The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-08-24

archery to hold annual tournaments, ana
so popular have these annual meetings be-
come, that now great many ladies and
gentlemen consider it high honor to COM
pete at them, and immense audiences gath
er to witness the shooting.
With the hope of establishing a similar
meeting in this country, and with special
desire to bring archery to the practical at
tention to the public, the leading archcrs
Of the country, organized in the National
Archery Association, determined at their
last meetlngNo holda grand national archery
meeting in August Chicago was selected
as the most appropriate place for such
meeting, and thus, at White Stocking Park,
on the l2th, 18th, and l4th, the tournament
was held, The first day was devoted to
shooting by gentlemen at the double. York
round, and to shooting by ladies for the
National Medal-forty-eight arrows at
thirty yards
On the second day, the competition for
the National Medals was continued, the
ladies shooting forty.eight arrows at forty
yards, and the gentlemen seventy-two
arrows at one hundred yards In the after
noon the handicap shoots took place; the
ladies' handicap forty,eight arrows at forty
yards, and the gentlemen thirty
arrows at fifty yards, On the last day
the competition for the Ma
tional medals was concluded, and in the
evening the prizes were awarded The
ladies' championship medal was won by
Mrs. Spaulding Brown, Of Hastings, Mich,
at the double Columbia round Her grand
total was j4S. The prize was a National
medal set with solitaire Diamond Mrs.
Bee won the second prize, a Spanish yew
bow worth 800, and Mrs. Klein the third
prize. The gcntlcmen's championship
medal was won by William II. Thompson,
of Charlottesville, Ind, at the double York
round, by grand total of SAG II. p. Nc
Meehan Won second prize, and Mr. Hull
the third The team shoot was won by the
Wabash Merry Bowmen, of CraN louisville,
| by total Of l,j0i at the American round.
The prize was 500 The Highland Park
team took the second prize, $50 and the
| Depere wis team took the third prize,
$50.
The scene on the ground during the tour
nament was full Of picturesque effects. The
targets ranged across the entire field from
east to west, ten in number the neat green
| protection for the markers; the backboards
with their list tof scores the bowand.ar-
row racks with tleir finely wrought and
costly freight, decked with bright ribbons.
and, finally, the groups Of ladies and gen
tlemen, the former prettily dressed and
hung about with quivers, msly Of which
were embroidered in beautiful designs, and
the latter mostly habted in white flannel
all these formed most brilliant spectacle.
After the shooting began it was constant
| Exchanging picture, as one after another
took position at the score and discharged
three arrows. First a staturesqre figure
would appear, then graceful ole, then a
willowy one, and so on, ever rew A cor
respondent says Looking apon the scene,
it was easy understood why archery should
take such q strong hold upon the social
element tits not a sport in the sense in
which that term Is commonly used, but
rather more nearly what is expressed by the
word pastimc-somcthing which affords
physical exercise and social interchange at
the same time This archery does, being
pre-emlacutly the outdoor amusement Of
ladies and gentlemen, as distinguished
from sporting and betting characters
Farley in the contest the targets NJ which
the ladies were shooting became the centre
Of observation, primarily, Of course be-
cause they were ladies; secondarily be-
Of the men, and the effects of the shots
could be seen more easily; and for the fur
tier reason that the ladies were making
more hits. As arrow after arrow pune
tured the gold or the red the fair archer
csses were greeted with an enthusiastic
hand-ciapping from the grand stand, Be
fore the first twCny-four arrows
each were shot, sharp rivalry
was developed among those who were
leading in their score, and it became some
what question Of nerve as well as skill.
On the gentlemen's side, owing to the i'm
possibility Of keeping a close estimate
among so many, the outside interest was not
so great but among themselves a keen
rivalry was developed. The shooting was
done at ten targets, eight Of which were
used by the gentlemen and two by the la
dies, the latter having the middle ones,