Sherwood Archers, captained by Mr. John Camp¬ 
bell. muster the following bowmen and bow-misses:— 
Messrs. J. F. Pierce, W. J. Conway, Wm. Temple, C. E. 
Lyman, Charley Norris, C. II. Austin, Jas. R. Bradford, 
R. H. Bradford, P. 1). Hoyt, and W. R. Rogers. The 
Misses Wells, Tescli, Mower, Lyman, Brockway, Woods, 
A. Jervis, L. Jervis, Mrs. W. P. Rogers. The members of 
the other clubs have failed to furnish your correspond¬ 
ent their names. Several interesting matches have al¬ 
ready taken place at the private grounds of a wealthy 
Milwaukee gentleman, at which a large attendance lias 
ever been noticeable. The most attractive feature of this 
year’s work occurred at the Sherwood’s grounds Tuesday, 
Thursday and Saturday afternoons, when the members 
indulged in a competitive prize shoot. In this Miss Ly¬ 
man, for the ladies, took the lead, and also a beautiful 
silver-tipped snakmvood bow, which she may well be 
proud of. Mrs. Rogers captured the second prize, a very 
handsome shooting hat; Miss Woods, third, quiver ; 
MissfHustis, the fourth. R. C. Bradford took first gen¬ 
tlemen’s prize, a silver medal; W. P, Rogers, second, an 
arrow box and arrows, and third, quiver, P, D. Hoyt. 
The scores for the three days were as follows:— 
LADLES. 
.—.Mon.-, s-Wed— a-Pri.—. —Total— 
H. P. H. P. B. P. B. P. 
Miss Hustis. 7 35 13 60 13 59 82 154 
Miss Lyman. 27 157 28 120 28 132 83 409 
Mrs. Rogers. 21 33 18 74 19 7T 68 244 
Miss woods. 20 76 19 81 18 86 
GENTLEMEN. 
O. H. Anson_ 17 63 IS 74 21 75 
J. It. Bradford. 19 81 16 68 
J. Campbell. 14 56 20 70 
P. D. Hoyt. 25 119 25 108 
0. E. Lyman. 18 76 18 84 
B. Lviu 
. e. I'W . 
W. l\ Rogers.22 100 
17 85 
20 84 
21 75 46 202 
;n 60 45 209 
10 08 50 191 
14 48 05 275 
10 36 40 190 
22 92 55 251 
21 111 63 295 
L. Eclaire. 
—The following is the score of Sept 24th :— 
WAHASB MERRY BOWMEN—AMERICAN ROUND. 
40 Yds. 50 Yds. 60 l'cfe. Total, 
I! its,Score. Bits.Score. Hits.Score. Hits.Scorc. 
John A. Booe.30-192 27—131 26—122 83-445 
Theo. MoMeohun.30—182 24—110 B9—133 83—425 
Maurice Thompson. .30-244 28-154 26—132 84-530 
Will H. Thompson..30-204 30—184 29—177 89—565 
120—822 109-579 110—564 339-1965 
The 40 yards score of Mr. Maurice Thompson is cer¬ 
tainly a wonderful piece of shooting at that range. Tho 
details of the score are as follows :—997, 796, 999, 979, 
977, 777, 997, 999, 779, 999—244. Eighteen golds, eleven 
reds, one blue. 
—On the 2Sth September Mr. Will H. Thompson, Mr. 
John A. Booe and Theo. McMechaa shot 144 arrows at 60 
yards, with the following result:— 
11st 24.1 M 24. I 3d 24. 14th 24.15th 24,16th. 24.1 Total. 
John A. Booe.. . 2d- SHI 22-102 18— 76 23—11110— 91 20— 91 122-564 
Theo.McMeebau IB— 08 23—113 20— 84 23-104 21- 83 22— 06 121-548 
W.U.THoiupsoal34—142 23—130 21—150(23-137(24—146(24—138(143-853 
This round of 144 arrows at 60 yards is a favorite with 
the English, and we find that the best shooting at that 
round last season was on the 9th day of May, when ten 
of the best shots of the Royal Toxophilites shot the 
round, and the three highest scores were:— 
BUs. Score 
H.Wnlroml... 139 777 
G.E.S. Fryer. 128 624 
C. J. Longman. 122 598 
This shows our American archers in a fair comparison 
with the finest English shots. 
Michigan Archery Association.— The Michigan Ar¬ 
chery Association was organized at Charlotte, Michigan, 
last week, with the following clubs as members : The 
Crescent Bowmen, of Charlotte ; Hastings Archers, of 
Hastings ; Golden Star Bowmen, of Jackson; Toxophr- 
lites, of Detroit; Robin Hoods, of Detroit; Battle Creek 
Archers and the Robin Hood team, of Flint. The consti¬ 
tution adopted is, in a modified form, that of the National 
Archery Association, and the officers are as follows : 
President, W. T. Brown, of Hastings; Yice-Fresident, 
John N. Ostrom, of Detroit; Corresponding Secretary, 
Dr. Wm. H. Dorrance, of Jackson ; Recording Secretary, 
P. S. Degraff, of Charlotte; Executive Committee, the 
President, ex-officio ; E. T. Church, of Charlotte; Louis 
P. Campau, of Detroit; E. M. Converse, of Battle Creek, 
and one member yet to be appointed by the Robin Hood 
team, of Flint. 
The first tournament will be held in Detroit next June. 
Any information in relation thereto may' be had upon ad¬ 
dressing L. P. Campau, Secretary and Treasurer of the 
Toxopholites, of Detroit. 
—On the 26th of September a match was shot between 
Mr. John Wilkinson, of the North Side Archers of Chi¬ 
cago, and Mr. Will II. Thompson, of the Wabash Merry 
Bowmen, of Crawfordsville, Indiana, upon tho following 
terms : Mr. Thompson to shoot 60 yards against Mr. Wil¬ 
kinson's 40 yards, 70 yards against Wilkinson’s 50 yards ; 
and 80 yards against Wilkinson’s 60 yards; 80 arrows at 
each distance ; Mr. Wilkinson being thus given the odds 
of twenty yards distance at each range. The result was 
as follows :— 
40 Yds. 50 Fife. 60 Fife. Total. 
Bits.Score. Hits.Scorc. Bits.Score. Hits.Score. 
John Wilkinson.28-148 26-112 15-63 60-3:23 
60 Yds. 70 Yds. 80 Yds. Total. 
Hits.Score. Hits.Score. Hits.Score. Hits.Score. 
WiUH. Thompson...28—100 29-127 24-96 81-389 
Mr. Thompson’s 29 hits out of 30 shots at 70 yards is cer¬ 
tainly very fine for match shooting. 
The Oritani Archers at the Eastern Association 
Tournament. —The Oritani Archers, who were so fortu¬ 
nate in winning so many prizes at the first meeting of 
the Eastern Archery Association, represent one of the 
oldest clubs iu the East. It has a large number of lady 
and gentlemen members residing in Hackensack, New 
York, Brooklyn, and Philadelphia. Mr. Holberton, who 
has been President of the club since it was organized, 
won the 2d prize (most reds) on the first day’s shooting, a 
5th on the total score. Mr. Lawrence won 1st prize at 
80 y'ards. Both the above gentlemen shot the Malleson 
patent split-bamboo bow. Mr. Brandreth and Mr. Kings¬ 
bury, also, won prizes ; besides which, the members won 
five" sweepstakes on the first day, and the fourth place on 
the team match. 
What Sort of an Arrow Should be Used?— Most 
archers who are in any degree experimentalists, have 
found to their surprise that with a fifty pound bow they 
could shoot a five shilling arrow farther than one of only 
four shillings weight when elevating forty'-five degrees 
for a flight shot, while in shooting at sixty yards the 4.0 
arrow maintained a much flatter trajectory than the 5.0 
did. So they came hastily to the conclusion that tho 4.0 
or light arrow was the best for long range practice be¬ 
cause of its lower flight. If they had studied a little more 
carefully' the laws governing projectiles they would have 
found that light projectiles have a far greater initial ve¬ 
locity, but lose it more rapidly in then' flight than heavy 
ones do, Thus if a shot gun be loaded with a mixed 
charge of } ounce of No. 12 shot, and 4 ounce of No. 4 
shot, and be discharged, the No. 12 shot will start with a 
vastly greatly initial velocity than the No. 4’s, but will 
he overtaken by the 4’s by the time a distance of forty 
yards is reached. The heavy shot will then pass away 
from the smaller shot, and continue their flight to a much 
greater distance. This is precisely the case with arrows. 
The light arrow for about the distance of sixty, possibly 
seventy yards, will fly' with greater speed and consequent¬ 
ly have a flatter trajectory than its heavier rival; but at 
about sixty yards the resistance of the atmosphere over¬ 
comes the energy of the light shaft to such an extent as 
to place it on equal terms with the heavy one, and after 
this tho rivalry ceases, the bulky fellow having the 
advantage in momentum. The above facts being ac¬ 
cepted, for they are beyond controversy true, the ques¬ 
tion remains, what arrow is best? 
We put in our plea for the big fellow. The best archer 
who ever draw a cord, from the creation to the present 
day, Mr. II. A. Ford, used a 5.0 arrow, with rather large 
feathers, on the ground that such an arrow had great sol¬ 
idity of flight. He used the true expression. Whoever 
has used fight and heavy arrows for a longtime, patiently 
experimenting as the writer has, will have noticed the 
evenness of his scoring with the heavy arrows and the 
erratic scoring with the light ones. While he may have 
made some high scores with the light arrows, there was 
an irregularity in his shooting which was very ahnoyiug. 
The little fellows seem to have a chaffy, flippant style 
about them which does not comport with the idea of great 
accuracy, while the more sluggish and solid flight of the 
heavy arrow gives confidence to the mind, of its reliability'. 
One defect common to light arrows, is the liability to 
spring when shot. In archer pari nice they do not stand 
in a bow. This springing is often not so great as to be 
perceptible to the archer, bat the result is disastrous. Of 
course after one has long used light arrows and turns to 
heavy ones, his shooting will not be so good at first, but 
the improvement will be rapid and the result much more 
satisfactory. The first passion of the young archer is for 
a strong bow and light arrow in order that ho may drive 
them through level; but the wise old archer has long ago 
