Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-10-25

Citations. leading at both w.
me long and short range contests in the east
ern association and winning the flight cham
plonship and range medal az the national
meeting. Since then his record has been:
1888. National Association championships at
American round and flight; Institutional
Association. national (York round) and flight
championships Eastern ASSOCIATION. York and
American round championships. ls90-Na-
lonal Association. national. American round.
Potomac round aud flight championships He
holds also the American practice record Mt the
shorter ranges. having raisrd 10 twIcc-Juiv IL.
ls9J scoring at successive American rounds 10
hits. 6is, and 80 hits, Got. The previous record
was 80 hits. GAG.
SUGGESTIONS TO BEGINNERS.
Any man or woman Of ordinary strength and
nerve can learn to shoot fairly we'll at sixty
yards or under. but few become expert archers
At greater distances Yet il is at the 81 and
100 yard Ranges that the prettiost sport Is 20 be
had. for the smooth gliding flight OF the arrow
and the pat OF The shaft at long range nres a
bowmans blood as the more accurate, but
also more commonplace, shooting at forty and
hrtY yards can never do.
Poor outfits. purchased because they are
cheap, and the tendency of all beginners to
use "a weapon mu h beyond their strength de-
s'roy the enthusiasm OF many promising
3rcEcrs. ANY one can pull bow fron ten to
twenty cunds heavier thin he can really
string when dawn should be released with tie
utmost AmoUthness the folly of OVERLOOKING, as
1t is called, can be readily seen.
SOME REMARK ABLE RECORDS.
At various times in the history of mod
ern archery somo remarkable scores have been
made. The best Eng ish scores OF the century
were made by II. 4. Ford. who for many years
held the championship OF England. At the
double York round, IA arrows at 100 yards. 50
AT so yards ana 10 at % yard, be scored at the
the.tenhsttG meet IN 1871, "a hits, with tO,al
o. l.25l points The American record is held
b. Col Robert Williams OF Eaton, Ohio. who at
the OHIO state meet i'll 1888 scored l.GI2, with
10 hits. III private practice Col. Williams has
made the two best consecutive single York
rounds SO far az the records show.
THE FALL CONTESTS.
Owing to the latoness of the season and other
causes the officers Of TIE Eastern A sucia ton
decided to hold no formal tournament this fall.
but called the archers together w dUC DAY and
Thursday of this week. those about Washing
ton shot at the arsenal thosy living near New
York city shooting ct Prospect Tark, Brock
Ign. The District bOwmeu shot well, aud
though ;he New York arChers have not been
heard from. have doubtless added several to
the general champ .onshIps won by them this
season. This has been the most successful
year i'll this respect since the Potomac Club
WAS organized.
Within the club the contests have been quite
close. Among TIE gentlemen ID. L. McGowan
now has safe lead while among the ladies'
Miss Cooke leads by two points, Miss Williams
ranking next. There remain but two more
weeks before the season Closes
The leading records made during the Eastern
Association contests by local aIchers were by
hits and scores:
Douhe lumbia round AZ arrows each. at 80. 40 and
50 gd, 10 yfs so yds Total.
Mis-, C Ha15sm' 8 49255 4t2ts 1326t6
Double ational round : 6 arrows at 80 and as at 80
yards
y,,.u William. 60 e., ID, @gds. s TotM
Miss L. c. Cooke. .3l-:05 24lOS 75-3l3
Double American round, 90 EACH at 80, and
6oyd,,, 50 yds; ~ gdt 7otaG
D. I. hc.iowam..-...ii-ll, 4s-l5O 5I-243 1874 800
Double I9r, round LA arrow''st 100 yards 90 at
100 ydy so yds 90 yd, Total
l. W. Msxson .......io-IeS BIB 47-as5 16s-766
He Did Not Say Aiuch, but Got Along.
From the New York Tribune.
Well" he said so old Bill Jennings is in
Congress, eh2 A regular politician? Now, that
do beat all. Do you mean to say that Bill Jen
nings is a first-rate Congressman"
''First-rate; one of the best"
Dear, dear. Now. do tell me what is there
doout hiih W hioho PO"PAo 'uihh ho 10 u oib
man?'
He is supposed to have a level head and a
shrewd Judgment.
BILL Jennings Why he never done nothing
in his life. | remember him when he first come
to our town. He had ZIG And that fellow
couldn't say ten words His next door neigh
bors didn't know hun. He just worked along
by himself First thing you know he buys a
LOT down III Maine street, and blamed If Maine
street didn't begin to grow soon as he got
into 1t. He seemed to hit 1t bout right"
That's his way
''And next thing you know he buys another
lot and begins to build house. / suppose he
mortgaged every foot of it as 1t went up, dom
your
Perhaps he did"
We'll, I'm blamed if the people didn't turn
his way for building their houses"
''He was far-sghtcd. wasn't hei"
"Oh. no. He never said nothing; lust pegged
along; never consulted no one. And first thing
you know the people elected him mayor He
was mayor four times, by George, then they
sent MIN to the state legislature. And he amt
never done thing. Why, he couldn't make a
speech OF ten words. never heard him say a
word at political meeting. And you say he 8
in Congress now
"Iie's in Congress now"
well, dog my cats if | understand it. May
be don't know the ms and outs of this political
business. but / don't see how a man like Bill
Jennings can go to Congress. i tell you it
surprises me. What has he ever done? Dog
my Gals if l understand it,