, 1879-08-13
The National Archery Tourna'
ment Successfully In
augurnted.
A Day Of Very Fine Sport to
Those Who Love the
Chase.
rho Indiana Delegates Ahead
Oh All Stdes-Thc
Scores, Etc.
Providence and Chicago Now Abreast
in the Raco for the Baseball
Championship,
With Boston and Buffalo Very Close
and Dangerous for Third
md Fourth.



run x1r1oNAt, ARCHERY TOURNAMENT
v,. begun Yesterday morning at White stock-
inc Park. accorll,g to announcement, aud FROM
IN ,,'c1eck until q tl,e bows twanged away 1ner-
rr, TIC arrows sped through tho afr In the gen
crnj ,;trrctton Of tl,e NUMEROUS targets, nnt tic
scorers were kept busy recording tho hits made,
a,nI their vn1us. .....
There wcrc ten targets OF, tho ground, 1t'tl at
each suuati Ut ladies Or gentlemen "as con-
.tnnt,v shooting. Thc audience WIS large ono
for as. opening daY. md cyrn those wflo KNEW
nothing practically of the sport "cre pleased With
t,e exhibitions Of akfll given by those
who iad mado tho nrt Of bow*and-ar-
row shooting a study. The ladies were,
of course, tho ccntro of attraction. and IN their
,rcttv costumes mud graceful attitudes formed
nict,,rc vct] worth tito looking ut. Ihcro wcre
targets set 4part for their cspeeial use, nna, "a
their distance from the audlence WAS not a.
great as tnoss shot at BY the gentlemen. tho
.pe.tnturs were afforded bettcr opportunity TO
watch tic shooting Tho sport vent on unln-
tcrruptedly until after o'clock, when the pro-
grarnme OF The day was lulahcd. Tho principal
shooting was for the National Medals,-one for
eent1cneo ard ono for lndtes,-but the 1attcr
also Ind handicap shoot In the afternoon. In
which those having made the best scores In the
morning for the National Medal wcrc pcnalEzcd
BY having a certain Der cent taken from their
score.
or THE RKsUr.rs or TIE DAT
It may bs sud TINT Tor Tic National Medal for
eentlunen hfr. w. II. Thompson. OF Crawforls-
Vile, Ind, led at both sixty and eighty yards;
vhilu of the indies, Atrs.. Kline, Of Crawiotds-
vi!ic, WIS ahoad.. The shoot for thcso medals
will lc ontiuusd during the three days, OF tho
scores ut LIS closo to b. declared thu winners.
There Were also minor prizes contingent upon
tho results Of the first days shooting, at'd these
cnT wsts ySn ey tue @ f9oTe M pe5aon: f. hos osats
Erawfordsvlllc, Ind. Second prize. sGo Dr. Me-
+: I. Hall, Highland Park. Fourth prize, 40,
ps:s @L an:Ss Us rHn"%Hn ss e. cio*1sss' T. Sss kose e
Kokomo. rio prizcs for ladies were
won hr the followlng:. First prize, silver ten
l5y,ng'a works, Mrs. brown Hastings, Mtcli;
Thtrd prize, cake-pAaket, Miss Street, Highland
Ta1k Fourth prIzc, clock, Miss Ovens Dcs
Mo!nes. Fl1tt ps!ze; opora,Elasss', Mrs: Les
J Mrs. Maurice Thompson, Charlottesville.
IN TI1B AFTERNOON
the ladies took part in handicap al,oot for W.
rtous prizes. The winners Of tho mor1tllgsR
shoot wero Handicapped rs follovs: Thirty per
cunt taken from TIC one having the highest
heolGf - pEG CtllL iEoul tAd Adl0HuI ~ lEVLn LUG
third. Is from The fourth; 1o from the nth:
nntt from the sixth. Tlaunmcs Of the winners
in order Of merit wcre:. Mrs, Kline, brs.
Drown, Mhs street. Miss Owens, Mrs.
shoot was forty-eieht arrows at thirty yards,
the score being nj follows: Mrs. Lee, 107; Mrs.
Carter, g; M5s. Baker 1os; M5s. oulch, II; ;;
~; Ml, Ptosisr. 5Is: M: Windsor ts it; % NJ.
Church, 1ol;- Miss Owens, 1os; Miss Parsons,
1E3; Miss Cole, 10; Mrs. Kline, 103; Mrs.
Ramsay, ITO; Mrs. Thompson, ZIG; Mrs. brown,
I'll; Mrs. Laaher, 1oy; Mrs. 0oodridge, no;
Mrs. 9rcnn, 184. The winners Wrra: First
prizc, silver cup, al,ss Blxby; second prlzc.
card case, Mrs. Proctor; third prize, case OF
arrows, Mrs. Maurice Thompson.
TIIR SCORES or THE DAT
for the National Medals arc US fo,lows:
AbHNlKG-01NTLKAxN.