AMERICAN ARCHERY 



Recreation is the Official Publication 

 of the National Archery Association 



NATIONAL ARCHERY ASSOCIATION, CHICAGO, IQ05 



SOME ARCHERY NOTES 

 A dispatch to the St. Louis Globe-Demo- 

 crat from Victoria, B. C, dated August 28, 

 1905, says : "Reports have been received at 

 the Japanese foreign office from the Japan- 

 ese representatives at Pekin, that the emper- 

 or of China has ruled the bow and arrow 

 out of the Chinese army, modern weapons 

 hereafter to be used." 



William E. Curtis, the well-known corre- 

 spondent of the Chicago Record-Herald, Oc- 

 tober 2J, 1905, writes as follows : "The 

 Chinese, however, have very few national 

 sports and exercises. Archery has been prac- 

 ticed for centuries, and has been considered 

 an admirable sport ; and even now, on the 

 palace grounds at Pekin, tournaments are 

 often held in which famous bowmen from 

 different parts of the empire contest for 

 prizes." 



Archers often do not attend the meetings 

 of the National Association for fear their 

 scores will be low, and they may not win 

 prizes. It is the same in all sports or con- 

 tests. But it is not always those who win 

 championships that derive the greatest pleas- 

 ure from the meetings. The following ex- 



tract from a letter from Mr. Will H. Thomp- 

 son, of Seattle, emphasizes this fact : 



"... Remember yourself, as I do, that 

 there is just as much joy (and much less 

 anxiety) when attending a meeting in poor 

 shooting condition than when in the best. 

 Poor Walworth ! How clearly he expressed 

 that feeling to me after he had won in that 

 wonderfully close competition at Brooklyn : 

 'Thompson, last year I knew I had no chance 

 to win at Buffalo, and so shot in joy, and 

 watched the shooting of all the best shots 

 and was so happy! I simply reveled! This 

 year, I came here in perfect condition, ca- 

 pable of 1,000 score at the double round on 

 my home range. Anxiety to make a grand 

 score, desire to win from the strong archers, 

 brought on such a feeling as drove all pleas- 

 ure out of the competition, and / have not 

 enjoyed it a bit!' " 



The following was recently received from 

 a well-known Des Moines archer : 



"Birthday shoot: American Round — 

 60 yards, 50 yards, 40 yards 



29 — 129 29 — 147 30 — 172 



Total, 88—448. 

 Age 73, and feel young as a kid." 



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