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• FOREST AND STREAM 
in some of the ideas expressed by him in your issue of 
Sept. 85tb. Who will be the first manufacturer to give 
us American weight for arrows? 
In regard to hows, with my short experience I think 
our manufacturers are supplying a better article for a 
medium-priced bow—the article that is used by the av¬ 
erage archer at present—than can be found among the 
imported. I would much prefer a MalHson split bamboo 
or one of Horsman’s extras to anything imported that the 
same money would buy; these are good enough for any 
ordinary archer. 1 am also quite favorably impressed 
with Mr. Sutton’s rawhide-backed bow. 
1 have used aU through this season an A i n erica n - in ad e 
bow of forty pounds pull: have averaged five days’ per 
week in its use, have several afternoons lately shot up¬ 
wards of 200 arrows with it, and now it comes back as 
straight when unstrung as it was when first bought. The 
archers of our town arc oven now patriotic enough to 
use American bows, arrows, etc., though “N. K. D.” 
does not seem to have arrived at that point. 
It has always seemed to me that the value of hits 
in the inner rings and gold of a target were not arranged 
in the most equitable proportion. I think that hitting 
two blackB and two whites with a given nnmber of ar¬ 
rows is better shooting than one hit in the gold with the 
Same number of shots ; but as we now count values, the 
one gold hit scores one point more than the four hits men¬ 
tioned, and it seems to me if the colors were countedfrom 
one for white consecutively to five for the gold, i t would 
be a more equitable proportion of values. 
To illustrate: I take two scores made at our recent 
meeting at Beacon Park. Boston, which were 50 hits, 
value 202, and 55 hits, value 201. These Large number of 
hits give a fan- proportion to the several colors, and I 
think, with the slight difference of values, the 55 hits the 
best shooting. To figure the hits by my proposed values 
would give 50 hits, value 12”, aud 55 hits, value 128. Iu 
my score-book 1 find 34 liits, value 120, and 27 hits, value 
117. These would be by my valuatiou72 each, and the 
37 hits would win, as I tbiulc It should. 
The adoption of such a change would make no radical 
change in the comparative value of scores, but it would 
give to scores having a large number of hits, with few 
gold and reds, an equity which they deserve, especially 
for low-range shooting, and would bring the actual scores 
to a better per cent, of the possible score. Will some one 
state the objection to such a change? 
Another question suggests itself in regard to bows. I 
take a six-foot bow of a given weight to pull twenty-eight 
inches, and a five and a half foot bow made to give the 
same weight at the same length pull. Theoretically they 
would, as Mr. Sutton figures, in trajectory and distance, 
give the same result to the same arrow ; but practically 
would they? Who knows? A. S. Brownell. 
ARCHERY IN ENGLAND. 
While no scores equal to the wonderful achievements 
of Ford and Fisher in their best days have been this year 
recorded in Great Britain, yet the general average of 
the shooting has been very fine. Mr. Palairet, who last 
year won the champion medal with the splendid score of 
933 at the Double York Round, did not shoot this year on 
account of the death of his wife, and no doubt Mr. R, 
Walters owes his success in winning the medal with s 
score of 729 to this misfortune of that fine archer. Mr, 
Palairet had been coming up so rapidly in his scoring that 
his rivals were reduced to barely two, aud it was confi¬ 
dently expected that this year he would score over 1,000 
points at the Grand National, but the loss of his wife pre- 
vented his shooting and Mr. Eimington, though not win 
nine- the championship, proved himself to he by far the 
best man of the year. At the Crystal Palace meeting he 
scored 1)66, at the Grand Western 925, and at the Grand 
National 799, an average of nearly 900 points at the three 
great public meetings. On the last day of the Grand 
Western meeting he scored as follows on the Single York 
Round 
W0 Yurilt. W> Yard*. Ml Yard*. Tula}. 
38 156 u 218 23 133 165 50 
His shooting at the 100 yards and sixty yards ranges 
was very good, and at eighty yards superb. Forty-four 
hits out'of forty-eight arrows at eighty yards is uncom¬ 
monly fine, and the yield of 218 points very high to the 
hit "On the same day Mrs. Piers Legh performed the 
feat of making a clean score of hits at tlie National Round 
of forty-eight arrows at sixty yards and twenty-four ar¬ 
rows at fifty yards, a rare tiling in the history of archery. 
Despite this wonderful shooting she was beaten by Mrs. 
W. Butt by forty-four points, Mrs. Butt scoring on the 
Double National" Round 744, and Mrs. Legh 700. With 
her forty-eight hits at sixty yards Mrs. Legh scored 258. 
At this meeting, out of the twenty-seven gentlemen who 
shot, the following scores over 600 were made 
mix. Score. 
W, Rimington. 200 020 
H. Walrond. ‘ffi sSs 
H. Kendall.;.;• L. 029 
This gives a much higher average than has been made 
hv the first seven at any of the great public meetings for 
many years. Of the twenty archers who fell below 600 
points‘seven exceeded 500. These fine scores need not 
dishearten American archers, but on the contrary should 
greatly encourage them to greater effort. Such scoring 
does hot come of natural aptness, but of long and patient 
practice. Mr. Rimington won tlie championship of Great 
Britain in tlie year 1868, eleven years ago, and his name 
has appeared high in the Bcore lists for twenty years. He 
is growing in power year by year, and probably has not 
seen his best scores yet. The large scores of Rimington, 
Palairet, Fisher, Ford and other notables of the bow were 
chiefly obtained by patient practice at the long ranges. 
This is well shown by the details of the above scores of 
Rimington, which are as follows :— 
in Arrows at 100 Yds. 98 Arrows at 80 Yds. 48 Arrows at 60 Ydx. 
79 327 76 373 45 221 
The sixty yards shooting is not hard to equal by any 
good archer, and several of our American archers will 
mrree to beat it any day. But who will tackle the two 
longer ranges ? , , 
Since the longer ranges are sure to he always the ones 
shot at the National meetings, opr archers should 
give them patient practice and build up their scoring at 
those ranges to respectable proportions. 
THE CAME OF CRICKET. 
Oct. 23-34—Nicetown, Philadelphia.—Yorkshire vs. Notlinglis 
shire. 
Oct. 28-29—Hohoken.—England vs. America. Giles' benefit. 
Oct, 30—Hohoken.—St. George vs. Albany. 
Shaw... 
Emmett.. 
Barnes. 
Total. 
Lane. 
Hooper.... 
Sprague... 
Scatter.... 
Brewster.. 
Hubba rd.. 
Moeran.... 
English and Irish Cricketers. —Scores of the Eng¬ 
lish and Irish visitors, both in the United States and 
Canada, are unavoidably deferred until our next issue. 
Complimentary Match to Mr. Daft.—A grand com¬ 
plimentary farewell match has been tendered to Mr. R. 
Daft. Captain All-England Eleven, by the Philadelphia 
cricketers, and Thursday and Friday, Oct. 23d and 24th. 
have been selected as the dates. The game will he played 
on the Germantown Cricket Club Grounds at Nicetown, 
Philadelphia ; and as the English team sails for home on 
the 25th inst. it will be their last match in this country. 
To afford the cricketing community an opportunity of 
seeing the English professionals bat against their own 
howling the seven Nottinghamshire players—R. Daft, 
Barnes, Morlcy, Oseroft, Selby, Shrewsbury a.nd Shaw— 
will play against the five Yorkshire members of the team, 
the elevens being completed by well-known English resi¬ 
dents, such as Lane, Pearson and the Hargreave brothers. 
Capt. Daft, by his kind bearing and fair way of playing Total - 
the game, has -won the hearts of all he has been brought 
in contact with, and we trust, there will be a large turn 
out to witness this unusually fine game. 
Dafts English vs. New York Twenty-two. — The 
English party, including Capt. Daft. J. P. Ford., Esq., 
Town Counsellor for Nottingham, E. Browne, Esq., Secre¬ 
tary of the Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club, aud 
the" players arrived in New York, on tlie morning of Oct. 
2d, and at once proceeded to Staten Island, where they 
took up their quarters at the Pavilion Hotel, at New 
Brighton, which is within five minutes’ walk of the Staten 
Island Cricket Ground. 
The morning of the match dawned most auspiciously, 
and early in the day a large and impatient crowd awaited 
the coming of the foreigners on the field. Play had been 
arranged to commence each day on the arrival of the 
12 m. boat from Now York, and with wonderful punc¬ 
tuality for that city, Capt. Stevens bad won the toss, 
and sent in Moore and Hulburtto the hat, before the bells 
on the Government Dock had been rung for one o’clock, 
Shaw (slow round, opened the howling at the upper end, 
and Emmett (left fast round) vice Morley, who had cut his 
foot while in bathing, succeeded at the club-house end. 
To Shaw’s howling the Eleven were thus placed : Pinder, 
at the wicket: Daft mid off: Oseroft, point; Selly, cover 
point; Barnes, short leg ; Ulyett, on drive ; Shrewsbury, 
long slip : Lockwood, short slip ; Emmett, long field on 
antf Bates mid on. To Emmett, Selby fell hack to draw 
Shaw took slip ; Barnes, deep long off : Ulyett, long slip, 
Shrewsbury, moved in to mid on ; Lockwood, dropped to 
long stop ; and Bates, to cover point. Later on, to Barnes 
(right medium round ), Emmett took mid on ; Shrewsbury, 
long field on ; and Selby, third man. To Bates (slow 
round) Selby, coverpoint; Barnes, straight drive ; Ulyett. 
long slip ; Shrewsbury, on hit deep ; Lockwood, long on 
Shaw, short slip : and Emmett, mid on close. This ar 
vangeinent was adhered to with slight alteration. 
Moore drew first blood with a snick to draw for 2, off 
Shaw. Wicket after wicket then fell, until Hubbard, of 
“ Hub,” made his appearance, when by steady play and 
good all-round cricket he contributed a score of 19, the 
only double figure of the inning. Lane and Ronaldson, 
7 each, were the only other players who topped an average 
score ; the inning closing for a total of 67. At 4.20 p. M., 
Oseroft and Ulyett commenced the inning of the English¬ 
men, against the bowling of Lane (left medium round), 
and Hooper (left round). Whentimewas called at 5.30 p.m., 
the tins showed 39 up, and Osooft, Ulyett, Lockwood and 
Daftout. On Saturday, at 1.30, p. m., the game was resumed 
in the presence of over 2,000 spectators. Selby and Shrews¬ 
bury, the two “ not outs,” continued to score, and 20 runs 
more Were put before Moerau captured the former at mid 
off. Barnes and Bates by wonderful defence and good 
sound cricket contributed excellent double figures. The 
former had been two hours and three-quarters at the bat 
for his 34, which was made up of six twos and 22 
singles. The latter had played a more free inning, and 
his Btyle was the favorite with the ring. Shaw was 
captured nicely by Sprague in the slips, and with Emmett, 
and Pinder at the wicket, stumps were drawn at 5 P. M., 
the English having been all day at the bat. 
With score at 159, the game was resumed on Monday 
noon in fine cricket weather. The two last bats were, 
however, difficult to separate, and the score stood at 18S 
before Soutter found his way to Finder’s stumps. Emmett 
had played a sound inning marked with splendid cutting 
and driving. During the inning seven bowlers had had 
a try with the ball. 
Taking the batting collectively of the eleven, it was an 
illustration of the steady and sure profesional Btyle. With 
wonderful skill was the ball got away for ones and twos, 
and at all times was it kept on the ground. There were 
but- few big hits, and the whole play contrasted strongly 
with the dashing, sensational batting of the amateur Irish¬ 
men. Lane’s howling was excellent, “the best,” Capt. 
Daft said, ‘ * he had yet met with.” His record of 80 balls, 
14 runs, 13 maidens, and 3 wickets, at the end of the first 
day’s play, being unsurpassed when the great proficiency 
of the batsmen is taken into consideration. The analysis 
will show that he took five wickets for 57 runs, his aver¬ 
age, however, would have been greatly improved if the 
catches off him had been acoepted. Of the general field¬ 
ing, modesty compels us to say nothing. One twisting, 
hopping ball, which was shyed in from on, ran the gaunt¬ 
let of 28 feet and hands and catches that should have 
been held, were subsequently called “ bum halls ’by the 
tyros that missed them. There were a few exceptions to 
the above, noticably Cross at the wicket, who besides 
doing fine and steady work, sharply caught Ulyett off 
Lane. . , . . 
The New Yorkers then went in for their second mnmg. 
The feature of the venture., was the really first-class batting 
of Cross, who contributed the high score of 27, which, by 
the wav, is the top score as yet made against the English 
bowlers since their arrival in this country. The 37, how¬ 
ever, was not altogether free from luck, for Bates tailed 
to hold a sky-scraper when this fine batsman had put 1K 
to his name. Woolston made things lively for his 9, and 
Dodge for the same figure, and “ not out,” did nicely. 
The innings closed for a total of 94, leaving the invaders 
victors by one inning and 27 runs. The howling and 
fielding of this wonderful eleven iB top well known to be 
I rnckney ed b v superficial comment. The score is produced 
f ufi" 
NEW YORK TWENTY-TWO. 
Second Inning. 
Shaw 2 t>.Bates.. V 
4 o. Oseroft, b. Bates. 1 
1 (*. Rarncs, h. Bates. 21 
1 o. Ulyett, b. Bates. 0 
0 b. Shaw. U 
3 c. and b. Bates. . . . 1 
Uafi, l.i. But.es. 4 
-.—, _ Lockwood, 
Hulburt, b. Emmett. 
Cross, c. Emmett, b.Shaw. 
Moeran, b. Emmett. 
Hooper, b. Shaw. 
Stevens, b. Emmett. 
Conover, b. Shaw. ... . . 
Giles, c. Ulyett, b. Emmett . 2 c.Pinder, b. Shaw... 
Banee, 1. b. w., b. Shaw. 3 c. Selby, b. Bates— 
Soutter, b. Shaw. 3 b.Sliaw . :. 
Hubbard, e. Shaw, b. Barnes. 19 1. b. w., b. Sbaw. . 
Hyde-Clarko, b. Shaw .... 2 o. Osorofi, li. Bates.. 
Donaldson, b. Barnes. 7 c. Oseroft, b. Sbaw.. 
Bullock, ran out. 0 c. and b.Shaw. 
Brewster, o. Bates, b. Shaw . 4 o. Daft, b. Slmw. 
Adums, e. Ulyett, b. Barnes.. 3 absont. 
HinchclilTe, c. Lockwood, b. 
Shaw. ... 3 b.Shaw. 
Dodge, h. w., b. Shaw. 0 not ont. 
Lane,notout. 7 b.Bates. 
~ iraguo, c.Selby, b. Barnes.. 0 b. Shaw. 
. oolston, c. Selby, b. Barnes 0 c. Pinder, b. Sbaw.. 
Outcrbrigo, c. Selby, b. 
Barnes. . 1 Pinder, b. Sbaw. 
Bye, 1; led-byes, 2. 3 Byes, 4; leg-byes, 1 
l 
.... 67 Total.94 
BOWLING ANALYSIS. 
First Timings. 
Bails. Runs. Maidens. Wickets. 
.. 156 
..108 
.. 48 
20 
15 
Oseroft, c. Donaldson, b. Lane.. 
Ulyett, e. Cross, b. Lane. 
Selby, c. Moeran, b. Lane. 
Lockwood, b. Lane. 
Baft, b. Sprage . 
Shrewsbury, b. Moeran . 
Barnes, b. Sprague. 
Bates, e. Hinchcllfle, b. Moeran 
Emmett, not out. 
Sbaw, c. Sprague, b. Lane. 
Pinder, b. Soutter. 
Byes, U; leg-byes, 3. 
BOWLING ANALYSIS. 
Balts. Runs. Maidens. Wickets. 
24 
2 
0 
Umpires: For EngUsbmon, P. Morley; for New York, Mr. J. 
Smith. 
Newark vs. Paterson. — The return match between 
these dubs was played at the grounds of the former or¬ 
ganization on the 9th inst. The wicket is a bad one, but 
both Boote and Hallis did excellently with the ball. The 
score will show that the home club defeated the visitors 
by six wickets : — 
PATERSON. 
First Inning. JSecond Inning. 
Brewster, b. Hallis.. 6 e. Ditmars, b. Boote. 2 
Clough, o. and b. Halits. 5 b. Hallis. 4 
Graham, e. and b.Boote.1 runout . 5 
Finnegan, b. Hallis .I b. Boote. 2 
Hinchclilfe, c. Wilkinson, b. 
Hallis. 8 e.Pointer,!).Boote. 3 
Loughlin, e. Wilkinson, b. 
Boote. 2 c. Brlentnal, b. Boote.11 
Gilbert. 1. b. w., b. Boote. 2 o. Knigbt, b. Hal lis .. . 0 
Savage, b. Boote . 2 1. b. w., b. Hallis. 1 
Walton run out.- - 0 not out.0 
Mablon, not out.-. 1 b. Halils. 0 
Gourley, c. Wilkinson, b. 
Boote ..0 b, Boole. ... 4 
Byes, 1: leg-byes, 3. 4 Byes, 2; leg-byes, 1, . 3 
Second Inning. 
\ Loughlin, b. Brewster , 
0 
NEWARK. 
First Inning. 
Wilkinson, c. Graham, b- 
Brewster . 1 b. Brewster. 3 
Owens, b. Graham. 2 
Williams, b. Brewster.9 notout. . ..1 
A. Boote, c. Finnegan, b. 
Brewster.21 not out . 5 
Poinicr, c. Brewster, b. Gra¬ 
ham . 2 runout... . 1 
Borrie, c. and b. Loughlin... 3 b. Finnegan. 2 
W. Knight, b. Finnegan. 7 
Brientnnll, a. Gourley, b. Fin¬ 
negan . 0 
Ditmars, b. Brewster. 0 
Hallis, e. Loughlin, b. Brew¬ 
ster . 4 
Mills, not out .- . 0 
Byes, 3; leg-byes, 4. 7 
Total . . 50 Total... 12 
Grand total.68 
Umpires—Harry Warner for Newark and Ralph Jefferson for 
Paterson. 
Englishmen vs. Canadians, at Ottawa, Ont.—T his 
long-talked-of match between the residents of Ottawa 
was played on a good wicket on the Rideau Hill Grounds 
on October 5th, The royal standard floated from Rideau 
Hall, and the ground was prettily decorated with flags. 
The Old Country eleven was captained by His Excellency 
the Gov.-General. A large number of spectators visited 
the ground during the day, and among those present were 
Sir Fenwick Williams, Admiral Inglefield, and Sir A. T. 
Galt. The following is the score 
ENGLISHMEN. 
First Inning. Second Inning. 
H. E. the Governor-General, H. E. the Governor-General, 
c. Smith, h- Himsworth_ 7 b. Smith. 1 
Rev. T. D. Phillips, c. Bro- 
phy, b. Smith. 14 Bev. T. D. Phillips, not out 16 
C. B. Brodie, b. Brqphy. 2 C. B. Brodie. b. Smith. 0 
Hon. Capt. Harbord, o. and b. Hon. Capt. Harbord, c. Bro- 
Brophy. 3 pby, b. Smith. . It 
Wn. John Dickee, b. Smith.. 14 G. B. Baker, b. Smith— . 0 
Wm. Carter, c. Gill, b. Bro- 
phy. 
Lt.-Col. Stuart, not out. 4 
Major De Winton, e. Smith, 
b. Brophy. ... 1 H. A. Wise, b. Smith . 
G. B. Baker, b. Smith . .. 1 W. R, Bakar, b. Smith 
Lt.-Col. Stuart, not out. 5 
H. A. Wise, e. Powell, b. Bro- ^ 
W? if Baker, to bat- 
Wides and byes. 12 Wides and byes. 
Total. 64 Total.. 
