,,archery ,,printed ,,by ,,spottiswoode ,,and ,,co41 ,,new-,,street ,,square ,,london ,illustration3 ,your's truly ,horace ,a4 ,ford ,,the ,,theory ,,and ,,practice ,,of ,,archery ,,by ,,the ,,late ,,horace ,,ford ,,champion ,,archer ,,of ,,england ,,for ,,the ,,years #ahej ,,to #ahei ,,and #ahfg ,,new ,,edition ,,thoroughly ,,revised ,,and ,,re-,,written ,,by ,w4 ,,butt1 ,m4,a4 ,,for ,,many ,,years ,,hon4 ,,secretary ,,of ,,the ,,royal ,,toxophilite ,,society ,,london ,,longmans1 ,,green1 ,,and ,,co4 #ahhg ,all rights reserved ,,preface4 ,no excuse need be offered to archers for presenting to them a new edition of the late ,mr4 ,horace ,a4 ,ford's work on the ,theory and ,practice of ,archery4 ,it first appeared as a series of articles in the columns of the ',field1' which were republished in book form in #ahef2 a second edition was published in #ahei1 which has been long out of print1 and no book on the subject has since appeared4 ,except1 therefore1 for a few copies of this book1 which from time to time may be obtained from the secondhand booksellers1 no guide is obtainable by which the young archer can learn the principles of his art4 ,on hearing that it was in contemplation to reprint the second edition of ,mr4 ,ford's book1 it seemed to me a pity that this should be done without revision1 and without bringing it up to the level of the knowledge of the present day4 ,i therefore purchased the copyright of the work from ,mr4 ,ford's representatives1 and succeeded in inducing ,mr4 ,butt1 who was for many years the secretary of the ,royal ,toxophilite ,society1 to undertake the revision4 ,a difficulty occurred at the outset as to the form in which this revision should be carried out4 ,if it had been possible1 there would have been advantages in printing ,mr4 ,ford's text untouched1 and in giving ,mr4 ,butt's comments in the form of notes4 ,this course would1 however1 have involved printing much matter that has become entirely obsolete1 and1 moreover1 not only would the bulk of the book have been increased to a greater extent even than has actually been found necessary1 but also ,mr4 ,butt's portion of the work1 which contains the information of the latest date1 and is therefore of highest practical value to young archers1 would have been relegated to a secondary and somewhat inconvenient position4 ,mr4 ,butt has therefore rewritten the book1 and it would hardly perhaps be giving him too much credit to describe the present work as a ,treatise on the ,theory and ,practice of ,archery by him1 based on the work of the late ,horace ,a4 ,ford4 ,in writing his book1 ,mr4 ,ford committed to paper the principles by means of which he secured his unrivalled position as an archer4 ,after displaying a clever trick1 it is the practice of some conjurers to pretend to take the spectators into their confidence1 and to show them 'how it is done4' ,in such cases the audience1 as a rule1 is not much the wiser2 but a more satisfactory result has followed from ,mr4 ,ford's instructions4 ,mr4 ,ford was the founder of modern scientific archery4 ,first by example1 and then by precept1 he changed what before was 'playing at bows and arrows' into a scientific pastime4 ,he held the ,champion's medal for eleven years in succession--from #ahdi to #ahei4 ,he also won it again in #ahfg4 ,after this time1 although he was seen occasionally in the archery field1 his powers began to wane4 ,he died in the year #ahhj4 ,his best scores1 whether at public matches or in private practice1 have never been surpassed4 ,but1 although no one has risen who can claim that on him has fallen the mantle of ,mr4 ,ford1 his work was not in vain4 ,thanks to the more scientific and rational principles laid down by this great archer1 any active lad nowadays can1 with a few months' practice1 make scores which would have been thought fabulous when ,george ,,iii4 was king4 ,the ,annual ,grand ,national ,archery ,meetings were started in the year #ahdd at ,york1 and at the second meeting1 in #ahde1 held also at ,york1 when the ,double ,york ,round was shot for the first time1 ,mr4 ,muir obtained the championship1 with #ace hits1 and a score of #ecg4 ,several years elapsed before the championship was won with a score of over #gjj4 ,nowadays1 a man who cannot make #gjj is seldom in the first ten1 and1 moreover1 the general level both among ladies and gentlemen continues to rise4 ,we have not yet1 however1 found any individual archer capable of beating in public the marvellous record of #bde hits and #a1bea score1 made by ,mr4 ,ford at ,cheltenham in #aheg4 ,one chief cause of the improvement ,mr4 ,ford effected was due to his recognising the fallacy in the time-honoured saying that the archer should draw to the ear4 ,when drawn to the ear1 part of the arrow must necessarily lie outside the direct line of sight from the eye to the gold4 ,consequently1 if the arrow points apparently to the gold1 it must fly to the left of the target when loosed1 and in order to hit the target1 the archer who draws to the ear must aim at some point to the right4 ,mr4 ,ford laid down the principle that the arrow must be drawn directly beneath the aiming eye1 and lie in its whole length in the same vertical plane as the line between the eye and the object aimed at4 ,it is true that in many representations of ancient archers the arrow is depicted as being drawn beyond the eye1 and consequently outside the line of sight4 ,no doubt for war purposes it was a matter of importance to shoot a long heavy arrow1 and if an arrow of a standard yard long or anything like it was used1 it would be necessary for a man to draw it beyond his eye1 unless he had very long arms indeed4 ,but in war1 the force of the blow was of more importance than accuracy of aim1 and ,mr4 ,ford saw that in a pastime where accuracy of aim was the main object1 this old rule no longer held good4 ,this was only one of many improvements effected by ,mr4 ,ford2 but it is a fact that this discovery1 which seems obvious enough now that it is stated1 was the main cause of the marvellous improvement which has taken place in shooting4 ,the second chapter in ,mr4 ,ford's book1 entitled ',a ,glance at the ,career of the ,english ,long-,bow1' has been omitted4 ,it contained no original matter1 being compiled chiefly from the well-known works of ,roberts1 ,moseley1 and ,hansard4 ,the scope of the present work is practical1 not historical2 and to deal with the history of the ,english long-bow in a satisfactory manner would require a bulky volume4 ,an adequate history of the bow in all ages and in all countries has yet to be written4 ,in the chapters on the bow1 the arrow1 and the rest of the paraphernalia of archery1 much that ,mr4 ,ford wrote1 partly as the result of the practice and experiments of himself and others1 and partly as drawn from the works of previous writers on the subject1 still holds good2 but improvements have been effected since his time1 and ,mr4 ,butt has been able to add a great deal of useful information gathered from the long experience of himself and his contemporaries4 ,the chapters which deal with ,ascham's well-known five points of archery--standing1 nocking1 drawing1 holding1 and loosing--contain the most valuable part of ,mr4 ,ford's teaching1 and ,mr4 ,butt has endeavoured to develope further the principles laid down by ,mr4 ,ford4 ,the chapters on ancient and modern archery practice have been brought up to date1 and ,mr4 ,butt has given in full the best scores made by ladies or gentlemen at every public meeting which has been held since the establishment of the ,grand ,national ,archery ,society down to #ahhf4 ,the chapter on ,robin ,hood has been omitted for the same reasons which determined the omission of the chapter on the career of the ,english long-bow1 and the rules for the formation of archery societies1 which are cumbrous and old-fashioned1 have also been left out4 ,the portrait of ,major ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher1 champion archer for the years #ahga-b-c-d1 is reproduced from a photograph taken by ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham1 the present holder of the champion's medal4 ,in conclusion1 it is hoped that the publication of this book may help to increase the popularity of archery in this country4 ,it is a pastime which can never die out4 ,the love of the bow and arrow seems almost universally planted in the human heart4 ,but its popularity fluctuates1 and though it is now more popular than at some periods1 it is by no means so universally practised as archers would desire4 ,one of its greatest charms is that it is an exercise which is not confined to men4 ,ladies have attained a great and increasing amount of skill with the bow1 and there is no doubt that it is more suited to the fairer sex than some of the more violent forms of athletics now popular4 ,archery has perhaps suffered to some extent from comparison with the rifle4 ,the rifleman may claim for his weapon that its range is greater and that it shoots more accurately than the bow4 ,the first position may be granted freely1 the second only with reserve4 ,given1 a well-made weapon of ,spanish or ,italian yew1 and arrows of the best modern make1 and the accuracy of the bow is measured only by the skill of the shooter4 ,if he can loose his arrow truly1 it will hit the mark2 more than that can be said of no weapon4 ,that a rifleman will shoot more accurately at ranges well within the power of the bow than an archer of similar skill is certain2 but the reason is that the bow is the more difficult1 and perhaps to some minds on that account the more fascinating1 weapon4 ,the reason why it is more difficult is obvious1 and in stating it we see one of the many charms of archery4 ,the rifleman has but to aim straight and to hold steady1 and he will hit the bull's-eye4 ,but the archer has also to supply the motive force which propels his arrow4 ,as he watches the graceful flight of a well-shot shaft1 he can feel a pride in its swiftness and strength which a rifleman cannot share4 ,and few pastimes can furnish a more beautiful sight than an arrow speeding swiftly and steadily from the bow1 till with a rapturous thud it strikes the gold at a hundred yards4 ,c4 ,j4 ,,longman4 ,,contents4 ,,chapter ,,page ,i4 ,,of ,,the ,,english ,,long-,,bow #a ,,ii4 ,,how ,,to ,,choose ,a ,,bow1 ,,and ,,how ,,to ,,use ,,and ,,preserve ,,it ,,when ,,chosen #ag ,,iii4 ,,of ,,the ,,arrow #bg ,,iv4 ,,of ,,the ,,string1 ,,bracer1 ,,and ,,shooting-,,glove #dd ,v4 ,,of ,,the ,,grease-,,box1 ,,tassel1 ,,belt1 ,,etc4 #fg ,,vi4 ,,of ,,bracing1 ,,or ,,stringing1 ,,and ,,nocking #gh ,,vii4 ,,of ,,ascham',s ,,five ,,points1 ,,position ,,standing1 ,,etc4 #hc ,,viii4 ,,drawing #id ,,ix4 ,,aiming #ajg ,x4 ,,of ,,holding ,,and ,,loosing #abb ,,xi4 ,,of ,,distance ,,shooting1 ,,and ,,different ,,rounds #acb ,,xii4 ,,archery ,,societies1 ',,records1' ,,etc4 #adj ,,xiii4 ,,the ,,public ,,archery ,,meetings ,,and ,,the ,,double ,,york ,,and ,,other ,,rounds #adh ,,xiv4 ,,club ,,shooting ,,and ,,private ,,practice #bgi ,,plates4 ,,portrait ,,of ,,mr4 ,,ford ,frontispiece ,,portrait ,,of ,,major ,c4 ,h4 ,,fisher ,to face p4 #abb ,,archery ,,chapter ,i4 ,,of ,,the ,,english ,,long-,,bow ,of the various implements of archery1 the bow demands the first consideration4 ,it has at one period or another formed one of the chief weapons of war and the chase in almost every nation1 and is1 indeed1 at the present day in use for both these purposes in various parts of the world4 ,it has differed as much in form as in material1 having been made curved1 angular1 and straight2 of wood1 metal1 horn1 cane1 whalebone1 of wood and horn1 or of wood and the entrails and sinews of animals and fish combined3 sometimes of the rudest workmanship1 sometimes finished with the highest perfection of art4 ,no work exists which aims at giving an exhaustive description of the various forms of bows which have been used by different nations in ancient and modern times1 and such an undertaking would be far beyond the scope of the present work4 ,the only form of the bow with which we are now concerned is the ,english long-bow1 and especially with the ,english long-bow as now used for target-shooting as opposed to the more powerful weapon used by our forefathers for the purposes of war4 ,the cross-bow never took a very strong hold on the ,english nation as compared with the long-bow1 and1 as it has never been much employed for recreation1 it need not be here described4 ,it is a matter of surprise and regret that so few genuine specimens of the old ,english long-bow should remain in existence at the present day4 ,one in the possession of the late ,mr4 ,peter ,muir of ,edinburgh is said to have been used in the battle of ,flodden in #aeac3 it is of self-yew1 a single stave1 apparently of ,english growth1 and very roughly made4 ,its strength has been supposed to be between #hj and #ij lbs42 but as it could not be tested without great risk of breaking it1 its actual strength remains a matter of conjecture only4 ,this bow was presented to ,mr4 ,p4 ,muir by ,colonel ,j4 ,ferguson1 who obtained it from a border house contiguous to ,flodden ,field1 where it had remained for many generations1 with the reputation of having been used at that battle4 ,there are likewise in the ,tower two bows that were taken out of the ',mary ,rose1' a vessel sunk in the reign of ,henry ,,viii4 ,they are unfinished weapons1 made out of single staves of magnificent yew1 probably of foreign growth1 quite round from end to end1 tapered from the middle to each end1 and without horns4 ,it is difficult to estimate their strength1 but it probably does not exceed from #fe to #gj lbs4 ,another weapon now in the ,museum of the ,united ,service ,institution came from the same vessel4 ,probably the oldest specimen extant of the ,english long-bow is in the possession of ,mr4 ,c4 ,j4 ,longman4 ,it was dug out of the peat near ,cambridge1 and is unfortunately in very bad condition4 ,it can never have been a very powerful weapon4 ,geologists say that it cannot be more recent than the twelfth or thirteenth century1 and may be much more ancient4 ,indeed1 from its appearance it is more probable that it is a relic of the weaker archery of the ,saxons than that it is a weapon made after the ,normans had introduced their more robust shooting into this country4 ,before the discussion of the practical points connected with the bow is commenced1 it must be borne in mind that these pages profess to give the result of actual experience1 and nothing that is advanced is mere theory or opinion unsupported by proof1 but the result only of long1 patient1 and practical investigation and of constant and untiring experiment4 ,whenever1 therefore1 one kind of wood1 or one shape of bow1 or one mode or principle of shooting1 c41 is spoken of as being better than another1 or the best of all1 it is asserted to be so simply because1 after a full and fair trial of every other1 the result of such investigation bore out that assertion4 ,no doubt some of the points contended for were in ,mr4 ,ford's time in opposition to the then prevailing opinions and practice1 and were considered innovations4 ,the value of theory1 however1 is just in proportion as it can be borne out by practical results2 and in appealing to the success of his own practice as a proof of the correctness of the opinions and principles upon which it was based1 he professed to be moved by no feeling of conceit or vanity1 but wholly and solely by a desire to give as much force as possible to the recommendations put forth1 and to obtain a fair and impartial trial of them4 ,the ,english bows now in use may be divided primarily into two classes--the self-bow and the backed bow2 and1 to save space and confusion1 the attention must first be confined to the self-bow1 reserving what has to be said respecting the backed bow4 ,much1 however1 that is said of the one applies equally to the other4 ,the self-bow of a single stave is the real old ,english weapon--the one with which the mighty deeds that rendered this country renowned in bygone times were performed2 for until the decline and disappearance of archery in war1 as a consequence of the superiority of firearms1 and the consequent cessation of the importation of bow-staves1 backed bows were unknown4 ,ascham1 who wrote in the sixteenth century1 when archery had already degenerated into little else than an amusement1 mentions none other than self-bows2 and it may therefore be concluded that such only existed in his day4 ,of the woods for self-bows1 yew beyond all question carries off the palm4 ,other woods have been1 and still are1 in use1 such as lance1 cocus1 ,washaba1 rose1 snake1 laburnum1 and others2 but they may be summarily dismissed 7with the exception of lance1 of which more hereafter7 with the remark that self-bows made of these woods are all so radically bad1 heavy in hand1 apt to jar1 dull in cast1 liable to chrysal1 and otherwise prone to break1 that no archer should use them so long as a self-yew or a good backed bow is within reach4 ,the only wood1 then1 for self-bows is yew1 and the best yew is of foreign growth 7,spanish or ,italian71 though occasionally staves of ,english wood are met with which almost rival those of foreign growth4 ,this1 however1 is the exception2 as a rule1 the foreign wood is the best3 it is straighter1 and finer in grain1 freer from pins1 stiffer and denser in quality1 and requires less bulk in proportion to the strength of the bow4 ,the great bane of yew is its liability to knots and pins1 and rare indeed it is to find a six-feet stave without one or more of these undesirable companions4 ,where1 however1 a pin occurs1 it may easily be rendered comparatively harmless by the simple plan of raising it--i4e4 by leaving a little more wood than elsewhere round the pin in the belly and back of the bow4 ,this strengthens the particular point1 and diminishes the danger of a chrysal or splinter4 ,a pin resembles a small piece of wire1 is very hard and troublesome to the bowmaker's tools1 runs right through the bow-stave from belly to back1 and is very frequently the point at which a chrysal starts4 ,this chrysal 7also called by old writers a 'pinch'7 is a sort of disease which attacks the belly of a bow4 ,at first it nearly resembles a scratch or crack in the varnish4 ,its direction is always diagonal to the line of the bow1 and it gradually eats deeply into the bow and makes it appear as if it had been attacked with a chopper4 ,if many small chrysals appear1 much danger need not be feared1 though their progress should be watched2 but if one chrysal becomes deeply rooted1 the bow should be sent to the bowmaker for a new belly4 ,a chrysal usually occurs in new bows1 and mostly arises from the wood being imperfectly seasoned2 but it occasionally will occur in a well-seasoned bow that has been lent to a friend who uses a longer draw and dwells longer on the point of aim1 thus using the weapon beyond its wont4 ,another danger to the life of a bow arises from splinters in the back4 ,these mostly occur in wet weather1 when the damp1 through failure of the varnish1 has been able to get into the wood4 ,directly the rising of a splinter is observed1 that part of the bow should be effectually glued and wrapped before it is again used4 ,after this treatment the bow will be none the worse1 except in appearance4 ,yew and hickory only should be used for the backs of bows4 ,canadian elm1 which is occasionally used for backs1 is particularly liable to splinter4 ,it is obvious whenever a bow is broken the commencement of the fracture has been in a splinter or a chrysal1 according as the first failure was in the back or the belly2 therefore in the diagnosis of these disorders archers have to be thankful for small mercies4 ,the grain of the wood should be as even and fine as possible1 with the feathers running quite straight1 and as nearly as possible consecutively from the handle to the horn in each limb1 and without curls2 also1 care should be taken1 in the manufacture of a bow1 that the sap or back be of even depth1 and not in some places reduced to the level of the belly4 ,the feathering of a yew bow means the gradual disappearance of some of the grain as the substance of the bow is reduced between the handle and horn4 ,a curl is caused by a sudden turn in the grain of the wood1 so that this feathering is abruptly interrupted and reversed before it reappears4 ,this is a great source of weakness in a bow1 both in belly and back4 ,there should be nothing of the nature of feathering in the back of a bow1 and it is believed that the best back is that in which nothing but the bark has been removed from the stave4 ,any interruption of the grain of the back is a source of weakness and a hotbed of splinters4 ,a bow that follows the string should never be straightened1 for the same reason that anything of the nature of a carriage-spring should on no account be reversed in application4 ,the wood should be thoroughly well seasoned and of a good sound hard quality4 ,the finest and closest dark grain is undoubtedly the most beautiful and uncommon2 but the open or less close-grained wood1 and wood of paler complexion1 are nearly1 if not quite1 as good for use4 ,illustration3 ,,fig4 #a4--;,a ,,good ,,bow ,,unstrung4 ,illustration3 ,,fig4 #b4--;,a ,,good ,,bow ,,when ,,strung4 ,illustration3 ,,fig4 #c4--;,a ,,badly ,,reflexed ,,bow ,,that ,,bends ,,in ,,the ,,hand4 ,illustration3 ,,fig4 #d4--;,a ,,good ,,shape ,,for ,a ,,new ,,bow4 ,illustration3 ,,fig4 #e4--;,a ,,bow ,,that ,,follows ,,string3 ,,strung ,,and ,,unstrung4 ,illustration3 ,,fig4 #f4--;,a ,,reflex ,,bow3 ,,strung ,,and ,,unstrung4 7,figs4 #e and #f show the different distances which the limbs of well-shaped and of reflex bows have to go to their rest when unstrung47 ,illustration3 ,,fig4 #g4 ,doublefish ,singlefish ,the self-yew bow may be a single-stave--that is to say1 made of a single piece of wood1 or may be made of two pieces dovetailed or united in the handle by what is called a fish4 ,in a single-stave bow the quality of the wood will not be quite the same in the two limbs1 the wood of the lower growth being denser than that of the upper2 whilst in the grafted bow1 made of the same piece of wood1 cut or split apart1 and re-united in the handle1 the two limbs will be exactly of the same nature4 ,the joint1 or fishing 7fig4 #g71 should be double1 not single4 ,the difference1 however1 between these two sorts of self-yew bows is so slight as to be immaterial4 ,in any unusually damp or variable climate single staves should be prepared2 and in the grafted bows care should be taken in ascertaining that they be firmly put together in the middle4 ,a single-stave bow has usually a somewhat shorter handle1 as it becomes unnecessary to cover so much of the centre of the bow when the covering is not used as a cover to the joint1 but for the purpose of holding the bow only4 ,in shape all bows should be full and inflexible in the centre1 tapering gradually to each horn4 ,they should never bend in the handle1 as bows of this shape 7i4e4 a continuous curve from horn to horn7 always jar most disagreeably in the hand4 ,a perfectly graduated bend1 from a stiff unbending centre of at least nine inches1 towards each horn is the best4 ,some self-yew bows are naturally reflexed1 others are straight1 and some follow the string more or less4 ,the slightly reflexed bows are perhaps more pleasing to the eye1 as one cannot quite shake off the belief that the shape of ,cupid's bow is agreeable4 ,bows which follow the string somewhat are perhaps the most pleasant to use4 ,the handle of the bow1 which in size should be regulated to the grasp of each archer1 should be in such a position that the upper part of it may be from an inch to an inch and a quarter above the true centre of the bow1 or the point in the handle whereon the bow will balance4 ,if this centre be lower down in the handle1 as is usual in bows of ,scotch manufacture1 the cast of the bow may be somewhat improved1 but at the cost of a tendency to that unpleasant feeling of kicking and jarring in the hand4 ,again1 if the true centre be higher1 or1 as is the case in the old unaltered ,flemish bows1 at the point where the arrow lies on the hand1 the cast will be found to suffer disadvantageously4 ,if the handle be properly grasped 7inattention to which will endanger the bow's being pulled out of shape71 the fulcrum1 in drawing1 will be about the true balancing centre1 and the root of the thumb will be placed thereon4 ,considering a bow to consist of three members--a handle and two limbs--the upper limb1 being somewhat longer1 must of necessity bend a trifle more1 and this it should do4 ,the most usual covering for the handle is plush2 but woollen binding-cloth1 leather1 and india-rubber are also in constant use4 ,the piece of mother-of-pearl1 ivory1 or other hard substance usually inserted in the handle of the bow1 at the point where the arrow lies1 is intended to prevent the wearing away of the bow by the friction of the arrow2 but this precaution overreaches itself1 as in the course of an unusually long life the most hard-working bow will scarcely lose as much by this friction as must1 to start with1 be cut away for this insertion4 ,the length of the bow1 which is calculated from nock to nock--and this length will vary a little from the actual length1 according as it may be said to hold itself upright or stoop1 i4e4 follow the string--should be regulated by its strength and the length of the arrow to be used with it4 ,it may be taken as a safe rule that the stronger the bow the greater its length should be2 and so also the longer the arrow the longer should be the bow4 ,for those who use arrows of the usual length of from #bg to #bh inches1 with bows of the strength of from #de lbs4 to #ee lbs41 a useful and safe length will be not less than #e ft4 #aj in4 ,if this length of arrow or weight of bow be increased or diminished1 the length of bow may be proportionally increased or diminished1 taking as the two extremes #e ft4 #h in4 and #f feet4 ,no bow need be much outside either of these measurements4 ,it may be admitted that a short bow will cast somewhat farther than a longer one of the same weight1 but this extra cast can only be gained by a greater risk of breakage4 ,as bows are usually weighed and marked by the bowmakers for a #bh-;inch arrow fully drawn up1 a greater or less pull will take more or less out of them1 and the archer's calculations must be made accordingly4 ,to increase or diminish the power of a bow1 it is usual to shorten it in the former case1 and to reduce the bulk in the latter2 but to shorten a bow will probably shorten its life too1 and mayhap spoil it1 unless it be certain that it is superfluously long or sufficiently strong in the handle4 ,on the other hand1 to reduce a bow judiciously1 if it need to be weaker1 can do it no harm2 but the reduction should not be carried quite up to the handle4 ,it is a good plan to choose a bow by quality1 regardless of strength1 and have the best bow that can be procured reduced to the strength suitable4 ,in all cases the horns should be well and truly set on1 and the nocks should be of sufficient bulk to enclose safely the extremities of the limbs of the bow running up into them1 and the edges of the nocks should be made most carefully smooth4 ,if the edge of the nock be sharp and rough1 the string must be frayed1 and in consequence break sooner or later1 and endanger the safety of the bow4 ,the lower nock is not unfrequently put on or manufactured a trifle sideways as to its groove on the belly side4 ,this is done with a view to compensate the irregularity of the loop3 but this is a mistake1 as it is quite unnecessary in the case of a loop1 and must be liable to put the string out of position when there is a second eye to the string--and this second eye every archer who pays due regard to the preservation of his bows and strings should be most anxious to adopt as soon as possible4 ,from all that can be learned respecting the backed bow1 it would appear that its use was not adopted in this country until archery was in its last stage of decline as a weapon of war1 when1 the bow degenerating into an instrument of amusement1 the laws relating to the importation of yew staves from foreign countries were evaded1 and the supply consequently ceased4 ,it was then that the bowyers hit upon the plan of uniting a tough to an elastic wood1 and so managed to make a very efficient weapon out of very inferior materials4 ,this cannot fairly be claimed as an invention of the ,english bowyers1 but is an adaptation of the plan which had long been in use amongst the ,turks1 ,persians1 ,tartars1 ,chinese1 and many other nations1 including ,laplanders1 whose bows were made of two pieces of wood united with isinglass4 ,as far as regards the ,english backed bow 7this child of necessity71 the end of the sixteenth century is given as the period of its introduction1 and the ,kensals of ,manchester are named as the first makers--bows of whose make may be still in existence and use--and these were generally made of yew backed with hickory or wych-elm4 ,at the time of the revival of archery--at the close of the last century1 and again fifty years ago--all backed bows were held in great contempt by any that could afford self-yews1 and were always slightingly spoken of as 'tea-caddy' bows2 meaning that they were made of materials fit for nothing but ornamental joinery1 ,tunbridge ware1 c4 ,the backed bows of the present day are made of two or more strips of the same or different woods securely glued1 and compressed together as firmly as possible1 in frames fitted with powerful screws1 which frames are capable of being set to any shape4 ,various woods are used1 most of which1 though of different quality1 make serviceable bows4 ,for the backs we have the sap of yew1 hickory1 ,american1 ,canadian1 or wych-elm1 hornbeam1 c42 and for the bellies1 yew1 lance1 fustic1 snake1 ,washaba1 and letter-wood1 which is the straight grained part of snake1 and some others4 ,of all these combinations ,mr4 ,ford gave the strongest preference to bows of yew backed with yew4 ,these he considered the only possible rivals of the self-yew4 ,next in rank he classed bows of yew backed with hickory4 ,bows made of lance backed with hickory1 when the woods used are well seasoned and of choice quality1 are very steady and trustworthy1 but not silky and pleasant in drawing like bows made of yew4 ,one advantage of this combination of bow is that both these woods can be had of sufficient length to avoid the trouble in making and insecurity in use of the joint in the handle4 ,of bows into which more than two woods are introduced1 the combination of yew for the belly1 fustic or other good hard wood for the centre1 and hickory for the back cannot well be improved upon1 and such bows have been credited with excellent scores4 ,there is also a three-wooded modification of the lance and hickory bow4 ,in this a tapering strip of hard wood is introduced between the back and belly2 this strip passes through the handle and disappears at about a foot from the horn in each limb4 ,the lancewood bows are the cheapest1 and next to these follow the lance-and-hickory bows1 and then those of the description last mentioned4 ,on this account beginners who do not wish to go to much expense whilst they are1 as it were1 testing their capacity for the successful prosecution of this sport1 would do well to make a start with a bow of one or other of these descriptions4 ,it will often be useful to lend to another beginner1 or to a friend1 to whom it might not be wise to lend a more valuable bow2 or it may even be of use to the owner at a pinch4 ,bows have often been made of many more than three pieces2 but nothing is gained by further complications1 unless it be necessary in the way of repair4 ,next in importance to the consideration of the material of which backed bows should be made comes the treatment of their shape4 ,judging from such specimens of backed bows1 made by ,waring and others1 before the publication of ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford's articles on archery in the ',field1' as have survived to the present day1 and whose survival may be chiefly attributed to the fact that they were so utterly harsh and disagreeable in use that it was but little use they ever got1 the author was probably right in saying that they all bent in the handle more or less when drawn1 and were too much reflexed4 ,there is but little doubt that--as the joint in the handle1 necessitating extra bulk and strength1 could be dispensed with in these bows--the makers considered it an excellent opportunity to give their goods what 7however erroneously7 was then considered the best shape 7when drawn71 namely1 the perfect arc2 and this harmonious shape they obtained most successfully by making the bows comparatively weak in the handle and unnecessarily strong towards the horns2 with the result that these 'tea-caddy bows' met the contemptuous fate they well deserved4 ,modern archers have to be thankful to ,mr4 ,ford for the vast improvement in backed bows 7even more than in the case of self-bows71 which are now perfectly steady in hand1 and taper gradually1 and as much as is compatible with the safety of the limbs1 and this in spite of their being still made somewhat more reflex when new than appears necessary in the manufacture of self-yew bows4 ,yet ,mr4 ,ford was perfectly right to condemn all reflexity that does not result in a bow becoming either straight or somewhat to follow the string after it has been in use sufficiently long for its necessary training to its owner's style4 ,the first quality of a bow is steadiness4 ,now this quality is put in peril either by a want of exact balance between the two limbs--when the recoil of one limb is quicker than that of the other--or by undue reflexity4 ,these causes of unsteadiness occur in self-bows as well as in backed bows1 and are felt in the shape of a jar or kick in the hand when loosed4 ,this unsteadiness from want of balance in the limbs may be cured by a visit of the bow to the maker for such fresh tillering 7as it is called7 as will correct the fault of one or other limb4 ,if the unsteadiness arise from excessive reflexity1 which cannot be reduced by use1 a further tapering of the limbs must be adopted4 ,no bow of any sort that cannot be completely cured of kicking should be kept1 as no steady shooting can be expected from such a bow4 ,a bow that is much reflexed will be more liable to chrysals and splinters1 as the belly has to be more compressed and the back more strained than in a bow of proper shape2 also1 such a bow is much more destructive to strings1 as a greater strain is put upon the strings by the recoil of the limbs than is the case with a bow that follows the string or bends inwards naturally4 ,it is the uneven or excessive strain upon the string after the discharge of the arrow that causes the kicking of the bow4 ,when the question arises1 ',which is the best sort of bow8' it is found that the solution has only been rendered more complicated since #ahei by the great improvement in the manufacture of various sorts of backed bows3 as the following remarks1 then applied to the comparison between the self-yew and the yew-backed yew only1 must now be extended to all the best specimens of backed bows of different sorts4 ,the advocates of the self-yew affirm that good specimens of their pet weapon are the sweetest in use1 the steadiest in hand1 the most certain in cast1 and the most beautiful to the eye2 and in all these points1 with the exception of certainty of cast1 they are borne out by the fact4 ,this being the state of the case1 how is it1 then1 that a doubt can still remain as to which it is most profitable for an archer to use8 ,here are three out of four points 7two of which are most important7 in which it is admitted that the self-yew is superior2 and yet1 after much practical and experimental testing of all sorts1 it must be left to the taste and judgment of each man to decide for himself4 ,the fact undoubtedly is1 that the self-yew is the most perfect weapon4 ,but it is equally an undoubted fact that it requires more delicate handling2 since1 its cast lying very much in the last three or four inches of its pull1 any variation in this respect1 or difference in quickness or otherwise of loose1 varies the elevation of the arrow to a much greater extent than the same variation of pull or loose in the others1 whose cast is more uniform throughout4 ,now1 were a man perfect in his physical powers1 or always in first-rate shooting condition1 there would be no doubt as to which bow he should use1 as he would in this case be able to attain to the difficult nicety required in the management of the self-yew2 but as this constant perfection never can be maintained1 the superior merits of this bow are partially counteracted by the extreme difficulty of doing justice to them2 and the degree of harshness of pull and unsteadiness in hand of the others being but trifling1 the greater certainty with which they accomplish the elevation counterbalances1 upon average results1 their inferiority in other respects4 ,another advantage the self-yew possesses is1 that it is not so liable to injury from damp as are the backed bows2 but then the latter are much less costly1 and1 with common care1 need cause no fear of harm from damp1 as an inch of lapping at either end covering the junction with the horns will preserve them from this danger4 ,as regards chrysals1 and breakage from other causes than damp1 bows of all sorts of wood are about equally liable to failure4 ,the main results of the comparison1 then1 resolve themselves into these two prominent features3 namely1 that the self-yew bow1 from its steadiness1 sweetness1 and absence of vibration1 ensures the straightness of the shot better than backed bows2 whilst the latter1 owing to the regularity of their cast not being confined quite to a hair's breadth of pull1 carry off the palm for greater certainty in the elevation of the shot4 ,it is almost unnecessary to say that there are bad bows of all sorts1 many being made of materials that are fit for nothing but firewood2 and yet the bowmakers seem to be almost justified in making up such materials by the fact that occasionally the most ungainly bow will prove itself almost invaluable in use1 while a perfect beauty in appearance may turn out a useless slug4 ,though it may be no easy matter to decide which particular sort of bow an individual archer should adopt1 yet1 when that individual has once ascertained the description of bow that appears to suit him best1 he will be wise to confine his attention to that same sort in his future acquisition of bows4 ,an archer who shoots much will find his bowmaker's account a serious annual matter if he keep none but the best self-yew bows2 and therefore any who find it necessary to count the cost of this sport should do their best to adapt themselves to the cheaper though not much inferior backed bows4 ,this also may be further said of the difference between self-yews and backed bows--namely1 that there appears to be a sort of individuality attached to each self-yew bow1 apart from the peculiarities of its class1 which makes it difficult 7not regarding the cost7 to remedy the loss of a favourite self-yew bow4 ,it is very much easier to replace any specimen of the other sorts of bows1 as there is much less variation of character in each class4 ,the 'carriage bow' is made to divide into two pieces by means of a metal socket in the handle1 after the fashion of the joint of a fishing-rod4 ,the object of this make of bow is to render it more convenient as a travelling-companion2 but1 as the result is a bow heavy in hand and unpleasant in use1 the remedy appears to be worse than the disease4 ,it is often asserted that the best bows should be made of steel1 as superior in elasticity to wood2 but this is not borne out by the results of experiment4 ,the late ,hon4 ,r4 ,hely-,hutchinson1 a member of the ,r4 ,tox4 ,soc41 took a great deal of pains to have long-bows manufactured of steel both in ,england and in ,belgium4 ,the best of these1 weighing about #ej lbs4 for the #bh-;inch draw1 with the aim and elevation which with a good wooden bow would carry an arrow #ajj yards1 scarcely carried its shaft as far as #fj yards1 so deadly slow appeared the recoil2 and besides this1 the actual weight in the hand of the implement was so considerable that it would be a most serious addition to the toil of the day1 on account of its being so frequently held out at arm's length1 to say nothing of its having to be carried about all day4 ,,chapter ,,ii4 ,,how ,,to ,,choose ,a ,,bow1 ,,and ,,how ,,to ,,use ,,and ,,preserve ,,it ,,when ,,chosen ,the next point to be considered is the strength of the bow to be chosen2 and respecting this1 in the first place1 the bow must be completely under the shooter's command--within it1 but not much below it4 ,one of the greatest mistakes young archers 7and many old ones too7 commit is that they will use bows that are too strong for them4 ,in fact1 there are but few to whom1 at one or other period of their archery career1 this remark has not applied4 ,the desire to be considered strong appears to be the moving agent to this curious hallucination2 as if a man did not rather expose his weakness by straining at a bow evidently beyond his strength1 thereby calling attention to that weakness1 than by using a lighter one with grace and ease1 which always give the idea of force1 vigour1 and power4 ,another incentive to the use of strong bows is the passion for sending down the arrows sharp and low1 and the consequent employment of powerful bows to accomplish this2 the which is perhaps a greater mistake than the other1 for it is not so much the strength of the bow as the perfect command of it that enables the archer to obtain this desideratum4 ,the question is not so much what a man can pull as what he can loose2 and he will without doubt obtain a lower flight of arrow by a lighter power of bow under his command1 than he will by a stronger one beyond his proper management4 ,this mania for strong bows has destroyed many a promising archer1 in an archery sense of the term4 ,not only did one of the best shots of his day1 a winner of the second and first prizes at successive ,grand ,national ,meetings1 dwindle beneath mediocrity in accuracy through this infatuation1 but another brought himself to death's door by a dangerous illness of about a year's duration1 by injury to his physical powers1 brought on by the same failing1 only carried to a much greater excess4 ,and1 after all1 the thing so desired is not always thus attained4 ,let the reader attend any ,grand ,national ,archery ,meeting1 and let him observe some fifty or so picked shots of the country arranged at the targets1 and contending with all their might for the prizes of honour and skill4 ,whose arrows fly down the sharpest1 steadiest1 and keenest8 ,are they those of the archers who use the strongest bows8 ,not at all4 ,behold that archer from an ,eastern county just stepping so unpretendingly forward to deliver his shafts4 ,see6 with what grace and ease the whole thing is done6--no straining1 no contortions there6 ,mark the flight of his arrows--how keen1 and low1 and to the mark they fly6 ,none fly sharper1 few so sharp4 ,and what is the strength of that beautiful self-yew bow which he holds in his hand8 ,scarce #ej lbs46 ,and yet the pace of his shaft is unsurpassed by any2 and it is close upon five shillings in weight too4 ,there is another4 ,mark his strength and muscular power6 ,possibly a bow of #hj lbs4 would be within his pull2 yet he knows better than to use any such1 when the prizes are awarded to skill1 not brute force4 ,the bow he employs is but #dh lbs42 yet how steady and true is the flight of his arrow6 ,and so on all through the meeting3 it will be found that it is not the strongest bows1 but those that are under the perfect command of their owners1 that do their work the best4 ,inasmuch1 then1 as the proper flight of an arrow from any bow depends almost entirely upon the way in which it is loosed1 the strength of the bow must not be regulated by the mere muscular powers of the individual archer2 for he may be able to draw even a #bi-;inch arrow to the head in a very powerful bow without being able during a match to loose steadily a bow of more than #ej lbs4 ,not the power of drawing1 but of loosing steadily1 must therefore be the guide here4 ,the bow must be within this loosing power1 but also well up to it2 for it is almost as bad to be under- as over-bowed4 ,the evils attendant upon being over-bowed are various3 the left 7bow7 arm1 wrist1 and elbow1 the fingers of the right 7loosing7 hand and its wrist1 are strained and rendered unsteady2 the pull becomes uncertain and wavering1 and is never twice alike2 the whole system is overworked and wearied2 and1 besides this1 the mind is depressed by ill-success2 the entire result is disappointment and failure4 ,on the other hand1 care must be taken not to fall into the opposite extreme of being under-bowed1 as in this case the loose becomes difficult1 and generally unsteady and unequal4 ,the weight of the bows now in general use varies from #de lbs4 to #ed lbs41 stronger ones forming the exception2 and the lowest of these weights is ample for the distances now usually shot4 ,each archer must therefore find out how much he can draw with ease and loose with steadiness throughout a day's shooting1 and choose accordingly4 ,if a beginner1 #ej lbs4 is probably the outside weight with which he should commence2 a few pounds less1 in most cases1 would even be better for the starting-point4 ,as lately as twenty years ago bows were very carelessly marked in the indication of their strength1 many bows being marked as much as #aj lbs4 above their actual measure2 but in the present day all the bowmakers incline towards the custom of marking a new bow to weigh rather less1 perhaps by #c lbs41 than its actual weight4 ,the reason of this is that in the opinion of the marker the bow will arrive at the strength marked in the course of use4 ,it is indeed a very rare case when a new bow does not with use get somewhat weaker4 ,besides keeping the bows for his own use mostly of the same description1 every archer should also keep them of just about the same weight2 and if he shoot much he should possess at the fewest three1 as much alike as possible1 and use them alternately4 ,this will prove an economy in the end1 as each will have time to recover its elasticity1 and will thus last a much longer time4 ,it is an agreeable feature in bows that they have considerable facility in recovery from the effects of hard work4 ,this fact may be easily tested by weighing a bow on a steelyard before and after shooting a single ,york round with it1 when a difference of one pound or more will be found in the strength of it1 more particularly if the day be hot2 but with a few days' rest this lost power will be regained by the bow4 ,in the choice of a bow a beginner should secure the assistance of an experienced friend1 or content himself with an unambitious investment in a cheap specimen of backed-bow or a self-lance1 on which he may safely expend his inexperience4 ,when an archer is sufficiently advanced to know the sort and weight of bow that best suits him1 let him go to the maker he prefers1 and name the price he can afford to give--the prices of trustworthy self-yews vary from twenty to five guineas1 of yew-backed yews from five to three guineas1 and of other backed bows from three guineas to thirty shillings2 whilst self-lance bows may be procured for as little as twelve shillings--and he will soon find what choice there is for him4 ,if there appears one likely to suit1 let him first examine the bow to see that there be no knots1 curls1 pins1 splinters1 chrysals1 or other objectionable flaws2 then let him string it1 and1 placing the lower end on the ground in such a position that the whole of the string shall be under his eye and uppermost1 let him notice whether the bow be perfectly straight4 ,if it be so1 the bow1 so balanced between the ground at the lower and a finger at the upper end1 will appear symmetrically divided by the string into two parts4 ,should there appear to be more on one side of the string than on the other in either limb1 the bow is not straight1 and should be rejected4 ,a bow is said to have a cast when it is tilted in its back out of the perpendicular to the plane passing through the string and the longitudinal centre of the bow4 ,any bow that has this fault should also be rejected4 ,this fault1 if it should happen to exist1 will be easily detected by reversing the position of the bow just previously described1 i4e4 by holding the bow as before1 but with the back upwards4 ,the next step is to watch the bow as it is drawn up1 so as to be able to judge whether it bend evenly in both its limbs and show no sign of weakness in any particular point4 ,the upper limb1 as before stated1 being the longest1 should appear to bend a trifle the most1 so that the whole may be symmetrical1 when considered as bending from the real centre4 ,it may next be tested1 to ascertain whether it be a kicker2 thus the string must be drawn up six inches or so and then loosed 7of course without an arrow74 ,if the bow have the fault of kicking ever so little1 experience will easily detect it by the jolt in the hand4 ,but on no account in this experiment should the string 7without an arrow7 be fully drawn and loosed4 ,care should be taken that the bow be sufficiently long for its strength4 ,what has hitherto been said applies to all bows2 but in self-bows attention must be paid to the straightness of the feathering of the wood4 ,as a general rule1 the lightest wood in a yew-bow will have the quickest cast1 and the heaviest will make the most lasting implement4 ,between two bows of the same strength and length1 the one being slight and the other bulky1 there will be about the same difference as between a thoroughbred and a cart-horse4 ,therefore the preference should be given to bows that are light and slight for their strength4 ,light-coloured and dark yew make equally good bows1 though most prefer the dark colour for choice4 ,fine and more open grain in yew are also equally good1 but the finer is more scarce4 ,if there be no bow suitable--i4e4 none of the right weight--let the choice fall upon the best bow of greater power1 and let it be reduced4 ,failing this1 the purchaser may select an unfinished stave and have it made to his own pattern2 but it is not easy to foretell how a stave will make up4 ,there remains one point about a bow1 hitherto unnoticed1 and this is its section1 as to shape4 ,this may vary1 being broad and flat across its back1 or the contrary--deep and pointed in the belly4 ,here again extremes should be avoided--the bow should in shape be neither too flat nor too deep4 ,if it be an inch or so across the back just above the handle1 it should also have about the same measurement through from back to belly4 ,this much being granted1 it is further declared that the back should be almost as flat and angular as possible1 showing that it has been reduced as little as may be after the removal of the bark2 but the belly should be rounded2 and as the back should not be reduced in its depth towards the horns1 and should not get too narrow across1 it will follow that the chief reduction1 to arrive at the proper curvature when the bow is drawn1 must be in the belly1 and therefore towards the horn4 ,a well-shaped bow will in measurement become somewhat shallower from back to belly than it is across the back as it advances towards the horns4 ,bows are broken from several causes3 by means of neglected chrysals in the belly1 or splinters in the back2 by a jerking1 uneven1 or crooked style of drawing2 by dwelling over-long on the point of aim after the arrow is fully drawn2 by the breaking of the string2 by damp1 and oftentimes by carelessness2 and even by thoughtlessness4 ,bows1 moreover1 may be broken on the steelyard in the weighing of them4 ,a few years ago1 when the ,americans first took up archery very keenly1 one of their novices wrote to a prominent ,english archer saying that he had broken nearly seventy bows in a couple of years1 and asking the reason4 ,he was told that he must either keep his bows in a damp place or the bows must be very bad ones1 or else 7to which view the writer inclined7 he must be in the habit of stringing them the reverse way with the belly outwards4 ,this would certainly have a fatal effect1 but it is true that the ,americans bought a number of very bad bows about that time from inferior makers in ,england4 ,whenever chrysals appear they must be carefully watched1 and1 as has already been said1 if they become serious1 a new belly must be added4 ,this will not be a serious disfigurement1 even to a self-yew bow4 ,a splinter should be glued and lapped at once1 but no one nowadays seems to care to have the covering patch painted as formerly1 to represent as nearly as possible the colours of the different parts of the bow4 ,care should be taken not to stab the belly of the bow with the point of the arrow when nocking it2 and the dents in the back of the bow made with the arrow as it is carelessly pulled out of the target should be avoided4 ,a glove-button will often injure the back of the bow whilst it is being strung4 ,as other ornaments--buttons1 buckles1 c4--may also inflict disfigurements1 it is better to avoid their presence as far as possible4 ,breakages from a bad style of drawing1 or from dwelling too long on the aim1 can only be avoided by adopting a better and more rational method4 ,in order to avoid fracture through the breaking of strings1 any string that shows signs of failure from too much wear or otherwise should be discarded2 and strings that are too stiff1 too hard1 and too thin should be avoided4 ,if a string break when the arrow is fully or almost drawn1 there is but little hope for the bow2 but if it break in the recoil after the arrow is shot1 which fortunately is more frequently the case1 the bow will seldom suffer4 ,yet if after the bow is strung the archer should observe that the string is no longer trustworthy1 and decide to discard it1 he should on no account cut it whilst the bow is braced1 as the result of so doing will be an almost certain fracture4 ,if the string be looped at both ends and the loop at either end be made too large1 so that it slip off the nock in stringing1 the bow may break1 so that an archer who makes his own loops at the lower end of the string must be careful not to make them too loose4 ,breakage from damp is little to be feared in self-bows1 except in localities where it is exceptionally moist1 or1 after long neglect1 when damp has taken possession of the joint in the handle4 ,in these cases single staves only are safe4 ,amongst backed bows there is much mortality from this cause4 ,commonly1 it will be the lower limb that will fail1 as that is most exposed to damp1 arising either from the ground whilst shooting1 or from the floor when put away4 ,if the bow has been used in damp weather it should be carefully dried and rubbed with waxed flannel or cloth4 ,a waterproof case1 an ',ascham' raised an inch or so above the floor in a dry room1 and the bow hung up1 not resting on its lower horn1 are the best-known precautions4 ,half an inch of lapping1 glued and varnished1 above and below the joint of the horn is also a safe precaution against damp2 also an occasional narrow lap in the course of the limb will assist to 'fast bind1 fast find4' ,as regards the danger of carelessness1 bows have been broken through attempts to string them the wrong way1 or by using them upside down2 and thoughtlessness will lead the inexperienced to attempt to bring a bow that follows the string upright1 to its infinite peril4 ,in such cases the verdict of ',serve him right' should be brought against the offender if he be the owner4 ,in weighing a bow on the steelyard care must be taken to see that the peg indicating the length to be drawn be at the right point2 otherwise a lady's bow1 for instance1 may be destroyed in the mistaken attempt to pull it up twenty-eight inches1 or three inches too much4 ,it has already been stated that a belly much injured by chrysals may be replaced by a new belly2 any incurable failure of the back may also be cured by its renewal4 ,a weak bow or limb may also be strengthened by these means4 ,also1 if either limb be broken or irretrievably damaged1 and the remaining one be sound1 and worth the expense1 another limb may be successfully grafted on to the old one4 ,if possible1 let this be an old limb also1 as the combination of new and old wood is not always satisfactory2 the former 7though well seasoned1 being unseasoned by use71 being more yielding1 is apt after a little use to lose its relative strength1 and so spoil the proper balance of the bow4 ,this grafting of one broken limb upon another may be carried to the length of grafting together two limbs of different sorts4 ,mr4 ,p4 ,muir1 who was as good a bowyer as he was an accurate shot1 had a favourite bow1 that did him good service in #ahfe at ,clifton1 when he took the third place at the ,grand ,national ,archery ,meeting4 ,this bow in one limb was yew-backed yew1 and in the other lance backed with hickory4 ,a bow that is weak in the centre1 and not sufficiently strong to allow of the ends being further reduced1 may be brought to the required shape1 and strengthened by the addition of a short belly4 ,with regard to unstringing the bow during the shooting1 say1 of a ,york ,round of #add arrows1 at the three distances1 a good bow will not need it1 if the shooting be moderately quick1 excepting at the end of each of the distances4 ,if there happen to be many shooters1 or very slow ones1 it may be unstrung after every three or four double ends2 and of course it should be unstrung whenever an interruption of the shooting may occur from rain1 or any other cause2 but it certainly appears unnecessary to unstring the bow after each three shots1 as this is an equally uncalled-for strain upon the muscles of the archer and relief to the grain of the wood4 ,in a discussion on this subject1 however1 between ,mr4 ,james ,spedding and ,mr4 ,p4 ,muir1 the latter maintained that to be unstrung at each end was as agreeable to the bow as to rest on a camp-stool was to the archer4 ,some archers contend that it is better to have the bow strung some few minutes before the commencement of the shooting4 ,all that has been said respecting men's bows1 with the exception of strength and length1 applies equally to those used by ladies4 ,the usual strength of these latter varies from #bd lbs4 to #cj lbs4 ,in length they should not be less than five feet4 ,the usual length of a lady's arrow being twenty-five inches1 whilst that of a gentleman is twenty-eight inches1 it appears that1 when fully drawn1 a lady's bow must be bent more in proportion to its length than that of a gentleman4 ,the proportion between the bows being as #e to #f1 whilst that of the arrows is as #f-a_/d to #g2 yet ladies' bows appear to be quite capable of bearing this extra strain safely4 ,as bows of three pieces are seldom to be met with manufactured for the use of ladies1 their choice of weapons is limited to self-yews1 yew-backed yews1 yew backed with hickory1 and lance backed with hickory2 also self-lance bows for beginners1 c4 ,ladies' bows of snake and other hard woods are still to be met with2 but they are so vastly inferior to those above-mentioned that it is scarcely necessary to refer to them4 ,it is too common a practice amongst archers to throw the consequences of their own faults upon the bowmakers1 accusing the weapon of being the cause of their failures1 instead of blaming their own carelessness or want of skill4 ,but1 before this can be justly done1 let each be quite certain that he has chosen his bow with care1 and kept it with care2 if otherwise1 any accidents occurring are1 ten to one1 more likely to be the result of his own fault than that of the bowmaker4 ,,chapter ,,iii4 ,,of ,,the ,,arrow ,the arrow is perhaps the most important of all the implements of the archer1 and requires the greatest nicety of make and excellence of materials2 for1 though he may get on without absolute failure with an inferior bow or other tackle1 unless the arrow be of the best ,robin ,hood himself would have aimed in vain4 ,two things are essential to a good arrow1 namely1 perfect straightness1 and a stiffness or rigidity sufficient to stand in the bow1 i4e4 to receive the force of the bow as delivered by the string without flirting or gadding2 for a weak or supple is even worse than a crooked arrow--and it need hardly be said how little conducive to shooting straight is the latter4 ,the straightness of the arrow is easily tested by the following simple process4 ,place the extremities of the nails of the thumb and middle finger of the left hand so as just to touch each other1 and with the thumb and same finger of the right hand spin the arrow upon the nails at about the arrow's balancing-point2 if it revolve truly and steadily1 keeping in close and smooth contact with the nails1 it is straight2 but if it jump in the very least the contrary is the case4 ,in order to test its strength or stiffness the arrow must be held by the nock1 with its pile placed on some solid substance4 ,the hand at liberty should now be pressed downwards on the middle of the arrow4 ,a very little experience as to whether the arrow offer efficient resistance to this pressure will suffice to satisfy the archer about its stiffness4 ,an arrow that is weaker on one side than on the other should also be rejected4 ,arrows are either selfs or footed2 the former being made of a single piece of wood 7these are now seldom in use1 except for children71 and the latter have a piece of different and harder wood joined on to them at the pile end4 ',a shaft1' says old ,roger ,ascham1' hath three principal parts--the stele1 the feather1 and the head4' ,the stele1 or wooden body of the arrow1 used to be1 and still is occasionally1 made of different sorts of wood2 but for target use1 and indeed for any other description of modern shooting1 all may be now discarded save one--red deal1 which when clean1 straight of grain1 and well seasoned1 whether for selfs or footed shafts1 is incomparably superior to all others4 ,for the footing any hard wood will do2 and if this be solid for one inch below the pile it will be amply sufficient4 ,lance and ,washaba are perhaps the best woods for this purpose2 the latter is the toughest1 but the former ,mr4 ,ford preferred1 as he thought the darkness of the ,washaba had a tendency to attract the eye4 ,the darker woods1 however1 are now mostly in use4 ,this footing has three recommendations3 the first1 that it enables the arrow to fly more steadily and get through the wind better2 the second1 that1 being of a substance harder than deal1 it is not so easily worn by the friction it unavoidably meets with on entering the target or the ground2 and the third1 that this same hardness saves the point from being broken off should it happen to strike against any hard substance--such1 for instance1 as a stone in the ground or the iron leg of a target-stand4 ,before the shooting is commenced1 and after it is finished1 the arrows should be rubbed with a piece of oiled flannel4 ,this will prevent the paint of the target from adhering to them4 ,if in spite of this precaution any paint should adhere to them1 sandpaper should on no account be used to clean them3 this is most objectionable1 as it will wear away the wood of the footing4 ,turpentine should be applied1 or the blunt back of a knife4 ,before entering upon the subject of the best shape for the 'stele' of the arrow for practical use1 it is necessary to say a few words upon a point where the theory and practice of archery apparently clash4 ,if the arrow be placed on the bowstring as if for shooting1 the bow drawn1 and an aim taken at an object1 and if the bow be then slowly relaxed1 the arrow being held until it returns to the position of rest--i4e4 if the passage of the arrow over the bow be slow and gradual--it will be found1 if the bow be held quite firmly during this action1 that the arrow does not finally point to the object aimed at1 but in a direction deviating considerably to the left of it--in fact1 that its direction has been constantly deviating more and more from the point of aim at each point during its return to the position of rest4 ,this is1 of course1 due to the half-breadth of the bow1 the nock of the arrow being carried on the string1 in a plane passing through the string and the axis of the bow's length2 and this deviation will be greater if the arrow be chested 7i4e4 slighter at the pile than at the nock71 and less if it be bobtailed 7i4e4 slighter at the nock than at the pile7 than if the arrow be cylindrical throughout4 ,if the same arrow1 when drawn to the head1 be loosed at the object aimed at--i4e4 if the passage of the arrow over the bow be impulsive and instantaneous--it will go straight to the object aimed at1 the shooting being in all respects perfect4 ,how1 then1 is the difference of the final direction of the arrow in the two cases to be explained8 ,it must be observed that the nock of the arrow being constrained to move1 as it does move in the last case1 causes a pressure of the arrow upon the bow 7owing to its slanting position on the bow1 and its simultaneous rapidity of passage71 and therefore a reacting pressure of the bow upon the arrow4 ,this makes the bow have quite a different effect upon the deviation from what it had in the first case1 when the arrow moved slowly and gradually upon the bow 7being held by the nock71 the obstacle presented by the half-breadth of the bow then causing a deviation wholly to the left4 ,the pressure now considered1 however1 has a tendency to cause deviation to the left only during the first part of the arrow's passage upon the bow1 whilst during the second part it causes a deviation to the right2 or1 more correctly speaking1 the pressure of the bow upon the arrow has a tendency to cause a deviation to the left so long as the centre of gravity of the arrow is within the bow1 and vice vers4 ,so that1 if this were the only force acting upon the arrow1 its centre of gravity 7this is1 of course1 the point upon which the arrow1 balanced horizontally1 will poise7 should lie midway in that part of the arrow which is in contact with the bow during the bow's recoil4 ,there is another force which contributes towards this acting and reacting pressure between the arrow and the bow at the loose if the nocking-place of the string be properly fitted to the arrow1 but not otherwise4 ,as the fingers are disengaged from the string they communicate a tendency to spin to the string1 and this spin immediately applies the arrow to the bow if it should happen to be off the bow through side-wind or that troublesome failing of beginners and others of a crooked pinch between the fingers upon the nock of the arrow4 ,it will be observed that if the nocking-place be too small to fill the nock of the arrow this tendency to spin in the string will not affect the replacement of the arrow2 but if the nocking-place be a good fit to the nock1 the former must be a trifle flattened1 and so communicate the spin of the string to the arrow in the shape of a blow upon the bow4 ,it is not pretended that no arrow will fly straight unless the nocking-place fit the arrow4 ,if the string be home in the nock the shot will still be correctly delivered1 because the very close and violent pressure of the string on the nock will arrest the spin and so apply the arrow2 but if the string be not home in the nock at the delivery of the loose1 there is great danger that the nock will be broken1 either from the nocking-place being too small1 or from the other fault of its being too big4 ,it is this spin given to the string as the arrow is loosed that necessitates the delivery of the arrow from the other side of the bow when the thumb-loose of the ,oriental archer is employed1 because this loose communicates the same spin1 but reversed1 to the string4 ,the struggle of these forces is clearly indicated by the appearance of the arrow where it comes in contact with the bow when it leaves the string4 ,it is here that the arrow always shows most wear4 ,it is also shown by the deep groove that gets worn by the arrow in a bow that has seen much service4 ,the nature of the dynamical action may be thus briefly explained4 ,the first impulse given to the arrow1 being instantaneous and very great 7sufficient1 as has been seen1 to break the arrow if the string be not home in the nock7 in proportion to any other forces which act upon it1 impresses a very high initial velocity in the direction of the aim1 and this direction the arrow recovers notwithstanding the slight deviations caused by the mutual action between the arrow and bow before explained--these in fact1 as has been shown1 counteracting each other4 ,illustration3 ,,fig4 #h4--;,,bobtailed ,,arrow4 ,a1 section of bow4 ,b1 string in nock4 ,c1 arrow nocked but not drawn4 ,d1 arrow drawn #bg inches4 ,illustration3 ,,fig4 #i4--;,,chested ,,arrow4 ,illustration3 ,,fig4 #aj4--,,straight ,,cylindrical ,,arrow4 ,the recoil of the bow1 besides the motion in the direction of aim1 impresses a rotary motion upon the arrow about its centre of gravity4 ,this tendency to rotate1 however1 about an axis through its centre of gravity is counteracted by the feathers4 ,for1 suppose the arrow to be shot off with a slight rotary motion about a vertical axis1 in a short time its point will deviate to the left of the plane of projection1 and the centre of gravity will be the only point which continues in that plane4 ,the feathers of the arrow will now be turned to the right of the same plane1 and1 through the velocity of the arrow1 will cause a considerable resistance of the air against them4 ,this resistance will twist the arrow until its point comes to the right of the plane of projection1 when it will begin to turn the arrow the contrary way4 ,thus1 through the agency of the feathers1 the deviation of the point of the arrow from the plane of projection is confined within very narrow limits4 ,any rotation of the arrow about a horizontal axis will be counteracted in the same way by the action of the feathers4 ,both these tendencies may be distinctly observed in the actual initial motion of the arrow4 ,in the discussion of these rotations of the arrow about vertical and horizontal axes the bow is supposed to be held in a vertical position4 ,if the foregoing reasoning be carefully considered1 it will be seen how prejudicial to the correct flight of the arrow in the direction of the aim any variation in the shape of that part of it which is in contact with the bow must necessarily be2 for by this means an additional force is introduced into the elements of its flight4 ,take for example the chested arrow1 which is smallest at the point and largest at the feathers3 here there is during its whole passage over the bow a constant and increasing deviation to the left of the direction of aim1 caused by the arrow's shape1 independent of1 and in addition to1 a deviation in the like direction caused by the retention of the nock upon the string4 ,thus this description of arrow has greater difficulty in recovering its initial direction1 the forces opposed to its doing so being so much increased4 ,accordingly1 in practice1 the chested arrow has always a tendency to fly to the left4 ,these chested arrows are mostly flight-arrows1 made very light1 for long-distance shooting1 and they are made of this shape to prevent their being too weak-waisted to bear steadily the recoil of very strong bows4 ,as regards the bobtailed arrow1 which is largest at the point and smallest at the feathers1 the converse is true to the extent that this description of arrow will deviate towards the left less than either the straight or chested arrow2 moreover1 any considerable bobtailedness would render an arrow so weak-waisted that it would be useless4 ,there is another arrow1 known as the barrelled arrow1 which is largest in the middle1 and tapers thence towards each end4 ,the quickest flight may be obtained with this sort of arrow1 as to it may be applied a lighter pile without bringing on either the fault of a chested arrow or the weak-waistedness of a bobtailed arrow4 ,if the tapering be of equal amount at each end of the arrow1 the pressure will act and react in precisely the same manner as in the case of the cylindrical arrow1 with the result that this arrow will fly straight in the direction in which it is aimed4 ,the cylindrical and the barrelled shapes are therefore recommended as the best for target-shooting4 ,and as the barrelled is necessarily stronger in the waist and less likely to flirt1 even if a light arrow be used with a strong bow1 this shape is perhaps better than the cylindrical4 ,illustration3 ,,fig4 #aa4 a1 different balancing points of thin arrows4 bobtail chested barrelled straight ,the feathering of the arrow is about the most delicate part of the fletcher's craft1 and it requires the utmost care and experience to effect it thoroughly well4 ,it seems difficult now to realise why the feathering of the arrow came to have grown to the size in use during ,mr4 ,ford's time1 when the feather occupied the whole distance between the archer's fingers and the place on the bow where the arrow lies when it is nocked previous to shooting--i4e4 the length of the feather was upwards of five inches4 ,mr4 ,h4 ,elliott was the first archer who1 about fifteen years ago1 reduced the dimensions of the feathers of his arrows by cutting off the three inches of each feather furthest from the nock4 ,he found this reduction enabled the arrow to fly further4 ,others soon followed his example1 and in the course of about twelve months all the arrow-makers had supplied their customers with arrows of the new pattern1 which1 however1 cannot be called a new pattern1 as ,oriental arrows1 and many flight-arrows1 were much less heavily feathered4 ,the long feathering is now scarcely ever seen1 except occasionally when it is erroneously used to diminish the difficulty of shooting at sixty yards4 ,mr4 ,ford recommended rather full-sized feathers 'as giving a steadiness to the flight4' ,with the reduced feathers arrows fly as steadily1 and certainly more keenly towards the mark4 ,a fair amount of rib should be left on the feather1 for if the rib be pared too fine the lasting quality of the feather will be diminished4 ,the three feathers of an arrow should be from the same wing1 right or left2 and as none but a raw beginner will find any difficulty in nocking his arrow the right way--i4e4 with what is known as the cock feather upwards1 or at right angles to the line of the nock--without having this cock feather of a different colour1 it is advisable to have the three feathers all alike4 ,perhaps the brown feathers of the peacock's wing are the best of all1 but the black turkey-feathers are also highly satisfactory4 ,the white turkey-feathers are also equally good1 but had better be avoided1 as they too readily get soiled1 and are not to be easily distinguished from white goose-feathers4 ,these last1 as well as those of the grey goose1 though highly thought of by our forefathers1 are now in no repute1 and it is probable that our ancestors1 if they had had the same plentiful supply of peafowls and turkeys as ourselves1 would have had less respect for the wings of geese4 ,the reason why the three feathers must be from the same wing is that every feather is outwardly convex and inwardly concave4 ,when the feathers are correctly applied1 all three alike1 this their peculiarity of form rifles the arrow or causes it to rotate on its own axis4 ,this may be tested by shooting an arrow through a pane of glass1 when it will be found that the scraping against the arrow of the sharp edges of the fracture passes along the arrow spirally4 ,some years ago a very unnecessary patent was taken out for rifling an arrow by putting on the feathers spirally1 over-doing what was already sufficient4 ,as regards the position of the feather1 it should be brought as near as possible to the nock4 ,some consider an inch in length of feather quite sufficient4 ,it is certain that any length between two inches and one inch will do2 so each individual may please himself and suit the length of the feathering to the length and weight of his arrows4 ,the two shapes in use are the triangular and the parabolic or balloon-shaped4 ,of these both are good--the former having the advantage of carrying the steerage further back1 whilst the latter is a trifle stiffer4 ,illustration3 ,,fig4 #ab1 ,,fig4 #ac4 ,the feathers are preserved from damp by a coat of oil paint laid on between them and for one-eighth of an inch above and below them4 ,this should afterwards be varnished1 and the rib of the feather should be carefully covered1 but care must be taken to avoid injuring the suppleness of the feather with the varnish4 ,feathers laid down or ruffled by wet may be restored by spinning the arrow before a warm fire carefully4 ,illustration3 ,,fig4 #ad4 ,the pile1 or point1 is an important part of the arrow4 ,of the different shapes that have been used1 the best for target-shooting--now almost the only survivor--is the square-shouldered parallel pile4 ,its greatest advantage is1 that if the arrow be overdrawn so that the pile be brought on to the bow1 the aim will not be injured1 as must be the case with all conical piles so drawn4 7,very light flight-arrows1 for which the piles provided for ladies are considered too heavy1 must still be furnished with the conical piles used for children's arrows47 ,this parallel pile is mostly made in two pieces--a pointed cone for its point1 which is soldered on to the cylindrical part1 which itself is made of a flat piece of metal soldered into this form4 ,this same-shaped pile has occasionally been made turned out of solid metal2 but this pile is liable to be so heavy as to be unsuitable for any but the heaviest arrows1 and the fletchers aver that it is difficult to fix it on firmly owing to the grease used in its manufacture4 ,great care should be taken1 in the manufacture of arrows1 that the footing exactly fits the pile1 so as to fill entirely the inside of it2 unless the footing of the arrow reach the bottom of the pile1 the pile will either crumple up or be driven down the stele when the pile comes in contact with a hard substance4 ,it is1 of course1 fixed on with glue2 and to prevent its coming off from damp1 a blow1 or the adhesiveness of stiff clay1 it is well to indent it on each side with a sharp hard-pointed punch fitted for the purpose with a groove1 in which the arrow is placed whilst the necessary pressure is applied4 ,this instrument may be procured of ,hill ,son1 cutlers1 #d ,haymarket4 ,the nock should be strong1 and very carefully finished1 so that no injury may be done by the string or to the string4 ,of course the nock must be of the same size in section as the stele of the arrow2 and this furnishes an additional argument against the bobtailed arrow1 which is smallest at this end4 ,the notch or groove in which the string acts should be about one-eighth of an inch wide and about three-sixteenths of an inch deep4 ,the bottom of this notch will be much improved by the application of a round file of the right gauge1 i4e4 quite a trifle more than the eighth of an inch in diameter2 but great care must be taken to apply this uniformly1 and the nock must not be unduly weakened4 ,this application will enable the archer to put thicker1 and therefore safer1 lapping to the nocking-place of the string1 and the danger of the string being loose in the nock will be lessened4 ,it is possible that this additional grooving of the nock may to a very trifling extent impede the escape of the arrow from the string4 ,mr4 ,ford recommended the application of a copper rivet through the nock near to the bottom of the notch to provide against the danger of splitting the nock4 ,but it is so doubtful whether any rivet fine enough for safe application would be strong enough to guard against this danger1 that the better plan will be to avoid the different sorts of carelessness that lead towards this accident4 ,as regards the length of the arrow no arbitrary rule can be laid down4 ,the arrow most generally in use is twenty-eight inches in length from the point of the pile to the bottom of the groove of the nock4 ,this arrow may be easily drawn up by any man of average height--the twenty-seven inches1 or the clothyard length of the old ,english archer1 leaving the inch of pile undrawn4 ,a taller man may venture to draw the pile4 ,an arrow of twenty-nine inches may be adopted by those who have very long arms or are unusually tall4 ,those who are short of stature or short in limb may adopt the shorter arrow of twenty-seven inches4 ,shorter arrows than this will be found to fly unsteadily1 and the longer arrows1 if thoroughly drawn up1 are very trying to the bows4 ,the shorter arrows of twenty-seven inches in length have been in much more frequent use since about #ahfb1 when the late ,t4 ,l4 ,coulson adopted them1 and advocated that it was better to draw up a shorter arrow than to leave a longer one undrawn4 ,the fault of drawing not far enough is so much more frequent than that of overdrawing1 that archers are strongly recommended to avoid shortening their arrow unadvisedly1 and rather to draw the longer ones as far as they reasonably can4 ,the fault of overdrawing is so dangerous to the archer1 his tackle1 and others1 that1 though an unfrequent fault1 a caution against it must not be omitted4 ,whatever be the length of the arrow1 it should always be drawn up to exactly the same point4 ,the weight of the arrow must to a certain extent be regulated by its length and by the strength of the bow with which it is to be used2 for if an arrow be a long one it must have bulk sufficient to ensure its stiffness1 and stiffness also in proportion to the strength of the bow4 #ds4 for the lowest1 and #es4 #f;d4 for the highest weight1 are the two extremes within which every length of arrow and strength of bow may be properly fitted1 so far as gentlemen are concerned4 ,for ladies1 #bs4 #f;d4 and #cs4 #f;d4 should be about the limits4 ,it should be borne in mind that light arrows1 unless dictated by physical weakness1 are a mistake in target-shooting4 ,for flight-shooting very light-chested arrows may be procured stiff enough for any strength of bow2 but in this style of shooting distance to be covered is of more importance than accuracy of aim4 ,it would be much better if the arrow-makers1 instead of selling their arrows in sets1 progressing by three silver pennyweights1 would sell them also weighed to the intermediate pennyweights4 ,as the matter stands now1 supposing the archer's favourite weight to be #ds4 #i;d41 he may have at one time a set weighing rather less than #ds4 #h;d41 and at another time rather more than #ds4 #aj;d4 ,as all the intermediate weights of arrows are manufactured1 there can be no sufficient reason why the lighter set should not be marked and sold as #ds4 #h;d41 and the heavier as #ds4 #aj;d4 ,a careful archer should attend also to the balance of his arrows4 ,by this is meant that the same centre of gravity should pervade the whole set4 ,longer or shorter1 lighter or heavier footing will vary this balancing-point1 as also any variation in the weight of the piles4 ,as the variation of elevation1 or distance to be shot1 should not be managed by a change of weight in arrows1 it is decidedly advisable to keep arrows all of the same weight1 c4 ,indeed it is a great mistake to change any part of the tackle1 bow or arrow1 during the shooting1 except in unavoidable cases4 ,the scoring will seldom be bettered by such means4 ,formerly only two arrows were shot at each end1 and three were carried1 and called an 'archer's pair1' including the spare one4 ,now it is the almost universal custom to shoot three arrows at each end4 ,some spare ones should1 of course1 be at hand in case of accidents4 ,it must be remembered that if the slightest variation in shape or weight occurs amongst those in use1 the line or elevation is sure to be affected1 to the serious detriment of accurate hitting2 therefore too much care cannot be taken in their choice4 ,whether it be for store or for daily use1 the arrow should be kept in a quiver or case made on such a plan that each shall have its separate cell1 and they should be kept upright when possible1 and so be insured from warping1 or from having their feathers crushed4 ,it is too much the custom to squeeze a quantity of arrows into a small quiver4 ,let not any archer who values his tackle be guilty of this folly4 ,an arrow that has had one of its feathers crumpled from this cause will1 maybe1 wobble and stagger all the rest of its life1 though in all other respects it be in perfect repair4 ,arrows will be found to wear out quite speedily enough without being subjected to ill-usage or neglect to hurry them through their short lives4 ,it appears to be well authenticated that if a light-chested flight-arrow be feathered at each end1 with the feathers trimmed lower at the nock than at the pile end1 when shot against the wind it will return back again like a boomerang4 ,and if the same-shaped arrow be feathered in the middle only1 it will in its flight make a right angle1 and no power of bow can send it any considerable distance4 ,mr4 ,r4 ,hely-,hutchinson1 already mentioned as having made experiments in modern times with steel bows1 had another peculiarity4 ,on the back of his bow he had a flat piece of hard wood or metal fixed at right angles to the length of his bow4 ,an upright piece of the same material was fitted into a groove in this1 whose outside distance was about an inch from the place where the arrow usually touches the bow above the handle4 ,he used always to shoot with his arrow resting1 not on the bow1 or on his hand1 but in the outside angle between this projection and the upright piece of it4 ,he aimed as other archers do1 and has been seen to make excellent hitting at the distance of one hundred yards1 even when far advanced in years4 ,in this case the axis of the arrow1 or the line of aim1 was distant from the plane through the string and the axis of the bow an inch in addition to the usual half-width of the arrow and half-width of the bow4 ,yet the arrow appeared to fly quite steadily and truly4 ,it is not known why he adopted this peculiarity1 and it is unnecessary to inquire2 but it will serve as a useful peg whereon to hang a further consideration of the difficulties an arrow has to contend with in getting straight to the point of aim1 and its determined resolution to overcome these difficulties4 ,in addition to the forces already discussed as acting upon the arrow1 there is also the force of gravity1 the resistance of the air1 and the interference of the wind2 but these forces affect in the same way all arrows1 however shot4 ,the same may be said of all the other forces implicated1 until there is an artificially increased impediment interposed in addition to the natural one of the half-bow and half-arrow4 ,now1 supposing the distance of the nock from the centre of the bow be such when the arrow is drawn that a perpendicular let fall from the centre of the bow to the line of aim will mark off twenty-seven inches of draw1 the resolution of the force acting in the line from the nock to the centre of the bow will be correctly represented by twenty-seven in the direction of the point of aim and three-eighths at right angles to that direction2 or the relation between the straight part of the whole force and its remainder will be as #baf to #e4 ,but when ,mr4 ,hutchinson's peculiar method of shooting is compared with this natural way1 it will appear that the relation between these same resolved forces will be as #baf to #ac2 showing that the obstruction in this latter case has been considerably more than doubled--the keenness of flight will be diminished1 and increased friction will be shown between the arrow and its resting-place at the instant of the loose4 ,besides the spin given to the string at the loose1 there is also a push1 at right angles to the direction delivered1 by the more or less unavoidable obstruction of the fingers as they liberate the string2 but this push1 occurring before the liberation of the string1 is the final difficulty of the aim and loose4 ,immediately the string is loosed the arrow has1 as it were1 the nocking-place between its teeth in the nock1 and contributes to the direction of its course to the point of rest2 and it is highly probable that the path of the nocking-place from the loose to rest is not confined to the plane of the string and axis of the bow4 ,greater or diminished friction between the bow and arrow would be another way of representing greater or less obstruction to the aim of the arrow4 ,as the arrow deepens the groove made by its passage over the bow the obstruction will be diminished1 but the surface exposed to this friction will be increased4 ,if a bow could be so constructed that an arrow could be shot through it just above the handle1 the opening must be large enough to admit free passage for the feathering as well1 and the opening must be contrived so that the 'stele1' true to the point of aim throughout its passage through the bow1 shall never swerve from the right side of the opening4 ,,chapter ,,iv4 ,,of ,,the ,,string1 ,,bracer1 ,,and ,,shooting-,,glove ,the best bowstrings are all of ,belgian make1 and cannot be considered of such good quality as they used to be twenty-five years ago4 ,then the best bowstrings were obtained from a maker at ,lige1 by name ,meeles1 the last of his race1 who1 with his wife1 kept most jealously the secret of the manufacture1 which had been transmitted through many generations in the one family1 and they died childless without communicating it to anyone4 ,their residence was kept with the windows on the street side constantly barred up1 so as to make sure that they could not be overlooked1 and they depended entirely for the air and light necessary for their labour on the private garden at the back of the house4 ,in the choice of a string see that it has three1 not two1 strands2 and care must be taken to avoid those that are too hard and stiff1 as they are liable to be brittle and to break very soon4 ,the next thing to be attended to is that the string is smooth and round throughout1 and sufficiently increased in bulk at the ends where are the eye and loop4 ,it cannot be doubted that a quicker cast may be obtained from a thin string than from a very thick one2 but it will be better to choose strings strong enough in proportion to the strength of the bows to ensure their 7i4e4 the bows'7 safety rather than to pay too much regard to this quickness of cast4 ,when the string is chosen its eye must be fitted into the groove of the lower horn of the bow4 ,in order to make the loop at the other end the string must now be applied to the back of the unbent bow1 and the first rounded turn of the loop must be made at about three inches from the groove of the upper horn1 or two and a half inches in the case of a lady's bow4 ,at about the distance of one inch and a quarter beyond--and one inch in the case of a lady's string--the crown of this rounded turn the string must be sharply bent back1 and this sharp bend applied round the string on the other side of the rounded turn4 ,slip the sharp turn a little further down the string towards the eye1 and twist the remaining reversed end of the string three times round the looped part of the string1 beginning inwards4 ,the sharp turn must then be pushed back into the first bent position4 ,the eye must now be passed over the upper horn1 and passed far enough down the bow to allow the loop to be passed over the lower horn and into its groove1 and the loop should be so applied into this groove that the waste end of string shall lie between the sharp turn and the horn 7see fig4 #af74 ,if the waste end of the string be then knotted firmly1 and the remainder cut off1 the loop will be finished1 and1 if successfully managed1 will never shift or stretch when it has once reached its bearings4 ,the virtue in this loop is that it is quite fast and tight when in use1 and yet it can be very readily slipped off and opened for readjustment on the same bow1 or for application to another bow of different length4 ,by far the neatest finish to a bowstring is the addition of a second eye instead of the loop1 and this is now very readily done by the bowmakers for their customers at a small additional charge2 but every handy archer should learn how to make this second eye for himself4 ,the following method is recommended4 ,when the loop has been correctly adjusted1 so that the string1 when the bow is braced1 is at a suitable distance from the bow 7i4e4 six inches or so for a man's bow1 or five and a half inches for a lady's bow7 mark with ink the crown of the rounded turn before mentioned 7i4e4 the point of the string1 not of the waste twisted round the string in the loop nearest to the upper horn74 ,now unbrace the bow and take off the string4 ,undo the loop and straighten out the string 7see fig4 #ae74 ,at the distance of one inch and a quarter 7one inch is sufficient for a lady's string7 from the ink-mark1 and on each side of it1 tie tight round the string a small piece of fine waxed thread2 cut off the waste end of the string at the knot made in finishing the loop4 ,keep the part of the string between the two ties well wound up during the whole of the succeeding stages of the manufacture of this part into an eye so as to correct the necessary unwindings4 ,unwind up to ,c1 fig4 #ag1 completely separate1 and straighten out the three strands 7#a71 7#b71 7#c71 fig4 #ag1 of the remaining portion of the waste end of the string up to its tie at ,c4 ,pass a small marlinespike or stiletto between each of the three strands of the string1 just beyond the other tie at ,b1 and as close to it as possible4 ,flatten out the three unwound strands of the waste end fingerwise 7fig4 #ag74 ,bend 7keeping it wound up7 the part of the string between the two ties ,b and ,c1 so as to bring these two ties exactly together1 with the separated strands 7#a71 7#b71 7#c7 lying across the string at right angles to its worm 7see fig4 #ah74 ,now insert the middle strand 7#a71 fig4 #ai 7taking care to cross the worm of the string71 with the help of the marlinespike under that strand of the string across which it lay in fig4 #ah4 ,illustration3 ,,fig4 #ae1 ,,fig4 #af1 ,,fig4 #ag4 ,illustration3 ,,fig4 #ah4 ,illustration3 ,,fig4 #ai1 ,,fig4 #bj4 ,give the commenced eye a quarter turn to the left 7see fig4 #bj71 so that it is seen edgewise1 tie ,c being now out of sight4 ,strand 7#b7 now lies across the strand of the string under which strand 7#a7 has just been passed1 and the next strand of the string4 ,insert it 7#b7 under this latter strand1 and give the eye another quarter turn1 showing strand 7#b7 inserted 7see fig4 #ba74 ,illustration3 ,,fig4 #ba4 ,strand 7#c7 as shown in fig4 #ba must now be bent to the left across the central upright strand of the string1 and passed under that strand and brought out and back towards the right again 7see fig4 #bb74 ,illustration3 ,,fig4 #bb4 ,the loop will now be an eye1 as soon as the two ties ,b and ,c have been brought close together again1 and the three strands1 loosened by constant manipulation1 have been carefully waxed and wound up again4 ,from this point there are two methods of proceeding3 the one1 which will complete the eye so as to resemble the manufactured eye1 by winding each waste strand round and round its own corresponding strand2 and for this method the waste strands should now be tapered before they are wound in4 ,by the other method each waste strand in turn should be passed over the next strand and under the next but one4 ,the waste strands will again occupy alternate positions between the other strands4 ,wind up and wax the waste strands again carefully4 ,enough has now been done to secure the safety of the eye-splice2 but it will be best to splice in once again each of the waste strands2 then bind tightly over the waste for about half an inch down the string1 and cut off the remaining waste strands4 ,in order to taper the waste strands1 divide each into two equal parts1 lengthwise1 after the position shown in fig4 #bb has been completed1 and with a blunt knife fine down each of the two parts gradually till each tapers to nothing at the length of about two and a half inches from the string2 now work in as much wax as possible1 flattening each of the divided portions in so doing2 readjust the divided portions1 and wind them carefully together again4 ,the waste ends may then be wound round and round the appropriate strands until they disappear2 or the first method of splicing may be continued till they fade off and disappear1 so that the finishing process of binding and cutting off the waste ends may be dispensed with4 ,don't bind the eye with string1 leather1 or any other material4 ,if the string was originally sufficiently thicker at this part1 its final failure is very unlikely to occur at either of the eyes1 and there is a general belief that any unnecessary clothing of the eye interferes with the cast of the string4 ,if the waste strands1 untapered1 be spliced in and in very frequently1 the string will be somewhat shortened4 ,a string that is too short--i4e4 too far from the bow when braced--cannot be lengthened without altering the loop or remaking the eye1 but a string that is slightly too long--i4e4 not giving sufficient distance between the string and bow when braced--can be shortened by spinning it up tighter2 but care must be taken not to attempt this operation with a hard-cemented1 new string1 as it will almost certainly prove fatal to the string1 which will snap in two at the loose2 and no string should be much spun up4 ,the next thing to be considered is the necessary clothing of the string1 called its lapping4 ,without doubt the best lapping of all is a thin strip of whalebone1 of the width of about one-eighth of an inch4 ,this may be fastened on to the string at about two inches and a half from its 7the string's7 centre 7this is calculated for the case of a bow whose centre or fulcrum is one inch below the top of the handle3 if the centre be at the top of the handle1 as in old ,flemish bows1 the lapping need not be so long1 and if the centre be lower down than one inch1 as in the ,scotch make of bows1 the lapping must be still longer7 with very fine string1 waxed thread1 or silk1 so that the whalebone lapping may be wrapped closely round the string in the reversed direction to the grain or worm of the string4 ,let an arrow be now applied1 resting on the top of the bow hand as if the hand holds the handle of the bow in shooting1 and exactly at right angles to the braced string4 ,this exact right angle must be carefully attended to1 because1 if the upper angle be an acute angle between the arrow and string1 cast or force will be lost in the force of the cast being resolved1 as shown previously in the case of an increased impediment1 acting as an obstruction to the right line of force3 the arrow will beat itself wastefully on the top of the hand in overcoming the unnecessary impediment2 and1 if this upper angle be an obtuse angle1 the difference between the lower and upper portions of the string will be increased1 to the manifest injury of the pre-arranged balance of the limbs of the bow4 ,mark carefully on the lapping the exact position of the centre of the nock of the arrow1 and overlap with two or three strands of waxed filoselle very tightly for about one-third of an inch1 with the mark under its centre4 ,this is the nocking-place4 ,the whalebone lapping must be carried down to the length of five inches in order to save the string from being frayed against the sleeve1 armguard1 c42 and it will be found that this length of lapping will be sufficient for another nocking-place if the string1 already provided with two eyes1 be turned over4 ,the occasional use of the second nocking-place will be found to lengthen the life of the string by changing the position of the wear and tear4 ,a narrow strip of vellum used frequently to be used for lapping1 and was applied in the same way as the whalebone4 ,long strips of the smooth hard covering of the rib of the peacock's tail-feathers were also in high favour as lapping at one time1 but were found to be too frail4 ,the lapping usually applied to the strings1 as bought in the shops1 is three strands1 bound on together1 of waxed twine1 about the substance used for chemists' parcels1 and the three strands are applied together1 not so much in order to finish the lapping more quickly1 as to safeguard the bow from breaking should the string snap4 ,the dangerous recoil is then caught up by the triple strength of lapping twine well secured upon the string4 ,this1 of course1 is supposing that the string has broken at or near the nocking-place4 ,it is probable that every possible sort of twine has been at different times tried for lapping--from the softest floss silk to the most wiry fishing-guts1 which actually help to cut the string when in use4 ,illustration3 ,,fig4 #bc4 ,after all1 the best lapping is that which will give a good loose1 and at the same time will be lasting and be easily and quickly repaired should it fail during the shooting4 ,now all the lappings already mentioned are liable to get loose in use1 and it takes time to refasten them4 ,the following somewhat tedious process1 the result of more than twenty years of experience1 is recommended4 ,take a naked string with two eyes1 and make a pencil-mark on it for the exact central position of each of the two nocking-places4 ,wax the string well4 ,wrap two strands nine inches long of waxed 7yellow7 filoselle tightly upon the string at each nocking-place for the third of an inch1 with the pencil-mark under the centre of this third4 ,fasten off so that the waste ends shall come out close to these centres4 ,do not cut off the waste ends4 ,now take three strands of waxed filoselle of another colour 7red71 and in length from one yard to four feet4 ,wrap this tightly round the string1 commencing from one and a quarter inch above the one nocking-place1 and ending at the same distance below the other4 ,apply this wrapping the contrary way to the worm of the string1 and let the waste ends of the previous wrapping 7it does not signify which way this is applied7 pass out between the wraps as they occur4 ,now take other three strands of 7green7 waxed filoselle1 of the same length1 and wrap them tightly on over all the last wrapping of red2 but this time wrap the same way as the worm of the string4 ,again let the first ends of the yellow wrapping pass out4 ,the principal wrapping is now complete1 and the waste ends of 7yellow7 filoselle are ready in place to complete the necessary thickening for the nocking-places4 ,this lapping is very firm and lasting4 ,it cannot get loose in use1 and it is in every part capable of almost instantaneous repair1 and the archer has no need to carry about him any other materials than a few pieces of filoselle1 some wax1 and a knife4 ,the most convenient position for lapping a string is assumed by passing the left leg through between the braced bow and its string and sitting down with the string uppermost and the bow stave under the thigh4 ,this description of the operation of lapping will be incomplete without instructions for fastening off1 for the benefit of beginners4 ,illustration3 ,,fig4 #bd4 ,in the commencement of lapping the end is passed under1 and the wrapping is tightly bound over it five or six times1 till it is considered sufficiently secure4 ,to finish off1 the same operation is reversed1 thus3 arrest the lapping by passing the filoselle1 or whatever the material in use may be1 over the thumb of the left hand1 interposed between the lapping-material and the string4 ,wrap the lapping material upon the string the reverse way to that in which it has been previously wrapped about five or six times 7see fig4 #bb74 ,keep the material a b tight-drawn with the left thumb whilst this is being done4 ,now draw the end c 7fig4 #bd7 close to the string1 and along its length1 so that it may lie close between part a and the string4 ,now take the piece a b from off the left thumb1 and draw the part a up to the lapping already applied4 ,bind part a on to the string4 ,this binding will unwind the part b4 ,continue this till all b is unwound from the string and wound on again4 ,now hold tight the remainder unwound of a b with the left hand4 ,draw it through under the lapping with the right hand2 but the surplus portion of a b to be drawn through must be kept tight to the last by the insertion of the left little finger to prevent kinking and cockling1 which would spoil the finish4 ,with the same object in view1 keep the waste part a b as short as possible4 ,filoselle1 being a loosely wound material1 easily passes through this finish1 but the kinking of some of the other tight-wound materials renders this finish troublesome if it have to be drawn under many wraps4 ,,the ,,bracer ,,or ,,armguard4 ,the object of the armguard or bracer is to protect the left arm and wrist from the blow of the string in the event of this striking upon it when loosed4 ,the expression 'in the event of' is especially meant to imply that in most cases no need exists for the string's striking the arm at all2 but if the bow be low-strung--or follow the string1 as it is called--it is impossible to avoid an occasional smart blow in the neighbourhood of the left wrist1 and this must be guarded against4 ,for this purpose a short armguard1 covering the wrist and that half of the forearm1 will be all-sufficient4 ,as regards the blow of the string upon this limited sort of armguard1 it may be observed that it cannot injuriously affect the flight of the arrow1 as it occurs most probably after the arrow has left the string4 ,this protection for the wrist should extend up the arm1 but very little beyond the point where the bowstring would touch the arm when the properly-braced bow is extended at arm's length4 ,for this armguard a piece of thin leather1 laced closely at the back of the forearm1 answers very well4 ,should this be too thin to save the arm from the blow of the string1 let a piece of stiff card be slipped between the sleeve and the wrist4 ,the sleeve about the wrist should be made to fit as closely as possible1 and all other materials--cuffs1 shirt-sleeves1 c4--discarded1 or rolled up above the elbow4 ,care must also be taken to avoid all wrinkles and folds in the sleeve between the guard and the elbow4 ,this can be best managed by having the sleeve no atom too long1 and drawing it as far down the hand as possible whilst the guard is being fixed4 ,it is unfortunate that the seam along the inside of almost every sleeve occurs just where it helps to manufacture folds and projections ready to act as impediments to the passage of the string4 ,some archers use stout elastic webbing1 and others wrap round the wrist strong braid1 c4 ,the main object of all these guards is to avoid the blow of the string until the string shall have advanced so far in its course to rest as to be unable to interfere with the direction of a properly aimed arrow4 ,some archers1 shooting with the bow in the left hand1 aim with the left 7not with the right7 eye1 and this peculiarity makes it rather more difficult to avoid hitting the forearm at some point between the elbow and the short guard4 ,with others1 when the left arm1 holding the bow1 is extended straight out1 and stiffened at the elbow1 it will be found to bend inwards--knock-kneed1 as it were4 ,in such cases it would probably be better to widen the handle of the bow1 so as to remove the inner outline of the arm farther from the plane in which the string acts1 than to increase the certainty of an aim-disturbing blow by adding the thickness of an armguard to the already existing impediment2 or--but this is only mentioned as an alternative1 not recommended for general adoption--the arm may be slightly bent outwards at the elbow4 ,some try to avoid this unnecessary hitting of the arm by keeping their bows very high-strung2 but this should be avoided1 as it is very trying to both the bow and the string1 and it is generally believed that by keeping a bow high-strung some of its cast is lost4 ,the old-fashioned bracer1 of which there are still many modern representatives--although ,mr4 ,ford1 in his book1 successfully demolished the 'armguard-hitting theory1' which was upheld by most previous writers on the subject--was1 and is1 certainly admirably calculated to be hit as much as possible1 being often made of very thick leather1 and lined and padded as well4 ,if something of this sort1 failing other expedients to avoid hurting the arm1 must be used1 let it be as thin and close-fitting as possible1 and in particular close-fitting for the four inches or so next to the wrist1 where the reckless old armguards used to project as much as half an inch1 ready to welcome the blow of the string several inches sooner than need be4 ,and1 to avoid the worst blow of all--that delivered upon the top of the armguard where it is shaped to the bend of the elbow--let the upper strap be carried round above the elbow so that it draws the front of the guard tight as the arm is straightened4 ,in spite of all that has been said above1 it cannot be denied that1 such is the persistent determination of arrows well aimed and well loosed to reach the target1 they will certainly very often succeed1 notwithstanding frequent interruptions from an armguard in addition to the natural difficulties4 ,too much care cannot be taken to see that when fastened no edge or corner of the armguard protrudes that can by possibility obstruct the free passage of the string4 ,in spite of good old ,ascham's statement that 'the string1 gliding quickly and sharply off it' the bracer1 'may make a sharper shoot' 7he also advised that the bow be high-strung1 so that this hitting may be avoided71 the guard should be made of moderately soft and yielding but perfectly smooth leather1 and not of any hard material4 ,the silver armguard1 which may be fitting enough as a trophy for the ,field ,captain of the ,royal ,toxophilite ,society1 would be about as much out of place during the shooting of the ,york ,round as the ancient ,scorton arrow would be amongst the shafts in use during one of the annual ,yorkshire meetings4 ,,the ,,shooting-,,glove1 ,,and ,,other ,,protections ,,for ,,the ,,fingers4 ,the old-fashioned archer's glove--still in use in ,scotland1 and perhaps occasionally elsewhere--resembles a boxing-glove1 being made of thick buckskin1 and calculated to protect the hand from some of the accidents of war4 ,it was provided with a pocket for extra strings1 wax1 and other necessaries on its back2 and no doubt owned a companion glove for the bow hand1 also calculated to protect it from injury4 ,this glove has pieces of hard leather sewn on to the ends of the fingers as a further protection against the string2 and leather straps1 passing round the roots of the fingers and along the back of the hand1 are tied tightly round the wrist to prevent the finger-guards from being dragged forward out of place at the loose4 ,illustration3 ,,fig4 #be4 ,the protection for the fingers1 which is probably best known to beginners and old-fashioned archers1 consists of three conical tips or thimbles of leather1 each sewn up at the back of the finger1 and attached--also at the back--to long strips of leather1 connected at the back of the hand so as to form one piece1 which is fixed upon a strap which passes round the wrist and is fastened securely by a buckle 7fig4 #be74 ,there is nothing to be said against this description of shooting-glove if a thimble can be got to fit each of the fingers accurately2 but1 as it can seldom happen that in a ready-made article a perfect fit can be found1 this form of finger-guard has become unfashionable1 and has gone out of favour4 ,it was probably never made with the thimbles of the right sort of leather 7horse-butt71 as the softer and more pliable sorts of leather would be more suitable to fit all comers4 ,it effectually obviates one of the difficulties which occurs to most beginners--that of recovering their tips when they have been scattered all over the shooting-lawn4 ,illustration3 ,,fig4 #bf4 ,the 'tab' 7see fig4 #bf7 is probably one of the most ancient of finger-guards1 and it has so many merits that it can never be altogether discarded4 ,any archer may quickly manufacture it out of almost any sort of leather1 and it is very readily altered or replaced1 and it is no impediment to the free use of the fingers for other purposes than loosing an arrow4 ,the whole of the first finger of the right hand is passed right through the opening ,a from the side not seen1 and the tip of the finger is placed on a4 ,the third finger is similarly passed through ,b1 and its tip lies on ,greek3 b4 ,the middle finger is now placed on b4 ,it will be found that the 'tab' is now securely fastened for use1 the string being applied to the side not seen4 ,the tab can be readily turned down into the palm of the hand whilst the arrow is applied to the string4 ,the tab is then replaced on the tips of the fingers and applied to the string1 with the arrow at the bottom of the opening between the parts a and b4 ,the one drawback to this description of finger-guard is that the arrow comes into actual contact with the sides of the first and second fingers1 and beginners are specially perplexed with the difficulty of keeping the arrow applied to the proper place on the side of the bow during the operation of pulling up1 owing to too tight a pinch between the fingers1 given by the bent string4 ,this same difficulty occurs also with other guards1 but the results are not so painful1 as the corner of the nail is protected by leather from the nock of the arrow4 ,the tab is not1 therefore1 to be recommended for the use of beginners4 ,should any archers be tempted to use it when the first difficulties are overcome1 it will be found that the insertion of a piece of cork or leather between the first and second fingers will overcome the trouble caused by this pinch4 ,the tab1 as before mentioned1 may be made of one piece of leather2 but it is better to have it made of two pieces sewn together1 as shown in the sketch 7see fig4 #bf71 the part applied to the string being made of 'horse-butt1' which is a brittle sort of leather1 the part through which the fingers are passed being made of some more supple leather4 ,before the more elaborate and scientific finger-stall or guards come to be considered the remaining simple and old-fashioned ones must be completed4 ,next in order comes an ordinary glove1 which has lately come prominently to the front1 because the constant use of a good thick dogskin glove has enabled the ,champion of #ahhd to keep his place in #ahhe and #ahhf4 ,to this may be applied the dogmatic words of ,mr4 ,ford 7slightly altered7 with reference to the tab3 ',this does not1 however1 alter my opinion as to its being decidedly an inferior method1 as who shall say how much more he might have excelled had he adopted a different and less rational one8' ,a well-fitting glove may be improved by sewing small pieces of pigskin or other smooth sound leather over the tips of the fingers 7see fig4 #bg74 ,illustration3 ,,fig4 #bg4 ,constant practice on the harp has been known to enable a lady to dispense with any artificial protection1 and to make three golds at one end at one of the ,leamington meetings4 ,another method of preparing the fingers for naked application to the bowstring is to use them industriously as pipe-stoppers2 but as some archers do not smoke1 and it might not be easy for a non-smoker to get employment as a pipe-stopper to others who do1 a more convenient way of hardening the fingers would be by dropping on hot sealing-wax1 and then dipping the finger into salt4 ,it is undeniable that permanently successful shooting depends mostly upon an even1 certain1 and unvarying loose1 and such a loose can only be attained by the help of the most suitable glove1 tips1 tab1 or other protection for the fingers4 ,the archer must have the perfect command of the string1 and of the exact 'how' and 'when' it shall be allowed to quit the fingers4 ,if the glove c4 be too loose or too tight1 this necessary command is lost4 ,in the first case1 the feeling of insecurity gives a hesitating uncertainty to the loose2 and in the second1 the power of the fingers is so cramped that a sensation of distortion cripples their best efforts4 ,further1 too thick a glove c4 interferes with the proper 'feel' of the string2 whilst one that is too thin1 by hurting the fingers1 causes them to flinch from the proper degree of crisp sharpness requisite for a perfect loose4 ,still further1 with too hard a substance--metal1 for instance3 finger-tips have been occasionally made of silver--the string cannot be with certainty retained till the proper instant of loosing1 whilst with leather that is too soft and sodden1 the string cannot be quitted without a jerk that staggers the bow-arm4 ,it will be seen1 therefore1 that positive rules cannot be laid down as to either the size1 make1 shape1 or material of the finger-guards2 as each individual must be suited according to the peculiar nature of his own fingers1 be they callous or tender1 strong or weak1 clumsy or dexterous4 ,in #ahei it may have been good advice to archers to manufacture their own finger-guards1 though ,mr4 ,ford candidly confessed 'that the endeavours of ten years have hardly succeeded in producing finger-stalls perfectly to my satisfaction4' ,it may be safely asserted1 however1 that it is better to use the thinner leather 7provided it be thick enough to protect the fingers from pain71 and the stalls must be constructed so as to confine the hand and cramp the knuckles as little as possible4 ,the ',mason' finger-stall1 described by ,mr4 ,ford1 consisted of a piece of leather partly surrounding the tip of the finger1 and connected over the nail with vulcanised india-rubber1 and kept in place by a ring1 also of india-rubber1 or preferably of silver1 passing over both joints of the finger1 and connected inside the hand with the stall by means of a thin tongue of india-rubber about an inch or an inch and a half long2 a guard or stop is placed upon each stall1 about half an inch from the top1 by which 7stop7 the line of the fingers and position of the string is regulated1 c4 ,a very similar finger-guard1 produced by ,mr4 ,buchanan of #bae ,piccadilly1 was made1 closed at the finger-end1 so as to protect the top of the finger from possible injury4 ,in these finger-guards the stop or catch of leather on the inside of the finger first makes its public appearance1 but the contrivance in its entirety has completely gone out of favour--probably owing to the untrustworthiness of india-rubber1 even though it be vulcanised4 ,the connecting ring removed the objection to these separate tips that1 unless they were glued on or too tight 7both undesirable71 they were sadly liable to slip off at the loose4 ,also the connecting tongue of india-rubber might enable the lower part of the finger to contribute some trifle of support to the tip of the finger at its fullest strain1 and certainly it would assist to catch the finger-tip back from the sprawled position 7much objected to by some instructors in this craft7 sometimes assumed after a dead loose4 ,illustration3 ,,fig4 #bh4 ,mr4 ,james ,spedding and ,mr4 ,h4 ,c4 ,mules1 about the same time that ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford and others were making experiments in the construction of their own finger-tips1 contrived a little brass nutted screw-bolt for securing the finger-tips safely upon the fingers without the uncertain action of india-rubber1 or in any way cramping the action of the finger-joints4 ,this little contrivance is three-quarters of an inch long4 ,the nut ,a is fixed1 but the nut ,b can be moved to any position on the screw-bolt4 ,illustration3 ,,fig4 #bi4 ,this contrivance is passed through the holes at a and b 7see fig4 #bi7 of a finger-tip shaped thus4 ,of course the end of the screw-bolt over which the nut ,b is passed after the screw-bolt has been passed through a and b must be clinched afterwards to prevent nut ,b coming off again4 ,the lacing together of the six corresponding holes on each side of the guard at the back of the finger over the nail can be tight or loose1 according to taste2 but it should be laced with fine strong cord1 not elastic1 as generally supplied by the makers4 ,the brass bolt passes over the top joint of the finger when the guard is put on the finger1 and may then be tightened so as to keep the guard in its place and to prevent it escaping at the loose4 ,leather catches may easily be added of any shape or in any position that is preferred4 ,illustration3 ,,fig4 #cj4 ,illustration3 ,,fig4 #ca4 ,the elementary tip1 that anybody may cut out of a piece of pigskin 7fig4 #cj71 further sophisticated1 became the tip registered by ,messrs4 ,aldred in #ahfh 7fig4 #ca7 as the ',paragon1' with the ,mules-,spedding contrivance added1 and also a catch1 and a strap over the nail1 for keeping it in position4 ,illustration3 ,,fig4 #cb4 ,the parrot-beak 7fig4 #cb7 is a further development of the ,mules-,spedding tip1 with the brass bolt omitted4 ,this is not an improvement1 as the sewing1 if it suddenly failed1 could not be readily replaced4 ,mr4 ,j4 ,spedding had a further contrivance which brought the little finger in to the assistance of the third finger4 ,this was managed by securing a loop to the guard for the third finger4 ,this loop was passed over the little finger1 which was tightly curled up towards the palm of the hand1 thus supporting the third during the strain of the aim4 ,the little finger was1 of course1 uncurled at the instant of loose4 ,soon after #ahei ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford began to lose the almost perfect command which he had1 during about ten years1 possessed over the bow4 ,whether this failure arose from the use of bows that were too strong1 causing actual physical injury to some of the muscles engaged in the action of pulling up or loosing2 or whether it arose from shooting too much2 or whether it arose from loss of nerve and confidence1 through over-anxiety to excel1 and keep in front of all the opponents who1 profiting by his instruction1 began to tread close upon his heels1 will never be known2 but certain it is that before he reappeared as ,champion at ,brighton in #ahfg1 with his fourth best ,grand ,national score of #a1jcg 7his better scores being1 #a1bea at ,cheltenham in #aheg1 #a1jgf at ,exeter in #aheh1 and #a1jgd at ,shrewsbury in #ahed71 he had taken to weak bows and light arrows1 and had tried several different combinations of fingers for loosing4 ,thus he contrived a finger-tip for the little finger1 to the back of which he attached the third finger1 so that these two might combine to do the work of one finger4 ,this did not prove successful2 but he was satisfied with his final experiment1 which consisted of a tip for the first finger1 on to the back of which his second finger was also applied2 and he has been heard to declare his belief that if he could have tried this loose in his best days he might have improved upon his best scores4 ,occasionally the second and third fingers are furnished with a double-cell tip for the parallel action of these two fingers2 but as contrivances of this sort are but the playthings of broken-down archers--of whom1 alas1 there are too many--they are not mentioned with any view of recommending them until1 after patient trial1 the other simpler finger-guards have failed4 ,a piece of strong quill is sometimes sewn upon the inside of the tip with the leather catch so as to prevent the string from getting embedded in the leather1 and to quicken the loose2 but its interference with the 'feel' of the string argues against its employment4 ,it is even doubtful whether anything but the most cautious use of the leather catch to the finger-tip may not be most dangerous4 ,many of the best shots do not use it2 and though no doubt the certainty of the one best position for the string on the fingers1 when the archer is at his best1 will produce most excellent results1 yet1 the possibility that a permanent breakdown may be the result of the use of the same catch when the archer is out of condition or practice1 or perhaps tired1 should make every archer careful to avoid the loss of liberty of hold that may be found advisable under varying circumstances4 ,,chapter ,v4 ,,of ,,the ,,grease-,,box1 ,,tassel1 ,,belt1 ,,etc ,,the ,,grease ,,box4 ,the grease-box was1 no doubt1 an important part of an archer's equipment when prepared for battle1 as he had to be out in all weathers1 and the grease it contained could alone help him to avoid the ill consequences of moisture about his shooting-glove4 ,the modern archer is seldom called upon to shoot more than1 possibly1 one end in a sudden shower2 and many now never carry a grease-box at all4 ,yet there is no objection to its use4 ,it should contain vaseline1 which may be occasionally applied to the finger-guards1 and to the lapping where in contact with the fingers2 also1 the arrows about the footing may be greased to prevent the paint from the target-faces adhering to them4 ,,the ,,tassel4 ,he must be a good archer indeed who can dispense with this necessary addition to his equipment4 ,the tassel is usually made of green worsted1 and its primary use is to remove any dirt that may adhere to the arrow when it is drawn from the ground1 but the head of it may be used for carrying a few pins1 and concealed within the outer fringe may be kept a small piece of oiled flannel1 to be applied to the arrow occasionally1 so as to prevent the paint from sticking on to the shaft4 ,the tassel should be of moderate dimensions--in fact1 the smaller the better1 provided it be big enough for use4 ,it is usually hung on to a button of a gentleman's coat1 but ladies usually wear it attached to their girdles4 ,,the ,,belt1 ,,quiver1 ,,etc4 ,in former days a leather belt was considered absolutely necessary1 and some have been known to consider themselves more fully dressed for an archery contest with the green baize bag for the bow surrounding the waist4 ,it was certainly useful1 and kept together the various things then in use1 namely1 the glove1 the quiver1 the tassel1 the grease-box1 the tablets for scoring1 the pricker for the same purpose1 the armguard1 c4 ,a well-appointed archer of the present day devotes a coat specially for the purposes of archery1 and this is fitted with a long leather-lined pocket let into the back of the coat1 to the left of the left back-button4 ,this pocket holds his arrows1 and becomes his quiver4 ,the tassel is attached to a front button4 ,any suitable note-book with a pencil goes into a pocket1 taking the place of the tablet and pricker4 ,as a belt is not the most convenient receptacle for the rest of his equipment1 no belt is carried4 ,as ladies are not yet so well provided with pockets as gentlemen1 they still find it almost absolutely necessary to carry a belt for their various requisites1 and some will even voluntarily 7or perhaps involuntarily1 in the case of the ,championess of the ,west7 handicap themselves by carrying the whole apparatus in solid silver4 ,,the ,,scoring ,,apparatus4 ,illustration3 ,,fig4 #cc4 ,mr4 ,ford shot another dozen arrows at #fj yards1 scoring #hj1 and shows his score in the ,st4 ,george's ,hound to be #fed from #ajd hits4 ,any ordinary note-book fitted with a pencil is by far the best thing for keeping the correct record of an archer's score4 ,very convenient scoring-books are to be bought at the archery shops1 and these contain usually the forms for ,york ,rounds for gentlemen1 and ,national ,rounds for ladies1 to be filled up with plain figures entered in the right places as the scores are made4 ,the objection to these books is that the rounds shot are not invariably ,york and ,national rounds4 ,that the ingenious may be saved the trouble of re-inventing the best scoring-apparatus of past times it is here described4 ,a card #c-a_/b inches by #b-a_/b inches was slipped into a silver frame1 which was much like the contrivance used for direction cards for luggage in travelling4 ,between the card and the back of the silver frame was a leather pad of the same size as the card4 ,a pricker was used to record the score on the card1 and the leather pad protected the point of the pricker from the silver back4 ,the card had engraved upon it the form of the round usually shot4 ,the form for a ,york ,round is here given4 ,the figures on the left-hand side indicate the twelve double ends of six arrows each--#gb arrows shot at #ajj yards2 the middle figures indicate the eight double ends of six arrows each--#dh arrows at #hj yards2 and the figures on the right-hand side indicate the four double ends at #fj yards--#bd arrows4 ,this form is now filled up with the best ,york ,round that ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford ever made1 as recorded by himself1 and here given in facsimile4 ,it is believed that the wonderful score here recorded of #hji1 from #acg hits1 in the ,york ,round1 was made at ,cheltenham about ,september #d1 #ahee2 but1 through an unaccountable want of courtesy on the part of the ,ford family1 the accurate date of this score cannot be given as a fact4 ,it is not entered in the way invented by the ,rev4 ,j4 ,bramhall1 which indicates not only the hits made1 but also the order in which the arrows were shot4 ,thus 7see p4 #fi7 say the first arrow1 shot at #ajj yards1 hit the red2 the second was a gold1 and the third a miss2 the fourth arrow was a red2 the fifth was a black1 and the sixth a gold4 ,each set of vertical spaces for whites1 blacks1 blues1 reds1 and golds is allotted to a double end of six arrows4 ,the result of the first arrow is marked on the left-hand side at the top1 the second on the left-hand side in the middle1 and the third on the left-hand side at the bottom4 ,the same is done with the next three arrows on the right-hand side4 ,of course1 when an arrow misses the target1 no mark is made1 and the order of the misses is shown by the hits4 ,illustration ,a translation into the modern method of ,mr4 ,ford's best score is here given4 #ajj ,yards ,hits ,score #ig #igc #iga #gca #aa #fc #gec #gee #gaa #igc #ab #fj #gec #ge #igc #ec #aj #ed #ge #gea #iec #ig #aj #eh #gca #gc #igg #gge #aa #fc #eea #eec #gcc #eca #ab #df -- -- ,hits ,score #hj ,yards #ff #cdd ,totals #igg #ig #iee #igc #aa #gg #iec #iic #ige #ige #ab #hj #ige #igc #gee #gee #ab #gd #iea #gge #iec #iee #ab #gj -- -- #fj ,yards #dg #cja ,totals #iie #iig #iie #gge #ab #ij #igg #gec #gge #ggc #ab #gd -- -- #bd #afd ,totals -- --- ,grand totals #acg #hji ,the incurable fault of this method of scoring by prick-marks is that it is impossible to correct a mistake or to verify the accuracy of scores as recorded4 7,is there not the ,hibernian story of the archer who1 in perfect good faith1 believed that he made seventy-three hits with seventy-two arrows at sixty yards87 ,so much that was unpleasant transpired after the ,crystal ,palace ,meeting in #ahga1 that in #ahgb the system of scoring at the public meetings by means of these prick-marks in the different colours was finally abandoned1 and the scoring by the figures #a1 #c1 #e1 #g1 #i introduced instead4 ,this scoring by figures had then already been for some years in vogue amongst the ,west ,kent archers1 introduced by the hon4 secretary1 ,mr4 ,r4 ,b4 ,martin1 and the members of the ,royal ,toxophilite ,society had mostly1 for many years previously1 kept their private scores in plain figures4 ,in this method no attempt is ever made to record the order in which the hits at any end fall2 neither is it considered advisable to do so1 though it would be equally easy to enter the figures in the same order1 when known1 as the hits are made2 but this is a matter of no importance4 ,,the ,,register4 ,every archer is most strongly recommended to keep a careful and accurate record of all the shooting he does1 not only by entering in a scoring-book every arrow shot during the day 7which will act as a check to irregular and careless practice71 but also by keeping a register1 or book of record1 in which the results of each day's shooting should be entered4 ,those who have not been in the habit of booking all their successes and shortcomings have no idea of the great interest with which this record invests the most solitary practice1 and how conducive it is to its steady and persevering continuance4 ,it begets a great desire to improve3 for no man likes to have evidence before his eyes of his pains and exertions being of no avail1 and of himself at a standstill in any pursuit he takes an interest in2 it ensures a due carefulness in the shooting of every arrow1 since without it the score will be bad1 and therefore disagreeable to chronicle2 it excites emulation1 by enabling the average of one man's shooting to be compared with that of another1 and restrains by its sternly demonstrating figures those flights of imagination occasionally indulged in by the owners of inaccurate memories as to feats performed and scores achieved4 ,by taking note also in this register of the causes of failure at different times1 a lessened chance will exist of their occurring again1 as it will keep the same always in view1 and the necessity of their avoidance prominently before the attention4 ,in short1 the archer will find the little trouble the keeping of it occasions him so abundantly repaid in a variety of ways1 that when it is once commenced he will never afterwards be induced to abandon its use4 ,whilst the subject of register is under consideration the beginner's attention should be called to the ',archer's ,register1' edited by ,mr4 ,j4 ,sharpe1 which is issued annually1 and gives a full account of all the public archery meetings of the previous year1 and of the doings of all the principal societies in the kingdom4 ,,the ',,ascham4' ,this term is applied to an upright narrow cupboard1 contrived for the purpose of holding all the implements of archery4 ,it is constructed so that the bows may stand or hang upright in the back part1 and in the front each individual arrow may stand1 also upright1 and sufficiently apart from its neighbour to avoid the possibility of any injury to the feathers4 ,in height this ,ascham should be upwards of six feet1 so that there may be sufficient room for the longest bows1 and the bows should all1 if standing1 be on a bottom raised some few inches above the floor of the apartment1 as an additional security against damp1 which is a most fatal enemy to the bow4 ,in damp situations1 and particularly at the seaside1 great care must be taken to keep out all moisture4 ,also1 as far as possible1 a tolerably even temperature should be maintained4 ,the long box in which an archer keeps his stock of bows1 arrows1 c41 when travelling1 is also called an ,ascham4 ,,the ,,targets4 ,the backing of the target is made of thrashed or unthrashed straw 7rye-straw is the best7 firmly bound together whilst wet with strong tarred string1 and in construction is somewhat similar to the make of beehive1 only it is made flat4 ,it is circular1 and the front of this straw boss 7as it is called71 intended for the canvas facing1 is worked up with a flat surface1 so that the facing may lie upon it more evenly than it could upon the other side4 ,the canvas facing must also be circular1 and exactly four feet in diameter2 of course the straw boss should also be as nearly as possible of the same size1 but on no account less4 ,the canvas facing is divided into a central circle of gold1 surrounded by concentric rings of red1 blue1 black1 and white1 arranged in this order of colour from the centre outwards4 ,the radius of the golden centre and the breadth of each of the surrounding rings should be the same1 namely1 one-fifth of four feet1 i4e4 four inches and four-fifths of an inch4 ,each hit in these colours is valued as follows3 nine in the gold1 seven in the red 7formerly called scarlet71 five in the blue 7still occasionally known as inner white71 three in the black1 and one in the white4 ,these figures1 however1 do not correctly represent the value of the rings according to their respective areas4 ,the area of a circle is proportional to the square of its radius4 ,therefore the area of the circle containing the gold and red together is four times as large as the area of the gold circle alone2 and it follows that if the gold circle be removed from this larger circle the remaining red ring will be three times the size of the gold circle4 ,in the same manner1 the circle containing the gold1 red1 and blue will in area be nine times as large as the gold circle alone2 and if the combined gold and red circle be removed the remaining area of the blue ring will be five times as large as the gold4 ,again1 the area of the circle containing the gold1 red1 blue1 and black will be sixteen times larger than the gold2 and if the gold1 red1 and blue be removed1 an area seven times as large as the gold will be left for the black ring4 ,finally1 the entire face of the target contains an area twenty-five times at large as the gold1 and the white ring is nine times as large as the gold4 ,thus we get the target divided into twenty-five parts1 of which one part is gold1 three parts are red1 five are blue1 seven are black1 and nine are white4 ,but it does not correctly follow that1 nine being taken to represent the value of a hit in the gold1 and one as the value of a hit in the white 7because the white ring is nine times larger than the gold circle71 a hit in the red ring should count as seven1 a hit in the blue as five1 and a hit in the black as three4 ,the proportion of the areas between the white and black rings is as nine to seven1 giving the value of #a-b_/g for each hit in the black1 or #a4bhega in decimals4 ,similarly1 the proportion of area between the white and blue rings is as nine to five1 giving the value of #a-d_/e1 or #a4h1 as the value of each hit in the blue circle4 ,the proportion of the area between the white and the red rings is as nine to three1 giving the value of three for each hit in the red ring4 ,it may be taken that these values of #i1 #g1 #e1 #c1 #a1 representing the hits in gold1 red1 blue1 black1 and white1 are the best that can be adopted1 and in their sum represent the twenty-five parts1 the size of the gold1 into which the target may be supposed to be divided4 ,there appears to be no exaggeration of the value of the gold as compared with the white1 and the exaggerated value of the other colours very properly rewards superior skill1 as shown by central hitting of the target4#a ,in the days when handicapping was done by taking off rings instead of percentages it might have been better to reduce the values of these reds1 blues1 and blacks when made by the more skilful4 ,the old exploded custom of adding hits to score was only a roundabout method of reducing the values of the hits from #i1 #g1 #e1 #c1 #a to #e1 #d1 #c1 #b1 #a4 ,targets are now all made of the same size1 as already mentioned2 but for many years after the revival of archery in #agha four-feet targets were only used at the long distances of #abj1 #ajj1 and #ij yards1 whilst targets of three feet and two feet in diameter were used at the shorter distances and by ladies4 ,in still older times our modern target-practice was represented by what was called the ,paper ,game1 from paper being employed instead of the oil-painted canvas now in use4 ,it was an old fashion to score in money1 thus3 a gold was #bs4 #f;d41 a scarlet #bs41 an inner white #as4 #f;d41 a black #as41 and a white #f;d42 and this is still the custom with the ,woodmen of ,arden1 whose members still receive in cash at the end of a prize meeting the total value of their scores4 ,the same custom also prevails at the ,annual ,scorton ,arrow ,meeting1 except that each archer pays #f;d4 into the pool for every hit he makes in the white4 ,formerly1 unless an arrow was entirely in one colour1 it was counted as a hit in the inferior of the two colours between which its position was divided2 but now1 except with the ,woodmen of ,arden1 the contrary custom prevails1 and the arrow will count as a hit in the superior colour1 unless it be quite surrounded by the inferior colour4 ,it is right that the archer should have the benefit of any doubt in this matter4 ,the purchasers of targets should ascertain that they have well-painted and well-seasoned facings4 ,the ,american-cloth facings sometimes to be met with are most unsatisfactory1 and occasionally there is too much of a sticky compound laid on the facings previous to the paint1 which adheres to the arrow1 and helps to denude the target of colour4 ,it is not generally acknowledged that the colours of the target at present in use are well adapted for most accurate shooting4 ,they are too bright and glaring1 confusing to the eye1 and drawing the attention away from the centre1 so that it is most difficult to avoid aiming at the target generally1 rather than the gold4 ,now that the scoring is kept in figures1 and no longer in colours1 there would be no difficulty in substituting other colours that would assist to concentrate the aim1 if only a general agreement about the nature of the change could be arrived at4 ,the usual custom of fixing targets is1 that the centre of the gold shall be four feet from the ground1 and as the target is always sloped with its lower part advanced towards the shooter1 it follows that the correct distance of the bottom of the target from the ground is a trifle more than two feet and one inch4 ,,the ,,target-,,stands4 ,the most usual target-stands are of iron1 in three pieces1 each of about six feet in length1 hinged together at the top1 and painted green1 forming a tripod for the support of the target1 which is caught on to it by a hooked spike at the top of the stand1 and kept from shifting its position thereon by a spike about half way up each of the front legs4 ,these stands are so destructive to any arrows that hit them1 even through the targets1 that1 for home use1 they should be padded in front with a strip of thick felt1 secured with strong twine1 and then carefully wrapped with strong binding and painted4 ,the late ,mr4 ,james ,spedding first invented this method of covering the stands which he had made for the ,royal ,toxophilite ,society1 of three long ash poles1 united together at the top with iron nutted screw-bolts4 ,when the stand is so treated it is almost impossible that an arrow can be injured by contact with the stand1 and the extra expense 7which is1 however1 considerable7 is soon saved by the saving in arrows at #bs4 #f;d4 apiece4 ,the ,meyler stand1 a very expensive machine1 was a strong iron arm1 fitted into a metal socket fixed in the ground1 and at the upper end provided with three prongs1 upon which the target was fixed2 but it possessed the same incurable fault as the old earthen butts1 in that it was immovable 7except to the places where the necessary sockets were74 ,,the ,,quiver4 ,the tin quiver1 made in different sizes to contain six1 a dozen1 or more arrows1 with sometimes a receptacle at the top for spare strings1 wax1 thread1 silk1 file1 c41 is too handy an article to be ever altogether discarded1 though the arrows in it do occasionally suffer by being indiscriminately jumbled together4 ,the arrow-boxes of wood now made to hold different quantities of arrows are1 of course1 to be preferred4 ,but the best receptacle for arrows on a journey is a properly fitted compartment in the bow-box1 and the method invented by the ,rev4 ,j4 ,m4 ,croker is the best of all4 ,this is fitted with a hinge1 so that any arrow in it can be removed without shifting any of the others4 ,,footnote3 #a ,see ,sir ,john ,f4 ,w4 ,herschel's ,familiar ,lectures on ,scientific ,subjects1 ',estimation of ,skill in ,target-shooting1' p4 #die4 ,,chapter ,,vi4 ,,of ,,bracing1 ,,or ,,stringing1 ,,and ,,nocking ,in the previous chapters such plain directions have been given concerning the various implements of archery as will enable each archer to provide himself with the best of the kind that his inclinations or means may lead him to adopt1 and to enable him to avoid such as are in themselves radically bad1 or likely to add to the difficulties he is sure to meet with before arriving at any great or satisfactory proficiency in the art4 ,having been thus enabled to form a choice as to his weapons1 he must now be guided in their use2 and1 in the first place1 there are a few minor matters that cannot be altogether passed over in silence4 ,the first of these is the bracing or stringing of a bow1 which may be considered as the first preliminary operation to actual shooting4 ,this is the act of bending the bow1 when unstrung1 sufficiently to enable the archer to slip the upper eye of the string into the nock of the upper horn4 ,to effect this1 the usual method is to set the lower horn of the bow 7its back being turned towards the archer7 on the ground1 against the inside of the right foot1 this being turned a little inward so as to prevent the horn from slipping out of place4 ,then1 the handle being firmly grasped with the right hand1 and the lower or wrist-part of the left hand being rested upon the upper limb of the bow a few inches below the upper eye of the string1 a strong steady pull must be applied with the right hand at the handle 7the left hand and right foot forming the points d'appui7 so that the bow may be bent1 whilst the thumb and second joint of the first finger1 or preferably the tips of the first and second fingers of the left hand1 carry the eye of the string into the nock4 ,novices must be particularly careful that they do not get either of the fingers entangled between the string and the bow4 ,in stringing the bow1 it is quite unimportant whether it be held in the right or left hand2 but if the finger-tips be worn on the right hand1 it is better to use this hand for the purpose of grasping the bow1 rather than for helping the eye of the string into its place4 ,to unstring the bow1 the action is the same as in the final position of stringing it1 except that the eye of the string is slipped out of the horn4 ,to string and unstring a bow gracefully and without apparent effort is an affair rather of knack than of much strength or force1 and is therefore only to be learnt with a certain amount of practice4 ,the archer must keep1 as far as possible1 an upright position1 as to crouch over the operation is ungainly1 and interferes with the satisfactory application of the necessary amount of effort4 ,the bow being now strung1 two things must be carefully noted3 first1 that the bend of the bow be neither too much nor too little2 and secondly1 that the string starts from both horns exactly at the centre of each--i4e4 no atom either to the right or left1 but dividing the bow precisely in half from end to end4 ,if this latter caution be not observed the grain of the bow runs considerable risk of being unnaturally strained1 and the bow itself of being pulled away and out of its proper shape1 and sooner or later breaking in consequence4 ,it is even possible that the correct cast itself may be more or less disadvantageously affected by any carelessness on this point4 ,this is one of the many minuti of archery1 which is of more importance than may at first sight appear1 and should always be attended to before the bow is allowed to discharge a single arrow4 ,during the shooting1 too1 attention should be occasionally directed to the string1 to observe whether the loop may not have slipped a little away1 as it may sometimes unavoidably do4 ,if a second eye has been added to the string in the place of the loop1 the string will be much more easily adjusted1 and then there will be no fear of its getting away during the shooting4 ,as regards the first point--namely1 the amount of bend in a bow when strung--it has been already stated that in a man's bow the distance of the inside of the handle from the string should scarcely ever be less than six inches4 ,the advantages of having the bow low-strung are that the bow casts quicker and farther 7owing to the greater length the arrow is acted upon by the string71 and that the bow1 and also the string1 are less strained1 and consequently in less danger of breaking2 but to be balanced against these advantages is the fact that the danger of striking the armguard before the extreme point of the string's recoil 7already shown to be fatal to accurate shooting7 is greater1 and the cast may be somewhat less steady4 ,it has been immemorially customary to ascertain the amount of the bend of the bow when strung1 by placing the fist upright upon the inside of the handle 7at the centre of the bow71 at the same time raising up the thumb towards the string2 if the string then just touches the extremity of the thumb the bracing is supposed to be tolerably correct4 ,this is not1 however1 an infallible test1 as the size of hands of different individuals varies considerably2 but each archer can ascertain how far his own hand1 placed in the above way1 varies from the old-fashioned measure of six inches1 known as a fistmele1 and1 bearing this constantly in mind1 may ascertain the bracing of his bow as accurately as if his own fistmele were the exact six inches4 ,the nocking of the arrow must now be considered4 ,this is the application of the nock of the arrow to its proper place on the string4 ,simple as this operation may at first sight appear1 yet there is a right way and a wrong way of doing it2 and as the wrong way leads to the injury and disfigurement of the bow1 let the beginner acquire the right method at first1 as follows3-- ,the bow being held somewhat downwards by the handle with the left hand1 with the string upwards1 let the arrow be placed with the right hand over the string 7not on any account under the string1 as this latter method of nocking is sure to lead sooner or later to the disfigurement of the belly of the bow1 by numerous stabs inflicted upon it by the sharp point of the arrow7 upon that part of the bow 7close to the forefinger of the left hand7 upon which it is to lie2 the thumb of the left hand 7not the forefinger7 being then gently placed over it will serve to hold it perfectly under command1 whilst the forefinger and thumb of the right hand take hold of the nock end of the arrow1 and manipulate with perfect ease the application of the nock to the proper nocking-place on the string4 ,five minutes' practice will suffice to render this method of nocking easy and familiar4 ,but if the archer be afraid of unsteadying his hold upon the handle of the bow by shifting his left thumb on to the arrow1 as above described1 let him hold the arrow with his right hand just above the feathers1 and so apply the nock to the string without assistance from the left thumb4 ,this method is1 however1 somewhat more awkward-looking4 ,the centre of the nocking-place should be exactly upon that point of the string which is opposite to the spot on the bow over which the arrow will pass when shot--i4e4 the arrow when nocked must be precisely perpendicular to the string4 ,if the arrow be nocked at a lower point1 it will beat itself against the forefinger of the left hand1 and thereby waste some of the energy that should be applied to its flight4 ,on the other hand1 if the arrow be nocked at a higher point1 the drawing will be commenced from a point not contemplated in the manufacture of the bow when the compensated strength of the upper and lower limbs is arranged for a fulcrum not exactly central4 ,care must be taken that the nocking-part of the string exactly fits or fills the nock of the arrow4 ,the hold of the nock upon the string must be neither too tight nor too loose2 if the first1 the nock may1 and probably will1 be split2 and if the second1 the shaft is apt to slip whilst in the act of being drawn1 and the nock will be broken1 or the correct elevation and proper flight of the arrow will be lost4 ,a word of warning must be added for the young archer against attempting to alter the range of his arrow by varying the nocking-place4 ,for the reasons above given1 a worse system could not be adopted4 ,,chapter ,,vii4 ,,of ,,ascham',s ,,five ,,points1 ,,position ,,standing1 ,,etc4 ,the various implements of archery having been now described1 the proper use of these by the archer claims attention4 ,roger ,ascham stated in #aede that 'fayre shootynge came of these thynges3 of standynge1 nockynge1 drawynge1 howldynge1 and lowsynge'2 and these his well-known five points of archery have been followed by most other writers on the subject in this same order4 ,he has set out so well 'all the discommodities whiche ill custome hath grafted in archers' that 'can neyther be quycklye poulled out1 nor yet sone reckened of me1 they be so manye1' that it will be excusable to quote them for the benefit of beginners1 for their avoidance before they have been acquired4 ',some shooteth his head forwarde1 as though he woulde byte the marke2 an other stareth wyth hys eyes1 as though they shoulde flye out2 another winketh with one eye1 and looketh with the other4 ,some make a face with writhing theyr mouthe and countenance so2 another blereth out his tonge2 another byteth his lyppes2 another holdeth his neck a wrye4 ,in drawynge some set suche a compasse1 as thoughe they woulde tourne about and blysse all the feelde2 other heaue theyr hand nowe vp1 nowe downe1 that a man cannot decerne wherat they wolde shote2 another waggeth the vpper ende of his bow one way1 the neyther ende an other waye4 ,an other wil stand poyntinge his shafte at the marke a good whyle1 and by-and-by he wyll gyue a whip1 and awaye1 or a man wite4 ,an other maketh suche a wrestling with his gere1 as thoughe he were able to shoote no more as longe as he lyued4 ,another draweth softly to ye middes1 and by-and-by it is gon1 you cannot knowe howe4 ',another draweth his shafte lowe at the breaste1 as thoughe he woulde shoote at a rouynge marke1 and by-and-by he lifteth his arme vp pricke heyghte4 ,another maketh a wrynching with hys back as though a manne pynched hym behynde4 ',another coureth downe1 as though he shoulde shoote at crowes4 ',another setteth forwarde hys lefte legge1 and draweth backe with head and showlders1 as though he pouled at a rope1 or els were afrayed of the marke4 ,another draweth his shafte well vntyll wythin ii fyngers of the head1 and then stayeth to looke at hys marke1 and that done pouleth it vp to the head1 and lowseth2 whiche waye1 although summe excellent shoters do use1 yet surely it is a faulte1 and good mennes faultes are not to be followed4#b ',summe men drawe to farre1 summe to shorte1 summe to slowlye1 summe to quickely1 summe holde over longe1 summe let go over sone4 ',summe sette theyr shafte on the grounde1 and fetcheth him vpwarde4 ,another poynteth vp towarde the skye1 and so bryngeth hym downewardes4 ',ones ,i sawe a manne whyche used a brasar on his cheke1 or elles he had scratched all the skynne of the one syde of his face with his drawynge hand4 ',an other ,i sawe1 whiche at everye shoote1 after the loose1 lyfteth vp his ryght legge so far that he was ever in ieopardye of faulyng4 ',summe stampe forwarde1 and summe leape backwarde4 ,all these faultes be eyther in the drawynge or at the loose2 with many other mo1 whiche you may easelye perseyue1 and so go about to auoyde them4 ',now afterwardes1 when the shafte is gone1 men haue manye faultes1 which euell custome hath broughte them to1 and specially in cryinge after the shafte and speakynge woordes scarce honest for suche an honest pastyme4 ',and besyde those whiche must nedes have theyr tongue thus walkynge1 other men vse other fautes3 as some will take theyr bowe and writhe and wrinche it1 to poule in his shafte when it flyeth wyde1 as yf he draue a carte4 ,some wyll gyue two or iii strydes forwarde1 daunsing and hoppynge after his shafte1 as long as it flyeth1 as though he were a madman4 ,some which feare to be to farre gone1 runne backewarde as it were to poule his shafte backe4 ,another runneth forwarde when he feareth to be short1 heauynge after his armes1 as though he woulde helpe his shafte to flye4 ,an other writhes or runneth a syde to poule in his shafte strayght4 ,one lifteth up his heele1 and so holdeth his foote still1 as longe as his shafte flyeth4 ,another casteth his arme backewarde after the lowse4 ,an other swynges his bowe aboute hym1 as if it were a man with a staffe to make roume in a game place4 ,and manye other faultes there be1 whiche nowe come not to my remembraunce4 ,thus1 as you have hearde1 manye archers wyth marrynge theyr face and countenaunce wyth other partes of theyr bodye1 as it were menne that shoulde daunce antiques1 be farre from the comelye porte in shootynge whiche he that woulde be excellent muste looke for4' ,he then frankly confesses that1 though teaching others 'of these faultes1 ,i have verie manye my selfe2 but ,i talk not of my shootynge1 but of the generall nature of shootyng4 ,now ymagin an archer that is clean1 wythout all these faultes1 and ,i am sure euerye man woulde be delyghted to se hym shoote4' ,another will suddenly crouch down on his hams1 as though he were marking a bird's flight to pluck it down1 or it were out of sight4 ',another will call himself uncomely names1 whilst another casteth away his bow as though he would break it for faultes that are his own2 and yet another will treat himself at faulte with such harsh usage that he shall scarce shoot again without black eyes for manye a daie4' ,as the term standing seems insufficient to include all that has to be said respecting the attitude and general bearing of the archer whilst in the act of shooting1 the expression position is adopted instead1 as more applicable and comprehensive1 and under position will be included1 not only the footing or standing1 but also the manner in which the hand should grasp the bow1 and therefore1 as well1 the exact position of the bow itself4 ,in an endeavour to lay down such plain directions as may prevent the assumption of attitudes inimical to good shooting1 and as may also assist in the avoidance of such other attitudes as do violence to gracefulness and are repulsive to the looker-on1 it would be venturing too far to assert that but one position is good1 or even that any particular one is the best2 yet some general rules can with sufficient confidence be laid down for the purpose of controlling mannerisms and of confining them within harmless limits4 ,as regards the footing or standing and the attitudes of archers1 it may be safely asserted that there are as many varieties as there are archers to call them into existence2 that no two are exactly alike in all particulars2 and that no one archer has yet been seen to combine all the excellences that might be centred in a perfect archer4 ,that an archer's general position may be a good one it must possess three qualities--firmness1 elasticity1 and grace3 firmness1 to resist the strain and the recoil of the bow--for if there be any wavering or unsteadiness the shot will probably prove a failure2 elasticity1 to give free play to the muscles1 and the needful command over them--which cannot be the case should the position be too rigid and stiff2 and grace1 to render the archer and his performance agreeable1 and not ludicrous1 to the spectator4 ,it so far1 fortunately1 happens that the third requirement--that of grace--is almost a necessary consequence of the possession of the other two3 as the best position for practical results is1 in fact1 the most graceful one4 ,experience proves that an awkward ungainly style of shooting is very seldom successful4 ,all these three requisites must be kept constantly in mind in every endeavour to arrive at the best position for combining them4 ,to the first part of position--that of footing1 or standing--but little can be added to what has already been recommended in other books on the subject4 ,the heels should be1 not close together1 but about six or eight inches apart--thus avoiding the position that gives too little steadfastness in a wind in the one extreme1 and an ungainly straddle in the other4 ,the feet must be firmly planted on the ground1 symmetrically1 so as to form an angle of from #de to #fj by the joining of the lines passing through the feet behind the heels4 ,as regards the position of the heels with reference to the target to be shot at1 undoubtedly the best position is that in which a line through the centres of the heels points to the centre of the target 7fig4 #cd72 but as many good shots have modified this position in the one or other direction1 it may be allowed that any position of the feet--varying from that in which a line through the left or forward foot is at right angles to the line from the shooter's eye to the centre of the target 7fig4 #ce7 to that in which the line through the right foot is at right angles to the same line towards the target 7fig4 #cf7 7an extreme variation of #fj7--may be adopted without extreme violence to either freedom of action or grace4 ,the fault of tipping forward towards the target shot at1 caused by throwing the balance unduly upon the forward foot1 may be cured by raising the heel of that foot4 ,this is by no means an uncommon fault1 and should be carefully guarded against as very fatal to shooting1 and liable to result in most ridiculous developments4 ,as the opposite fault has almost overtaken some of the best shots1 it may be classed amongst exaggerated virtues1 and is little likely to embarrass beginners4 ,the legs should be perfectly straightened at the knees1 and not on any account bent forward2 and yet the knees should not be so rigidly locked back as to interfere with the elasticity of the position4 ,illustration3 ,,fig4 #cd1 ,,fig4 #ce1 ,,fig4 #cf4 ,it will be observed that in fig4 #cd only1 the left and right shoulders1 at points ,a and ,b respectively1 come naturally into the best position for shooting at the target2 but by adopting the position shown in fig4 #cf1 a full-bodied archer may be enabled to draw a trifle further before the bowstring comes in contact with the chest2 whilst in the position shown in fig4 #ce an archer of supple figure can easily get the shoulders into the best position in the course of drawing up4 ,the body should be naturally upright1 but not stiff2 the whole person well balanced2 and the face turned round so as to be nearly fronting the target4 ,during the brief period of time between the nocking of the arrow 7already described in pp4 #hj-b7 and the loosing of it1 some slight alteration of the body's attitude1 as arranged when the archer assumes his footing1 will take place1 as in the combined act of drawing and aiming1 the right shoulder will be brought a little forward1 and the left shoulder will be taken a little backward1 before the shoulders resume their former relative positions previous to the loose1 which in that position only can be most advantageously executed4 ,the slightest possible inclination forward should be given to the head and chest1 that the arrow may be brought directly under the right or aiming eye1 without bringing the line of aim so close to the line through the left shoulder and bow as to make it impossible that the string can clear the forearm at the loose4 ,many archers bend the body considerably forward from the waist1 and quote the following passage from ,bishop ,latimer's sixth sermon--,my father 'taught me how to drawe1 how to lay my bodye in my bowe1 and not to drawe with strength of armes1 as other nacions do1 but with strength of bodye'--in justification of this practice4 ,here1 laying the body in the bow means taking up the best position for shooting4 ,an archer in olden times was said to shoot in a bow1 not with a bow4 ',not stooping1 nor yet standing straight upright1' as ,nicholl's ',london ,artillery' hath it1 expresses the right position correctly4 ,the second part of position which is most1 important also1 is the manner in which the hand should grasp the bow1 and the attitude of the bow itself--i4e4 whether this should be vertical1 or more or less oblique4 ,it may be stated at once that the most natural and easy method of grasping the bow is also the best2 in fact this remark is applicable to almost every point connected with archery1 and cannot be too much or too often insisted upon4 ,if the wrist and hand be in any way unnaturally employed bad results immediately follow4 ,for instance1 if the grasp be such as to throw the fulcrum much below the centre of the bow1 its lower limb runs great risk of being pulled away and out of shape1 which sooner or later will cause it to chrysal or break4 ,again1 the ,waring method1 which used to be in high favour1 'of turning the wrist in as much possible1' causes the left arm to be held in such a straightened position1 that it will not only present a constantly recurring obstacle and diverting influence to the free passage of the string1 but will also be the cause of an increased strain and additional effort to the shooter1 besides taking the spring and elasticity out of that all-important member the bow-arm4 ,if the reverse of this method be adopted1 and the wrist be turned intentionally and unnaturally outwards1 it will be found that in avoiding ,scylla ,charybdis is at hand1 and1 though the string is well clear of the armguard1 the wrist cannot sustain either the strain of the bow at full stretch or its recoil at the loose4 ,thus1 as in every other instance1 the extremes are bad1 and the correct position will be found at the balancing-point between them4 ,when the footing has been taken1 with the arrow nocked1 let the bow lie easily and lightly in the left hand1 the wrist being turned neither inwards nor outwards1 but allowed to remain in the position most easy and natural for it2 as the drawing of the bow commences1 the grasp will intuitively tighten1 and by the time the arrow is drawn to the head the position of the hand and wrist will be such as to be easiest for the shooter and best for the success of his shot4 ,illustration3 ,,fig4 #cg4--,,wrong ,,position4 ,illustration3 ,,fig4 #ci4--,,wrong ,,position4 ,illustration3 ,,fig4 #ch4--,,right ,,position4 ,it will be observed in the three figures giving the correct and wrong positions of the hand on the bow-handle1 that the upper part of the bow hand1 including the whole of the thumb and first finger1 is above the upper line of the wrist 7line ,,ab71 whilst the fulcrum1 or working centre of the bow1 is also above that line1 or even in such bows as have their centres in the middle of the handle but little below that line4 ,it is pretty clear that if the hand had been originally constructed solely with a view to its application to the bow1 or even as a weapon in the noble art of self-defence1 it might have been constructed so as to be a more evenly-balanced hammer at the end of its handle1 the arm1 than it is at present4 ,possibly its narrow escape from being another foot has interfered with its proper development from an archer's point of view4 ,however this may be1 it would be better1 as a mechanical contrivance1 for drawing a bow1 if the strain applied by the loosing hand could pass directly along the line through the centre of the arm1 with centre or fulcrum of the bow in the same line--i4e4 in line a b 7fig4 #ch74 ,the nearest approach to this condition of a perfect archer's hand was possessed by ,mr4 ,g4 ,edwards1 the first archer to displace ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford from the position of ,champion1 in #ahfj1 who1 though he may never have made the extraordinary scores credited to ,mr4 ,ford1 was an excellent shot1 and1 when at his best1 had the steadiest bow-arm and the firmest grip ever seen on a bow4 ,through a gun accident1 he lost entirely his left thumb1 and held his bow with his four fingers1 pressing it against a leather pad inserted between the bow and his wrist1 much in the position the thumb would occupy if it could be placed downwards across the palm of the hand4 ,this altered formation shifted the position of his arm so that the line through the fulcrum of the bow was well below the upper line of his wrist4 ,some archers acquire the habit of extending the thumb upwards along the belly of the bow4 ,this method of grasping the bow tends to weaken and unsteady the drawing power1 but as a point of drill for the acquisition of such a grasp of the bow with the fingers1 before the thumb is placed in position to assist1 as will enable the archer to clear his armguard1 its trial is strongly recommended4 ,a steadier hold of the bow is in the end obtained by keeping the upper part of the thumb off the bow1 so that the hold is between the root of the thumb and the fingers4 ,as the first finger is often used to assist in adjusting the position of the arrow on the bow1 care must be taken to replace it at the commencement of the draw4 ,unless the bow be held firmly between the four fingers and the thumb and heel of the hand1 at the loose and recoil an unpleasant jar will be felt1 with the further ill-consequence of blisters1 c4 ,the position of the bow should be straight across the palm of the hand1 so that the fingers when closed in position to hold it lie as nearly as possible at right angles to the axis of the bow4 ,a lateral projection on the left side of the handle of the bow is sometimes added1 if the archer's hand be hollow1 and this contrivance assists the bowstring to avoid the armguard4 ,before the consideration of the final position of the bow at the loose1 as to whether it should be vertical or oblique1 a glance must be taken at the horizontal position which should be adopted by all those who disbelieve in the possibility of aiming with bow and arrow whilst the arrow is discharged from the side of the bow1 because in that position the arrow cannot be thrown to the left of the mark aimed at4 ,this position is so cramped and awkward as to be practically useless for shooting at a horizontal aim1 when a full-length arrow cannot be drawn up1 as the string comes too soon in contact with the left side4 ,yet archers have been known to make successful scores in this style1 using weak bows and light arrows4 ,the vertical position of the bow 7but not as sometimes adopted1 when the bow is thus set up at the end of a horizontal arm to be hauled at until the beginner's arrow is discharged7 is an assistance in clearing the bowstring from the chest when a full-length arrow is fully drawn2 and a tendency towards this position at the instant of loose will correct the curious habit many archers acquire of throwing the upper limb of the bow down and the lower limb up after the loose1 as if part of the loosing or drawing action had been a mutually antagonistic screw between the holding and loosing hands4 ,the chief advantage of the oblique position is that the arrow is not so likely to be blown away from its contact with the bow by a high wind from the bow side4 ,,footnote3 #b ,it should seem possible that ,roger ,ascham's condemnation of this style may be insincere1 as he speaks of it as 'the waye of summe excellent shoters1' and further as good 'mennes faultes4' ,may it not be hoped that he refers to this as his own style when he says 7see further on7 'of these faultes ,i have verye manye myself1' modestly classing his own excellence as possibly faulty4 ,see ,mulcaster1 who says he 7,r4 ,a47 'hath showed himself a cunning ,archer1' but this refers to his capacity for 'trayning the ,archer to his bowe4' ,,chapter ,,viii4 ,,drawing ,ascham seems to be right in declaring that ',drawyne well is the best parte of shootyng'2 and1 as it is in the course of this part of the act of shooting that all the ridiculous antics already quoted may be exhibited1 and without drawing well it is almost impossible to take aim or loose with any chance of success1 every archer must pay the utmost attention to the acquisition of the best and easiest method of drawing4 ,yet it is not pretended that there is but one best method of drawing4 ,here two things have to be previously considered1 namely1 the strength of the bow to be used1 and the length of the arrow1 or rather how much of its length must be drawn up4 ,first1 as regards the strength of bow to be used1 it should be observed that when1 in modern times1 the practice of shooting isolated arrows was discontinued in favour of three arrows shot by each archer consecutively at each end throughout a ,york ,round1 the possibility of making the delivery of each arrow a supreme effort became impossible1 and the more frequent repetition of an effort1 which1 though considerable 7as it should always be71 is not quite a tour de force1 is now accepted as more likely to exhibit grace in the execution and accuracy in the result1 with the natural consequence that the average strength of bows now in use is scarcely so great as it used to be2 though it must not be lost sight of that bows now are more accurately weighed1 than they were before the invention of the ,york and ,national ,rounds2 and also that now a large proportion of archers pull their arrows well up1 hold1 and aim with them1 whereas none did so in the old times when no archer had so much as dreamed that it was possible to take an aim with bows and arrows4 ,yet still at any public archery meeting it is easy to observe1 in one or other of the many varieties of style of drawing represented1 the germs of all possible contortions2 but in nearly all these cases of contortion it will be found that the 'very head and front of the offending' is in the archer's vain attempt to employ a bow that is beyond his control2 whilst1 if the weapon be well within his control1 it is as needless to distort even a muscle of the face as it is for a short-sighted person to make a grimace when fixing the glass in his eye4 ,still it will also be a mistake to be under-bowed with a plaything1 as wasting part of the power of covering distance and overcoming wind1 c4 ,whilst bows varying in measure from #dj lbs4 to #ef lbs4 and arrows varying in weight from #ds4 to #es4 can be easily procured1 every archer's weakness or strength can be appropriately suited4 ,for ladies there is the range in strength of bows from #bj lbs4 to #ce lbs41 and in weight of arrows from #bs4 #f;d4 to #cs4 #f;d4 ,next as regards the length of arrow to be drawn at each discharge4 ,the variation in the arrows themselves may be only from #bf to #bi inches in those of men1 and from #bd to #bf inches in those of ladies2 but there is a much wider variation in the part of the arrow drawn up by different archers4 ,there appears to be a widespread belief that in olden times the archer soldiers used arrows a yard long2 but only a few archers participate in this belief1 and join in treating this as a proof of the degeneracy of modern archers4 ,ascham1 in his treatment of the subject of arrows1 mentions them of many different lengths and thicknesses1 without any precision1 and no doubt they were much more various in his time than now4 ,the 'clothyard' or the 'clothier's yard1' not the standard yard1 is almost always mentioned by old writers when treating of the length of draw employed by ,english archers2 and many considerations 7supposing positive proof to be altogether wanting7 point to the conclusion that this 'clothyard' was the length of #bg inches4 ,in the absence of any representative surviving war-arrow the evidence of an ancient model may be taken1 and such a model exists in the possession of the ,royal ,toxophilite ,society1 described thus in ',a ,history of the ,royal ,toxophilite ,society #ahgj4' ',the most ancient piece of plate possessed by the ,society is an arrow1 #bh-a_/d inches long1 the stele being of iron very thickly plated with silver1 and the barbed pile 7#a-a_/d inch long71 of solid silver4 ,the three feathers are also of solid silver4 ,on the stele are these inscriptions3 ,,sir ,,reginald ,,foster1 ,kt4 and ,bart4 ,,warwick ,,ledgingham1 ,esq4 ,stewards in ,finsbury4 ,anno ,dom4 #affc4 ,this arrow was presented to the ,society by ,mr4 ,philip ,constable4' ,this ,mr4 ,philip ,constable is mentioned as one of the oldest ,finsbury archers in ,dailies ,barrington's essay on ,archery in the seventh volume of ',archologia4' ,the ancient ,scorton arrow 7#afgb7 is of no greater length1 but has been broken and repaired and has no date on it4 ,there is an act of ,parliament 7,irish87 #e ,edward ,,iv4 ch4 #d1 which provides that every ,englishman1 and ,irishman dwelling with ,englishmen1 and speaking ,english1 being between sixteen and sixty years of age1 shall have an ,english bow of his own length1 and a fistmele at least between the nocks1 and twelve shafts of the length of three-quarters of the standard4 ,this points to the length of #bg inches as the regulation length for the stele of an arrow4 ,the danger of breaking a bow increases the further it is drawn up1 and there is no scarcity of bows that are broken at even a shorter draw than #bg or #bh inches4 ,how many more broken bows would there have been then if the usual length of arrows drawn were #cf inches2 and this in the course of a battle1 when a broken bow meant an archer temporarily disabled1 as an archer8 ,the material used in the manufacture of bows1 the wood1 must have been the same as now1 and1 from the specimens extant1 their length does not appear to have been much beyond those now in use4 ,in fact1 the length of a bow must always be limited so as to be within the reach of the archer who strings it1 and the average stature of the human race does not appear to have diminished4 ,it is not pretended that no arrows were longer than #bg inches4 ,doubtless long and light arrows were employed to annoy an enemy whilst still at a distance2 but for a war-arrow1 with a heavy barbed pile1 to be an effective missile1 it must have been provided with a strong and stiff stele1 and this cannot also have been unusually long4 ,as dictionaries seem to avoid the compound words clothyard and clothier's yard1 no better evidence can be found than the statement that the #bg inches constitute a ,flemish yard1 and that ,flemish bows1 arrows1 and strings were always in high repute4 ,so the dispute must still be left for further consideration4 ,hansard1 in ',the ,book of ,archery1' #ahdj1 treats the matter as fully as possible perhaps1 and apparently leans towards the belief that the tallest and most stalwart archers may have drawn up huge bows a full yard of the standard2 yet1 as he contends1 at p4 #aia1 that 'great numbers of ,welsh served at ,crecy and ,poictiers1 and it is somewhere said that a considerable portion consisted of archers1' it seems unlikely that at the same time the average archer at those battles was of gigantic stature4 ,ascham might have settled the matter1 but he ventures no further than the statement 7p4 #hg of ,arber's reprint7 that 'at the battel of ,agincourt with vii thousand fyghtynge men1 and yet many of them sycke1 beynge suche archers1 as the ,cronycle sayeth1 that mooste parte of them drewe a yarde1' c4 ,apart from the historical consideration of what used to be the average draw of the old ,english archers1 it must be admitted that modern archers err on the side of not pulling up enough rather than on the side of overdrawing4 ,therefore it is strongly recommended to every archer to employ as long an arrow as he can conveniently use1 and to bear in mind that the portion of it to be drawn up at each loose should bear some reasonable proportion to the length of arm1 c41 in each individual case4 ,it may be safely stated that no archer will find that he can conveniently draw fully up and loose evenly an arrow of greater length than the space between the left centre joint of the collarbone and the knuckle of the left-hand index-finger when the bow-arm is fully extended4 ,but few experienced archers now extend the bow-arm fully and take their aim before they commence drawing at all4 ,neither can this method be commended1 as it has an awkward appearance1 from the necessity that exists of stretching the other arm so far across the body in order to reach the string1 and it materially increases the exertion necessary to pull the bow4 ,yet this method is not without its use as a preliminary drill for a beginner1 that he may learn the necessity and the difficulty of drawing his arrow up1 whilst keeping it constantly and exactly on the line which the arrow is afterwards to follow towards the object to be hit when it is loosed2 at the same time not yet attending to the second and equally great difficulty of a beginner1 namely1 that of shooting the exact length as well2 also that he may learn how to cover different lengths by higher and lower positions of the bow-hand4 ,much diversity of opinion exists as to the best method of getting the bow-hand into position for the aim and loose1 as to whether1 in the course of drawing up1 the arrow shall be brought into the line of aim from below or from above1 or from the right to the left2 and here it would seem that to make the motion of drawing from the right to the left and upwards at the same time is the simplest and most direct plan1 since1 after the nocking of the arrow1 the drawing commences most naturally from beneath and to the right of the object to be hit4 ,there seem to be three successful methods of drawing--namely1 first1 to draw the arrow home#c at once1 loosing when it has been aimed1 without any further draw2 secondly1 to draw the arrow within an inch or a little more of home1#c aiming then1 and loosing after the completion of the draw2 and thirdly1 the method of combining the operations of drawing and aiming so continuously that the loose is the uninterrupted completion of the draw4 ,it is unnecessary to consider the distinct method of drawing up and letting out again before the loose1 or the uncertain method of fraying up and down1 or playing as it were at fast-and-loose a bit before the loose1 as no archer would adopt any such uncertain style as a matter of choice2 though such stuttering and hiccoughing performances may occasionally bring back an erring arrow to its duty1 or may arise from the loss of nerve and the departure of the crisp finish from what was once steady and unhesitating4 ,any movement of the bow-hand in drawing up from the left towards the right should be avoided1 as that movement tends to contract instead of expanding the chest2 therefore great care should be taken1 when lateral movement is used in drawing up1 to avoid passing the line of aim in moving the bow-hand towards the left4 ,though the theory and practice of aiming will be fully treated in another chapter1 some reference must here be made to aiming1 although it may lead to apparently unnecessary repetition4 ,reference has already1 somewhat prematurely1 been made to the line of aim1 and also to the length to be shot4 ,now it is clear that the success of a scientific shot must be the result of the exact combinations of the right line of aim1 and the correct level of the bow- and loosing-hands by which to attain the length4 ,in drawing1 the process by which the line of aim and the level are arrived at must be associated in practice1 but may be considered separately4 ,advice has already been given to avoid--as soon as possible after the beginner has got through the first elements--the setting-up of the bow-hand with the arrow already on the line of aim to be then hauled at1 and this for reasons already given4 ,but now comes in the apparently contradictory advice1 to get it planted there to be hauled at in good time before the conclusion of the operation of drawing1 so that that conclusion may be certainly in the right line of aim4 ,and the further advice at this stage of drawing is that the loosing-hand be kept well back1 and never allowed to advance between the archer's face and the object aimed at4 ,in previous editions of this book it was laid down that 'the arrow shall be at least three-fourths drawn when brought upon the line of aim4' ,but this is far from sufficient at this point of the process4 ,about nine-tenths of drawing should be by that time accomplished1 or the archer will be in a still worse position for applying his strength to the loose with advantage should there be any pause at this stage of drawing to combine the level with the line of aim4 ,next come the considerations whether the arrow should be held quiescent for a short time1 whilst the perfect aim is found1 or whether the entire drawing should be one continuous act from the first moment of pulling and raising the bow to the loose4 ,neither of these methods appears to have much advantage over the other1 if well executed4 ,the former will be a little more trying to the bow1 and1 if the finish be imperfect1 may lead to letting the arrow out1 which is known as a creeping-loose4 ,the latter may lead to an arrow being occasionally imperfectly drawn2 but the bow will have no cause of complaint1 and full advantage will always be taken of all the work that is done4 ,the method of drawing the arrow home at once1 which has still to be considered1 has this point apparently in its favour--that it ensures the arrow's being always drawn to the same point4 ,but it is very trying to the bow1 the arms1 and the fingers1 and1 ending in what is called a dead-loose1 at the best scarcely produces results commensurate with the labour undoubtedly taken1 and whenever it is imperfectly finished a creeping-loose results4 ,ascham1 quoting ,procopius1 says that ',leo1 the ,emperoure1 would have hys souldyers drawe quycklye in warre1 for that maketh a shaft flie a pace4 ,in shootynge at pryckes1 hasty and quicke drawing is neyther sure nor cumlye4 ,therefore1 to draw easely and uniformely 444 is best both for profit and semelinesse4' ,the modern style of shooting the ,york ,round1 c41 is the same as used in his days to be called shooting at pricks1 and his advice as to the manner of drawing cannot be much improved4 ,a few lines before the passage above quoted he says1 ',and one thynge commeth into my remembrance nowe1 when ,i speake of drawynge1 that ,i never red of other kynde of shootynge1 than drawing wyth a mans hand either to the breste or eare4' ,this he says when referring to the invention of cross-bows4 ,but it is curious that to no writer on the subject of archery it occurred that 'under the eye' might possibly be a better direction for 'drawing' than either to the breste or to the eare4 ,yet so it is that until the first appearance of ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford's ',theory and ,practice of ,archery' in #ahee there existed no intermediate styles between the one1 that was too low1 and the other1 which1 though in the opposite extreme1 was then so highly regarded as the grand old ,english style1 that the author1 though annually ,champion since #ahdi1 must have been a bold man to give the first indication of the new1 and now almost universally admitted1 best style for target-practice of drawing 'to such a distance that the wrist of the right hand come to about the level of the chin1' and the level of the arrow shall be a shade lower than that of the chin2 its nock being in the vertical line dropped from the right eye4 ,one of the main features of good drawing is that the distance pulled be precisely the same every time2 that is to say1 the same length of the arrow must be drawn identically1 whether this length be to the pile1 or any shorter distance4 ,unless this be unerringly accomplished with every shot the length must be more or less uncertain1 since the power taken out of the bow will be greater or less according to the longer or shorter draw4 ,a great many devices have been tried and practised to make this exact similarity in the distance drawn a matter of certainty1 such as by notching the end of the arrow1 so that the left hand may feel it when the right length of draw has been reached2 or by touching some point of the face1 neck1 or chin1 collar1 button1 or other fixed point with some part of the drawing hand4 ,but it will be found infinitely better to arrive at an exact repetition of the same action by careful practice rather than by dodges1 which may1 however1 be useful as experiments4 ,these mechanical devices are unlikely to have a beneficial result when constantly in use1 as1 when the eye and mind are fixed and concentrated 7as they should be7 on the aim1 if anything occurs to distract either1 the loose is almost sure to become unequal4 ,the pile of the arrow should not be drawn on to the bow4 ,it is far better that no arrow be drawn further than exactly to the pile2 and every arrow should be longer1 by at least as much as the pile1 than the archer's actual draw4 ,the danger of overdrawing1 in that the arrow at the loose gets set inside the bow1 to its own certain destruction and to the bow's and the archer's infinite risk1 is very considerable4 ,nothing can be gained by the violation of this rule4 ,in cases where a beginner may be likely to overdraw1 a string of the correct length to be drawn may be tied between the bow string and the handle of the bow1 which will effectually prevent such an occurrence4 ,it is believed that all archers1 good1 bad1 and indifferent1 are 7more or less7 constantly subject to one failing1 namely1 that in completing the draw1 after the aim is taken1 a slightly different line to that occupied by the arrow 7if correctly aimed7 is taken1 instead of making the line of finish 7as they should do7 an exact continuation of the arrow's axis1 dropping the right hand1 or letting it incline to the right1 or both2 the effect being to cast the arrow out of the direction it had indicated1 and by means of which the aim had been calculated4 ,here nothing but the most minute attention and constant practice will save the archer2 but he must be prepared for participation in this common failing1 and it is one of which he will be often quite unconscious1 though the cause of his frequently missing the target4 ,the very best archer needs to bear constantly in mind the necessary avoidance of this fault2 for1 however skilful he may be1 however experienced and practised a shot1 he may be quite sure that it is one into which he will be constantly in danger of falling4 ,failure in wind is frequently caused more by this failing than by the effect of the wind itself2 for instance1 the aim1 perhaps1 is designedly taken so as to make some allowance for a side-wind1 and then the loose is delivered as if no allowance had been made4 ,the difficulty all experience in shooting correctly on a ground where the distant level is not horizontal is more or less connected with this dangerous failing4 ,here1 though the archer be perfectly aware that the distance slopes1 however slightly1 one way or the other to the correct horizon1 yet at the instant of the loose he will unconsciously overlook this1 and expect to have his unfortunate arrow travel in a plane vertical to the mock horizon instead of in a really vertical plane such as it must travel in1 unless diverted from it by wind4 ,another way of accounting for this universal failing is that there is an unconscious detection of error at the last moment1 and a convulsive attempt to correct this error before the completion of the loose by altering the line of the loose4 ,every archer is strongly advised1 when he detects an error in the aim at the last moment that cannot be corrected before the discharge except in the action of the loose1 to take down his arrow and begin the shooting of it afresh4 ,the capacity to do this1 when needful1 is an excellent test of nerve4 ,as far as possible the right hand must always be drawn identically to the same point for all kinds of target-practice1 whatever the distance to be shot may be4 ,to the left arm alone should be left the delicate task of the elevation or depression necessary when a longer or a shorter distance from the target is adopted4 ,it will be obvious that when the left hand is1 according to this rule1 higher or lower for the purpose of shooting a longer or shorter distance the relative positions of the two hands must vary from a greater to a less divergence from an horizontal level between them1 and this leads to a most important consideration in the action of drawing1 namely1 the position of the right elbow4 ,this1 being necessarily out of the archer's sight whilst aiming1 is too frequently forgotten1 and a faulty weak position of the elbow is much more easily contracted than cured4 ,treated as a mechanical contrivance for drawing up an arrow1 the only correct position of the right elbow with reference to the arrow is that the arrow's axis should pass through the point of the bent elbow1 and in this position only can the archer apply his full strength4 ,yet1 probably from the fact that the elbow must pass through positions of less advantage in the course of drawing before the full draw is reached1 it will be observed that many archers at the loose have the elbow below the level of the arrow's axis2 and not a few have the elbow projecting forwards from the same axis4 ,these faults are believed to be the causes of the constant and otherwise unaccountable1 but most frequent1 downfall of successful archers1 generally attributed to the failure of nerve4 ,yet the nerves cannot certainly be altogether at fault1 for the same archer1 whose arrow takes its flight into its own hands1 when applied to target practice1 can steadily draw and hold the same arrow when it is not to be shot4 ,it can doubtless be observed that in such cases the arrow in the one case is drawn up with a faulty wavering of the elbow1 whilst in the other the elbow is brought steadily into correct position4 ,when a position of the elbow higher than the axis of the arrow comes to be considered1 it appears to partake of the nature of an exaggerated virtue rather than a fault2 is an assistance in the earlier processes of drawing2 and1 when in excess though not graceful1 will probably cure itself4 ,much the same may be said of the much less frequent fault of drawing the right elbow into a position further back than the axis of the arrow4 ,this can only be brought about by overdrawing1 and is seldom observable except in beginners who are anxious 'to do all they know' with too long an arrow4 ,the treatment of the elbow of the bow-arm remains to be considered4 ,here trouble is more likely to arise with beginners than in an archer's after-career4 ,if a beginner1 in obedience to the instructions of ,waring and the older masters of the craft1 hold out the bow-arm 'as straight as possible' i4e4 locked tight at the elbow1 a sprain difficult to cure may not unlikely be the result1 and1 at any rate1 a vast deal of unnecessary arm or armguard thrashing4 ,on the other hand1 a bent bow-arm1 such as may appear to be recommended in the earlier editions of this work1 will lead to but poor results if a bow equal to the archer's power be used4 ,here again the best advice that can be given is to hit off the happy mean between the too rigid arm and that which is too slack4 ,let the bow-arm be straightened naturally as the strain of the loosing hand is applied to it1 and by careful drill each archer will arrive at a method of rendering the recoil of the bow string harmless to the course of the arrow as well as to a naked wrist1 which1 it is now almost universally admitted1 need not be brought into contact with the armguard4 ,a marked variation of the method of drawing has occasionally been adopted1 with considerable success1 with weapons of light calibre4 ,the nocked arrow is placed horizontally a little below the shoulder-level4 ,the draw then commences with the extension of the bow-arm1 whilst the right hand and elbow take the position for loosing1 the arrow being kept all the time on the line of aim4 ,one not altogether uncommon distortion must be mentioned for careful avoidance4 ,this consists of a stiffening of the right wrist1 with the hand bent backwards1 at the time the fingers are applied to the bowstring4 ,this antic of course cripples considerably the draw4 ,the action of the wrist should be quite free and unconstrained until the commencement of the draw1 and during the draw the back of the hand should be kept as nearly as possible in the same line as the forearm4 ,the left shoulder requires most careful attention4 ,it must not be allowed to rise too high when the bow is drawn1 nor to shrink inwards1 as it will sometimes do with beginners when using bows that are too strong4 ,moreover1 this shoulder must be kept so close to the line between the bow and the right shoulder that it shall project neither before nor behind that line4 ,,footnote3 #c ,by 'drawing the arrow home' the full length of the arrow is not necessarily intended1 but so much of its length as each archer should draw4 ,,chapter ,,ix4 ,,aiming ,the aim is undoubtedly the most abstruse and scientific point connected with the practice of archery4 ,it is at the same time the most difficult to teach and the most difficult to learn2 and yet1 of all points1 it is the most necessary to be taught4 ,upon the acquisition of a correct method of aiming depends all permanently successful practice2 yet respecting this important point the most sublime ignorance prevails amongst the uninitiated4 ,unless the archer acquires a perfect understanding of the science of aiming1 an almost impassable barrier is presented to his progressing a single step beyond the commonest mediocrity1 whilst his interest in his practice is increased tenfold as soon as he has discovered that hitting or missing the object he aims at may be removed from the mysterious condition of an unaccountable sympathy between the hand and eye to the safer ground of positive knowledge4 ,it is perhaps quite natural that most beginners should assume that at any rate as regards the application of their eyes to the shooting of arrows they can have nothing to learn4 ,have they not had the full and constant use of their eyes from their earliest infancy8 and have not these been with sufficient frequency applied in such a manner as must secure the necessary qualifications for such a simple task as aiming with bows and arrows8 ,there cannot1 surely1 be any science wanted in the use of weapons that any child can not only use but even make8 ,was it ever necessary to take lessons in order to secure accuracy in throwing stones8 or can any amount of abstract study of optics contribute the smallest improvement or finish to a bowler8 ,so it is in this matter of aiming that beginners1 and still more those who are more advanced in practice1 seem most to resent interference and advice2 partly because they object to being told that they are making a wrong or incomplete use of their own eyes--looking upon it as a direct accusation of folly--when they feel that they must surely know better than their adviser all about those useful members1 which1 though almost constantly in employ1 have never given any trouble1 and have never even seemed to require any training or education2 and partly with the more advanced1 who have met with considerable success in hitting with their purblind 7as it may be called7 method of aiming1 because they fear to weaken their not wholly complete faith#d in their own system by admitting even the possibility of a better4 ,thus in this matter of aiming it will be better that the inexperienced archer should be referred to written instruction2 and whilst on the subject of instruction it should be thoroughly well enforced that nothing is more unpleasant than the unsolicited interference and advice of the officious busybody1 and--particularly at an archery meeting--no unasked advice or instruction should ever be offered4 ,it need now be no matter of surprise that before the first appearance of this work1 in #ahee1 no writer on archery had been able to grapple intelligently with the subject of aiming4 ,when firearms first took the place of bows and arrows as weapons of war and the chase1 the firearms themselves were so inaccurate that chance went almost1 if not quite1 as far as science in the use of them4 ,their improvement was but slow and gradual2 and for the firing of them the invention of percussion instead of flint and steel1 which in its turn had displaced the original fuse1 belongs to quite modern times4 ,the neglected bows and arrows naturally gained no improvement2 yet1 until the invention of rifling firearms1 bows and arrows1 except for the greater inherent difficulty in the use of them1 might have had a better chance to hold their own against ,brown ,bess and the bullet 7it was commonly believed that it cost the expenditure of about a ton of lead to kill a single enemy in battle7 had aiming with them been well understood4 ,it cannot be doubted that many an archer 7besides those who converted their knuckles into pincushions1 and resorted to other dodges7 must have hit upon an intelligent method of aiming for himself in early times2 but such early experts must have resorted to the expedient of getting the arrow under the eye by pulling low1 and would have to bear the withering scorn of all their brethren1 who blindly upheld that the grand old ,english style of aiming from the ear was alone worthy of a man2 and such despised experts would be most likely to keep their better knowledge to themselves for the same selfish but valid reason that ,kentfield the inventor of the side-stroke in billiards1 kept his own counsel as long as he could2 and also because any crusade having as its object the deposition of the pull to the ear in favour of the pull to the breast must always have proved quixotic4 ,so it came about that ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford was the first who1 after five or six years of successful practice and many diligent and careful experiments conducted in combination with ,mr4 ,j4 ,bramhall1 braved the danger of being anathematised as a heretic for daring to impugn the dear old legend of the 'pull to the ear1' and preached in favour of a style of shooting that brought the arrow as directly under the archer's eye as is the barrel of a rifle in the hands of a marksman1 without resorting to the justly condemned style of pulling as low as the breast4 ,much about the same time great improvements were effected in firearms1 which brought the accuracy of rifles much closer to perfection4 ,the ,volunteer movement1 followed by the establishment of the annual ,wimbledon rifle meeting1 at which a ,ross 7then an illustrious name7 was the first ,queen's ,prizeman in #ahfj1 brought the scientific practice of aiming to a pitch of perfection that had never previously been dreamed of4 ,thus it will be seen that archery was not behind firearms in scientific advancement4 ,it is stated in ',scloppetaria'--a scarce book on the rifle1 published by ,colonel ,beaufoy in #ahab--that 'as the deflection from the original line of flight was an inconvenience from which arrows were not found so liable as bodies projected from firearms1 it naturally led to an inquiry how that could arise4 ,the prominent feature of an arrow's flight is to spin with considerable velocity all the time of its flight1 and therefore attention was directed towards attaining the same advantage for firearms'2 and it is not without interest to notice that the modern rifle is thus directly derived from the clothyard shaft4 ,the improvement of the conical bullet is a later offspring of the same ancient missile4 ,an archer holds an intermediate position between a sportsman1 who1 in his attacks upon moving game1 must waste no time in taking aim1 and a rifleman1 who1 even in a standing position1 can use the utmost deliberation4 ,if he be as quick as the sportsman he will increase the difficulty of reproducing with each discharge exactly the same accuracy of pull and position4 ,he must not be too hesitatingly slow1 or he will spoil his bows and involve himself in unnecessary toil4 ,further1 the rifleman has plenty of leisure to close the eye with which he does not aim2 and such closing assists1 and in no way hinders1 his taking his aim1 by bringing the bead at the end of his weapon and the mechanical sight by which the 'length' 7distance from the target7 is compassed to bear upon the centre of the target1 or such other point at some trifling distance from it as the conditions of wind or weather may command2 whilst the sportsman1 whose weapon cannot be sighted for all the different distances at which the game he fires at may be from himself1 must keep both eyes open1 so that he may be better able to calculate distances and attend to such other surrounding circumstances as with the then more perfect indirect vision he will be able to do1 taking in a much wider field than can be obtained when one eye only is open4 ,in the cases of the comparatively few archers who have but one eye1 or where1 from the natural but not unfrequent difference in the two eyes1 one only is habitually used in aiming1 the following considerations of binocular vision can have but an abstract interest4 ,the binocular difficulties1 moreover1 will not occur to those archers who have acquired the habit of closing one eye whilst aiming4 ,but the habitual closing of the non-aiming eye is not recommended1 for the reason that any archer in full use of both eyes can much more readily and clearly watch the flight of his arrow towards the mark with both eyes open4 ,there is as much enjoyment to be obtained by following the course of a well-shot arrow as there is necessity for watching the errors of those that fly amiss that the causes of such errors may if possible be avoided4 ,but before the demonstration of the true and only scientific mode of aiming can be proceeded with1 a few words must be said on the subject of direct and indirect vision4 ,when both eyes are directed upon the observation of any single object--say the centre of the gold of the target at #ajj yards--the axes of the eyes meet at that point1 and all parts of the eyes having perfect correspondence as regards that point1 the sensation of perfect vision is given1 i4e4 the best and most accurate image that can be obtained on the retin of the point to which the entire attention of both eyes is directed4 ,but at the same time there are images formed on the retin1 of other objects nearer 7those more distant need not be considered7 than this point1 and to the right and left of it1 as well as above and below it2 and all such objects are included within the attention of indirect vision4 ,the exact correspondence of the images formed on the two retin applies only to the point of direct vision1 and the images of all other objects--i4e4 the objects of indirect vision--are differently portrayed on each retina4 ,any object embraced in this indirect vision will be seen less or more distinctly according to its remoteness or otherwise from one or other of the axes in any part of its length2 and it will be1 or at any rate naturally should be1 clearest to the indirect vision of that eye to the axis of which it most approximates4 ,now1 in aiming with an arrow1 to arrive at anything like certainty1 it is necessary to have in view three things1 namely1 the mark to be hit 7the gold of the target72 the arrow1 as far as possible in its whole line and length 7otherwise its real future course cannot be appreciated72 and the point of aim4 ,it may be well to explain here that by the point of aim is meant the spot which the point of the arrow appears to cover4 ,this spot1 with the bow1 is seldom identical with the centre of the gold1 or if it be so with any individual archer at one particular distance1 it will not be so at other distances1 because the arrow has no adjusting sights such as are provided to assist the aim with a rifle4 ,as an example1 let it be supposed that an archer is shooting in a side-wind1 say at #hj yards1 and that this distance is to him that particular one where1 in calm weather1 the point of his arrow and the gold are identical for the purposes of aiming4 ,it is clear that1 if he now treat them so1 the effect of the wind will carry his arrow to the right or left of the mark according to the side from which it blows4 ,he is therefore obliged to aim on one side of his mark1 and the point of his arrow consequently covers a spot other than the target's centre4 ,and this other spot in this instance is to him his point of aim4 ,under the parallel circumstances of a long range and a side-wind the rifle will be found subject to the same rule4 ,now it will be understood that it is necessary for the archer to embrace within his vision the gold1 the point of aim1 and the true line in which the arrow is directed4 ,direct vision can only be applied to one object at a time1 and as direct vision should be applied as little as possible to the arrow during the aim1 it has to be shown in what way the arrow must be held in order that the archer may1 by means of his indirect vision1 clearly appreciate the true line in which it points at the time of aiming4 ,the discussion as to whether the gold or the point of aim shall be the object of direct vision may be postponed for the present4 ,now it may be positively asserted as an incontrovertible axiom in archery that this true line cannot be correctly appreciated by the shooter unless the arrow lie1 in its whole length1 directly beneath the axis of the aiming eye4 ,this is most confidently maintained1 in spite of the fact that the strongest1 the most deliberate1 and the most successful archer of the present day systematically keeps his arrow a trifle outside his right eye4 ,it must be remembered that ,ascham ordains that 'good mennes faultes are not to be followed4' ,the indirect vision of both eyes can never be used here1 for if it were1 according to the law of optics1 two arrows would be seen2 but this is never the case with the habitual shooter--though both his eyes be open1 habit1 and the wonderful adapting power of the eye1 preventing such an untoward effect equally well as 7nay1 better than7 if the second eye be closed4 ,to state this more correctly3 an expert archer with both eyes open is in the same condition with two similar eyes as a person who1 with imperfect sight1 habitually wears a spy-glass to improve the sight of the one eye1 with which improved eye alone he sees1 to the complete neglect of all that is taken in by the other eye1 though constantly open4 ,those who have shot both right- and left-handed--and there are not a few such--can answer for it that1 though a different indirect vision of the arrow is observed with each eye1 either can at will be used without any inconvenience arising from the unnecessary presence of the other4 ,another unusual exception may here be mentioned of a style of aiming which1 though eminently successful through a good many years in the case of a ,championess1 cannot be recommended for imitation4 ,she kept her direct vision only on the point of her arrow1 thus seeing the nock end of the arrow gradually diverging from its point towards each eye by indirect vision1 and also by indirect vision seeing two targets1 or two sets of targets1 from which she had to select the correct one to secure the right direction for the loose4 ,many archers close the non-aiming eye1 and it will be well for all beginners to do so to avoid a very possible trouble1 in the case of an archer whose non-aiming eye is the best and most used of the two1 of this better eye officiously interfering to do wrong what its neighbour only can do right4 ,but to return to the statement that the arrow in its whole length must lie directly beneath the axis of the aiming eye1 which is now assumed to be the right eye1 as it is so in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred4 ,from fig4 #dj it will appear that it must be so1 because otherwise the shooter will be deceived as to the true line it has to take2 for so long as the point of the arrow touches the axis of the aiming eye1 the arrow may appear to that eye to be pointing in a straight line to the object looked at1 though really directed far away to the right or left of it1 as shown in fig4 #da2 where the arrow ,,cb1 though really pointing in the directions b,,ce1 may1 through touching the axis of the eye from ,b to ,d at ,c1 falsely appear to the archer to be aimed at the object ,d4 7,in figs4 #dj to #dc the distances between ,a and ,b are supposed to represent the possible two inches or so between the two eyes1 and the distances between ,a and ,d and ,b and ,d to be not less than fifty yards47 ,illustration3 ,,fig4 #dj1 ,,fig4 #da4 ,a ,b1 the two eyes4 ,b1 the aiming eye4 ,c1 the arrow4 ,d1 the object directly looked at4 ,a ,d and ,b ,d1 the axes of the eyes4 ,e1 false point of aim4 ,illustration3 ,,fig4 #db1 ,,fig4 #dc4 ,a ,b1 the two eyes4 ,a1 the aiming eye4 ,c1 the arrow4 ,d1 the object directly looked at4 ,a ,d and ,b ,d1 the axes of the eyes4 ,e1 false point of aim4 ,for instance3 suppose the archer to be shooting at such a distance that his point of aim is included in the gold2 he of course will bring the point of his arrow to bear upon it1 just as a rifleman would his sights2 that is1 the point will touch the axis of the aiming eye4 ,but if the arrow itself be inclined1 say to the right of the axis 7as in the pull to the ear it would be71 it will fly away some distance to the left of the object looked at4 ,and the converse of this will be true also2 for if it incline to the left of the axis it will then fly off to the right2 the archer in these cases being in the position of a marksman who instead of keeping his foresight in a line with his backsight has deliberately adjusted the aperture of his backsight to the right or left of the bead at the muzzle of his weapon with reference to the object aimed at4 ,an example that came within ,mr4 ,ford's personal knowledge will afford a perfect illustration1 and will be useful for the possible solution of similar cases4 ,an archer had shot for many years1 but invariably found that if ever his arrow pointed 7as it seemed to him7 in a straight line with the centre of the target it persistently flew off to the left of it five or six yards1 even at the short distances 7see fig4 #dc1 where the arrow ,,bc1 though pointing in the direction ,,be1 appeared to the shooter to be aimed at ,d74 ,he was therefore obliged to make an allowance and to point his arrow that much to the right 7see fig4 #db1 where the arrow ,,bc1 though pointed straight to ,d1 appeared to the archer to be pointing in the direction ,,ae74 ,in vain he sought a solution of this anomaly4 ,all could tell him that there was something faulty2 but1 as everything in his style and mode of action appeared correct1 that something remained a mystery1 until it was ultimately discovered that1 though the arrow was held directly beneath the axis of the right eye 7this being also open71 this archer actually used his left eye to aim with4 ,it will be readily seen why the discrepancy existed between his aim and the flight of his arrow1 the fact being that the arrow did not appear to the shooter to be pointing towards the object at ,d until it touched the axis of his left eye1 and consequently not until its direction pointed far away to the left of the mark 7see fig4 #dc74 ,on closing the left eye the direction of the arrow's flight and the aim coincided1 because the eye beneath whose axis the arrow lay became the eye with which the aim was taken4 ,as to whether the direct vision should be applied to the mark to be hit or to the point of aim1 the argument is all in favour of the latter4 ,for the point of aim must of necessity be in relation to the mark--either in the same vertical line with it or outside that line4 ,if outside1 then the direct vision must certainly be upon the point of aim2 otherwise the arrow cannot lie directly beneath the axis of the aiming eye1 which has already been shown to be necessary4 ,therefore the only question remaining to be decided is1 ,when the mark falls in the same vertical line with the point of aim1 which of the two should be directly looked at8 ,here again an argument can be adduced to determine the choice in favour of the latter2 for when the point of aim is above the mark the latter will be hidden from the right or aiming eye by the necessary raising of the left or bow hand1 as may be easily proved by the closing of the left eye2 therefore the direct vision cannot be applied to the mark1 though it may be applied to the point of aim4 ,there now remains but one case1 namely1 when the point of aim falls below the mark1 but in the same vertical line with it2 and here 7though either of them may in this case be regarded with the direct vision7 as no reasoning or argument can be adduced for violating or departing from the rule shown to be necessary in the other cases2 and as it is easier to view the point of aim directly and the mark indirectly than the contrary1 because the point of aim will necessarily lie between the mark and the arrow's axis2 and as uniformity of practice is highly desirable1 the application of direct vision to the point of aim in every case is most strongly recommended4 ,this teaching was quite contrary to that taught by all the old-fashioned writers1 who maintained that the eye1 or eyes1 should be kept always intently fixed upon the mark to be hit4 ,it is probable that even those archers who imagine that they regard directly the mark only1 do so only in the case when the mark and the point of aim coincide 7which with each archer may be called his point-blank#e range72 and this is analogous to all rifle practice1 where from any cause allowance must be made4 ,it must be borne in mind that all these remarks apply only to target lengths4 ,as regards aiming at very long distances1 when the mark and the point of aim are too far apart to be sufficiently seen in conjunction1 no scientific principle can be laid down for the guidance of an archer4 ,practice alone will give him a knowledge of the power of his bow1 and the angle of elevation required to throw up the arrow as far as the mark4 ,if the distance to be shot be a known and a fixed one-for instance1 two hundred yards--the necessary calculations are more or less attainable2 but the great distance renders the result so uncertain as to prevent anything approaching to the accuracy of aim attainable at the customary target distances4 ,if the mark be a varying and uncertain one1 as in ,roving1 the archer is entirely dependent upon his judgment of distances4 ,this sort of shooting1 though very interesting1 must be attended with a great amount of uncertainty2 but1 as in every other case1 the more judicious practice be applied the greater will be the success4 ,no hard-and-fast rules can be laid down for deciding where the point of aim ought to be at any particular distance1 as this is dependent upon a great variety of circumstances--as strength of bows1 and the sharpness and dulness of their cast1 heavy or light arrows1 a quick or sluggish loose1 and the varying force of different winds4 ,one archer will find his point-blank range at #abj yards1 whilst another can get a point-blank aim on the target1 at #fj yards even1 by raising his loosing hand so high that the angle between the axis of his aiming eye and the axis of the arrow is very small4 ,it is now many years ago since two toxophilites1 using bows of about fifty pounds in weight1 with five-shilling arrows of the old-fashioned manner of feathering1 and employing the same position 7about three inches below the chin7 of the right hand for the loose at each of the three usual distances of #ajj1 #hj1 and #fj yards1 found that the point of aim at #ajj yards was about the target's diameter 7#d feet7 above the target1 whilst the point of aim at #hj yards was about the same measure below the target1 and the point of aim at #fj yards was at a spot about fifteen paces from the shooter4 ,it would have been highly interesting if ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford1 who was always most faithful to his own dogma that the loosing hand must be brought to the same position at the loose1 had published some account of his own points of aim1 which must have had a very wide range of variation from those of his best period1 when he was using #ef lb4 bows1 and arrows #bi inches in length1 up to the time of his last appearance as ,champion1 in #ahfg at ,brighton1 when1 with weak bows and light arrows1 his score was #a1jcg1 with #bae hits4 ,the late ingenious ,mr4 ,james ,spedding1 who always touched some button on his coat-collar with his loosing hand1 contrived a 'sight' upon his bow1 which obviated the necessity of a point of aim4 ,this was a bright metal bead such as is at the muzzle of a gun4 ,this at the upper end of a slight metal rod 7in fact1 a bright-headed pin71 and fitted into a groove added to the back of the bow 7in which it could at will be lowered or raised71 gave him a point of aim on the centre of the target at distances where his natural 7may it be called87 point of aim would have been beneath the target4 ,with this contrivance1 the slightest variation in the slope of the bow distorted the aim4 ,the ,american contrivance of the peep-sight is a very minute instrument1 with a still smaller aperture4 ,this is shifted up and down the bowstring1 and1 when correctly adjusted1 the aiming eye should just catch sight of the centre of the target through the aperture4 ,this instrument is confessedly useless except for very weak bows1 and the smallest trembling even would put it off the aim1 and blind1 as it were1 the aiming eye4 ,an ,irish shot1 the late ,captain ,whitla1 succeeded in getting his aim on the target at all the three distances by varying the strength and cast of his bows1 using his best and strongest at #ajj yards1 then one that was slower and weaker at #hj yards1 and trusting himself to a slug like a broomstick at #fj yards4 ,another archer 7with the same bow at all distances7 got his aim upon the target when shooting at #ajj yards by touching with the thumb of his right hand about the position of the right collar-bone4 ,when shooting at #hj yards he got his aim again on the target by raising his hand so high that his thumb1 now coiled up and close to the root of the first finger1 with its top joint touched beneath the chin4 ,and at #fj yards he still obtained an aim on the target by raising the loosing hand higher1 so that the same point of the thumb touched the right corner of his mouth4 ,it is believed that in this case the gradual contraction of the angle between the axis of the eye and of the arrow led to a shorter draw at the nearer distances4 ,one class of archers1 though implied in previous discussions1 should also be treated separately1 as they may be more in number than is generally supposed1 namely1 those who1 because the left eye is the best of the two1 or1 from constant and incurable habit1 aim with the left eye1 though shooting1 as it is called1 right-handed1 i4e4 holding the bow in the left hand4 ,such archers should1 if the peculiarity be detected in time1 be recommended to shoot with the bow in the right hand4 ,possibly more than one most promising archer has been kept on the top rung but one of the ladder of fame by trying to force his weaker right eye to do the work that might have been much better done by the left one4 ,it has also been already explained that1 where physical peculiarities admit it1 this right-handed shooting with the left eye gives the archer a slight mechanical advantage1 as the divergence from the line of force may be thus contracted4 ,to conclude the subject of aiming1 it is not pretended that shutting one eye and aiming with the other is wrong1 but that it is better1 though occasionally closing one eye for experiments1 to use the other eye for aiming with1 the one being diligently trained to keep in the background1 attending solely to its own subordinate functions4 ,,footnotes3 #d ,it must have been from the absence of this complete faith that the celebrated archer mentioned by ,montaigne in his seventeenth chapter was constrained to decline the offer made to him when condemned to die1 that 'to save his life he should exhibit some notable proof of his art2 but he refused to try1 fearing lest the too great contention of his will should make him shoot wide1 and that1 instead of saving his life1 he should also lose the reputation he had got of being a good marksman4' ,and again in the case of ,tell the same scarcity of faith became apparent from his securing in his quiver that second quasi-historical arrow4 #e ',point-blank' can have no other meaning in ,archery4 ,,chapter ,x4 ,,of ,,holding ,,and ,,loosing ,,holding4 ,by holding is meant keeping the arrow fully drawn before it is loosed4 ,ascham has made this his fourth point of archery2 and but little can be added to what he has said on the subject4 ',holding1' he says1 'must not be longe1 for it bothe putteth a bowe in ieopardy1 and also marreth a man's shoote2 it must be so lytle yat it may be perceyued better in a man's mynde when it is done1 than scene with a man's eyes when it is in doyng4' ,this represents so exactly what holding1 at its best1 should be1 that it needs only be added that this almost imperceptible pause before the act of loosing serves to steady the arm and perfect the aim1 and is a great assistance to the obtaining of a certain and even loose4 ,it is therefore1 in company with the other points of archery1 most necessary to be cultivated if successful hitting is to be the result4 ,but let no archer think to arrive at this perfection of holding by grasping his bow as tight as he possibly can from first to last4 ,the grasp should be gradually tightened as the strain of the draw is increased2 otherwise too much toil is given to the bow-hand1 and it will fail in the loose4 ,one very successful shot had so many faults that his success was always a surprise2 yet he had this invariable virtue1 that1 though it was obvious that he held his bow quite loosely during the draw1 at the final pause his grasp was visibly tightened most firmly4 ,mention should not be omitted of the sadly false conception many archers have of holding when fully drawn4 ,this they exhibit by constantly letting the arrow creep out whilst they appear to be taking aim1 as though they were quite incapable of checking its impatience to be off4 ,this is a most dangerous fault1 and must be most carefully guarded against4 ,illustration3 ,,major ,c4 ,h4 ,,fisher1 ,,champion ,,archer ,,for ,,the ,,years #ahga-b-c-d4 ,,loosing4 ,after the bow has been drawn up to its proper extent1 and the aim correctly taken1 there still remains one more point which the archer must achieve successfully before he can ensure the correct and desired flight of his arrow to its mark2 and this is the point of loosing1 which term is applied to the act of quitting or freeing the string from the fingers of the right hand which retain it4 ,it is the last of ,ascham's famous ',quintette1' wherein1 though he does not say much1 yet what he does say is so much to the point that it may well be quoted4 ',it must be so quycke and hard yet it be wyth oute all guides1 so softe and gentle that the shafte flye not as it were sente out of a bow case4 ,the meane betwixt bothe1 whyche is the perfyte lowsynge1 is not so hard to be folowed in shootynge as it is to be descrybed in the teachyng4 ,for cleane lowsynge you must take hede of hyttynge anythynge aboute you4 ,and for the same purpose ,leo the ,emperour would haue al archers in war to haue both theyr heades pouled and there berdes shauen1 lest the heare of theyr heades should stop the syght of the eye1 the heere of theyr berdes hinder the course of the strynge4' ,this loosing is the archer's crowning difficulty2 for no matter how correct and perfect may be all the rest of his performance1 the result will infallibly prove a failure1 and end in disappointment1 unless the loose also be successfully mastered4 ,upon this the flight of the arrow mainly depends1 and to how great an extent this may be affected by it may be gathered from the fact that the same bow with a like weight of arrow and length of pull will cast many yards further in the hands of one man than it will in those of another1 owing solely and entirely to the different manner in which the string shall have been quitted4 ,no arguments are necessary to prove how delicate an operation it is in archery to loose well1 and to accomplish1 with the evenness1 smoothness1 and unvarying similarity necessary for accurate hitting1 the consummating effort1 including as it does on the one side of an instant the greatest exertion of muscles that on the other side of that instant are in perfect repose4 ,but considerable misapprehension exists amongst archers as to what is a good loose1 it being often thought that if an extreme sharpness of flight be communicated to the arrow1 it is conclusive evidence as to the goodness of the loose1 without reference to the consideration that this extreme sharpness of loose seldom produces steadily successful hitting at any distance1 and still less frequently is effective at all the distances4 ,a thoroughly good loose cannot exist unless accuracy of hitting as well as keenness of flight be the combined result2 and if the two cannot be obtained together1 a slower flight with accuracy rises immeasurably superior to the rapid flight with uncertainty4 ,the flight of an arrow keenly loosed is as fair to view as that of any bird1 whilst the flight of an arrow that is badly loosed is as uninteresting as the staggerings of a drunken man4 ,this is quite apart from the consideration of hitting the object aimed at2 but when the question resolves itself into this practical form--',is it possible for the same mode of loosing to give the utmost rapidity of flight and at the same time certainty of line and elevation8'--the consensus of experience should be in the negative4 ,there is no denying that a few successive arrows may be shot accurately in this way1 but during any prolonged period the inaccuracy of flight is sure to be such as to render the average shooting inferior4 ,the difficulty1 amounting almost to an impossibility1 of obtaining a loose which shall combine great sharpness and accuracy of flight at the same time arises from the fact that such a loose requires1 to obtain that sharpness1 that the fingers of the right hand be snatched away from the string with such suddenness and rapidity as to compromise the second quality of accuracy--such a sudden jerk of the string endangering the steadiness of the left arm at the final moment1 and1 by its unavoidable irregularity1 not only having a tendency to drag the string and consequently the arrow out of the proper line of flight1 but also simultaneously to vary the elevation4 ,excepting for long-distance shooting1 then1 a very sharp loose cannot be recommended2 nevertheless1 in case he may be at any time engaged therein1 the archer perfect at all points should have it under his command4 ,the different looses may now be divided into the slashing loose1 which may degenerate into the snatch or may be improved into the steady continuous loose4 ,the chief contrast to this is the dead loose1 which in strong hands is very useful4 ,this consists of the simple opening of the fingers for the escape of the string1 and is liable to degenerate into the creeping loose1 which need not be further referred to except for the purpose of again urging its avoidance4 ,another loose1 which may be called an active loose1 is an appreciable improvement upon the dead loose in that the fingers at the loosing instant are withdrawn from the string1 though without any further draw1 and will be found1 after the escape of the string1 to have resumed their previous position--i4e4 curled up instead of being sprawled out straight as is the case in the dead loose4 ,the only remaining loose may be called the lively loose1 and consists of a short and quick additional draw1 after the aim has been taken1 of say from half an inch to three inches1 and finished with an active loose1 and care must be taken to prevent the degeneration of this into a snatch4 ,before the final treatment of the loose be entered upon1 it will be useful to consider how the different sorts of shooting-gloves and finger-tips affect this intricate operation4 ,doubtless in the times when the ,english archer was in such high repute in battle1 the only loose suitable to the old glove was the slash1 as the only method of quitting the string1 which1 with the strongest bow each individual could use1 must1 for the longest pull on such bow1 have been gripped as close as possible to the inside of the knuckles of the last joints of the two or three fingers used4 ,no other loose could be employed with any chance of obtaining full results from the work done1 and it is evident from the ,acts of ,parliament on the subject that in the archer's drill none but long-distance shooting was countenanced4 ,the comparatively modern finger-tips or thimbles connected by straps at the back of the hand and buckled on round the wrist must have been used with the same slashing sort of loose4 ,but1 with the old tab made of horse-butt leather1 and all the different neatly-fitting tips with catches that have been invented long since the commencement of the public meetings at which ,york ,rounds are shot1 a much steadier and quieter loose may be obtained without wasting any of the work done2 but1 it must be admitted1 with the general result that there is some slight decrease in the average strength of the bows that are used now4 ,moreover1 it has been found that in the closely-contested matches of the present times the slashing sort of loose stands at a positive disadvantage at the shorter ranges4 ,illustration3 ,,fig4 #df4 ,with the glove and tab and tips without catches the best loose may be obtained with the fingers extended as far as is compatible with the retention of the string2 and1 by applying the fingers almost diagonally to the string1 a very firm grip is secured combined with much facility of liberation 7fig4 #df1 p4 #abh74 ,with the help of catches on the tips the string can be taught to rest at any intermediate point on the last joint or third phalanx of either of the fingers--it will be found more convenient here to use the word phalanx for each part of the finger1 each finger having three phalanges1 first1 second1 and third--and the most entirely different hold on the string to the one previously described is that where the fingers are almost completely curled up 7fig4 #de72 with an active or lively loose the string may be very sharply quitted with this hold1 but it is more liable to strain the fingers1 unless the bow be weak1 and the high-set catch1 though more popular twenty years ago1 is now very little used4 ,with a strong common glove and all four fingers on the string1 this extreme position has been known to contribute to first-rate scores at all the distances1 and it is probably the necessary position when four fingers are used4 ,illustration3 ,,fig4 #de4 ,the intermediate position between these two extremes will probably be found the best1 and this may be thus described4 ,the third phalanx of the middle finger should be as nearly as possible at right angles with the line of the drawn-up arrow4 ,the second phalanx will make an obtuse angle with the third1 and the first about the same obtuse angle with the second2 and these obtuse angles will vary in individual instances according to the stiffness or suppleness of the finger-joints4 ,the back of the hand will incline slightly away from the line through the forearm1 so that the line from the elbow through the wrist may be quite straight with the same line continued through the wrist to the position of the string on the fingers at ,a4 ,the positions of the phalanges of the first and third fingers will vary from those of the second finger1 as shown in fig4 #dd4 ,illustration3 ,,fig4 #dd4 ,this position of the string across the fingers should be neither too near to nor too far from the tips1 as too great a grip necessitates a drag or a jerk to free the fingers1 besides exposing more surface to the friction of the string in passing over it2 whilst an insufficient hold of the string weakens the shooter's command over it1 and renders the giving way of the finger a constant occurrence4 ,it is therefore recommended that the string be placed as nearly as possible midway between the tips and first joints of the fingers4 ,now a good loose may be described as possessing the characteristic that the fingers do not go forward one hair's breadth with the string1 but their action is1 as it were1 a continuance of the draw rather than an independent movement1 yet accompanied with just enough additional muscular action in a direction away from the bow and simultaneous expansion of the last joints of the fingers at the final instant of quitting the string as to admit of its instantaneous freedom from all and each of them at the same identical moment of time2 for should one finger linger on the string but the minutest moment longer than its fellows1 or should all or any of them follow forward with the string in the slightest degree1 the loose will be faulty and the shot a probable failure4 ,so slight1 however1 is this muscular movement that1 though a distinct and appreciable fact to the mind of the shooter1 it is hardly if at all perceptible to the lookers-on1 as in a good loose the fingers should instantly recover their holding position1 but will be at a slight though appreciable distance further from the bow consequent upon the combined effect of the removal of the pulling weight of the bow and the loosing effort4 ,a passage out of ,mr4 ,townsend's article1 ',how should the ,string be ,loosed1' in the ',archer's ,register for #ahff-g1' may here be quoted4 ',the string of the bow having been pulled to the fullest extent intended1 and the pause having been felt or made1 next comes the loose2 and1 as this must be effected by an opening of the fingers1 the tendency of the string would be to run forward1 if ever so little1 during the opening2 and1 as the whole spring cast of the bow is not given to the string and arrow until it is altogether freed from the fingers1 so1 to prevent the loss of power1 the pulling hand and arm are drawn so much further back1 as the opening of the fingers would allow the string to run forward before it is altogether released4 ,thus the string in reality remains stationary or nearly so quite so during the loose2 and the fingers are freed without going one hair's breadth forward with the string4' ,as an assistance towards this instantaneous recovery of the loosing fingers1 some archers wore silver rings round the first phalanges of their three fingers1 and these rings were connected by india-rubber straps with the finger-tips1 thus compelling the first and third phalanges to approximate1 as described in the ,mason tips4 ,mr4 ,townsend's 'india-rubber practising apparatus' has not been seen for many years1 though of great assistance in experiments and in correcting faults and general improvement of drawing and loosing4 ,some archers use only the first and second fingers1 and the loose thus obtained possesses the advantage that the string when quitting the fingers has less surface in contact with it4 ,mr4 ,ford's own latest loose was from the first and third fingers1 with the second finger packed upon the back of the first finger for its support2 and he has been heard to declare that this arrangement of the fingers gives the best loose possible1 as already described4 ,one of the commonest faults at the present day is the habit of making the third finger do more than its fair share of work4 ,evidence of this failing may be found in the fact that blisters are far more common on the third finger than on either of the others1 and a frequent result is that the muscles of the third finger get strained and even partially torn from their attachments4 ,this is one of the most frequent causes of the breakdown of archers who practise much4 ,this may be avoided and the loose much improved by turning the backs of the fingers while drawing slightly upwards1 and inwards1 and thus exerting more pressure with the forefinger4 ,an example of what is meant may be seen in the picture 7opp4 p4 #abb7 of ,major ,fisher1 whose loose is remarkably good4 ,here it will be seen that the line of the knuckles is not perpendicular1 but slopes outwards and downwards from the knuckle of the forefinger to that of the fourth4 ,the utility of catches on the finger-tips has already been explained in a previous chapter1 but may be further mentioned in connection with the loose as contributing by an invariable hold on the string to a constant repetition of exactly the same loose4 ,especial care must be taken that1 whilst loosing1 the left arm must maintain its position firmly and unwaveringly1 and must not give way at the final moment in the slightest degree in the direction towards the right hand1 as arrows constantly dropping short are the certain consequence of any such shrinking of the bow-arm--the same injurious effect being produced on their flight as when the fingers of the right hand are allowed to go forward with the string4 ,this yielding of the left arm is of more constant occurrence than archers will generally admit1 and is the cause of many an arrow1 otherwise correctly treated1 missing its mark4 ,this failing is not unfrequently the result of too much practice4 ,all must be firm to the last1 and the attention of the shooter should never be relaxed for a single instant until the arrow has actually left the bow4 ,but1 though this firmness be necessary for the shooting of an arrow it is not necessary1 however satisfactory the result or good the attitude1 to remain for some seconds in rivalry with the ,apollo ,belvedere2 the bow-arm should1 if possible1 be instantly and quietly moved to the left whilst the next arrow is procured from the quiver or whilst the shooting station is given up to the next in order2 and this leftward motion of the left arm will correct the very general tendency there is to throw the upper horn of the bow to the right and downwards convulsively1 which is a very frequent and unsightly antic4 ,many of the other objectionable antics already referred to are brought to perfection at this instant1 and should also be most carefully avoided4 ,,chapter ,,xi4 ,,of ,,distance ,,shooting1 ,,and ,,different ,,rounds4 ,the attention may now be turned to the results obtained by the use of the bow and arrow4 ,the best notion of the old practice of archery may be gained from a review of the ancient butts or shooting-fields of our ancestors4 ,these shooting-grounds were evidently attached to every town 7if not also village7 in the kingdom1 as may be gathered from the universal survival of the local name of ,butts4 ,there is extant ',a plan of all the marks belonging to the ,honourable ,artillery ,company in the fields near ,finsbury1 with the true distance as they stood1 ,anno #agcg1 for the use of long-bows1 cross-bows1 hand guns1 and artillery4' ,these marks all have different appellations1 and there is but one single instance of a repetition of the same distance between one of these marks and the other4 ,the ground on which these marks were situated appears to extend from a mark called ,castle#f to ,islington ,common1 and there were two sets of actual butts at the ,islington end4 ,the distance between the one pair of these butts is given as six score and ten yards--i4e4 #acj yards4 ,the distance between the other pair is not given in the plan1 but it appears to be less than half of the other1 and is probably about sixty yards4 ,the whole length of these shooting-fields appears to be about one mile on the plan2 and this is about the actual distance between the ,artillery ,ground and the ',angel1' ,islington4 ,the longest distance between any of the two marks is thirteen score and five yards--i4e4 #bfe yards--between ,turk's ,whale and ,absoly4 ,here follow the names of the marks2 and these may possibly be still traced in the neighbourhood in some instances4 ,the distances are also given4 ,the start is made from ',castle4' ---------------------------------------- ----------------------- ,score yards ,yards ---------------------------------------- ----------------------- ,from ,castle to ,gard stone #ie #ahe ,gard stone to ,arnold #ajj #bjj ,arnold to ,turk's ,whale #hd #afd ,turk's ,whale to ,lambeth #cac #gc ,lambeth to ,westminster ,hall #aag #bbg ,westminster ,hall to ,white ,hall #aab #bbb ,white ,hall to ,pitfield #gag #aeg ,pitfield#g to ,nevil's ,house or ',rosemary ,branch' #iag #aig -------------------- ,total yards #adbe ---------------------------------------- ----------------------- ,at ',nevil's ,house' there appears to be a break in the marks1 but they are taken up again at the ',levant4' ---------------------------------------- ----------------------- ,score yards ,yards ---------------------------------------- ----------------------- ,from the ,levant to ,welch ,hall #hah #agh ,welch ,hall to ,butt 7#a7 #aaaa #bca ,butt7#a7 to ,butt7#b7 on ,islington ,common #fah #ach ,and1 on going back to ,welch ,hall1 from ,welch ,hall to ,egg-,pye #ajaj #baj -------------------- ,total yards #geg ---------------------------------------- ----------------------- ,here there is another break4 ,to continue the round of the marks on the return journey without going over the same distance twice1 return to ,pitfield4 ---------------------------------------- ----------------------- ,score yards ,yards ---------------------------------------- ----------------------- ,from ,pitfield to ,bob ,peek #aac #bbc ,bob ,peek to ,old ,absoly #hab #agb ,old ,absoly to ,pitfield #ajaf #baf ,pitfield to ,edw4 ,gold #faa #aca ,edw4 ,gold to ,jehu #ii #ahi ,jehu to ,old ,absoly #hag #agg ,old ,absoly to ,scarlet #iaa #aia ,scarlet to ,edw4 ,gold #gb #adb ,edw4 ,gold to ,white ,hall #abb #bdb ,white ,hall to ,scarlet #abb #bdb ,scarlet to ,jehu #db #hb ,jehu to ,blackwell ,hall #iah #aih ,blackwell ,hall to ,scarlet #if #ahf ,scarlet to ,star or ,dial #iad #aid ,star or ,dial to ,white ,hall #gj #adj -------------------- ,total yards #bgbe ---------------------------------------- ----------------------- ,returning to ,star or ,dial3-- ---------------------------------------- ----------------------- ,score yards ,yards ---------------------------------------- ----------------------- ,from ,star or ,dial to ,westminster ,hall #hh #afh ,westminster ,hall to ,dial or ,monument #hd #afd ,dial or ,monument to ,star or ,dial #ii #ahi ,star or ,dial to ,blackwell ,hall #ace #ahe ,blackwell ,hall to ,old ,speering #ia #abi ,old ,speering to ,star or ,dial #iaf #aif -------------------- ,total yards #ajca ---------------------------------------- ----------------------- ,returning to ,blackwell ,hall3-- ---------------------------------------- ----------------------- ,score yards ,yards ---------------------------------------- ----------------------- ,from ,blackwell ,hall to ,dial or ,monument #ajaf #baf ,dial or ,monument to ,lambeth #faj #acj ,lambeth to ,old ,speering #ajh #bjh -------------------- ,total yards #eed ---------------------------------------- ----------------------- ,returning to ,lambeth3-- ---------------------------------------- ----------------------- ,score yards ,yards ---------------------------------------- ----------------------- ,from ,lambeth to ,day's ,deed #had #agd ,day's ,deed to ,turk's ,whale #iab #aib ,turk's ,whale to ,absoly 7longest7 #ace #bfe ,absoly to ,arnold #ia #aha ,arnold to ,blood ,house ,bridge #gad #aed -------------------- ,total yards #iff ---------------------------------------- ----------------------- ,returning to ,day's ,deed3-- ---------------------------------------- ----------------------- ,score yards ,yards ---------------------------------------- ----------------------- ,from ,day's ,deed to ,absoly #iaa #aia ,absoly to ,gard stone #iae #aie -------------------- ,total yards #chf ---------------------------------------- ----------------------- ,the sum of all these distances amounts to about #d-a_/b miles1 being actually #d miles and #hjd yards4 ,there is a pathway extending the whole distance from ,blood ,house ,bridge to ,islington ,common4 ,there are boggy places set down as lying between ,turk's ,whale and ,absoly1 and ,turk's ,whale and ,day's ,deed4 ,there is also a bog located between the two nearest butts1 which must have been inconvenient2 also a pond on one side1 and another bog on the other side of them4 ,two other measurements are given--namely1 fifteen score and eight yards1 or #cjh yards1 for the length of a garden wall lying some yards to the right of the ,white ,hall and ,pitfield marks2 and sixteen score and two yards1 or #cbb yards1 in the same neighbourhood1 close by the pathway1 and indicating about the distance between ,star or ,dial and ,edw4 ,gold4 ,the widest part of these shooting-fields seems to be at about this same part--viz4 from ,white ,hall to ,scarlet #bdb yards1 and on to ,jehu #hb yards1 a total width of #cbd yards2 and the narrowest part extends from ,nevil's ,house to ,islington ,common1 in which narrow part are both the sets of butts4 ,there appear to be some eight or ten fields included in the plan1 with hedges indicated1 but there is no appearance of either a road or a pathway crossing them4 ,these marks1 giving a great variety of distances1 from the shortest of #gc yards between ,turk's ,whale and ,lambeth to the longest of #bfe already particularised1 seem admirably calculated for the training of the old ,english archer and the teaching him readily to calculate the various distances at any time between himself and his enemy2 and it is worthy of observation that all these distances are well within the belief of modern archers as such distances as--bearing in mind that there is no evidence of general deterioration--our ancestors could easily compass1 seeing that there are well-authenticated instances of lengths somewhat beyond #cjj yards having been attained in modern times without any lengthened special training4 ,in these fields no doubt was seen the clout shooting1 which is still kept up by the ,woodmen of ,arden1 at ,meriden in ,warwickshire1 and by the archers of the ,scottish ,bodyguard at ,edinburgh4 ,this style of shooting is so called from the aim having been taken at any white mark 7cloth1 etc471 placed at a fixed distance2 but the clout in use now is a white target with a black centre1 set slantwise on the ground4 ,the distances vary from #ahj to #bdj yards1 and this latter distance may be taken as about the extreme range of this style of shooting in olden times2 as ,shakespeare mentions 7#b ,henry ,,iv4 iii4 #b7 that 'old ,double1' who 'drew a good bow1' and 'shot a fine shoot1' 'would have clapped i' the clout at twelve score1 and carried you a forehand shaft a fourteen and fourteen and a half1 that it would have done a man's heart good to see4' ,as the clout is but rarely hit1 the arrow nearest to it at each end1 if within three bows' lengths 7about eighteen feet7 of it1 counts as in bowls and quoits4 ,when the ,grand ,national ,archery ,meeting was held at ,edinburgh in #ahej1 some of this shooting was introduced1 with the result that1 out of #b1bfh shots at #ahj yards1 there were #aj hits1 and out of #hhh shots at #bjj yards there were #e hits4 ,at the meetings at ,meriden stands a marker right in front of this clout1 whose duty it is to signal back to each archer1 when he has shot1 whether his arrow fall short1 or go too far1 or wide1 and--to avoid being hit himself4 ,the ordinary target arrows may be used in this practice up to the distance of #bjj yards1 but beyond this distance much stronger bows or flight arrows must be employed4 ,in these fields1 too1 would be kept up the practice of roving1 or taking1 as the object to be aimed at1 not these or any known mark1 but some stray or accidental mark4 ,this practice must have been valuable in olden times in testing the knowledge of distances acquired at the different fixed marks1 and it would still be interesting as an amusement1 but it is not now so easy to find grounds sufficiently open for the purpose4 ,where there is sufficient space for golf links1 roving might still be practised1 and already the golfer's ball and the archer's arrow have been matched together between hole and hole4 ,of flight-shooting1 or shooting with flight or light arrows1 it may be said that such practice was probably in vogue in old times for the purpose of annoying the enemy whilst at a distance1 or in such a ruse as is described by ,hall in his account of the battle of ,towton in #adfa1 when ',the ,lord ,fawconbridge1 which led the forward of ,king ,edwardes battail1 beinge a man of great ,polyce1 and of much experience in ,marciall feates1 caused every archer under his standard to shoot one flight 7which before he caused them to provyde71 and then made them to stand still4 ,the ,northern men1 felyng the shoot1 but by reason of the snow not wel vewyng the distaunce betwene them and their enemies1 like hardy men shot their schefe arrowes as fast as they might1 but al their shot was lost and their labor vayn1 for thei came not nere the ,southern men by xl4 tailors' yerdes4' ,flight-shooting has also been used in experiments to determine the extreme casts of different weights and kinds of bows1 and the greatest range attainable by the power and skill of individual archers4 ,as a result of such experiments1 it may be stated that very few archers can cover more1 or even as much as1 #cjj yards4 ,to attain this range1 a bow of at least sixty-two or sixty-three pounds must not only be used but thoroughly mastered1 not merely as regards the drawing1 but in respect of quickness and sharpness of loose also4 ,the only remaining style of shooting in vogue in old times--that at the butts or mounds of earth--was known as prick-shooting1 a small mark being fixed upon the butt and shot at from various distances4 ,this style of shooting was probably popular even then1 as many of the ,acts of ,parliament are levelled against it1 on account of its interfering with the more robust practice of the long distances necessary for the purpose of war4 ,this prick-shooting next became known as the paper game1 when cardboard1 and paper stretched on canvas1 were placed on the butts4 ,it is not very clear when such targets as are now in use came into fashion1 with their gaudy heraldic faces4 ,the distances employed for this butt-shooting appear to have been differently calculated from the lengths in the longer-distance shooting1 an obsolete measure of #g-a_/b yards1 known as an archer's rood1 having been employed2 and the butt-shooting in vogue at the revival of archery in #agha was at the distances of #d1 #h1 #ab1 and #af roods1 or #cj1 #fj1 #ij1 and #abj yards2 and the modern distances of #fj yards1 #hj yards1 and #ajj yards do not seem to have come into use until they were mentioned towards the end of the last century as ,princes' lengths at the annual contests held in the grounds of the ,royal ,toxophilite ,society1 for the possession of the silver bugles presented by their patron1 ,george ,,iv41 then ,prince of ,wales4 ,about the date of the ,introduction of the ,york ,round in #ahdd1 two other rounds were in use amongst archers and in archery clubs4 ,these were the ,st4 ,leonard's ,round1 which first consisted of #ge arrows at #fj yards only1 but afterwards of #cf arrows at #hj yards1 and #ci arrows at #fj yards2 and the ,st4 ,george's ,round1 consisting of #cf arrows at each of the distances of #ajj yards1 #hj yards1 and #fj yards1 the round of the ,st4 ,george's ,archers1 who occupied grounds in ,st4 ,john's ,wood1 near ,london4 ,the ,york ,round1 having been now firmly established for more than forty years as the round appointed to be shot at all the public archery meetings1 has become the acknowledged test of excellence in bow practice1 and all other rounds have dropped out of use with the exception of the round known as the ,national ,round1 which is practised by ladies at the public meetings1 and consists of #dh arrows at #fj yards and #bd arrows at #ej yards2 and of #dh arrows at #hj yards and #bd arrows at #fj yards1 as practised by gentlemen at meetings where the #ajj yards shooting is omitted4 ,,footnotes3 #f ,possibly now the ',castle' publichouse1 #i ,finsbury ,pavement4 #g ,the ',rosemary ,branch' publichouse1 #b ,shepperton ,road1 ,islington1 ,n41 is perhaps too far off the line to be identical4 ,the same may be said of ,pitfield ,street1 ,hoxton4 ,,chapter ,,xii4 ,,archery ,,societies1 ',,records1' ,,etc4 ,prince ,arthur1 the elder brother of ,king ,henry ,,viii41 enjoys the reputation of having been an expert archer1 and it is believed that in his honour a good shot was named after him2 but as he was born in #adhf and died in #aejb1 his skill in the craft cannot have had time to arrive at maturity1 though even in modern times a stripling has occasionally snatched the palm of success from the more mature experts4 ,that ,king ,henry ,,viii4 took a deep interest in archery as necessary for the safety and glory of his kingdom is quite certain1 and the various ,acts of ,parliament passed in the course of his reign 7#c ,henry ,,viii4 ch4 #c1 #d1 #ac2 #f ,henry ,,viii4 ch4 #b1 #aa1 #ac2 #ad #ae ,henry ,,viii4 ch4 #g2 #be ,henry ,,viii4 ch4 #ag2 and #cc ,henry ,,viii4 #f #i7 sufficiently prove his determination to stimulate the more frequent use of the long bow4 ,but1 apart from his public encouragement of archery1 he took personal interest in it himself1 and1 being a famous athlete1 he was no doubt as successful with his bow as his natural impatience would allow4 ,the following extracts from the accounts of his privy purse for the year #aeca1 when he was forty-one years of age1 may be taken as the nearest approach to his actual scores that can be reached4 ,the late ,lord ,dudley's score at #fj yards1 when shooting with one of the best shots at that distance1 at one guinea per arrow1 must have shown an equally unfavourable balance3-- '#bj ,march4--,paied to ,george ,coton for vij shottes loste by the ,kinges ,grace unto him at ,totehill at vjs4 viijd4 the shotte xlvjs4 viijd4 '#bi ,march4--,paied to ,george ,gifford for so moche money he wanne of the ,kinges ,grace unto him at ,totehill at shoting xijs4 vjd4 '#ac ,may4--,paied to ,george ,coton for that he wanne of the ,kinges ,grace at the ,roundes the laste day of ,april iijl4 '#c ,june4--,paied to ,george ,coton for so moche money by him wonne of the ,kinges ,grace at bettes in shoting vijl4 iis4' ,and again on the last day of ,june there were 'paied to the iii ,cotons for three settes which the ,king had lost to them in ,greenwich ,park xxl4 and vjs4 viijd4 more to one of them for one up shotte4' ,this ,george ,coton 7,cotton7 is probably the same person who was governor to the ,duke of ,richmond1 the ,king's natural son4 ,on ,january #ca1 #aeca1 'paied to ,byrde ,yoeman of the ,kinges bowes for making the ,roundes at ,totehill by the ,kinges commandment xijs4 viijd4' ,the musters1 or what we should now call reviews1 were at this time held in the ,tothill ,fields4 ,sir ,w4 ,cavendish1 the historian of ,cardinal ,wolsey1 thus speaks of his interview with the ,king in #aecj1 when he was the bearer of the news of the death#h of ,wolsey to the ,king1 then staying at ,hampton ,court4 7,see ,cavendish's ',wolsey1' #ahbg1 p4 #cif47 ',upon the morrow 7of ,st4 ,nicholas ,eve1 #aecj7 ,i was sent for by the ,king to come to his grace2 and being in ,master ,kingston's chamber in the ,court 7,hampton ,court71 had knowledge thereof1 and repairing to the ,king1 found him shooting at the rounds in the park1 on the backside of the garden4 ',and perceiving him occupied in shooting1 thought it not my duty to trouble him3 but leaned to a tree1 intending to stand there1 and to attend his gracious pleasure4 ,being in a great study1 at last the ,king came suddenly behind me1 where ,i stood1 and clapped his hand upon my shoulder2 and1 when ,i perceived him1 ,i fell upon my knee4 ,to whom he said1 calling me by name1 ,i will1 quoth he1 make an end of my game1 and then will ,i talk with you1 and so he departed to his mark1 whereat the game was ended4 ',then the ,king delivered his bow unto the yeoman of his bows1 and went his way inward to the palace1 whom ,i followed4' ,sir ,thos4 ,elyot1 the first edition of whose book1 the ',governour1' was printed in #aeca1 devoted chapter xxvii4 to the praise of the long bow1 and was the earliest writer on the subject of archery1 unless the unknown author of the ',book of ,king ,modus1' which is said by ,hansard 7',book of ,archery1' #ahdj1 p4 #baj7 to be 'preserved in the royal library at ,paris1' wrote about two centuries and a half before the ',toxophilus1' by ,roger ,ascham1 was printed in #aede4 ,neither ,elyot nor ,ascham makes any mention of the societies of archers known as the ,fraternities of ,st4 ,george and of ,prince ,arthur1 but something of the kind is plainly indicated by ,richard ,mulcaster in his book1 the ',positions1' published in #aeha1 where he quaintly says1 ',this exercise' 7archery7 ',i do like best generally of any rounde stirring without the dores1 upon the causes before alleaged3 which1 if ,i did not that worthy man our late learned countriman ,maister ,askam1 would be halfe angrie with me though he were of milde disposition1 who both for the trayning of the ,archer to his bowe and the scholler to his booke1 hath showed himselfe a cunning archer and a skilful maister4 ',in the middest of so many earnest matters ,i may be allowed to intermingle one which hath a relice of mirthe3 for in praysing of ,archerie as a principall exercise to the preseruing of health how can ,i but prayse them who profess it thoroughly and maintain it nobly1 the friendly and franke fellowship of ,prince ,arthur's knights in and about the ,citie of ,london which of late yeares have so reuiued the exercise1 so countenaunced the artificers1 so inflamed emulation1 as in themselues for friendly meting1 in workmen for good gayning1 in companies for earnest comparing1 it is almost growne to an orderly discipline1 to cherishe louing society1 to enriche labouring pouerty1 to maintaine honest actiuitie1 which their so encouraging the under trauellours1 and so increasing the healthfull traine1 if ,i had sacred to silence would not my good friend in the ,citie1 ,maister ,heugh ,offley1 and the same my noble fellow in that order1 ,syr ,launcelot1 at our next meeting haue giuen me a sowre nodde1 being the chief furtherer of the fact1 which ,i commend1 and the famousest knight of the fellowship1 which ,i am of8 ,nay1 would not even ,prince ,arthur himself1 ,maister ,thomas ,smith1 and the whole table of those wel known knights1 and most actiue ,archers haue layd in their challeng against their fellow knight1 if1 speaking of their pastime1 ,i should haue spared their names8 ,whereunto ,i am easily led bycause the exercise deseruing suche prayse1 they that loue so prayseworthy a thing1 neither can themselues1 neither ought at my hande to be hudled up in silence4' ,in 'the ,auncient order ,societie and unitie laudable of ,prince ,arthure and his ,knightly ,armory of the ,round ,table ,london1 #aehc1' ,richard ,robinson says1 ',king ,henry ,,viii4 not onely 444 proceeded with what his ,father had begun1' by keeping up a body guard of archers1 'but also added greater dignity 444 by his gracious charter confirmed unto the worshipful citizens 7of ,london7 444 this your now famous ,order of ,knights of ,prince ,arthure's ,round ,table or ,society4' ,but when the practice of archery was enforced by ,act of ,parliament1 and there were shooting butts and fields at hand almost everywhere for the use of those who took a genuine interest in the exercise1 there could be but little reason for the introduction of archery societies and clubs4 ,the meetings for the exhibition of skill would be the regular musters4 ,how different the position of archery would have been if1 instead of clamouring for and getting passed irksome ,acts of ,parliament1 compelling all to shoot1 archers1 bowmakers1 fletchers and others had started a ,national ,long-,bow ,association with ,state sanction and encouragement for the promotion of this exercise and the reward of the most successful shots6 ,as in early times there were great musters or reviews of companies of archers1 of whom the sole actual survivor is the ,royal ,body-,guard of ,scotland 7the ,archers ,company of the ,honourable ,artillery ,company1 itself originally a body of archers1 was revived late in the last century1 and is now represented by the ,royal ,toxophilite ,society7 for military display2 and local festivities1 and wardmotes1 as still maintained by the ,woodmen of ,arden 7revived in #aghe7 and the ,scorton ,arrow ,meetings 7dating back to #afgc71 for the glorification of the best local shots2 and the daily use of the long-bow for exercise and sport1 i4e4 killing of game2 so now there are the meetings of the ,grand ,national ,archery ,society1 established for the peaceable purpose of annually rewarding the champion and championess and other illustrious archers1 as hereafter set out in the full account of these meetings1 and also the local public meetings of similar character also given2 and in addition to these there are the meetings of the numerous archery societies and clubs in different localities1 and the constant private practice either at home or on club grounds4 ,nothing is now to be gained by insisting upon the marked inferiority of the 'incomparable archers' who flourished towards the close of the eighteenth and in the first half of the present centuries1 as compared with the many strong and accurate shots who have displayed their skill since the establishment of the ,grand ,national ,archery ,meetings4 ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford seems to have been unable to find any records of shooting at #ajj yards where more than one-half of the shots were hits1 though he says 7p4 #aab71 ',i have seen a letter as late as #ahde1 from good old ,mr4 ,roberts' 7the author of the ',english ,bowman1' #ahja71 'who was well acquainted with the powers of all the best archers of the preceding half-century1 in which he states he never knew but one man that could accomplish it4' ,this one man was probably ,mr4 ,augustus ,l4 ,marsh1 ,royal ,toxophilite ,society1 who owned1 and was able to use1 the magnificent self-yew bow of #he lbs4 now in the possession of ,mr4 ,buchanan1 of #bae ,piccadilly1 as may be seen from the following records of his best scores in #ahcg3-- #ahcg ,hits ,score ,june #a at #d ft4 targets1 #ajj shots at #ajj yards #fa #bcc #bg #ei #bce #bi #eb #bad ,july #f #ed #bjd #aa #eh #bdf #bj #eh #bjd #ba #ea #aig ,these would be considered even respectable performances now when hits in the petticoat count1 and all hits between the colours count in that of higher value1 also when three arrows are shot consecutively1 instead of two separately1 at each end4 ,competitive examinations had not then been brought to their more recent perfection1 and standards of excellence in athletics were as yet unrecorded4 ,professor ,john ,wilson's 7',christopher ,north'7 wonderful long jump remained as unsurpassable as the ',douglas cast1' unless it were1 perhaps1 beaten or preceded by the deeds of the wondrous athlete who could clear a full-sized billiard-table lengthwise1 though in his first attempt to do so he failed through knocking the back of his head against the far side of the table4 ,mr4 ,frederick ,townsend1 in #ahfe1 made the best 'record' of shooting at #ajj yards1 at a wardmote of the ,woodmen of ,arden1 when all the old customs just referred to were still1 as now1 in vogue1 his score being #cbb from #hj hits out of #aej shots4 ,there is now left for consideration the subject of 'record1' or standard of highest excellence at the public meetings1 and it appears that ,mr4 ,a4 ,p4 ,moore's performance at ,derby in #ahdi of #gdg1 when1 however1 ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford became champion by the points1 was the earliest notable score4 ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford improved upon this in the next year at ,edinburgh by scoring #hii1 and in #ahed1 at ,shrewsbury1 he made an advance to #a1jgd4 ,in #aheg1 at ,cheltenham1 he took the record on to #a1bea score with #bde hits1 and there it now remains4 ,the first eminent score by a championess was #fcd1 made by ,miss ,h4 ,chetwynd at ,cheltenham1 also in #aheg4 ,mrs4 ,horniblow took the record on to #ffj at ,worcester in #ahfb1 ,miss ,betham next advanced it1 at the ,alexandra ,park ,meeting in #ahfd1 to #fic4 ,at ,bath1 in #ahgj1 ,mrs4 ,horniblow took it further to #gjj1 and also still further to #gfd1 with #adb hits1 in #ahgc at ,leamington1 and at that point it now remains1 though very closely approached by ,miss ,legh's score of #gfc at ,sutton ,coldfield in #ahha4 ,miss ,legh's still better score of #hdj1 with all the #add hits1 was made at the ,grand ,western ,meeting at ,bath in #ahha2 and ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh outstripped this 'record' by scoring #hfd with #adb hits at the ,leamington and ,midland meeting in #ahhe2 #cc of the hits on this occasion were golds4 ,the best 'record' of target practice at #abj yards is to be found amongst the doings of the ,royal ,toxophilites4 ,mr4 ,h4 ,o',h4 ,moore1 in #ahgb1 on the ,norton prize-day1 shooting #add arrows1 scored #bac with #dc hits1 and ,mr4 ,g4 ,e4 ,s4 ,fryer1 on the similar occasion in #ahgc1 scored #bgc with #fg hits4 ,in the shooting at #ajj yards of the same society1 on the ,crunden day in #ahed1 shooting #add arrows1 ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford scored #cfb with #hh hits4 ,this score remained unbeaten1 though surpassed in hits by ,mr4 ,g4 ,e4 ,s4 ,fryer in #ahgc 7#cfa score1 #ia hits71 until it was fairly outstripped by ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham1 who scored #dgh with #ajd hits in #ahhc4 ,he also made #dce score with #ie hits in #ahhf4 ,in #ahff ,mr4 ,t4 ,dawson1 ,royal ,toxophilite ,society1 presented a challenge medal for the reward of excellence in shooting at #hj yards1 #add arrows being shot1 and in the first year this medal was taken by ,mr4 ,t4 ,boulton with #eja score from #aac hits4 ,this record he took on further in #ahge1 with #eia score from #abe hits4 ,this has been nearly approached only by ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham in #ahhf1 with #egf score from #abd hits4 ,the record for the #fj yards 7#add arrows being shot7 medal1 presented by the same gentleman in #ahff1 was also started in that same year by ,mr4 ,t4 ,boulton1 with #hbd score from #adb hits4 ,this record was surpassed by ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington in #ahgb1 his score being #hdj from the same number of hits4 ,a good record for best shooting at #ajj yards at the annual ,west ,berks meeting1 when #baf arrows are shot at that distance1 was first reached by ,major ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher in #ahga1 when he made #adj hits with #eef score4 ,in #ahgg he carried the record on to #egb score with #acf hits4 ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett made a still further advance with #aee hits and #fcc score in #ahhj2 and in #ahha ,mr4 ,h4 ,h4 ,palairet made #aec with #fbc score4 ,to ,mrs4 ,butt 7then ,miss ,s4 ,dawson7 still belongs the best 'record' for the ',ladies' ,day' of the ,royal ,toxophilite ,society1 the largest annual gathering of ladies1 when the single ,national ,round of #dh arrows at #fj and #bd arrows at #ej yards is shot4 ,she made #gj hits with #djf score in #ahfg2 in #ahge she scored #dja with #fi hits2 and in #ahhe ,mrs4 ,p4 ,f4 ,legh made #gj hits with #djj score4 ,,footnote3 #h ,wolsey died ,november #cj1 #aecj ,,chapter ,,xiii4 ,,the ,,public ,,archery ,,meetings ,,and ,,the ,,double ,,york ,,and ,,other ,,rounds4 ,in #agia1 ten years after the revival of archery by the establishment of the ,royal ,toxophilite ,society1 a public meeting of all the ,archery ,societies1 which had already become very numerous in the ,united ,kingdom1 was held on ,blackheath1 and this meeting was followed by other similar meetings in #agib and #agic4 ,here ended this series of ,national ,archery ,meetings1 and in the early part of the present century the use of the bow appears to have languished4 ,the records of the ,scorton ,arrow ,meetings go back1 in an almost uninterrupted succession of annual meetings1 to the year #afgc4 ,these meetings1 though originally confined to a limited locality--'six miles from ,eriholme-upon-,tees1' near ,richmond1 in ,yorkshire--were open to all comers4 ,in #ahdb and #ahdc these meetings were held at ,thirsk1 in ,yorkshire1 and to those present thereat the establishment of an annual ,grand ,national ,archery ,meeting is certainly owing4 ,the first ,grand ,national ,archery ,meeting was held at ,york on ,august #a and #b1 #ahdd1 the ,scorton ,arrow ,meeting having been again held at ,thirsk on ,july #cj in the same year4 ,it was originally intended that the meeting should occupy one day only1 but the weather proved so unfavourable on the first day that the ,round had to be finished on the second day4 ,to the enterprising archers of ,yorkshire is also due the invention of the ,york ,round1 which has since become the almost universally acknowledged test of the comparative excellence of all archers4 ,this ,round--which is now always shot on each of the two days of a public archery meeting--consisting of six dozen arrows at #ajj yards1 four dozen arrows at #hj yards1 and two dozen arrows at #fj yards1 was so arranged in the belief that about the same scores would then be made at each distance2 and this has been proved tolerably correct as regards the average of archers1 though not so as regards ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford1 ,major ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher1 ,mr4 ,h4 ,h4 ,palairet1 ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham1 and some others1 when shooting in their best form1 as it would be clearly impossible for them to score1 in four dozen arrows at #fj yards1 the #die which ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford made in twelve dozen arrows at #ajj yards at ,cheltenham in #aheg1 or the #dff which he made on the same occasion in eight dozen arrows at #hj yards4 ,efforts have occasionally been made to reduce the quantity of shooting at #ajj yards1 for the benefit of those who look upon #hj yards as a long distance2 and it has also been suggested that a few arrows might be taken from #hj yards and added to #fj yards2 but it is generally acknowledged that the ,york ,round cannot well be mended4 ,the ,ladies' ,national ,round of four dozen arrows at #fj yards1 and two dozen arrows at #ej yards1 shot on each of two days1 did not become the established ,round until #ahea1 and then the only reason of its adoption was that it corresponded in quantities with the shooting of the gentlemen at #hj yards and #fj yards4 ,in the year after the ,third ,leamington ,grand ,national ,archery ,meeting--i4e4 in #ahed--the ,leamington ,meeting was started1 and has ever since been an annual institution1 except in those years when the ,grand ,national ,meeting has been again held at ,leamington4 ,the first ,crystal ,palace ,archery ,meeting was held in #ahei1 and has since been repeated annually4 ,the ,grand ,western ,archery ,meeting was started at ,taunton in #ahfa1 and has been repeated annually at different places1 except in #ahfe1 when the ,grand ,national ,meeting was held at ,clifton1 and in #ahfg1 when no ,grand ,western ,archery ,meeting was held4 ,in #ahhf this meeting was combined with the ,grand ,national ,archery ,meeting when held at ,bath4 ,occasionally an extra public meeting has occurred--as at ,aston ,park1 ,birmingham1 in #aheh and in #ahfh2 at the ,alexandra ,park1 ,muswell ,hill1 in #ahfc1 and again in #ahgc and #ahhb2 also at ,hastings1 in #ahfg4 ,the first of a series of ,grand ,northern ,meetings was established in #ahgi4 ,this meeting has since been repeated annually4 ,in #ahha the ,royal ,toxophilite ,society1 in celebration of their centenary1 gave a ,double ,york ,round meeting1 which1 though not strictly speaking a public meeting1 was so well attended that it cannot be omitted from the records of the ,york ,round4 ,this meeting has also been repeated annually ever since #ahha4 ,almost the largest attendance of gentlemen at a public ,archery ,meeting consisted of one hundred and ten at ,york in #ahde1 when there were only eleven ladies shooting4 ,at ,cheltenham1 in #ahef1 there were seventy-two ladies and one hundred and twelve gentlemen shooting4 ,the best attended meeting was in #ahfj1 at ,bath1 when there were one hundred and nine gentlemen and ninety-nine ladies4 ,this was just before the beginning of the ,grand ,western ,meetings1 and there was a full meeting of ninety gentlemen and ninety-three ladies in #ahfe1 in which year no ,grand ,western ,meeting was held4 ,with the exception of the ,seventh ,grand ,national ,archery ,meeting1 which was held in ,edinburgh in #ahej1 all the ,grand ,national ,archery ,meetings have occurred in ,england4 ,two ,double ,york ,round ,scottish ,national ,meetings were held in ,scotland in the years #ahfe and #ahff2 but they were not largely attended4 ,in ,ireland1 in the course of the years #ahfb to #ahff1 ,irish ,national and other public meetings were held1 mostly in the grounds of the ,dublin ,exhibition2 but though the ,double ,york ,round was shot1 and some good shooting was done by the ,irish and also by ,english visitors1 the meetings were mostly small1 and there seems but little probability of their revival4 ,a few words should be said about the scoring at public meetings4 ,the original plan was for the ,captain at each target to mark1 with a pricker made on purpose1 the hits made by each shooter in a space representing each of the colours of the target--gold1 red1 blue1 black1 and white4 ,in #ahgb an improved plan was adopted of keeping a proper space for the hits made at each end1 in which is entered each hit in the figure representing its value1 as #i1 #g1 #e1 #c1 or #a4 ,when no hit is made at any end1 this fact should also be recorded2 and thus the progress of the shooting is always kept accurately noted1 and the possibility of mistakes in the scores is very much diminished4 ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford often mentions the ,st4 ,george and ,st4 ,leonard's ,rounds--the former being three dozen arrows at each of the distances of #ajj1 #hj1 and #fj yards1 and the latter 7originally #ge arrows at #fj yards only7 being three dozen arrows at #hj yards1 and three dozen and three at #fj yards4 ,the practice of these ,rounds has now entirely disappeared from amongst archers4 ,during the whole of the period from #ahdd to #ahhf inclusive the appointed ,round has been completed 7except at the ,leamington ,meeting in #ahfb1 when the weather rendered it quite impossible72 and this says a great deal for the steadfastness of archers1 as they have frequently had to submit to the ill-treatment of pitiless downpourings of rain and arrow-breaking storms of wind in order to get the ,round finished4 ,no approach has been made to ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford's best public score of #a1bea1 made at ,cheltenham in #aheg1 or to his second best record of #a1afb at ,leamington in #ahef2 but his other scores of over #a1jjj are easily counted--namely1 #a1jgf at ,exeter in #aheh1 #a1jad at ,leamington in #ahfa1 #a1jcg at ,brighton in #ahfg1 #a1jhg at ,leamington in #ahfh1 and #a1jcb at ,leamington in #ahfi4 ,major ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher made #a1jfj at ,sherborne in #ahgb4 ,mr4 ,palairet made #a1jbe at the ,crystal ,palace in #ahhb1 and #a1jfb in the ,regent's ,park in #ahha4 ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham made #a1jaj in the ,regent's ,park in #ahhc1 and #ajbb at ,bath in #ahhf4 ,no other archers have reached #a1jjj at a public match4 ,miss ,legh's score at ,bath in #ahha of #hdj1 when she made all the #add hits1 stood foremost amongst ladies' achievements until it was beaten by ,mrs4 ,legh's score of #hfd with #adb hits at ,leamington in #ahhe4 ,miss ,legh in #ahhb1 at the ,crystal ,palace1 scored #gib1 and in #ahhe #hji with #adc hits4 ,mrs4 ,butt's score of #ghe at ,leamington in #ahgj ranks next4 ,then come ,mrs4 ,horniblow's scores of #gfh at ,leamington in #ahga1 and of #gfd--;also at ,leamington--in #ahgb4 ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh scored #gfc at ,sutton ,coldfield in #ahha4 ,mrs4 ,v4 ,forbes scored #geb at the ,crystal ,palace in #ahgj4 ,mrs4 ,marshall scored #gdd at the ,crystal ,palace in #ahhd4 ,miss ,betham's best score was #gdc at ,leamington in #ahfg4 ,mrs4 ,p4 ,pinckney scored #gbi at the ,crystal ,palace in #ahgc2 and ,mrs4 ,pond scored #gjj in #ahgd1 also at the ,crystal ,palace4 ,no other ladies appear to have made as much as #gjj4 ,other scores of #gjj and upwards have been-- ,,mrs4 ,,horniblow ,,miss ,,betham ,,mrs4 ,,butt ,,mrs4 ,p4 ,f4 ,,legh #ahga #gdf #ahfd #gce #ahgf #geb #ahhb #gej #ahgc #gcc #ahfg #gcc #ahgi #gdd #ahgi #gdc #ahgc #gai #ahff #gja #ahgf #gcj #ahha #gbc #ahgb #gab -- #ahgj #gbb #ahhc #gab #ahfc #gjf -- #ahgg #gah #ahhd #gja #ahgj #gjj -- #ahga #gac -- -- -- #ahgg #gjg -- ,the summary of ,public ,meetings is-- #dc ,grand ,national ,archery ,meetings4 #ca ,leamington ,archery ,meetings4 #bh ,crystal ,palace ,archery ,meetings4 #bd ,grand ,western ,archery ,meetings4 #g ,grand ,northern ,archery ,meetings4 #b ,alexandra ,park ,archery ,meetings4 #a ,hastings ,archery ,meeting4 #b ,aston ,park ,archery ,meetings4 #f ,royal ,toxophilite ,society's ,archery ,meetings4 ---- #add ,meetings4 ,when attention is turned towards the meetings at which most gentlemen have made more than #fjj1 and most ladies have made over #ejj1 it is found that in #ahfj1 at ,bath1 seventeen gentlemen reached or passed the score of #fjj1 but at the same time only two ladies passed #ejj4 ,this still remains the largest meeting which has yet been held1 two hundred and eight shooters having been present4 ,at the ,alexandra ,park ,meeting in #ahfd1 sixteen gentlemen and six ladies attained the same amount of excellence4 ,at ,brighton1 in #ahfg1 seventeen gentlemen and seven ladies passed the same levels4 ,but1 in #ahhb1 at the ,crystal ,palace1 the corresponding numbers were ten gentlemen and nineteen ladies1 and at ,leamington in the same year1 fourteen gentlemen and sixteen ladies2 whilst in #ahhc1 at ,cheltenham1 nineteen gentlemen passed #fjj and fourteen ladies passed #ejj1 though the shooters competing at this meeting were only one hundred and thirty-one4 ,at ,windsor in #ahhd1 thirteen ladies scored more than #ejj1 and twelve gentlemen more than #fjj4 ,this shows clearly that1 although the number of attendances has diminished since the extraordinary start given to archery by ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford's book 7and this is possibly due to the multiplication of public matches71 yet the average of excellence1 particularly amongst the ladies1 has made considerable progress4 ,this is a most encouraging symptom for the future of archery4 ,the ,first ,grand ,national ,archery ,meeting was held on ,august #a and #b1 #ahdd1 at ,knavesmire1 near ,york4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,rev4 ,j4 ,higginson #ah #ff #ba #ic #ad #fb #ec #bba ,rev4 ,e4 ,meyrick #ae #fe #bd #gf #ai #gg #eh #bah ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,sixty-five gentlemen shot1 and no ladies appeared at the targets4 ,the single ,york ,round 7#gb arrows at #ajj yards1 #dh arrows at #hj yards1 and #bd arrows at #fj yards7 was shot first on this occasion4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,second ,grand ,national ,archery ,meeting was held on ,june #be and #bf1 #ahde1 at the same place4 --------------------------------- #fj ,yards ,,ladies --------- ,hits,score -------------------------------- ,miss ,thelwall #dh #ahf ,miss ,townshend #de #afc ,miss ,emma ,wylde #cc #afa ,miss ,jane ,forster #dj #aeb -------------------------------- ,eleven ladies shot #if arrows1 all at #fj yards4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,peter ,muir #ec #ahe #df #ahb #cf #agj #ace #ecg ,mr4 ,j4 ,jones #bh #aaj #fc #bdc #ch #adf #abi #dii ,rev4 ,e4 ,meyrick #db #aej #db #adf #cb #aej #aaf #ddf ,mr4 ,blackley #bg #aac #dd #agf #cj #abh #aja #dag ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,one hundred and ten gentlemen shot at this meeting1 and the ,york ,round1 as before described1 was shot on each day and at all the following meetings4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,third ,grand ,national ,archery ,meeting was held on ,july #bi and #cj1 #ahdf1 at the same place4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,r4 ,g4 ,hubbock #da #age #dg #bji #bi #ace #aag #eai ,rev4 ,e4 ,meyrick #dj #agd #dg #baa #cj #acb #aag #eag ,rev4 ,t4 ,meyler #ce #ace #ea #agi #cj #aed #aaf #dgf ,mr4 ,glasgow #bg #ig #ef #bbh #cc #abg #aaf #deb ,mr4 ,c4 ,garnett #ce #abe #dj #aff #cf #aej #aaa #dda ,mr4 ,j4 ,p4 ,marsh #dd #agh #dj #add #bg #aai #aaa #dda ,rev4 ,j4 ,higginson #bd #ij #ea #bja #bi #adi #aaj #dbb ,mr4 ,a4 ,radcliff #cf #abd #dd #afb #cd #acf #aad #dbb ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,eighty-three gentlemen shot at this meeting1 but no ladies appeared4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,fourth ,grand ,national ,archery ,meeting was held on ,july #bh and #bi1 #ahdg1 at ,derby4 --------------------------------- #fj ,yards ---- ---------- ,hits,score -------------------------------- ,miss ,wylde #fe #bde -------------------------------- ,the ladies1 who numbered only six1 again shot--at #fj yards only--the same number of arrows as in #ahde1 namely1 #if4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,peter ,muir #fc #bag #ec #bbi #cg #ahe #aec #fca ,mr4 ,hutchons #cc #abe #ee #bfg #da #baa #abi #fjc ,mr4 ,e4 ,maitland #ch #add #ea #aig #db #bjh #aca #edi ,mr4 ,e4 ,marr #dd #ahb #dj #adf #ci #agg #abc #eje ,rev4 ,j4 ,bramhall #cd #acb #eb #aih #ci #afe #abe #die ,mr4 ,c4 ,garnett #dd #adf #dj #aeh #ch #afd #abb #dhh ,rev4 ,t4 ,meyler #dd #afd #de #afi #cb #adf #aba #dgi ,mr4 ,g4 ,attwood #dd #adb #ci #ada #cg #abi #abj #dab ,rev4 ,e4 ,meyrick #cj #aad #dg #ade #cc #ada #aaj #daj ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,fifty-eight gentlemen shot at this meeting1 and on the following day--,july #cj--;half a ,york ,round was shot for a bow 7,buchanan's7 and two other prizes4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ---- ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,rev4 ,j4 ,bramhall won the bow #ah #eh #af #gd #i #da #dc #agc ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,fifth ,grand ,national ,archery ,meeting was held on ,july #ai and #bj1 #ahdh1 at the same place4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,j4 ,barrow #ad #ed #cc #aac #dg #afg ,miss ,temple #ah #hj #bf #hj #dd #afj ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,only five ladies shot1 and they shot #gb arrows at #fj yards1 and #gb at #ej yards4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,e4 ,maitland #ee #bde #dd #bjf #cf #acj #ace #eha ,rev4 ,j4 ,bramhall #de #ade #eb #bah #ce #aea #acb #ead ,mr4 ,c4 ,wilkinson #de #afa #dj #aej #bh #acd #aac #dde ,mr4 ,e4 ,marr #db #agj #dg #afg #bi #ii #aah #dcf ,mr4 ,willis #ce #aag #ch #aef #cd #adf #ajg #dai ,mr4 ,j4 ,wilson #db #aeb #da #ada #bi #aji #ajh #djb ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,seventy-four gentlemen shot at this meeting4 ,horace ,a4 ,ford here made his first public appearance1 scoring-- ---------------------------------------- - #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ------------------------------------- #ca #ha #ch #adb #cb #aah #aja #cda ------------------------------------- ,he stood fifteenth in the list4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,sixth ,grand ,national ,archery ,meeting was held on ,july #ah and #ai1 #ahdi--;again at ,derby4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,temple #cf #abb #ai #fg #ee #ahi ,miss ,mackay #bd #ih #ai #fe #dc #afc ,miss ,billing #be #hi #ad #fb #ci #aea ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,eight ladies attended this meeting1 and the ,national ,round 7#if arrows at #fj yards1 and #dh arrows at #ej yards71 equally divided between the two days1 was shot now for the first time1 and has been ever since shot by the ladies1 except at the next meeting at ,edinburgh4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,a4 ,p4 ,moore #fb #bch #fh #cah #dc #aia #agc #gdg ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford #fi #bca #fc #bfd #dd #bjh #agf #gjc ,mr4 ,g4 ,attwood #fe #bee #di #bce #ce #abe #adi #fae ,mr4 ,e4 ,meyrick #eb #aif #da #ahc #bi #afa #abb #edj ,mr4 ,g4 ,ollier #ch #acj #di #ahg #da #aii #abh #eaf ,mr4 ,j4 ,wilson #cj #ajh #eh #bah #cg #agg #abe #ejc ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,forty-six gentlemen shot at this meeting1 and the ,champion's medal was first awarded on this occasion1 and won by ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford1 who won most points#i 7#e71 ,mr4 ,moore having won #d--namely1 hits and score at #hj yards1 and gross score--and ,mr4 ,attwood won the points for score at #ajj yards4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,seventh ,grand ,national ,archery ,meeting was held on ,july #bd1 #be1 and #bf1 #ahej1 at ,edinburgh1 in ,warrender ,park4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,calvert #bg #hi #bj #gb #dg #afa ,miss ,e4 ,forster #bi #aac #ac #dc #db #aef ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,eight ladies shot at this meeting1 and the round1 which1 owing to the condition of the weather1 was all shot on the third day1 consisted of #gb arrows at #fj yards1 and #cf arrows at #ej yards4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford #gi #cdc #gj #cad #dd #bdb #aic #hii ,mr4 ,c4 ,garnett #fe #bdi #fa #bba #dj #afh #aff #fch ,rev4 ,g4 ,mallory #ei #aig #ee #bce #cj #aej #add #ehb ,mr4 ,g4 ,w4 ,willis #de #age #df #ahd #ci #aha #acj #edj ,mr4 ,j4 ,wilson #ej #aib #di #bjc #cf #adj #ace #ece ,mr4 ,o4 ,k4 ,prescot #eh #bbd #da #afe #ce #abe #acd #ead ,mr4 ,j4 ,turner #ej #bjh #dd #aif #ca #aja #abe #eje ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,eighty-three gentlemen shot1 and the ,champion's medal was won by ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford1 who made all the points4 ,at this meeting there was also some shooting at #bjj yards1 #ahj yards1 and at #ajj feet1 in addition to the usual double ,york ,round4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,eighth ,grand ,national ,archery ,meeting was held on ,july #be and #bf1 #ahea1 on ,wisden's ,cricket-ground at ,leamington4 ,at this meeting thirty-three ladies shot the ,national ,round4 ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford won all the points for the ,champion medal except that for score at #hj yards1 which was won by ,mr4 ,k4 ,t4 ,heath4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ---- ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,villers1 afterwards #gc #cbc #ce #aha #ajh #ejd ,mrs4 ,davison ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,villers's score showed a rapid stride in advance amongst the ladies1 as she was more than #ajj points ahead of the second lady1 ,miss ,eaton--#gc hits1 #big score--and the third1 ,mrs4 ,thursfield--#ge hits1 #bic score4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford #gf #cjh #gb #cbd #de #bbi #aic #hfa ,mr4 ,k4 ,t4 ,heath #fa #bce #fg #cbg #dj #bad #afh #ggf ,rev4 ,j4 ,bramhall #fe #bhc #ga #bgc #db #bjd #agh #gfj ,mr4 ,p4 ,muir #fg #bdc #ea #aig #da #bbh #afj #ffh ,mr4 ,h4 ,garnett #fa #beg #eb #ahf #ce #afc #adh #fjf ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,ninety gentlemen shot at this meeting4 ,on the #bgth a handicap sweepstake match was shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,ninth ,grand ,national ,archery ,meeting was held on ,july #g and #h1 #aheb1 at the same place1 in ,leamington4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,brindley #de #aee #ci #aha #hd #ccf ,miss ,m4 ,peel #ea #bag #cc #aac #hd #ccj ,miss ,villers #di #aig #cj #acb #gi #cbi ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,at this meeting thirty-six ladies and seventy-eight gentlemen shot4 ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford won the ,champion's medal with #f points1 ,mr4 ,bramhall having won #b points for hits and score at #ajj yards1 and ,mr4 ,j4 ,wilson #b points for hits and score at #fj yards4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford #gb #cjf #gd #bhb #db #bjj #ahh #ghh ,rev4 ,j4 ,bramhall #hd #ceb #fa #bdi #ci #agg #ahd #ggh ,mr4 ,j4 ,wilson #fh #bch #ee #bjg #dd #bjd #afg #fdi ,mr4 ,h4 ,garnett #fh #bcj #ei #bbi #cd #aeb #afa #faa ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,this match had a most exciting finale4 ,when the last three arrows alone remained to be shot1 ,mr4 ,bramhall was #b points ahead in score4 ,it was then a simple question of nerve1 and ,mr4 ,ford's proved the best1 as he scored #ad to his opponent's #b4 ,the two gentlemen were placed at adjoining targets1 and ,mr4 ,bramhall's nerve was further disturbed by his hearing some one noisily offer to bet heavily in favour of ,mr4 ,ford4 ,mr4 ,ford shot first at his target1 and ,mr4 ,bramhall second at his4 ,mr4 ,ford's score on ,july #i1 in the handicap match1 amounted to #dhe4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,tenth ,grand ,national ,archery ,meeting was held on ,july #f and #g1 #ahec--;again at ,leamington4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,horniblow #ed #bcj #ce #ace #hi #cfe ,miss ,m4 ,peel #dd #ahj #dj #ahd #hd #cfd ,miss ,clay #df #aib #ce #ade #gi #ccg ,mrs4 ,tennant #dh #aij #ca #abi #gi #cai 7ne ,temple7 ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,the silver bracer for the ,lady ,championess1 presented by the ,norfolk ,bowmen1 was first competed for at this meeting1 and won by ,mrs4 ,horniblow1 who won #f of the #h points1 ,miss ,m4 ,peel having secured the #b points for hits and score at #ej yards4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford #gh #cbb #gg #cfg #dg #bde #bjb #icd ,rev4 ,j4 ,bramhall #ef #bab #ff #cjj #de #bba #afg #gcc ,mr4 ,c4 ,garnett #ee #aig #eg #bea #ci #aeg #aea #fje ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,ford won all the ,champion's points1 and now first began to show his marked superiority4 ,fifty ladies and eighty-two gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,eleventh ,grand ,national ,archery ,meeting was held on ,july #e and #f1 #ahed1 on the racecourse at ,shrewsbury4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,davison #fh #cah #da #aga #aji #dhi 7ne ,villers7 ,mrs4 ,horniblow #ef #bab #dj #ahf #if #cih ,miss ,baker #fa #bde #cd #aeb #ie #cig ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,davison won the silver bracer with #g points1 ,mrs4 ,horniblow1 who made a score of #cbe on the handicap day1 having secured the eighth point with the highest score at fifty yards4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford #aja #daa #hg #dae #df #bdh #bcd #a1jgd ,rev4 ,j4 ,bramhall #fb #bgj #gg #cbi #cg #adi #agf #gdh ,mr4 ,h4 ,hilton #fb #bcj #ff #bfj #ci #age #age #ffg ,mr4 ,h4 ,garnett #ed #bad #fa #bdi #da #bje #aef #ffh ,mr4 ,p4 ,muir #fg #bbi #eb #bjf #da #aig #afj #fcb ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,ford won all the points of the ,champion's medal1 and made a further stride in front of all other competitors1 making over #a1jjj4 ,sixty-six ladies and ninety-four gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,first ,grand ,leamington and ,midland ,archery ,meeting was held in the ,jephson ,gardens1 on ,july #ai and #bj1 #ahed4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,horniblow #gc #cfa #cf #adf #aji #ejg ,miss ,baker #ga #bgg #db #aih #aac #dge ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,colonel ,clowes #eg #aig #eg #bcg #cf #aef #aej #eij ,mr4 ,r4 ,garnett #db #afb #dd #bab #cb #acd #aah #ejh ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,second ,grand ,leamington and ,midland ,archery ,meeting was held on ,june #bj and #ba1 #ahee4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,horniblow #fg #bfe #ci #afa #ajf #dbf ,miss ,h4 ,chetwynd #ed #baj #ch #afb #ib #cfb ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford #hb #bgj #gi #cbc #df #bfh #bjg #hfa ,mr4 ,t4 ,g4 ,golightly #fc #bca #ee #bje #ce #aea #aec #ehg ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,twelfth ,grand ,national ,archery ,meeting was held on ,august #a and #b1 #ahee--;again at ,shrewsbury4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,davison #gj #bgh #de #bac #aae #dia ,mrs4 ,horniblow #fg #bgg #cf #afj #ajc #dcg ,miss ,clay #fd #bhb #cf #adf #ajj #dbh ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,davison won #g points1 and again secured the silver bracer4 ,miss ,clay won #a point for score at #fj yards4 ,miss ,h4 ,chetwynd made #bif on the handicap day4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford #fi #bha #fe #bhe #de #bdc #agi #hji ,rev4 ,j4 ,bramhall #fh #bdb #fc #bfa #dd #bjf #age #gji ,mr4 ,p4 ,muir #ei #bea #eg #bag #ci #aei #aee #fbg ,mr4 ,j4 ,wilson #ej #afd #ei #bec #de #aig #aed #fad ,mr4 ,h4 ,hilton #ec #aie #fd #beh #cd #afj #aea #fac ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,ford won the ,champion's medal1 having won all the points except that there was a tie between him and ,mr4 ,wilson for hits at #fj yards4 ,the weather was unfavourable at this meeting1 which helps to account for the apparent falling off in the scores4 ,fifty-five ladies and eighty-three gentlemen shot4 ,the series of eighteen articles1 out of which this book was afterwards formed1 began to appear in the ',field' on ,october #f in this year4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,third ,grand ,leamington and ,midland ,archery ,meeting was held on ,june #ah and #ai1 #ahef4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,horniblow #gd #cch #da #bjc #aae #eda ,miss ,h4 ,chetwynd #fg #bii #da #bji #ajh #ejh ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford #aje #ddg #ia #dca #dh #bhd #bdd #aafb ,mr4 ,g4 ,mallory #fe #bda #eh #bbj #dj #agf #afc #fcg ,colonel ,phillipps #dg #ahe #ei #bdg #dd #bjb #aej #fcd ,mr4 ,g4 ,edwards #fa #bea #ec #bba #dj #adh #aed #fbj ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,thirteenth ,grand ,national ,archery ,meeting was held on ,july #b and #c1 #ahef1 on the ,college ,cricket-ground1 at ,cheltenham4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,horniblow #fh #bid #da #aic #aji #dhg ,mrs4 ,davison#aj #fh #cab #ce #adi #ajc #dfa ---------------------------------------- ----------- #aj ,did not shoot the last six arrows at #ej yards1 being prevented by indisposition4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford #ha #bii #hg #dci #de #bdg #bac #ihe ,rev4 ,j4 ,bramhall #hb #cdf #fi #bga #dj #afh #aia #ghe ,mr4 ,p4 ,muir #fe #bhi #fe #bec #cd #adf #afd #fhh ,mr4 ,c4 ,garnett #fh #bfj #ea #baa #ci #ahi #aeh #ffj ,mr4 ,w4 ,peters #eg #ahi #eg #bce #cb #afj #adf #ehd ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mrs4 ,horniblow won the silver bracer with six points1 ,mrs4 ,davison having won the point for score at #fj yards1 and having made the same number of hits as ,mrs4 ,horniblow at that distance4 ,miss ,h4 ,chetwynd made the same number of hits at #ej yards as ,mrs4 ,horniblow4 ,mr4 ,ford again secured the ,champion's medal with eight points1 his old opponent ,mr4 ,bramhall having won the points for hits and score at #ajj yards4 ,seventy-two ladies and #aab gentlemen shot at this meeting4 ,the first edition of ',the ,theory and ,practice of ,archery' was published in the course of this year4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,fourth ,grand ,leamington and ,midland ,archery ,meeting was held on ,june #aj and #aa1 #aheg4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,horniblow #ff #bgf #da #ahc #ajg #dei ,mrs4 ,litchfield #eh #bcj #ch #aeh #if #chh ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford #ig #chg #hh #cih #de #bda #bcj #ajbf ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #ei #bca #fb #bab #dd #agb #afe #fae ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,fourteenth ,grand ,national ,archery ,meeting was held on ,july #a and #b1 #aheg--;again at ,cheltenham4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,h4 ,chetwynd #hb #cij #df #bdd #abh #fcd ,mrs4 ,davison #gc #cci #da #bji #aad #edh ,mrs4 ,horniblow #hj #cdf #db #aid #abb #edj ,mrs4 ,r4 ,blaker #fi #cbe #ci #aga #ajh #dif ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,h4 ,chetwynd won the silver bracer with all the points1 and exceeded all the previous performances of ladies in match shooting4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford #ajg #die #ij #dff #dh #bij #bde #abea ,mr4 ,g4 ,edwards #fi #bee #gf #cbb #dc #bji #ahh #ghf ,mr4 ,w4 ,j4 ,w4 ,baynes #fe #bde #gd #cad #dd #bab #ahc #gga ,mr4 ,p4 ,muir #fi #bfa #eg #cae #ci #bja #afe #ggg ,mr4 ,j4 ,bramhall #fg #bcc #eh #bed #df #bcd #aga #gba ,mr4 ,h4 ,c4 ,mules #ff #bed #eh #bfj #dj #bjf #afd #gbj ,mr4 ,e4 ,mason #eg #bae #fe #bgi #da #aig #afc #fia ,mr4 ,h4 ,garnett #fa #bce #fg #bfc #ce #afi #afc #ffg ,mr4 ,h4 ,hilton #ee #bdc #ei #bdc #cg #ahc #aea #ffi ,mr4 ,j4 ,wilson #fb #bfj #eg #bcg #ce #afa #aed #feh ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #dj #abb #ed #bdh #db #aid #acf #efd ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,ford again secured all the points for the ,champion's medal1 and made the finest score ever yet made in public4 ,the average of the shooting of all showed a marked improvement at this meeting2 and it was gratifying to ,mr4 ,ford to be able to state that several of the leading archers attributed their high positions in the prize-list to their careful following out of the principles and directions laid down in his book4 ,sixty-one ladies and ninety-seven gentlemen shot4 ,mr4 ,h4 ,c4 ,mules scored #chi on the handicap day4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,fifth ,grand ,leamington and ,midland ,archery ,meeting was held on ,june #bc and #bd1 #aheh4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,h4 ,chetwynd #gd #cdd #da #aia #aae #ece ,miss ,dixon #fb #bgj #ci #agi #aja #ddi ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford #ajj #dbd #hg #dfc #dc #bda #bcj #aabh ,mr4 ,g4 ,edwards #gg #cjc #fd #bih #de #bfc #ahf #hfd ,mr4 ,h4 ,walters #eh #bef #ff #bgf #dc #bbe #afg #geg ,mr4 ,w4 ,j4 ,w4 ,baynes #fj #bfj #fc #bci #de #bac #afh #gab ,mr4 ,h4 ,c4 ,mules #ef #bef #ee #bbe #de #bji #aef #fij ,mr4 ,s4 ,mason #ec #aig #ei #bfg #ch #agb #aej #fcf ,colonel ,clowes #dd #bjb #di #baa #db #bad #ace #fbg ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,twenty-nine ladies and twenty-nine gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,fifteenth ,grand ,national ,archery ,meeting was held on ,july #ba and #bb1 #aheh1 at ,exeter4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,horniblow #eh #bef #dc #bja #aja #deg ,mrs4 ,st4 ,george #eh #bed #cf #agd #id #dbh ,miss ,h4 ,chetwynd #ef #bjd #dc #bai #ii #dbc ,mrs4 ,r4 ,blaker #ed #bbh #ch #ahd #ib #dab ,lady ,edwardes #ed #bfb #ca #aci #he #dja ,miss ,turner #ei #bee #cd #acf #ic #cia ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford #hg #cii #ha #che #df #bib #bad #ajgf ,mr4 ,g4 ,edwards #gc #bfg #gj #cbd #dd #bbf #ahg #hag ,mr4 ,j4 ,t4 ,george #ei #bag #fc #caa #dj #bab #afb #gdj ,mr4 ,w4 ,j4 ,w4 ,baynes #eg #bbi #fj #bed #dc #bai #afj #gjb ,mr4 ,j4 ,spedding #dh #ahd #ga #bii #dd #bab #afc #fie ,mr4 ,e4 ,mason #eb #agb #ff #bib #db #agf #afj #fdj ,mr4 ,h4 ,c4 ,mules #ef #agf #ei #bee #dd #baj #aei #fda ,mr4 ,p4 ,muir #dh #agf #fj #bej #ci #bji #adg #fce ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mrs4 ,horniblow won the silver bracer with #d-a_/b points4 ,miss ,turner won the point for hits at #fj yards1 ,lady ,edwardes the point for score at #fj yards1 and ,miss ,h4 ,chetwynd won the point for score at #ej yards and divided the point for hits at this distance with ,mrs4 ,horniblow4 ,mr4 ,ford1 having won all the ten points1 became ,champion for the tenth time4 ,he accounted for the apparent falling off in the shooting at this meeting as compared with the previous one by the fact that the weather was rough and the ground difficult4 ,eighty-four ladies and eighty-six gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a ,grand ,archery ,meeting was held in the grounds of ,aston ,park1 near ,birmingham1 on ,september #h and #i1 #aheh4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford #hg #cci #gc #cdc #dh #bid #bjh #igf ,mr4 ,g4 ,edwards #fc #bgg #fe #bee #df #bej #agd #ghb ,mr4 ,h4 ,walters #ee #bca #ec #bec #cg #aic #ade #fgg ,mr4 ,h4 ,elliott #fj #bdb #fc #bdg #ci #ahe #afb #fgd ,mr4 ,g4 ,l4 ,aston #ce #ada #eg #bdc #dj #afd #acb #edh ,mr4 ,w4 ,j4 ,w4 ,baynes #di #ahe #dg #age #da #ahe #acg #ede ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,horniblow #ge #cag #db #bah #aag #ece ,miss ,h4 ,chetwynd #fe #bhg #ci #ahg #ajd #dgd ,miss ,aston #fg #bea #da #age #ajh #dbf ,lady ,edwardes #fa #bfg #cb #adb #ic #dji ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,it was intended1 and advertised1 that this meeting should be repeated in #ahei2 but1 from insufficient support1 it was abandoned1 and the first of the series of annual archery meetings held in the grounds of the ,crystal ,palace was substituted for it4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,sixth ,grand ,leamington and ,midland ,archery ,meeting was held on ,june #ae and #af1 #ahei4 ,thirty ladies and thirty-three gentlemen shot4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,horniblow #gj #bhb #dh #bfb #aah #edd ,miss ,h4 ,chetwynd #fg #cac #ci #agi #ajf #dib ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,g4 ,edwards #ic #cee #gf #cej #dg #beg #baf #ifb ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford #ge #cbg #hb #chb #dc #bac #bjj #ibb ,mr4 ,e4 ,mason #ee #bag #fg #big #db #bdj #afd #ged ,mr4 ,g4 ,l4 ,aston #ef #bed #ef #bdd #da #bje #aec #gjc ,mr4 ,h4 ,c4 ,mules #eb #bad #fe #beg #cg #ahe #aed #fef ,mr4 ,h4 ,walters #dd #agj #fc #bec #dj #bjj #adg #fbc ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,sixteenth ,grand ,national ,archery ,meeting was held on ,july #f and #g1 #ahei--;again at ,exeter4 ,miss ,turner won the silver bracer with #e points1 ,miss ,h4 ,chetwynd having won #b points for gross hits and #a point for hits at #fj yards4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,turner #gg #che #de #bde #abb #fcj ,miss ,h4 ,chetwynd #hb #cgj #dc #bae #abe #ehe ,mrs4 ,g4 ,atkinson #gf #ccd #db #bjg #aai #eda ,mrs4 ,horniblow #gd #cef #ch #afj #aab #ecf ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,the ,champion's medal for the eleventh consecutive time was won by ,mr4 ,ford with #h points1 ,mr4 ,edwards having won the points for hits and score at #hj yards4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford #he #ceg #gb #cab #dh #bhb #bje #iea ,mr4 ,g4 ,edwards #fe #bfi #gd #cgj #de #bdi #ahd #hhh ,rev4 ,w4 ,j4 ,richardson #gj #bih #fh #ccb #dj #ahb #agh #hab ,mr4 ,a4 ,edmondstone #gh #cjj #ff #bej #da #bca #ahe #gha ,mr4 ,h4 ,c4 ,mules #eh #bah #fa #bee #cg #bae #aef #fhh ,mr4 ,e4 ,meyrick #gj #beb #ej #aih #dj #ahd #afj #fcd ,mr4 ,j4 ,rimington #ed #bch #ef #bdd #dd #bjd #aed #fhf ,mr4 ,j4 ,t4 ,george #di #bje #fg #bhe #ci #agc #aee #ffc ,mr4 ,t4 ,boulton #eg #bcg #ef #bjd #da #aga #aed #fab ,mr4 ,h4 ,walters #di #afe #fj #bff #dj #ahh #adi #fai ,mr4 ,h4 ,b4 ,hare #dg #bai #ec #bbe #cg #ahc #acg #fbg ,mr4 ,w4 ,swire #eg #bac #dg #bbc #db #agf #adf #fab ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #ee #bec #di #ahg #cd #adf #ach #ehf ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,eighty-six ladies and eighty-four gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the second edition of ,mr4 ,ford's book was issued in this year1 and the account of this ,grand ,national ,archery ,meeting was not included in it4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a ,grand ,archery ,meeting1 under the management of ,mr4 ,merridew1 was proposed to be held in the grounds of ,aston ,park1 ,birmingham1 on ,july #bg and #bh1 #ahei1 as mentioned by ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford at page #abd2 but at the ,leamington meeting of the same year it was decided that this proposed meeting should be transferred to the grounds of the ,crystal ,palace at ,sydenham1 and thus commenced the annual ,crystal ,palace ,archery ,meetings4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,first ,grand ,annual ,crystal ,palace ,archery ,meeting was held on ,july #bg and #bh1 #ahei1 on the ,cricket-ground4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,turner #ff #bgb #da #bjc #ajg #dge ,mrs4 ,horniblow #ej #bbf #dj #aih #ij #dbd ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford #gh #cad #hj #chj #dh #beb #bjf #idf ,mr4 ,g4 ,edwards #fd #bfd #ff #beb #de #bei #age #gge ,mr4 ,h4 ,c4 ,mules #fg #beg #eg #bhe #da #agi #afe #gba ,mr4 ,h4 ,walters #ed #ahf #gc #caa #db #bjb #afi #fii ,mr4 ,t4 ,boulton #ed #bbf #dg #aha #db #baf #adc #fbc ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,twenty ladies and forty-one gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,seventh ,grand ,leamington and ,midland ,archery ,meeting was held on ,june #ac and #ad1 #ahfj4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,e4 ,lister #gb #ccf #de #aig #aag #ecc ,mrs4 ,litchfield #gb #cbd #ci #afc #aaa #dhg ,mrs4 ,horniblow #ff #bch #df #bjb #aab #ddj ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford #hb #ccf #hj #djf #dg #bee #bji #iig ,mr4 ,e4 ,mason #gj #bfh #fd #bff #df #bbf #ahj #gfj ,mr4 ,t4 ,g4 ,golightly #ed #bbh #fg #bgg #dd #bjd #afe #gji ,mr4 ,t4 ,boulton #di #aig #ff #bhd #ci #aig #aed #fgh ,mr4 ,h4 ,walters #eg #bag #fa #bdi #dc #bjg #afa #fgc ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,thirty-two ladies and thirty-six gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,seventeenth ,grand ,national ,archery ,meeting was held on ,july #d and #e1 #ahfj1 at ,bath4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,e4 ,lister #fi #ccg #dc #bac #aab #eej ,mrs4 ,g4 ,atkinson #gi #cda #db #aij #aba #eca ,mrs4 ,rogers #ff #cjf #ch #ahh #ajd #did ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,g4 ,edwards #ga #bgg #ga #ccg #df #bgb #ahh #hhf ,mr4 ,p4 ,muir #fh #bgf #gj #cbb #de #beg #aha #hee ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford #gj #bfj #gd #bid #dg #bec #aia #hjg ,mr4 ,h4 ,c4 ,mules #eg #bdc #ff #cab #dj #bjb #afc #geg ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington #eh #bdd #fa #bgc #da #bbc #afj #gdj ,mr4 ,e4 ,mason #ei #baa #fh #cjd #db #baj #afi #gbe ,rev4 ,w4 ,j4 ,richardson #fa #bce #ff #bfd #dj #bjb #afg #gja ,mr4 ,h4 ,walters #eg #bbc #fd #bgf #dc #bja #afd #gjj ,mr4 ,h4 ,b4 ,hare #fa #bba #fj #bed #df #bbd #afg #fii ,mr4 ,g4 ,t4 ,golightly #ee #bcc #fb #bbh #de #bba #afb #fhb ,mr4 ,j4 ,spedding #fa #bfa #ee #beg #cd #aeb #aej #fgj ,mr4 ,j4 ,wilson #dg #bjc #ei #bei #ci #aig #ade #fei ,mr4 ,t4 ,boulton #ee #aig #ei #beg #ch #ahb #aeb #fcf ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #dc #afi #fj #bej #db #baf #ade #fce ,mr4 ,j4 ,turner #fb #bcj #ec #baa #ce #ahc #aej #fbd ,col4 ,clowes #ea #ahi #eb #bcj #db #bjd #ade #fbc ,mr4 ,e4 ,meyrick #eh #bdh #de #ahi #cg #ahc #adj #fbj ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mrs4 ,lister won the first score prize1 but ,mrs4 ,atkinson won the silver bracer with #d points4 ,mrs4 ,lister won #b points for gross score4 ,mrs4 ,horniblow won the point for score at #ej yards1 and ,mrs4 ,litchfield won the point for hits at #ej yards4 ,at this meeting ,mr4 ,edwards won the ,champion's medal with #f points1 ,mr4 ,ford1 who took third rank1 having won #d points--namely1 #b for gross hits and those for hits at #hj yards and hits at #fj yards4 ,ninety-nine ladies and #aji gentlemen shot4 ,the influence of hits as affecting the position of the winners of the best prizes was now entirely abandoned1 and the order of the prizes taken from the gross score only1 except when two had a tie in score4 ,in this case the difference 7if any7 in hits was considered4 ,want of space prevents the introduction of all the winners of best prizes1 who vary in number at the different meetings from six to twelve1 according to the numbers present2 but it should be mentioned that at the earliest meetings the second prize was allotted to the maker of most gross hits4 ,this rule prevailed up to #ahea4 ,in #aheb1 #ahec1 and #ahed the order of prize-winners was in accordance with the order of the gross scores4 ,from that date the first prizes were named 'first1 second1 third1 c4 gross score1 and hits1' and the rule by which the order of the prize list was obtained was that the number of each shooter's position in hits was taken and added to the number representing his position in score4 ,the lowest total won the first score and hits prize1 and the next lowest the second1 and so on4 ,in cases where the totals of two were the same1 the highest score would win4 ,the application of this rule may be observed in #ahei1 when ,mr4 ,richardson made the third score 7#hab71 but won the fourth prize2 whilst ,mr4 ,edmondstone1 who made the fourth score1 won the third prize4 ,mr4 ,edmondstone was second in hits and fourth in score 7total1 #f72 ,mr4 ,richardson was third in score and fourth in hits 7total1 #g74 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,second ,grand ,annual ,crystal ,palace ,archery ,meeting was held on ,july #ah and #ai1 #ahfj4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,horniblow #fe #bga #ci #agi #ajd #dej ,miss ,turner #eh #beh #cd #acb #ib #cij ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,g4 ,edwards #fg #bdg #gg #cei #df #bbd #aij #hcj ,mr4 ,h4 ,walters #ff #beh #gb #cjf #df #bbj #ahd #ghd ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford #fc #bhi #fd #beh #df #bbf #agc #ggc ,mr4 ,bradford #ff #bef #fd #bef #db #bah #agb #gcj ,mr4 ,h4 ,c4 ,mules #fj #bed #fc #beg #db #bjj #afe #gaa ,mr4 ,t4 ,boulton #eg #bdg #eg #bdc #ca #acc #ade #fbc ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,twenty-six ladies and forty-three gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,eighth ,grand ,leamington and ,midland ,archery ,meeting was held in the ,jephson ,gardens on ,june #ab and #ac1 #ahfa4 ,twenty-six ladies and thirty-four gentlemen shot4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,horniblow #gh #cff #df #bcj #abd #eif ,mrs4 ,e4 ,lister #fi #cae #dd #bcf #aac #eea ,mrs4 ,litchfield #gi #cea #ci #aei #aah #eaj ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford #hc #cba #hc #dai #df #bgd #bab #ajad ,mr4 ,g4 ,edwards #eb #bch #gf #ced #dg #bgi #age #hga ,mr4 ,t4 ,g4 ,golightly #fi #bee #fh #cdf #da #bbc #agh #hbd ,mr4 ,m4 ,knapp #gg #cji #ee #beg #cb #afd #afd #gcj ,mr4 ,h4 ,c4 ,mules #fe #bfc #fg #bgc #cg #agi #afi #gae ,mr4 ,w4 ,ford #fj #bah #ei #bei #ci #agg #aeh #fed ,mr4 ,g4 ,mallory #eg #bag #di #bac #dc #baa #adi #fda ,mr4 ,w4 ,swire #eb #bjh #eh #bcb #ci #agg #adi #fag ,mr4 ,j4 ,spedding #fj #bbd #ed #bdd #ci #acg #aec #fje ,mr4 ,t4 ,l4 ,coulson #df #agd #eg #bca #dj #aif #adc #fja ,mr4 ,h4 ,b4 ,hare #ej #ahf #ec #bje #ci #bji #adb #fjj ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,eighteenth ,grand ,national ,archery ,meeting was held on the ,racecourse at ,aintree1 near ,liverpool1 on ,july #ag and #ah1 #ahfa4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,g4 ,atkinson #gc #cfg #dj #bjh #aac #ege ,miss ,turner #fe #bia #db #bad #ajg #eje ,mrs4 ,horniblow #fg #bfe #db #bab #aji #dgg ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,atkinson won the silver bracer with #f points4 ,miss ,turner won the point for score at #ej yards1 and ,mrs4 ,e4 ,lister the point for hits 7#dd7 at #ej yards4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,g4 ,edwards #fh #bhh #fc #bce #dd #bbb #age #gde ,mr4 ,t4 ,g4 ,golightly #fj #bej #eh #bgj #da #bje #aei #gbe ,mr4 ,p4 ,muir #di #age #fb #bff #dc #bba #aed #ffb ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford #ed #bbj #ef #bjj #de #bda #aee #ffa ,mr4 ,t4 ,boulton #ed #agh #eh #bfh #dj #aif #aeb #fch ,mr4 ,j4 ,wilson #df #bbj #ef #bab #cf #afd #ach #eif ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,the ,champion's medal was again won by ,mr4 ,g4 ,edwards with #g points4 ,mr4 ,golightly won the point for score at #hj yards1 and ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford won two points for score and hits at #fj yards4 ,the wind at this meeting--on an exposed ground--was tremendous4 ,sixty-four ladies and eighty-nine gentlemen shot4 ,some better scores--,mr4 ,e4 ,mason 7#ddf71 ,mr4 ,f4 ,townsend 7#cgd71 and ,mr4 ,h4 ,c4 ,mules 7#cfe7--were made on ,july #ai in the handicap match4 ,the ,grand ,national ,archery ,society was first established at a meeting of archers held at the ,adelphi ,hotel in ,liverpool on ,july #ai1 #ahfa4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,third ,annual ,crystal ,palace ,archery ,meeting was held on ,july #cj-ca and ,august #a1 #ahfa4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,turner #gg #cde #de #bee #abb #fjj ,mrs4 ,horniblow #ff #ccf #dd #baf #aaj #eeb ,miss ,h4 ,chetwynd #gb #cbf #db #bjj #aad #ebf ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford #hj #cad #ge #cai #dc #baa #aih #hdd ,mr4 ,g4 ,edwards #ej #bjf #gi #cfa #dg #bea #agf #hah ,mr4 ,h4 ,hilton #ed #bcf #ea #bai #cf #adb #ada #eig ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,no other shooter made as much as #fjj4 ,twenty-two ladies and thirty-seven gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,first ,grand ,western ,archery ,meeting was held at ,bishop's ,hull1 near ,taunton1 on ,august #g and #h1 #ahfa1 when fifty-three ladies and forty-two gentlemen shot4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,turner #hj #chf #de #bei #abe #fde ,miss ,mignon #ff #bgf #da #aig #ajg #dgc ,miss ,h4 ,chetwynd #ef #bcf #dj #bbh #if #dfd ,miss ,james #ei #bga #cg #afe #if #dcf ,mrs4 ,a4 ,malet #fb #bef #cd #adb #if #cih ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,g4 ,edwards #ei #bfc #he #cha #de #bec #ahi #hig ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford #fe #bce #gc #cai #dg #bge #ahe #hbi ,colonel ,clowes #ec #bae #fb #bgb #ci #ahi #aed #fgf ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington #ec #bjg #eh #bgb #ci #aia #aej #fgj ,mr4 ,h4 ,b4 ,hare #eh #bbf #ef #bcb #da #bje #aee #ffc ,mr4 ,w4 ,swire #eg #bje #eg #bea #cf #ahj #aej #fcf ,mr4 ,h4 ,walters #db #adj #eg #beg #da #bbc #adj #fbj ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,fourth ,annual ,crystal ,palace ,archery ,meeting was held on ,may #bi and #cj1 #ahfb4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,horniblow #gf #cbh #dd #bbj #abj #edh ,mrs4 ,h4 ,walters #gc #cbi #da #bji #aad #ech ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,f4 ,townsend #ge #bii #gb #cdd #da #bbc #ahh #hff ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford #gg #cai #fg #bia #dc #bja #ahg #haa ,mr4 ,g4 ,edwards #eh #beb #gj #cab #dg #bda #age #hje ,mr4 ,h4 ,b4 ,hare #ed #bch #fa #cje #cg #ade #aeb #fhh ,mr4 ,w4 ,swire #ef #bch #fd #bed #ci #ahi #aei #fha ,mr4 ,t4 ,boulton #fb #bbj #eh #bch #ci #agi #aei #fcg ,mr4 ,j4 ,h4 ,chance #ch #add #ee #bcc #dd #bcd #acg #faa ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,twenty-six ladies and forty gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,ninth ,grand ,leamington and ,midland ,archery ,meeting was held in the ,jephson ,gardens on ,june #aa and #ab1 #ahfb4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ---- ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,horniblow 8 #aia #bc #adc 8 #ccd ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,this was ,mrs4 ,horniblow's score on the first day4 ,the round on the second day was not completed on account of the bad weather4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford 8 #ahf 8 #ahd #bc #acg 8 #ejg ,mr4 ,g4 ,edwards #bi #aca #da #afi #bd #add #id #ddd ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,this was the best shooting of the first day4 ,on the second day only #dh arrows at #ajj yards were shot4 ,thirty-three ladies and twenty-eight gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,nineteenth ,grand ,national ,archery ,society's ,meeting was held at ,worcester1 on ,july #ag and #ah1 #ahfb4 ,sixty-five ladies and eighty-eight gentlemen shot4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,horniblow #hj #chd #dh #bgf #abh #ffj ,mrs4 ,g4 ,atkinson #gf #ccd #dj #bjh #aaf #edb ,miss ,jarrett #fh #bif #dc #bbi #aaa #ebe ,miss ,h4 ,chetwynd #fe #cac #dj #agf #aje #dhi ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,horniblow won the silver bracer with all the #h points4 ,mr4 ,g4 ,edwards secured the ,champion's medal with #g points4 ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford won the point for score at #hj yards1 and the points for score and hits at #fj yards4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,g4 ,edwards #ga #big #gh #cff #de #bci #aid #ijb ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford #fg #bde #gf #cgf #dg #bge #aij #hif ,mr4 ,e4 ,mason #fe #bci #ga #cci #db #baj #agh #ghh ,mr4 ,t4 ,boulton #fc #bgi #ef #bcj #db #aef #afa #ffe ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington #eb #bjd #fb #bcj #da #aii #aee #fcc ,mr4 ,h4 ,b4 ,hare #fe #bdi #ea #agg #dj #bjj #aef #fbf ,mr4 ,h4 ,walters #dh #aid #fa #bce #dj #aid #adi #fbc ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,some good scores--,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford 7#dgi71 ,mr4 ,g4 ,edwards 7#ddg71 and ,mr4 ,h4 ,b4 ,hare 7#chf7--were made on ,july #ai in the handicap match4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,second ,grand ,western ,archery ,meeting was held at ,west ,harnham1 near ,salisbury1 on ,july #i and #aj1 #ahfb1 when sixty-four ladies and fifty-one gentlemen shot4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,h4 ,chetwynd #fe #cji #cf #aed #aja #dfc ,mrs4 ,a4 ,malet #fj #bfd #cg #afc #ig #dbg ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,g4 ,edwards #ea #ahi #fa #bee #de #bge #aeg #gai ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford #eg #bce #fc #bhc #db #ahh #afb #gjf ,mr4 ,h4 ,b4 ,hare #ej #aij #fd #bdd #ci #aga #aec #fje ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mrs4 ,a4 ,malet and ,mr4 ,h4 ,b4 ,hare became respectively the ,championess and ,champion of the ,west4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,fifth ,grand ,annual ,crystal ,palace ,archery ,meeting was held on ,june #aa and #ab1 #ahfc4 ,thirty-four ladies and forty-six gentlemen shot4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,horniblow #gh #cfd #dc #bcg #aba #fja ,mrs4 ,blaker #fa #bge #cf #ahh #ig #dfc ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford #ei #bba #gb #cbf #dd #bdd #age #gia ,mr4 ,f4 ,townsend #eh #aif #fh #bhd #da #aie #afg #fge ,mr4 ,t4 ,l4 ,coulson #ec #bcc #fe #bha #cd #adb #aeb #fef ,mr4 ,mac,namara #di #afi #fd #bib #db #aib #aee #fec ,mr4 ,g4 ,edwards #di #ahe #fd #bfd #db #ahh #aee #fcg ,mr4 ,a4 ,r4 ,tawney #ei #bde #ee #bji #bf #aef #adj #faj ,colonel ,clowes #de #agc #eg #bde #cf #aij #ach #fjh ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,tenth ,grand ,leamington and ,midland ,archery ,meeting was held in the ,jephson ,gardens on ,june #be and #bf1 #ahfc4 ,twenty-eight ladies and thirty-two gentlemen shot4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,horniblow #ij #ddb #dd #bfd #acd #gjf ,miss ,b4 ,edwards #gc #cje #dg #bbi #abj #ecd ,miss ,waller #gd #cbb #db #bjf #aaf #ebh ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford #gc #bie #fe #bia #da #bbg #agi #hac ,mr4 ,mc,namara #eh #bff #fe #bfe #df #bdf #afi #ggg ,captain ,betham #ei #bbg #fi #cag #cg #bja #afe #gde ,mr4 ,t4 ,l4 ,coulson #gd #cbd #fc #bcg #dj #aeb #agg #gac ,mr4 ,h4 ,b4 ,hare #fd #bdf #fa #bie #cc #acc #aeh #fgd ,colonel ,clowes #eg #aig #fc #bgg #cf #ahj #aef #fed ,mr4 ,h4 ,walters #ed #bjd #ff #bed #ci #agi #aei #fcg ,mr4 ,j4 ,spedding #di #bji #eh #bdf #cc #aei #adj #fad ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,twentieth ,grand ,national ,archery ,society's ,meeting was held on the ,christ ,church ,cricket-ground at ,oxford on ,july #a and #b1 #ahfc4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,horniblow #gc #bhe #dc #aic #aaf #dgh ,miss ,h4 ,chetwynd #fa #bha #ci #ahi #ajj #dfh ,miss ,b4 ,edwards #fj #beh #ch #aib #ih #dej ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,horniblow won the silver bracer with all the #h points4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,p4 ,muir #gb #bib #fe #bie #dd #beh #agi #hde ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford #fb #bdb #gj #bij #dd #bdh #agf #ghj ,mr4 ,t4 ,l4 ,coulson #ei #bai #eh #bdj #da #bbc #aeh #fhb ,mr4 ,g4 ,edwards #ed #bjf #ei #bde #db #bah #aee #ffi ,mr4 ,h4 ,walters #ch #afj #fd #bij #de #bji #adg #fei ,mr4 ,f4 ,townsend #ee #baa #ej #bjj #dc #bjg #adh #fah ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,the weather was very rough4 ,mr4 ,p4 ,muir won the ,champion's medal with #h points2 ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford won the point for hits at #hj yards2 and ,messrs4 ,h4 ,walters and ,e4 ,w4 ,atkinson divided the point for hits at #fj yards 7#de74 ,fifty-four ladies and ninety-six gentlemen shot4 ,mr4 ,t4 ,l4 ,coulson 7#deb7 shot well on ,july #c in the handicap match4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,third ,grand ,western ,archery ,meeting was held at ,weymouth on ,july #ae and #af1 #ahfc1 when fifty-nine ladies and sixty-four gentlemen shot4 ,there was a tie between ,miss ,l4 ,turner and ,miss ,s4 ,dawson in points2 and on drawing lots 7not a fair way of deciding the tie7 ,miss ,s4 ,dawson won1 and became ,championess4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,l4 ,turner #fi #cca #db #bjj #aaa #eca ,miss ,s4 ,dawson #ga #bie #db #bjj #aac #die ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford #fe #bdc #gg #cda #dd #bdb #ahf #hbf ,mr4 ,t4 ,l4 ,coulson #gj #beh #eg #bgg #db #bcf #afi #gga ,captain ,betham #ej #aid #gf #cbb #dc #bai #afi #gce ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington #fd #bcd #fg #bdi #dc #bjg #agd #fij ,colonel ,clowes #ef #bjh #ei #bdc #cd #agf #adi #fbg ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,b4 ,hare 7#adh hits1 #eid score7 became ,champion of the ,west4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a ,grand ,inaugural ,archery ,fete was held in the ,alexandra ,park1 ,muswell ,hill1 on ,july #bc and #bd1 #ahfc4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,horniblow #gh #cgj #dg #bfi #abe #fci ,miss ,h4 ,chetwynd #gf #ced #dj #ahh #aaf #edb ,mrs4 ,hare #gd #cbh #dc #agg #aag #eje ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,g4 ,edwards #fd #bcd #ga #bic #dg #bgi #ahb #hjf ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington #gj #bfd #ff #bff #dc #bbe #agi #gee ,mr4 ,t4 ,l4 ,coulson #ei #beg #fb #bfd #da #aic #afb #gad ,mr4 ,h4 ,walters #fj #bab #fj #bed #de #bdg #afe #gac ,colonel ,clowes #fd #bcf #eh #bcb #ci #aic #afa #ffa ,mr4 ,t4 ,boulton #eb #aih #fg #bfg #ch #aib #aeg #feg ,mr4 ,j4 ,rogers #ej #ahj #fe #bfc #dd #aif #aei #fci ,captain ,betham #ej #agd #eh #bbd #dj #bjj #adh #eih ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,j4 ,buchanan acted as manager of this meeting4 ,nineteen ladies and forty-one gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,eleventh ,grand ,leamington and ,midland ,archery ,meeting was held in the ,jephson ,gardens on ,june #ae and #af1 #ahfd4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,betham #hh #dfd #dg #bga #ace #gce ,mrs4 ,horniblow #hf #cif #df #bcd #acb #fcj ,mrs4 ,e4 ,lister #fg #cac #ch #ahd #aje #eig ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,g4 ,edwards #eg #bci #hb #cdf #df #beh #ahe #hdc ,mr4 ,h4 ,walters #ee #aii #ed #bhd #dc #bci #aeb #gbb ,captain ,betham #ed #bab #fc #bca #dg #bea #afd #fid ,mr4 ,g4 ,l4 ,aston #ef #bjh #fe #bfi #da #bae #afb #fib ,mr4 ,t4 ,l4 ,coulson #fa #bjg #eh #bdh #db #bcj #afa #fhe ,mr4 ,betham #fh #bcb #eh #bch #dj #aid #aff #ffd ,mr4 ,mc,namara #ej #agf #fj #bdb #da #ahe #aea #fjc ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,thirty-five ladies and thirty-three gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,sixth ,grand ,annual ,crystal ,palace ,archery ,meeting was held on ,june #cj and ,july #a1 #ahfd4 ,thirty-eight ladies and forty-four gentlemen shot4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,g4 ,edwards #ff #bgf #fh #bgd #dg #bfi #aha #hai ,mr4 ,betham #fc #bdi #ei #bge #df #bcb #afh #gef ,mr4 ,h4 ,walters #eg #bjg #ga #bhg #dc #baa #aga #gje ,captain ,betham #eg #bji #fb #bdf #de #bae #afd #fgj ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington #eg #bai #eh #bcf #db #aid #aeg #fdi ,mr4 ,james ,spedding #ee #ahi #fa #bbi #dc #bjg #aei #fbe ,mr4 ,h4 ,b4 ,hare #ee #bje #ef #bcb #ch #ahb #adi #fai ,mr4 ,j4 ,rogers #fi #bde #ed #aib #ci #agi #afb #faf ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,betham #gf #cej #da #bec #aag #fjc ,mrs4 ,horniblow #gc #cdc #de #bba #aah #efd ,miss ,turner #gb #bif #da #bbe #aac #eba ---------------------------------------- ----------- 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,twenty-first ,grand ,national ,archery ,society's ,meeting was held in the ,alexandra ,park1 ,muswell ,hill1 near ,london1 on ,july #f and #g1 #ahfd4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,betham #hc #dbi #df #bfd #abi #fic ,mrs4 ,g4 ,atkinson #gd #cib #dc #bdc #aag #fce ,mrs4 ,horniblow #gf #cad #de #bbg #aba #eda ,miss ,a4 ,s4 ,butt #gi #cci #df #bjj #abe #eci ,miss ,quin #fh #cbj #dd #bjh #aab #ebh ,miss ,turner #ff #cjj #da #baa #ajg #eaa ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,betham won the silver bracer with #g-a_/b points4 ,miss ,a4 ,s4 ,butt divided the point for hits at #ej yards with her4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,g4 ,edwards #fc #bje #hj #dah #df #bgd #ahi #hig ,mr4 ,p4 ,muir #ha #cbe #fc #bfi #de #bbg #ahi #hba ,mr4 ,h4 ,walters #ec #agi #fh #cah #df #bdj #afg #gcg ,mr4 ,w4 ,r4 ,atkinson #fj #bcj #fa #bcg #dc #bdi #afd #gaf ,captain ,betham #eg #bdg #fj #bdf #da #bac #aeh #gjf ,mr4 ,james ,spedding #fb #bdf #fg #bhg #ce #afi #afd #gjb ,mr4 ,betham #dd #ahj #gg #cbi #db #ahh #afc #fig ,mr4 ,t4 ,l4 ,coulson #fj #bdb #ee #bfi #da #age #aef #fhf ,mr4 ,st4 ,j4 ,coventry #fh #bfj #ee #bai #cg #agg #afj #fef ,mr4 ,a4 ,r4 ,tawney #fd #bdb #ed #bad #ci #agi #aeg #fde ,captain ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #fe #bfg #eg #aic #ci #ahc #afa #fdc ,mr4 ,h4 ,b4 ,hare #fb #bch #fd #bfj #cb #acd #aeh #fcb ,mr4 ,j4 ,wilson #ee #bca #ei #bja #dj #aij #aed #fbb ,mr4 ,h4 ,elliott #dg #bja #ea #bae #ci #aii #acg #fae ,mr4 ,mc,namara #eb #bjj #ee #bae #da #aic #adh #fjh ,mr4 ,h4 ,garnett #ea #bbg #ec #bag #cg #afa #ada #fje ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,g4 ,edwards secured the ,champion's medal with #f-a_/b points4 ,mr4 ,p4 ,muir won #b points for hits and score at #ajj yards1 and ,mr4 ,h4 ,walters divided the point for hits at #fj yards with ,mr4 ,g4 ,edwards4 ,eighty-two ladies and eighty-six gentlemen shot4 ,good scores appear to have been made in the handicap match on ,july #h--namely1 #cef by ,miss ,betham1 #ccd by ,mrs4 ,g4 ,atkinson1 and #cba by ,miss ,turner2 #dfc by ,mr4 ,g4 ,edwards1 #dbj by ,mr4 ,w4 ,r4 ,atkinson1 and #cid by ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,fourth ,grand ,western ,archery ,meeting was held at ,exeter on ,august #c and #d1 #ahfd1 when one hundred and seventeen ladies and fifty-eight gentlemen shot4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,s4 ,dawson #hf #daf #df #beb #acb #ffh ,mrs4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #fh #ccj #dc #bbc #aaa #eec ,miss ,quin #ge #cdg #db #ahh #aag #ece ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,g4 ,l4 ,aston #gb #bhj #gd #ccf #dd #bbj #aij #hcf ,captain ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #hj #cdj #fd #bej #cg #aie #aha #ghe ,mr4 ,h4 ,b4 ,hare #ec #bbe #fe #bea #ce #afi #aec #fde ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington #ej #agd #de #bjg #dj #bjd #ace #ehe ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,miss ,s4 ,dawson and ,mr4 ,h4 ,b4 ,hare became ,championess and ,champion of the ,west4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,twelfth ,grand ,leamington and ,midland ,archery ,meeting was held on ,june #ad and #ae1 #ahfe1 in the ,jephson ,gardens4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,betham #hf #dab #dg #bei #acc #fga ,miss ,s4 ,dawson #hd #djd #de #bda #abi #fde ,mrs4 ,horniblow #hf #chd #df #bdj #acb #fbd ,mrs4 ,e4 ,lister #fi #caa #dj #aih #aji #eji ,miss ,a4 ,s4 ,butt #gd #cjj #dj #bjf #aad #ejf ,miss ,waller #gj #caj #dj #aib #aaj #ejb ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,g4 ,edwards #gh #cch #gf #ceb #dd #bah #aih #ijh ,mr4 ,t4 ,l4 ,coulson #fd #bhb #fd #bgh #db #bjb #agj #gfb ,mr4 ,betham #ee #bca #fe #bha #dg #bda #afg #gec ,mr4 ,h4 ,walters #fh #baj #gc #cja #df #bjh #ahg #gai ,captain ,betham #fi #bfa #gc #bfg #ce #age #agg #gjc ,mr4 ,chance #gj #cjd #fd #bdj #ch #aed #agb #fih ,mr4 ,h4 ,elliott #dg #age #ei #bdi #dc #bai #adi #fdc ,mr4 ,a4 ,r4 ,tawney #ee #bjg #ei #bce #cg #afa #aea #fjc ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,thirty-two ladies and forty gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,seventh ,grand ,annual ,crystal ,palace ,archery ,meeting was held on ,july #f and #g1 #ahfe4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,betham #gj #ceb #df #bdf #aaf #eih ,miss ,e4 ,k4 ,fenton #fg #cjg #ch #agh #aje #dhe ,mrs4 ,horniblow #gj #cjd #ch #agf #ajh #dhj ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,e4 ,a4 ,holmes #ga #bfg #fg #bfc #ci #aha #agg #gaa ,mr4 ,g4 ,edwards #ej #afb #fc #bfe #dd #bdf #aeg #fgc ,mr4 ,h4 ,elliott #de #aha #ei #bee #dj #aid #add #fcj ,mr4 ,h4 ,walters #cj #ajj #fe #bfi #dc #bbe #acb #eid ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,miss ,h4 ,chetwynd 7afterwards ,mrs4 ,christie7 had the management of this meeting1 and of the previous one in #ahfd4 ,forty ladies and forty-nine gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,twenty-second ,grand ,national ,archery ,society's ,meeting was held at ,clifton1 near ,bristol1 on ,college ,cricket-ground1 on ,july #bf and #bg1 #ahfe4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,betham #gi #che #de #bba #abd #fjf ,miss ,s4 ,dawson #gf #cgf #de #bje #aba #eha ,mrs4 ,e4 ,lister #gd #cfb #db #bah #aaf #ehj ,mrs4 ,p4 ,becher #ga #cbc #dj #bab #aaa #ece ,mrs4 ,fitz,gerald #gc #ccg #cg #ahe #aaj #ebb ,mrs4 ,horniblow #fg #bha #dc #bac #aaj #did ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,betham won the silver bracer with #f-a_/b points4 ,miss ,l4 ,j4 ,butt won the point for score at #ej yards 7#bbb72 and ,miss ,s4 ,dawson divided the point for hits at #ej yards with ,miss ,betham4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,e4 ,a4 ,holmes #fj #bed #gc #big #da #bcg #agd #ghh ,mr4 ,t4 ,boulton #fh #bgb #fd #bhh #da #bje #agc #gfe ,mr4 ,p4 ,muir #ga #bhi #fj #bej #ch #ahj #afi #gai ,mr4 ,g4 ,edwards #ed #aib #fe #cja #df #bbf #afe #gai ,mr4 ,r4 ,w4 ,atkinson #ed #aif #eh #bef #dd #bfj #aef #gab ,mr4 ,h4 ,walters #db #aed #fc #aia #df #bbb #aea #ffg ,mr4 ,e4 ,mason #ec #aii #fd #bfh #dj #ahd #aeg #fea ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington #eb #ahh #ff #bgd #dj #agf #aeh #fch ,mr4 ,t4 ,l4 ,coulson #fb #bah #ei #bee #ce #ace #aef #fjh ,mr4 ,g4 ,l4 ,aston #dg #agg #ef #beh #cf #aff #aci #fja ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,e4 ,a4 ,holmes became the ,champion1 having won most points 7#e74 ,mr4 ,p4 ,muir won #b points for hits and score at #ajj yards2 ,mr4 ,g4 ,edwards won the point for score at #hj yards2 and ,mr4 ,r4 ,w4 ,atkinson won the point for score at #fj yards4 ,messrs4 ,g4 ,edwards and ,h4 ,walters divided the point for hits at #fj yards4 ,ninety-three ladies and ninety gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,no ,grand ,western ,archery ,meeting was held this year4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,thirteenth ,grand ,leamington and ,midland ,archery ,meeting was held in the ,jephson ,gardens on ,june #ac and #ad1 #ahff4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,betham #hb #ddd #de #beg #abg #gja ,mrs4 ,horniblow #hc #dbc #df #bgf #abi #fii ,miss ,s4 ,dawson #ia #dei #dc #ahg #acd #fdf ,mrs4 ,e4 ,lister #gh #cgd #db #bah #abj #eib ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,g4 ,edwards #ga #bhg #ga #ccc #db #bbf #ahd #hdf ,mr4 ,t4 ,l4 ,coulson #gj #bij #gf #cfb #dj #ahj #ahf #hcb ,mr4 ,t4 ,boulton #gd #bgd #fd #bff #dc #bje #aha #gde ,mr4 ,o4 ,k4 ,prescot #ea #bje #fd #bhh #dc #bbi #aeh #gbb ,mr4 ,h4 ,elliott #fd #bcb #fc #bgi #db #aid #afi #gje ,mr4 ,golightly #ef #bdd #fe #bga #db #ahh #afc #gjc ,mr4 ,betham #fe #bfg #fd #bfd #dd #afh #agc #fii ,captain ,betham #eb #aih #fh #bfb #da #aic #afa #fec ,mr4 ,h4 ,walters #da #ahe #eh #bbb #db #aid #ada #fja ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,golightly scored #dje on ,june #ae in the handicap match4 ,thirty-one ladies and thirty-six gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,eighth ,grand ,annual ,crystal ,palace ,archery ,meeting was held on ,june #bh and #bi1 #ahff4 ,twenty-nine ladies and forty-five gentlemen shot4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,betham #ha #chi #dd #bdd #abe #fcc ,mrs4 ,hosken #gh #cdf #df #bcd #abd #ehj ,mrs4 ,horniblow #hb #cdh #dd #bbb #abf #egj ,miss ,a4 ,s4 ,butt #fh #cch #da #bja #aji #eci ,mrs4 ,p4 ,becher #gb #ccb #db #aid #aad #ebf ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,elliott #ee #bec #fg #cag #dj #aid #afb #gfd ,mr4 ,g4 ,edwards #ga #bhe #ee #bfa #da #bac #afg #gei ,mr4 ,t4 ,boulton #ee #bdc #fi #cba #da #aie #afe #gei ,mr4 ,e4 ,a4 ,holmes #fg #bge #gd #bif #dj #ahd #aha #gee ,mr4 ,t4 ,l4 ,coulson #fg #cja #fd #beh #ci #ahi #agj #gdh ,mr4 ,r4 ,w4 ,atkinson #dh #agd #fh #bgh #df #bbf #afb #fgh ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington #eb #bcd #ee #bdc #da #aii #adh #fgf ,mr4 ,f4 ,townsend #ee #bcg #fd #bdb #ch #ahh #afg #ffg ,captain ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #ef #bch #eg #bdc #da #agg #aed #feh ,captain ,whitla #ee #bbg #ei #bea #cg #adg #aea #fbe ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,fifth ,grand ,western ,archery ,meeting was held at ,weymouth on ,july #ah and #ai1 #ahff1 when seventy-seven ladies and fifty-nine gentlemen shot4 ,miss ,s4 ,dawson and ,mr4 ,h4 ,walrond became respectively ,championess and ,champion of the ,west4 ,during these five ,grand ,western ,archery ,meetings ,mr4 ,t4 ,dawson acted as ,hon4 ,secretary4 ,no meeting was held in #ahfe1 when the ,grand ,national ,archery ,meeting was held at ,clifton2 and none was held in #ahfg4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,betham #gf #chd #df #bfb #abb #fdf ,miss ,s4 ,dawson #hb #dad #da #aie #abc #fji ,miss ,a4 ,s4 ,butt #ff #bif #db #bba #ajh #eag ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,walrond #dd #ahj #ff #cbj #dj #aih #aej #fih ,mr4 ,betham #ec #aia #fb #bfh #dc #bbc #aeh #fhb ,mr4 ,t4 ,g4 ,golightly #ea #bje #ef #bed #ch #bjb #ade #ffa ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington #dg #agg #fe #bee #ci #ahc #aea #fae ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford #de #abc #fa #bge #de #bae #aea #fac ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,twenty-third ,grand ,national ,archery ,society's ,meeting was held in the grounds of ,sir ,r4 ,harvey1 ,bart41 at ,crown ,point1 near ,norwich1 on ,july #be and #bf1 #ahff4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,betham #he #dje #de #beg #acj #ffb ,mrs4 ,horniblow #hf #dbh #db #bab #abh #fdj ,miss ,l4 ,j4 ,butt #gb #caf #dc #ahi #aae #eje ,miss ,a4 ,s4 ,butt #fj #bfb #dd #bbh #ajd #dij ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,betham won the silver bracer with #f points4 ,mrs4 ,horniblow won the #b points for hits and score at #fj yards4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,g4 ,edwards #ff #bhj #gi #cde #dg #bge #aib #ijj ,mr4 ,e4 ,a4 ,holmes #fe #bdg #fi #big #df #bdf #ahj #gij ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington #ei #bee #fe #bea #dd #bbd #afh #gcj ,mr4 ,betham #fj #bjj #gd #bhh #dd #aid #agh #fhb ,mr4 ,r4 ,w4 ,atkinson #eh #aih #fh #bhb #db #bjb #afh #fhb ,mr4 ,f4 ,townsend #eg #bag #fd #bgd #db #ahh #afc #fgi ,mr4 ,t4 ,l4 ,coulson #fa #bbi #fe #bea #dj #ahh #aff #ffh ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford #ei #aia #fc #bee #dj #bbj #afb #fff ,captain ,whitla #fe #bda #fe #bci #cf #ahd #aff #ffd ,mr4 ,o4 ,k4 ,prescot #di #agi #gb #bhj #dc #aig #afd #fef ,captain ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #ga #bee #ei #aie #db #aib #agb #fdb ,mr4 ,c4 ,c4 ,ellison #eb #aih #di #bjc #da #bai #adb #fbj ,mr4 ,f4 ,partridge #fc #bbg #ej #bbf #cf #aff #adi #fai ,mr4 ,chance #fa #bhc #ef #bjj #cd #aaf #aea #eii ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,g4 ,edwards won all the points1 and became the ,champion4 ,seventy-four ladies and seventy-five gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,fourteenth ,grand ,leamington and ,midland ,archery ,meeting was held in the ,jephson ,gardens on ,june #ab and #ac1 #ahfg4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,betham #hf #dff #dg #bgg #acc #gdc ,mrs4 ,horniblow #he #dbc #cg #bag #abb #fdj ,mrs4 ,e4 ,lister #hd #cid #de #bcg #abi #fca ,mrs4 ,litchfield #fe #ccg #ca #afi #if #ejf ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford #id #daf #gh #cbb #dg #beg #bai #iie ,mr4 ,o4 ,k4 ,prescot #hc #cag #gf #cfb #dc #bde #bjb #ibd ,mr4 ,r4 ,caldwell #fe #bha #fi #cbg #da #bbe #age #hcc ,mr4 ,h4 ,elliott #fi #bga #fd #bgb #db #bdf #age #ghi ,mr4 ,betham #fa #bei #ei #bde #ch #aib #aeh #fif ,mr4 ,t4 ,l4 ,coulson #ea #aha #ei #bee #dj #ahb #aej #fah ,mr4 ,w4 ,butt #ea #aic #fb #bcj #ci #aic #aeb #faf ,mr4 ,spottiswoode #fe #bac #fa #bbe #ch #agj #afd #fjh ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,r4 ,caldwell scored #dbc on ,june #ad in the handicap match4 ,twenty-five ladies and forty-one gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,ninth ,grand ,annual ,crystal ,palace ,archery ,meeting was held on ,july #ah and #ai1 #ahfg4 ,mr4 ,o4 ,k4 ,prescot scored #dea on ,july #bj in the handicap match4 ,forty-nine ladies and sixty-six gentlemen shot4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,s4 ,dawson #hd #cgh #dd #bdh #abh #fbf ,miss ,ripley #gj #cbj #dc #bja #aac #eba ,miss ,betham #fi #bha #db #bah #aaa #dii ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------ ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score,hits,s core ---------------------------------------- ------------------ ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford #fb #bbd #gc #cbe #dg #bci #ahb #ghh ,mr4 ,o4 ,k4 ,prescot #ed #ahf #gb #cej #dd #baj #agj #gdf ,mr4 ,spottiswoode #fi #bdg #ff #bfh #dc #bji #agh #gbd ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington #fh #bdh #ee #bae #de #bae #afh #fgh ,mr4 ,e4 ,a4 ,holmes #fc #bai #fi #bei #ch #aih #agj #fgf ,mr4 ,h4 ,elliott #da #agc #fg #bia #dd #bjf #aeb #fgj ,mr4 ,betham #ci #aca #fj #bgb #dc #bci #adb #fdb ,captain ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #de #agc #fd #bgf #dj #ahf #adi #fce ,mr4 ,j4 ,m4 ,croker #eb #ahf #fa #bei #da #aha #aed #fbf ,mr4 ,r4 ,w4 ,atkinson #dg #aec #ei #bce #dc #bag #adi #fje ,admiral ,lowe #dd #aef #fg #big #cc #aea #add #fjd ,mr4 ,st4 ,j4 ,coventry #dd #ahb #ee #bje #dc #bag #adb #fjd ---------------------------------------- ------------------ 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,twenty-fourth ,grand ,national ,archery ,society's ,meeting was held at ,preston1 near ,brighton1 on ,july #bd and #be1 #ahfg4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,e4 ,lister #hf #ded #db #bcf #acj #fij ,miss ,betham #hb #cff #dg #bha #abi #fdg ,miss ,s4 ,dawson #hh #djd #dd #bdb #acb #fdf ,mrs4 ,horniblow #hh #dej #db #aif #acj #fdf ,miss ,stephenson #gj #caj #da #bcc #aaa #edc ,mrs4 ,j4 ,r4 ,thomson #ge #cfa #ce #afi #aaj #ecj ,miss ,a4 ,s4 ,butt #fi #cai #da #aia #aaj #eaj ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,e4 ,lister won the silver bracer of the ,championess with #c points4 ,miss ,s4 ,dawson won the #b points for most hits1 and divided the point for hits at #fj yards with ,mrs4 ,horniblow4 ,miss ,betham won #b points for hits and score at #ej yards4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford #id #cif #gd #cfd #dg #bgg #bae #ajcg ,mr4 ,e4 ,a4 ,holmes #hh #dab #gc #cde #db #baf #bjc #igc ,mr4 ,spottiswoode #ij #cej #ga #bic #da #bje #bjb #hdh ,mr4 ,o4 ,k4 ,prescot #fg #bhe #gg #cac #de #bce #ahi #hcc ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington #gd #bed #gb #caf #df #bcb #aib #hjb ,mr4 ,g4 ,edwards #fj #bcj #ge #cfa #ci #aig #agd #ghh ,mr4 ,betham #eh #bdb #fb #bij #de #bcc #afe #gfe ,mr4 ,p4 ,muir #ge #bha #ej #bcf #dd #bab #afi #gbi ,mr4 ,r4 ,caldwell #ei #ahi #gd #cad #da #bba #agd #gbd ,admiral ,lowe #ee #bba #eh #bff #de #bba #aeh #gjh ,mr4 ,h4 ,elliott #eh #aih #fa #bee #dd #bcb #afc #fhe ,captain ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #gf #bij #ei #bbc #ch #agj #agc #fhc ,mr4 ,r4 ,w4 ,atkinson #ef #bjh #eg #bde #de #bbi #aeh #fhb ,mr4 ,t4 ,boulton #df #aed #ff #cab #dd #bjh #aef #fgd ,mr4 ,c4 ,ellison #de #aic #fc #bfc #ch #aid #adf #fej ,mr4 ,t4 ,l4 ,coulson #fa #bae #eh #bdb #ci #age #aeh #fcb ,mr4 ,g4 ,holmes #eh #aih #eg #bai #da #bje #aef #fbb ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford became the ,champion for the twelfth and last time4 ,he won #h points1 ,mr4 ,e4 ,a4 ,holmes having won the point for score at #ajj yards1 and ,mr4 ,o4 ,k4 ,prescot that for score at #hj yards4 ,mr4 ,e4 ,a4 ,holmes was unwell during the shooting at #fj yards on the second day1 when he made only #hi at that distance4 ,the average value of the first ten on this occasion1 all over #gjj1 was #hbjg2 and this still remains the highest average ever yet attained4 ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford on this occasion was using very weak bows1 not much more than forty pounds in weight1 and light arrows4 ,seventy-two ladies and eighty-six gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a ,grand ,archery ,meeting was held1 in the ,public ,recreation ,ground at ,hastings1 on ,july #ca and ,august #a1 #ahfg4 ,thirty-three ladies and twenty-seven gentlemen shot4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,betham #hh #deh #dg #bge #ace #gcc ,miss ,a4 ,betham #gf #cbd #dh #bch #abd #efb ,mrs4 ,p4 ,becher #gh #ccf #ci #bjg #aag #edc ,miss ,l4 ,j4 ,butt #gj #bid #dc #bbg #aac #eba ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford #hb #cjb #gf #bih #dj #bcj #aih #hcj ,mr4 ,o4 ,k4 ,prescot #hc #cca #gb #cjb #ci #afe #aid #gih ,mr4 ,betham #gf #cjd #fc #bce #dd #baj #ahc #gdi ,mr4 ,w4 ,butt #ff #bdf #ec #aia #dc #bca #afb #ffh ,admiral ,lowe #fj #bff #dh #aif #dj #bjf #adh #ffh ,mr4 ,t4 ,boulton #di #bbe #eh #bdd #cg #agi #add #fdh ,captain ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #ej #aij #fc #bia #cg #afe #aej #fdf ,captain ,betham #eg #aig #ej #bcj #da #ahi #adh #faf ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,in the handicap match shot in the ,archery ,ground1 ,st4 ,leonards-on-,sea1 on the next day--,august #b--;,captain ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher scored #dgb and ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford #dga4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,fifteenth ,grand ,leamington and ,midland ,archery ,meeting was held in the ,jephson ,gardens on ,june #aj and #aa1 #ahfh4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,horniblow #ij #dgd #de #bde #ace #gai ,miss ,ripley #hj #dab #dh #bdd #abh #fef ,miss ,betham #gi #daa #dd #bbj #abc #fca ,mrs4 ,w4 ,butt #hc #dja #dc #bbe #abf #fbf 7,miss ,s4 ,dawson7 ,mrs4 ,a4 ,knox #gg #che #df #bbf #abc #faa 7,miss ,e4 ,a4 ,betham7 ,mrs4 ,p4 ,becher #gj #cdd #db #bbb #aab #eff ,miss ,stephenson #gb #cjf #dd #bcj #aaf #ecf ,mrs4 ,w4 ,s4 ,miller #ga #cag #dc #bji #aad #ebf ,miss ,h4 ,hutchinson #ge #cbe #dd #aid #aai #eai ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford #hi #dai #hc #dje #dg #bfc #bai #ajhg ,mr4 ,o4 ,k4 ,prescot #gf #bfb #gh #ccd #de #bca #aii #hbg ,mr4 ,betham #gd #bij #ff #bhb #dc #bbe #ahc #gig ,captain ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #fi #bda #fc #bia #de #bci #agg #gga ,mr4 ,r4 ,caldwell #fa #bja #gb #caj #de #bag #agh #gbh ,mr4 ,h4 ,elliott #eb #ahf #ga #cac #db #bjh #afe #gjg ,mr4 ,w4 ,butt #eg #ahg #gj #bff #ch #aib #afe #fde ,mr4 ,coker #eb #bjj #ff #bfh #ca #acg #adi #fje ,mr4 ,jenner-,fust #dg #aga #fd #bej #da #aha #aeb #fjb ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,thirty ladies and forty-one gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a ,grand ,archery ,meeting was held in the ,lower ,ground1 ,aston ,park1 ,birmingham1 on ,june #af and #ag1 #ahfh4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,ripley #hb #ddd #de #bdi #abg #fic ,mrs4 ,w4 ,butt #hd #dbb #dd #bcb #abh #fed ,miss ,betham #hj #cdb #dg #bec #abg #eie ,mrs4 ,p4 ,becher #hc #cgc #da #aia #abd #efd ,miss ,h4 ,hutchinson #hc #cia #ch #agb #aba #efc ,mrs4 ,a4 ,knox #hd #ceh #dd #ahj #abh #ech 7,miss ,a4 ,betham7 ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford #hb #cch #hj #daj #df #bdh #bjh #iif ,captain ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #ic #cig #ff #beh #da #bjg #bjj #hfb ,mr4 ,w4 ,butt #ed #bef #eh #beh #dc #bae #aee #gbi ,mr4 ,o4 ,k4 ,prescot #fd #bcb #fb #bej #dc #bbg #afi #gji ,mr4 ,betham #fg #bde #eh #bcf #dj #bjb #afe #fhc ,mr4 ,h4 ,elliott #ea #ahi #ga #bii #da #aie #afc #fhc ,mr4 ,r4 ,caldwell #ej #bjb #fd #bfd #df #aij #afj #fef ,mr4 ,coker #ei #bbe #eh #bdf #cb #add #adi #fae ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,twenty-two ladies and thirty gentlemen shot4 ,this meeting was managed by ,mr4 ,n4 ,merridew for ,mr4 ,quilter4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,tenth ,grand ,annual ,crystal ,palace ,archery ,meeting was held on ,july #b and #c1 #ahfh4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,w4 ,butt #hg #ddc #dc #bag #acj #ffj ,mrs4 ,horniblow #hf #dbd #dd #bcj #acj #fed ,miss ,betham #hc #dba #db #bcj #abe #fea ,miss ,h4 ,hutchinson #hf #djh #ci #aic #abe #fai ,miss ,ripley #hj #cfh #df #bbh #abf #eif ,miss ,ellis #fh #bhj #dc #bce #aaa #eae ,miss ,adams #ff #cjh #da #bjg #ajg #eae ,mrs4 ,a4 ,knox #ha #cde #ch #afh #aai #eac ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------ ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score,hits,s core ---------------------------------------- ------------------ ,mr4 ,e4 ,a4 ,holmes #gg #cci #gi #cee #dj #bjh #aif #ijb ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington #hd #cch #gh #bif #db #bbh #bjd #hfb ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford #ha #cae #ge #cac #ci #aeg #aie #ghe ,mr4 ,spottiswoode #fb #bcd #ff #cjb #dc #bai #aga #gee ,mr4 ,e4 ,n4 ,snow #di #aie #eh #beh #dd #bbd #aea #fgg ,mr4 ,f4 ,townsend #eb #bjj #fi #bii #cf #agb #aeg #fga ,mr4 ,j4 ,m4 ,croker #dj #afb #fh #bib #db #bad #aej #ffh ,mr4 ,betham #dd #afj #fg #bie #da #aie #aeb #fej ,mr4 ,jenner-,fust #ec #bji #fg #bdc #dj #aif #afj #fdh ,captain ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #fh #bgb #dg #ahe #dc #ahi #aeh #fdf ,mr4 ,h4 ,elliott #ed #agb #fj #bfb #ci #aga #aec #fje ---------------------------------------- ------------------ ,thirty-seven ladies and fifty gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,twenty-fifth ,grand ,national ,archery ,society's ,meeting was held at ,hereford1 on the ,racecourse1 on ,july #bi and #cj1 #ahfh4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,betham #hj #chb #dh #bij #abh #fgb ,mrs4 ,w4 ,butt #hg #cei #dg #bfe #acd #fbd ,mrs4 ,p4 ,becher #gi #dja #da #aic #abj #eid ,mrs4 ,e4 ,lister #gb #cdf #dc #bdg #aae #eic ,mrs4 ,horniblow #hb #cfd #dd #bbb #abf #ehf ,miss ,ripley #gj #ccj #db #bad #aab #edd ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,betham won the silver bracer with #d points4 ,mrs4 ,w4 ,butt won #b points for most hits and another point for hits at #fj yards4 ,mrs4 ,p4 ,becher won the point for score at #fj yards4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington #gg #bii #fh #bhh #db #bbj #ahg #hjg ,mr4 ,o4 ,k4 ,prescot #fi #bha #fc #cae #ci #aia #aga #ghg ,captain ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #gh #cab #eg #bce #dj #bjh #age #gee ,mr4 ,e4 ,a4 ,holmes #fb #bdb #ff #bij #db #bjh #agj #gdj ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford #ff #bcj #fe #bia #db #bad #agc #gce ,colonel ,m4 ,f4 ,ward #ea #aig #fd #cjb #dc #bbc #aeh #gbb ,mr4 ,j4 ,m4 ,croker #ea #aia #fe #bfc #dd #bdb #afj #fif ,mr4 ,h4 ,elliott #fd #beh #fa #bfg #ce #aeg #afj #fhb ,mr4 ,betham #ef #baj #eg #bci #da #bai #aed #ffh ,mr4 ,h4 ,walrond #dh #aib #fb #bhf #da #ahg #aea #ffe ,mr4 ,jenner-,fust #de #agc #fg #bie #dj #aij #aeb #feh ,mr4 ,w4 ,butt #di #baa #ec #bhi #dc #aii #ade #fdi ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington became the ,champion with #e points4 ,captain ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher won #b points for hits and score at #ajj yards4 ,mr4 ,o4 ,k4 ,prescot won the point for score at #hj yards2 and ,mr4 ,j4 ,m4 ,croker won the points for score and hits at #fj yards4 ,sixty-three ladies and sixty-nine gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington scored #dcc on ,july #ca in the handicap match4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,sixth ,grand ,western ,archery ,meeting was held at ,bitton1 near ,teignmouth1 on ,september #i and #aj1 #ahfh4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,horniblow #hc #dec #dd #bch #abg #fia ,miss ,ripley #he #cig #de #bai #acj #faf ,miss ,rowlett #fb #bfh #dc #bja #aje #dfi ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford #gj #cjj #gf #cfd #dd #bfj #aij #ibd ,colonel ,m4 ,f4 ,ward #fg #bii #fh #cbj #ci #bag #agd #hcf ,mr4 ,h4 ,b4 ,hare #ec #aii #gc #cbe #cj #aih #aef #gbb ,mr4 ,e4 ,n4 ,snow #dh #aib #fc #bge #dc #bcg #aed #gjd ,admiral ,a4 ,lowe #fi #bhc #ef #bdb #cd #afj #aei #fhe ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #fc #bba #ef #bab #cg #ahi #aef #fbb ,mr4 ,h4 ,walrond #eh #bjf #dg #bjg #db #ahh #adg #fja ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,miss ,ripley became ,championess1 and ,colonel ,ward ,champion of the ,west4 ,fifty-six ladies and thirty-eight gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,sixteenth ,grand ,leamington and ,midland ,archery ,meeting was held on ,june #i and #aj1 #ahfi1 in the ,jephson ,gardens4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,betham #gj #cdd #dg #bea #aag #eie ,mrs4 ,kinahan #hj #cdd #de #bcc #abe #egg ,mrs4 ,p4 ,becher #gi #cdi #dc #bbg #abb #egf ,mrs4 ,horniblow #gh #ceb #dc #bba #aba #egc ,miss ,peel #ge #cec #dc #bjc #aah #eef ,miss ,stephenson #gc #cae #db #bjd #aae #eai ,mrs4 ,e4 ,lister #fg #caa #ch #bjb #aje #eac ,miss ,h4 ,hutchinson #gd #cbh #dd #agh #aah #ejf ,miss ,f4 ,flight #fg #ccc #cf #aff #ajc #dii ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford #ie #djc #gg #cfi #dh #bfj #bbj #ajcb ,captain ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #fj #bej #gd #cab #dc #bje #agg #gfg ,mr4 ,o4 ,k4 ,prescot #gi #bha #fe #bia #cg #afa #aha #gcc ,mr4 ,h4 ,elliott #gd #bhf #fi #bdg #ci #ade #ahb #fgh ,mr4 ,t4 ,l4 ,coulson #ef #bcf #ei #bca #dj #afd #aee #fca ,mr4 ,walford #ej #aih #eb #baj #dd #bbj #adf #fbh ,mr4 ,w4 ,ford #di #aie #fj #bch #ce #agi #add #fab ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,twenty-one ladies and thirty-nine gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,eleventh ,grand ,annual ,crystal ,palace ,archery ,meeting was held on ,july #h and #i1 #ahfi4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,horniblow #hh #daj #dh #bff #acf #fgf ,miss ,ripley #ha #cfi #df #bgh #abg #fdg ,miss ,h4 ,hutchinson #fh #cjh #da #bdc #aji #eea ,miss ,stephenson #gd #ccf #dj #bjj #aad #ecf ,mrs4 ,p4 ,becher #fi #cje #dc #bbi #aab #ecd ,mrs4 ,kinahan #gd #cdd #dj #ahd #aad #ebh ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington #hj #ccd #gc #cdg #dd #bcf #aig #iag ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford #ff #beh #gf #cfb #dg #bfi #ahi #hhi ,captain ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #gg #cac #ga #cai #db #baj #aij #hdb ,mr4 ,h4 ,elliott #fj #bcd #hj #chj #dj #bjd #ahj #hah ,mr4 ,e4 ,a4 ,holmes #fh #beh #ff #bej #de #bda #agi #gdi ,mr4 ,walford #ch #aef #fc #bhg #dg #bcg #adh #fhj ,mr4 ,horlock #ed #baj #fj #bfb #da #aic #aee #ffe ,mr4 ,w4 ,l4 ,selfe #fc #bbc #ef #bbb #db #bah #afa #ffc ,mr4 ,j4 ,m4 ,croker #di #bji #eg #bag #de #bcc #aea #fei ,admiral ,lowe #eg #bjg #ei #bcc #dj #aib #aef #fcb ,mr4 ,betham #eg #bac #dh #agf #dj #bab #ade #fja ,mr4 ,lea #dh #aih #dg #aic #da #bji #acf #fjj ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,forty-two ladies and fifty-seven gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,twenty-sixth ,grand ,national ,archery ,society's ,meeting was held in the ,aston ,park ,grounds1 near ,birmingham1 on ,july #bh and #bi1 #ahfi4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,horniblow #gh #djb #de #bbg #abc #fbi ,mrs4 ,kinahan #hc #dji #dj #aih #abc #fjg ,mrs4 ,e4 ,lister #fe #bii #de #bai #aaj #eah ,miss ,betham #fa #bdg #dc #bci #ajd #dhf ,miss ,stephenson #fb #bgf #da #bja #ajc #dgg ,miss ,h4 ,hutchinson #gc #cba #ce #aee #ajh #dgf ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,horniblow won the silver bracer with the highest score1 as there was a tie between her and ,mrs4 ,kinahan in points4 ,this was said to be the case at the time1 but it does not appear to have been so from the published scores1 as ,mrs4 ,horniblow had the advantage by one-half a point4 ,mrs4 ,horniblow appears to have won #b points for gross score1 #a point for a tie with ,mrs4 ,kinahan for total hits1 and one-half a point for a tie with ,mrs4 ,e4 ,lister for hits at #ej yards--total1 #c-a_/b points4 ,mrs4 ,kinahan won #b points for hits and score at #fj yards1 and #a point for the tie in total hits--her total being only #c points4 ,miss ,betham won #a point for score at #ej yards4 ,the annual report of this meeting was never issued by the ,hon4 ,secretary1 the ,rev4 ,o4 ,luard1 so the actual state of the case cannot now be made certain4 ,of course there may have been an error in the unofficial accounts published4 ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington won the ,champion's gold medal with the highest score1 as there was a tie in points between him and ,captain ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher1 each having won #d points4 ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington won #a point for score at #ajj yards1 #a point for score at #fj yards1 and #b points for gross score4 ,captain ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher won #b points for score and hits at #hj yards1 and #b for most total hits4 ,mr4 ,e4 ,a4 ,holmes won #a point for hits at #fj yards1 and ,mr4 ,o4 ,k4 ,prescot one point for hits at #ajj yards4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington #ga #cce #ge #caa #de #bfc #aia #iji ,mr4 ,e4 ,a4 ,holmes #ff #bgd #gd #cef #dg #bec #ahg #hhc ,captain ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #gc #bgi #gg #cfi #db #bab #aib #hfj ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford #fe #bdg #fg #cdc #dd #bbd #agf #had ,mr4 ,g4 ,edwards #ed #baf #gj #cbd #df #bcb #agj #ggb ,mr4 ,o4 ,k4 ,prescot #gf #bih #fb #bgj #dd #aih #ahb #gff ,mr4 ,h4 ,elliott #fi #bcg #fc #bgg #cg #aic #afi #gjg ,mr4 ,h4 ,walrond #ee #bac #fh #cjj #da #ahg #afd #gjj ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #fi #bcg #fj #bid #ch #adb #afg #fgc ,captain ,lewin1 ,r4 ,e4 #ea #bja #fj #bah #ch #aih #adi #fag ,mr4 ,h4 ,b4 ,hare #ed #bad #fe #bfe #cc #ace #aeb #fad ,mr4 ,t4 ,l4 ,coulson #ei #baa #ea #bba #ce #age #ade #fjg ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,on this occasion it was decided by the ,committee that in future the ,champion honours at their meetings should be decided by gross score and not by points4 ,a handsome silver cup1 value #ej guineas1 collected by small subscriptions from numerous archers1 was presented on ,july #bi to ,mr4 ,c4 ,m4 ,caldecott1 of ,holbrooke ,grange1 near ,rugby1 who had acted for many years as judge at these meetings4 ,only thirty-six ladies and sixty-nine gentlemen shot at this meeting4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,seventh ,grand ,western ,archery ,meeting was held in ,mr4 ,parson's grounds at ,bitton1 near ,teignmouth1 on ,august #d and #e1 #ahfi4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,ripley #gf #cij #df #bgj #abb #ffj ,mrs4 ,kinahan #hf #dab #cf #agf #abb #ehh ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #ei #bbg #gd #caj #ci #age #agb #gab ,mr4 ,r4 ,price #ea #baa #fc #bgi #dj #aid #aed #fhd ,mr4 ,h4 ,walrond #de #aeg #fd #bif #ch #ahf #adg #fci ,mr4 ,jenner-,fust #ec #bcc #ee #aic #dj #bab #adh #fch ,colonel ,m4 ,f4 ,ward #ef #ahb #fj #bff #dj #ahj #aeh #fbh ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,miss ,ripley and ,mr4 ,r4 ,price became ,championess and ,champion of the ,west4 ,sixty-two ladies and thirty-nine gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,seventeenth ,grand ,leamington and ,midland ,archery ,meeting was held in the ,jephson ,gardens on ,june #ae and #af1 #ahgj4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,w4 ,butt #ic #ebe #dd #bfj #acg #ghe ,mrs4 ,villiers ,forbes #hf #ded #dc #bbg #abi #fha ,miss ,h4 ,hutchinson #hc #djc #dd #bcb #abg #fce ,mrs4 ,horniblow #hc #chi #dd #bcf #abg #fbe ,mrs4 ,e4 ,lister #hc #cfe #dd #bcb #abg #eig ,miss ,joan ,ley #gf #cbf #da #bbc #aag #eci ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,elliott #hc #cei #fi #bhc #dd #bdh #aif #hij ,mr4 ,jenner-,fust #fg #bde #fi #bie #df #bdj #ahb #ghj ,mr4 ,betham #fa #bdc #fi #bie #dj #bab #agj #gej ,mr4 ,o4 ,k4 ,prescot #fb #bdb #gi #caa #dj #aid #aha #gdg ,colonel ,m4 ,f4 ,ward #ei #baa #fc #cbc #cg #agi #aei #gac ,mr4 ,w4 ,f4 ,heideman #ej #afh #fd #bhf #db #bad #aef #ffh ,captain ,lewin1 ,r4 ,e4 #ff #bbd #eg #bci #ch #aff #afa #fbi ,mr4 ,w4 ,butt #dc #aei #dh #bad #de #bcc #acf #fjf ,mr4 ,t4 ,l4 ,coulson #eh #aif #fd #bdf #da #afc #afc #fje ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,twenty-five ladies and forty gentlemen shot4 ,mr4 ,o4 ,k4 ,prescot scored #djj on ,june #ag in the handicap match4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,twelfth ,grand ,annual ,crystal ,palace ,archery ,meeting was held on ,july #g and #h1 #ahgj4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,v4 ,forbes #ic #dgi #de #bgc #ach #geb ,mrs4 ,w4 ,butt #hf #ddb #df #bhj #acb #gbb ,mrs4 ,horniblow #gh #cib #de #bda #abc #fcc ,mrs4 ,kinahan #gi #cgg #da #bca #abj #fjh ,miss ,h4 ,hutchinson #gh #ccb #df #beb #abd #ehd ,miss ,joan ,ley #ff #cch #dg #bjg #aac #ede ,miss ,h4 ,holmes #ge #cjg #db #bbd #aag #eca ,mrs4 ,hosken #fh #cjb #de #bai #aac #eba ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,e4 ,a4 ,holmes #gd #bhd #gi #cfe #df #bdh #aii #hig ,mr4 ,h4 ,elliott #gc #bfc #gb #cch #da #aic #ahf #gid ,captain ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #hf #ccf #fj #bfd #dj #ahd #ahf #ghd ,mr4 ,jenner-,fust #db #afh #gb #cdb #df #bab #afj #gbb ,mr4 ,h4 ,walrond #eb #bad #fc #big #da #bjg #aef #gah ,mr4 ,walford #eh #bjf #fj #bhf #da #afi #aei #ffa ,mr4 ,w4 ,butt #di #bja #fj #beh #dj #ahj #adi #fci ,colonel ,a4 ,robertson #dg #aha #ef #bcf #da #aie #add #fab ,mr4 ,t4 ,boulton #dh #ahf #eh #bdj #cf #ahb #adb #fjh ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,forty-eight ladies and thirty-nine gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,twenty-seventh ,grand ,national ,archery ,society's ,meeting was held on ,july #ba and #bb1 #ahgj1 at ,weston1 near ,bath4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,horniblow #hf #dab #dh #bhh #acd #gjj ,mrs4 ,v4 ,forbes #hg #dje #dg #bgi #acd #fhd ,mrs4 ,w4 ,butt #ij #dbd #df #bcb #acf #fef ,mrs4 ,e4 ,lister #ha #cie #dd #bah #abe #fac ,miss ,h4 ,hutchinson #hb #cfd #dd #bcb #abf #eif ,mrs4 ,p4 ,pinckney #gd #cej #dd #bdf #aah #eif ,miss ,hulme #ge #cei #df #bcd #aba #eic ,miss ,joan ,ley #fi #ccg #da #ahc #aaj #ebj ,miss ,ripley#aa #de #aia #dg #bhe #ib #dgf ,mrs4 ,j4 ,r4 ,thomson #fj #bed #df #bad #ajf #dfh ---------------------------------------- ----------- #aa ,shot only #ae arrows at #fj yards the first day4 ,mrs4 ,horniblow became the ,championess by highest gross score4 ,the points happened to be equally divided between her and ,mrs4 ,w4 ,butt4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,e4 ,a4 ,holmes #ff #beh #gb #cjb #de #bdg #ahc #hjg ,captain ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #gg #cdi #fd #bgj #db #agh #ahc #gig ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #hf #cdh #gb #bhd #cf #adf #aid #ggh ,mr4 ,walford #gj #bgd #fd #bhf #dd #bjf #agh #gff ,mr4 ,h4 ,elliott #ge #cac #fg #bfg #db #ahd #ahd #gfd ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington #ff #aib #eh #bcf #de #bae #afi #gdc ,mr4 ,w4 ,butt #de #ahe #fd #cah #dc #bbc #aeb #gbf ,mr4 ,e4 ,ley #ea #bje #fi #ccc #ch #ahf #aeh #gbd ,mr4 ,o4 ,k4 ,prescot #fc #bhg #eh #bbj #ch #bjb #aei #gji ,mr4 ,betham #ea #bjg #ff #bff #db #bbh #aei #gja ,colonel ,m4 ,f4 ,ward #eb #aib #fa #bfc #de #bcg #aeh #fib ,mr4 ,w4 ,f4 ,heideman #dc #adi #gb #ccd #ci #ahi #aed #fgb ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,e4 ,a4 ,holmes became the ,champion with the highest score under the rule passed in #ahfi abolishing points4 ,he would have become champion by one-third of a point4 ,the average of the shooting at this meeting was unusually good amongst the gentlemen1 being #geae for the first ten4 ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford was present1 but did not shoot4 ,the weather was excessively hot4 ,eighty-three ladies and seventy-nine gentlemen shot4 ,good scores were made by ,mr4 ,e4 ,a4 ,holmes 7#dij71 ,captain ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher 7#ddc71 and ,mr4 ,walford 7#daa71 on ,july #bc1 in the handicap match4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,eighth ,grand ,western ,archery ,meeting was held in the grounds at ,bitton1 near ,teignmouth1 on ,july #bg and #bh1 #ahgj4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,m4 ,lockyer #ia #dfc #de #bce #acf #fih ,mrs4 ,v4 ,forbes #ha #djg #dg #bge #abh #fhb ,mrs4 ,p4 ,pinckney #he #djc #de #bdi #acj #feb ,miss ,j4 ,ley #he #chg #de #bfc #acj #fej ,miss ,ripley #gh #cfb #dg #bhc #abe #fde ,miss ,h4 ,hutchinson #gh #cbj #de #bdi #abc #efi ,mrs4 ,j4 ,r4 ,thomson #hc #cdc #ci #bje #abb #edh ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,captain ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #ia #cge #hh #dbd #df #bcd #bbe #ajcc ,mr4 ,h4 ,walrond #ej #baf #ga #cca #dd #bdf #afe #gic ,mr4 ,betham #eb #bej #fh #cjb #dj #aib #afj #gdd ,mr4 ,o4 ,k4 ,prescot #eg #bae #fd #bhb #db #bjh #afc #gje ,mr4 ,e4 ,n4 ,snow #fe #bgg #ej #bbf #db #bjj #aeg #gjc ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington #ed #aih #eg #bbc #db #bdb #aec #ffc ,mr4 ,price #ce #acg #ga #cbc #cf #afj #adb #fbj ,colonel ,m4 ,f4 ,ward #ec #agi #eg #bci #da #ahi #aea #fjg ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,miss ,m4 ,lockyer and ,mr4 ,walrond became ,championess and ,champion of the ,west4 ,sixty-three ladies and forty-three gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,eighteenth ,grand ,leamington and ,midland ,archery ,meeting was held in the ,jephson ,gardens on ,june #ad and #ae1 #ahga4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,horniblow #hi #ejc #dg #bfe #acf #gfh ,mrs4 ,v4 ,forbes #gg #dca #dh #bfh #abe #fii ,mrs4 ,w4 ,butt #hc #djc #dd #bdj #abg #fdc ,mrs4 ,e4 ,lister #gf #cfh #de #bba #aba #ehi ,miss ,joan ,ley #gf #cdh #df #bah #abb #eff ,mrs4 ,p4 ,becher #ga #cbi #db #agf #aac #eje ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,captain ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #hh #cef #gb #cdj #de #bba #bje #iag ,mr4 ,t4 ,l4 ,coulson #gf #bif #gd #bid #de #bbe #aie #hae ,mr4 ,jenner-,fust #eh #bbh #ga #cje #dd #bbb #agc #gee ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #fa #bbg #fc #bei #dj #baj #afd #fif ,mr4 ,g4 ,l4 ,aston #fi #bhg #ed #bjf #ch #aid #afa #fhg ,mr4 ,f4 ,townsend #ei #bji #ff #bhd #ce #afg #afj #ffj ,mr4 ,w4 ,butt #dg #aeg #ff #bij #da #aig #aed #fdd ,mr4 ,h4 ,elliott #di #aic #fa #bca #dd #bjd #aed #fbh ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,twenty-three ladies and thirty-six gentlemen shot4 ,during all these eighteen ,leamington meetings ,mr4 ,n4 ,merridew acted as ,secretary and ,manager1 and ,mr4 ,c4 ,m4 ,caldecott as ,judge4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,twenty-eighth ,grand ,national ,archery ,society's ,meeting was held on the ,college ,cricket-ground1 at ,cheltenham1 on ,june #bh and #bi1 #ahga4 ,at this meeting the system of points for the selection of the ,champion and ,championess was reintroduced1 and ,mrs4 ,horniblow became the ,championess with all the points1 except that ,mrs4 ,v4 ,forbes and ,mrs4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey tied her in hits at #ej yards1 with #dg hits4 ,this score of #gdf was the best yet made1 ,mrs4 ,horniblow's own score of #gjj at ,bath in #ahgj being the next best4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,horniblow #ia #dfg #dg #bgi #ach #gdf ,mrs4 ,e4 ,lister #ij #dcd #dd #bcj #acd #ffd ,mrs4 ,w4 ,butt #gi #cia #de #bfa #abd #feb ,mrs4 ,v4 ,forbes #hj #ceh #dg #bfi #abg #fbg ,mrs4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey #ge #cfe #dg #bca #abb #eif ,mrs4 ,j4 ,e4 ,thomson #gc #cbe #df #beh #aai #ehc ,miss ,betham #ge #cae #de #bdi #abj #efd ,miss ,joan ,ley #gj #cjh #da #bje #aaa #eac ,miss ,hulme #fh #cjj #dc #baa #aaa #eaa ,miss ,f4 ,flight #fc #bfi #de #bcg #ajh #ejf ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,captain ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #hj #cch #hj #ceh #de #bei #bje #iee ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington #ff #bcb #fh #ccj #dg #bcc #aha #gie ,mr4 ,h4 ,walrond #eh #bdb #fg #ccg #db #baj #afg #ghi ,mr4 ,jenner-,fust #ef #bej #fb #bfh #df #bbj #afd #gch ,mr4 ,t4 ,l4 ,coulson #eb #ahj #fb #bfj #da #bba #aee #ffc ,mr4 ,walford #di #bac #ef #bdj #da #aii #adf #feb ,mr4 ,h4 ,elliott #eh #bab #ef #bcj #dc #aig #aeg #fci ,mr4 ,p4 ,muir #dd #aid #eg #bfc #dj #ahj #ada #fcg ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,captain ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher won the ,championship with all the points1 except that for hits at #fj yards1 which was won by ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington 7#dg74 ,this #iee was the best score yet made by anybody except ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford1 and ,mr4 ,holmes1 whose score was #igc at ,brighton in #ahfg4 ,fifty-nine ladies and sixty-eight gentlemen shot at this meeting4 ,on the next day--,june #cj--,mr4 ,aston made #chi1 ,miss ,hulme #chh1 and ,mrs4 ,w4 ,butt #chj4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,thirteenth ,grand ,annual ,crystal ,palace ,archery ,meeting was held on ,july #ab and #ac1 #ahga4 ,twenty-three ladies and thirty-seven gentlemen shot4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,w4 ,butt #hf #dch #dg #bge #acc #gac ,mrs4 ,horniblow #hj #cif #df #bef #abf #feb ,mrs4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey #hj #cib #df #bdh #abf #fdj ,miss ,ripley #ge #cce #dg #bea #abb #ehf ,miss ,betham #gf #cdj #dc #bag #aai #eeg ,mrs4 ,v4 ,forbes #gi #cdi #dj #ahh #aai #ecg ,mrs4 ,j4 ,r4 ,thomson #fi #cae #ch #bjh #ajg #ebc ,mrs4 ,kinahan #gj #bhh #dc #bbc #aac #eja ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,captain ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #hg #cdi #ha #ccg #df #bgd #bad #ifj ,mr4 ,h4 ,elliott #gj #bgf #gj #cbh #dd #bbf #ahd #hcj ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #ef #bed #fc #bhg #db #aid #afa #gce ,mr4 ,h4 ,walrond #ef #bcb #fd #caj #da #ahe #afa #gbg ,mr4 ,t4 ,l4 ,coulson #ec #bjc #ff #bhd #dj #ahb #aei #ffi ,captain ,lewin1 ,r4 ,e4 #gb #bed #fb #beh #ce #aec #afi #ffe ,mr4 ,walford #di #aei #ff #bij #dc #baa #aeh #ffj ,mr4 ,b4 ,p4 ,gregson #ec #bbg #fd #bdj #cg #agc #aed #fdj ,mr4 ,jenner-,fust #ci #ada #eg #bbi #dd #bbd #adj #eid ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,r4 ,butt acted as ,hon4 ,secretary to these meetings from #ahfg to #ahga inclusive4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,ninth ,grand ,western ,archery ,meeting was held at ,bitton1 near ,teignmouth1 on ,august #b and #c1 #ahga1 when fifty-four ladies and thirty-five gentlemen shot4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,ripley #hf #dcd #de #bfe #aca #fii ,mrs4 ,v4 ,forbes #ge #ccg #dd #bdh #aai #ehe ,mrs4 ,letts #fh #cdb #ci #agg #ajg #eai ,mrs4 ,p4 ,pinckney #gj #cah #cg #agg #ajg #die ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,walrond #ff #bif #fh #cbh #de #bbg #agi #hea ,admiral ,a4 ,lowe #gi #cec #ei #bfe #cf #ahj #agd #gih ,mr4 ,r4 ,price #gc #bhc #fh #bhh #db #bbf #ahc #gig ,captain ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #gc #bic #ff #cjb #ci #aga #agh #gff ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #eh #bef #eg #bdc #ch #bcf #aec #gce ,mr4 ,t4 ,l4 ,coulson #gj #bfh #ef #bjh #ch #afd #afd #fdj ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,miss ,ripley and ,mr4 ,walrond became ,championess and ,champion of the ,west4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,nineteenth ,grand ,leamington and ,midland ,archery ,meeting was held in the ,jephson ,gardens1 on ,june #ab and #ac1 #ahgb4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,horniblow #hh #dgj #df #bdb #acd #gab ,mrs4 ,kinahan #ij #dcd #dc #bcg #acc #fga ,mrs4 ,v4 ,forbes #hb #cij #dh #bgf #acj #fff ,mrs4 ,e4 ,lister #ha #cha #df #bbf #abg #fjg ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,captain ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #hh #ceh #gc #bfg #ci #agi #bjj #hjd ,mr4 ,h4 ,sagar #fe #bda #gj #bhd #dj #baj #age #gce ,mr4 ,g4 ,e4 ,s4 ,fryer #fd #bdb #gc #bgc #db #bjf #agi #gba ,mr4 ,g4 ,l4 ,aston #ed #bbf #dh #bff #da #bac #adc #gje ,mr4 ,betham #fa #bei #eh #bbb #dd #bjf #afc #fhg ,mr4 ,w4 ,ford #ei #bai #ga #bfc #dj #aih #agj #fhj ,mr4 ,h4 ,elliott #ea #bja #fa #bha #ch #ahd #aej #fff ,mr4 ,t4 ,l4 ,coulson #fh #bdb #eh #bfb #cd #aej #afj #fed ,mr4 ,b4 ,p4 ,gregson #gj #bfd #ea #aia #db #aij #afc #fde ,captain ,lewin1 ,r4 ,e4 #fe #bda #ff #beh #cd #acd #afe #fcc ,mr4 ,o4 ,k4 ,prescot #ff #bdf #ej #aif #ci #ahi #aee #fca ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,eighteen ladies and thirty-two gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,fourteenth ,grand ,annual ,crystal ,palace ,archery ,meeting was held on ,july #aa and #ab1 #ahgb4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,j4 ,r4 ,thomson #ha #cdc #dg #bfa #abh #fjd ,mrs4 ,p4 ,pinckney #gb #cbh #df #bjh #aah #ecf ,miss ,ripley #fi #bii #dj #bjj #aji #dii ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,sagar #eb #bad #gc #cce #da #aig #aff #gdf ,captain ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #gd #beh #fg #baa #de #bbe #ahf #fid ,mr4 ,g4 ,e4 ,s4 ,fryer #ei #aie #fc #bhi #da #bja #afc #fhe ,mr4 ,h4 ,elliott #ee #bjg #ef #bbb #da #aic #aeb #fbb ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,thirty-six ladies and thirty-three gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,twenty-ninth ,grand ,national ,archery ,society's ,meeting was held1 in the grounds of the ,college at ,cheltenham1 on ,june #bf and #bg1 #ahgb4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,horniblow #hh #cid #dh #bff #acf #ffj ,mrs4 ,j4 ,r4 ,thomson #hj #cgb #de #bcc #abe #fje ,mrs4 ,kinahan #ge #cfe #df #baf #aba #eha ,mrs4 ,e4 ,lister #ge #cbg #da #bdc #aaf #egj ,miss ,h4 ,hutchinson #gb #cbj #de #bci #aag #eei ,mrs4 ,acklom #gc #cag #da #bja #aad #eah ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,horniblow won the silver bracer1 having secured all the points4 ,captain ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher became ,champion with highest gross score1 as he was a tie with ,mr4 ,betham for points1 each having #d--;,captain ,fisher having hits and score at #hj yards and gross score1 and ,mr4 ,betham hits and score at #ajj yards and gross hits4 ,mr4 ,sagar won the #b points for hits and score at #fj yards4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,captain ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #fd #bdb #ge #cdg #cf #ahb #age #gga ,mr4 ,jenner-,fust #fh #bej #fe #bia #dc #bjg #agf #gdh ,mr4 ,betham #ga #bfi #fg #bfg #dj #agf #agh #gab ,mr4 ,g4 ,e4 ,s4 ,fryer #fc #bei #ej #baf #dc #bji #aef #fhd ,mr4 ,h4 ,sagar #cg #aci #eh #bej #dg #bbg #adb #faf ,mr4 ,h4 ,elliott #ef #ahh #ei #bcc #db #aid #aeg #fae ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,fifty-five ladies and fifty-eight gentlemen shot at this meeting4 ,mrs4 ,thomson made a score of #cde on the following day--,june #bh--;in the handicap match4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,tenth ,grand ,western ,archery ,meeting was held at ,sherborne1 in ,mr4 ,digby's grounds1 on ,august #g and #h1 #ahgb1 when fifty-four ladies and forty-four gentlemen shot4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,p4 ,pinckney #he #dja #dg #bdi #acb #fej ,miss ,lockyer #gb #ccd #dc #bbc #aae #eeg ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,captain ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #ie #dbi #gf #cgj #dg #bfa #bah #ajfj ,mr4 ,g4 ,e4 ,s4 ,fryer #fh #bef #fe #bii #df #bfb #agi #hag ,mr4 ,r4 ,price #eh #bcd #ei #bfa #da #baa #aeh #gjf ,mr4 ,h4 ,walrond #eb #bjf #eh #bef #dg #bba #aeg #fhc ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #ee #bbi #ec #aii #dj #ahh #adh #faf ,mr4 ,t4 ,boulton #ec #baa #fj #bfd #cc #ada #adf #faf ,mr4 ,jenner-,fust #ff #bdd #ee #bag #ca #adi #aeb #faj ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mrs4 ,p4 ,pinckney and ,mr4 ,price became ,championess and ,champion of the ,west4 99 99 99 99 99 ,no ,leamington ,archery ,meeting was held in #ahgc1 as the ,grand ,national ,archery ,society's ,meeting was held in ,leamington in the course of the year4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,fifteenth ,grand ,annual ,crystal ,palace ,archery ,meeting was held on ,july #i and #aj1 #ahgc4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,p4 ,pinckney #hh #dfh #dg #bfa #ace #gbi ,mrs4 ,horniblow #hi #dgg #df #bdb #ace #gai ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #hd #cih #df #bdd #acj #fdb ,miss ,h4 ,hutchinson #gc #cag #df #bcd #aai #eea ,miss ,ripley #gg #cbi #ci #bba #aaf #eej ,mrs4 ,mayhew #gi #cde #ce #agi #aad #ebd ,mrs4 ,m4 ,barnard #gh #ccd #ch #agb #aaf #ejf ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #gf #cdj #gh #caf #ch #aib #aib #hdh ,mr4 ,g4 ,e4 ,s4 ,fryer #fi #bfe #ff #bhh #de #bda #ahj #gid ,mr4 ,h4 ,h4 ,palairet #fh #bgh #ga #cbe #db #ahb #aha #ghe ,mr4 ,h4 ,sagar #dc #aie #fd #cjh #df #bbh #aec #gca ,mr4 ,t4 ,boulton #fc #bea #fe #bda #da #bac #afi #gje ,mr4 ,betham #fb #bad #fb #bhd #dd #ahh #afh #fhf ,mr4 ,b4 ,p4 ,gregson #ei #bdg #fd #beh #ce #aea #aeh #fef ,mr4 ,t4 ,l4 ,coulson #ej #agb #fj #bff #ce #aha #ade #fai ,mr4 ,a4 ,henty #ea #aha #eg #bce #ch #ahj #adf #eif ,dr4 ,r4 ,harris #de #afg #fa #bfc #cf #aff #adb #eif ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,forty-four ladies and twenty-seven gentlemen shot4 ,major ,lewin acted as ,hon4 ,secretary to these meetings in #ahgb and #ahgc4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a ,grand ,archery ,meeting was held on the ,cricket-ground of the ,alexandra ,park ,company1 ,muswell ,hill1 near ,hornsey1 on ,july #ag and #ah1 #ahgc4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,horniblow #ij #dfj #dg #bgc #acg #gcc ,miss ,h4 ,hutchinson #gg #cdc #de #bci #abb #ehb ,mrs4 ,p4 ,pinckney #gc #cba #dg #bec #abj #egd ,miss ,betham #gc #cfe #dj #aih #aac #efc ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #gf #ccj #dd #bbh #abj #eeh ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,h4 ,palairet #fb #bff #gg #cji #df #bdb #ahe #hag ,major ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #hd #bih #fe #bhe #db #aid #aia #ggg ,mr4 ,g4 ,e4 ,s4 ,fryer #gb #bfb #fe #bhi #dd #bbj #aha #gga ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #fj #beb #gb #caj #ci #afi #aga #gca ,mr4 ,h4 ,sagar #fb #bej #ff #bib #ci #ahc #afg #gbe ,admiral ,a4 ,lowe #di #bai #ga #cjc #dc #aie #afc #gag ,mr4 ,t4 ,boulton #ei #bae #ef #baf #dc #bag #aeh #fdh ,mr4 ,betham #dh #agf #fb #bbb #dc #bji #aec #fjg ,mr4 ,g4 ,l4 ,aston #ed #ahh #ec #bcg #cc #afa #adj #ehf ,mr4 ,r4 ,braithwaite #db #aeb #ef #beh #cd #agf #acb #ehf ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,t4 ,aldred had the management of this meeting4 ,thirty-seven ladies and thirty-four gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,thirtieth ,grand ,national ,archery ,society's ,meeting was held at ,leamington1 in ,mrs4 ,wise's grounds1 ,shrublands1 on ,july #bc and #bd1 #ahgc4 ,mrs4 ,horniblow again won the silver bracer with #f points4 ,mrs4 ,p4 ,pinckney won the points for hits and score at #ej yards4 ,major ,fisher became ,champion with #h-a_/b points4 ,mr4 ,a4 ,henty won the point for hits at #fj yards1 and ,mr4 ,fust tied ,major ,fisher for the point for score at #fj yards4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,horniblow #ie #eba #dg #bdc #adb #gfd ,miss ,ripley #hf #dad #dd #bdj #acj #fed ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #hb #cif #de #bdc #abg #fci ,mrs4 ,p4 ,pinckney #ha #cea #dh #bgb #abi #fbc ,miss ,h4 ,hutchinson #ha #dje #dj #baj #aba #fae ,miss ,betham #gf #cch #de #bbe #aba #efc ,mrs4 ,villiers ,forbes #ge #cca #dd #bcj #aai #efa ,mrs4 ,hornby #gg #cei #dd #bjj #aba #eei ,mrs4 ,letts #hg #cje #db #bjh #abi #eac ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,major ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #ge #bia #ha #cgc #db #bcd #aih #hih ,mr4 ,h4 ,h4 ,palairet #fg #bdc #ge #cje #dd #bbf #ahf #ggd ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #eb #baf #gc #cbi #ci #bje #afd #gej ,mr4 ,t4 ,boulton #fd #bfb #fh #bff #cg #ahe #afi #gac ,mr4 ,jenner-,fust #fi #bfa #eh #baf #db #bcd #afi #gaa ,admiral ,a4 ,lowe #fa #bei #ef #bbj #db #aij #aei #ffi ,mr4 ,o4 ,k4 ,prescot #ei #bbg #ff #bgf #ci #afe #afd #ffh ,mr4 ,g4 ,e4 ,s4 ,fryer #ff #bgf #ef #bjb #cg #age #aei #fec ,mr4 ,e4 ,n4 ,snow #eh #bej #fj #bcj #ci #aec #aeg #fcc ,mr ,p4 ,muir #eh #bad #ed #bcd #cf #ahb #adh #fcj ,mr4 ,a4 ,henty #dg #ade #eg #bdg #de #bai #adi #faa ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,in the handicap match on the next day--,july #be--,miss ,hutchinson scored #cej1 ,mrs4 ,hornby #cab1 ,major ,fisher #dfb1 ,mr4 ,everett #dci1 and ,mr4 ,fryer #cfj4 ,sixty-three ladies and seventy-six gentlemen shot at this meeting4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,eleventh ,grand ,western ,archery ,meeting was held in ,mr4 ,parson's grounds at ,bitton1 near ,teignmouth1 on ,august #bg and #bh1 #ahgc1 when fifty-three ladies and thirty-nine gentlemen shot4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,p4 ,pinckney #hc #cge #de #bgc #abh #fdh ,miss ,ripley #hj #cfb #dg #bhe #abg #fdg ,mrs4 ,kinahan #gj #cjh #de #bcc #aae #eda ,mrs4 ,letts #fd #bij #dj #bjf #ajd #dif ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #fj #bfd #gc #cbc #dj #ahb #agc #gfi ,mr4 ,o4 ,k4 ,prescot #eh #bfd #fc #bfi #ch #agj #aei #gjc ,mr4 ,h4 ,walrond #dg #aga #fh #bid #db #baf #aeg #fha ,captain ,c4 ,h4 ,garnett #fd #bff #fj #beh #ce #aea #aei #fge ,mr4 ,t4 ,l4 ,coulson #eg #bjc #fe #bgc #ce #afg #aeg #fdc ,major ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #dj #aeh #fd #bef #da #aig #ade #faa ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mrs4 ,pinckney and ,mr4 ,walrond became ,championess and ,champion of the ,west4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,twentieth ,grand ,leamington and ,midland ,archery ,meeting was held on ,june #bd and #be1 #ahgd4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,e4 ,lister #hc #dda #dd #bej #abg #fia ,mrs4 ,v4 ,forbes #hc #cha #dg #bge #acj #fef ,miss ,h4 ,hutchinson #gh #cdd #de #bfc #abc #fjg ,mrs4 ,pond #gd #cbb #dg #bfa #aba #ehc ,mrs4 ,hornby #gg #cde #dg #bce #abd #ehj ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #ge #bga #dg #bfa #abb #ecb ,mrs4 ,mayhew #fi #cbi #db #bjb #aaa #eca ,miss ,m4 ,a4 ,hollins #gf #ccf #db #aij #aah #ebf ,mrs4 ,j4 ,f4 ,stilwell #fg #cja #ch #aif #aje #dig ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,o4 ,k4 ,prescot #ij #cej #fe #bgi #dc #aie #aih #hbd ,mr4 ,betham #fa #bfa #ga #cbe #de #bag #agg #hjc ,mr4 ,g4 ,e4 ,s4 ,fryer #gd #bhh #fc #bbe #dd #bbh #aha #gda ,mr4 ,g4 ,l4 ,aston #eg #baa #eg #bbc #da #aii #aee #fcc ,mr4 ,h4 ,sagar #ef #bdd #ej #aif #ch #ahh #add #fbh ,captain ,c4 ,h4 ,garnett #ci #adi #fh #bif #ci #agg #adf #fbb ,colonel ,norbury #dd #adj #fe #bgi #de #bja #aed #fbj ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,twenty-four ladies and thirty-eight gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,sixteenth ,grand ,annual ,crystal ,palace ,archery ,meeting was held on ,july #h and #i1 #ahgd4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,pond #hc #dba #dg #bgi #acj #gjj ,miss ,croker #gd #chb #db #bcj #aaf #fab ,mrs4 ,mayhew #gg #cci #dh #bff #abe #fje ,mrs4 ,j4 ,f4 ,stilwell #ge #ceg #dd #bcf #aai #eic ,miss ,h4 ,hutchinson #ga #cbc #dd #bdd #aae #efg ,mrs4 ,marshall #hc #cge #cg #ahi #abj #efd ,mrs4 ,p4 ,pinckney #fi #caa #df #bdj #aae #eea ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington #gc #cbi #gh #ccd #df #bej #aig #iac ,major ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #hj #cbf #gd #ced #db #bjf #aif #hhf ,mr4 ,betham #fg #bhc #gj #cjd #ch #agf #age #gfc ,mr4 ,h4 ,sagar #fa #bbi #fh #caj #dc #aig #agb #gcf ,mr4 ,a4 ,henty #ef #bbb #fh #bhh #db #afj #aff #fgj ,major ,lewin1 ,r4 ,e4 #ec #aie #eg #bgg #ce #afa #ade #fcc ,mr4 ,g4 ,e4 ,s4 ,fryer #df #bad #ee #bba #ci #ahc #adj #fah ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,thirty-nine ladies and forty-three gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,twelfth ,grand ,western ,archery ,meeting was held at ,weymouth on ,july #bi and #cj1 #ahgd1 when fifty-two ladies and thirty-six gentlemen shot4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,pond #ge #cbg #da #ahg #aaf #ead ,mrs4 ,horniblow #gb #cjd #dd #bjj #aaf #ejd ,mrs4 ,c4 ,betham #fh #cjd #da #aia #aji #die ,miss ,betham #fj #bgj #dd #bab #ajd #dhb ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #gc #bhi #dc #aia #aaf #dhj ,miss ,lowe #ff #cjf #cg #afi #ajc #dge ,mrs4 ,p4 ,pinckney #fd #bdd #dd #bcj #ajh #dgd ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,major ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #gb #bdf #fe #bfg #db #bdd #agi #geg ,mr4 ,h4 ,walrond #ee #bdc #ef #bhf #ce #acc #adf #ffb ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington #fe #bcc #fj #bdd #ch #aef #afc #fcc ,mr4 ,t4 ,l4 ,coulson #di #aie #fc #big #cd #abb #adf #fad ,mr4 ,o4 ,k4 ,prescot #fc #bci #eg #bag #cd #adh #aed #fjd ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,miss ,lowe and ,mr4 ,h4 ,walrond became ,championess and ,champion of the ,west4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,thirty-first ,grand ,national ,archery ,society's ,meeting was held on ,august #e and #f1 #ahgd1 on the ,college ,cricket-ground1 at ,winchester4 ,mrs4 ,pond won the silver bracer with #f points4 ,mrs4 ,p4 ,f4 ,legh won the point for score at #ej yards2 and ,mrs4 ,p4 ,pinckney and ,mrs4 ,horniblow divided the point for hits at #ej yards4 ,major ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher became ,champion1 having secured all the points4 ,eighty-two ladies and sixty-four gentlemen shot at this meeting4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,pond #hg #dca #de #bac #acb #fdd ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #gg #cfi #df #bgb #abc #fda ,mrs4 ,p4 ,pinckney #hb #cfb #dg #bga #abi #fcc ,mrs4 ,horniblow #gf #ceb #dg #bfi #abc #fba ,mrs4 ,e4 ,lister #gf #ccj #df #beb #abb #ehb ,miss ,milne #gf #chd #df #aif #abb #ehj ,miss ,betham #gc #cea #dd #bjd #aag #eee ,miss ,e4 ,martin #gc #ccc #db #bjh #aae #eda ,mrs4 ,mayhew #fd #bhj #df #bej #aaj #ecj ,mrs4 ,holland #fh #cjh #df #bbj #aad #ebh ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,major ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #ga #bhi #ge #cca #dg #bec #aic #hgc ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #fc #bbe #eh #bed #dc #bcc #afd #gab ,mr4 ,g4 ,e4 ,s4 ,fryer #ee #bac #fe #bia #da #bje #afa #gji ,mr4 ,betham #fj #bcd #fb #bdh #da #bba #afc #gjc ,mr4 ,h4 ,walrond #dh #ahj #fd #bff #dd #bdh #aef #fid ,mr4 ,o4 ,k4 ,prescot #eh #bbd #fc #bga #cg #aec #aeh #fdh ,mr4 ,b4 ,p4 ,gregson #eh #baf #ee #bae #db #ahh #aee #fai ,mr4 ,a4 ,henty #ed #ahd #fj #bdd #dj #ahd #aed #fab ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington #eg #agi #fa #bda #da #aia #aei #faa ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,in the handicap match on ,august #g1 ,mrs4 ,e4 ,lister scored #cef1 ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #ccc1 and ,mrs4 ,horniblow #cai2 ,major ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #ddc1 and ,mr4 ,betham #dah4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,twenty-first ,grand ,leamington and ,midland ,archery ,meeting was held in the ,jephson ,gardens1 on ,june #bc and #bd1 #ahge4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,w4 ,butt #hf #dbb #dc #bce #abi #feg ,mrs4 ,pond #hb #cff #dd #beh #abf #fbd ,miss ,m4 ,a4 ,hollins #hj #cfj #dh #bfb #abh #fbb ,miss ,h4 ,hutchinson #hb #cbh #da #aha #abc #eji ,mrs4 ,hornby #gd #cbf #cg #aha #aaa #ejg ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,rimington #gd #bhj #gc #cci #dd #bch #aia #heg ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #hb #caj #ga #bfe #de #bae #aih #gij ,mr4 ,h4 ,h4 ,palairet #fb #bef #ff #bgf #dg #bbg #age #gei ,mr4 ,betham #eh #bdd #fc #bec #dd #aif #afe #fic ,mr4 ,w4 ,porter #dg #ahe #gj #cjj #cc #afe #aej #fej ,mr4 ,h4 ,elliott #ee #bac #fj #bch #dj #aff #aee #fag ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,twenty-four ladies and forty gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,seventeenth ,annual ,crystal ,palace ,archery ,meeting was held on ,july #bh and #bi1 #ahge4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,horniblow #hd #cid #dh #bhj #acb #fgd ,mrs4 ,pond #hb #cgd #df #bej #abh #fbd ,mrs4 ,kinahan #gf #caj #dh #beh #abd #efh ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #hj #cej #dc #aie #abc #ede ,miss ,legh #ge #cac #dj #ahd #aae #dig ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,major ,c4 ,h4 ,fiher #hc #cae #hj #cfj #dc #bac #bjf #hhh ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington #ei #aii #hj #caj #dd #beh #ahc #gfg ,mr4 ,betham #fa #baa #fh #bgh #dc #bcc #agb #gbb ,mr4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #di #aga #fg #bhi #de #bbe #afa #fhe ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #ff #bfb #fa #bfa #ch #aej #afe #fgc ,mr4 ,h4 ,walrond #fb #bah #dg #bji #de #bca #aed #feh ,mr4 ,h4 ,h4 ,palairet #ej #bbh #fj #bdj #cc #aga #adc #fci ,mr4 ,g4 ,e4 ,s4 ,fryer #eb #aid #fd #bef #ci #ahe #aee #fce ,mr4 ,w4 ,ford #fj #bbf #eh #bbh #cf #adh #aed #fjb ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,forty ladies and fifty-seven gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,thirty-second ,grand ,national ,archery ,society's ,meeting was held on ,august #d and #e1 #ahge1 in the ,deer-park at ,richmond1 ,surrey4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,m4 ,a4 ,hollins #hh #dcj #de #bfc #acc #fic ,miss ,horniblow #ga #caa #dc #bbi #aad #edj ,mrs4 ,p4 ,pinckney #fi #cjg #dd #bbh #aac #ece ,mrs4 ,e4 ,lister #gd #cjd #de #bbc #aai #ebg ,mrs4 ,marshall #fh #cjd #db #bbj #aaj #ebd ,mrs4 ,pond #fa #bhg #db #baj #ajc #dig ,miss ,h4 ,hutchinson #gj #cjb #dc #ahe #aac #dhg ,miss ,milne #gf #ccd #ce #aea #aaa #dhe ,mrs4 ,c4 ,e4 ,hornby #ei #bee #dc #bai #ajb #dgd ,miss ,benwell #gj #bgb #da #aic #aaa #dfe ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,hollins won the silver bracer with #g-a_/b points1 as she divided the point for hits at #ej yards with ,mrs4 ,lister4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,g4 ,e4 ,s4 ,fryer #gg #bgi #ge #cfa #df #bcf #aih #hgf ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington #gh #ceh #ff #cjh #db #aif #ahf #hfb ,major ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #fi #bge #ga #cda #de #bcc #ahe #hdi ,mr4 ,b4 ,p4 ,gregson #ga #bgg #fc #bgi #dd #bjj #agh #gef ,mr4 ,betham #ei #bcc #fc #bfi #dh #bch #agj #gdj ,mr4 ,h4 ,h4 ,palairet #ee #bag #gb #cbf #cf #aij #afc #gcc ,mr4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #fa #bei #fd #bif #dj #afh #afe #gbc ,mr4 ,a4 ,t4 ,d4 ,berrington #eb #bcb #ei #bei #ci #aha #aej #fgb ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #fc #bcg #fj #bgb #cd #add #aeg #fec ,mr4 ,h4 ,walrond #ed #bbf #dd #ahj #de #bda #adc #fdg ,mr4 ,w4 ,butt #cb #abb #fd #bdf #db #bej #ach #fah ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,fryer became ,champion with #f points4 ,mr4 ,rimington won the point for hits and score at #ajj yards2 ,mr4 ,betham the point for hits at #fj yards2 and ,mr4 ,butt the point for score at #fj yards4 ,eighty-four ladies and seventy-two gentlemen shot at this meeting4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,thirteenth ,grand ,western ,archery ,meeting was held at ,bitton1 near ,teignmouth1 on ,august #aa and #ab1 #ahge1 when forty-seven ladies and twenty-seven gentlemen shot4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ---- ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,hosken #fi #cac #ci #aic #ajh #ejf ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington #gd #bhf #ha #cha #dg #bei #bjb #ibf ,major ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #gg #bhi #gg #cda #dj #bjf #aid #hcf ,mr4 ,g4 ,e4 ,s4 ,fryer #gb #bij #fc #big #ch #aij #agc #ggg ,mr4 ,h4 ,walrond #fd #bgd #fe #bge #dj #aih #afi #gdg ,mr4 ,h4 ,h4 ,palairet #fj #bcf #fh #caf #cd #aej #afb #gjb ,mr4 ,h4 ,sagar #fe #bec #ef #bdb #cg #afi #aeh #ffd ,mr4 ,grant ,dalton #de #aga #ei #beg #dc #bjc #adg #fca ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mrs4 ,hosken and ,mr4 ,walrond became ,championess and ,champion of the ,west4 ,major ,fisher scored #ddb1 and ,mr4 ,palairet #dbd1 in the handicap match on the following day--,august #ac4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,twenty-second ,grand ,leamington and ,midland ,archery ,meeting was held on ,june #ba and #bb1 #ahgf4 ,twenty-nine ladies and thirty-four gentlemen shot4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,w4 ,butt #ia #dfc #dg #bfg #ach #gcj ,mrs4 ,horniblow #hc #chc #dg #bdi #acj #fcb ,mrs4 ,pond #gi #cgc #db #bah #aba #eia ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #gc #cba #dg #bfi #abj #eij ,miss ,h4 ,hutchinson #ge #cgi #ci #aii #aab #egh ,mrs4 ,e4 ,lister #hj #cff #da #bje #aba #ega ,miss ,m4 ,a4 ,hollins #gd #cbd #df #bdd #abj #efh ,mrs4 ,hornby #gd #cbb #dc #bcc #aag #eee ,mrs4 ,kinahan #gg #cee #ci #aia #aaf #edf ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #id #cfd #gj #cdh #ci #ahe #bjc #hig ,mr4 ,g4 ,l4 ,aston #fe #bdc #ff #bhh #de #bji #agf #gdj ,mr4 ,w4 ,ford #ff #bcj #ga #cac #da #ahe #agh #gbh ,mr4 ,w4 ,butt #db #agd #fd #bgf #df #bdj #aeb #fij ,mr4 ,w4 ,porter #eb #bjd #ea #aia #dd #bjh #adg #fjc ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett scored #dea on ,june #bc in the handicap match4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,eighteenth ,grand ,annual ,crystal ,palace ,archery ,meeting was held on ,june #bh and #bi1 #ahgf4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,w4 ,butt #hi #ddg #dd #bdh #acc #fie ,mrs4 ,kinahan #hb #cfh #dh #bej #acj #fah ,mrs4 ,marshall #hb #cgf #dd #bbf #abf #fjb ,mrs4 ,pond #gd #cch #de #bcc #aai #ega ,miss ,berens #fh #caf #dd #bcf #aab #eeb ,miss ,croker #gj #cjb #de #bca #aae #ecc ,mrs4 ,d4 ,ainsworth #gj #bih #dd #bbd #aad #ebb ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #ha #cai #dc #aii #abd #eah ,miss ,follett #ga #cca #dj #agj #aaa #eja ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #gg #ccc #fi #bhc #de #bji #aia #hbe ,major ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #fe #bia #ff #bid #dj #agf #aga #gfa ,mr4 ,j4 ,rogers #fg #bbi #ff #bfd #dc #bac #agf #gjf ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington #fi #bei #gb #bgd #cd #adj #age #fgc ,mr4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey #df #agh #ef #bdj #da #bjg #aec #fbe ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,thirty-nine ladies and thirty-five gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,thirty-third ,grand ,national ,archery ,society's ,meeting was held on ,july #e and #f1 #ahgf1 at ,sandown ,park1 near ,esher1 ,surrey4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,w4 ,butt #ia #dhc #dg #bfi #ach #geb ,mrs4 ,marshall #hg #dji #dd #bjb #aca #faa ,mrs4 ,kinahan #fi #cbe #dd #bdf #aac #ega ,miss ,m4 ,a4 ,hollins #ge #cjc #dd #bdf #aai #edi ,mrs4 ,kane #gd #ccj #ci #bja #aac #eca ,miss ,croker #ge #cca #ce #aie #aaj #ebf ,mrs4 ,d4 ,ainsworth #fg #cjg #dc #bjg #aaj #ead ,miss ,h4 ,hutchinson #gj #cjd #dd #bjb #aad #ejf ,mrs4 ,horniblow #fe #bhc #dc #bag #ajh #ejj ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,butt won the silver bracer with all the points4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,h4 ,palairet #ei #bcc #gg #cac #de #bbg #aha #ggc ,major ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #gh #ceh #fj #bjh #db #bjd #ahj #ggj ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #gj #bdh #ef #bcb #ci #bjc #afe #fhc ,mr4 ,rogers #ea #bja #ed #bdj #dc #bbe #adh #fff ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington #fa #bce #ei #bca #ci #afc #aei #fbi ,mr4 ,g4 ,e4 ,s4 ,fryer #ec #aie #fc #bbe #ch #ahd #aed #fjd ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,h4 ,palairet became the ,champion with #h points after a very close contest during the shooting of the last #c arrows at #fj yards with ,major ,fisher1 who won the #b points for hits and score at #ajj yards4 ,in the handicap match on the next day ,mrs4 ,horniblow made #cdj1 and ,mr4 ,everett #dbg4 ,sixty-three ladies and fifty-three gentlemen shot at this meeting4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,fourteenth ,grand ,western ,archery ,meeting was held at ,salisbury on ,august #b and #c1 #ahgf1 when fifty-three ladies and forty gentlemen shot4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #hf #cfh #df #bff #acb #fcd ,miss ,e4 ,pinckney #ha #cde #de #bac #abf #eeh ,mrs4 ,horniblow #gh #caf #de #bbc #abc #eci ,mrs4 ,kane #fe #bhi #dg #bcc #aab #ebb ,mrs4 ,e4 ,lister #fc #bga #dj #baf #ajc #dhg ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,h4 ,palairet #fd #bcd #fd #cjb #de #bbi #agc #gfe ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #fi #bga #ei #bbi #dd #bjd #agb #gjd ,mr4 ,h4 ,walrond #ee #bja #fb #bej #df #bcf #afc #fhg ,mr4 ,j4 ,penrose #ef #baj #fc #bei #dd #aih #afc #ffg ,mr4 ,h4 ,b4 ,hare #dd #afj #fe #bhe #cf #agb #ade #fag ,mr4 ,p4 ,f4 ,legh #di #afi #eg #bca #ci #aic #ade #eic ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,miss ,e4 ,pinckney and ,mr4 ,palairet became ,championess and ,champion of the ,west4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,twenty-third ,grand ,leamington and ,midland ,archery ,meeting was held on ,june #bg and #bh1 #ahgg4 ,forty ladies and twenty-seven gentlemen shot4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,w4 ,butt #hh #dcb #de #bge #acc #gjg ,miss ,m4 ,a4 ,hollins #he #dac #de #bhg #acj #gjj ,mrs4 ,kinahan #hg #chc #df #bdh #acc #fca ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #hf #cgj #df #bfj #acb #fcj ,miss ,legh #hj #cgh #dg #bdi #abg #fbg ,mrs4 ,d4 ,ainsworth #ha #cec #dj #bjb #aba #eee ,mrs4 ,acklom #gg #cfa #df #ahh #abc #edi ,mrs4 ,e4 ,lister #gc #cac #ch #bad #aaa #ebg ,miss ,h4 ,hutchinson #ge #cbg #db #aif #aag #ebc ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,h4 ,palairet #ff #bfb #gg #cfc #da #bac #ahd #hch ,major ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #gg #bii #gb #bhf #dd #bdb #aic #hbg ,mr4 ,h4 ,elliott #eh #bbj #ei #bdg #cg #ahe #aed #feb ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mrs4 ,w4 ,butt scored #cfe on ,june #bi in the handicap match4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,nineteenth ,grand ,annual ,crystal ,palace ,archery ,meeting was held on ,july #ab and #ac1 #ahgg4 ,forty-six ladies and forty gentlemen shot4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,w4 ,butt #ia #dgg #de #bda #acf #gah ,mrs4 ,kinahan #hg #dci #de #bba #acb #ffj ,miss ,legh #hd #cgb #dh #bff #acb #fch ,mrs4 ,marshall #hc #cei #de #bfa #abh #fbj ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #hj #cef #dg #bea #abg #fjg ,mrs4 ,p4 ,pinckney #gg #cag #dd #bff #aba #ehc ,mrs4 ,kane #gi #che #dj #aih #aai #ehc ,mrs4 ,hulse #fe #big #dc #bba #ajh #eah ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,major ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #ie #chi #gb #ccj #dc #bac #baj #icb ,mr4 ,p4 ,pinckney #gc #cjg #fi #cac #dg #bdc #ahi #hfc ,mr4 ,h4 ,h4 ,palairet #fg #bfi #ge #cda #dc #bac #ahe #hbc ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington #gg #cja #gj #bhh #cf #aed #ahc #gdc ,mr4 ,e4 ,n4 ,snow #dg #agc #ff #bfh #dc #aii #aef #fdj ,mr4 ,h4 ,sagar #fd #bdb #ei #bje #cg #ahi #aej #fcf ,mr4 ,h4 ,walrond #ea #ahe #fj #bdd #ch #ahj #adi #fji ,mr4 ,j4 ,rogers #fb #aih #fj #bdf #cf #afd #aeh #fjh ,major ,lewin1 ,r4 ,e4 #df #bjd #eh #bah #db #ahf #adf #fjh ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,thirty-fourth ,grand ,national ,archery ,society's ,meeting was held at ,doncaster1 on the ,racecourse1 on ,august #h and #i1 #ahgg4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,w4 ,butt #hj #dad #df #bfb #abf #fgf ,miss ,m4 ,a4 ,hollins #hd #cgf #db #bbj #abf #eif ,mrs4 ,d4 ,ainsworth #gc #cbg #de #bec #aah #ehj ,mrs4 ,horniblow #gb #caf #df #bdd #aah #efj ,mrs4 ,e4 ,lister #gj #cbj #db #baf #aab #eaf ,mrs4 ,marshall #ge #cai #df #ahh #aba #ejg ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #gc #caa #dd #aif #aag #ejg ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,butt won the silver bracer with #e-a_/b points4 ,miss ,hollins won the point for hits at #fj yards1 and made an equal number of gross hits with ,mrs4 ,butt2 and ,mrs4 ,horniblow made the same number of hits at #ej yards as ,mrs4 ,butt4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington #ee #bbg #gj #bij #ch #ahf #afc #gjc ,mr4 ,h4 ,h4 ,palairet #df #agj #fa #bei #dj #bbj #adg #fdi ,mr4 ,betham #ed #bdb #ed #bjf #da #agi #adi #fbg ,mr4 ,g4 ,e4 ,s4 ,fryer #eh #bbb #ec #bbi #ci #aei #aej #faj ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington became ,champion with #g points4 ,mr4 ,betham won the #b points for score at #ajj yards and hits at #fj yards2 ,mr4 ,fryer the point for hits at #ajj yards2 and ,mr4 ,palairet the point for score at #fj yards4 ,in the handicap match on the next day--,august #aj--,mrs4 ,butt scored #dd hits1 #bhj sc4 and #bd hits1 #aed sc4 #fh hits1 #dcd sc41 and ,miss ,hollins #cfb4 ,mr4 ,palairet scored #djj4 ,the weather on the two first days at this meeting was most unsuitable4 ,forty-four ladies and fifty-four gentlemen attended this meeting4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,fifteenth ,grand ,western ,archery ,meeting was held at ,bitton1 near ,teignmouth1 on ,august #bi and #cj1 #ahgg1 when forty-nine ladies and thirty gentlemen shot4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #gd #cfj #dd #bdj #aah #fjj ,miss ,e4 ,pinckney #ge #cbg #df #bdj #aba #efg ,miss ,c4 ,radford #hb #cib #da #agc #abc #efe ,mrs4 ,v4 ,forbes #ga #cbi #dj #bjb #aaa #eca ,mrs4 ,gataker #ga #cja #dd #bad #aae #eae ,miss ,follett #fh #cjb #da #bja #aji #ejc ,miss ,e4 ,matthews #fd #bid #dj #bjf #ajd #ejj ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,major ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #ia #ceg #ff #bib #da #bja #aih #hej ,mr4 ,p4 ,pinckney #gc #bea #fg #cjg #db #bbh #ahb #ghf ,mr4 ,h4 ,h4 ,palairet #fg #bfc #gj #bhh #dd #aih #aha #gdi ,mr4 ,o4 ,l4 ,clare #ge #bhe #dh #ahf #dc #bje #aff #fgf ,mr4 ,h4 ,walrond #eg #bai #fe #bee #dc #aie #afe #ffi ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,miss ,e4 ,pinckney and ,mr4 ,p4 ,pinckney--sister and brother--became ,championess and ,champion of the ,west4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,twenty-fourth ,grand ,leamington and ,midland ,archery ,meeting was held on ,june #bf and #bg1 #ahgh4 ,thirty-one ladies and twenty-nine gentlemen shot4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,horniblow #hi #cii #df #bfj #ace #fei ,miss ,m4 ,a4 ,hollins #hj #dab #dd #bjf #abd #fah ,miss ,legh #ha #cge #dc #bai #abd #eid ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #ha #cca #de #bdi #abf #ehj ,mrs4 ,w4 ,betham #ga #caa #da #bac #aab #ebd ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,major ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #hc #cei #gc #cjg #da #ahc #aig #hdi ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #hb #bih #fh #caj #dd #bjb #aid #haj ,mr4 ,betham #gj #bgh #fa #bgg #bi #afa #afj #gaf ,mr4 ,g4 ,l4 ,aston #ee #aii #fe #bca #dd #bad #afd #fdd ,mr4 ,w4 ,yates ,foot #cg #afc #fa #bbc #dc #bbc #ada #fji ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,on ,june #bh1 in the handicap match1 ,miss ,hollins scored #chg1 and ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #dfj4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,twentieth ,grand ,annual ,crystal ,palace ,archery ,meeting was held on ,july #aj and #aa1 #ahgh4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,marshall #ij #dhb #dc #bag #acc #fii ,mrs4 ,horniblow #hf #dah #dg #bda #acc #fei ,mrs4 ,d4 ,ainsworth #hd #cgj #dc #bda #abg #faa ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #gh #ced #df #bdd #abd #eih ,miss ,m4 ,protheroe #ga #cdg #db #ahj #aac #ebg ,miss ,ellis #fi #cag #ch #bjj #ajg #eag ,mrs4 ,berens #ga #cba #dj #ahh #aaa #eji ,miss ,benwell #fh #bih #df #bjd #aad #ejb ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,h4 ,palairet #ge #bii #gf #chb #dg #bdg #aih #ibh ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington #fg #cje #gc #cbi #dd #baf #ahd #hej ,major ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #gh #cjh #ef #bah #df #bdd #ahj #ggj ,mr4 ,walrond #eh #aih #eg #bfa #dd #bcd #aei #fic ,mr4 ,g4 ,w4 ,chapman #df #agf #fg #cje #ci #bjc #aeb #fhd ,mr4 ,betham #eg #bai #fe #bea #cf #baj #aeh #fhj ,mr4 ,o4 ,k4 ,prescot #ge #cja #ee #bbg #ce #aca #afe #fei ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #fd #bdd #eg #bec #cd #afb #aee #fei ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,thirty-seven ladies and thirty-four gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,thirty-fifth ,grand ,national ,archery ,society's ,meeting was held on ,july #bd and #be1 #ahgh1 at ,tunbridge ,wells1 on the ,cricket-ground4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,marshall #hg #dbe #de #bfg #acb #fib ,mrs4 ,horniblow #hf #djf #df #bbf #acb #fcb ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #he #cfg #dd #bdf #abi #fac ,miss ,legh #gi #cfi #db #ahf #aba #eee ,miss ,m4 ,a4 ,hollins #gh #cdd #db #aij #abj #ecd ,mrs4 ,d4 ,ainsworth #gi #cai #db #aif #aba #eae ,mrs4 ,e4 ,lister #ga #big #ci #aii #aaj #dif ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,marshall won the silver bracer with #f points2 ,mrs4 ,horniblow having won the point for hits at #ej yards1 and tied with ,mrs4 ,marshall for gross hits4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,h4 ,palairet #hc #cce #gb #cfj #dg #bcg #bjb #icb ,mr4 ,o4 ,leigh ,clare #gd #bhf #gg #cga #ci #ahc #aij #hdj ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington #ef #bcd #ff #bhf #dh #bhf #agj #hjf ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #fd #bdf #fj #bhb #ch #aid #afb #gbb ,major ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #fc #bei #ec #bdg #dj #bjh #aef #gad ,mr4 ,betham #fb #bgj #ef #bdj #da #afg #aei #fgg ,mr4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey #eh #bfh #ei #bag #db #agj #aei #fee ,mr4 ,walrond #ee #aia #ef #bdh #dj #aif #aea #fce ,mr4 ,a4 ,henty #ed #aid #eh #bbf #db #aib #aed #fab ,mr4 ,g4 ,e4 ,s4 ,fryer #ed #bjh #ee #bce #cf #afb #ade #fje ,mr4 ,g4 ,w4 ,chapman #dd #aej #eh #bfb #ci #aia #ada #fjc ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,palairet became ,champion1 having won #g points4 ,mr4 ,clare won the point for hits at #hj yards1 and ,mr4 ,rimington won the points for hits and score at #fj yards4 ,in the handicap match on the next day--,july #bf--,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh scored #cfj1 and ,mr4 ,rimington #dja4 ,sixty-two ladies and fifty-six gentlemen shot at this meeting4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,sixteenth ,grand ,western ,archery ,society's ,meeting was held at ,weymouth1 on ,august #g and #h1 #ahgh1 on the ground of the ,weymouth ,archery ,society4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,horniblow #gd #cdh #dd #bdd #aah #eib ,mrs4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #fh #ccf #da #bae #aji #eea ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #gi #cae #dc #bbg #abb #edb ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,walrond #ef #bbh #gc #cbg #df #bfj #age #hae ,mr4 ,h4 ,h4 ,palairet #gj #bgh #gf #cbh #db #ahj #ahh #ghf ,mr4 ,a4 ,meyrick #de #afe #fc #bfa #dd #baf #aeb #fdb ,mr4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #ee #bai #eh #bdb #ci #age #aeb #fcf ,mr4 ,e4 ,n4 ,snow #ed #bjj #eg #bbc #ch #baj #adi #fcc ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #fh #bed #ec #aic #ci #age #afj #fbb ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,on ,august #i1 in the handicap match1 ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh made #cae and ,mrs4 ,horniblow #cad4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,twenty-fifth ,grand ,leamington and ,midland ,archery ,meeting was held in the ,jephson ,gardens on ,june #be and #bf1 #ahgi4 ,thirty ladies and twenty-five gentlemen shot4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #hi #dee #dh #bhh #acg #gdc ,miss ,m4 ,a4 ,hollins #hd #djh #dc #bjg #abg #fae ,mrs4 ,e4 ,lister #gd #cef #dd #bjh #aah #efd ,mrs4 ,hulse #gg #cbg #dj #bjh #aag #ece ,miss ,e4 ,d4 ,pryce #fj #bhb #db #bbb #ajb #ejd ,mrs4 ,butt#ab #de #bde #bc #aai #fh #cfd ---------------------------------------- ----------- #ab ,mrs4 ,butt shot only on the first day of the meeting one-half the ,national ,round4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #fh #bfh #fc #bfi #cd #aef #afe #fic ,mr4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #ff #beh #fb #bdj #db #aij #agj #fhh ,mr4 ,h4 ,sagar #fa #bea #ee #bda #cf #aeb #aeb #fdd ,mr4 ,e4 ,n4 ,snow #ef #bah #ec #bjg #db #bjf #aea #fca ,mr4 ,betham #fj #baj #dh #bbb #ci #aig #adg #fbi ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,miss ,hollins1 on ,june #bg1 in the handicap match1 scored #cec4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,twenty-first ,grand ,annual ,crystal ,palace ,archery ,meeting was held on ,july #aj and #aa1 #ahgi4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,marshall #hf #dbh #df #bdh #acb #fgf ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #hi #cig #de #bfi #acd #fff ,mrs4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #hd #chb #db #beh #abf #fdj ,mrs4 ,butt #ha #daa #dd #bah #abe #fbi ,miss ,h4 ,hutchinson #gf #cbh #dg #bda #abc #efi ,mrs4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #gh #ceb #da #ahc #aai #ece ,mrs4 ,hulse #ge #cbe #db #aid #aag #eai ,miss ,e4 ,d4 ,pryce #fi #ccg #ch #agf #ajg #eac ,miss ,c4 ,radford #ge #bia #dj #bbj #aae #eaa ,miss ,f4 ,shuter #gd #cef #cg #ade #aaa #eja ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington #hc #cbg #he #cgi #df #bfj #bad #iff ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #ff #bad #ff #cjh #de #bfg #agg #ghi ,mr4 ,e4 ,n4 ,snow #fe #bfa #gj #cad #db #ahf #agg #gfa ,mr4 ,h4 ,sagar #fj #bfh #fa #bdi #db #bjh #afc #gbe ,mr4 ,walrond #ed #aij #fh #cbf #dc #bjg #afe #gbc ,mr4 ,a4 ,t4 ,d4 ,berrington #ei #bbg #fd #bdh #dc #ahe #aff #ffj ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #eh #bej #ef #bcb #cf #aff #aej #fdh ,mr4 ,h4 ,elliott #eg #bbi #ec #bag #dj #ahd #aej #fcj ,mr4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey #di #aii #ef #bdf #cd #aef #aci #fja ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,forty-eight ladies and thirty gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,thirty-sixth ,grand ,national ,archery ,society's ,meeting was held on ,august #f and #g1 #ahgi1 at ,cheltenham1 on the ,college ,cricket-ground4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,marshall #hd #dfb #df #bdf #acj #gjh ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #hf #dbd #df #bfd #acb #fhh ,mrs4 ,butt #hi #dcg #dg #bce #acf #fgb ,mrs4 ,e4 ,lister #fg #cgi #dh #bfh #aae #fdg ,miss ,m4 ,a4 ,hollins #gb #cjd #dc #bda #aae #ede ,mrs4 ,hulse #ff #cad #dd #bbd #aaj #ech ,mrs4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #gg #cca #dc #aig #abj #ebh ,mrs4 ,hornby #ga #cjc #da #bbc #aab #ebf ,miss ,e4 ,matthews #gd #cdd #cc #aha #ajg #ebe ,miss ,i4 ,carter #fg #ccg #ch #ahb #aje #eai ,miss ,h4 ,hutchinson #fh #cah #dd #aif #aab #ead ,lady ,harberton #gg #cda #cc #aei #aaj #ejj ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,on this occasion ,mrs4 ,marshall won the silver bracer with the highest score1 as she and ,mrs4 ,butt each had #c points--the former for gross score and for score at #fj yards1 and the latter for gross hits and for hits at #fj yards4 ,mrs4 ,legh won the points for hits and score at #ej yards4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington #eh #bdd #fd #cjd #dc #bea #afe #gii ,mr4 ,e4 ,walters #gj #bef #gj #bed #dg #bai #ahg #gbi ,mr4 ,p4 ,s4 ,nevile #fe #bdi #fa #bfa #dc #ahc #afi #fic ,mr4 ,walrond #ec #bja #gc #bfe #dd #bab #agj #fgh ,mr4 ,a4 ,t4 ,d4 ,berrington #ei #bbc #ef #bcf #dc #bjc #aeh #ffb ,mr4 ,betham #ff #bef #dg #ahg #da #bja #aed #fdd ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #ed #bcj #eh #bab #ce #aei #adg #fja ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,walters became ,champion with #d-a_/b points--gross hits1 hits at #ajj yards and at #fj yards1 and a tie with ,mr4 ,betham for score at #ajj yards4 ,mr4 ,rimington won #c points1 for gross score and for score at #hj yards2 and ,mr4 ,walrond won the point for hits at #hj yards4 ,eighty-three ladies and sixty-one gentlemen shot4 ,mrs4 ,butt scored #cha1 and ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #cgj2 ,mr4 ,walters #deh1 ,mr4 ,berrington #dcj1 and ,mr4 ,rimington #dad1 in the handicap match on ,august #h4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,sixteenth ,grand ,western ,archery ,meeting was held at ,teignmouth1 in ,mr4 ,parson's grounds1 on ,august #ac and #ad1 #ahgi4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,butt #hi #dde #dg #bii #acf #gdd ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #hi #dfi #de #bca #acd #gjj ,miss ,isabel ,carter #hd #djb #dd #bcd #abh #fcf ,miss ,k4 ,lowe #gg #cdc #db #bbj #aai #efc ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington #gi #cbg #gf #cgb #de #bba #bjj #ibj ,mr4 ,walrond #dh #aff #gb #cjh #de #bce #afe #gji ,mr4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #ec #bbe #ei #bea #ci #bjg #aea #fhc ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #ga #bgc #fc #bdi #cf #aeb #agj #fgd ,mr4 ,e4 ,n4 ,snow #eb #bjb #ei #bba #dj #baj #aea #fcc ,mr4 ,w4 ,yates ,foot #eg #bje #fa #bge #cc #aea #aea #fca ,mr4 ,h4 ,kendall #eh #baf #ei #bdg #dj #aff #aeg #fbi ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,forty-six ladies and twenty-seven gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,twenty-sixth ,grand ,leamington and ,midland ,archery ,meeting was held in the ,jephson ,gardens on ,june #bc and #bd1 #ahhj4 ,thirty-seven ladies and thirty-three gentlemen shot4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,butt #hj #cgh #df #bhb #abf #ffj ,mrs4 ,e4 ,lister #hd #djd #de #bdi #abi #fec ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #hf #chh #dg #bdc #acc #fca ,miss ,legh #gh #cfj #db #bdf #acj #fjf ,miss ,m4 ,a4 ,hollins #gc #cee #ci #age #aab #ecj ,miss ,m4 ,allen #gb #cch #dj #agd #aab #eab ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington #gi #cbe #gj #cad #dg #bdi #aif #hhh ,mr4 ,r4 ,walters #ga #bea #fd #cah #ci #agg #agd #gdf ,mr4 ,j4 ,h4 ,bridges #fd #bbh #ff #bih #da #bac #aga #gci ,mr4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #fd #bef #eg #bbc #ci #ahg #afj #fff ,mr4 ,g4 ,l4 ,aston #ea #aie #fd #bih #ca #adc #adf #fcf ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #gd #bif #ej #aij #ce #adi #aei #fce ,mr4 ,g4 ,o4 ,pardoe #df #ahd #fd #bgf #cg #afi #adg #fbi ,mr4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey #fb #bcb #ed #bab #ci #afc #aee #fjg ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,in the handicap match on ,june #be ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh1 ,mrs4 ,e4 ,lister1 and ,mrs4 ,butt scored #cfg1 #cfd1 and #ccg respectively1 and ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham and ,mr4 ,j4 ,h4 ,bridges #dba and #dji4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,twenty-second ,grand ,annual ,crystal ,palace ,archery ,meeting was held on ,july #a and #b1 #ahhj4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington #hh #cej #ga #cai #dj #aid #aii #hfc ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #fh #bfb #fd #bgb #cg #afi #afi #gjc ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #ge #bha #ed #bcf #dj #agd #afi #fia ,mr4 ,r4 ,walters #gj #bdh #fc #bdc #ch #aif #aga #fhg ,mr4 ,h4 ,kendall #da #adi #fg #cbe #db #bjj #aej #fgd ,mr4 ,g4 ,o4 ,pardoe #ed #bjj #eh #bff #ch #ahb #aej #fdh ,mr4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey #ec #aig #eg #bdi #dj #ahh #aej #fcd ,mr4 ,g4 ,g4 ,phillips #fj #bah #eg #bga #cc #ada #aej #fcj ,mr4 ,p4 ,s4 ,nevile #cg #ada #fg #bgc #db #bjd #adf #fah ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #hb #djh #de #bce #abg #fdc ,mrs4 ,marshall #he #cic #dd #bdf #abi #fci ,mrs4 ,horniblow #ha #cic #db #bdf #abc #fci ,mrs4 ,butt #gg #cfg #de #bee #abb #fbb ,mrs4 ,kinahan #he #dae #da #aia #abf #fjf ,miss ,f4 ,shuter #hc #cii #dj #aih #abc #eig ,miss ,m4 ,norton #hd #cij #ch #ahd #abb #egd ,miss ,ellis #gf #cef #da #baa #aag #efg ,miss ,c4 ,radford #fi #bha #dd #bch #aac #eai ,miss ,i4 ,carter #fe #bge #df #bdd #aaa #eai ,mrs4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #ga #cje #da #aig #aab #ejb ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,fifty-four ladies and twenty-six gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,thirty-seventh ,grand ,national ,archery ,society's ,meeting was held on ,july #bh and #bi1 #ahhj1 at ,shrewsbury4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #gh #cdf #df #bed #abd #fjj ,mrs4 ,horniblow #hf #cgb #dg #bba #acc #eic ,mrs4 ,butt #gg #cea #dh #bch #abe #ehi ,mrs4 ,marshall #ge #cdc #dd #bbf #aai #efi ,mrs4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #gf #ceb #da #ahg #aag #eci ,mrs4 ,d4 ,ainsworth #fi #caa #da #ahe #aaj #dif ,miss ,legh #gb #cjh #dc #aha #aae #dhi ,mrs4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey #ff #cjb #ch #ahj #ajd #chb ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,horniblow1 with the second score1 won the silver bracer with #d points--namely1 #b for most hits and #b for score and hits at #fj yards4 ,mrs4 ,legh had #c points1 #b for highest gross score and #a for score at #fj yards4 ,mrs4 ,butt had #a point for hits at #ej yards4 ,a very close contest between the three first ladies4 ,mr4 ,palairet became ,champion with #i points4 ,mr4 ,rimington won the point for score at #fj yards4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,h4 ,palairet #fh #bgb #ha #dja #df #bbd #aie #hig ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #fb #bdh #ga #bhg #dc #bbg #agf #gfb ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington #eg #bja #ed #aib #dc #bci #aed #fcb ,captain ,m4 ,allen #dc #agi #eh #bbf #de #bbg #adf #fcb ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #dh #afd #ej #bjd #dj #bjh #ach #egf ,mr4 ,g4 ,g4 ,phillips #ed #aid #eb #bjd #da #agg #adg #ege ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,sixty-nine ladies and fifty-seven gentlemen shot at this meeting4 ,the weather and the ground were anything but good4 ,in the handicap match on the next day--,july #cj--,mrs4 ,butt's score was-- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #dg #bhi #bd #acb #ga #dba ,mr4 ,everett's score was #dga4 ,this meeting was made memorable by the retirement of the ,rev4 ,o4 ,luard from the office of ,hon4 ,secretary of the ,grand ,national ,archery ,society1 after having acted as ,secretary at thirty-six meetings--in fact1 at every meeting hitherto1 except the first in #ahdd4 ,he was presented with a complimentary scroll1 setting out the universal appreciation of his services1 and with a purse containing #bjj guineas4 ,mr4 ,palairet was elected to succeed ,mr4 ,luard as ,hon4 ,secretary4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,seventeenth ,grand ,western ,archery ,meeting was held at ,sherborne on ,august #aa and #ab1 #ahhj4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,ripley #gi #chi #dc #bde #abb #fcd ,mrs4 ,d4 ,ainsworth #gg #ccg #dc #bbc #abj #efj ,miss ,i4 ,carter #ge #cbe #db #bcb #aag #eeg ,miss ,e4 ,m4 ,farrington #hj #cfb #ce #agi #aae #eda ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,h4 ,palairet #gg #cai #gi #djc #dg #bba #bjc #idc ,mr4 ,walrond #fi #cjg #fa #bfe #db #aif #agb #gfh ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #hb #cbb #fj #bdj #da #aii #ahc #gfa ,mr4 ,o4 ,k4 ,prescot #fa #bdc #fc #bdi #cd #aeb #aeh #fdd ,mr4 ,h4 ,p4 ,okeden #da #ahe #ef #bdb #ci #aia #acf #fah ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,miss ,i4 ,carter and ,mr4 ,palairet became ,championess and ,champion of the ,west4 ,fifty-four ladies and thirty-two gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,first ,grand ,northern ,archery ,meeting was held at ,york on ,september #a and #b1 #ahhj4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #hb #djb #de #bci #abg #fda ,mrs4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #gf #cfj #dd #baf #abj #egf ,mrs4 ,h4 ,clarke #ge #cba #dh #bed #abc #ege ,mrs4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey #ha #cdi #dd #bjb #abe #eea ,mrs4 ,w4 ,yates ,foot #ha #cfg #da #ahc #abb #eej ,mrs4 ,d4 ,ainsworth #gj #bhd #dh #bff #aah #eej ,mrs4 ,w4 ,c4 ,booth #gb #bef #dj #ahh #aab #edd ,mrs4 ,kinahan #hb #cgd #ce #afi #aag #edc ,miss ,m4 ,a4 ,hollins #he #cfc #ci #adg #abd #eaj ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington #fe #bdc #gi #cfa #de #bca #ahi #hce ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #ff #bej #gj #cjj #da #bji #agg #gei ,mr4 ,j4 ,h4 ,bridges #fj #bbj #fh #bhb #dg #bba #age #gbc ,mr4 ,p4 ,s4 ,nevile #fa #beg #fc #bfc #dc #bja #afg #gba ,mr4 ,g4 ,l4 ,aston #eg #baa #fa #bgg #da #bbc #aei #gaa ,mr4 ,g4 ,g4 ,hulme #dd #ahf #fb #bdh #de #bca #aea #ffe ,mr4 ,g4 ,g4 ,phillips #fe #bgi #ea #ahc #dd #ahh #afj #fej ,mr4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey #ed #bbj #fd #bff #cc #aeg #aea #fdc ,mr4 ,g4 ,o4 ,pardoe #fc #bci #eg #bca #cb #adj #aeb #faj ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mrs4 ,h4 ,clarke and ,mr4 ,p4 ,s4 ,nevile became ,championess and ,champion of the ,north4 ,fifty-seven ladies and thirty-seven gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,twenty-seventh ,grand ,leamington and ,midland ,archery ,meeting was held on ,june #bb and #bc1 #ahha4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #hg #dga #dh #beb #ace #gbc ,miss ,legh #ij #dcf #df #bfj #acf #fif ,mrs4 ,butt #hg #dda #de #bbe #acb #fff ,miss ,m4 ,a4 ,hollins #ha #cfg #df #bdj #abg #fjg ,mrs4 ,hulse #ga #cac #dj #baf #aaa #ebi ,mrs4 ,w4 ,yates ,foot #fh #cbd #cf #ahd #ajd #ejh ,miss ,h4 ,hutchinson #eg #big #ch #bjf #ie #ejc ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #gi #cbg #ee #bce #dc #bjg #agg #gfi ,mr4 ,p4 ,f4 ,legh #gj #bib #gj #cjb #cf #afd #agf #geh ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #gd #bfh #ga #cji #da #aga #ahf #gdh ,mr4 ,e4 ,n4 ,snow #ej #aij #fd #beb #ci #bba #aec #ffc ,mr4 ,g4 ,o4 ,pardoe #di #bjg #fa #bbe #dd #baf #aed #fdh ,mr4 ,o4 ,k4 ,prescot #ee #aig #fa #bfe #dj #aef #aef #fah ,mr4 ,h4 ,sagar #fc #bdi #di #aie #cd #afj #adf #fjd ,mr4 ,w4 ,ford #ec #aii #eh #abh #ci #age #aej #fjb ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,thirty-four ladies and thirty-four gentlemen shot4 ,mr4 ,everett scored #ddd in the handicap match on the next day4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,twenty-third ,grand ,annual ,crystal ,palace ,archery ,meeting was held on ,july #g and #h1 #ahha4 ,thirty-nine ladies and twenty-four gentlemen shot4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,legh #ha #che #dh #bhj #abi #ffe ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #hj #djb #df #bcf #abf #fch ,mrs4 ,butt #hf #cib #df #bdd #acb #fcf ,mrs4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey #gi #dji #db #bjj #aba #fji ,mrs4 ,marshall #ha #cii #ci #bjg #abj #fjf ,miss ,f4 ,shuter #ha #cia #dd #bjd #abe #eie ,miss ,h4 ,hutchinson #ge #ccg #dc #bba #aah #eeh ,mrs4 ,horniblow #gg #cea #dd #bjb #aba #eec ,mrs4 ,kane #gc #cbe #dc #bbe #aaf #eej ,mrs4 ,p4 ,pinckney #gj #cah #dd #bbb #aad #edj ,mrs4 ,hulse #ge #cai #da #baa #aaf #ecj ,miss ,friend #gb #caj #db #bbj #aad #ecj ,mrs4 ,w4 ,yates ,foot #ge #cea #dc #afg #aah #eah ,miss ,e4 ,o4 ,parr #gj #cad #df #aih #aaf #eab ,mrs4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #hj #cbj #dj #ahf #abj #ejf ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #hf #cdf #ed #bcb #cg #ahc #agg #gfa ,mr4 ,j4 ,h4 ,bridges #fh #bfd #gj #bgf #dd #baf #ahb #gef ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington #gf #bgf #fh #bhb #dd #aif #ahh #ged ,mr4 ,p4 ,f4 ,legh #fb #bfb #ef #bdh #df #bbd #afd #gcd ,mr4 ,e4 ,n4 ,snow #fi #bea #fd #bff #dc #aii #agf #gaf ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #dh #bab #fh #bid #dj #ahh #aef #fid ,mr4 ,g4 ,o4 ,pardoe #ec #aic #fi #bhg #cg #aei #aei #fci ,mr4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey #eb #bjh #eb #bbd #ci #bja #adc #fcc ,mr4 ,o4 ,k4 ,prescot #eh #baf #ec #bag #ch #ahd #adi #fag ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,nineteenth ,grand ,western ,archery ,meeting was held at ,bath on ,august #c and #d1 #ahha1 when seventy-four ladies and forty-five gentlemen shot4 ,miss ,legh's score of #hdj is an achievement never yet approached at a public meeting of two days' duration1 and every one of her #add arrows were in the target4 ,her scores were-- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #dh #beb #bd #aef #gb #djh the first day1 #dh #bhb #bd #aej #gb #dcb the second day4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,legh #if #ecd #dh #cjf #add #hdj ,miss ,i4 ,carter #hd #ddd #de #bde #abi #fhi ,mrs4 ,butt #hd #djb #dh #bfd #acb #fff ,mrs4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey #gf #cef #df #bef #abb #fab ,mrs4 ,e4 ,lister #ge #cea #dg #beg #abb #fjh ,mrs4 ,kane #gc #cbi #dc #bcc #aaf #efb ,miss ,h4 ,hutchinson #gb #cad #db #bjd #aad #eah ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,h4 ,palairet #gf #ceb #ha #cge #de #bee #bjb #ihb ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #ajj #cid #gd #ccj #da #ahc #bae #ijg ,major ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #gd #cbb #ge #chg #db #ahh #aia #hig ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington #fb #bef #gj #bhf #de #bci #agg #gha ,captain ,m4 ,allen #eg #bbe #ff #bid #dc #bjc #aff #gbb ,mr4 ,e4 ,n4 ,snow #ei #bag #ei #bee #db #bad #afj #fhf ,mr4 ,h4 ,kendall #eb #bcf #eh #bcd #dj #ahf #aej #fef ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #fg #bgc #eh #bbf #cc #ada #aeh #fdj ,mr4 ,g4 ,o4 ,pardoe #dc #aei #fg #bhg #db #ahf #aeb #fcb ,mr4 ,perry-,keene #fb #bdb #ed #aid #cc #ahe #adi #fba ,mr4 ,a4 ,meyrick #eb #bbj #ed #bah #dj #aff #adf #fjd ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,miss ,i4 ,carter and ,mr4 ,palairet became ,championess and ,champion of the ,west4 ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett scored #dgg in the handicap match on the next day1 ,august #e4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,thirty-eighth ,grand ,national ,archery ,society's ,meeting was held on ,july #bj and #ba1 #ahha1 at ,four ,oaks ,park1 ,sutton ,coldfield1 near ,birmingham4 ,miss ,legh won the silver bracer with all the points2 and her score of #gfc has only once been beaten by ,mrs4 ,horniblow1 in #ahgc1 who made #gfd1 only #a more4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,legh #ib #dhb #dg #bha #aci #gfc ,mrs4 ,marshall #ge #cii #df #bdf #aba #fde ,mrs4 ,butt #he #cii #dc #bbe #abh #fbd ,mrs4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey #gi #cei #df #bdf #abe #fje ,mrs4 ,horniblow #fh #cdj #dd #bbf #aab #eff ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #gj #cbj #df #bcj #aaf #eej ,mrs4 ,e4 ,lister #gd #cbd #db #bbd #aaf #edh ,mrs4 ,w4 ,y4 ,foot #fe #cjc #db #bcb #ajg #ece ,miss ,m4 ,a4 ,hollins #gb #cbj #dd #bab #aaf #ecb ,miss ,steel #ff #bgb #df #bej #aab #ebb ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,h4 ,palairet #ff #bfj #gh #ceb #dg #bcg #aia #hdi ,mr4 ,j4 ,h4 ,bridges #fe #bdc #fg #cjg #db #bjd #agd #ged ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #fb #bdh #fi #bhe #da #bji #agb #gdb ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #fh #cjb #ed #bch #ci #age #afa #gae ,mr4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #fe #bca #fe #bgc #ch #aif #afh #gjj ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington #fe #bdc #ec #bci #da #aig #aei #fgi ,captain ,m4 ,allen #dd #adf #ff #bgh #dh #bdf #aeh #fgj ,mr4 ,g4 ,l4 ,aston #fj #bcf #fj #bch #db #aib #afb #fff ,mr4 ,e4 ,n4 ,snow #ea #ahg #fe #bic #ci #ahc #aee #ffc ,mr4 ,c4 ,f4 ,garratt #ee #aie #eg #bca #dj #aij #aeb #faf ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,palairet won the ,championship with #f points4 ,mr4 ,nesham won the points for hits and score at #ajj yards2 and ,captain ,allen the points for hits and score at #fj yards4 ,fifty-seven ladies and fifty-six gentlemen shot at this meeting4 ,in the handicap match on ,july #bb ,mr4 ,palairet scored #dcd4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,second ,grand ,northern ,archery ,meeting was held in ,croxteth ,park1 near ,liverpool1 on ,august #bd1 #be1 and #bf1 #ahha4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #ha #dai #db #bcj #abc #fdi ,mrs4 ,butt #gi #cea #dc #bji #abb #efj ,mrs4 ,d4 ,ainsworth #fh #caf #db #bjd #aaj #ebj ,mrs4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey #ga #cbe #cg #ahc #ajh #ejh ,miss ,steel #fe #cjc #ci #bja #ajd #ejd ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ---- ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,h4 ,palairet #ei #bba #ga #cbi #dc #baa #agc #gfa ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mrs4 ,d4 ,ainsworth and ,mr4 ,g4 ,greenwell became ,championess and ,champion of the ,north4 ,the next score was ,mr4 ,g4 ,o4 ,pardoe's of #ecf4 ,the weather at this meeting was most unfavourable1 with storms of wind and almost constant rain4 99 99 99 99 99 ,in #ahhb there was no ,leamington ,archery ,meeting1 as the ,grand ,national ,archery ,meeting was held there4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,twenty-fourth ,grand ,annual ,crystal ,palace ,archery ,meeting was held on ,june #bi and #cj1 #ahhb4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,h4 ,palairet #ii #dcg #hj #cdf #db #bdb #bba #ajbe ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington #fi #bhc #fd #bid #de #bai #agh #gif ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #hd #ced #fa #cjc #bh #acj #agc #ghg ,mr4 ,e4 ,walters #ei #bec #fa #bfg #ci #baa #aei #gca ,mr4 ,g4 ,o4 ,pardoe #eg #bde #gj #bih #ci #ahg #aff #gcj ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #ed #bjf #fb #bij #ci #baa #aee #gjg ,mr4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey #eg #bac #fa #bde #ci #agg #aeg #fce ,mr4 ,h4 ,kendall #ec #aia #fh #bif #cg #aci #aeh #fbf ,major ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #fa #bbe #ec #bae #cf #afd #aej #fjd ,mr4 ,j4 ,hayllar #fc #bea #eg #bcc #cj #aah #aej #fjb ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,legh #hh #ead #df #bgh #acd #gib ,miss ,i4 ,carter #hg #dei #dg #bee #acd #gad ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #ia #dee #df #bbf #acg #fha ,miss ,f4 ,shuter #hg #dbe #de #baa #acb #fcf ,mrs4 ,butt #hd #cih #de #bbg #abi #fbe ,mrs4 ,kinahan #hj #djj #db #bad #abb #fad ,mrs4 ,marshall #he #dac #ch #ahd #abc #eig ,mrs4 ,graily ,hewitt #hb #cif #dc #aii #abe #eie ,mrs4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #gh #ceb #da #bbg #aai #egi ,miss ,h4 ,hutchinson #gg #cgc #ch #aib #aae #efe ,miss ,f4 ,bardswell #hj #chb #dj #ahb #abj #efd ,mrs4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #hd #cgj #da #aia #abe #efa ,mrs4 ,a4 ,waithman #ge #cdi #dd #bjd #aai #eec ,mrs4 ,w4 ,y4 ,foot #gb #cbj #dc #bac #aae #ecc ,miss ,c4 ,radford #gj #cbd #cg #bje #ajg #ebi ,miss ,croker #gj #cdb #ch #agf #ajh #eah ,mrs4 ,alex4 ,smith #fg #caa #ci #aii #ajf #eaj ,miss ,e4 ,o4 ,parr #fg #bgc #dd #bcf #aaa #eji ,mrs4 ,keyworth #ga #bfg #dc #bci #aad #ejf ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,colonel ,lewin acted as ,hon4 ,secretary4 ,forty-three ladies and twenty-seven gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a ,public ,archery ,meeting was held on the ,cricket-ground of the ,alexandra ,park ,company on ,july #f and #g1 #ahhb4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,butt #hj #cgh #dg #bfe #abg #fdc ,miss ,legh #fi #cbi #de #bgc #aad #fjb ,miss ,steel #fj #bhh #dd #bch #ajd #ebf ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,nothing could well be worse than the weather during this meeting4 ,the highest gentlemen's scores were ,mr4 ,h4 ,kendall1 #aea hits1 #fbe score1 and ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham1 #aec hits1 #fbc score4 ,twenty-nine ladies and twenty gentlemen shot4 ,better scores were made on the next day in the handicap match--,miss ,legh1 #ceg2 ,mrs4 ,butt1 #cej2 ,mrs4 ,p4 ,f4 ,legh1 #cae2 and ,mrs4 ,keyworth1 #cjc4 ,mr4 ,t4 ,aldred had the management of this meeting4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,thirty-ninth ,grand ,national ,archery ,society's ,meeting was held on ,july #bf and #bg1 #ahhb1 in the ,shrubland ,hall ,grounds 7,mrs4 ,wise's71 near ,leamington4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #hf #dfj #dh #bij #acd #gej ,mrs4 ,marshall #ha #dji #dh #bgf #abi #fhe ,mrs4 ,horniblow #ha #cie #de #bbi #abf #fbd ,mrs4 ,butt #hj #cif #df #bbd #abf #fbj ,miss ,f4 ,bardswell #gf #cfd #df #bdh #abb #fab ,mrs4 ,w4 ,y4 ,foot #ha #cig #db #bad #abc #faa ,miss ,legh #gf #ceb #dd #beh #abj #faj ,miss ,f4 ,shuter #gi #chg #de #bae #abd #fjb ,miss ,steel #hj #cfh #df #bcj #abf #eih ,miss ,i4 ,carter #gc #cba #de #bdi #aah #egj ,miss ,m4 ,a4 ,hollins #ga #caa #de #bca #aaf #edb ,mrs4 ,kinahan #gf #cch #dj #bjj #aaf #ech ,miss ,clayton #fh #cjh #de #bac #aac #eba ,mrs4 ,e4 ,lister #fd #cjd #db #baf #ajf #ebj ,mrs4 ,hulse #gc #cbi #db #ahh #aae #eag ,mrs4 ,g4 ,hewitt #fg #cba #da #ahg #ajh #ejh ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,h4 ,palairet #gh #cdj #ge #cdi #db #aif #aie #hhe ,mr4 ,r4 ,walters #fj #bfj #gb #chh #dd #bcf #agf #hhd ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington #ge #caa #fg #bhe #db #aih #ahd #gid ,mr4 ,w4 ,ford #eg #bba #ga #cai #dd #bcj #agb #ggj ,mr4 ,o4 ,k4 ,prescot #fg #bdc #fc #big #df #bbd #agf #gfd ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #ha #cai #eh #bcd #cd #agb #agc #gbe ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #ee #bbg #fe #bie #da #aie #afa #gag ,mr4 ,c4 ,j4 ,longman #gd #bff #fi #bec #da #aig #ahd #gaf ,mr4 ,j4 ,h4 ,bridges #ed #bab #gc #cae #cf #agh #afc #gje ,mr4 ,g4 ,o4 ,pardoe #ea #afa #gb #ccb #dj #bjd #afc #fig ,mr4 ,h4 ,sagar #df #bcj #dh #bbb #cg #agg #aca #fbi ,captain ,m4 ,allen #dc #ahi #fd #bch #da #aig #adh #fbd ,mr4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #dh #agh #fj #bbh #db #bad #aej #fbj ,mr4 ,h4 ,kendall #fc #beg #eb #bjh #cd #adf #adi #faa ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh won the silver bracer with all the points1 except that ,mrs4 ,marshall also made all the hits at #ej yards4 ,mr4 ,palairet won the ,championship with #f points1 after a very close contest with ,mr4 ,walters1 who won #b points for score at #hj and at #fj yards1 and was only #a behind in gross score4 ,mr4 ,nesham won the point for hits at #ajj yards1 and ,mr4 ,prescot that for hits at #fj yards4 ,sixty-three ladies and fifty-five gentlemen shot at this meeting4 ,on ,july #bh1 in the handicap match1 ,mr4 ,pardoe scored #daa and ,mr4 ,walters #daj4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,twentieth ,grand ,western ,archery ,meeting was held at ,exeter1 on the ,grammar ,school ,cricket-ground1 on ,august #b and #c1 #ahhb1 when sixty-four ladies and thirty-nine gentlemen shot4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,i4 ,carter #gd #ccb #db #bbf #aaf #eeh ,mrs4 ,butt #fg #bge #df #bfj #aac #ece ,mrs4 ,kinahan #gg #cec #ch #aff #aae #eai ,mrs4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey #gg #cdc #ca #afa #ajh #ejd ,miss ,f4 ,bardswell #fe #cje #da #ahg #ajf #dib ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,h4 ,palairet #gj #bgb #gc #cfg #db #ahd #ahe #hbc ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington #ge #bia #fe #bhc #da #bcg #aha #haa ,mr4 ,o4 ,k4 ,prescot #eh #baf #fd #bgh #dd #bjh #aff #gjb ,mr4 ,r4 ,walters #fj #aih #fi #cja #cg #ahi #aff #fhh ,mr4 ,perry-,keene #fc #bcc #ff #cjj #ce #acg #afd #fgj ,mr4 ,a4 ,meyrick #ei #aia #fa #bci #ch #ahf #aeh #faf ,mr4 ,e4 ,w4 ,hussey #ea #agi #eh #bcb #dc #bja #aeb #fab ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,in the handicap match on the next day ,mr4 ,o4 ,k4 ,prescot scored #dhj1 and ,mr4 ,r4 ,walters #dca4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,third ,grand ,northern ,archery ,meeting was held at ,harrogate1 on the ,cricket-ground1 on ,august #bc and #bd1 #ahhb4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,d4 ,ainsworth #ha #cfe #df #bhf #abg #fea ,miss ,legh #gi #cdi #da #bja #abj #eej ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #gc #cac #dd #bbh #aag #eda ,mrs4 ,kinahan #fe #cjc #dj #bjh #aje #eaa ,mrs4 ,swire #ff #cbb #cg #ahg #ajc #eji ,mrs4 ,butt #fe #beg #df #bcd #aaa #dia ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,c4 ,perry-,keene #di #baa #eg #bgc #cg #ahc #adc #ffg ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #di #ahi #fb #bgh #ci #afe #aej #fcb ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #dd #agh #fj #bgh #cg #afg #ada #fbc ,mr4 ,g4 ,o4 ,pardoe #ed #bab #ei #bbe #ch #aeh #aea #eie ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mrs4 ,d4 ,ainsworth and ,mr4 ,houghton became ,championess and ,champion of the ,north4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,twenty-eighth ,grand ,leamington and ,midland ,archery ,meeting was held on ,june #bg and #bh1 #ahhc4 ,twenty-nine ladies and twenty-two gentlemen shot4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #ij #djf #dg #bgg #acg #fhc ,miss ,steel #hd #chd #dg #bgg #aca #ffa ,miss ,f4 ,bardswell #ha #chi #de #bcg #abf #fbf ,mrs4 ,d4 ,ainsworth #gf #cgb #de #bci #aba #faa ,mrs4 ,e4 ,lister #ha #chi #df #bah #abg #fjg ,miss ,i4 ,carter #hf #djj #da #bjc #abg #fjc ,miss ,m4 ,a4 ,hollins #ge #cfe #dj #bjf #aae #ega ,mrs4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey #ge #cdi #dc #bji #aah #eeh ,mrs4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #ff #cjh #db #bcj #ajh #ech ,mrs4 ,w4 ,yates ,foot #gd #cdb #dd #ahj #aah #ebb ,miss ,legh #gd #cdb #cg #aga #aaa #eac ,mrs4 ,keyworth #fh #cch #da #afc #aji #eja ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,major ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #ge #cje #gg #cdg #de #bbc #aig #hge ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #hg #cda #gd #cad #ch #adh #aii #hjc ,mr4 ,h4 ,kendall #fd #bdh #ga #ccc #ci #bjc #agd #ghd ,mr4 ,t4 ,r4 ,dunne #ei #aic #fi #bgi #da #bba #afi #fic ,mr4 ,t4 ,t4 ,s4 ,metcalfe #ec #ahi #eh #bjh #df #bfj #aeg #feg ,mr4 ,g4 ,l4 ,aston #eg #bbc #eg #bec #ch #agb #aeb #fdh ,mr4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey #ea #aia #ed #bcd #da #aia #adf #faf ,mr4 ,w4 ,ford #fj #bab #eh #bbf #cg #age #aee #fac ,hon4 ,a4 ,hanbury #ed #aij #fj #bcj #dj #ahf #aed #fjf ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,in the handicap match on ,june #bi ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh and ,miss ,legh scored #cgd and #cfc respectively1 and ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #cih4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,twenty-fifth ,grand ,annual ,crystal ,palace ,archery ,meeting was held on ,july #ab and #ac1 #ahhc4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,marshall #he #ceg #de #bfe #acj #fbb ,miss ,f4 ,bardswell #hc #djc #da #aii #abd #fjb ,miss ,pears #gi #cgc #de #bja #abd #egd ,mrs4 ,d4 ,ainsworth #ge #ceg #dc #bae #aah #egb ,miss ,i4 ,carter #gg #cdi #de #bai #abb #efh ,miss ,steel #ga #cbe #de #bdc #aaf #efh ,miss ,h4 ,hutchinson #ge #cda #dc #aig #aah #ech ,mrs4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey #gc #cdi #cg #agg #aaj #ebf ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,major ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #gb #bcd #ha #cei #de #bce #aih #hbh ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #fd #bef #eb #bcb #cg #ahe #aec #fgc ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #ed #bbf #ei #beg #cg #ahg #aej #fgj ,mr4 ,a4 ,meyrick #de #aie #fc #big #cf #agj #add #ffb ,mr4 ,t4 ,r4 ,dunne #eg #bbe #fc #bge #ch #acf #aeh #fcf ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington #db #ahj #eg #bdc #dc #aie #adb #fah ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,forty-seven ladies and twenty-nine gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,twenty-first ,grand ,western ,archery ,meeting was held at ,salisbury on ,july #be and #bf1 #ahhc1 when fifty-five ladies and forty-one gentlemen shot4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,legh #he #dcc #dg #bdi #acb #fhb ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #hd #cgf #dg #bga #aca #fdg ,miss ,i4 ,carter #hf #cib #dd #bcf #acj #fbh ,miss ,f4 ,bardswell #gi #cgg #dc #bce #abb #fab ,mrs4 ,p4 ,pinckney #gh #cgd #db #bch #abj #fab ,miss ,h4 ,hutchinson #hj #cdf #de #bde #abe #eia ,mrs4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey #hc #chc #ch #aif #aba #egi ,miss ,c4 ,radford #gi #cdi #dc #aig #abb #edf ,mrs4 ,w4 ,yates ,foot #gc #big #ci #bjg #aab #ejd ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,major ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #ajb #djf #gc #cbg #dc #bbi #bah #ifb ,mr4 ,h4 ,kendall #gf #cbd #gc #cji #df #bdb #aie #hge ,mr4 ,h4 ,h4 ,palairet #ff #bfb #gf #cbb #dd #bab #ahf #gif ,mr4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey #gb #bhh #fi #big #ch #aib #agi #ggg ,mr4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #ff #bdb #ei #bce #cg #aii #afb #fgf ,mr4 ,n4 ,rattray #fj #bah #ed #bdb #ci #bje #aec #ffe ,mr4 ,perry ,keene #fb #bbf #ei #baa #dd #bab #afe #fdi ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,miss ,i4 ,carter and ,mr4 ,h4 ,h4 ,palairet became ,championess and ,champion of the ,west4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,fortieth ,grand ,national ,archery ,society's ,meeting was held on ,august #a and #b1 #ahhc1 at ,cheltenham1 on the ,college ,cricket-ground4 ,sixty-seven ladies and sixty-four gentlemen shot at this meeting4 ,mrs4 ,legh won the silver bracer with #f points4 ,miss ,i4 ,carter won the point for hits at #ej yards1 and ,mrs4 ,ainsworth the point for score at the same distance4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #ib #dcd #df #bgh #ach #gab ,miss ,i4 ,carter #ij #djh #dg #bga #acg #fgi ,miss ,steel #ha #daa #df #bfd #abg #fge ,mrs4 ,d4 ,ainsworth #hc #cge #de #bhi #abh #ffd ,mrs4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey #hj #djj #dg #bdc #abg #fdc ,miss ,m4 ,a4 ,hollins #gh #cif #dd #bbh #abb #fbd ,miss ,f4 ,bardswell #hd #cff #df #bef #acj #fbb ,miss ,c4 ,radford #ge #cfg #de #bda #abj #fjh ,mrs4 ,horniblow #hj #cfd #de #bci #abe #fjc ,miss ,legh #gb #cdd #df #beb #aah #eif ,miss ,pardoe #gi #cia #dd #bjj #abc #eia ,miss ,h4 ,hutchinson #ha #cdg #df #bcb #abg #egi ,mrs4 ,e4 ,lister #hd #cdb #dd #baj #abh #eeb ,mrs4 ,marshall #gd #cbh #dc #bai #aag #edg ,mrs4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #gc #cae #db #bbd #aae #eci ,mrs4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #gf #caj #dc #bbc #aai #ecc ,mrs4 ,w4 ,y4 ,foot #fh #bij #dd #bdb #aab #ecb ,miss ,hayllar #hg #cfe #db #aff #abi #eca ,miss ,panter #fc #bhc #df #bcj #aji #eac ,miss ,oakley #ga #bii #da #bac #aaa #eab ,miss ,b4 ,oakley #ge #cae #ch #ahh #aac #ejc ,mrs4 ,edgar #fc #cjc #ch #aih #aja #eja ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,c4 ,j4 ,longman #fi #bhe #gg #cdc #dg #bda #aic #hfi ,mr4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey #gc #bfg #ga #cce #dd #bab #ahh #had ,major ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #gb #bif #fc #cjg #de #bjc #ahj #hjf ,mr4 ,h4 ,h4 ,palairet #fh #bch #ga #cec #db #bjj #aha #gia ,captain ,m4 ,allen #fh #bdd #fe #bgi #de #bbe #agh #gdh ,mr4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #fe #bfc #fj #bhb #ch #ahh #afc #gcc ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #ff #bef #fg #cja #db #agb #age #gbi ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington #eh #bab #fj #bij #dc #bbe #afa #gbg ,mr4 ,r4 ,walters #fi #bec #ge #cji #cg #afc #aha #gbe ,mr4 ,h4 ,kendall #fc #bdc #fg #bge #db #aih #agb #gaf ,mr4 ,perry-,keene #fb #bcd #fh #bhh #ci #agc #afi #fie ,mr4 ,t4 ,r4 ,dunne #fg #bbc #gb #bid #cg #agc #agf #fij ,mr4 ,o4 ,k4 ,prescot #ei #bag #gb #bgh #ci #aha #agj #fgf ,mr4 ,g4 ,l4 ,aston #ea #bjc #ff #bhj #ch #ahj #aee #ffc ,mr4 ,gregson #fc #bje #fc #bgg #dc #agg #afi #fei ,mr4 ,walrond #ee #bjg #fa #bcg #da #bji #aeg #fec ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #fj #baf #ei #bji #da #aie #afj #fbj ,mr4 ,a4 ,meyrick #dc #adg #eg #bia #ci #aha #aci #fai ,captain ,c4 ,h4 ,garnett #ej #ahh #fj #bej #ci #agi #adi #fag ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,longman became ,champion with #g points4 ,mr4 ,hussey won the point for hits at #ajj yards1 ,major ,fisher the point for score at #ajj yards1 and ,mr4 ,palairet the point for score at #hj yards4 ,mr4 ,longman also won the ,spedding ,memorial ,challenge ,cup1 now first presented by the ,royal ,toxophilite ,society1 to be held by the maker of the highest gross score4 ,in the handicap match on ,august #c1 ,miss ,legh scored #daf1 ,major ,fisher #ejh1 ,mr4 ,nesham #ddb1 and ,mr4 ,dunne #dag4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,fourth ,grand ,northern ,archery ,meeting was held at ,derby on ,august #h1 #i1 and #aj1 #ahhc1 when the weather was so unfavourable that the highest lady's score was that of ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh--#dij1 with #ajh hits4 ,the only notable scores made by gentlemen were-- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,f4 ,a4 ,govett #ed #bbj #di #baa #ci #aia #adb #fbb ,captain ,m4 ,allen #eh #bch #dg #ahi #da #ahi #adf #faf ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mrs4 ,t4 ,hibbert and ,mr4 ,gregson became ,championess and ,champion of the ,north4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,twenty-ninth ,grand ,leamington and ,midland ,archery ,meeting was held on ,june #ab and #ac1 #ahhd4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,marshall #hg #dai #dh #bgj #ace #fhi ,miss ,m4 ,a4 ,hollins #hc #dac #dc #aia #abf #fjd ,mrs4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey #he #che #dd #bjh #abi #eic ,miss ,f4 ,bardswell #gb #cdj #dd #bdj #aaf #ehj ,mrs4 ,horniblow #ge #cbc #dd #bad #aai #ecg ,mrs4 ,kinahan #fi #bgi #dd #bdh #aac #ebg ,mrs4 ,w4 ,yates ,foot #fh #bib #de #bce #aac #ebg ,miss ,steel #gb #cbj #dd #bjf #aaf #ebf ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #ha #cbe #ef #beh #dc #bae #ahj #gih ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #gc #bhg #fd #bid #cc #aec #agj #gcd ,mr4 ,j4 ,h4 ,bridges #eh #bdd #eg #bbe #df #bfb #afa #gca ,mr4 ,h4 ,j4 ,b4 ,kendall #ff #beb #fh #bhd #db #aib #agf #gbh ,mr4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey #eh #bab #fj #bdd #dg #bea #afe #gjg ,mr4 ,gregson #fd #bfb #fa #bce #dj #bjd #afe #gja ,mr4 ,c4 ,j4 ,longman #hj #bfj #fd #beb #db #ahh #ahf #gjj ,mr4 ,t4 ,r4 ,dunne #ef #bah #ff #bhj #ch #agh #afj #fgf ,mr4 ,g4 ,l4 ,aston #fc #bhi #eb #aih #ci #agi #aed #fff ,mr4 ,f4 ,a4 ,govett #ed #aih #ed #baj #dj #ahh #adh #eif ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,in the handicap match on ,june #ad ,mr4 ,c4 ,j4 ,longman scored #dja4 ,twenty-nine ladies and twenty-seven gentlemen shot at this meeting4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,twenty-sixth ,grand ,annual ,crystal ,palace ,archery ,meeting was held on ,july #ab and #ac1 #ahhd4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,marshall #hc #dge #dg #bfi #acj #gdd ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #gi #cfa #de #bei #abd #fbj ,mrs4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey #gg #cbi #da #bae #aah #edd ,miss ,h4 ,hutchinson #ga #cbi #db #aid #aac #ebc ,miss ,ellis #ff #bih #dd #bab #aaj #eaj ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,major ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #ij #cdh #gd #cdj #df #bbd #baj #iab ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #ib #cdd #fd #bfb #dc #bdi #aii #hee ,mr4 ,c4 ,j4 ,longman #fi #bbe #gf #cgd #dd #bdd #ahi #hdc ,mr4 ,h4 ,kendall #fe #bda #fe #bie #dc #bbc #agc #gei ,mr4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey #ff #bdd #gj #caj #db #agh #agh #gcb ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #ed #bjh #ei #bfc #ci #aii #aeb #fgj ,mr4 ,j4 ,h4 ,bridges #fa #baa #fj #bdd #dc #bac #afd #ffh ,mr4 ,gregson #gh #cbj #dg #bjg #bg #aje #aeb #fcb ,mr4 ,t4 ,t4 ,s4 ,metcalfe #ed #agh #eh #bcj #da #aig #aec #fje ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,thirty-eight ladies and twenty-two gentlemen shot at this meeting4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,twenty-second ,grand ,western ,archery ,meeting was held at ,taunton on ,july #bc and #bd1 #ahhd4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey #gb #cgd #dd #bdf #aaf #fbj ,miss ,i4 ,carter #fg #bgi #cg #aig #ajd #dgf ,miss ,f4 ,bardswell #gb #bhb #ch #ahb #aaj #dfd ,miss ,m4 ,winwood #gj #bih #cg #aei #ajg #deg ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,major ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #gi #cec #fi #cjc #dd #beh #aib #iad ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #hb #cad #fi #cjc #dg #bda #aih #hfh ,mr4 ,c4 ,j4 ,longman #eg #bji #fg #bfi #dd #bbb #afh #gjj ,mr4 ,f4 ,a4 ,govett #ff #bfj #ee #bcc #ce #agi #aef #fgb ,mr4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey #dh #agh #fd #bfb #dd #aib #aef #fcb ,mr4 ,h4 ,kendall #ec #aie #ff #bdd #dj #afh #aei #fjg ,mr4 ,t4 ,t4 ,s4 ,metcalfe #df #aij #eh #bbf #db #aij #adf #fjf ,mr4 ,gregson #eg #bjc #fh #baf #dj #agd #afe #eic ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey became ,champion and ,championess of the ,west4 ,fifty ladies and thirty-eight gentlemen shot at this meeting4 99 99 99 99 99 ,in the handicap match on ,july #be1 the only good score was made by ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham1 #cfb4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,forty-first ,grand ,national ,archery ,society's ,meeting was held on ,august #f and #g1 #ahhd1 on the ,cricket-ground of ,st4 ,mark's ,school 7,rev4 ,stephen ,hawtray7 at ,windsor4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #hh #dcd #dg #bfg #ace #gja ,miss ,oakley #hd #ddj #dg #beg #aca #fig ,miss ,legh #hj #dah #dc #bfc #abc #fha ,mrs4 ,marshall #hg #djg #dc #bbc #acj #fcj ,miss ,b4 ,oakley #gh #cij #dg #bcg #abe #fbg ,miss ,hayllar #ha #chg #db #bab #abc #eii ,mrs4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #gh #cej #de #bde #abc #eie ,miss ,h4 ,hutchinson #ha #cea #df #bcd #abg #ehe ,miss ,pears #gf #cdh #db #bcb #aah #ehj ,mrs4 ,horniblow #gi #cec #df #baf #abe #efi ,miss ,m4 ,winwood #fi #cbi #dc #bci #aab #efh ,miss ,c4 ,radford #gf #cah #dd #bbj #abj #ech ,miss ,i4 ,carter #gb #caf #dc #aia #aae #ejg ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh won the ,challenge bracer with #f-a_/c points4 ,miss ,oakley won #a point for score at #fj yards2 and she and ,miss ,b4 ,oakley divided the point for hits at #ej yards with ,mrs4 ,p4 ,f4 ,legh4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,major ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #ge #cae #ga #cfi #de #beg #aia #ida ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #hd #cdj #gi #cdc #de #bai #bjh #ijb ,mr4 ,h4 ,kendall #fd #bgb #gc #ceg #dg #bbc #ahd #heb ,mr4 ,gregson #eb #bah #gb #cbf #dc #bag #afg #gfa ,captain ,m4 ,allen #fd #beb #ff #bhd #da #bac #aga #gdi ,mr4 ,o4 ,l4 ,clare#ac #fc #bbi #gc #cbg #cf #ahb #agb #gch ,mr4 ,n4 ,rattray #ea #bbc #fb #bej #de #baa #aeh #fhd ,mr4 ,j4 ,h4 ,bridges #fc #bce #fb #bfh #ci #aga #afd #fgd ,mr4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey #di #bje #fa #bci #db #bbh #aeb #fgb ,mr4 ,f4 ,a4 ,govett #gc #bia #di #aie #cd #add #aef #fcj ,mr4 ,g4 ,g4 ,hulme #ee #bji #ej #bdb #dc #agg #adh #fbh ,mr4 ,c4 ,j4 ,longman #df #aeh #ff #bhj #dj #ahj #aeb #fah ,mr4 ,t4 ,t4 ,s4 ,metcalfe #eb #afh #ee #bai #dd #bbh #aea #fae ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- #ac ,entered as ,mr4 ,hindley4 ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham won the ,champion's medal with #e points4 ,major ,fisher won the #b points for gross score and the ,spedding ,challenge ,cup1 and #b more points for score at #hj and at #fj yards4 ,mr4 ,h4 ,kendall won the point for hits at #fj yards4 ,in the handicap match on ,august #h ,mrs4 ,p4 ,f4 ,legh scored #ceg1 and ,miss ,legh #ced2 ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #dhb1 ,mr4 ,h4 ,kendall #daa1 and ,mr4 ,gregson #djf4 ,fifty-seven ladies and fifty gentlemen shot at this meeting4 ,the weather was intensely hot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,fifth ,grand ,northern ,archery ,meeting was held on the ,west ,cliff ,cricket-ground at ,preston1 in ,lancashire1 on ,august #bg and #bh1 #ahhd4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #hd #dcb #db #bcd #abf #fff ,miss ,legh #ij #dbf #de #bcc #ace #fei ,mrs4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey #hd #chj #dg #bge #aca #fee ,mrs4 ,waithman #gj #ccb #da #bbc #aaa #eee ,mrs4 ,swire #ff #bid #db #bcj #ajh #ebd ,mrs4 ,h4 ,clarke #fd #bih #dc #bag #ajg #eae ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #ha #caa #gf #chb #dg #bga #bjd #ifd ,mr4 ,gregson #gd #cbj #gh #ccf #db #aib #aid #hdh ,mr4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey #gd #caf #ff #bhj #dd #bbh #ahd #hbd ,mr4 ,o4 ,l4 ,clare #eg #bdg #fc #bde #ch #agf #aeh #ffh ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mrs4 ,waithman and ,mr4 ,gregson became ,championess and ,champion of the ,north4 ,forty-four ladies and thirty-five gentlemen shot at this meeting4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,thirtieth ,grand ,leamington and ,midland ,archery ,meeting was held in the ,jephson ,gardens on ,june #aj and #aa1 #ahhe1 when twenty-nine ladies and thirty-eight gentlemen shot4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #id #eed #dh #caj #adb #hfd ,miss ,steel #he #chi #dg #beg #acb #fdf ,miss ,legh #hb #cij #dc #bdg #abe #fcg ,mrs4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey #hf #cgb #dd #bed #acj #fbf ,miss ,f4 ,bardswell #he #cie #dc #aii #abh #eid ,miss ,b4 ,oakley #gf #cgj #ci #agc #aae #edc ,mrs4 ,keyworth #fg #bgc #df #bdf #aac #eai ,mrs4 ,wade #fh #cjh #ci #aie #ajg #ejc ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,major ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #hg #cfi #gb #caf #dc #bcc #bjb #iah ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #ij #cdh #fc #cja #de #beg #aih #ijf ,mr4 ,perry-,keene #gj #bhd #gj #bgb #de #bac #ahe #gfi ,mr4 ,r4 ,walters #fg #bhi #gb #bij #ci #aga #agh #gej ,mr4 ,t4 ,t4 ,s4 ,metcalfe #di #bjc #gg #cca #dc #bae #afi #gdi ,mr4 ,gregson #dd #agd #fh #cjh #dd #bcf #aef #gah ,mr4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey #ed #bbh #ga #bia #dc #aig #afh #gaf ,mr4 ,g4 ,l4 ,aston #fe #bea #fh #bfj #cd #ahj #afg #fia ,mr4 ,h4 ,howman #fg #bhi #ei #bei #ci #adc #afe #fia ,mr4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #fa #bjg #fd #bgb #da #aii #aff #fgh ,mr4 ,brodie ,hoare #cf #acd #gh #ceb #ci #agi #aec #ffe ,mr4 ,h4 ,h4 ,longman #fj #bbh #fe #bfc #cb #adf #aeg #fcg ,mr4 ,h4 ,kendall #df #ahb #fj #bfd #cg #aha #adc #fbg ,mr4 ,g4 ,g4 ,hulme #df #afh #ef #bed #ci #aia #ada #fac ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,miss ,legh scored #ceb and ,mr4 ,hussey #cij in the handicap match on ,june #ab4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,twenty-seventh ,grand ,annual ,crystal ,palace ,archery ,meeting was held on the ,cricket-ground on ,july #i and #aj1 #ahhe1 when forty-eight ladies and twenty-nine gentlemen shot4 ,mr4 ,nesham acted as ,hon4 ,secretary to the meeting4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,legh #ie #eag #dh #bib #adc #hji ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #hh #dhf #df #bej #acd #gcf ,mrs4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey #ha #cig #df #bdb #abg #fci ,miss ,f4 ,bardswell #hj #cgb #de #bca #abe #fjc ,miss ,carlisle #ga #cda #df #baf #aag #eeg ,miss ,pears #gi #cbe #de #bbg #abd #eeb ,miss ,hayllar #gf #cah #df #bcj #abb #edh ,mrs4 ,stilwell #gb #cdb #da #bje #aac #edg ,miss ,milne #fh #cab #dc #bbe #aaa #ecg ,mrs4 ,w4 ,yates ,foot #ga #cag #db #aif #aac #eac ,mrs4 ,marshall #gj #bid #dd #bah #aad #eab ,mrs4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #gb #caf #dc #aia #aae #ejg ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #gf #cbd #gc #cac #dg #bbc #aif #hfj ,major ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #ge #bgc #gg #cea #db #agf #aid #hjj ,mr4 ,r4 ,walters #fg #bda #ga #bic #db #bjd #ahj #gch ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #fe #bfe #fg #bgi #ch #ahh #agj #gcb ,mr4 ,brodie ,hoare #fh #bff #fb #beb #da #aig #aga #gae ,mr4 ,h4 ,kendall #ga #bhc #ed #bdj #ci #agg #afd #gjj ,mr4 ,perry-,keene #fi #bgg #eh #bcf #ch #ahd #afe #fig ,mr4 ,t4 ,t4 ,s4 ,metcalfe #eh #bbf #ff #bhb #dc #ahe #afg #fic ,mr4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey #db #ahh #fa #bga #dg #bfi #aej #fgh ,mr4 ,gregson #cd #adj #eh #bdh #df #bch #ach #fbf ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,twenty-third ,grand ,western ,archery ,meeting was held at ,weymouth on ,july #bb and #bc1 #ahhe1 when forty-nine ladies and twenty-eight gentlemen shot4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey #hj #cfj #df #bej #abf #faj ,miss ,f4 ,bardswell #hj #ced #dc #aig #abc #eea ,mrs4 ,p4 ,pinckney #ga #cbi #dc #bba #aad #eej ,mrs4 ,w4 ,yates ,foot #hc #cde #ci #bja #abb #edf ,mrs4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #gc #cag #de #bbg #aah #edd ,miss ,m4 ,winwood #ff #bhb #dc #bba #aji #ejc ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #hd #cbd #ff #bfh #df #bej #aif #hdb ,mr4 ,r4 ,walters #ef #bbj #ff #bfd #dc #bji #afe #fic ,mr4 ,t4 ,t4 ,s4 ,metcalfe #ef #bjb #ec #aic #dd #bjh #aec #fjc ,mr4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey #ci #abi #ff #beb #dj #aif #ade #egg ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey became ,champion and ,championess of the ,west4 ,mrs4 ,hussey and ,mr4 ,nesham scored #cfg and #ecj respectively in the handicap match on ,july #bd4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,forty-second ,grand ,national ,archery ,meeting was held in the ,college-grounds at ,great ,malvern on ,july #bi and #cj1 #ahhe1 when sixty-four ladies and fifty-one gentlemen shot4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #hh #dfj #dg #bhi #ace #gdi ,miss ,legh #ia #dag #dd #beh #ace #fge ,mrs4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey #hd #chf #df #bdh #acj #fcd ,mrs4 ,marshall #hd #cfj #db #bbh #abf #ehh ,miss ,steel #gg #cde #da #aig #aah #edb ,miss ,b4 ,m4 ,legh #ge #cfc #db #agb #aag #ece ,miss ,f4 ,bardswell #gb #caj #dc #bag #aae #ebg ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #id #cef #gb #caf #de #bde #baa #iag ,major ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #gi #cha #fh #caj #dj #aid #ahg #hhe ,mr4 ,t4 ,t4 ,s4 ,metcalfe #eb #baa #fd #caj #dj #bbd #afc #gde ,mr4 ,perry-,keene #df #aid #fg #bfa #de #bfa #aeh #gaf ,mr4 ,r4 ,walters #fi #bia #ei #bea #cb #acj #afj #fgb ,mr4 ,h4 ,kendall #fa #bda #fb #bgj #cc #aei #aef #fgj ,mr4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey #ea #bac #eh #bdh #db #ahd #aea #fde ,captain ,m4 ,allen #ed #baf #fb #beb #cg #aec #aec #fba ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mrs4 ,p4 ,f4 ,legh became the ,championess with #f points1 ,miss ,legh having #a point for a tie on the gross hits1 and #a point for most hits at #ej yards4 ,mr4 ,nesham won the ,champion's medal for most points--#g-a_/b--;and the ,spedding memorial cup with the highest score4 ,major ,fisher won #a point for hits at #ajj yards1 and ,mr4 ,perry-,keene won #a-a_/b points1 having tied ,mr4 ,nesham with #de hits at #fj yards1 and he won the point for highest score at #fj yards4 ,mrs4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey and ,mrs4 ,p4 ,f4 ,legh scored #cgd and #cga respectively in the handicap match on ,july #ca1 and ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham and ,mr4 ,perry-,keene scored #dfb and #djb on the same day4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,sixth ,annual ,grand ,northern ,archery ,meeting was held at ,york1 on the ,gentlemen's ,cricket-ground1 ,september #b and #c1 #ahhe1 when forty-eight ladies and thirty-one gentlemen shot4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,w4 ,yates ,foot #gb #cfj #dd #bef #aaf #faf ,mrs4 ,d4 ,ainsworth #hd #cib #de #bai #abi #faa ,mrs4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey #hb #cfj #dd #bjf #abf #eff ,miss ,f4 ,bardswell #gd #bid #df #bdd #abj #ech ,miss ,k4 ,sharpe #gj #bif #db #bcc #aac #ebi ,miss ,m4 ,a4 ,hollins #fa #bie #de #bbe #ajf #ebj ,mrs4 ,h4 ,clarke #gj #bgb #dd #bcd #aad #ejf ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey #eh #aih #gc #cje #db #bdh #agc #gea ,mr4 ,t4 ,t4 ,s4 ,metcalfe #ed #bah #fd #cjd #da #bbe #aei #gdg ,mr4 ,gregson #db #afb #fh #bgf #dd #bjh #aed #fdf ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,thorpe #ef #aij #ed #bgf #cb #aef #adb #fbb ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mrs4 ,d4 ,ainsworth became the ,championess of the ,north4 ,mr4 ,gregson became the ,champion of the ,north4 ,in the handicap match on ,september #d1 ,mr4 ,nesham scored #die1 ,mr4 ,metcalfe #daa1 and ,mr4 ,hussey #dja4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,thirty-first ,grand ,leamington and ,midland ,archery ,meeting was held in the ,jephson ,gardens on ,june #i and #aj1 #ahhf1 when twenty-three ladies and twenty-eight gentlemen shot4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,legh #hc #dji #de #bec #abh #ffb ,mrs4 ,kinahan #gh #chf #de #bdg #abc #fcc ,mrs4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey #hd #ced #de #bei #abi #fac ,miss ,f4 ,bardswell #he #che #de #bbc #acj #fjh ,mrs4 ,gilmour #ha #cfi #dj #baj #aba #egi ,mrs4 ,w4 ,yates ,foot #gd #cgb #ci #agi #aac #eea ,mrs4 ,d4 ,ainsworth #fd #bib #de #bdg #aji #eci ,mrs4 ,berens #gb #cbf #da #ahi #aac #eae ,mrs4 ,hibbert #gc #cbc #dj #ahh #aac #eaa ,mrs4 ,keyworth #gd #cah #dj #ahb #aad #ejj ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,major ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #hf #djd #fi #cag #dc #bje #aih #ibf ,mr4 ,perry-,keene #gg #bic #hc #cec #db #bcd #bjb #hhj ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #ic #cci #fi #bgg #dd #bbb #bjf #hch ,mr4 ,t4 ,t4 ,s4 ,metcalfe #hj #ced #fb #bdj #db #bdb #ahd #hcf ,mr4 ,brodie ,hoare #fj #bcf #fj #bfd #df #bdj #aff #gdj ,colonel ,h4 ,a4 ,burton #fi #bei #fj #bgj #da #bjc #agj #gcb ,mr4 ,r4 ,walters #ff #bab #fh #bhb #dj #aif #agd #fij ,captain ,garnett #fd #bdh #ed #bbf #ch #ahf #aef #ffj ,mr4 ,c4 ,j4 ,longman #dh #baf #fd #beh #cd #afh #adf #fdb ,mr4 ,gregson #ca #aja #ge #cbe #ch #aij #add #faf ,mr4 ,g4 ,g4 ,hulme #ei #bjg #ed #bcf #cf #afh #adi #faa ,mr4 ,f4 ,n4 ,garnett #di #aha #fc #bei #ci #afg #aea #fjg ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,perry-,keene scored #dgd in the handicap match on ,june #aa4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,seventh ,grand ,northern ,archery ,meeting was held at ,lincoln on ,june #bc and #bd1 #ahhf1 when twenty-six ladies and nineteen gentlemen shot4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,d4 ,ainsworth #hb #cej #df #bdh #abh #eih ,mrs4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey #ge #cdc #db #bdb #aag #ehe ,miss ,f4 ,bardswell #ge #cge #dc #bjg #aah #ehb ,mrs4 ,kinahan #gh #cgj #dc #bjg #aba #egg ,mrs4 ,waithman #fg #cja #dd #bch #aaa #eci ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,perry-,keene #hh #cdh #ha #cgg #df #bdd #bae #ifi ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #gd #bhf #df #agh #dd #bbb #afd #fhf ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mrs4 ,d4 ,ainsworth and ,mr4 ,gregson 7#ade hits1 #eia score7 became ,championess and ,champion of the ,north4 ,mr4 ,perry-,keene scored #ecj in the handicap match on ,june #be4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,twenty-eighth ,grand ,annual ,crystal ,palace ,archery ,meeting was held on the ,cricket-ground on ,july #ae and #af1 #ahhf4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,marshall #gi #cia #df #beb #abe #fdc ,mrs4 ,d4 ,ainsworth #hd #cib #de #bde #abi #fcg ,mrs4 ,kinahan #hc #dac #df #bbd #abi #fcg ,mrs4 ,haigh #ge #cee #ci #bae #aad #egj ,miss ,a4 ,barton #fg #cec #da #bjg #ajh #efj ,mrs4 ,keyworth #gb #cbj #dc #baa #aae #eca ,miss ,hayllar #gb #cdb #da #aha #aac #ebc ,miss ,norton #gj #cbj #dc #aia #aac #eaa ,miss ,f4 ,bardswell #ga #bii #dc #bji #aad #ejh ,miss ,c4 ,smith #ga #cjg #da #bja #aab #ejh ,mrs4 ,kane #ga #caa #dd #aid #aae #eje ,miss ,carlisle #fh #bif #da #bji #aji #eje ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,perry-,keene #hg #cci #gc #cgi #dd #bbf #bjd #idd ,mr4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey #ee #bdc #fi #cfg #db #bdb #aff #heb ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #ha #bii #ga #cae #db #bjf #aid #hbj ,mr4 ,t4 ,t4 ,s4 ,metcalfe #fb #bff #fi #bhc #ch #bjj #afi #gdi ,mr4 ,j4 ,h4 ,bridges #eh #bah #fa #big #dc #ahe #afb #gjj ,colonel ,h4 ,a4 ,burton #ee #baa #fe #cjg #cd #aff #aed #fhd ,captain ,m4 ,allen #ed #ahf #fa #bea #dc #bce #aeh #fgb ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #ef #bbb #fg #bee #ch #bjj #afa #fgg ,mr4 ,h4 ,kendall #fb #bff #dh #aih #dj #aif #aej #ffj ,mr4 ,gedge #ej #bjj #fj #bdd #dj #aid #aej #fch ,mr4 ,burrowes #de #agc #ef #bcf #db #bjd #adc #fac ,mr4 ,erskine #fb #beh #ef #bbh #cc #abe #aea #faa ,mr4 ,walrond #ei #bcg #eg #bag #ch #aed #aed #fjh ,colonel ,lewin #eh #bbh #ec #bbc #cd #aej #ade #fja ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,fifty-two ladies and thirty-five gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,forty-third ,grand ,national and the ,twenty-fourth ,grand ,western ,archery ,meetings were united and held together at ,bath on ,july #bi and #cj1 #ahhf4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,legh #hi #dcg #dg #bhi #acf #gbf ,mrs4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey #hc #cig #df #bdf #abi #fdc ,mrs4 ,marshall #ge #cge #dh #bfb #abc #fcg ,mrs4 ,d4 ,ainsworth #hc #chi #df #bdb #abi #fca ,miss ,steel #hd #daf #dc #baa #abg #fbg ,miss ,b4 ,oakley #hd #dbj #ci #bja #abc #fba ,mrs4 ,gilling #gg #cgg #dd #bdb #aba #fai ,mrs4 ,kinahan #hj #cfh #dc #bbe #abc #eic ,miss ,f4 ,bardswell #gf #cjd #de #bgc #aba #egg ,miss ,c4 ,radford #gd #cbh #dc #bba #aag #edi ,miss ,m4 ,winwood #gf #ccb #da #bag #aag #edi ,mrs4 ,horniblow #gc #cda #db #ahh #aae #ebi ,mrs4 ,berens #gf #cfd #dj #afd #aaf #ebh ,miss ,b4 ,m4 ,legh #fh #caf #da #bjc #aji #eai ,miss ,pedder #fh #bij #de #bba #aac #eaa ,mrs4 ,maltby #fg #cag #ch #aid #aje #eaa ,miss ,palmer #ge #cee #cf #aej #aaa #eje ,mrs4 ,gilmour #ge #caa #da #aia #aaf #ejb ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #ha #daa #gf #ced #de #beg #bjb #ajbb ,major ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #gj #bgh #gb #cdd #de #bdc #ahg #hfe ,mr4 ,e4 ,sharpe #ge #cji #ga #cjc #db #ahj #ahh #gib ,mr4 ,j4 ,h4 ,bridges #fb #bbb #fh #cbb #db #bjf #agb #gej ,colonel ,h4 ,a4 ,burton #gj #cjj #fj #bff #ci #agi #afi #gde ,mr4 ,perry-,keene #fe #beg #gj #bij #db #aif #agg #gdc ,mr4 ,t4 ,t4 ,s4 ,metcalfe #ec #bac #ff #baf #db #bad #afc #gdc ,mr4 ,f4 ,a4 ,govett #gb #cbb #ef #bcb #cb #ahb #afj #gcf ,mr4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey #ee #bag #fg #bei #dc #bai #afe #fie ,mr4 ,g4 ,g4 ,hulme #eg #bji #ec #bcg #dc #bbe #aec #fga ,mr4 ,gedge #dh #ahh #fc #bfc #dd #bjd #aee #fee ,mr4 ,gregson #cg #adi #gc #cbi #da #aga #aea #fdi ,mr4 ,gataker #ee #bbe #fj #bdf #cf #agj #aea #fda ,mr4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh #df #aid #ee #bec #ci #ahe #adj #fcb ,mr4 ,erskine #fd #bdd #eg #bcc #cd #adh #aee #fbe ,mr4 ,r4 ,walters #ed #bjd #ec #bca #ce #agi #adb #fad ,captain ,m4 ,allen #df #afj #fj #bbb #dd #bbf #aej #fjh ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,ninety-five ladies and sixty-five gentlemen shot4 ,miss ,legh became the ,championess with #g points1 ,mrs4 ,marshall having won the point for hits at #ej yards4 ,mrs4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey became the ,championess of the ,west4 ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham became the ,champion with #i-a_/b points1 ,major ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher having tied with him in the point for hits at #fj yards4 ,mr4 ,perry-,keene became the ,champion of the ,west4 99 99 99 99 99 ,in the handicap match on ,july #ca1 ,miss ,legh scored #cia1 ,miss ,b4 ,oakley #cfc1 ,mrs4 ,d4 ,ainsworth #cdd1 ,mrs4 ,marshall #cdc1 and ,mrs4 ,horniblow #ccg2 and on the same day ,mr4 ,e4 ,sharpe scored #dbi4 ,,royal ,,toxophilite ,,society',s ,,handicap ,,meetings ,a series of meetings extending over two days1 the double ,york ,round being shot1 commenced in #ahha1 and the ,grand ,centenary ,archery ,meeting of the ,royal ,toxophilite ,society was held in the ,society's ground in the ,regent's ,park1 on ,october #ab and #ac1 #ahha4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,h4 ,h4 ,palairet #hb #cfd #ha #dag #dg #bha #baj #ajfb ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington #gf #bid #ge #ccg #dc #bda #aid #hgb ,mr4 ,j4 ,h4 ,bridges #gb #bib #ge #ccg #dd #bjf #aia #hce ,mr4 ,o4 ,k4 ,prescot#ad #gd #bgd #gb #bih #dd #bcd #aij #hjf ,mr4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh#ad #fi #bfa #fi #bii #dc #bae #aha #gge ,mr4 ,g4 ,o4 ,pardoe#ad #eg #bbe #gg #cbg #da #bja #age #gec ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #fe #bca #fe #bhg #dj #aih #agj #gaf ,major ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #ga #bee #fc #bgi #cf #afb #agj #fif ,mr4 ,h4 ,kendall #eh #bjf #fd #bdh #dd #bbb #aff #fgf ,mr4 ,c4 ,j4 ,longman #ei #bcg #ei #bea #cg #ahc #aee #fga ,mr4 ,e4 ,n4 ,snow #ed #bcd #eb #bbd #dj #bab #adf #fgj ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #gb #bfd #ee #bjc #cg #aii #afd #fff ,mr4 ,a4 ,meyrick#ad #de #aha #fe #bii #bh #afb #ach #fdb ,colonel ,lewin #fb #bdd #eh #bch #cb #aed #aeb #fcf ,mr4 ,o4 ,l4 ,clare #ed #bjd #fd #bch #dj #agh #aeh #fbj ,mr4 ,a4 ,newall #ed #ahb #eh #bfh #dj #agj #aeb #fbj ,mr4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey#ad #ee #bji #eg #bjg #ci #aie #aea #faa ,captain ,m4 ,allen#ad #df #adf #fi #bdi #da #baa #aef #fjf ,mr4 ,perry-,keene#ad #ff #bcd #dg #bag #cc #aec #adf #fjd ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- #ad ,visitors4 ,sixty-five gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a ,grand ,annual ,handicap ,meeting of the ,royal ,toxophilite ,society was held on ,october #aa and #ab1 #ahhb4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,major ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #hc #cae #gg #ccg #dd #bch #bjd #hij ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #hd #ccb #ff #bif #ch #ahh #ahh #haf ,mr4 ,o4 ,l4 ,clare #fj #bbb #fd #bid #df #bfj #agj #ggf ,mr4 ,r4 ,walters #gc #bfe #gd #caf #da #aia #ahh #ggb ,mr4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh#ae #ef #bcf #ge #cbe #dc #bjg #agd #gfh ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #fg #beg #fi #bhe #de #bja #aha #gdc ,mr4 ,g4 ,w4 ,chapman #fj #bdh #eb #aih #ch #baj #aej #fef ,mr4 ,h4 ,kendall #ea #bbg #eb #bch #dj #agd #adc #fci ,mr4 ,g4 ,o4 ,pardoe#ae #dg #baa #ec #bdi #dj #agb #adj #fcb ,mr4 ,w4 ,yates ,foot #ec #bji #ed #bcj #ce #ahg #adb #fbf ,mr4 ,c4 ,j4 ,longman #ef #aih #ee #aie #dc #bjg #aed #fjj ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- #ae ,visitors4 ,thirty-three gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,grand ,annual ,handicap ,meeting of the ,royal ,toxophilite ,society was held on ,october #aa and #ab1 #ahhc4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #ajj #dbf #ge #ccg #de #bdg #bbj #ajaj ,mr4 ,c4 ,j4 ,longman #gb #bgd #fi #cje #dg #bbi #ahh #hjh ,major ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher #gi #cac #fg #bia #cg #ahe #ahc #ghi ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,howman#af #fe #bgc #eg #bei #da #bca #afc #gfc ,mr4 ,n4 ,rattray #fi #bba #ga #cae #da #bbe #aha #gfa ,mr4 ,f4 ,a4 ,govett #fh #beh #ff #bib #df #bjh #ahj #geh ,mr4 ,o4 ,l4 ,clare #eg #bbi #fi #bha #da #bac #afg #gbc ,mr4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey#af #fi #bia #fj #bch #ci #ahi #afh #gah ,colonel ,lewin #ei #bjc #fd #bgj #dc #baa #aff #fhd ,mr4 ,g4 ,w4 ,chapman #ed #bbd #fc #bga #ch #afd #aee #fei ,mr4 ,g4 ,g4 ,hulme#af #ec #bai #eg #bbg #ch #ahf #adh #fcb ,captain ,m4 ,allen#af #fd #bbh #eg #bae #dj #agh #afa #fba ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #ei #bca #ed #bbj #ch #afd #aea #fae ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- #af ,visitors4 ,twenty-eight gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,grand ,jubilee and ,annual ,handicap ,meeting of the ,royal ,toxophilite ,society was held on ,october #i and #aj1 #ahhd4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #hi #cic #gj #bij #de #baa #bjd #hid ,mr4 ,r4 ,walters #gj #bfd #fi #cje #dc #bai #ahb #ghh ,mr4 ,o4 ,l4 ,clare #hc #cba #ff #bfh #db #aih #aia #ghg ,mr4 ,j4 ,h4 ,bridges #ff #bdb #ge #cbg #da #bae #ahb #ghd ,mr4 ,eyre ,w4 ,hussey#ag #eh #bjf #ge #cbc #de #bdg #agh #ggf ,mr4 ,c4 ,j4 ,longman #gf #caj #fh #bgj #ch #agb #ahb #geb ,captain ,m4 ,allen#ag #fg #bdc #ga #cji #db #aih #ahj #gej ,mr4 ,gregson#ag #gd #beb #fe #bia #ch #ahh #agg #gca ,mr4 ,t4 ,t4 ,s4 ,metcalfe #ee #bbe #fd #bgf #dd #bjj #afc #gja ,mr4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh#ag #eg #bja #fi #bhc #dj #aib #aff #fgf ,mr4 ,a4 ,newall #eg #bbe #fj #bef #ca #adg #adh #fbh ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #de #adi #ff #bhh #da #agi #aeb #faf ,mr4 ,walrond #eg #aie #eg #aii #da #bje #aee #eii ,mr4 ,g4 ,g4 ,hulme#ag #dg #agi #eb #baj #da #bji #adj #eih ,mr4 ,h4 ,kendall #ed #ahd #ea #bji #da #aii #adf #eib ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- #ag ,visitors4 ,forty-nine gentlemen shot4 ,nothing could have been more unfavourable than the weather on this occasion4 ,it was wet1 stormy1 and bitterly cold4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,grand ,annual ,autumn ,handicap ,meeting of the ,royal ,toxophilite ,society was held on ,october #h and #i1 #ahhe4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,perry-,keene#ah #fi #bde #hd #chd #dc #bee #aif #hhd ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #gi #bgc #ha #cee #de #bdc #bje #hga ,mr4 ,r4 ,walters #gb #bef #gh #cgj #ci #bjc #ahi #hbi ,mr4 ,e4 ,brodie ,hoare #ff #bgd #eh #bdf #dc #bja #afg #gba ,mr4 ,h4 ,h4 ,longman #fa #bje #fj #bfh #db #bcj #afc #gjc ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #fc #bdi #fa #bei #ci #age #afc #fhc ,mr4 ,h4 ,kendall #dd #agd #eb #bbd #dc #bcc #aci #fca ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- #ah ,visitor4 ,twenty-one gentlemen shot at this meeting4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,grand ,annual ,autumn ,handicap ,meeting of the ,royal ,toxophilite ,society was held on ,october #ad and #ae1 #ahhf4 ---------------------------------------- --------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ---------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits ,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------------------- ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham #hf #ced #gh #ced #dd #bjh #bjh #iaf ,mr4 ,j4 ,h4 ,bridges #fe #bfi #fi #cji #dc #baa #agg #ghi ,mr4 ,n4 ,rattray #fg #bhi #ed #bdb #dc #bjc #afd #gcd ,mr4 ,walrond #fg #bei #fc #bde #dd #bbj #agd #gbd ,mr4 ,h4 ,h4 ,longman #ei #bjg #fh #bih #cf #ahj #afc #fhe ,captain ,m4 ,allen#ai #dg #ahi #fh #cbh #cj #aedbj #ade #fga ,mr4 ,e4 ,fisher#ai #fc #bae #eg #bci #dd #bab #afd #fff ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett #ea #ahg #fg #bfa #dj #ahh #aeh #fcf ,mr4 ,e4 ,c4 ,gedge#ai #ei #bce #eg #aig #cf #agh #aeb #faj ,mr4 ,a4 ,henty #de #aga #eg #bjg #dd #bbb #adf #fjj ,mr4 ,t4 ,t4 ,s4 ,metcalfe #ec #bje #ec #bjg #ci #ahg #ade #eii ---------------------------------------- ----------------------- #ai ,visitors4 #bj ,did not complete the shooting at #fj yards4 ,twenty-one gentlemen shot at this meeting4 ,,scotch ,,public ,,meetings ,the ,eleventh ,annual ,scottish ,archery ,meeting was held on the ,cricket-ground 7,lavilands71 near ,stirling1 on ,august #d and #e1 #ahfe4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,betham #hh #dbd #df #bij #acd #gad ,mrs4 ,horniblow #hb #dcb #dc #bec #abe #fhe ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,p4 ,muir #he #cae #fa #bci #dd #bff #aij #hbj ,mr4 ,j4 ,murdoch #ed #aid #eh #bch #ci #aic #aea #fbe ,mr4 ,p4 ,murdoch #ei #bdc #di #afc #dj #bjh #adh #fad ,mr4 ,j4 ,allan #eb #afb #db #bjf #dj #bbf #acd #eid ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,thirteen ladies and thirty-six gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,twelfth ,annual ,scottish ,national ,archery ,meeting was held on the ,county ,cricket-ground in ,raeburn ,place1 ,stockbridge1 ,edinburgh1 on ,august #ag and #ah1 #ahff4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ---- ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,horniblow #hb #cfh #de #bda #abg #fji ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,p4 ,muir #fg #bgi #fc #bfa #db #bab #agb #geb ,captain ,betham #dg #aie #ef #bcb #db #aif #ade #fbc ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,nine ladies and thirty-eight gentlemen shot4 ,it was only on these two occasions that the ,double ,rounds were shot at these meetings4 ,,irish ,,public ,,meetings ,the ,second ,irish ,grand ,national ,archery ,meeting was held at ,bray1 not far from ,dublin1 on ,august #ab and #ac4 ,twenty-three ladies and twenty-eight gentlemen shot4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,horniblow #hf #dbh #dg #bfc #acc #fia ,miss ,betham #gh #cfb #dg #bde #abe #fjg ,miss ,warde #fi #cja #db #bah #aaa #eai ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,g4 ,edwards #fh #bff #gg #ceg #dh #bih #aic #iba ,mr4 ,r4 ,w4 ,atkinson #fi #cjc #ff #bih #db #bbh #agg #hbi ,mr4 ,t4 ,l4 ,coulson #fj #bcj #eb #bdh #ci #aie #aea #fgc ,mr4 ,h4 ,walters #fc #bbc #eg #bce #cf #ahj #aef #fch ,mr4 ,macnamara #df #afj #fb #bed #db #bbd #aej #fch ,mr4 ,e4 ,popham #ed #aih #fc #bhg #cd #acd #aea #fai ,captain ,betham #dh #agh #fa #bfc #db #agj #aea #faa ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,g4 ,edwards scored #djd in the handicap match on ,august #ad4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,third ,irish ,grand ,national ,archery ,meeting was held in the ,rotunda ,gardens1 ,dublin1 on ,july #bg and #bh1 #ahfd4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,betham #he #dcg #db #bah #abg #fee ,miss ,h4 ,tarleton #gb #cbj #cb #acd #ajd #ded ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,g4 ,edwards #gj #bgf #gc #cjh #dh #bdh #aia #hbg ,captain ,betham #fd #bcd #ff #bgf #dc #bae #agc #gbe ,mr4 ,betham #eh #baj #fj #bdf #dd #bbf #afb #fhb ,mr4 ,r4 ,w4 ,atkinson #ea #agi #fh #bhb #db #bjb #afa #ffc ,mr4 ,maconchy #fc #bae #ee #bjg #dj #bad #aeh #fcf ,mr4 ,h4 ,elliott #dh #aej #ei #bfi #dd #bjj #aea #fai ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,twenty-two ladies and twenty-one gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,fourth ,irish ,grand ,national ,archery ,meeting was held in the ,new ,winter ,gardens1 ,dublin1 on ,may #ca and ,june #a1 #ahfe4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,betham #he #cge #df #bfd #aca #fci ,mrs4 ,ormsby #fe #beg #da #age #ajf #dcb ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,g4 ,edwards #ej #aib #gg #chg #de #bca #agb #haj ,mr4 ,betham #gd #cjf #fb #bdh #db #bjd #agh #geh ,captain ,betham #ei #bbg #fa #bgg #ci #aeg #aei #ffa ,captain ,whitla #ei #bbc #eg #bcg #bh #acj #add #eij ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,thirteen ladies and seventeen gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,second ,grand ,leinster ,archery ,meeting was held in the grounds of the ,exhibition ,palace1 ,dublin1 on ,september #ai and #bj1 #ahfe4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,macpherson #ge #cdc #db #bbj #aag #efc ,miss ,hendley #fg #cje #da #ahg #ajh #dib ,miss ,betham #ff #bij #cf #bjj #ajb #dij ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,captain ,whitla #da #adi #fd #caj #dj #bcj #ade #fhi ,mr4 ,betham #di #aig #ef #bcd #ci #aga #add #fjb ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,twenty-six ladies and sixteen gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,fifth ,irish ,grand ,national ,archery ,meeting was held in the ,new ,winter ,gardens in ,dublin on ,august #a1 #b1 and #c1 #ahff4 ,eighteen ladies and seventeen gentlemen shot4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,horniblow #hf #chf #df #bfh #acb #fed ,miss ,betham #hj #cgh #dj #bdd #abj #fbb ,miss ,a4 ,betham #fa #bia #dd #bch #aje #ebi ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,betham #fc #bda #fh #bgb #de #bhg #agf #hjj ,mr4 ,g4 ,edwards #cf #acd #gj #cdh #de #bca #aea #gac ,mr4 ,r4 ,w4 ,atkinson #ed #baj #eg #bei #da #bac #aeb #fhb ,captain ,whitla #eh #bbf #fj #bfj #dj #aib #aeh #fgh ,captain ,betham #cf #acj #fj #bdj #df #bch #adb #fjh ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,first ,ulster ,grand ,archery ,meeting was held at ,ulsterville1 ,belfast1 on ,august #h1 #i1 and #aj1 #ahff4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,betham #hh #dah #df #bgd #acd #fib ,mrs4 ,horniblow #gi #cdi #dj #bjb #aai #eea ,miss ,ada ,betham #gj #cbj #da #bji #aaa #ebi ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,betham #gb #bgd #fe #beg #dj #aif #agg #gbg ,captain ,betham #ej #agb #ec #bee #da #agc #add #fjj ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,eighteen ladies and nine gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,third ,grand ,leinster ,archery ,meeting was held in the grounds of the ,exhibition ,palace at ,dublin on ,september #d and #e1 #ahff4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,betham #hg #dfg #bhg #acd #ged ,miss ,l4 ,quin #gd #ccf #ci #aia #aac #ebg ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,betham #ei #bji #ga #bhg #da #bje #aga #gja ,captain ,betham #ei #bja #ga #cje #da #aie #aga #gja ,mr4 ,r4 ,w4 ,atkinson #ed #bad #fg #cje #da #aha #afb #gjj ,mr4 ,w4 ,butt #eb #aib #ej #bcf #ch #agb #adj #fjj ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,twenty-three ladies and twenty-three gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,second ,ulster ,grand ,archery ,meeting was held in the grounds of the ,armagh ,archers1 at ,armagh1 on ,august #g and #h1 #ahfg4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,betham #hd #djj #dh #bid #acb #fid ,miss ,h4 ,hutchinson #ha #cfg #dd #bbf #abe #eic ,miss ,a4 ,betham #gc #cbi #dc #bcg #aaf #eff ,miss ,davison #gb #bif #db #bbj #aad #eaf ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,betham #fc #bha #gc #bia #dc #bcc #agi #hje ,mr4 ,r4 ,w4 ,atkinson #ee #aia #ef #bcd #dc #bca #aed #fef ,mr4 ,russell #eh #baf #eh #bdd #cf #afb #aeb #fbb ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,twenty ladies and seventeen gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,grand ,munster ,archery ,meeting was held at ,limerick1 on ,september #ba and #bb1 #ahfg4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,betham #hd #dbd #dh #bcd #acb #feh ,miss ,a4 ,betham #hb #chj #df #bdf #abh #fbf ,miss ,warde #fd #cab #da #bbe #aje #ecg ,mrs4 ,ormsby #fh #bid #dd #bad #aab #ejh ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,betham #fc #bfg #eh #bdf #da #bbg #afb #gdj ,mr4 ,a4 ,e4 ,knox #fj #bab #eh #bgj #ch #ahf #aef #ffh ,mr4 ,r4 ,w4 ,atkinson #eh #bjd #eb #bbj #cg #afi #adg #eic ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,twenty-eight ladies and eighteen gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,fourth ,grand ,annual ,meeting of the ,leinster ,archers was held in the grounds of the ,exhibition ,palace1 ,dublin1 on ,august #bf and #bg1 #ahfg4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,betham #hd #daf #df #bgh #acj #fid ,miss ,a4 ,betham #hd #cij #dg #bca #aca #fba ,miss ,h4 ,hutchinson #ge #cbi #db #bbd #aag #eec ,miss ,mayne #gc #cac #df #bbf #aai #eci ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,betham #gj #bhb #hj #ceh #de #bca #aie #hga ,mr4 ,a4 ,knox #fc #bgg #ff #beb #ch #aif #afg #gbe ,mr4 ,russell #ec #bje #ei #bii #dj #ahf #aeb #fij ,mr4 ,r4 ,w4 ,atkinson #ei #bag #dd #agf #de #bbe #adh #fah ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,twenty-three ladies and seventeen gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,sixth ,irish ,grand ,national ,archery ,meeting was held in the grounds of the ,exhibition ,palace in ,dublin1 on ,september #ad and #ae1 #ahfg4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,betham #hh #ddj #dg #cjc #ace #gdc ,miss ,ormsby #hc #dbe #dd #bcb #abg #feg ,miss ,l4 ,quin #gf #chd #dg #bei #abc #fdc ,miss ,a4 ,betham #gf #cbh #df #beh #abb #ehf ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,betham #fa #bfi #gj #bfh #dd #bcj #age #gfg ,mr4 ,russell #fe #bdg #ei #bea #ch #aib #afb #fij ,mr4 ,n4 ,a4 ,knox #fc #bec #eh #bdd #cd #aed #aee #fea ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,fourteen ladies and fourteen gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,second ,grand ,munster ,archery ,meeting was held in the grounds of ,cortigan 7,sir ,denham ,norreys1 ,bart471 near ,mallow1 on ,september #b and #c1 #ahfh4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,betham #hg #dgc #dh #bib #ace #gfe ,miss ,l4 ,quin #gb #cbf #dc #bag #aae #edc ,miss ,ormsby #gb #ccd #dj #aih #aab #ecb ,mrs4 ,vansittart #gd #cbf #ce #aha #aji #ejg ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,betham #eb #ahb #fe #bfi #da #bai #aeh #fgj ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,nineteen ladies and twelve gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,third ,grand ,munster ,archery ,meeting was held in ,sir ,d4 ,norreys's grounds at ,cortigan1 near ,mallow1 on ,september #h and #i1 #ahfi4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,peel #he #cgc #de #aii #acj #egb ,mrs4 ,v4 ,forbes #gj #cjh #df #bcf #aaf #edd ,miss ,l4 ,quin #hc #cei #db #agf #abe #ece ,miss ,ormsby #gc #cac #dd #bbj #aag #ecc ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,betham #ff #bcb #fg #cje #da #ahi #agd #gbf ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,twenty-four ladies and fourteen gentlemen shot4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a ,grand ,leinster ,meeting was held in the grounds of the ,exhibition ,palace1 ,dublin1 on ,october #f and #g1 #ahfi4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,miss ,h4 ,hutchinson #hd #dab #df #bed #acj #fff ,mrs4 ,v4 ,forbes #hh #djh #df #beb #acd #ffj ,miss ,mayne #gc #cbc #da #bci #aad #efb ,mrs4 ,c4 ,w4 ,betham #gc #ccc #dj #bab #aac #ede ,miss ,peel #hj #cgd #ch #afd #aah #ech ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,betham #fe #bhe #eg #bbc #db #bjh #afd #gaf ,mr4 ,mc,namara #dg #ahc #de #aii #dc #ahc #ace #efe ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,,american ,,national ,,archery ,,meetings ,the ,first ,american ,national ,archery ,meeting was held at ,chicago on ,august #ab1 #ac1 and #ad1 #ahgi4 ,on this occasion the ladies shot forty-eight arrows at each of the distances of #cj1 #dj1 and #ej yards4 ,the gentlemen shot forty-eight arrows at #fj yards1 and ninety-six arrows at #hj yards1 on the first day1 and seventy-two arrows at #ajj yards on each of the other days2 thus making up the quantities of a ,york ,round1 though in unusual order4 ,the best results were as follows3-- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,w4 ,h4 ,thompson #ci #aee #dc #aee #fh #bcf #aej #edf ,mr4 ,t4 ,mc,mechan #ce #age #dg #agg #cd #abf #aaf #dgh ,mr4 ,e4 ,p4 ,hall #cg #aeg #ej #agh #bh #ajd #aae #dci ,mr4 ,c4 ,leach #cd #aeb #ch #ach #ci #adi #aaa #dci ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,second ,annual ,american ,national ,archery ,meeting was held at ,buffalo1 near ,new ,york1 on ,july #aa and #ab 7#ac and #ad871 #ahhj1 when the ,round shot by the ladies was forty-eight arrows at each of the distances of #ej1 #dj1 and #cj yards2 but the gentlemen shot a single ,york ,round on each day4 ,the result of each day's shooting only is given1 as the details of the different distances cannot be discovered4 ---------------------------------------- ------------------------ #ast ,day #bnd ,day ,double ,york ,round ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------ ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits ,score ---------------------------------------- --------------------- ,mr4 ,l4 ,l4 ,peddinghaus #gd #cdf #gh #cfj #aeb #gjf ,mr4 ,w4 ,h4 ,thompson #hb #cgj #gh #ccb #afj #gjb ,mr4 ,w4 ,burnham #ha #cca #gh #cdb #aei #fgc ,mr4 ,f4 ,h4 ,walworth #fh #bgd #gf #caf #add #eij ---------------------------------------- --------------------- 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,fourth ,annual ,american ,national ,archery ,meeting was held at ,chicago on ,july #aa1 #ab1 and #ad1 #ahhb1 the ,national and ,york double ,rounds being shot4#ba ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,a4 ,h4 ,gibbes #fc #bea #ch #aih #aja #ddi ,mrs4 ,f4 ,morrison -- -- -- -- #id #cgd ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,d4 ,a4 ,nash #eh #baj #fe #beg #dd #bdf #afg #gac ,mr4 ,h4 ,s4 ,taylor #ee #aea #fg #bge #df #beb #afh #fgh ,mr4 ,r4 ,williams #di #agi #ee #bce #dd #bcf #adh #fej ,mr4 ,w4 ,a4 ,clark #de #aig #fb #bdd #da #aie #adh #fcf ,mr4 ,w4 ,h4 ,thompson #df #agh #ed #bcd #dd #aih #add #faj ,mr4 ,f4 ,e4 ,perry #db #adh #ef #bbf #ci #agi #acg #eec ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,fifth ,annual ,american ,national ,archery ,meeting was held at ,cincinnati on ,july #aj1 #aa1 and #ab1 #ahhc4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,p4 ,williams #gf #cjj #gi #cga #dd #bcf #aii #ijg ,mr4 ,h4 ,s4 ,taylor #ec #aia #ea #bbc #de #bce #adi #fdi ,mr4 ,w4 ,a4 ,clark #ef #aib #fc #beg #ci #aga #aeh #fbj ,mr4 ,d4 ,a4 ,nash #ce #ace #eg #bdc #de #bji #acg #ehg ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,c4 ,howell #he #dac #dg #bgg #acb #fij ,mrs4 ,s4 ,a4 ,whitfield #hh #dcf #ci #ahe #abg #fba ,mrs4 ,t4 ,f4 ,george #ga #bii #de #bcg #aaf #ecf ,mrs4 ,h4 ,m4 ,pollock #gf #cbh #db #aih #aah #ebf ,mrs4 ,arthur #gb #bif #dc #bac #aae #eji ---------------------------------------- ----------- 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,sixth ,annual ,american ,national ,archery ,meeting was held at ,pullman in #ahhd on ,july #h1 #i1 and #aj4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ---- ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,h4 ,hall #df #bjd #db #bab #hh #daf ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,mr4 ,w4 ,h4 ,thompson #fc #bcg #fh #cad #dc #bji #agd #gfj ,mr4 ,r4 ,williams1 jun4 #fg #bea #fe #bfg #dc #bbg #age #gde ,mr4 ,c4 ,c4 ,beach #df #agf #fe #big #dd #bej #aee #gbc ,mr4 ,h4 ,s4 ,taylor #dd #afj #ej #aih #ci #aha #acc #eci ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,seventh ,annual ,american ,national ,archery ,meeting was held at ,eaton1 ,ohio1 on ,july #g1 #h1 and #i1 #ahhe4 ---------------------------------------- -------------- #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,,ladies ---------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ----------- ,mrs4 ,m4 ,c4 ,howell #ge #cec #df #beb #aba #fje ,miss ,j4 ,pollock #gh #cjj #dd #baf #abb #eaf ,mrs4 ,j4 ,arthur #fe #bga #db #baj #ajg #dha ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,,gentlemen ------------------------------------- ,hits,score,hits,score,hits,score ,hits,score ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,colonel ,r4 ,williams #ia #ceg #gh #cfj #df #bgh #bae #iie ,mr4 ,c4 ,c4 ,beach #df #agb #ge #cdg #dd #bad #afe #gcc ,mr4 ,j4 ,w4 ,b4 ,siders #ci #agc #eg #bge #da #aii #acg #fdg ,mr4 ,w4 ,h4 ,thompson #eb #aih #ec #bcc #ch #agf #adc #fjg ,mr4 ,w4 ,a4 ,clark #ea #aig #ej #bjj #da #aig #adb #eid ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- ,,footnotes3 #i ,the points for the ,champion's medal are-- #b points each for gross score and gross hits4 #a point each for score and hits at #ajj yards4 #a point #hj yards4 #a point #fj yards4 ,total1 #aj points4 ,transcriber's note3 ,footnotes #aj-bj immediately follow the tables that refer to them4 #ba ,no report of the meeting in #ahha can be traced4 ,,chapter ,,xiv4 ,,club ,,shooting ,,and ,,private ,,practice ,in the following scores an attempt is made to give authentic specimens of the best shooting of as many as possible of the best archers of the past and present time4 ,mr4 ,ford himself mentioned how sadly disheartened and crestfallen he felt on his return from his first ,grand ,national ,meeting at ,derby1 where he had scored #cda with #aja hits in the double ,york ,round1 which was far below the score he had anticipated1 and warned his readers that shooting at a public meeting was very different from private practice or small match shooting4 ,there are but very few archers who have not met with the same disappointment1 as will be easily seen when the public and private records here given are compared4 ,young archers should be strongly recommended to make their public dbuts as early as possible--as well to work off the novelty and excitement of the scene as to compare the methods and results of other archers--before they have established great local reputations1 which may run the greater risk of being fatally exploded from the very over-anxiety which is employed to keep or increase those reputations in public4 ,the erroneous practice of shooting trial arrows before the commencement of the regular round has been mostly given up of late years1 being altogether discountenanced by the rules of the private practice club1 and disallowed at all the public meetings4 ,in fact1 it was a most dangerous practice at the public meetings1 where1 in former years1 before the match shooting commenced1 or when it was finished1 those who had to cross the ground ran no little risk of being shot by some of the industrious archers1 who1 not satisfied with the round allotted to the day1 were threshing out themselves and their bows1 not with shooting at the targets1 but mostly at a piece of white paper placed about so far from themselves as an arrow would fall when supposed to have passed through the gold at the particular distance at which these zealots were ever engaged in the apparently hopeless search of the 'range' or a 'point of aim4' ,the earliest grand score on the testified ,york ,round in the books of the ,royal ,toxophilite ,society belonged to ,mr4 ,h4 ,c4 ,mules1 and was shot on ,august #bd1 #ahef4 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #ej #bdj #db #bcb #bc #aca #aae #fjc ,he also has scores of #aaf hts4 #ejj sc4 and #ajf hts4 #ejh sc4 in the books made in #aheh4 ,this was surpassed by ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford on ,november #c1 #aheh1 in the ,toxophilite grounds3 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #dg #bbg #df #beh #bd #ach #aag #fbc and the score of ,mr4 ,g4 ,e4 ,s4 ,fryer1 made in the same grounds on ,august #b1 #ahgb1 of ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #ei #bhi #dd #bah #bd #acb #abg #fci went further1 and still remains unsurpassed4 ,this last-mentioned score took1 and still holds1 the ,wilkinson practice medal1 which was given to the ,royal ,toxophilite ,society in #ahff1 and was first taken by ,mr4 ,t4 ,boulton with ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #dc #age #dj #ahf #bd #adh #ajg #eji who afterwards improved his holding of it by making ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #dh #bjf #df #bjh #bc #acc #aag #edg ,on ,july #f1 #ahfg1 ,mr4 ,w4 ,spottiswoode scored ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #ej #bdd #da #bja #bc #abi #aad #egd and took and held it until it was transferred to ,mr4 ,fryer in #ahgb4 ,the full details of ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford's best private-practice score of #hji with #acg hits have been already given4 ,he also records a score in which the only arrow missed was the #eith1 shot at #ajj yards1 the particular of the score being ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #ga #cce #dh #bgb #bd #aeh #adc #gfe ,when shooting with the ,royal ,toxophilite ,society on ,june #bc1 #ahed1 the round being #if arrows at #ajj yards1 #gb arrows at #hj yards1 and #dh arrows at #fj yards1 he made the following score3 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #gi #cgc #ga #cbe #dg #cac #aig #ajaa ,his best double ,york ,round1 made privately1 seems to be as follows3 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #fa #bie #dh #cjf #bd #ahf #acc #ghg #fc #bii #df #bgh #bd #afh #acc #gde ---- ----- ,total #bff #aecb ,his best scoring at #ajj yards is represented by #cga with #fi hits-- ,g4 ,r4 ,b4 ,,bk4 ,w4 #ab #ag #ai #ad #g from his second best ,york ,round score of ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #fi #cga #dh #bgd #bd #aed #ada #gii his best score at #hj yards being #cjf with all the #dh hits1 ,g4 ,r4 ,b4 ,,bk4 ,w4 #aj #ai #ae #b #b and his best at #fj yards #ahf1 ,g4 ,r4 ,b4 #aj #ac #a ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford himself reports one of his own most extraordinary feats as follows3 ',not but what ,i have been the originator of a respectable fluke or two myself in my time4 ,for instance1 on the second day of the first ,grand ,national ,meeting at ,shrewsbury in #ahed1 an old archer1 ,mr4 ,hughes1 offered a silver bracer as a prize for most golds at any one end1 #ajj yards to take precedence of #hj1 and #hj yards of #fj4 ,in a very few minutes two gentlemen1 ,messrs4 ,garnett and ,hilton1 if ,i remember rightly1 got two2 but this was not enough1 the third arrow being destined to go there as well4 ,accordingly1 but a few rounds after1 my friend ,chance came to my aid1 and so the whole three went into the desired spot4 ,now the combination here was curious4 ,but once during my archery experience has a special prize been offered for a feat of this particular nature1 and upon that occasion1 and that occasion only in a match1 have three golds been got at one end1 by one shooter1 at #ajj yards' 7',archer's ,register1' #ahfd74 ,mr4 ,bramhall gives a good idea of ,mr4 ,ford's indomitable perseverance4 ',if1' he says1 ',i reported a good score1 he persevered until he had beaten it--e4g4 in #ahec1 ,march #g1 ,i completed #dji following hits at #fj yards4 ,he soon sent me a report of a little over #fjj' 7',archer's ,register1' #ahha74 ,mr4 ,john ,bramhall's best single ,york ,round was made ,november #be1 #ahea3 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #fa #cag #da #bbc #bc #ace #abe #fge ,in #ahdi the average of the #ed ,york ,rounds he shot was #dec score from #ajc hits2 in #ahej it was #ejb from #aaj hits in #gj rounds2 in #ahea it was #efa from #aag hits in #fd rounds2 in #aheb it was #ege from #aag hits in #eb rounds2 and in #ahec it was #efg from #aad hits in #ch rounds4 ,in shooting at #ajj yards he has made #d golds in consecutive hits1 and often #c at one end4 ,at #hj yards his best in #dh arrows was #dg hits #bgc score2 and he has made #ee consecutive hits at #hj1 and #e following golds4 ,at #fj yards his best record is #bd hits #agb score--#dji consecutive hits and #e following golds4 ,his best double ,york ,round was3 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #ajg #ece #ia #dig #dh #bij #bef #acbb shot on ,june #bf and ,july #a1 #aheb4 ,mr4 ,e4 ,a4 ,holmes 7champion #ahfe and #ahgj7 made his best score on the single ,york ,round in private practice at ,harrow1 soon after the ,grand ,national ,meeting at ,brighton in #ahfg1 which is as follows3 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #ff #bhd #df #bjf #bb #acb #acd #fbb ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,nesham 7,royal ,toxophilite ,society71 champion #ahhd-e-f1 has #ac ,york ,rounds scores on the ,royal ,toxophilite ,society's books of over #ejj1 of which the highest is3 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #ee #bha #da #ahg #bb #abf #aah #eid made on ,may #e1 #ahhg4 ,in private practice at ,bournemouth he scored1 on ,may #ad1 #ahhc1 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #fc #bha #dc #bdc #bb #ajh #abh #fcb and ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #ec #bfi #da #bjc #bb #abb #aaf #eid made in the ,regent's ,park1 ,march #f1 #ahhd4 ,on twenty-three other occasions1 in private and in club matches1 he has scored #ejj and upwards4 ,of these1 in the ,royal ,toxophilite ,society's books1 are3 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #df #bbh #dg #bec #bj #aaj #aac #eia shot on ,october #af1 #ahhd1 and ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #ej #bbd #dd #bbj #bd #adh #aah #eib shot on ,october #bi1 #ahhe4 ,major ,c4 ,h4 ,fisher's 7,champion #ahga-b-c-d1 and made highest score at ,windsor in #ahhd when ,mr4 ,nesham became champion7 best ,york ,round score in the books of the ,royal ,toxophilite ,society1 made on ,july #b1 #ahhe1 is as follows3 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #ec #bci #db #aib #bd #acf #aai #eeg and his next best1 made on ,october #bj1 #ahga1 is ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #dg #bbg #db #aid #bc #aac #aab #ecd ,his best private practice score on the ,york ,round is the following3 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #di #bbg #de #bdc #bd #aeh #hfb #aah made on ,may #be1 #ahgb2 and he reports that this ,round was shot too quickly1 and might have been improved if he had taken more pains4 ,he has made the following good double rounds in practice1 namely3 ,hits ,score ,may #bg and #bh1 #ahgc #bce #ajgi ,july #bc and #bd1 #ahgd #bce #aabc and in #ahgf3 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,june #ab1 #ej #aif #dc #bac #bc #ajc #aaf #eab #ac1 #df #aid #de #bcc #bc #aac #aad #edj --- ---- ,totals #bcj #ajeb and in #ahgg a single ,york ,round3 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,sept4 #g1 #ee #bda #dd #bjb #bc #abe #abb #efh ,mr4 ,t4 ,t4 ,s4 ,metcalfe's 7,royal ,toxophilite ,society7 best single ,york ,round is3 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #ed #beh #cg #agc #ai #ic #ajj #ebd made on ,may #bb1 #ahhf1 in private practice4 ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,everett's best single ,york ,rounds appear to be3 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,aug4 #i1 #ahhj #de #agi #da #bbi #bb #aad #ajh #ebb ,april #b1 #ahhc #dh #ahj #db #bbb #bd #acd #aad #ecf #af1 #ed #bad #cg #agg #bd #aeh #aae #edi made in private practice4 ,at a meeting of the ,royal ,toxophilite ,society on ,october #d1 #ahgd1 he scored3 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #de #ahg #dj #aij #bc #abc #ajh #ejj and again in the ,regent's ,park on ,september #cj1 #ahhj3 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #eb #aib #da #bji #bc #aji #aaf #eaj and on ,october #ad1 #ahhj3 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #ej #bbd #ch #aff #bb #aaf #aaj #ejf ,mr4 ,w4 ,j4 ,richardson 7,royal ,toxophilite ,society7 has a good score on the ,york ,round in the books of the ,royal ,toxophilite ,society1 made on ,june #g1 #ahfj3 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #dd #aij #ci #aic #ba #acc #ajd #eaf as also has ,mr4 ,w4 ,rimington 7,royal ,toxophilite ,society7 champion #ahfh-fi and #ahgg3 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #dh #bjf #db #agh #bd #abj #aad #ejd made on ,july #b1 #ahfi4 ,col4 ,h4 ,f4 ,c4 ,lewin's 7,royal ,toxophilite ,society7 best scores have been made in private practice at ,eltham1 in the late ,mr4 ,mill's grounds1 and are3 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #da #aii #ch #aid #ba #aae #ajj #ejh made on ,november #c1 #ahgj1 and ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #ej #bbf #cf #adf #bd #acf #aaj #ejh made in #ahfi4 ,mr4 ,g4 ,e4 ,s4 ,fryer 7,champion in #ahge1 ,royal ,toxophilite ,society71 besides his excellent score of #fci with #abg hits1 has another very good ,york ,round score in the books of the ,royal ,toxophilite ,society1 made on ,june #c1 #ahgc3 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #ee #bce #dg #bdi #bd #ach #abf #fbb ,he made another fine ,york ,round on ,august #ae1 #ahgc1 in private practice3 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #ed #bch #df #bah #bd #aej #abd #fjf and in the books of the ,royal ,toxophilite ,society in #ahgd1 on ,may #bg3 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #ej #bjj #db #bdb #bc #abi #aae #ega on ,june #ag3 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #eh #bdb #dd #bjj #bc #aee #abe #eig and on ,july #a3 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #dh #ahd #de #bdc #bd #acb #aag #eei ,mr4 ,h4 ,h4 ,palairet's 7,champion in #ahgf1 ,royal ,toxophilite ,society7 best scores on the ,york ,round appear to be the following3 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #ec #bda #de #bci #bd #ajh #abb #ehh made at a ,west ,berks ,meeting at ,great ,marlow 7,colonel ,wethered's7 on ,june #bj1 #ahhb1 and this score is the ,york ,round 'record' of the ,west ,berks ,archers4 ,in private practice on ,july #ae1 #ahge1 he scored3 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #ed #beb #dc #bje #bc #aba #abj #egh showing a very good score at #ajj yards2 and on ,july #cj he scored #df hits #bfd score in the #dh arrows at #hj yards4 ,his best shooting at #fj yards appears to have been made on ,july #bd1 #ahgd1 when1 shooting #if arrows1 he scored #egi with #ie hits4 ,mr4 ,c4 ,j4 ,longman's 7,champion in #ahhc1 ,royal ,toxophilite ,society7 best ,york ,round score in the books of the ,royal ,toxophilite ,society is dated ,november #a1 #ahhc1 and is as follows3 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #di #aii #da #ahi #bc #adi #aac #ecg and his best private practice scores made in the same grounds are3 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #ee #bdi #da #bac #bc #abi #aai #eia #df #bjd #df #bbj #bd #adh #aaf #egb --- --- ,totals #bce #aafc made on ,june #ag and #ah1 #ahhd1 respectively4 ,mr4 ,h4 ,h4 ,longman's 7,royal ,toxophilite ,society7 best ,york ,round score made in private practice in the ,royal ,toxophilite ,society's grounds on ,march #cj1 #ahhg1 is as follows3 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #ea #bbc #da #aia #ba #ia #aac #eje ,mr4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh 7,royal ,toxophilite ,society7 has made some good single ,york ,rounds in private practice1 viz43 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,july #ad1 #ahgi #de #aha #dj #aid #bd #aed #aji #ebi #ai1 #ahhj #da #agg #dd #bjh #bd #abd #aji #eji ,sept4 #bj1 #ea #bbc #ch #ahj #bd #abd #aac #ebg ,mr4 ,r4 ,walters 7,champion in #ahgi1 ,royal ,toxophilite ,society7 has made some good scores in private practice1 of which the best appear to be as follows3 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,oct4 #be1 #ahhd #dh #ahd #dc #baa #bc #acc #aad #ebh ,aug4 #ae1 #ahhe #de #ahg #dd #bad #bd #abf #aac #ebg ,mr4 ,j4 ,h4 ,bridges' 7,royal ,toxophilite ,society7 best single ,york ,rounds in private practice are3 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,oct4 #g1 #ahha #ci #aha #db #bbb #bd #abj #aje #ebc ,june #h1 #ahhd #aah #edf ,at #ajj yards1 in #gb arrows1 he has made3 ,hits ,score ,april #b1 #ahhd #ee #bfa ,at #hj yards1 in #dh arrows1 he has made3 ,hits ,score ,january #bg1 #ahhg #de #bfc ,april #ab1 #ahhg #dh #baf ,at #fj yards1 in #bd arrows3 ,hits ,score ,april #bc1 #ahhd #bd #aff and in #ajj arrows at #fj yards3 ,hits ,score ,september #ah1 #ahgi #ajj #ehf ,april #bc1 #ahhd #ii #fbg ,it will be observed that nearly all ,mr4 ,bridges' practice occurs early or late in the season1 as cricket absorbs much of his attention in the summer4 ,mr4 ,l4 ,r4 ,erskine 7,royal ,toxophilite ,society7 has made some good single ,york ,rounds in private practice1 viz43 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,nov4 #h1 #ahhf #di #aie #da #bae #bb #abb #aab #ecb ,mar4 #a1 #ahhg #ej #baj #df #bbb #bc #aag #aai #edi #e1 #ec #bca #df #aih #bd #abf #abc #eee #aa1 #eb #bbj #de #bbg #bc #acc #abj #ehj ,the full particulars of ,mr4 ,o4 ,k4 ,prescot's 7,royal ,toxophilite ,society7 best private practice double ,york ,round score of #aaig cannot be given1 as they have been lost or destroyed4 ,it was shot in two days of ,september #ahfg4 ,the first total score was #fba1 and the score at #ajj yards was #bef--bjj having been made in the first #d dozen4 ,the second round was #efg1 and1 in this round1 the score at #hj yards was #bdi4 ,the most annoying thing about the round was that the last arrow at #fj yards missed the target1 when a black even would have brought the total up to #abjj4 ,mr4 ,h4 ,j4 ,b4 ,kendall's 7,royal ,toxophilite ,society7 best score in the ,york ,round was made in private practice on ,august #ad1 #ahhd3 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #df #bbb #df #bbh #bb #aah #aad #efh ,on this occasion the #b arrows not counted at #hj yards went through weak places in the target4 ,he also made #eb hits #bbd score at #ajj yards on ,aug #bh1 #ahhd4 ,on ,july #e1 #ahgg1 he made #c golds in one end at #ajj yards in the course of the ,summer ,handicap match of the ,royal ,toxophilite ,society1 repeating the feat performed by ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford at ,shrewsbury in #ahed4 ,mr4 ,o4 ,leigh ,clare 7,royal ,toxophilite ,society7 has made some good private practice1 viz43 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,july #bc1 #ahgi1 #eb #bff #dc #aic #bc #aji #aah #efh in the single ,york ,round2 and in #gb arrows at #ajj yards3 ,hits ,score ,october #ab1 #ahgh #ef #bej also in #dh arrows at #hj yards3 ,hits ,score ,july #ac1 #ahgh #db #bab ,mr4 ,c4 ,j4 ,perry-,keene made the following fine score in private practice on ,july #bd1 #ahhf1 in the single ,york ,round3-- ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #eg #bbe #de #bbi #bd #aej #abf #fjd and two other good scores made by him are3 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,may #f1 #ahhf1 #dc #bag #dj #ahh #bc #aai #ajf #ebd #g1 #ea #bae #de #aii #bd #aeb #abj #eff ,april #ah1 #ahhg1 #dh #bjb #dd #bcj #bd #abd #aaf #eef ,in private practice ,mr4 ,f4 ,a4 ,govett 7,royal ,toxophilite ,society7 made3 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,october #ab1 #ahhc1 #ej #bjd #ch #ahd #ba #aac #aji #eja and on ,may #bi1 at one of the meetings of the same society1 he made3 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #eb #aih #da #bji #bd #aad #aag #eba ,again1 in private practice1 he made on ,april #aa1 #ahhd3 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #ch #agd #dc #bae #bc #abc #ajd #eab ,on ,september #bc1 #ahhf1 ,mr4 ,f4 ,l4 ,govett 7,royal ,toxophilite ,society7 scored in private practice3 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #dg #bbg #dj #agf #bd #acj #aaa #ecc ,mr4 ,f4 ,townsend's 7,woodman of ,arden7 best ,york ,round score appears to be as follows3 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #di #bcg #cc #agg #bb #ajb #ajd #eaf made on ,december #bg1 #ahfb4 ,he seldom practised the ,york ,round1 and never allowed his archery practice to interfere with his other numerous avocations4 ,mr4 ,w4 ,spottiswoode1 ,p4,r4,s4 7,royal ,toxophilite ,society71 has another good score on the ,society's books3 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #ej #aid #ch #aid #bb #abd #aaj #eab made on ,may #cj1 #ahfg4 ,captain ,a4 ,p4 ,moore1 who made the highest score in #ahdi1 at ,derby1 when ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford was first champion1 reports that his best score in a single ,york ,round was in private practice3 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #fe #cji #dd #bcj #bd #aeb #acc #fia and that he has made #caf score with #ef hits and #cjd score with #fd hits in the #gb arrows at #ajj yards4 ,his best performance at #hj yards was #bed score with #dd hits in the #dh shots1 and at #fj yards his best score was #afd with the #bd hits4 ,his best double ,york ,round was #abhh with #beb hits1 mentioned by ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford4 ,in the month of ,march #aheb he shot #ad rounds1 and their average was #eeg score with #aae hits4 ,two very good records of ,mr4 ,charles ,garnett's 7,royal ,toxophilite ,society7 shooting at #ajj yards are3 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #eh #bhh and #fa #bfi #gb arrows being shot on each occasion4 ,he says3 ',i shot a distance of #cjd yards on a calm day with an #he-lb4 bow and four-and-ninepenny #bh-;inch arrow4 ,i could not get a flight-arrow to stand the bow1 or ,i should probably have shot further1 as the four-and-ninepenny arrow was one of the old pattern and heavily feathered4' ,captain ,c4 ,h4 ,garnett's 7,john o' ,gaunt ,bowmen7 best score in the ,york ,round amounted to #ebb1 but he has been unable to find a record of the details4 ,the following is another good score made by him on ,november #ag1 #ahgc3 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #dh #bjb #cd #ahb #bc #abg #aje #eaa ,in ,october of the same year1 in #gb arrows at #ajj yards he made #dh hits #bbj score1 and made #c golds in one end4 ,he reports that his father1 ,mr4 ,h4 ,garnett1 shooting with the ,john o' ,gaunt ,bowmen on one occasion1 scored #ejj in the ,york ,round4 ,another ,john o' ,gaunt ,bowman1 ,mr4 ,b4 ,p4 ,gregson1 has scored as much as #dig in the ,york ,round4 ,a good ,st4 ,george's ,round 7of #cf arrows at each distance7 made by ,mr4 ,marr is3 #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #bd #aad #cb #aah #ce #aha #aja #dac another by ,mr4 ,heath3 #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #be #hi #ca #aci #ce #bjc #ia #dca ,a good ,st4 ,george's ,round made by ,mr4 ,e4 ,maitland 7,champion in #ahdh1 ,royal ,toxophilite ,society7 is3 #ajj ,yards #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,,totals ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #be #ig #cd #aij #cf #aif #ie #dhc and he says3 ',i tried hard to catch up ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford on my return to ,england from ,australia in #aheh1 but had scarcely got within #be per cent4 of his scores when ,i broke down from overwork--bows too strong1 and practice too unremitting4 ,he said if ,i did not beat him1 there was no one else in the field to do it4 ,i don't think ,i ever should1 because ,i had not his indomitable steadiness and threw away many a shot on a chance3 for ,i was a rapid shooter4 ,i never dwelt on the aim as he did4' ,mr4 ,t4 ,l4 ,coulson 7,royal ,toxophilite ,society7 recorded his first score of #ejj on the single ,york ,round on ,may #a1 #ahfa1 on ,november #ah1 #ahfb3 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score -- #bbh -- #bjg -- #acj #aje #efe and on ,october #ba1 #ahfe3 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #ef #bbd #dd #aih #bd #acf #abd #eeh ,on ,january #ac1 #ahfi1 he made #c golds in one end at #ajj yards4 ,mr4 ,j4 ,a4 ,froude 7,royal ,toxophilite ,society7 says3 ',i did once make a score of over #ejj in the single ,york ,round in a private match2 but only once1 and the record of it has long vanished4 ,richardson and ,spedding were both shooting on that occasion1 and ,i1 for a miracle1 in that single instance beat ,richardson4' ,this probably happened about #ahfj4 ,it is generally believed that the private practice of ,mr4 ,g4 ,edwards 7,champion in #ahfj-a-b-d-f7 was far beyond his public shooting4 ,he has been heard to say that1 though ,mr4 ,ford had been able to land only #ga of the #gb arrows shot at #ajj yards in the target 7missing his #eith arrow71 he 7,mr4 ,g4 ,e47 had put all his #gb arrows into the target at the same distance4 ,there is no reason to disbelieve his positive statement that on one occasion1 shooting #bd arrows at #fj yards1 he put every one of them in the red circle4 ',some of the scores made by ,mr4 ,edward ,mason in private practice were very large1 and it is to be regretted that no actual details can be given4 ,it is well known1 however1 that on several occasions he made a score of over #ajjj on the double ,york ,round1 and were the figures available they could not fail to be of wide interest' 7',archers' ,register1' #ahhb-c74 ,mr4 ,peter ,muir 7,champion #ahde-g and #ahfc7 was a most successful shot at all distances1 short as well as long1 but probably seldom1 if ever1 practised the ,york ,round4 ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford gives as his best score the following1 made at the distance of from #bj to #cj yards1 #b shots1 #b hits--a hawk and a crow 7fact74 ,mr4 ,e4 ,meyrick says3 ',it is true that ,i have seen ,escott hurl his eight-shilling arrows from a bow of #hj lbs4 and ten-shilling arrows from a #ajj-lb4 bow1 but then he could not do much hitting4 ,i should think something authentic must exist of my old friend ,marsh's long shot of #cfj yards up and down4 ,he would hit half his arrows at #ajj yards very often1' as may be seen from the extracts given from his actual scores4 ,a point of interest in ,mr4 ,w4 ,butt's 7,royal ,toxophilite ,society7 shooting is1 that he shot with both hands1 though only on one occasion did he shoot two rounds on the same day1 one with each hand4 ,this was at a ,west ,berks meeting at ,coombe ,wood1 ,surrey 7,sir ,w4 ,baynes71 as follows3 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #cd #acd #bh #abb #ba #aje #hc #cfa ,right-handed #af #fh #bc #gg #ba #ie #fj #bdj ,left-handed ,his best right-handed shooting was as follows3 #hj ,yards #fj ,yards ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #dc #bae #bd #aeh shot on ,october #c1 #ahfc2 and on ,october #i1 #ahfc1 in #aaj arrows at #fj yards3 ,hits ,score ,g4 ,r4 ,b4 ,bk4 ,w4 #aaj #fdj #ai #cb #ci #ae #e ,on ,february #h1 #ahfd1 in a ,york ,round3 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #dh #baf #db #agb #bc #aac #aac #eja and on ,march #ab1 #ahfd1 at #hj yards #da hits #bjg score in the #dh arrows4 ,shooting left-handed1 his best scores in the books of the ,royal ,toxophilite ,society are #dg hits #bja score1 in #gb arrows at #ajj yards1 on the first half of the shooting on the ,crunden ,day on ,april #ah1 #ahfg2 and on ,may #cj in the same year in the ,york ,round3 ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #dd #bjf #cf #aed #bd #ach #ajd #dih and on ,october #e1 #ahgf1 at #fj yards1 #bd hits with #afj score--'record' for #fj yards shooting in the ,york ,round at the meetings of the ,royal ,toxophilite ,society4 ,mr4 ,macnamara made good scores at the public meetings1 but it is believed that his shooting in private practice was of infinitely higher quality4 ,he took to shooting left-handed afterwards1 but without much success in public4 ,mr4 ,g4 ,l4 ,aston also has been at different periods a successful shot1 both right-handed and left-handed1 at the public meetings4 ,about thirty years ago ,mr4 ,aubrey ,patton shot so well that ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford took the trouble to explain in the pages of the ,field that he had not yet been beaten by him2 but ,mr4 ,patton's regimental duties took him out of reach of more archery practice4 ,mr4 ,e4 ,sharpe 7,john o' ,gaunt ,bowmen7 made ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #dh #bdj #cf #afd #bb #aab #ajf #eaf in private practice ,october #b1 #ahhf4 ,no attempt has yet been made to collect the records of the many excellent scores that have been made by numerous ladies in club matches1 or in private practice2 but it is believed that1 owing to the ladies' shooting at the public meetings being more like their club and private practice1 in that it occupies an afternoon only1 and is not spun out all over the day1 as is the case with the gentlemen1 the ladies' public shooting more fairly represents the best they can do2 yet many ladies have scored over #djj in the half of the ,national ,round who have not yet approached the #hjj which both ,mrs4 and ,miss ,legh have shown to be attainable at a public meeting in the ,national ,round4 ,a few samples of their accuracy of aim can however be here given as specimens of what might be contributed to another edition of this book4 ,mrs4 ,butt1 shooting in private practice in the ,jephson ,gardens1 at ,leamington1 on ,june #aj1 #ahgj1 made #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #dh #bhj #bd #afh #gb #ddh and1 in the course of this score at #ej yards1 made #f consecutive golds in one double end4 ,miss ,ripley 7now ,mrs4 ,bradford71 shooting at a ,prize ,meeting of the ,torbay ,archers1 on ,august #e1 #ahga1 is reported to have scored #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #df #bib #bd #agj #gj #dfb ,mrs4 ,piers ,f4 ,legh1 shooting at home on ,september #i1 #ahha1 scored #fj ,yards #ej ,yards ,,totals ,hits ,score ,hits ,score ,hits ,score #dh #caf #bd #afb #gb #dgh ,doubtless many other archers have already made noteworthy scores in the course of their private practice4 ,these scores and the many others hereafter to be made1 as much as possible better than any herein given1 the editor 7with ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,ford's adieu of ',farewell and shoot well'7 will gladly record in the fourth edition4 ,,printed ,,by ,,spottiswoode ,,and ,,co41 ,,new-,,street ,,square ,,london 99 99 99 99 99 ,transcriber's ,notes3 ,punctuation and spelling standardized when a predominant preference was found in this book2 otherwise unchanged4 ,simple typographical errors remedied2 most retained4 ,captions of some adjacent illustrations have been combined to preserve the continuity of the original book4 ,illustrations have been moved to be adjacent to paragraphs that reference them4 ,footnotes for scoring tables appear immediately below those tables4 ,page #aaa3 in the phrase vision he will be able to do1 'he' was printed as 'be'4