July 12, 1913 
FOREST AND STREAM 
51 
Columbia round: 
Mrs. \Vitwer-Taylor57 2S0 Priscilla Williams 26 78 
Mrs! P. Fietcher. 51 271 
The Chicago papers do not give the score of 
the first York and National rounds, and give 
only the scores of the doubles, which will be 
found below. 
On July 4 the team rounds were shot with 
a meagre representation. The scores were: 
Men’s team round: 
E. T. Rendtorff... 94 5G0 H. W. Bishop- 69 339 
G. L. Nichols. 88 468 Dr. E. B. Weston 68 2J2 
H. L. Walker _ 85 395 J. H.. Pendry.bi 263 
Women’s team round: 
Mrs. P. S. Fletcher . 73 297 
The third day, July 5, was naturally the 
most interesting, finishing the double American 
and York rounds. The expectancy was very 
keen on account of Rendtorff's great shooting. 
The finals resulted as follows: 
Double American round: 
E. J. Rendtorff... 179 D69 
IT. 
L. 
Walker ... 
155 
731 
H. S. Taylor - 171 
999 
Dr. 
C. 
S. Case.. 
149 
721 
G. L. Nichols .. 165 
911 
Dr. 
E. 
B. Weston 130 
578 
J. H. Pendry. 147 
911 
Dr. 
W 
'. Williams 105 
503 
Single round: 
H. W. Bishop . 
76 
414 
Double Columbia round: 
Mrs. P. Fletcher 110 
570 
Priscilla Williams 
54 
162 
Mrs. Witwer-TaylorllS 
556 
Double York round: 
E. J. Rendtorff.. 209 
9S9 
H. 
L. 
Walker ... 
99 
519 
FI. S. Taylor _175 
6S9 
G. 
L. 
Nichols ... 
107 
457 
National round: 
Mrs. 1\ Fletcher 71 
341 
Priscilla Williams 
12 
56 
Mrs. Witwer-Taylor 53 
185 
It may be- said 
that 
the 
leading feature 
of 
interest in this meet to archers of the country 
is Rendtorff’s score. Since he came into public 
notice, less than a year ago, with some two 
years of rather desultory practice, he has been 
shooting with remarkable results. Knowing, as 
archers do, how much disparity there is likely 
to be—and generally is—between practice and 
tournament scores, especially of young archers, 
and realizing that Mr. Rendtorff last week shot 
under conditions akin to those of a national 
tournament, the eagerness to see how his scores 
would hold up has been general and marked. 
The results speak for themselves. He broke the 
record in the American round, and his York 
round score has been exceeded in a National 
meet in this country but three times. This will 
make members of the National Association sit 
up in anticipation of what this archer may do 
in Boston in August. 
Apart from Rendtorff’s scores there is plenty 
of favorable comment to be made on the 'aver¬ 
age shooting. H. S. Taylor’s double American 
was one of his best and Mr. Nichols, who is 
■comparatively new in the sport, acquitted him¬ 
self with great credit. Among the ladies it will 
be noted that Mrs. Fletcher in sixty events led 
Mrs. Witwer-Taylor, who holds the National 
■championship. It is to be regretted that more 
archers could not have been on hand. How¬ 
ever, in view of the nearness of the National 
meet and of the meet in Wayne, Pa., which was 
•on the same date as the Chicago event, the at¬ 
tendance was creditable. 
Archery at Wayne. 
The July 4 archery meet at Wayne, Pa., 
was well attended. This interesting event, under 
the management of the Wayne club, was the re¬ 
sult of the enthusiasm and energy of those new 
archers, headed by Dr. Robert P. Elmer, whose 
achievements in the sport are remarkable and 
an inspiration. As in the case of the Chicago 
meeting, Forest and Stream is compelled to de¬ 
pend on the daily newspapers for this report, 
not having received the official account. So if 
this report be incomplete, or erroneous in any 
respect, our Wayne friends have only themselves 
to blame. 
This was the first archery event in or about 
Philadelphia since 1839, it is said, and attracted 
a large crowd of spectators. The program was 
the double American round. The prizes were 
a gold medal and silver cup. The totals of the 
scores only are given in the newspaper and were: 
Dr. Elmer, Wayne _ 
Hale, Wayne . 
Dr. Hertig, Pittsburgh 
Gray, Boston . 
McNeil, Jersey City .. 
Haines, Pittsburgh _ 
Hare, Wayne . 
Dallin, Boston . 
Mauser, Allentown ... 
Jiles, Pittsburgh . 
Cleland, Jersey City-... 
Trout, Wayne . 
Milne, Jersey City.... 
McRae, Jersey City_ 
Clay, Bloomfield . 
Duff, Jersey City..- 
McOwen, Jersey City.. 
Stilwell, Wayne . 
A. M. 
P. M. 
Score. 
Score. 
Total. 
520 
504 
1024 
396 
500 
896 
398 
439 
837 
392 
400- 
792 
102 
165 
267 
265 
255 
520 
205 
242 
447 
3S7 
339 
726 
392 
334 
726 
427 
383 
810 
221 
257 
478 
258 
187 
445 
192 
214 
406 
294 
197 
491 
329 
270 
599 
364 
156 
520 
82 
110 
192 
229 
216 
445 
Eight targets were set up. After the morn¬ 
ing event the contestants were entertained at 
luncheon by Dr. and Mrs. Elmer in their home. 
Automobile rides were prpvided for the visitors 
who reported that they had a royal good time. 
Shooting Loose-Handed. 
Wayne, Pa., June 22. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: In Mr. Wills’ admirable article on 
"How to Learn Archery,” he instructs the stu¬ 
dent to squeeze the handle as if he would crush 
it. Nearly all English and American archers 
give the same advice, and until last year I be¬ 
lieved it and practiced it. Now I do neither. 
In my opinion the bow will shoot better and 
the arrow fly truer if there is practically no 
grasp at all. This conclusion is at such variance 
with orthodox teaching that I wish to say I 
do not make it rashly, but as the result of much 
thought and experiment. Last year I began to 
shoot loose-handed, as I call it, and became con¬ 
vinced of the superiority of the method, but as 
my style was already formed, I realized that I 
would not have time enough before the national 
tournament to learn a new way, so I stopped 
practicing it and shot through that event in the 
ordinary style. This year I have used it con¬ 
sistently, and as a result have made the best 
scores of my life. To be sure, an American 
round of 566 is not in the class with the scores 
of 666 and 682 made by Maxson and Rendtorff, 
but it is better than I could ever do by my 
former style of shooting. As has been men¬ 
tioned in these columns by Rendtorff and Hertig, 
I made a machine, with the object of testing the 
flight of arrows, which consisted of a bow held 
rigidly to a cross-bar by two iron staples, and 
provided with a carefully constructed trigger 
which made an invariable and mechanically ex¬ 
act loose. This machine fulfills to an ideal de¬ 
gree all the requirements that Wills demands 
of the archer. The bow is held tighter than 
any human hand can hold it, and yet does it 
shoot straight? Not at all. On the contrary, 
the arrow flies with a wide and Variable devia¬ 
tion to the left just as a tyro would expect it 
to go and in direct contradiction to all the 
reasons set down in Badminton and other places 
as to why it should fly in the direction of aim. 
This machine proves without a doubt that 
when an arrow is shot from a bow held in the 
hand, its pressure against the side of the bow 
makes the hand give a quick movement of com¬ 
pensatory adjustment. Now, if this movement 
is necessary, why should we hinder it by grasp¬ 
ing the bow with rigid muscles and thus approxi¬ 
mating the conditions of the machine? Why not 
facilitate it by allowing the greatest possible 
amount of lateral freedom that is consistent 
with not dropping the bow? When I shoot, my 
left hand is a loose ring around the bow handle, 
closing tightly only after the arrow has left the 
string. The Japanese shoot as I do, and so do 
some of the South Sea islanders. They grasp 
the bow so loosely that after each shot it turns 
completely around in the hand. Of course it 
is to be understood that permissible deviation 
can be only in a lateral and never in an antero¬ 
posterior direction. The latter would cause a 
lamentable weakness of propulsive force. As I 
said in my article on ‘‘The Wrists,” the left 
arm and hand as far as the thenar eminence, 
against which the bow handle should rest, must 
act as a rigid strut, but now I add that beyond 
that the fingers should close about the handle 
so loosely as scarcely to touch it if at all. 
Robert P. Elmer. 
[In our “make-up” last week the foregoing 
article by Dr. Elmer was inadvertently omitted. 
This article furnishes the subject of W. H. 
Wills’ “Friendly Comment,” which was printed 
last week, and of course should have preceded 
the comment. By correcting the “make-up” 
man’s blunder and printing Dr. Elmer’s obser¬ 
vations here, our readers will be enabled to get 
the complete story. —Ed.] 
An Ohio Score. 
Zanesville, Ohio, June 15 .—Editor Forest 
and Stream: Here is a score from an old Ohio 
archer. Ohio used to furnish the leaders in the 
person of W. A. Clark and Mrs. M. C. Howells, 
but have seen nothing in your magazine from 
Ohio, so am going to send in one made on 
June 14, shot after 3:30 p. m., American round: 
Hit. Score. 
40yds. 30 182 
50yds. 30 160 
60yds . 30 154—496 
W. B. WORSTALL. 
Information Wanted. 
Boston, Mass., June 15. —Editor Forest and 
Stream: Brother Challis writes handily for 
those who can handle tools, but there are duf¬ 
fers. I’m one. Also, I have a lancewood bow 
(London made) much too heavy for my 
strength. Methought it would be an easy mat¬ 
ter to find a man who would fine that bow down 
to desired weight, for a reasonable considera¬ 
tion. Well, I haven’t found him yet, regardless 
of consideration. Perhaps Mr. Challis can sug¬ 
gest the doubtless good reason, as no doubt 
others also have invested and “got stuck.” 
John Preston True. 
The leading forest schools of the country 
not only have their own forest tracts for con¬ 
tinuous experiments, but give their students ac¬ 
tual experience in the woods by having them 
take part in big lumbering operations. 
