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RECREATION 



The short range championship is the 

 double "American Round," consisting of 5 

 dozen arrows at each range of 60, 50 and 40 

 yards. 



The ladies' long range championship is at 

 the double ''National Round" — 8 dozen ar- 

 rows at 60 yards and 4 dozen at 50 yards. 



The short range is at the double "Colum- 

 bian Round" — 4 dozen arrows at each range 

 of 50, 40 and 30 yards. 



tary Post in Washington, D. C, when on a 

 wager by the Post-Commandant that she 

 could not hit the "Gold" in three trial shots, 

 she shot three consecutive arrows into the 

 center of the "Gold." In a close contest be- 

 tween two clubs the present champion, Mrs. 

 Howell, made eleven consecutive "Golds." 



The many elegantly equipped athletic and 

 country clubs in* this country would greatly 

 increase their attractiveness by adding arch- 



THE POTOMAC ARCHERS : U. S. TEAM CHAMPIONS. 

 Col. Ross Williams, Will H. Thompson, Rev. G. C. Spencer, L. W. Maxon. 



The highest records by American archers 

 at national meetings are as follows : 



Double York Round ... 995. Col. Robt. Williams 



Double American Round. 1,097 .Mr. W. A. Clark. 



Double National Round.. 756. Mrs. M. C. Howell 



Double Columbia Round. 990. Mrs. M. C. Howell 



In the above Columbia Round Mrs. How- 

 ell made 144 hits with 144 arrows, and in the 

 American Round Mr. Clark made 179 hits 

 out of 180 arrows. 



The remarkable scores made by some of 

 the English and American lady archers prove 

 that proficiency in shooting is not restricted 

 to the gentlemen. No finer exhibition with 

 bow and arrow was ever given by any bow- 

 man than that by Mrs. Phillips at a national 

 meeting on the parade ground of the Mili- 



ery to their lists of amusements, for there 

 are few prettier sights than a row of brightly 

 painted targets on a beautiful lawn, and no 

 other form of outdoor recreation is produc- 

 tive of such keen pleasure and exhilarating 

 health. Those who once experience the de- 

 lights of quiet practice on a private range, or 

 the keener joy of a well-contested match in 

 public, are not easily persuaded to abandon 

 the bow. Sir Foster Cunliffe, the first presi- 

 dent of the Royal British Bowmen, and an 

 enthusiastic archer, in his records of that so- 

 ciety's proceedings in 1787, says : "Many 

 have taken up the bow with reluctance, but 

 that reluctance soon vanishes, and is succeed- 

 ed by a sort of fascination, that frequently 

 people will practice from morning till night." 



