diff --git "a/Archery/spalding_official_archery_guide_1906.md" "b/Archery/spalding_official_archery_guide_1906.md" new file mode 100644--- /dev/null +++ "b/Archery/spalding_official_archery_guide_1906.md" @@ -0,0 +1,8229 @@ +Vol. XXI. No. 248 Price 10 cents + +# SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY + +## Official ARCHERY GUIDE + +GV 1185 +.M46 Copy + +Edited by +LOUIS W. MAXSON + +AMERICAN SPORTS PUBLISHING CO. +21 Warren, Street, New York. + +A black and white illustration of two archers. The archer on the left is dressed in early 20th century attire, including a suit and bow tie, while the archer on the right is dressed in a long, flowing dress and hat, aiming a bow and arrow at a target. + +A. G. Spalding & Bros. logo +**A. G. 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Spalding & Bros., +at any of the above addresses, will receive prompt attention. + +A blank white page. + +Dr. EDWARD B. WESTON. +Chicago. +President: National Archery Association, National Stadium and Olympic Committee, +Olympic Championship Tournament, World's Fair, St. Louis, 1894. +Photo by Gibson Art Galleries. + +SPALDING OFFICIAL ARCHERY GUIDE + +Compiled by +LOUIS W. MAXSON +National A. A. Champion +1889-'90-'91-'92-'93-'94-'95 + +PUBLISHED BY +AMERICAN SPORTS PUBLISHING CO. +21 Warren Street, New York + +LIBRARY OF CONGRESS +Two Copies Received +FEB 18 1906 +Copyrighted +May 1, 1906 +CLASS A, VOL. No. +14 +COPY B + +GV1185 +1746 + +COPYRIGHT, 1906 + +BY +AMERICAN SPORTS PUBLISHING COMPANY +NEW YORK + +3/2 + +**Introduction** + +In writing this little work on archery, the author has not at- +tempted to bring before readers only facts and theories, but +merely to gather in small compass a few practical suggestions +helpful to beginners, adding thereto certain records of the +pastime, not heretofore readily accessible. + +To those who wish to delve deeply into the theory and practice +of archery, we refer to the two recent editions of Ford's +Archery; Its Theory and Practice, or The Badminton Library. +Archery. + +The art of shooting with-the long-bow looks like a simple +sport, but he who enters into it with the idea that he can excel +without mastering its details is greatly in error. No trifle is +unworthy of notice, whether it relates to position, manner of +drawing, the proper use of the bow-string, the keeping of one's tackle in order. He who through ignorance or lack +of zeal neglects to observe the many little things, which con- +tribute to the making of a successful Bowman, fails to progress, +becoming thereby a failure. It gives up what is really one of +our most fascinating out-of-door amusement. + +It is not alone its witchery, but its adaptability to all classes +that recommends the sport. It is not a childish game. He who +for a quarter of a century has never fired a bow, and who has never fired one that was worthy of his close attention, while the eyes are trained, the lungs expanded, an erect carriage developed, and the hands, arms, and body muscles in general exercised. + +A man may be a great archer without being great in any other +branch of life. His skill is maintained itself through all the vicissitudes of every race is strong proof +of its excellence. But it is as a modern, living, beautiful pas- +time, wholly free from the slightest taint of professionalism that +I propose to treat it here. This book will not be a guidebook but +help the novice through that slough of despond that has turned back so many would-be archers from the path to success, this guide will have accomplished its every purpose. + +W. G. VALENTINE. +Secretary National Archery Association. + +SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY. +7 + +The Art of Archery + +Archery! What a field of history and romance the word brings to mind. Before history was recorded the bow existed and by the time of the Greeks the art of the word permitted deeds worthy of song and verse were written in blood. From earliest days it has been closely linked with the life of man, his pastime in peaceful hours, his stay in war, and through countless generations its practice has flourished. + +While here and there through early writings the work of the Bowman stands out prominently, but little of the actual history of the bow has been handed down. Three or four treatises on the subject have been written, but they all fall into the form of firearmers notably Sir John Smythe's "Certain Discoveries" and Ascham's "Toxophilus or the Schole of Shoosinge," both written after the decadence of archery had begun, constitute our library of archery. The bow was used by the Romans and by Sir Tuck, Little John and Allan a Dale really lived or were creatures of fancy, handed down by legend and folk lore of the English countryside. Real or ideal, they have become to us a living thing. We see them in pictures and stories, and most are as real as the historic deeds of the English archers at Agincourt, Crecy, or Poitiers, where with cloth yard shaft they over mastered the chivalry of France and gave their country a vanquishing victory. + +With the development of fire arms the bow ceased to be a weapon of war, and though even by statute the state sought to encourage or enforce its use, archery soon became a mere pastime even as such one rarely practised after the death of Charles II. + +Following the founding of the Toxophilite Society in 1781 came a brilliant revival of the sport in England, lasting through the closing years of the eighteenth and the first portion of the + +A woman dressed in traditional Native American attire, holding a bow and arrow. She is standing with her back to the viewer, facing left, and appears to be aiming at something off-frame. +Man. A. M. PHILLIPS, +Battle Creek, Mich. +N. A. A. Champion, 1887-88-89. + +9 + +Balding's Athletic Library. + +nineteenth century. Then the practice of archery rapidly de- +clinied and no large public meetings occurred till the first Grand +National at York, in 1844, gave an impetus to the game, which +has since grown with great rapidity. The period immediately after the last +quarter of the eighteenth century was as great, but doubtless the +troubled condition of Great Britain, due to the Napoleonic wars +and that with the United States, caused the rapid decline of mi- +neral shooting. The same cause also probably delayed its intro- +duction into our own country. +At the Grand National at York the pageantry, which marked +the public meetings of earlier societies was missing, but in its place was a more simple and less expensive form of shooting. It became +more compact, more archers shot at a target, bow shooting took +the place of bow showing, the entire system giving better oppor- +tunity for comparison of methods, emulation of results, and that +great importance to the sport which it now possesses. +Low scores were made at the early meetings, as old methods of +drawing to the ear or hack of the eye were still followed, but +under the new association traditional conservation yielded, other +methods being adopted. The Grand National has spread over the +country extending the interest, while with the advent of Mr. H. +A. Ford, the modern and more sensible system of drawing the arrow below the eye when target shooting, quickly pushed the +recognition of standard hitberro throughof. The British Grand +National still holds a high position among all national con- +testants. +Minor associations spring up in the several sections of the king- +dom, notably the Leicestershire or Midland Counties' meeting, +which was organized in 1844, and is the first each year of the +great public contests. The Crystal Palace meeting, due first to the +efforts of Mr. T. Aldred, the well-known manufacturer of archi- +cylinders, was held in 1850. But owing to a change in circumstances owing to lack of support by the Crystal Palace management it ceased to exist. +The Grand Western (1862) and Grand Northern (1879) +have also held continuous and well attended meetings. In place +of the abandoned Crystal Palace meeting has sprung up an as- + +A black-and-white photograph of a man in a suit holding a bow and arrow, with a landscape background. +W. A. CLARK, +Wyoming, Ohio, +N. A. Am. Champions, 1885-87. + +SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY. + +sociation of the Southern counties, whose meeting, or a con- +tinuance of the Anglo-French contest held the past season at Le +Touquet, France, will foster the sport in Southern England. +The sixty-first meeting of the Grand National Archery Society was held at Malvern on the College Cricket ground, except +that both days' rifle shooting in Southern England was first day but otherwise the weather was fine. The meeting was a good one, +there being 163 entries, though as usual a few did not shoot, but the total number of shots fired was 10,587. On both +days, her total for the Double National 143-84 being the highest ever made at a Grand National meeting. She holds a position by herself, as does Mrs. M. C. Howell among the ladies now +playing in the National Tournament. -Miss Bridges, +127-643; Mrs. E. H. Day, 123-641; Mrs. Hill-Lee, 126-608; Mrs. J. Stillwell, 129-613; Mrs. G. Marshall, 118-582; Mrs. Apple- +yard, 120-678; Mrs. Johnston, 126-585; Mrs. M. S. Fenton, 123- +yard, 120-678; Mrs. Johnston, 126-585; Mrs. M. S. Fenton, 123- +yard, 120-678; Mrs. Johnston, 126-585; Mrs. M. S. Fenton, 123- +yard, 120-678; Miss A.M.C. Sparrow, 123-557; +Miss Landale, 112-538. + +The leading records at the Double York Round, shot by the gentlemen were--Mr. J. Penrose, 204-814; Mr. J. H. Bridges, +199-971; Mr. W.H Lee, 173-745; Lien-Col Dawes, 194-734; Mr. +Hill-Lee, King, 199-972; Mr. A. Hutton, 197-582; Mr. +Hussey, 167-580. + +The sixty-second meeting of the Grand National Archery So- +ciety was held at Southampton on the College Cricket grounds, +August 4th to 6th, 1905. Seventy ladies and fifty gentlemen contested the weather was fair upon the first day, but rain +interrupted the shooting at the longer ranges of the second +York round. + +Miss Legh won the championship with six of the eight points. +The leading records at the double national round were: +Miss Legh, 141-807; Miss Bridges, 138-694; Mrs. F.S. Apple- +yard, 143-604; Miss Honywell, 138-729; Mr. B.M. Legh, +115-583; Mrs Appleyard, 138-694; Miss Eyre Hughes, +120-574; Miss Macdonald, 117-595; Miss K.G. Mudge, 120-566. + +Mr. J.H Bridges won the York championship with five of + +A black and white photograph of a man aiming a bow at a target. The man is wearing a dark suit and tie, and he has his arm extended with the bow. The target is circular with concentric rings, and it is placed on a stand. In the background, there are trees and a grassy area. +LOUIS W. MAXSON, +N. A. A. Champion, 1950-51-52-53-54-56-58-60-62-64-66-68-70-72-74-76-78-80-82-84-86-88-90-92-94-96. +1 + +SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY. + +The ten points. The leading records in this contest were: Mr. J. H. Bridges, 184-83; Mr. J. Penrose, 184-81; Mr. J. B. Keyworth, 177-759; Mr. R. Brooks King, 122-60; Mr. Eyre Hussey, 166-59; Mr. W. H. Hare, 164-59. + +The following table, showing the records of previous winners at the English Grand National, is of interest, as it affords a ready means of comparison with the records made by American archers. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
DateArchersDistanceRecords
1844-York (e)Gentleman6553-221 Mrs. Hagginson
1845-York (b)Lafson11153-221 Mrs. Hagginson
1845-York (b)Lafson11053-221 Mrs. Haggison
1846-York (e)83517-519 Mr. Hubback
1847-Derby (c)68245-245 Miss Wyde
1847-Derby (d)68245-245 Miss Wyde
1848-Derby (d)54147-167 Miss J. Barrow
1849-Derby (e)86135-139 Mrs. Temple
1850-Edinburgh82135-139 Mrs. Temple
1850-Leamington3090-90 Mrs. Cawbert
1851-Leamington3090-90 Mrs. Cawbert
1852-Leamington2678-78 Mr. H. A. Ford
1852-Leamington2678-78 Mr. H. A. Ford
1853-Leamington50202-203 Mr. H. A. Ford
1854-Shrewsbury90234-367 Mr. H. A. Ford
1854-Shrewsbury90234-367 Mr. H. A. Ford
1855-Shrewsbury53200-200 Mrs. Harwood
1856-Cheltenham72199-800 Mrs. Harwood
1856-Cheltenham (e)72-72 Mrs. Harwood
(e) 72-72 Mrs. Harwood
(e) 72-72 Mrs. Harwood
(e) 72-72 Mrs. Harwood
(e) 72-72 Mrs.
1857-Cheltenham (a)61-69 Mrs. E. Chetwynd
(a) 61-69 Mrs. E. Chetwynd
(a) 61-69 Mrs. E. Chetwynd
(a) 61-69 Mrs.
1857-Exeter (a)50-50 Mrs. Burnhewell
(a) 50-50 Mrs. Burnhewell
(a) 50-50 Mrs.
1858-Exeter (b)43-43 Mrs. Turner
(b) 43-43 Mrs.
1859-Exeter (c)33-33 Miss Lister
(c) 33-33 Miss Lister
(c) 33-33 Miss Lister
(c) 33-33 Miss Lister
(c) 33-
1860-Bath (d)90-90 Miss Lister
(d) 90-90 Miss Lister
(d) 90-90 Miss Lister
(d) 90-
1861-Liverpool (e)64-64 Mrs. Athlone
(e) 64-64 Mrs.
1862-Worcester (f)54-54 Mrs. Horniblow
(f) 54-54 Mrs.
+ +13 + + +A man in a suit and hat stands with his left hand on his hip and his right hand gripping a bow. He is aiming at a target in the distance. + + +W. B. ROBINSON, +Eaton, Ohio. +N. A. A. Champion, 1895. + +STALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 15 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

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Date.Ladies.Gentle-Hila.
London.Scroes.Hila.Horacehew
1863—Oxford5496113647s. 10d.Muir, M. Mair
1864—AlexandraPul.20129340s. 6d.Muir, W. B. Muir
1865—Clytem9300122440s. 6d.Muir, E. Becham
1866—Norwich7475130246d.Muir, H. Holmes
1867—Brighton7272130946d.Muir, E. Lister
1868—Hereford6369127248s.Muir, J. F. Ford
1869—Birmingham2626129340s. 6d.Muir, W. B. Muir (f)
1870—Linth73

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