AMERICAN ARCHERY 



Recreation is the Official Publication 

 of the National Archery Association 



YE ANTIENT ARCHERS 

 Some of the old archery societies of 

 Great Britain, and which still flourish, are: 

 "The Royal Company of Archers," the 

 king's body for Scotland, was organized in 

 its present form in 1676. "The Royal Toxo- 

 philite Society" was organized in 1781 and 

 represents the two ancient bodies, "The 

 Finsbury Archers" and "The Archers Com- 

 pany of the Honorable Artillery.'' "The 

 Woodmen of Arden" was revived in 1785. 

 Their meetings are held in the beautiful 

 grounds of the Earl of Aylesfort, who is 

 Lord Warden of the "Woodmen of Arden." 



THANKSGIVING SHOOT 



(Ninety-Six Arrows at Sixty Yards.) 



Owing to the very cold weather only a 

 few archers 'had the courage to indulge in 

 their favorite sport. Under the cireum- 

 stanies, the shooting was very high-class. 



No report as to weather in Boston. In 

 Chicago, the temperature 20 degrees above 

 zero, with light snow. In Seattle, a wet 

 wind and sloppy ground. 



SCORES: 



SEATTLE 



ist-24 2nd-24 3rd-24 4th-24 Total 

 Will H.Thompson 20-78 22-98 23-155 23-119—88-450 



CHICAGO 

 A. E. Spink - - 22-100 19-93 19 85 19-87 —79-365 

 E.I.Bruce - - - 19-85 16-68 16-86 19-87—70-326 



BOSTON 



01-481 

 86-410 



87-403 



George Phillips Bryant 

 Wallace Bryant 

 Edward W. Frentz 



Thanksgiving Day is generally too cold 

 for archery, and an earlier date will prob- 

 ably be chosen for the shoot. 



THANKSGIVING ARCHERY SCORES 



FOREST GROVE, OREGON 



Dr. Henry E. Jones, 24-130, 24-144, 24-134, 

 24-148 = 96-556. 



F. S. Barnes, 25-95, 22-104, 21-91, 21-105 = 

 85-395- 



Prof. G. E. Coghill, 14-72, 21-81, 18-82, 

 21-95 = 74-330. 



Prof. H. L .Bates, 12-52, 12-66, 16-74, 

 17-79 = 57-271. 



AN OLD BOOK 



The following interesting extract is from 

 Hansard's "The Book of Archery," pub- 

 lished in London, in 1841 : 



THE WEIGHT OF BOW TO BE USED. 



"In thus advocating strong bows and distant shoot- 

 ing, let it not be understood that the archer is to in- 

 jure himself by overstraining his muscles, or mar his 

 success at the target by using bows beyond his man- 

 agement. 



"The strength of the drawing arm rapidly accom- 

 modates itself to the increased power of the bow, for 

 nothing tends more to fortify and invigorate the 

 muscles of that, and indeed every other portion of 

 the human frame, than archery. We have all seen a 

 bow somewhat above the shooter's strength during 

 his first season, entirely under command by the en- 

 suing summer, if in constant use. Let the archer, 

 however, 'wrestle with his gear,' as Ascham terms 

 it, and achieve these conquests in private; for no 

 bow should be taken to a shooting match which the 

 owner cannot use with perfect facility, since the 

 struggle consequent on an attempt to draw up the 

 arrow, when a man is over-bowed, will so disorder 

 his aim that by chance only can he hope, under such 

 disadvantages, to meet with the target. 'It makes 

 some men,' writes the author just quoted, 'to over- 

 shoot the mark, some to shoot far wide, and per- 

 chance to hurt a bystander.' T had my bows,' says 

 Bishop Latimer in one of his sermons, 'bought for 

 me according to my age and strength, and as I in- 

 creased in them, so my bows were made heavier and 

 stronger.' 'Let the bow of every archer be propor- 

 tioned to his strength, that is, not above, but rather 

 beneath the power of the shooter,' says Leo in his 

 tactics; and the observation proves him to have been 

 well acquainted with the subject on which he wrote." 



AGAIN THE DISGRACEFUL SIDE HUNT 



The Effingham Hunt Club will have its 

 great annual hunt on November 15th. Cap- 

 tain James Border is leader. The members 

 of the club will be divided into two sec- 

 tions. Whichever section loses will have 

 to give a free supper to the winners, at 

 which the game that was shot will be served. 

 The game is counted as follows : 



Small birds 10 points. 



Squirrels 10 " 



Rabbits 5 



Hawks 50 " 



Wild Ducks 50 " 



The above is from a clipping from the 

 Effingham Volksblatt. 



We have written to James Borders, Effing- 

 ham, and hope to make him see the error 

 of his ways, but to add weight to our letter 

 we wish that as many of our readers as see 

 this item will also write personal letters to 

 this gentleman, for there is no more cer- 

 tain way of exterminating the game in any 

 section of the country than by the introduc- 

 tion of the disgraceful items. 



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