Nov. 15, 1913- 
FOREST AND STREAM 
687 
The Bloomfield Archers. 
Bloomfield, N. J., Nov. 3 .—Editor Forest 
and Stream: The following are recent scores 
made on local range, the first American round 
having been reported for the N. A. A. mail 
match, but not published in the issue of Nov. 1: 
Oct. 18; cloudy. 
—Double American: 
60yds. 
50yds. 
40yds. 
Total. 
F. Nelson Clay. 
.. 27-121 
26-134 
29-169 
82-424 
28-122 
27-137 
30-162 
85-421 
Double. 
167-845 
Oct. 26; rainy.— 
Double American: 
60yds. 
50yds. 
40vds. 
Total. 
F. Nelson Clay. 
. 26-130 
28-166 
28-154 
82-450 
25-117 
27-153 
29-139 
81-409 
Double. 
163-859 
.Alfred Pettit . 
. 18-54 
26-118 
26-140 
70-312 
18- 70 
21-101 
25-117 
64-228 
Double. 
134-600 
During these rounds we gave our arrows 
.a few “shower baths” and “rub-downs” that 
apparently did no injury. 
F. Nelson Clay. 
Sixth N. A A. Mail Match 
Following are scores which were made at 
•the sixth N. A. A. mail match on Nov. 1: 
York round: 
H. S. Taylor. 
. 48-202 
33-159 
23-141 
104-502 
Or. Hertig . 
. 45-217 
36-140 
23-129 
104-486 
Dr. Elmer . 
. 37-127 
39-165 
22-120 
98-412 
B. P. Young. 
. 35-137 
26-122 
23-111 
84-370 
J Jiles . 
. 27-99 
27-113 
22-124 
76-336 
Dr. Richardson . 
. 30-114 
30- 98 
19- 93 
79-305 
L. C. Smith. 
. 30-102 
22- 92 
21- 93 
73-287 
S. W. Wilder. 
. 22-100 
26- 96 
18- 90 
66-286 
C. T. Switzler. 
. 19-71 
11- 33 
21- 91 
51-195 
Mrs. Dunlap . 
. 6-24 
21- 85 
9- 31 
36-140 
Miss Jefferis . 
. 0-0 
6 - 31 
2 - 12 
8 - 43 
F. G. Peckham. 
. 3-13 
4- 12 
6 - 16 
13- 41 
J. Lightbody . 
. 3-9 
IS- 84 
The Wayne archers have been provided 
through the generosity of Mr. Dunlap with a 
splendid new range on his place. There is level 
ground for about 150 yards with a high and 
very steep hill directly behind the targets, so 
that stray arrows can not go far amiss. Fasci¬ 
nated by the graceful flight of the arrows at 
the 100-yard distance, two of the ladies essayed 
the York. Considering the extremely high tra¬ 
jectory necessitated by their weaker bows and 
shorter arrows, their scores were remarkably 
good. 
American round: 
Prof. Rendtorff . 30-188 30-218 30-216 90-622 
W. J. Holmes. 30-162 30-196 30-214 90-572 
Dr. Hertig . 29-159 29-175 30-210 8S-544 
Dr. Elmer . 30-146 28-186 30-204 88-536 
J. Jiles . 27-157 30-162 30-178 87-497 
Dr. Weston . 24-100 24-124 28-140 76-364 
E. E. Trout. 17- 71 23-129 29-157 69-357 
Prof. Postgate . 23- 97 25-117 26-130 74-344 
Douthitt . 21- 91 24-118 27-133 72-342 
Stauffer . 62-240 
Mrs. Dunlap . 19- 71 13- 59 25-105 57-235 
H. B. Powell. 8- 26 11- 29 24-114 43-169 
G W Watt. 2-8 9-31 4-16 15-55 
Mr. Watt was a charter member of the 
Wayne archers in the fall of 1911, but has not 
shot since. He tore the skin off his first finger, 
but pluckily shot the round through. 
Team round: 
H. W. Bishop...'.. 20-106 
22-126 
21-119 
20-114 
83-465 
National round: 
Mrs. B. P. Gray. 
43-195 
21- 99 
64-294 
Mrs. L. C. Smith. 
35-141 
23-101 
5S-242 
Miss Lave . 
9- 31 
4- 18 
13- 49 
Miss Watson . 
3- 9 
7- 11 
10 - 20 
Columbia round: 
Mrs. L. C. Smith. 
22- 96 
22-116 
24-164 
68-376 
Mrs. B. P. Gray. 
Mrs. Dunlap . 
24-110 
22- 98 
24-160 
70-368 
296 
55-245 
Miss Norma Pierce . 
13- 63 
18- 74 
24-108 
Dorothy Smith . 
11- 47 
14- 64 
17- 79 
42-190 
Mrs. II. B. Powell. 
6 - 30 
9- 31 
17- 75 
32-136 
Mrs. R. W. Emerson. 
10 - 28 
7- 23 
18- 68 
35-119 
Miss Love. 
8 - 34 
5- 17 
12- 38 
25- 89 
Miss Watson . 
6 - 24 
4- 6 
5- 25 
15- 55 
Miss Katherine Jefferis.. 
55 
Mrs. Gray and Mrs. Smith are doing some 
very fine shooting. This week we also notice 
that some of the beginners are moving up into 
scores of three figures. 
Robert P. Elmer, M.D. 
Wayne, Pa., Nov. 6 . —Editor Forest and 
Stream: The following scores for the sixth 
N. A. A. mail match were sent in late: 
James Duff . 22-122 28-152 29-183 79-457 
George Milne . 18- 78 23-111 28-142 69-331 
J. Cleland . 17- 71 21-109 26-118 64-298 
J. McRae . 22- 78 20- 76 24-107 66-261 
R. McNeil . 14- 66 16- 80 23-113 53-259 
W. McOwen . 13- 39 19- 81 20- 88 52-206 
On Thanksgiving Day it has been the 
custom for many years for all the archers to 
shoot a team round, ninety-six arrows at 60 
yards for men and ninety-six at 50 yards for 
women. It is hoped that a record-breaking 
number will participate this year and send their 
scores in to the undersigned for comparison 
and publication. 
Wayne, Pa., Nov. 7. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: In your report of the fifth N. A. A. 
mail match the scores of Rendtorff and Nichols 
are given as being of the York round, when 
they should be in the American round column. 
Thus, Rendtorff won the American with 608, 
Nichols was second with 552, Hertig third with 
541, and so on. Robert P. Elmer. 
Newton Archers. 
H. B. Richardson was high in the York 
round with 89 hits for 455 points in the weekly 
shoot of the Newton archers, held to-day. B. P. 
Gray won the American round, Mrs. Gray took 
the Columbia round while B. P. Gray, Jr., had 
no difficulty in getting the junior team round. 
Summary: 
York round: 
H. B. Richardson... S9-455 
B. P. Gray. 89-387 
American round: 
B. P. Gray. 87-491 
H. B. Richardson... 82-484 
L. C. Smith. 86-476 
Columbia round: 
Mrs. B. P. Gray... 65-375 
Mrs. L. C. Smith.. 70-368 
Tunior team round: 
B. P. Gray, Jr. 52-200 
S. W. Wilder. 88-352 
L. C. Smith. 77-32? 
S. W. Wilder. 86-466 
B. P. Gray, Jr. 25- 83 
Miss D. Smith. 38-166 
Philip Wilder . 29-101 
THE ELUSIVE FIVE HUNDRED. 
BY JAMES DUFF. 
I had been cogitating in my mind, and contemplating 
As I hied me from the target as before, 
And I’d often pause and wonder, if perchance I had not 
blundered 
While adding up the total of my score; 
My form seemed good as any, and of golds I had so 
many, 
That five hundred seemed at last to come my way; 
But alas for that conclusion, ’twas another great delusion. 
So I’ll have to try again another day. 
With weather quite perfection, not a breeze to cause de¬ 
flection, 
Tho’ nature seemed in error just the same; 
On her mantle verdant green, not a daisy could be seen, 
Nor distinctive blade to mark the point of aim; 
Yet with arm as true as steel, and that intuitive feel 
That loves to guide the arrow on its way; 
I tried to make conclusive that mighty score elusive, but— 
I’ll have to try again another day. 
When I watch with great delight, arrows dropping from 
the white, 
Dame fortune to my bosom I enfold, but— 
With leaden feet comes stealing quite a different sort of 
feeling, 
When I see the arrows bounding from the gold; 
Still imbued with great ambition like the hero of tra¬ 
dition, 
Who exclaimed, “Where there’s a will there’s a way,” 
I’ll keep the arrows flying every day will find me trying, 
For I mean to have that score another day. 
Alfred Russel Wallace. 
Alfred Russel Wallace, one of the world’s 
greatest scientists, who shared with Darwin the 
honor of the promulgation of the doctrine of 
natural selection, died in London, Nov. 7. He 
was ninety-one years old. In 1875 Mr. Wallace 
provoked much discussion by his “On Miracles 
and Modern Spiritualism.” Two years later he 
produced his next great scientific book, named 
“The Geographical Distribution of Animals.” 
He was then president of the Biological Section 
of the British Association. 
Other important books which he wrote are 
“Tropical Nature,” “Island Life” and “Land 
Nationalization, Its Necessity and Its Aims,” 
which was on a political subject, as the title in¬ 
dicates. He was made president of the Land 
Nationalization Society, and in 1881 he was put 
on the civil list for a pension of $1,000 a year. 
Honors from the universities came fast, and in 
1890 he won the first Darwin Medal of the 
Royal Society. 
In 1899 he published his most important 
volume, named “Darwinism.” Its purpose was 
to give a full and accurate account of the theory 
of variation and natural selection, which should 
be comprehensible to everybody, and also to ex¬ 
plain the mode of origin of the existing species 
of animals and plants. 
Mr. Wallace was strongly against compul¬ 
sory vaccination, and wrote several pamphlets 
against it. Ten years ago he produced “Man’s 
Place in the Universe,” which showed no signs 
of failing mental vigor. Five years ago he 
edited and published “Notes of a Botanist,” 
which was a profession of his spiritual and 
scientific faith. 
Dr. Charles McBurney. 
Dr. Charles McBurney, the great New 
York surgeon, died on Nov. 7, at Brookline, 
Mass., where he came to visit his sister last 
Saturday on his return from a hunting trip in 
Maine. He was sixty-eight years old. 
For the past thirty years Dr. McBurney has 
been a subscriber to Forest and Stream, during 
which time he has furnished many fishing and 
shooting items for it. His death takes from the 
ranks a sportsman than whom there was no finer. 
Shoots Ducks from Air Boats. 
Hammondsport, N. Y., Oct. 29.—E. R. Jacquith, of 
the Chicago Athletic Club, was charged to-day with shoot¬ 
ing ducks from a flying boat. He will be tried on 
Friday. 
Jacquith admits shooting the ducks, but asserts that 
there is no law specifically prohibiting it. 
Jacquith, who recently joined the Curtiss flying camp, 
noticed that the flying boat traveled quite as fast as, it 
not faster than, the ducks on Lake Keuka. He decided 
that chasing the ducks in their own element was a far 
keener game than lying in wait for them behind a bough 
house. Jacquith. with a pilot, is said to have taken 
more than twenty ducks this morning in less than an 
hour.—New York Sun. 
The aviator’s idea that there is no law 
specifically covering his offense should be dis¬ 
illusioned by the following paragraph from the 
game laws of New York State: 
Water fowl may be taken from the land, from a 
blind or floating device used to conceal the hunter (other 
than a sail or power boat) when the same shall be within 
fifty feet of the shore or of a natural growth of flags. 
A substantial fine will establish a forceful 
precedent in duck shooting in midair. 
