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ARCHERY AND THE RIFLE. 
Certain fundamental principles may be in- 
herent in sports of games which are very little 
lnl e 'bn S ,00tmg ( with rifle - shotgun and the 
long-bow are often considered by those who 
,' 10 n w 1 . e ab( ? ut either as very similar sports, 
m a C rt Se RV ach cas . e one is tr y* n & t0 hit some 
are not alik CXCept 111 the matter of aiming they 
vJ n n , rec f nt , article in Collier’s Weekly, Mr. 
•irtb-i kC “cl 3 ^ ery mt eresting and instructive 
article on Shooting at Moving Game.” Many 
of his statements on aiming or sighting are 
Scmnre d M ard 'f B ' Weston - in th e Christian 
Science Monitor are as true in archery as in 
the use of the rifle or gun. 
■ Aiming when shooting with bow and arrow 
is very like aiming in rifle shooting, but little 
like the shotgun method. The quotations which 
foflow are from Mr. Van Dyke’s article; but 
what we have to say applies only to shooting 
at a stationary target, and not at game or 
moving objects. 
I “ Wi ‘ h . V hot S“ n your eye holds on the bird, 
sightT” thC nfle y ° Ur eye niUst hold the 
aboi > t . 50 years ago the archer was 
taught to fix his eye intently on the “gold” of 
ie target, or the "bird,’ or whatever object 
he wished to hit, and shoot instinctively. There 
was no careful sighting recognized. Without 
doubt good shooting was done in this way in 
the days when the bow was the weapon of war 
and the chase, and its use compulsory. But it 
was the hit-or-miss shotgun method. 
Horace A Ford taught a better method. 
Uthers possibly had used it without appreciat- 
m n tbey were doin S- But For d first 
called attention to it, formulated its rules and 
gave it a name, “the point of aim” method. 
Ihis was the rifle method of aiming applied to 
archery, by which we mean, holding your eye 
°Vu he .< Slght » nd f n . ot ? n the object to be hit. 
he point of aim is the spot to be aimed at, 
in order to hit the bull’s eye—called the gold 
in archery. In using the rifle the rear sight is 
raised or lowered for different distances, so that 
in aiming at a stationary object the sight al¬ 
ways covers it. In using the bow, the front 
Sight is raised or lowered; the rear end—the 
feathered end of the arrow—being drawn to the 
same place at each distance shot. At a certain 
distance from the target the “gold” and the 
point of aim are the same. 
But if you wish to shoot at a shorter distance 
you must lower the front sight—the point of the 
arrow. Now the point of aim and the gold will 
not be the same—will not coincide. The point 
will be below the gold, on the target, or on 
some spot on the ground in front of the target 
Let us suppose the point has been found and 
covered with a small piece of white paper in 
order readily to be seen. 
If you aim at this piece of paper, and shoot 
correctly, you will hit the .gold. Don’t let your 
eye hold on the gold, but on the point which is 
now covered by the sight-the point of the 
arrow, making them practically one. It is not 
necessary to see the gold or target, though it 
is usually done by indirect vision. 
What Mr. Van Dyke says about guessing in 
aiming is as true in archery as in rifle shooting. 
Next you have to guess whether you are 
doing it ngfit or no t * * * Then you have 
a blank space to hold on, instead of a well de- 
hulk ma f k ' Su PP° se y° u hi t the four-inch 
shifting I0 -° , yard . S ev , ery time - Now without 
how n g the Slgrhts ’ but by shifting the rifle, see 
now near you can come to making the same 
Md 0 e U of 0 the h b tS ll° n 3 b K nk WaI1 Six feet to one 
p m ,/ th a bullseye Wlth no particular spot to 
fh? buhs a e n ye.” art ^ attention stil > ke Pt on 
Wku 1 U 1 sd PP° se one is shooting 6o yards 
With a bow of the.power which most archers 
use the point of aim will be on the ground 
et us say io yards in front of the target Now 
sunnncp 01nt ' S s harply defined, all is well. But 
suppose we are shooting over a perfectly kent 
lawn, smooth and of uniform color In an 
an artir;fi mat i Ch ?t IS , not permissible to place 
an articificial point, though we believe it should 
forest and stream 
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