The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-09-07
PRACTICAL HINTS ON ARCHERY.
SUGGESTIONS THAT WILL PROVE VALUABLE
TO BEGINNERS. A


SUGGESTIONS THAT WILL PROVE VALUABLE
TO BEGINNERS.
AS almost every village and community
in the country has organized or is about to
organize an archery club, we need offer no
apology for yielding space to the following
practical hints, which we copy from Har-
per: .
"Thc best way to start is to organize an
archery club in your neighborhood Ten
or twelve members, equally divided in sex,
will suffice tor beginning, and subscrip-
ton of five dollars each will provide club
outfit for six gentlemen and six ladies':
Two 4-foot targets, at 49,. ........$ 12 90
Two 6-foot iron stands at 50 ;.... Q 90
One 0-foot self-lance bow, 40 pounds. so
One 6-foot self-lance bow, 90 pounds. A 80
Three dozen 23-inch half-nockcd ar
| rows, at Sc so. ......,........ 80
One 51a foot self-lance bow, 80 p'ds. 8 rs
One 51a foot self-lance bow, 81 p'ds. so
One 5-foot self-lance bow, 90 pounds. 90
Three dozen 25-lnch half-nocked ar
rows, at So 90. .......,...... 775
| Two spare bowstrings, at IS cents. 20
Three sets graduated tips, at rs cts. 2 35
Two guards, at 81 .'''.... 90
Two dozen arrow-heads, at rs cents. so
The above list does not include quives,
tassels grease-pots, or score cards, which
can be provided for by domestic ingenuity.
The articles are plan, sensible, working
goods, suitable for learning with. The iron
stands may be dispensed with, and wooden
easels used in their stead. The stock of
arrows, bowstrings, and tips should be
kept up by purchases according to necessity.
Further additions may be made as ex-
perience may dictate. Bows are very uu-
certain in quality, but the high-priced self
lance is the best for general use.
And now it is about time to tell the tyro
how to shoot. You are equipped, and in
formed as to all the implements, and now
comes the using Of them. Your name is
called out by the captain, and you step up
to the tutt whence you are to shoot. See
that your brace is On tight, the crescent end
fitting your wrist, and that your tips are
pressed home on your fingers. Take you
bow in the left hand, and be sure it is right
= end up. Lay your arrow on the left hand
side of the bow, resting upon the knuckle
G of the bow hand Fit the mock of the
c arrow into the place marked for it on the
string, and see that the cocks feather is on
= the outer side. Then bring your
n hand under the string bend your
g fingers so as to hook it where il il
4 whipped, the forennger being above the
,r mock Of the arrow, and the second and
,r third fingers below. Press the mock gently
>. between the under side of the first finger
and the upper side of the second, so as Ia
hold the arrow in its place without falling
Raise the bow keeping the left arm
:, straight, drawing the string and arrow back
;, with the fingers Of the right hand. Draw
=, so as to point a little above the target, SC
;, that the final pull is downward. The pull
should be so graduated that the head Of
the arrow should rest on the knuckle of the
:, left hand at the same instant that the inside
- OF the right thumb is laid against the right
:. jaw-bone, the top Of the right ear just rest
!. ing on the back hand, or the thumb may bt
sharply crooked back, and the arrow drawn
until the angle between first and second
joints touches the lobe Of the ear. Turn
:, the body at the waist slightly, lower youl
:. bow hand little as you draw the arrow To
:, the head. and it should be directly in line
~ with the target. Be sure that it is fully
: drawn. Look with both your eyes at the
- target, see that the arrow is IN line, and
y note the elevation; think where you want
=, to send it; then bend in your right-hand
=, fingers a very little, and straighten then
as quickly as you can. The string slip,
y off; the arrow flies. As it goes, fol
low it carefully, see where il strikes, an,
regulate your next shot accordingly; so wit
your third. Then let the rest shoot. Wall
or up to the target, and if you have any al
he rows in the target, wait till they are draw
ok and given to you. Score them on you
of card, and see that the captain does likewise
Prick in your "end" N its proper place on
the card; gather the rest of the arrows up
i give them rub with your tassel, see that
lie no mischance has occurred to them, lay
IL them in your culver, and wait till your next
nj turn for shooting comes.
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