FOREST AND STREAM 
311 
TO AN OLD ARCHER FRIEND. 
(E. B. W.) 
What shall an old friend say to you, 
Gray hero of our archer years? 
What tribute shall he pay to you 
Ere the eternal twilight nears, 
When we shall grope, with parted hands, 
The dim illimitable lands? 
No biased word, no partial praise 
Befits the comrade-love I yield 
To him whose archer-marseillaise 
Rings from our old, first battle-field; 
Whose tirless hand through best and worst, 
Has borne our banner from the first. 
Let me stand still, with bended head 
And call the living archer roll, 
Revivify the splendid dead 
Whose names illume the bowman’s scroll, 
And then, with loving, tear-blurred scrawl, 
Write his brave name above them all. 
WILL H. THOMPSON. 
ARCHERY IN CALIFORNIA. 
Chicago, April 7. 
I have received a letter from Forest and 
Stream, enclosing one from Harold Havens, of 
Berkeley, California, requesting that I answer 
this letter and send it to Forest and Stream for 
publication. 
This is an agreeable thing to do, for several 
reasons. I have known his father, Mr. F. C. 
Havens of Oakland, California, as an archer, 
and a public spirited man, for more than thirty 
years; and have had a personal acquaintance 
with him since 1907, when he handed me a gen¬ 
erous check to be used in purchasing prizes to 
be awarded at the next tournament of the 
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National Archery Association. It may not be 
out of place to state that this money was used 
to purchase a beautiful bronze statuette of an 
Indian archer, designed by Cyrus E. Dallin, and 
won by the late Colonel Williams; and a fine 
silver vase, which was won by Mrs. M. C. 
Howell; two very popular wins, for they had 
been our best archers for a long time. 
Since then Mr. Havens has given the Associa¬ 
tion many valuable prizes which have become 
the property of the winners. 
Mr. Havens speaks of his father’s great 40 
yards score, 30 arrows shot, 30 hits, 246 score. 
I do not know of a higher score made in a public 
meeting. His score at 60 yards, 24 arrows, 24 
hits, 168 score, is fully as meritorious. These 
scores, and others by Mr. Havens, are given in 
the Archery Guide, and were furnished by Will 
H. Thompson. 
I hope that Harold Havens will soon equal Ids 
father’s magnificent archery. And I hope thal 
his efforts to have the Panama Exposition luflcl 
an archery tournament in the fall will be suc¬ 
cessful. I am also very glad to know that A. 
G. Spalding & Bros, have a full line of archer/ 
goods in their San Francisco store. Mr. A. G. 
Spalding was one of the founders of the Na¬ 
tional Archery Association, in 1879. 
Mr. Havens inquires about some archery 
scores which were printed in the Forest and 
Stream in February. 
Dr. O. L. Hertig’s score 95-581, was a Team 
Round score. This Round is composed of 96 
arrows shot at 60 yards. 
Dr. Hertig’s score was 95 hits, 581 score. 
I trust that Mr. Havens will often send you 
archery news from the Coast. 
EDWARD B. WESTON. 
HOW TO INTEREST THE RIFLE SHOOTER. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
In a recent issue, a letter appears from an 
ardent toxophilist, asking for suggestions that 
may tend to increase interest in the sport. Be¬ 
ing an archer of more or less ability—mostly 
less—I am moved to offer a suggestion, which 
no doubt will be voted down as unworthy of 
consideration. Change the target and scoring. 
None but those who are actively engaged in the 
sport know or comprehend the totals made in 
different rounds. Golds, reds, blues, blacks or 
whites. I assume that the average archer is, 
like myself, fond of all sorts of shooting. It 
is certain that a person who has never tried the 
game, though a rifle and pistol shot, can find 
little to interest him in reading the archery 
scores. Sanscrit would be as intelligible. I 
shot on a regulation target for two or three 
years, yet am unable to grasp the totals of 
rounds, and how many golds, reds, blues, blacks 
or white it took to make them. The target iy 
a fine color scheme truly, yet offers no interest 
to the rifle shot, revolver shot or casual reader, 
from which recruits must be gained. How 
many outside of archers know that a gold 
counts seven? Very, very few, or of the other 
color values. Why not Americanize the thing? 
Adopt a Creedmoor target of the regulation re¬ 
volver size, which will at once show the relative 
skill of archers and revolver shots. At fifty 
yards I believe the bull is of 8-inch diameter, 
which counts 5, and the rings 4, 3, 2 and 1, re¬ 
spectively. Keep your colors, if you want, but 
change the count and diameter to conform 
with the regulation Creedmoor pistol target, and 
at once, revolver shots throughout the United 
States will marvel at the skill of such wizards 
as Elmer, Hertig, and others of like importance. 
We pride ourselves on our skill, yet, after all, 
few there are of us who do not like the pleas¬ 
ant notoriety that papers and magazines afford 
in chronicling our performances. 
CHARLES G. BLANDPORD. 
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