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FOREST AND STREAM 
June 14, 1913 
International Athletic Championship 
Association. 
Chicago, III., May 23. — To All Archers: As 
most of yon know, plans have been made by the 
International Athletic Championship Association 
to hold the biggest series of athletic contests yet 
staged in this country in Chicago, June 28 to 
Jnly 6. Athletes of other countries are invited 
to participate. 
Archery is to have a place on the program, 
and the days allotted ns are Thursday, Friday 
and Saturday, Jnly 3, 4 and 5. The program 
will be a York and an American round, and a 
National and a Columbia round, on each of the 
first two days. For each of these double rounds 
the association offers a gold, a silver and a 
bronze medal. On the third day the team round 
will be shot, and no prizes are offered. But the 
pleasure of shooting and meeting friends is 
worth more than an ordinary prize or medal. 
The entrance fee admitting to all the contests 
is $3. The rules for shooting will be those of 
the National Archery Association, except that 
the method of scoring will follow the precedent 
set at the Olympic Games in London, in 1908, 
viz.: in case of tie in gross score, the prize shall 
be adjudged to the one who has the greatest 
number of hits. 
Complete details of the meeting will be 
given in the official program. We invite you 
most cordially to attend this meeting. Whether 
your score be high or low, plan to come and 
have a good time. Remember that the value of 
your attendance is not measured by your score. 
There is one thing you can do now, and 
that is to reply to this letter, and at once. Tell 
us whether or not you expect to come. If you 
cannot give any positive information, write what 
the probabilities are. Write anyway. Urge all 
your archer friends to come to help make a big 
showing. 
We regret that the date of this meeting 
conflicts with that of the Eastern Archery Asso¬ 
ciation, to be held in Wayne, Pa., but it could 
not be avoided. A meeting at the time men¬ 
tioned will not interfere with the National meet¬ 
ing in Boston. Some would come here who 
could not go to Boston under any circumstances. 
Those who plan to go to Boston will go anyway, 
and should tliey come here first, it will be good 
practice for the meet to come later. 
We need the help and good will of all in 
this work for archery. 
Edward B. Weston, 
Chairman .Archery Committee. 
was turned over to the general public, and bows 
and arrows supplied, and in order to keep down 
the rush a charge of six shots for ten cents was 
made, and two prizes given, one for the highest 
score out of one set of six arrows, and the other 
for the best shot made during the day. That 
this last competition was highly popular can be 
seen from the fact that a sum of $25.40 was 
taken at the range in the short time that was 
left before darkness set in. 
Quite a few of the shooters who on this 
occasion tasted blood for the first time have ex¬ 
pressed their intention of affiliating with the 
Jersey archers, and there is a talk now of a 
ladies’ club in the immediate future, thus prov¬ 
ing that there is something in the words of the 
old song, ‘‘Taste and try before you buy.*^ 
A surprising feature of the afternoon was 
the di,splay of our genial Dr. Elmer from W’ayne, 
Pa. As an archer most of us know his ability, 
but few of us know how versatile an individual 
we have among us. We watched him anne.xing 
the only bit of gold plate, which gave no sur¬ 
prise, sample the famed waters from the Scot¬ 
tish mountains like a native born, and last but 
not least, play a reel on the bagpipes in the big 
hall that set all the laddies and lassies dancing. 
As our drum major remarked, “MacEImer’s a’ 
richt.” 
E. I. Cole, of Ossining, N. Y., must have 
improved greatly in health since the National 
tournament at Boston last year, where he shot 
for the first time, though poorly, as he was just 
recovering from sickness. At any rate he was 
able on this day to lift the silver medal, which 
brings to mind the saying that some people are 
born with a silver spoon in their mouth. To 
take part in two tournaments in the first two 
years of his archery career, speaks well for Mr. 
Cole’s courage and good sense. 1 ut to sneak a 
prize each time is something some of us have 
to learn yet. 
The Scottish-American archers have been 
promised quite a number of prizes for their 
next open meeting which will take place prob¬ 
ably in October on their own ground. Mr. Cole 
has shot on our range and says it is one of the 
best. Mr. Jiles and Dr. Elertig are going to 
visit us shortly, and on Saturday first we are 
to be honored by F. N. Clay, late of the Chicago 
.Archers, who is our near neighbor now at 
Bloomfield, N. J. George Milne, Sec’y. 
Pittsburgh Archery. 
Scottish-American Tourney. 
Before a crowd of 2,200 spectators on the 
afternoon of May 30 (Decoration Day) the 
above club turned out, and to the war-like strains 
of forty pipers, shot as did their sires of old, 
only on this occasion peace was proclaimed for 
the day, and targets took the place so long occu¬ 
pied by the adherents of the English kings. Two 
competitions were shot during the afternoon, 
both at the .American round with the following 
results: 
!)r. R. P. Elmer. 25 113 27 153 30 198 82 466 
E. I. Cole. 15 76 30 152 29 167 73 395 
T. M. Clelancl. 8 50 22 104 27 143 57 ‘297 
G Milne . 10 58 21 97 28 120 59 ‘275 
Dr. Klmer won first, gold medal; K. I. Cole, second, 
silver medal; J. M. Cleland, first handicap prize, and 
(i. Milne second handicap prize. 
Immediately after shooting ended the range 
Pittsburgh, Pa., May ^i.—Editor Forest and 
Stream: A deluge of rain on Decoration Da}', 
lasting from i p. m. to 3:30 p. m., spoiled what 
would have been a delightful afternoon for the 
Pittsburgh archers. Many stayed away from the 
grounds, and the program as originally planned 
was not carried out. However, a few enthusiasts 
braving the discomforts of the wet grass shot 
an American round with the following scores: 
60vds. 50yds. 40yds. 
O. L. Hertig . 29 161 30 166 29 181 88 508 
W. .T. Ho’mes . 28 148 29 153 30 192 87 493 
G. \V. Postgate ... 2t 112 25 125 30 164 79 401 
.Tas. S. Jiles . 19 97 24 110 30 176 73 383 
M. P. Sorber . 18 82 27 127 30 170 75 379 
O. M. Sorber . 19 67 18 96 26 134 63 297 
S. M. Stauffer . 5 25 15 65 19 67 39 157 
Long . 6 24 9 37 12 60 27 121 
Mr. Postgate is jubilant over his defeat of 
Mr. Jiles, and also over his fine score of 401 
points. l\Ir. Jiles, who made one end at 40 
yards of four golds and two reds totaling 50, 
avers that “Posty” cannot do it again. 
Recent practice scores in the American round: 
Holmes ... 
.83 
479 
Postgate . 
.... 78 
383 
Sorber . 
. 87 
483 
Dr. Hertig .... 
.... 90 
530 
Jiles . 
. 77 
443 
Practice. 
100 yds., 7 
.28 
72 arrows: 
Holmes .... 
92 
Dr. Hertig _ 
.... 48 
184 
Jiles . 
. 29 
99 
Dr. Hertig _ 
.... 40 
144 
Sorber . 
. 27 
105 
An end at 100 yards w-as made after dark, 
totaling 777333—6—30. 
Pittsburgh, Pa.. June 9.— Editor Forest and 
S'trcam: Dr. W. H. Haines entertained a num¬ 
ber of his archer friends Saturday afternoon at 
the Oakmont Country Club An American round 
was shot. Scores: 
G. \V. Postgate ... 83 439 O. M. Sorber . 71 343 
J. S. Jiles . 75 375 L. B. Fleming_61 239 
\V. H. Haines _ 63 2 75 O. L. Hertig . 90 562 
S. M. Stauffer .... 60 244 
On the Beechview range, June 8, a team 
round match was shot, with Mr. Jiles and Mr. 
Holmes on one side and Mr. Postgate and Dr. 
Hertig on the other. The race was very even 
and Mr. Jiles got revenge on Mr. Postgate for 
his defeat of the day before. Scores, 96 arrows, 
60 yards: 
J. S. Jiles . 66 266 G. \\’. Postgate ... 54 2.34 
\V. J. Holmes . 91 439 O. L. Hertig .91 493 
157 705 14j 727 
The wind was very strong and interfered 
decidedly with the comfort of shooting. 
O. L. Hertig. 
New York Archery Club. 
The archery season in New York city open¬ 
ed with a week’s tournament in John Wana- 
maker’s store, under the auspices of E. I. Hors- 
man Co. W. H. Wills, the well-known archer, 
and president of the New York Archery Asso¬ 
ciation, was in charge of the meet. 
The tournament having been decided on by 
the dealers as a fitting way to usher in the sea¬ 
son in New York, which really marks the re¬ 
vival of archery^ here after a lapse of about 
thirty years. The services of Mr. Wills were 
invoked and he consented to take charge and 
arrange the program and manage the tournament. 
The dates are June 10 to and including June 14 
every afternoon. Those whose marksmanship 
during the four days’ shooting has enabled them 
to qualify will be eligible for the final events 
which will take place Saturday, 10 to i o’clock. 
This will be prize day. A handsome cup, do¬ 
nated by Forest .4Nd Stream, will be the chief 
prize to be contested for, and the eligibles will 
1 e well rewarded for good work during the week 
I y being admited to this contest. Other prizes 
also are to be awarded. Winners will be an¬ 
nounced next week. 
The Edward B. Weston Trophy. 
A SILVER gilt cup, competed for at the annual 
tournaments of the National Archery Associa¬ 
tion of the United States, on the following con¬ 
ditions : 
Awarded to the archer making most golds 
at any end of si.x arrows, shot during any event 
on the program, and to become the property of 
a thrice consecutive winner. 
First won in 1910, by Henry B. Richardson, 
of Boston, with four golds at 60 yards. Second, 
won by Frank E. Canfield, Chicago, with five 
golds at 50 yards. Third, won by George Phil¬ 
lips Bryant, with four golds at 40 yards. 
