MOV. 22, 1913. 
FOREST AND STREAM 
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for large game. These he flakes most beautifully. 
In fact, he can flake plate glass just as well, and 
his points are like diamonds. For feathers he 
used eagle, hawk or owl. Now he uses turkey 
tail feathers. He uses them as we do; binds 
them on, of course, with deer tendon, which he 
has previously chewed and softened in his mouth. 
Arrows must be striped only with green—because 
any other color makes them go crooked. Bows 
shoot better when striped with red and green. 
He pays no attention to the cock feather in nock¬ 
ing. 
He straightens his shafts by rubbing them 
on a hot stone. He is very uneven in his shoot¬ 
ing. Some days I beat him myself and I am 
sure it makes him feel badly, for he was so 
much superior to me when I commenced. But 
the system of the English is so superior to his 
that ‘it is a shame to take the money.’ 
In his language bow is man-nee, arrow is 
sa-wa-tee; arrow head, ha-ka; feather, pu-nee; 
deer, ba-na; sinew, ba-ma-tee; man, ya-hi; quail, 
chi-ka-ka-tee; wood, ee-we; fire, a-u-na; water, 
pa-na. 
In pulling the string Ishi uses his thumb on 
top of which he places his second finger. The 
index finger is flexed, and presses against the 
arrow to steady it on the string. He holds on 
the aim about one second. In long shots he at¬ 
tempts to cast his arrow further by pushing for¬ 
ward on the bow as the shaft flies. 
As you see in the picture, he braces or strings 
his bow by resting one end on his thigh, holding 
the loop of the string and the other end in one 
hand and pressing the bow bent with the other, 
all in the horizontal position. 
Like many archers, if he makes a wild shot, 
he blames his bow or his shaft. Before each shot 
he carefully straightens each arrow. His surplus 
arrows he carries under his right arm. This 
gives him a peculiar hunched position of the 
shoulder when drawing. Where the drawn shaft 
rests on the bow he steadies it between his left 
forefinger and the second. 
He uses glue made from salmon both on 
the arrows and on the back of the bow, where 
the sinew is applied. The arrow heads are set 
in rosin and then bound on. 
Of course, Ishi’s methods are not those of 
all our California Indians, but they show what 
has been one mode in archery in years gone by. 
If any of-this is suitable for an article in the 
Forest and Stream, pray make something read¬ 
able of it, and put it in. (I have made this 
readable by sending it as it came to me.) 
Certainly it is interesting to me and should 
appeal to the devotees of the art.” 
Since receiving this letter, I have heard from 
Dr. Pope a second time. I had asked him for 
scores which he and Ishi had made. 
He replied that, “our shooting so far has 
been rather of the Indian style, using clouts the 
size of quail or rabbits, and a dummy deer, tak¬ 
ing ranges from 20 to 60 yards. We do, how¬ 
ever, use targets, and practice long range shoot¬ 
ing; but up to date we have not shot regular 
rounds. I believe the best target results are to 
be obtained by diligently counting each flight, 
and no random work. Later on, possibly this 
winter, when our fine weather comes, we shall 
send you our early scores. 
This rainy weather, Ishi is busy making 
arrows.” 
I had complimented the doctor on his fine arch¬ 
ery position, as' shown in the photograph. He 
answered that “Looking like a good archer, and 
shooting like one, are two different things.” 
I am confident that a new archer has been 
uncovered on the coast, who some day may come 
east and astonish us, as did Dr. Doughty, our 
national champion, who has done such brilliant 
work in this his first year in archery. 
Pittsburgh Archery. 
Nov. 12th, 1913. 
Good scores were made by the Bon Air and 
Buchanan archers in their weekly match. 
American round: 
Hertig .88-534 Holmes .90-568 
Jiles . 79-413 Douthitt . 67-323 
167-947 167-891 
Both Jiles and Douthitt were slightly off 
form. However, as the former was shooting a 
strange bow, his score would have no doubt been 
better had he been using his own outfit. 
The following York rounds were made dur¬ 
ing the last week: 
Jiles .86-338 Hertig .112-522 
91-429 105-419 
On Sunday a heavy fall of snow, the second 
fall for November, in fact, put a temporary stop 
to all practice, the range being covered with 
drifts four feet in depth. O. S. Hertig. 
Seventh N. A. A. Mail Match 
November 8th, 1913 
Winter seems to be closing in on the various 
archery ranges. Dr. Weston writes: “It is cloudy 
and cold, so I fear I shall have no scores to send 
you.” Dr. Hertig writes: “Awful storm, waded 
a mile through snow from one inch to five feet 
in depth.” Sir James Duff writes: “It has been 
raining all week, and only let up enough to tempt 
four of us to shoot to-day.” Here in Wayne 
the weather has been very bad, pouring with rain 
on Saturday and Sunday. 
York Round. 
Hertig . 51-235 38-164 23-123 112-522 
Jiles . 32-122 37-179 22-128 91-429 
Gray . 25-105 27-129 24-132 76-366 
L. Smith . 26-96 29-131 20- 92 75-319 
Spear . 21-115 25-129 12- 54 66-298 
Wilder ...22-,78 19-99 18- 84 59-261 
A most remarkable fact is that of the thir¬ 
teen men who sent in scores for the American 
Round not less than seven have broken their 
previous best practice records. Of course, I am 
judging only by such data as are in my posses¬ 
sion, and if it be that anyone has made a better 
score than I have given him credit for let him 
speak up. Under each record breaker’s name his 
best previous score is printed for comparison: 
American 
Round. 
Rendtcrff . 
.... 30-184 
30-204 
30-220 
90-608 
Holmes . 
- 30-164 
30-200 
30-204 
90-568 
Jiles . 
- 30-196 
30-160 
30-204 
90-560 
(Previous record 86-510 made October 25, 1913.) 
Gray . 
30-182 
30-186 
90-534 
(Previous 
record 88-522 
made July 
3 i. 1913-) 
30-198 
Hertig . 
30-166 
90-530 
I.. Smith . 
28-190 
30-194 
84-508 
(Previous 
record 84-498 
made July 
15, 1913-) 
Duff . 
- 28-152 
28-l62 
29-183 
85-497 
(Previous record 79-457 made November 1, 1913.) 
Wilder . 22-100 24-120 30-156 76-376 
Milne . 18-88 26-111 29-162 73-361 
(Previous record 74-358 made October 11, 1913.) 
Douthitt . 18-96 19-77 29-151 66-324 
Stauffer . . . 64-288 
McRae .•. 19-77 21-85 27-m 67-273 
(Previous record 66-261 made November 1, 1913.) 
W. McOwen . 18-58 19- 87 19-103 56-248 
(Previous record 54-248 made October 11, 1913.) 
Average Score 79-436. 
Those first five scores with an average of 
90-560 take my eye. Think of 450 arrows being 
shot without a single miss! To us Keystone 
people the work of Holmes, Jiles and Hertig 
gives a glow of satisfaction. If that Pearsall 
Bugle does not come to us next year I don’t 
believe it ever will. Jiles’ score of 30-196 at 60 
yards is the best made in any of the mail matches. 
The next to it is Holmes’ 29-195 in the first 
match, and next to that comes Rendtorff’s 30-192 
in the third match. Now that Jiles has reached 
this stage of expertness there is no reason why 
he should ever slide back. He is calm, deliberate, 
sunny-tempered, and strong as a bull. I heard 
him say at the last tournament that “Archery is 
the only sport for me.” 
Robert P. Elmer. 
Newton, Mass.—B. P. Gray, S. W. Wilder, 
L. C. Smith and C. T. Switzler, of the Newton 
Archers, shot a challenge match Wednesday at 
the archery range on the Newton Center play¬ 
ground. A York round and an American round 
were shot and B. P. Gray was the winner in 
each. The scores were as follows: 
YORK ROUND. 
72 arrows 
at 100 yards, 48 at 
80, 24 at 60. 
too yds. 
80 yds. 
60 yds. 
Total. 
B. P. 
Gray ... 
33 -I 5 I 
24-104 
101-435 
S. W. 
Wilder . 
.. 34-112 
29-179 
20-112 
84-374 
L. C. 
Smith .. 
.. 21- 85 
28-122 
21-103 
7 °' 3 10 
C. T. 
Switzler 
28-118 
21- 95 
49-213 
\MERICAN ROUND. 
30 
arrows at 
each distance. 
60 yds. 
50 yds. 
40 yds. 
Total. 
B. P. 
Gray ... 
.. 28-160 
30-168 
30-200 
88-258 
S. W. 
Wilder 
•• 25-143 
29-179 
29-199 
83-521 
L. C. 
Smith . 
.. 30-148 
29-167 
30-200 
89-515 
C. T. 
Switzler 
.. 16-44 
24-126 
29-191 
69-361 
After these rounds were finished, B. P. Gray 
and L. C. Smith jointly challenged S. W. Wilder 
and C. T. Switzler to a round of 30 arrows at 
40 yards. This made 120 arrows in all that were 
shot by the four contestants. Not a single miss 
was made by any one, every one of the 120 
arrows finding its place in the target. The team 
composed of Gray and Smith made a higher score 
with their 60 arrows and won the contest. 
B. P. Gray .30-202 C. T. Switzler 30-184 
L. C. Smith .30-198 S. W. Wilder .30-184 
60-400 60-368 
Yachts Change Hands. 
An unusually active demand for the pur¬ 
chase and charter of yachts of all types is re¬ 
ported by Cox & Stevens. Among recent trans¬ 
actions are: 
112-ft. twin-screw cruising power yach't Tani- 
wha, sold for Irving E. Raymond, N. Y. Y. C., 
to Maxwell Wyeth, of Philadelphia. Taniwha 
was built by Lawley, of Boston, and is one of 
the best known of the large gasoline craft. Mr. 
Wyeth had her under charter last season. 
90-ft. twin-screw power yacht Vencedor, sold 
for A. V. de Goicouria, N. Y. Y. C., to Lawrence 
Jones, of Louisville, Ky. The Vencedor was also 
built by Lawley, from designs by Cox & Stevens. 
She is now fitting out and will be used in Florida 
waters this winter. 
105-ft. twin-screw gasoline houseboat Cap- 
tiva chartered for Payne Whitney, N. Y. Y. C., 
to E. Mapes, for use this winter at Miami, Fla. 
85-ft. twin-screw gasoline houseboat Onana 
II chartered for J. H. Wichert, of Brooklyn, to 
C. M. Meyer, N. Y. Y. C., for use on the East 
Coast of Florida. 
75-ft. twin-screw gasoline houseboat Naxos 
sold for John G. Christopher, of Jacksonville, 
Fla., to E. W. Durant, Jr., for use in Florida 
waters. 
83-ft. overall auxiliary ketch Normona sold 
for William J. Matheson, N. Y. Y. C., to W. L. 
Velie, for use at Ft. Myers, Fla. 
65-ft. gasoline houseboat Temegan sold for 
Dr. F. T. Rogers, of Providence, R. I., to W. S. 
Harris, of Newark, N. J., for use on the East 
Coast of Florida. 
60-ft. twin-screw gasoline cruiser Safari sold 
for Julius Prince, of New York, to Henry Blakes- 
ley, and recently shipped to Cape Graeios, Nica¬ 
ragua, her new home port. 
55-ft. gasoline cruiser Vixen sold for Irving 
E. Raymond, N. Y. Y. C., to George Lauder 
Carnegie, of Pittsburgh. Vixen has already ar¬ 
rived at St. Marys, Ga., her new home port. 
50-ft. high-speed power boat Kalolah sold 
for Gas Engine & Power Co., and C. L. Seabury 
Co., of New York, to Dwight Partridge, of New 
York, for local use. 
46-ft. raised-deck cruiser Half Moon sold for 
Dr. George W. Van Benchoten of Providence to 
E. J. Clark for service on Lake Michigan. 
45-ft. cabin cruiser Wetew sold for Oliver 
C. Grinnell, of New York, to John L. Marvin, 
of Jackson, Fla., and has just been delivered at 
her new home port. 
J. H. Klaren, of Providence, to A. A. Schwartz. 
