The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-17
THE BOW AND ARROW.
Archery Is Being Revived by Lon
dOn's Fashionable Set.

1t would be unwise 10 prophesy the end
of the golf craze-that is too far ahead
and altogether too uncertain. But it is
safe to say that archery is to be the next
athletic fad for society. Indeed, the COM
ing of the bow and arrow is already sig
nailed from the East and when the height
of the season is reached London will be
agog with the new and ancient sport
Archery is like tennis in that it has
come out of fashion and gone in again
more times than could be fairly counted,
says the Chicago Chronicle" When
ever 1t appears all other sports give way
to it, and no matter how short it's stay
it is all-powerful while it lasts. Men and
women and children learn to WELD the
bow and arrow and dream of bulls eyes
and archery prizes. There are archery
picnics and archery teas and archery
balls and other things archery. for the
game loans itself nicely to all social
gatherings 1t is game which may be
played before breakfast or after dinner
and 1t will entertain any kind of 4 party
of any kind of people at any time
1t was thirty years ago that the game
was given its last airing and for the year
ran riot with popular fancy. When the
bows and arrows were again packed
away there We're many old-fashioned peo-
pie who bemoaned their going. For the
women, who Wore hoOpskirts, no other
game was possible; baseball was not to
be thought of, and tennis-well, no one
was playing tennis in those days. With
the off season of archery ! swever. came
the on season of tennis, which kept
fairly lovely pace until golf came along
to relieve it.
And now. in spite of all the golf talk
which is going around, there is notice
able diminishing of interest in this red
and green game. There are the enthusi-
asts. to be sure. and the people who are
just learning the game, but there are
also many, many others who have learned
the game and played it until 1t has be-
nk nf
these last will come the first archers and
and by them the game Will be intro
duced at the Country Club. which, being
now all golf, viii as quickly become ell
Not that the green field with it's red flags
and sand piles viii be entirely deserted,
which is always of the most fashionable.
will find charming entertainment close ct
hand. The gallery" which one reads
about will become even smaller than 1t is
stances of going the round" with golfers
Everyone knows what archery is. 1t is
not necessary to describe the game,
which. indeed, has very little game to it.
Given the targets in a row at one end
of the gallery and the archers in a row
at the other and it becomes a simple case
of hitting the bulls eye. 1t is not a slow
or tedious contest, although, as there are
always a large number of contestants and
as the game is played off in sets, it often
continues several days The charm of the
contest lies in the grace with which the
bows and arrows are handled and in the
precision and strength of the aim.
Just what has called archery to public
attention Tor this particular year is diff
cult to say By some people who should
know il IS attributed to a return of the
romantic il literature and upon the stage
and there are others who insist il is
merely the turning of the cycle of sports
However that may be, here it is, in COM
pany with undersleeve and chenille of
forty wears ago and although IL has NOT
yet come to America. it is inevitably COM
ing. and the golf enthusiasts may as well
make the best of it. for while it lasts
archery will be supreme