The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-01-16 00:00:00

A RCHKEY.

TEN ARCHER'S REGISTER LIM YEAR BOOK OF
PACTS for 1865, edited by J. Sharp, Archery OOFTOD-
poodant of lb " Field," we are glad to welcome ma.
more, not °sly berme it is the *beeper and
prettiest of eightompenny annuals, but because the
publishers, Mere. Rowell, James, h. Co., of Regent-
street the celebrated amber, jewellers, have the
will sad the power to do the publication so much
jOIKaOO that it could not be in better hand.. As for
Mr. JUDOS Sharp, re careful, painstaking compiler,
having for many years bed experience of him and
his propnitors upon the sporting pram in lb.
land Curtiss., we well know what to ezpier, and
hzety; for the promotion of Archery, his position as
oorrespoedmit of the "Field" points him
out as the very man to coerce the volume, so
essential to Wad up together the archery societies of
the United Kingdom like • sheaf of arrows, and bring
them into roarer acquaintance with one another.
The little pocket volume is again beautifully printed
on toned paper by Messrs. Cassell, Potter, I Galpin,
of Belle Sarre Yard, sad ooetaina a great mass
of matter interesting to tosopitiliten The first
volume was wonderfully perfect, lest the present
rosy, with do friendly co-operation of seen-
tones and officials, be pronounced ampler
At all events we remember that our Pylori,
Club was not included in the first unseal; bat this
and every other °minion we have noticed has in the
prewar instance bees repaired. In feat, it is stated in
die preface that the present volume furnishes ex-
tended details respecting proordings at whir the
fine none was not ab/e even cursorily to glamor. For
instance, there is a table showing the daily avnuge
of each shooter of both sexes competing in any of the
public matches of the Near. The m r regards
the champions and obampionesses of Great Britain—
the gentlemen who have woe the medal, and the
ladies who have gained the Bracer (so printed—but
we are trusooent of what it is). There is on. ad-
monition to secretaries, of whir the local Press
should give its hula world Ur benefit—" it being
particularly neoemery that in the chronicles of
ateringii, the number of WOWS shot, and at what
discrete, should be specified in communiceting with
the editor," (whom address it may be as well to state
is Cambridge Cottage, Latireeter.) Of the modern
papers opening thelatter-pm dapertnier of this
work, " Arohery socially oonaidered " is valuable as
indicating the select character of archery aseectia-
Jottings on Scottish Archery" well
leeoribe the Kalwinnin " P ago" and "
Queen's Body Guard for —for them last
are archers. Whilst " Orations*" a smart writer,
whom we snaret we know, brings back before us
vividly, the four Grand Western Re-unions, in few
but forcible words: Taunton first, "a great sec-
ore •' " Salisbury next—wearer only, unpropitious;
hut then Weymouth made up for two elemental
hurter*, and the archers imagined themselves at
Brighton. non OSIO• the last greet meeting at
Rarer—also • great moor although hampered by
re worry of a ordered election. The question
aituies—sirhere will Mr. Dawson send the archers
out? Rumour points to Weymouth, that " plea-
ent Bain of the Western war,' as Mr. Ford (no
doer) calls it; sad we hope it may be so. We
shall now draw upon these pleasant pages for some
account of our Western Archery forces as treated in
khis year's register. The Doresialtim Anglers
trettery Club is the first we encounter. Its plans of
.nesting is in Btalbridle Perk, and its moors fre-
quently appear in our columns. Formed in 1853,
,L possesses between sixty and seventy members,
Mrs. Banks* riding as lady petronem and thri moat
,ioble the Marquis of Westminster es president.
Tbe Devonshire Avon Vale Club is the art The
Bay. T. Kitson is the president; Mrs. Farquharson '
be Lady Paramount. The ladies shoot the National
md the gentlemen the York Round,
.sad on their ;

'rise da;, August 28, al:out-sizty ladies sad goull.-
sac The Soinsesst Bath Archers :ity

is." formed in 1857, and I. in • ;eery- dauriaTti-air '
state, in fact the largest in the kingdom, numbering
upwards of 120 family subscribers, amongst whom
ere more than 100 shooters. The costume of this
moiety is amoorpit of the prettiest sioptecl by sae club,
being white pique trimmed with green, and a green
'ilk mash thrown over the shoulders, fastened with •
"leer arrow sod the society's monogram in gold-
l'he badge of the society, worn in the hat with a
4reea feather, is • silver bugle dependent from the
41ver arrow. with the society's monogram in the centre.
The Devonshire Bamford Spoke Archery Society
was established in 1859 on the somewhat archaise
,riociple of not including morn that; tweuty
members, sad there are at present sight gestlonen
tad eleven ladies. But the Budleigh Salterton, also
a Devon club, whore shooting corninerices on the let
,f May and closes on the 31st of October, has sizty
members. The oldest of these clubs is the Devon
and Cornwall Archery Society (1847) with forty
original members, from whom the committee is
selected, about forty others, aad ninety annual sub-
scribers, elected for one year only. This body has
built • spumous ball-room and dreming.room on its
archery ground at Macedon, two miles from Ply-
mouth. The Devoe and Exeter Archery Club, whose
annual prise day is 15th September, has grounds in
listford lane, Easter. The Ntrth Devon archers
(1848) bold four prize meetings annually at Bide-
ford. The Paignton (South Devoe) society (1856)
assembles 40 members throughout the season on
Foetus Green. The Donsislur. Ssdborow archers
held their prize day and lest meeting of the season
August 29, at Parrocks Lodge, the lea of J. C.
Lanedon, Req. Tits South Devon Archery Club
(1854) his 190 members, end holds three prize
meetings a year at Po...dolmen Park, kindly placed
at their dispoal by the Karl of Devon. The South
Wilts Ardor.' Society was formed in 1859, and
the lady parasol is Lady Herbert of Lea. It
number" me(hty members The meetings on the last
Thursdays is June, Jaly, and August are held in
different gestlecood parks lent for the occasion;
sod for bye-meetings the shooters seeemble in
Grovel, Wood on the woad Thundao of these
months Souther Archery Club or formed in 1863,
it hes about 90 members, but the committee of
ems, is composed satirel of ladies. The Dorset
Stour Vale ambers ' thernselvel in 1862,
and bold two prim mestiage at Blandiord every
vast. Mrs. Nodes is lady paramount, and J. J.
Fartpthersos, Seq., presideat The Tamar Archery
of Devoesbiro had its prize meeting July
Teignmouth (1852) subsided in
26.
naittbut ill 1863 VW revived and 11011,
erS 70 members The Torbay Solo,
(Devonsium• ) bad prim insminss in August end
Tkei Tether', Park Archers (Hants)
idgaabi,dBaPagaibar.lB6o---, Imaisiore than 40 members. The
in Fast Tytherly Park, where admirehis
messier sm..hi.
accommadatios, and escollent
obbhm2imad. maga"—asoared. no Wast Somersetehsin ,
ire,in-
sourua is 1966, is witearibed to by 190 iilias
as Lady Paramount
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mid it bee are* Wand austingemite in ..alas .."1". '
toressi in our
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...dos with th. Wad &wrest and East Devon
?tow., show .6 Welliaool4 &boat the bals=d of
adamagztowhimbeaste .f
owns. Wikebinititated.iredAAreaentsbel ,
„dere: a
tibtl•Lordpit
lieutenant of the Owestr, with the gambismis 01
Lasedowse as Lady Pianos" and 200 numbs's.
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tedioes, doming it as we do important to 0:79 the
!ppOrtaniq affarded by aln
ftharp's pretty osaisal to
of the Amber, imeawawissi ... mn
rartmoteM" • to the ereekpmelf, however. • for
mon iee:lreeag"lew a thlss:Ct,,___,PostimiE
be ebtsisered from the rewards th• umus
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