Sept. 13, 1913. 
FOREST AND STREAM 
337 
Forest and Stream is the official organ of the National Archery Association. 
Officers of N. A. A. 
Following is the full list of officers elected 
at the business meeting of the National Archery 
Association in Boston, Aug. 22: President, Dr. 
R. P. Elmer, Wayne, Pa.; Vice-Presidents, Dr. 
E. B. Weston, Chicago; G. P. Bryant, Boston; 
Will H. Thompson, Seattle; Secretary-Treasurer. 
Dr. O. L. Hertig, Pittsburgh; Executive Com¬ 
mittee, Allan C. Hale, Wayne; L. W. Maxon, 
Washington ; B. P. Gray, Boston. 
My score of Aug. 26 is my best at the 
American I have done so far. I had hopes a 
year ago of equaling an Elmer score, but lately 
he has passed the 600 mark, and that gait is too 
fast. Have invited Dr. Elmer and Mr. Hale, of 
Wayne, to shoot on my range on Sept. 6, and if 
they come, we will puncture some records. 
Wishing your paper best success, and fully 
appreciating the valuable space given to archery, 
I am, J. M. Mauser. 
Archery in France. 
The New York Sun, of Sept. 8, printed the 
following cable dispatch from Paris, dated 
Sept. 7: 
“There were 1,483 competitors in the annual 
archery match at Noyon, in the Department of 
the Oise, which was completed to-day. It was 
won by Prodean, who will henceforth have the 
proud title of Grand Archer of France. 
“The competition, which is keenly disputed 
by 700 clubs, has been in uninterrupted exist¬ 
ence for 400 years. To-day the archers with un¬ 
erring precision split the targets with wonderful 
force.” 
Archery in Virginia. 
Laurys Station, Pa., Aug. 28 . — Editor 
Forest and Stream: For some time to come 
your worthy and interesting paper will have all 
the copy you can possibly find space for, with all 
the interesting events and scores from the Bos¬ 
ton tournament. But some day, when news on 
archery is not so bountiful, you may find space 
for these interesting scores, made by C. N. Ely, 
from New York city, on my lawn at this place. 
Mr. Ely is a champion short distance rifle shot, 
winning forty-eight out of fifty tournaments. 
His name will no doubt be familiar to many 
readers of your paper. I introduced Mr. Ely 
to archery Aug. 14. He immediately became 
very enthusiastic and was a very apt pupil as 
the following scores show, these recording his 
first and last arrows. 1 sincerely trust he will 
be able to find a place to continue the sport in 
New York city. 
Mr. Ely recognized the importance of form, 
and has the determination to make each arrow 
count. 
American: 
Aug. 14 . 15-57 23-111 19-103 57-271 
Aug. 15 . 17-69 25-101 27-141 69-811 
Aug. 16 . 15-49 28-110 25-105 68-264 
Aug. I9 . 19-81 25- 82 28-144 72-308 
American, in competition Aug. 20: 
Mauser . 27-120 28-130 30-198 85-448 
Ely . 11- 33 20- 86 25-110 56-229 
American, Aug. 23: 
Ely . 11-48 24-110 29-117 64-275 
Aug. 24: 
Ely . 22- 98 27-129 28-124 77-351 
Ely . 25-125 29-147 30-180 84-452 
Aug. 25: 
Ely . 23- 99 22-110 30-174 75-383 
Competition, Aug. 26: 
Ely . 22-116 27-107 29-157 78-380 
Mauser . 29-159 28-134 30-202 87-495 
Pittsburgh Archers’ Excellent Work. 
Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 5 —Editor Forest and 
Stream: The following fine practice scores were 
made by W. J. Holmes during the last week in 
August : 
American round .90-594 90-574 90-586 
These three rounds were made consecutively. 
The following scores were made by two new 
men at the game, pupils of Holmes: 
Double American round: 
Walter Douthitt .. 148-672 
H. L. Collingwood . 114-467 
Team round: 
Walter Douthitt . 58-236 
Collingwood . . . . . . . . . . 41485 
The York round has two new converts. 
During the summer the writer tried in vain 
to interest Jiles and Holmes in the long 
ranges. Since the tournament a spirit of real 
archery has possessed them, and in view of 
wonderful success, Jiles can now tell you 
quite glibly the number of arrows used in the 
various ranges of the York. Leaving all joking 
aside, the shooting of these two converts is re¬ 
markable : 
York round: 
J. Holmes. 
100yds. 
80yds. 
60yds. 
w. 
. 44-196 
34-162 
22-100 
51-205 
44-198 
21-111 
Jas. 
S. Jiles ... 
. 39461 
32-150 
20-116 
41-167 
34-156 
21421 
100-462 
116-514—21C-976 
91-427 
96-436—187-863 
The writer since coming home from the tour¬ 
nament has shot two double Yorks and one single 
with the following very encouraging results: 
First .107-507 107-493 214-1000 
Second .114-512 116-536 230-1048 
Single . 103-471 
A few pointers and suggestions given by 
Mr. Bryant at the tournament have proven of 
great value and are responsible for the above 
improved scores. O. L. Hertig. 
Enthusiasm in Cincinnati. 
Forest and Stream has received an interest¬ 
ing letter from Dr. W. L. Milner, of Cincinnati, 
Ohio. He encloses scores he made at his first 
York and first American rounds, 49-209 at the 
former and 70-310 at the latter. This is a highly 
creditable record. The doctor says several of 
his Cincinnati friends are interested in archery, 
and he expects the enthusiasm and interest to 
grow. He has our best wishes, and we hope to 
hear from him often. 
The Newton Archers. 
Newton Center, Mass., Sept. 4.—Editor 
Forest and Stream: Several of The Newton 
Archers who have heretofore devoted themselves 
almost exclusively to the short ranges of the 
American round, because they were under the 
impression that the long ranges of the York 
round were rather beyond them, were converted 
to long range shooting by the instructive and 
convincing remarks made by Will H. Thompson 
at the banquet of the National Archery Associa¬ 
tion on Aug. 22, in Boston, and have determined 
to devote their energies now to the York round. 
Among these persons who have thus been 
converted to the long range shooting is the fam¬ 
ous aviator, Earl L. Ovington, of Newton High¬ 
lands, and he also believes that he can greatly 
improve his tong distance shooting by using the 
style of draw employed by Dr. Doughty and Mr. 
Thompson. 
The other day at Newton Center he tried 
the idea of drawing to his chest while shooting 
at 100 yards, and by this means was able to place 
his point of aim on the gold. After a little prac¬ 
tice with this low style of draw, Ovington made 
one end of 5-25 at 100 yards, and since then he 
has been an enthusiastic exponent of this style 
of archery. 
The following are some scores made this 
last week in the York round: 
L. C. Smith . 82-368 
C.. 1. bwitzler . 84-322 
E. E. Gray .72-318 
Louis C. Smith. 
Where Sharks Announce Their Own Capture. 
Sharks are numerous in Magdalena Bay, 
on the west coast of the peninsula of Lower 
California, the Pacific rendezvous of the 
American fleet for target practice. The mon¬ 
sters at this point seem to take almost any 
kind of bait, and it is rarely that a warship 
is seen at anchor without from one to a half 
dozen lines dangling from its stern. Watch¬ 
ing a shark line is a tedious business, but it 
is strictly necessary in order that the fisher¬ 
man may know when the monster is hooked, 
as its frantic rushes, if allowed to go un¬ 
checked, are pretty sure to cause some part 
of the line, leader, or even a portion of its 
own anatomy to give way, and result in its 
escape. The old scheme of tying the line 
around one’s big toe and going to sleep would 
probably work all right so far as rousing the 
fiserman was concerned, says Wide World, 
but the sequel might not leave him in a con¬ 
dition to give undivided attention to landing 
his prize. To this end the officers and sailors 
have hit on an ingenious plan. Instead of 
taking in their lines when the dinner gong 
sounds, or when for any reason they are on 
duty elsewhere, they run a stout piece of mar¬ 
lin twine from the shark line up to the steam 
whistle, leaving it for the man-eater himself 
to announce the event of his being hooked by 
sounding a toot. 
