The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-04-17 00:00:00

ARCHERY IN WEYMOUTH.

It having been anneunced Out the fifth munion
of lb. Grand Western Arobery Society is appointed
to ems cd mos more at Weymouth, we cannot we
believe do better than copy from our friend Mr.
James Sharps's elegant little volume "The Anthers'
Register for IBM,' (Loudon : Howell, James, sod
Co., Regent-street;) a manna with which we advise
every tozophillte desirous of knowing "what who,"
to provide him or herself opines the important
psbsriag—tb. following article, undoubtedly from
the pen of Mr. Ford, of Exeter, as it explicitly
assigns the remeos so creditable and honourable to
our favourite watering piece, for a second time
selecting it for the Archery meeting:—

" Tit -POOR liginnown of no Oltann Weerlde
MIMICRY SOCIETY, EY DETollttlire.—Theri Is the
monistic issaben of what is celled (eaten in all things
It often has streak the writer that the "Fount Estate, '
or the pre, fa • shade superciliously inclined towards
the fair prolusion of Arebery. What I mean is otr
leading newspapers woniewhat ignore the pastime. Two
or three weekly journals professedly dealing with the
sports of the land record the "end." and made—
conspicuously that pleasant journal rat
Life, and one or two other papers ono do so in • items-
-het less degree New it is melons that other feats of
skill—Archery excepted—are largely reported in the
daily print-, from the Tina and liforaing Pon down-
ward* An aquatic contest, for instance, 00th. Thames
I or coaly Tyne inevitably furnishes an interesting half
column. dices Heenan and &yen made pugilistic*, for
nonce, not ninny disgraceful- leading magazines
have deputed word-painters who were was enough to
take only their "int-lleot nod moustache" to what is
called "do" the datio contest. Pedestrian feats are
duly monied i yenning and regattas ensure for them-
selves eulogistic mentioa. Pindaric lines about eroquet
are insert d by editors; nicest daturas are largely
courted and and ready adosimion in the nolumhs o envy
joureaL Arntery, hereon, is entirely • dead letter.
There seems to be—why I know not—the snipe= of a
sneer arrest men following the" ends" of William Tell.
We are gravely told that mann/Use prolixity skald
culminate in rifles, and that bows end arrows. those
caret pucrie should be left to the rising generation of
the mummy. This in our idea Is entirely wrong or
rather err 00•0111” The pastime of archery is DO more t
be eonfoooded with the serious Mains as of life, hr ri
shooting. than whin is called • "dark star" eon be loin.
pared to a sea-gall, m an Ethiopian serenader. Their;
tea "tithe for .11 things." The writer is led to then
remark, en looking at the present prospects of Arch. ty
In more especial connection with the four Grand Western
Reunions. with great and anivenally admitted Lord
taste, the committoe of this satiety waived their mestihg
for the present year (1865), and all those who modest]
the circular oonnenn%ning that resolution, must, ander
the circumstances. base been gratified by the deviates
arrived at. A retrospective glance te be of interest
meet be concisely conveyed. Vac the eyes of allpan who
are desevare primate as to life the dotage of th=
ars but pain* of an old almanlek ; all reaspitu
should be onecinct. Well, then, the Grind Western
Archery meeting (inaugurated at Tanana) was d4l co
• 'root moons. The world of bowmen rallied largely
round it, men handed in liberal cootributines for its
oballenge trophies; in a word it awoke from, silt wenn
rural and local otrcuii y, and blossomed into oismitiltouil
Anglo-fame, sad like Lord Byron "total itesil &moos."
' Its neat rehearsal we. at -disbury. There, nader the
shadow of the fine Catbedral,—Camilla " Agmen agent
equitant et Borman sere eakervan" appeared; sad
barring elemental disasters, "all weal merls":
• marriage belL" The weather had ain e
propitioa• on lb. es two occasions, het on the third. It.
ea
-Galled clerk smiled sant pleniptly, Then Archers
met at Weymouth—a pleasant Baia of the Western
Coast. Tho long facade of boons, reminded one of
Erigh ton. There within easy earshot of the pi/embers/son
osar.c we again assisted at the merry Olsen&
Milting the scene the vane was nut en for
the cathedral city of the we—Ezeter. This last
meeting was a/so a great Inner ; still as regards the
"atiolaim" given to archers there seemed ntnething
wanting; dee task however \Play " Sze*" according
to her motto and practice "damper Pialelie," was
immersed in the flaturnalian orgies and agonise of • con.
kneed elootioc. For this reason only there *ere no
daunting bantam (as when the "National" meeting
was beta there) to walsome tozophltitio tenon. It was
• question of Courtenay r. Coleridge, roan tool !
flowerer, it is most gratifying to °beery. that the
Greed Weetern Rmenions may deserve the motto
Men a/airman rondo, and that the hon secretary
thereof, Mr. Daemon, may be fairly and without
battery, designated as the facile prisicepa of men who
demo.' their kind attention to the maintenance and
11900118 of Archery. His name, indeed, is • household
word seneag bowmen of the week"
Br CIE LAN D NEWTON.

PAZIODITLTION TO THZ IICOHLZII7.—A stratifying
event has taken place in this plane doting the past
week. indicative of the aniveroal einem in which
the Rev. H. R. Ravenhill ii held by his parishiceen,
ea., the sarasentatioa to lam of a handsome silver
river, mutably isseribed, the occasion tieing his
approaching marriage. Thie popnlsr way of showing
regard was in this ow heartily taken poi In by an
classes, and must be pro-eminently pleasing to the
rev. gentleman on that aoootint. The piece of plate
was supplied by Mr. Swat, silversmith, of Dor-
olosslar.