Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-15

done some shooting with a long bow.
Many of those hits were in the bulrs
eye. which is about as big as saucer,
and to shoot with the evenness indicated
and eye. and perfectly uniform drawing
of the bow and loosing of the arrows.
Some American Scores.
Before taking up some of the notable
performances of American archers 1t may
be we'll to explain that the American
championship is decided at the double
York round. which was fixed by the Eng
lish archers in 1874. The double York
consists of IA arrows at 100 yards, 96
arrows at 50 yards and 4S arrows at co
yards. The American round consists of
20 arrows at 10 yards, 80 arrows at 30
yards and 30 arrows at 40 yards. The
short-range championship is decided at
the double American round. There is
also the midrange shoot known as the
Potomac round. used in team meets. 1t
consists of SO arrows at 60 yards. divided
into four twenty-fours for the purpose of
scoring.
Especial rules are made for woman
archers. who customarily use lighter bows
and arrows and shoot at shorter ranges.
The national round for women consists
of forty-eight arrows at sixty yards and
twenty-four at fifty yards. The Column
bia round is three sets of twenty-four
at fifty forty and thirty yards.
The regulation target Is circular
plaque of plated or twisted straw. COW
cred with a canvas surface four feet in
diameter The center, or gold Is yellow
or gold in color and is 9.6 inches in dame
ter. 1t counts nine. Around it are paint
ed rings, each one half the diameter of
the gold in width. They are red. count
ing Z. blue 5, black 3 and white 1. Out
side Of the white is a narrow ring of
green, in which an arrow scores nothing.
The gold Is just four feet from the ground
when the target Is set up on an easel
for the marksmen to shoot at.
Mr.. Will H. Thompson. who won the
national championship at the first meet
in Chicago, in 1879, and won it on other
occasions, also took it last year at the
same place with score of 973. This has
been exceeded by the same archer at the
Ohio state meeting. but aside from that
it is next to the great score of Col VIII
liams. 1t has been exceeded in England
not more than once or twice. Mr.. Thomp-
son made the 973 score with 211 hits.
H. S. Taylor of Chicago was second
high man with a score of 1913 hits. 500
score. Col. Williams of Washington was
third with 1883. Mr.. Thompson also
won the A. G. Spalding medal for the
greatest number of colds. making %. The
lor of Chicago. the sO-yard medal by A.
f. Spinks of Chicago. and the 60-yard
medal by C. c. Beach of Battle Creek.
At the same meet the double American
round was won by Col. Williams with
score of 169.l.oO7: II; s; Taylor was
son was third with 169-933 The 50-yard
medal went to c. s. Woodruff of Chica-
go, and the 4O-yard medal to L. F. Felt
OF Chicago.
Flight Shooting.
Flight shooting is very interesting, and
while our archers cannot duplicate the
of the warriors of the days
of Poictiers and Crescy. when opposing
with barbed shafts at 800 and 400 yards,
still some pretty good flights are made.
An average bowman. using bow
nelly, having a pull-at for
ty pounds, can shoot an arrow about $50
yards. At Chicago, the prize for fight
was won by J. NJ. Challis of
Atchison, who shot an arrow 232 yards.
Mrs w. G. Valentine Of Chicago won the
prize for ladies with flight of 1S9
yards The same lady also won the
prize offered for the most graceful lady
archer. At THIS meet the ladies' cham
pionship was won las usual" to quote
One of the peculiarities Of the shooting
of Col Williams is his perfect position
and action and the fact that he sometimes
duplicates his own scores. At Chicago
last summer he duplicated the score he
made at the st. Louis exposition. and
that was the second time he had dupl1-
Gated his own score Col Williams was
champion in 1883, 1885 and 1902.
l.. w. MaXson OF the Potomac Archers