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flew into a dozen pieces and the chuck disappeared into a cleft in the rocks.

I wanted that chuck and decided to keep out of sight until he reap­ peared. About 30 yards from the rim stood an ancient juniper. It was fully three feet in diameter, mostly dead, but with sufficient foliage to furnish ample cover. I unbuckled my quiver, stood my bow against the tree, and sprawled out in the shade, well out of sight of the cleft where the chuck had disappeared.

Knowing that it would be some lit­ tle time before he showed up again, I took the opportunity to examine the arrowheads that I had found. They were a beautiful lot, mostly of black obsidian, an occasional one with a red streak or two across it. As I examin­ ed and admired them I could not but speculate on who had made them— when—were they shot at game or man—had they hit their marks ? As I meditated, I relaxed. The day was hot; yesterday’s drive had been a long one; sleep last night but little, and before I knew it I was in the land of Morpheus.

As I slept I dreamed—a dream so real that even now the most minute details flash vividly across my mind.

A naked Indian, carrying a short flat bow with an otter skin quiver of ar­ rows slung across his shoulder, was stealthily approaching. He slowly worked his way up to the tree where I lay. As he approached he kept his gaze steadily fixed upon the rim rock where I had shot at the monster ground hog. I followed the line of his gaze and sure enough, there in the exact spot where I had missed the chuck, sat an old gray boy, even larger than mine. The Indian nocked an arrow, slowly raised his bow, with the peculiar thumb draw of the Utes, quickly drew the arrow to the head, released, and missed—even as I had done.

A small desert lizard ran across my face and I awoke with a start. Vis­ ions of Indians quickly faded for there in plain sight but with his back toward me was a big chuck sunning himself on a flat rock. I picked up my bow and an arrow and slowly raised to a shooting position. This time there was no thought of broken arrows and almost before the bow

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string had come to rest the chuck rolled off the rock—dead.

After retrieving him, I decided to gather up the pieces of the first shaft.

As I passed the spot where my dream Indian’s arrow had struck, I instinct­ ively looked down. There in plain sight lay a beautiful but broken ob­ sidian arrow head. The breaks ap­ peared as old as the head itself. I have not the least doubt but that this head had been shot at a ground hog and had broken when it hit the rocks, probably hundreds of years ago.

I call it my phantom Indian’s ar­ row. It now holds place of honor in the case containing the hundreds of arrowheads I have collected from the deserts of Southeastern Oregon.

ARIZONA HOLDS TOURNAMENT The fourth annual tournament sponsored by the Arizona Archers of Phoenix Junior College was held at Tempe, Arizona, March 14 and 15.

A. J. Cosnei- lead the Senior Men’s Division with a total of 1122 for the York and American rounds. A. H. Caldwell, Jr., was second with 195975 and Pearn Prather third with 181-975. In the Senior Women’s Di­ vision, Antoinette Myers was first with 813 for the total of National and Columbia Rounds, Mrs. Eddie Cosner second with 803, and Viola Ramsey third with 756. Louise Merideth (552) and Stella Medigovich (469) placed in the Intermediate Women’s Division. The Arizona Arch­ ers of Pheonix won the ladies’ team shoot. The University Archers of Tucson •were second and the Tempe Bowmen third. Pearn Prather, Norman Wilson, and Vic Kiessling placed in that order in the Wand Shoot; while A. Myers, M. Warner and Murdock, respectively, placed in the Ladies’ Wand.

“Neither poverty, nor shame, nor hunger, nor dissipation, nor any­ thing but death can quite destroy the ' , 1— heathen merry, innocent, Arcadian, 2^’"'" that takes to a part of our nature, f naturally as a a bow and arrows as a flower.’’— butterfly takes to in “The Witchery Maurice Thompson i_ of Archery.”

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(CONTRIBUTED) A new Art Young Archers club has been formed at Redlands, Calif. Howard’s high score of 106 saved It is an affiliate of the strong Red- Los Angeles from utter rout. But ' lands Archery Club and w ith the then, Redlands had Mrs. Ahman. Los same officers. However, John Yount Angeles was lucky in squeezing out a has been appointed field captain in thirteen point lead in the Art Young ■ charge of all field events. John was rounds, again thanks to Howard.

The Los Angeles Art Young club field captain at the last national meet, the chances are that he will hopes soon to be able to have as guests the Redlands club. The Angels qualify. have a good roving course at El Se­ The parent club will keep its gundo in the sand dunes. Two other strong target teams competing as Art Young clubs are practically usual, but in addition they will have what California believes will be the assured within a month and it looks livest Art Young club in the country. like real competition in field archery, They have been shooting the Art which, if Southern California is any Young round regularly for nearly a indication, is off to a good start this Certainly it would seem that, year as it is, and their roving range year. with the variety of events such as is something to dream about—3500 offered by the Redlands club, any nor­ acres, barred to hunting with fire mal human being will find somethin? arms, full of quail in season and with to interest him in these contests. I a fair quota of coyotes and jack rab­ bits. Oh yes, a few rattle snakes too, is new blood that the Art Youn? clubs are trying to attract. They be­ if you insist. lieve that their activities will appeal The roving range has eighteen sta­ men and women not now interest­ tions, is one and three quarters miles to ed in archery, and thereby bring new in length, runs up and down across strength to clubs organized along hills and canyons, ravines and ar­ standard lines. royos. If an archer can not practice The Art Young round scores were hunting under actual field conditions as follows: on this range he had better quit. No Redlands: Tullis, 22; Ahman, 20; ’did animal could be as fiendishly in­ Dillon, 19; Curtis, 17; Woodward, 14; considerate as some of the ranges Walker, 14; Smith, 14; Dorothy and positions of this course are.

Ahman, 10; Davis, 8. Total, 138.

The Redlanders initiated their new Los Angeles: Hill, 26; Otto, 21; activities, or rather their old activi­ Carson, 19; Faas, 18; Woodley, 17; ties and their new club by an invita­ Morley, 13; M. Gray, 12; Hamilton, tion to the Art Young Archers of Los 11; F. Gray, 7; and Elizabeth Hill, 7.

Angeles to a team shoot March 15th.

Tne Angels, fallen and upright, arriv­ Total, 151. ed m a caravan, thirty strong. Bright A foolish meadow lark flew be­ labels on their cars, designed and made by the club’s secretary, told an tween D. E. Wickard and the target expectant world that the Art Young just as Wick was loosing at the Archers could turn out in style. It Lakewood team shoot. The lark dropped to the ground stunned, but *as quite imposing.

The Angel’s president, Ed. Me­ flew away before it could be picked ehan, was sick in the hospital, but up. Wick, of course, claims it was mid Captain Woodley and Secretary his super-marksmanship that was Uson let no grass grow under their the cause of the lark’s misadventure.

Pm -They even rounded up Howard '‘I, which is a job any day.

The Twin City Archery Club in­ t A® things turned out Howard was tends to make archery a notable la a nee^e(i by the club. The Red- feature of the Northwest Sportsmans nders won the roving event as it Show which is to be held in the as> 485 points to 410, and only Twin Cities April 11th to 18th.

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There is no grass allowed to grow under the feet of Mario L. Orozco, formerly of Los Angeles and now of Nochistlan, Zac., Mexico, where he is staying with his father, General, now Judge, Pasqual Orozco. Already he has staged several hunts on the General’s ranch, trying out the bows he brought with him from California, With what success, he does not state, so we judge that his aim is not so hot yet, but he does say that the whole countryside is overrun with wild hogs and other game. He notes that the natives have very little con­ fidence in “some sticks and a string,” and is determined to show them what can be done.

What bothers Mario right now is something else. He wants to know how to go about getting a charter for an Art Young club he and some of his friends in Mexico City wish to form.

The editor will make a bargain right here. If Mario will write a story for this magazine of the first wild pig he downs with bow and arrow, he, the editor, will use his in­ fluence with the officials of the Art Young Foundation to see that the first charter for a Mexican club goes to whomever Mario will designate. Is it a bargain?

Nor will the editor insist on a dead pig, a defunct grizzly or jaguar will be considered acceptable substitutes.

Even a brown bear will do.

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Mario writes an interesting letter, and we wish that space allowed us to reprint it in full. However we feel that we will get plenty of good hunt­ ing stories from Mexico yet. We will appreciate them.

S. C. A. A. BI-MONTHLY SHOOT

Ray Hodgson, secretary of the S. C. A. A., reports that “one of the grandest team tournaments ever held in the history of the Southern Cali­ fornia Archery Association was held at Lakewood Club Range, Long Beach, on March 8th. Twenty-three teams, representing their various clubs, took their places on the shoot­ ing line for the tournament. They were friends before, and after, but foes during the contest.

“The Lakewood club members did a swell job of preparing their field and putting on this tournament. Al­ though theirs is a comparatively new club, they are the ‘Go Get ’Em’ kind, and a big asset to the Southern Cali­ fornia Archery Association.”

Winning teams in the several classes were as follows: Men, class A, Elysian (2491), San Pedro (2181), Redlands (1992); Men, class B, Pasa­ dena (2049), Elysian (2033), Santa Monica (1701); Men, class C, Santa Monica (1887), Pasadena (1728), Lakewood No. 1, (1665); Women, class A, San Pedro (2133), Elysian (1919), Los Angeles (1863); Women, class B, Santa Monica (1956); Women class C, Lakewood (1525).

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Here is a real idea for bow nocks by Don Easton. Mr. Easton is arbst and a member of the Los Angeles Art Young Club.

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Ala^ing More Archers

By GILMAN KEASEY The modern trend in physical ed­ ber and December, even at best, is not ideal for archery. And in the ucation in our universities and col­ forty minutes one has for actual leges is toward individual sport rath­ class time there is hardly more than er than the group game and the old a chance to get nicely started. idea of gymnastic exercise. The insti­ The principal thing with beginning tution itself is for the purpose of giv­ students is to teach them form and ing vocational education. The Physi­ continually and incessantly check on cal Education Departments are now it. I started them out without target endeavoring to educate the student in faces at close range—twenty yards— recreational activities that will have so that they could keep their arrows great carry-over value and be used on the butts and use the point-of-aim throughout life the same as the rest from the very first. After two or of their education. Thus archery, three lessons of actual shooting, being one of the sports highly adapt­ most of them were making reason­ able to this program, is rapidly find­ ably close groups, whereupon I put ing its way into the institutions of up target faces and then moved them higher education and is being taught back to thirty yards. Several of the both to men and to women. boys were soon making scores c Archery has been taught to the 6-40 and upwards so we final women at Oregon State College for moved back to forty yards to st a number of years, but no attempt for the remaining few weeks of t had been made to put it into the men’s department due to the lack of term.

No attempt was made to teach any the availability of a competent in­ of the other phases of archery as I structor. This last fall, however, considered it more essential to teach Dr. Clair V. Langton, director of this one phase as well as possible physical education, was interested in and go into the other branches in giving archery a trial. Instructors later classes of advanced archery. and equipment were secured and archery was offered to the men J Howard Hill and students at Oregon State College. It Elizabeth and -ca recently went on a wild had little time for publicity, so prob­ Don Carson ias hunt1.::: in the Mojave desert, ably only a few of those who had a jackass first1 day all three crawled and desire to learn archery knew that the The f.._. ' and missed. The course was being offered. The total stalked and shot getting a bit strong enrollment for the class was thirteen. language was g" • next day she This was a nice start, and many for Mrs. Hill and the more students inquired as to when stayed at camp.

When the hunters returned, again they could get into a class. without getting within range of any No space being available for an in­ door range, the best we could do was jacks, Elizabeth proudly displayed a to lay out an outdoor one and hope big blue Dartha hawk she had shot for the breaks with the weather. The through the head. Howard said that nobody could help but hit a target only time we couldn’tv shoot was one as big as a bird. Sweetly Elizabeth nay thq last of October whenl we had a freak snowstorm and our range inquired what size jackasses the yas covered with four and one-half mighty hunters had been trailing mches of the white fluffy stuff. That that day. ?ches day I took the boys inside and gave them a pre-midterm exam.

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The hounders have been at work on Dusty Roberts for the story of the pig with the big ears and this is what he has to say regarding it: “I think Stan should tell the story of the pig with the big ears. I did not see that fight with my own eyes, and altho as the Grand Master of the Noble Order of the Knights of Santa Cruz, I gave him his knighthood on the strength of the evidence of the ears, and I have always felt that there was something more to be told. In fact there was rumor about camp that the little pig wanted very badly to adopt Stan as his mother and that only Stan’s fleetness of foot enabled him to get far enough away from the lonesome little fellow to permit the shot that brought him down. Stan, of course, maintains that the pig saw Douglas as his meat and that, to save Doug who was fleeing with shrieks of fear, he, Stan, at great risk of life and limb, smote the pig such a dour ding with a broadhead that nothing did remain of the hog but the ears, the which he offered in proof.

“Why not get Stan to tell the tale himself, I am sure it would be well worth the telling, and a lot of the fel­ lows who were on that hunt would sure like to have Stan put it down in print. Some time when I get this ?!l“ typewriter licked I will tell you the story of how Coke and myself got ourselves treed by a hog and the funny things that happened there­ after. That is, if you think you want it.”

What shall we tell Dusty? Do our readers want it?

All archers are glad that the Bulle­ tin of the National Archery Associa­ tion is being published again by Louis C. Smith, Secretary. According to the announcement in the January 31st issue, “the Bulletin is being issued in the interest of the N. A. A. members” and it will “confine its pages to those phases of archery with which the N. A. A. is most active.”

Would you like to exchange your archery movie films with other archers? Many archers have movie

cameras and have taken rolls of films of tournaments, hunting trips, etc. A question from a reader who wishes to secure archery films for showing at club meetings suggested the idea of a Circulating Film Club.

Ye Sylvan Archer would be glad to be of assistance in the organization of such clubs. If you are interested let us hear from you with your ideas as to methods of proceedure.

Now is a good time for the organi­ zation of Art Young Clubs. Please report all such organizations to Ye Sylvan Archer.

Dorothy Adams of Redlands, Cal., is a real amazon. Recently she trim­ med 10 male archers on the Redlands roving course with a high score of 49. The men are too disgusted to give their scores. Bernie, Dorothy’s husband, who was among the trimmees, doesn’t know whether to look proud or sheepish. He compromises by doing both. There is no compro­ mise and no comfort among the other lords of the Redlands creation. They look just as sheepish as they feel.

Mrs. Yount of Redlands displays a photograph which goes a long way towards explaining Homer Prouty’s popularity. It was taken at the last national. An empty whiskey bottle Is protruding out of Pop’s pocket.

Ralph Miller, who also shows in the snapshot, wears a look of holy peace and contentment that for some rea­ son doesn’t make sense. Mrs. Yount thinks she smells a rodent from Everett.

‘The English archers used to keep two choice bows each; one for war— very heavy—and one for hunting— ’ > This because, in ‘weak and slender. ’ great penetra,rr~~3 and war, long required, range ar and in hunting tion was of —cast 1— and perfect man­ . quickness ageability were preferred to great power and consequent cumbersome­ in """ “The' ness.”—Maurice Thompson i„ auiivv/ •— Witchery of Archery.”

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Finals in Olympic Bowmen League ■

13 599 746.2 According to final returns from John Allen 14 591 745 S. B. Stilwell Kore T. Duryee, secretary of the 12 591 743.6 Olympic Bowmen League, the Bir­ Merton Bixler 13 580 742 C. S. Baker mingham Archers of Highland Park, 17 578 740.4 Charles Holt Michigan, took first place with a 11 569 738.8 C. C. Evans total of 30306 for the ten matches 10 590 739.4 C. Jessup of the shoot. First place for the 11 589 737.2 Ned Myers women went to the Seattle Bowmen.

7 581 736.4 A. E. Coleman Miss Ruth Tawney of Portland and 7 535 730.9 Bill Jepson Gilman Keasey of Corvallis broke 4 534 726.4 the individual records previously L. Hunter 11 512 723.6 J. H. Strandwold held by Mrs. Christine Stamps and 3 491 715.4 B. G. Thompson F. H. Hahn of Seattle. This was the 6 470 715.2 ninth annual Olympic Bowmen shoot R. W. Denton 5 469 711.6 Eddie Haberecht sponsored by the Seattle Archers.

2 456 700.2 Sixteen men’s teams and five wom­ Kore T. Duryee 4 442 699 L. P. Winslow en’s teams were entered.

1 424 694.2 As the league was named after the L. D. Alexander 2 392 680.7 J. H. Adams Olympic mountain range, a 10x12 3 384 678.4 colored photograph of Mt. Olympus Kenneth Culbertson 2 346 668.|

by Asahel Curtis was sent to the G. Munch 1 336 65 C. E. Shaw Birmingham Archers.

Individual Scores—Women Interesting final scores for this 10 Matches shoot and previous shoots follow: 7 567 736.4 Ruth Tawney Teams’ Standing—Men 1 415 687.7 Christine Stamps Birmingham Archers 30306 326 642.3 Corvallis Archers No. 1 30189 Jane Adams 329 636.7 1 Fort Wayne Archers 29924 Ruth Ewing 253 615.6 Seattle Bowmen 29914 Thelma Brantner 256 612.3 Margaret Schoeler Portland Archers 29710 240 610.9 Locksley Archers 29113 Roxie White 215 589.9 Tacoma Archery Club 28239 Doris Suter 231 587.7 209 581.7 Seattle Bowmen No. 2 27202 Ruby Vennink Gig Harbor Archery Club .... 27141 Betty Barnes 205 579 Ollie Clark 188 571.2 War Eagle Archery Club 27051 Veva Shattuck 224 559.6 Corvallis Archers No. 2 26514 Lloyolla Miller 187 555.8 Greenwood Archery Club 25950 212 553.2 Pittsburg Archery Club No. 1 25340 Blanche Evans Meda Adcook 123 463.4 Watsonville Archers 14654 Mae Erpelding 113 462.1 Pittsburg Archery Club No. 2 13707 2460 Mary Hansen Greenwich Archers Score — High Single Team 3090 Team’s Standing—Women 1936 Corvallis Archers 3084 Seattle Bowmen 25389 1935 Corvallis Archers 3092 OSC Girls No. 1 24795 1934 Locksley Archers 3044 OSC Girls No. 2 22730 1933 Locksley Archers 3016 Portland Archers 23179 Locksley Archers 3000 War Eagle Archery Club ........ . 20922 1932 Locksley Archers 1931 Seattle Archery Club ... 2988 1930 Individual Scores —Men 2964 Those shooting ten matches 1929 Locksley Archers .........

2924 Ave. G Per 1928 Seattle Archery Club Gilman Keasey Highest Single Match 88 817 793.2 ... 806 I. M. Stamps 48 726 773.4 1936 Gilman Keasey ...,. .. 804 Tom Ewing 42 706 769.8 1935 F. H. Hahn ..................... .. 802 A. W;. Partee 29 678 763.4 1934 Ralph H. Miller .............

804 Fred Brockway 23 676 763 1933 Ralph R. Miller H. H. Sigler .. 790 22 667 760.6 1932 I. M. Stamps .................

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768 1931 R. A. Longworth ...

768 1931 L. Landaal 766 1930 Joe Hess -...........

760 1929 John Stavos 762 1928 'C. E. Schurman Most Perfects ... 88 1936 Gilman Keasey ... 75 1935 F. H. Hahn ...... ..... ... 68 1934 F. H. Hahn ............ ... 53 1933 Ralph R. Miller ... 32 1932 I. M. Stamps ........ ... 11 1931 S. B. Hayden ........ ... 14 1930 Joe Hess .................. ... 10 1929 Williams Parsons ... ... 10 1929 Joe Kerchen ............ ... 8 1928 John Stavos ...+.......

Most Golds 1936 Gilman Keasey 817 1935 F. H. Hahn ..._ 806 1934 F. H. Hahn 788 1933 F. H. Hahn 749 1932 I. M. Stamps 649 1931 R. A. Longworth — 597 1930 F. J. Becker 601 1929 Joe Kerchen ................ 572 1928 John Stavos 529 High Single Team Score—Women .936 Seattle Bowmen .... . 2637 1935 Seattle Archers ......... .. 2678 1934 Locksley Archers 2720 High Single Match 1936 Ruth Tawney ..............

754 1935 Josephine Taylor 734 1934 Christine Stamps 740 Most Golds 1936 Ruth Tawney ............. ... 567 1935 -Christine Stamps ....... ... 371 1934 Christine Stamps .... 470 Most Perfects 1936 Ruth Tawney .— 7 1935 Muriel Alexander 3 1934 Christine Stamps 3

THE FIVE POINTS IN ARCHERY Subscriptions have been received recently from novices who ask that Ye Sylvan Archer give them instruc­ tions in the proper method of hold­ ing the bow in shooting. We invite questions and would be glad to intro­ duce a “questions and answers” de­ partment.

Roger Ascham, who published “Toxophilus of the Schole of Shootinge” in 1545, divided his subject into “five heads” or “five points of archery.” He says, “Fayre shootynge comes of these thynges: of standynge, nockynge, drawynge, howlding and lowsyng.”

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There is a great diversity of opin­ ion regarding these five points but we believe it will be helpful to nov­ ices to quote briefly from Badminton “Archery” on these five heads.

Standing—Take up the footing with reference to the object to be aimed at—feet eight or nine inche® apart, firm and comfortable, at such an angle as may be natural to the in­ dividual, the direct line to point of aim passing through the heels; the shoulders as nearly as possible in the same line; the body erect and easy, legs straight at the knees, but the knees not braced back.

“Nocking.—The bow to be adjust­ ed in the hand between the second knuckle of first finger and ball of thumb, and perpendicular through the hand. The arrow to be always brought over the string, and careful­ ly adjusted on the nocking place.

Fingers to be placed evenly on the string, with special care that there is enough first finger close to the nock of the arrow, but not close enough to pinch it later. The right wrist bent a little outwards; the left wrist straight; the pile of the arrow point­ ing in the direction of the object to be aimed at.

“Drawing.—Body erect, and head turned towards the point of aim.

Weight of body transferred more on to the right foot than left, and more on the heels than the tread of the feet. Muscles of the back braced, and the grasp tightened on the bow. Both hands raised and separated evenly, and under the axis of vision of the right eye, the right forearm and el­ bow coming up as much as possible under this line, the pull being effect­ ed by this part of the arm, the shoulders to be kept well down.

Draw till the pile of the arrow comes on to the bow, and the right hand touches the lower part of the face near the chin, directly beneath the eye. The hand to be brought to the face, not the face to the hand. Get as nearly on to the point of aim as pos­ sible by raising the left hand steadi y but quickly while the foregoing irection is being carried out. Be sui to keep the right elbow up and back, so as to preserve the true line..

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The famous pig hunt of Santa Cruz Island is the subject of this tale. Do not be misled by conflicting accounts!

I felt sorry for Dusty Roberts.

His job as field captain was no sine­ cure. I heard him explain patiently to Larry Hughes, who had just miss­ ed a pig at fifteen yards, that after all the distance wasn’t out of all reason. Archers had been known, quoth Dusty, to hit a barn door at that distance.

Hickman and Klopsteg were busy with transit and tape, establishing base lines and points of aim. Dorsey was reading up on gruntiferous fauna of California.

Erie Stanley Gardner was baffled by a real mystery, the whereabouts of a pig to shoot at.

Curtis Hill was surveying the land­ scape with marked disfavor. He could see where he would have his plane­ tarium full of cactus spines when he laid himself down to shoot. Prouty was complacent, he had space for a running jump and no equatorial clearance to worry about.

Douglas occupied himself by whit­ tling a club, Seay relaxed. Goulet was reading up on the constitution and McMillan was hunting an oasis.

Horack and Monte Hammer were watching Mac enviously. They were out on parole from their respective hospitals and forbidden all liquid joys.

Punishment for once fitting the crime, Whaley and Thompson, Davis and Brand,t were securely chained outside the doghouse. I felt kind of sorry for them in a way, they had done real work in promoting the hunt, but justice is justice, no matter how belated. Inside the canine quar­ ters I could see two other figures stirring but couldn’t make out who they were.

C. Edwin Hutchings sailed by, towing Mudd and Gamber. Brant and Davis made a rush for the inside, but Edwin was in a genial mood that day and reached in and gently stroked their fur.

In the dog house annex were Quartered Me Gahan on account of his

moustache, Christilaw for bringing his saxophone, Daily for writing what he thought was poetry, Al Shepard for singing, Fred Heckel for his radio proclivities and Estabrook for running sheep. Wally Burr also qualified for the annex on account of swamping the mails with his corre­ spondence.

Styles and Buchen were earnestly looking for a creek to fall into or a root to stumble over. v Cathey and Spencer were hopefully tracking sheep under the impression they were following a goat. Walter and Ken Wilhelm were shooting cans off each other’s heads. Truthful Walter also enlightened everybody interested in the mechanism of his retrieving arrow.

Roy Case was still in a coma, hav ing composed a letter that weel Anguish was in his eye and unuttei able woe in his heart.

Palmatier held forth on the gloriei of Battle Creek, and L. G. Schrader was bemoaning the lack of mosqui­ toes.

The day was spoiled for Ullrich and Hobson. There were no yew trees

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on the island, and they were accord­ ingly disconsolate.

Howard Hill, Allen of Brownsville and Ed Hill were disgracing them­ selves somewhere. I do not know just how, but the assumption is safe enough. Howard and Joe Cosner had wept upon each other’s shoulders and retched down each others’ necks crossing the channel.

Easton, Bitzenburger and Nicholls were chasing out what they thought was a black rabbit. It turned out to be a house cat.

“King Kong” Gibson, Larry Hughes, Low and Brotherton made a fine quart-ette. Two quarts in fact, but Chester Seay helped.

Grubbs, Woodley and Carson were joyously pursuing a piglet not less than an hour old and all of two pounds in weight. They didn’t get it, but what the heck?

Stamps, Southerland and Mark Johnson were discussing ferocious jack rabbits they had met. Yantis, the two Cochem’s and Doc Simonds were munching cactus apples. They know better now.

Fred Kibbe and Harold Rohm were talking about Hollywood and Mae West. Pigs was just pigs to them.

Russ Hoogerhyde and Ralph Mill­ er, excitable souls, were sound asleep behind a manzanita. Keasey’s yawn would have harbored a six-foot alligator in comfort.

Compton and Young, being from the orange belt, didn’t like the cold and kicked because the field captain did not provide ear muffs.

Pfouts was going to give no quarter this time. Memories of milk bills for bereaved mountain lion kit­ tens haunted him. Green and Robin­ son trailed him, hoping to show him up.

In outer darkness on a rock off the leeside of the island was a forlorn group of outcasts. Cosner and Mould, Two-gun Parker and Dave Craft, McMillan of (Canandaiugua and W. W. Thompson. It seems that they had been exchanging professional notes on feather grinders and other trade deterring devices. Then Parker with his trained pets had joined them and the combination proved too much.

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place than the rock could not be found for them, and I hope they are there yet.

The hunt was certainly a grand success in every way, but unfortun­ ately I woke up about this time. Un­ expectedly I found myself off Cata­ lina with a fish pole in my hands.

One of our Pacific sardines had just swallowed the shark I was using for bait and was dragging it in the gen­ eral direction of Honolulu. Lou Stemmier was sitting beside me tell­ ing me of the Atlantic minnow that rammed and sank two destroyers in succession, but I was busy. Stemm­ ier, I regret to say, is given to exag­ gerating.

GEORGE BROMMERS P. S. Todd of Ye Sylvan Archer is an ungrateful wretch. I had saved him from the doghouse where he would have had to associate with Davis and Thompson. Now he kicks because my copy slops over on the next page.

G. B. FIVE POINTS IN ARCHERY (Continued from page 8) the point of aim, and steady it for a second, keeping the pull on all the time. Be careful to keep the body erect, so as not to tip forward, by keeping the muscles of the back braced, and the weight as much on the heels as possible. Take all care not to let the arrow ‘creep.’

“Loosing.—Tighten the grip of the left hand on the bow, so that both it and the muscles of the back may not give when the arrow is released.

Keep the right hand tight to its place against the jaw or chin, and endeavor to bring it just sufficiently back when the actual release takes place to compensate the momentary extension of the fingers. In doing this be areful to keep the wrist straight and elbow up, so that the hand may not leave the face and the true line, nor drop down, nor follow the string, be it ever so little. When release is accomplished keep up the bow-hand for a second after the arrow is gone; retain the right hand in its place, and so the arm and elbow, then ease up preparatory to nocking the next arrow.” of It may be well to define some

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the terms used above for the infor­ mation of our novice friends. For in­ stance, “creeping”—“owing to the stretching and straightening of the fingers, or relaxing of the muscles, the pile of the arrow will slip slowly but surely forward, and will not be loosed from the proper spot to which it was originally drawn.” “Point of aim”—“The eye never looks along the arrow, but the pile of the arrow intersects the line of vision, pointing upwards in proportion to the distance between the eye and the nock of the arrow when fully drawn.” Very seldom will an archer get a point of aim directly on the target; the point of aim varying below and above the target according to distance and the weight and cast of the bow.

“Holding is the short pause during which the aim is perfected and prep­ aration made for loosing or releasing the arrow.”

Experienced archers will take ex­ ception to some of the instructions here given and we invite comment, criticism, and further information on the “five points” for the benefit of our many readers who are new to archery.

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Don’t forget the National at Battie Creek, August 10 to 15.

Give your fellow archers the bene­ fit of any helpful ideas you may have discovered by writing them up for Ye Sylvan Archer.

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“When a man shoots with a bow it is his own vigor of body that drives the arrow, and his own mind controls the missle’s flight.”Maurice Thomp­ son.

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