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Yew Bow Staves From High Altitude Cascade Mountain Male Yew Roger Asham, author of one of the first books on archery, published in 1544, says: “Ewe of all other thinges is that, whereof perfite shootinge would have a bowe made. This woode as it is now general and common amonges Englishmen, so hath it continued for a long time, and had in ' most price for bowes amonges the Romaines.”

Just as in the times of Asham, yew is still considered the best bow ma­ terial and experts pronounce the yew from the Cascade Mountains super­ ior tp the Spanish yew, which was, by statute, sold at a premium in Eng­ land during the reigns of Edward the IV. and Richard III. It is every archer’s ambition to own a yew bow. Last winter we had an expert forester select several fine staves. These came from the very heart of the Cascade Mountains and are winter cut, male yews. The most of this yew was cut in the dead of winter when the weather was very cold and the ground covered with snow.

We have both the self and the staves to be spliced and are pricing them very reasonable, $5.50, $7.50 and $10.00, depending upon the selec­ tion. This makes it possible for several archers to own a very fine yew bows at a very reasonable cost.

Dr. Pope’s book, “Hunting With the Bow and Arrow,” will enable any archer to make all his own tackle. It would take years and years of ex­ perience and'cost many hundred dollars to gain this knowledge. Price, $3.00 each. Oregon Style, Thompson pattern hunting arrows, a new light weight arrow that will enable the hunter to get the same and even better' results with a lighter bow. Single sample $1.25; $13.00 per dozen.

Hand-made linen bow strings to order. State pull and length of your bow. Price $1.10 each. Target points 5c each, 40c the dozen. Twenty­ eight inch birch dowels, selected, 40c a dozen, % inch dowels 41/>c each, 60c the dozen.

Enamel, feathers, heads and dowels to make twelve fine arrows $1.50.

Target dowels, headed, nocked, reinforced with silk and waterproofed, 20c each.

Yew self, and spliced hunting and target bows, fiber and calfskin backed, made to order. Any length, any pull, Genuine Indian Oregon Oak bows made by Indian bowyer, $5.00 and up. Hard shooters, excellent workmanship.

Leather arm,guards, bow bags, quivers made to order.

If you are planning a hunting trip let me help you.

I am in touch with guides in all parts of Oregon.

HARRY HOBSON Lyons, Oregon Mention Ye Sylvan Archer when writing advertisers.

YE SYLVAN ARCHER Vol. i

No. 2

Corvallis, Oregon

Published bi-monthly by Ye Sylvan Archer Publishing Co. at Coiwallis, Oregon.

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Table of Contents . 2

ARCHERY

THE NATIONAL TOURNAMENT, by Arthur W. Lambert, Jr.

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“STYLE” HIGGINS TURNS ARCHER

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ARROKAY, THE NEW ARCHERY GAME, by C. S. Knight

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ROBIN HOOD

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FREE STYLE FLIGHT CHAMPION

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IN THE SAGEBRUSH COUNTRY

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MAKING A BOW STRING, by B. G. Thompson

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LADIES’ DEPARTMENT

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JUNIOR PAGE

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JUST A WORD

Ye Sylvan Archer appears to have “hit the spot” and very encouraging letters containing subscription re­ mittances have been coming in from all parts of the country, Archers have also been kind and helpful to us by sending us the names of friends who might be interested in our

magazine.

Club officials have been

Sylvan Archer, and many interesting art:cles have been promised us. ,We thank all those who have interested themselves in the success of our en­ terprise and hope we can continue to merit the approval of the great ar­ chery fraternity.

THE PUBLISHERS.

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CArcherY” My dcarc Friends, I come to complainc upon you, but to yourselves:

to blame you, but for your good: to expostulate with you, but in the way

of reconciliation,

Alas, what my desert can justify your abandoning my

fellowship, and hanging me thus up, to be smoke-starved over your Chimnics? I am no Stranger unto you: but by birth, your Countrywoman; by dwelling, your neighbor: by education, your familiar: neither is my Com­

pany shameful: for I haunt the light and open fields: nor my Conversa­ tion dangerous: nay, it shields you from dangers, and those not the least, but of greatest Consequence, the dangers of IFarrc.

. Ind as4 in fight I

give you Protection, so in Peace, I supply your Pastime: and both in Warre and Peace, to your lymmes J yecldc active Plyantnessc, and to your bodies healthful Exercise: yea, I provide you food when you arc hungrie,

and helpe digestion when you arc full.

Whence then procccdcth this un-

kindc and unusual strangnesse? Am I heavy for burthen? Forsooth, a fewe light stickes of wood. /Im I combrous for Carriage?

I couch a part

of myself close under your girdle, and the other part serveth for a walk­

ing-staff in your hand. Am I unhandsome in your sight?

Every piece of

mee is comely, and the whole keepeth an harmonica! proportion.

am I costly to bee provided?

Or hard to be maintayned?

Lastly,

No, Cheapness

is my Purveyor, Easincsse my Preserver: Through mee oncly your Auncestours defended their Country, vanquished their enemies, succoured their

friends, enlarged their Dominions, advanced their Religion, and made their

names fcareful to the present age, and their fame everlasting to those that ensue.

Wherefore, my dear friends, seeing J have so substantially evicted

the right of my cause, conforme your wils to reason, conforme your rea­ son- by practice, and convert your practice to the good of yourselves and

your Country. If I be praise-worthy, esteeme mee: if necessary, admit mee: if profitable, employ mee: so shall you revoke my death- to life, and

shew yourselves no degenerate issue of such honourable Progenitours. And

thus much for Archery, whose tale, if it be disordered, you must bcare withall, for slice is a woman, and her mind is passionate.—Extract from Carew.

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^57ie National Tournament

By ARTHUR W. LAMBERT, JR. holding down a confining job and Archery offers two courses to the couldn’t get away if the spirit did will beginner, target shooting and hunting. it. For the many thousands of the Usually he has the natural desire to fatter sort shooting at the targets of­ possess a bow and some arrows, and, fers what is probably the most fasci­ hearing about the hunting prowess of nating game ever invented by man. some celebrated yeoman, he wishes Even here there are certain prefor a trusty weapon with which to go and do likewise. Often the tyro who liminaiies that must be observed. The begins at this end of the game buys a would-be archer who just buys a cheap 75-pound (so stamped) bow and some bow and some arrows, expecting to arrows, takes a pot shot or two at the get a lot of fun out of the new, pop­ tree or the neighbor’s cat, and learns ular pastime will soon tire of the that it takes a degree of skill before game and go to something else. There­ any fun can be gotten out of the fore, if you wish to .get into this won­ thing. After a while the arrows are derful sport, do what you would do if broken and the rest of the outfit is you were a beginner at tennis, golf, put away and forgotten. Some, of or any other game. First, get some course, do persevere, and may actually idea of what the regulation game is. succeed in getting something before Read up on the rules. Read some­ the novelty wears off. thing of the history of the standard game. Get adequate equipment. Then But the great majority of archers shoot the regular rounds and keep live in communities far away from your scores. There are but few good hunting grounds; or, else, are busy

The Shooting Unc. National Archery Tournament, August 17-20, 1026, Polo Field, Bryn Miiwr, Pennsylvania.

'Die archer shooting is Dr. P. \V. Crouch; G. A. Mang, of Buffalo, is the archer with bow in hand. Over thirty targets were on the target line.

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one (except Daddy Compton) by car­ rying off first honors.

The most important “rounds” at this tournament were the D rmitory Rounds held every evening, fr m 7:00 p. m. till 4:00 a. m. These event: are usually held in Jimmie Duff’s quar­ ters. There the old timers renew their arguments as to the relative merits If you are a man, find out what the of yew and lemonwood, whether American Round is;—then 'shoot it. feathers should be straight or spir­ When you get used to hitting the tar­ alled, and as to just when Homer Tay­ get consistently at GO yards or less, lor first appeared at a National Tour­ find out what the York Round is and nament. Here the novice or the arch­ try your hand at it. These are the er attending his first tournament gets only two rounds you need bother with, his first real glimpse of the inside as it is on these that all National of the game. A national tournament Tournaments are based. If you are a is an event that will repay the archer woman, substitute the Columbia and who attends one many times in pleas­ National for the above. ant memories and imbibed traditions of the game. Of course, someone gets This brings us to a second phase the highest score for the combined in archery. totals of a double York and a double The;e is such a thing as a Nation­ American round, but the real rounds al Archery Association. If you belong are those held in the various rooms af­ to a local club get it to affiliate. ter supper, including- the annual har­ Write to Mr. Louis C. Smith, presi­ monica solo by Dr. Hertig while Jiles dent. His address is 616 Old South is lathering up in fiont of the biggest Bldg., Boston, Mass. He will be glad mirror in the wash room. to hear from you and give you the The men’s championship standing is real dope on the game. Louis’ daugh­ determined by adding hits and score ter, Miss Dorothy D. Smilh, is Na­ for the double American and double tional Woman’s Champion cf the U. S. York rounds. The men who exceeded and he is looking for a substitute to 2000 points, thus determined, were: take her place if necessary. (We all (1) ,S. F. Spencer, San Pedro. hear Dorothy’s going to change her California 2474 name!)

(2) P. W. Crouch, Boston. Mass.

The next phase in the archer’s ca­ 2446 reer is the National Tournament. This (3) A. L. Bush, Cos Cob, C nn is an institution of long standing. You 2343 may not have heard about it, yet this (4) Gen. I. Thord-Gray, Green­ old organization has held 46 annual wich, Conn ........ ............. 2296 tournaments since it was organized in (5) J. S. Jiles, Pittsburgh. Pa 2176 1878. The last annual tournament (6) A. W. Lambert, Jr. St. was held on the Polo Field at Bryn 2170 Louis, Mo....................

Mawr, Pa., August 17-20, 1926. At (7) W. H. Palmer, Jr., Wayne. this tournament over 100 archers, Pennsylvania 2104 representing nearly every state in the (8) W. Bryant, Washington, union, competed.

A Californian, D. C 2044 Stanley F. Spencer, surprised every­ Continued on page

books on modern archery. If you can get hold of “Archery,” by Ford, by all means do so. At any rate look up what the Encyclopedia Brittanica has to say upon the subject. Dr. Elmer’s new bo k, “Archery,” will repay you over and over for the money expend­ ed.

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“Style” Hi^ins ^Turns Archer I ain’t one o’ these fellers that sort o' wizens up when they get past thir­ ty, and can’t think or talk about nothin’ ’cept business or makin’ mon­ ey. I believe in keepin’ young, I do, and like all kind o’ sports and games anil good clean fun in general, as ye might say. As the Latin fellers hev it “Mens sana in corpore sana.” Yep, got that out’n my new dictionar; read­ in’ a bit don’t hurt a feller none these days, you bet. So as I say, I make it a p’int, after doin’ a fair day’s work, to tie into somethin’ worth while, ’stead o’ jest loafin’ around doin’ nothin’. That’s my style.

Tried lots o’ hobbies in my time, I have. Was somethin’ o’ a wrasler and boxer in the old Scrogginville Athletic Club, and used to play ball, too. I hunt and fish when I get a chance, pitch horseshoes reg’lar, and last year jined the Golf Club. Keep goin’; try anythin’ once—that’s my style. Folks know me pretty well ’round here, so when some o’ the boys started a bow

’n’ arrer shootin’ club this summer they soon .gave me an invite. Well, I didn’t consider myself such a green­ horn at that game. Me and Spike Williams as young shavers once made a bow out’n a bamboo fish pole that shot purty good. Spike shot a spar­ row one day, or said he did, but soon after I puts an arrer plumb through Widow Meyer’s kitchen window. She was makin’ gingerbread at the time and o’ course the arrer had to land square in the pan o’ batter, and scat­ ter glass all over the place. That eve­ nin’ Dad took me and the bow out to the woodshed, and paddled me with half the bow. Had it cornin’ to me all right, I guess.

However, the, bow couldn’t ha’ been worth much as I found when I saw some o’ the tackle they were usin’ at the club. Big bows, sliched up to a fare-ye-well, and the arrers right pur­ ty things, with their paint and feath­ ers and all. Zowie! they’d travel, too.

Well, bein’ a sportin’ man, I got in-

EBF‘■O’ course the arrer had to land square in the pan o’ hatter"

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terested and Ed Pewtherer loaned me his outfit for a try. Naw, I didn’t hit much. O’ course I didn’t shoot much either, seein’ the outfit wasn’t mine, and knowin’ how a bow’n arrer is a purty delicate and expensive piece o’ goods. I ain’t a-tall strong on this borrowin’ idea and jest t:ok a few shots to show Ed I ’predated his offer. That’s my style. My wrist got kind o’ sore anyhow—didn’t hold the bow jest right or somethin’; but I paid the dues and so jined up.

“Better get ye some wood, and make an outfit right away.

It’s lots o’ fun,” says Ed.

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knowed by this time I wan’t no rube.

“Ye’d have the best bow in Scrogginville,” says he, coaxin’ like.

“Maybe,” I comes back, “an’ the thinnest pocket-book, too.” Never give no ground in a dicker—that’s my style.

“Well,” says he, “ye really don’t need an expensive bow to do good work. Matter o’ fact,” says he, confidenshial-like, “I don’t own a yoo bow myself right now. What d’ye think o’ this outfit?”

With that he strings another bow.

“Lemmin-wood, this one is,” he tells

“Pm not onhandy,” says I, ‘ but an amyture never can beat a perfessional makin’ things. I want to start practisin’ right away, so I’m goin’ to buy me my first bow n’ arrers. Start at once, an’ start proper,” says I. “That’s my style.” |So last Satterday I took a run into the city and looked up King’s, the big sportin’ goods store. “I’m a leetle interested in archery tackle,” says I. “Have ye any sech?”

“The best line in town, an’ the best shot in town to sell it,” they tell me.

“This way.”

Well, sir, purty soon I was plumb surrounded with bows, and one o’ them house-afire sales-johnnies doin’ his durndest on me. Guess he knowed his stuff though.

“Here’s a real bow,” says he. “An English self yoo. Lookit the beauti­ ful bend o’ her, an’ the quick sweet cast,” says he. With that he grabs an arrer an’ kerwhangs it into a sack o’ sawdust he has there a-purpose.

“An even fifty pounds,” says he, “but ye’d never notice it.”

"Oh, yes, I would, young feller,” says I, “I happen to know there’s nrore’n one dollar to an English pound.”

He grinned a leetle, but I guess he

“Paddled me with half the bow”

me. “Good lookin’ bow,” an’ kerwhang goes another arrer into the sawdust bag. “Plenty o’ pep too,” says he. “.With this bow we give away an arm-guard, quiver and three arrers. How’s that for sixteen dol­ lars an’ four shillin’, Mr. Man?” “Hm-m-m,” says I, “mebbe not too bad, though I reckon sure a plenty for

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CArrohay, {he New Archery Game

By C. S. KNIGHT. Some years ago while the writer cc-ption. When you wish to “play on” was a member of the faculty cf Be- an opponent’s arrow, instead of being ica College, Berea, Kentucky, he be­ obliged to hit it as you do a ball in came obsessed with the idea that a Croquet, all that is necessary is to hit little real outdoor fun might have a the ground within three inches of it. tendency to clear the cobwebs from his When by such a hit you have secured brain and make him not only happier the use of your opponent’s arrow, you and healthier, but easier to get along may shoot it as far out of the field with as a teacher. The result of these as you can, or play on it exactly as cogitations was Arrokay, which af­ you do on an opponent’s ball in Cro­ forded so much soul-satisfying sport quet. This makes a most exciting that he feels it a duty as well as a game, as you will soon discover. privilege to broadcast it as his contri­ A second game which the writer bution toward a still greater enthusi­ asm in the really remarkable revival has christened Pegs and Points can be of interest in archery that is sweeping played over the Arrokay course, or the country. The diagram will show over the Star course just as the play­ how the field is laid out, and the fol­ ers wish. The idea of the Star course lowing instructions and rules should is to afford an opportunity for longer make it a simple matter for any inter­ shots, and more exercise in walking. ested group to become masters of this In this game each player shoots one game, which has a way of geneiating arrow in turn. If he hits the target a zest and enthusiasm beyond almost he has a right to mark as many anything the wiiter has ever seen, or points to his credit on his score card as the number of yards he has shot. experienced.

The person making the highest score Turning to the diagram, you will of course wins the game. These Star­ discover that it is a combination of course targets should be made of soft two archery courses, the Arrokay wood one foot wide and projecting two course indicated by the large rectang­ feet above the ground, set at distances ular targets, and the Star course by determined by the size of your field. the round ones. By covering the They should be painted in bright col­ round targets with pieces of paper ors with the number of yards plainly you will see at once that the other marked upon them. This too is a forms a great croquet ground, nearly game that affords the keenest com­ two hundred yards long. These tar­ petition and enjoyment. Again and gets, made of soft wood, six inches again I have seen a group of players vzide and projecting eighteen inches break and run to the next target, so above the ground, should be placed eager were they for another shot, and 25, 40 and 60 yards apart as indicated I am quite willing to acknowledge on the diagram. that the writer was running with the rest.

The game of Arrokay is played ex­ actly like Croquet, only with bows :The third game that can be played and arrows instead of mallets and on this Star course is Arrogolf. Each balls. The same lules that govern player- must hit every target. The Croquet, govern Arrokay with this ex­ player who accomplishes this with the

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(7) Mrs Clara Herron, Chicago, Ill....................................................

1074 (8) Miss Frances Thord-Gray.... 1050 The lowest woman’s score was for the grand total of 2.

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An interesting comparison between the high scores made both at the U. S. and British national tournament shows that the men in this country are at present easily outshooting the Eng­ lish aichcrs. In both tournaments a double Yo' k Round is shot, The fol­ lowing sc.-res for the double York Round show this comparison: United States

fewest number of shots wins the game.

(Editor’s’Note:—There are many interesting games which may be play­ ed with archery tackle and we should be glad to have readers send in di­ rections for playing other games.)

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Continued from page four (9) R. P. Elmer, Wayne, Pa 2038 The scores tapered off to 480 which was the score of the winner of the Elmer Wooden Spoon.

The ladies’ championship standing, obtained by adding together the hits and scores of a double Columbia and a double National round resulted in:

(1) Miss Dorothy D. Smith, Bos­ ton, Mass 1750 (2) Miss Virginia Fitzmaurice, Chicago, Ill 1322 (3) Mrs. Philip Rounsevclle, Pinehurst, N. C 1318 (4) Miss Stella Ives, Roslindale, Mass 1220 (5) Miss Mae Duff, Jersey City, N. J 1134 (6) Miss Clara Shepherdson, Bos­ ton, Mass 1132

P. W. Crouch S. F. Spencer Gen. I. Thord-Gray A. L. Brush A. W. Lambert, Jr J. S. Jiles W. H. Palmer, Jr.

.201-947 192-952 .195-893

.197-879 .181-813 .172-804

178-720

England

H. A. Cox R. Brooks-King Major J. J. B. Farley W. Andrew

.177-783 .184-762 173-769 .174-734

The ladies’ scores were of about the same comparison but in favor of the English.

The 1927 Annual Tournament will be held at Deerfield, Mass., a suburb of Borton, late in August. This is said to be the ideal spot in the country for such a meet. Every archer who can attend should do so; or, at best, every local organization should send, if possible, a representative to the meet. This will do more than any­ thing else to bring the real signifi­ cance of this, the oldest and most in­ teresting of sports, before the new ar­ chery communities and will lead to the establishment of local and sectional tournaments throughout the United States.

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d^obin Hood Every archer and many, many who turned into letters, TH, being are not archers, know and love the D. he was called, by the common stories of Robin Hood. .Some ray ho people, Ood, or Hood. was a mythical character and some It is somewhat difficult to desay Robin Hood developed from sev­ termine the precise date cf his eral characters who actually roamed birth; but all authorities, worthy the wild woods of Mor-io England. of reliance, place it in the early part However, we all like to b liove that of the thirteenth century, during the such a character icaly lived an 1 simultaneous efforts of the English chased the king’s deer through Sherpeople to establish their political woed Forest; a friend of th? pool and rights upon a firm, equitable, and im­ needy; an outlaw, yes, but the hero of perishable basis an age when out­ It is evident that lawry was more he was a man of a profession than quality. a crime.

A. E. Har­ John Scot, n hi s grove, iin tenth Earl of “A ne c d o t e s of Huntington, dy­ Archery,” p u b ing anno 1237, lished i n 1845, without issue, R. m a k e s Robin Fitz Ooth was, b / Hood a very defi­ the female line, nite and interest­ next heir to that ing character and title, as descend­ we are sure that ed from Gilbert our readers will de Gaunt, Earl of enjoy the follow­ Ky.me and Lind­ ing abridged ac­ sey.

The title, count as taken 1 y i n g dormant from that book: during the last Robin Hood, ten years of his whose true name life, there could Kohiri Hood and Alnid Marian was Robert Fitzbe nothing unrea­ From Hansard’s Book o Archery, 1815.

Ooth, or as some sonable or extraauthors have it, Robert o’ the Wood, 01 dinary i n his pretensions t o was born at Loxley Chase, near Shef­ that honor. The arms of Robin Hood were “gules,” two “bends engrailed field, in this county, where the ro­ or.” The title lay dormant ninety mantic river Loxley descends from years after the death of Robin Hood, the hills, to mingle its blue waters viz., until 1337, at which time Wil­ with the Rivilin and the Don. liam, Lord Clinton, was created Earl The addition of Fitz, which was so of Huntington.

It doos not appear that cur Jiero common an addition to many Nor­ possessed any estate; perhaps he, or man names, was after a ad oit n his father, might be deprived of that, omitted or dropped. The two last

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on some political account; attainders and confiscations being very frequent in those days of Norman tyranny' and feudal oppression.

In the nineteenth of Henry II. when the son of that monarch rebelled against his father, Robert de Ferrers manned his castles of Tutbury and Duffield in behalf of the prince. Wil­ liam Fitz-Ooth, father of our hero, (suppose him connected with the Fer­ rers, the Lords of Loxley, to which his dwelling at Loxley seems to point,) might suffer with them in the consequences of that rebellion, which would not only deprive the family of their estates, but also their claim to the Earldom of Huntington. From some such cause, it is more than prob­ able that our hero might be induced to take refuge in those woods and for­ ests, where the bold adventurer, whether flying from the demands of his injured country, or to avoid the ruthless hand of tyrannic power, had often found a safe and secure retreat.

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Tutbury, and other places in the vicinity of his native town, appear to have been the scene of his juvenile frolics. We, however, afterwards find him at the head of two hundred strong, resolute men, and expert ar­ chers, ranging the woods and forests of Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire, and other parts of the north of England.

In the reign of Henry III., when the patriots arose, under Simon de Mont­ fort, Earl of Leicester, to enforce the recognition of Magna Charta, we find Robin Hood devoted to his country’s rights, in that memorable struggle for liberty. Fordum and Bower, (both celebrated writers,) allude' to the fact of this outlawry, and his subsequent unsettled and predatory mode of ex­ istence, as direct consequences of that act. The first, after relating the final defeat of the great national pai-ty, consequent on the battle of Evasham,

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in August, 1265, says, “that from the dispossessed and banished, arose Rob­ in Hood and Little John, with their accomplices,” whom the people of his time were “extravagantly fond of cel­ ebrating, in tragedy and comedy, be­ yond all others.”

“The personal courage of this celebrated outlaw,” Bishop Percy observes, “his skill in archery, his humanity, and, especially, his leveling principle, of taking from the rich and giving to the poor, have, in all ages, rendered him the favorite of the common people.”

Against luxurious bishops, and ty­ rannic sheriffs, his bow was ever bent, and his arrow in the string; he at­ tacked and robbed, and sometimes slew the latter, without either com­ punction or remorse.

In his more humorous moods, he contented himself with enticing them, in the guise of a butcher or a potter, with the hope of a .good bargain, into the green wood, where he first made merry, and then fleeced them, making them dance to such music as his forest afforded, or join with Friar Tuck, in hypocritical thanksgiving, for the justice and mer­ cy they had experienced. Robin’s eye brightened, and his language grew po­ etical, when he was aware of the ap­ proach of some swollen pluralist—a Dean of Carlisle or an Abbot of St. Mary’s—with sumpter horses, carry­ ing tithes and dining-gear, and a slen­ der train of attendants. He would meet him with great meekness and hu­ mility; thank our Lady for having sent a man both holy and rich into her servant’s sylvan diocese; inquire, too, about the weight of his purse, as if desirous to augment it; but, woe to the victim, who, with gold in his pock­ et, set up a plea, of poverty. “Kneel, holy man,” Robin would then say, “kneel, and beg of the saint who rules thy abbey-stede to send money for thy present wants;” and, as the request

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was urged by quarter-staff and sword, the prayer was a rueful cne, while the gold, which a search in the prel­ ate’s mails discovered, was facetiously asciibed to the efficacy of his inter­ cession with his patron saint, and gravely paited between the divine and the robber.

Robin Hoed differed from all other patriots—for patriot he was—of whom we read in tale or history. Wal­ lace, to whom he has been compared, was a high-sculed man, of a sterner stamp, who loved better to see tyrants die than gain all the gold the world had to give; and, Rob Roy, to who... the poet of Rydal Mount has likened the outlaw of Sherwood, had little of the merry humor, and romantic cour­ tesy, of bold Robin. This seems to have aiisen more from the nature, than the birth of the man; he was no lever of blood; nay, he delighted in sparing those who sought his life, when they fell into his power; and, he was, beyond all example, even of knighthood, tender and thoughtful about women; even when he prayed, he prefer red Our Lady to all the other Saints in the calendar. Next to the ladies, he loved the yeomanry of Eng­ land; he molested no hind at the plough, no thresher in the bam, no shepherd with his flocks; he was the friend and protector of husbandman and hind, and woe to the priest who fleeced, or the nobles who oppressed them. The widow, too, and the fath­ erless, he looked upon as under his care; and wheresoever he went, some old woman was ready to do him a kindness, for a saved son, or a rescued husband. The personal strength of the outlaw was not equal to his ac­ tivity, but, his wit so fa excelled his might, that he never found use for the strength which he had—so well did he form his plans, and work out all his stratagems. If his chief delight

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was to meet with a fierce sheriff, or a purse-proud priest, “all under the green wood tree,” his next was to en­ counter any burly groom, who refused to give place to the king of the for­ est, and who was ready to make good his right of way with cudgel or sword. The tinker, who, with crab­ tree staff, “made Robin’s sword cry twang,” was a fellow of their stamp.

With such companions, he recruited his bands, when death, or desertion, thinned them; and, it seemed that to be qualified for his service, it was necessary to excel him in the use of the sword or the quarter-staff. His skill in the bow was not so easily ap­ proached. He was a man, too, of winning manners, and captivating ad­ dress, for his lively eloquence, united with his wild woodland cheer, some­ times prevailed on the very men, who were hostile to him, and engaged in seeking his life, to assume his livery, and try the pleasures which Barnesdale or Plompton afforded.

It was the custom of the outlaws to dwell, during the winter, as secluded as possible—many, no doubt, in the caves which abounded in the neigh­ borhood—others with such of the country people as they could trust themselves with—whilst a few would, probably, profess some itinerant call­ ing, and reside in disguise at the neighboring towns, where they wculd have abundant opportunities of ac­ quiring such information as might be useful to the fraternity, or necessary to its safety. They never failed, how­ ever, to re-assenrble at the “trysting tree,” on an appointed day, in the merry month of May, when those ex­ hilarating rural revels, immediately followed, which the rustics, all over­ England and Scotland, have ever since been so fond of celebrating in thenname, in that delightful season. But the chieftain, himself, appears seldom

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to have found amusement in these vil­ lage gaities, but to have rather retired into the midst of those sylvan soli­ tudes, whose leafy glades were least likely to be disturbed by the presence of strangers and there to have revelled in the bright but mournful recollection of those earlier and happier days, when the diamonds of a coronet were destined to deck that fine expansive brow, rather than the eagle feather of the forest chieftain. Among the par­ ties for whom Robin Hood appeared to have a particular dislike, may be enumerated the Abbot of St. Mary’s at York, and the Sheriffs of York­ shire and Nottinghamshire, the latrer of whom, on one occasion, having caught three of their number, was proceeding in a summary manner, as was customary with outlaws, to have them executed, at Gallows Hill, on the edge of Nottingham Forest, when a numerous band came to their rescue, and a running fight took place, in which many lives were lost. The three condemned men escaped; but several of the company were left on the field, and Little John received a wound in his knee, which nearly dis­ abled him.

The followers of Robin Hood appear to have usually closed the season with a grand hunt, in which they made such havoc with the king’s deer as to induce him, on one occasion, in a fit of exasperation, to put himself at the head of a military force, and enter the forest in person, with the view of utterly expelling them, as well for this tremendous breach of the great forest laws, as for having so boldly bearded his officers when en­ forcing them. This, as may well be supposed, was a very critical period in their history, but, it appears, they successfully contrived to elude their vigilance, and the king was compelled to acknowledge himself foiled by the

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lord of merry Sherwood. Edward, however, wishing for a sight of the “great outlaw and thief,” for whose person, alive or dead, such immense, yet fruitless rewards had been offer­ ed, both by himse’f and by his pre­ decessor, disguised himself in a re­ ligious habit, and wandered into the forest for the puipose; but, on meet­ ing there with the gallant object of his search, he was exceedingly aston­ ished to find his person already known to that redoubtable individual, who had seen him in Nottingham, as wc’l, probably, as in the field, and who now received him with such courtesy and grace, as commanded his profeundest wonder and admiration.

As the circumstance is desciibed, Edward, who being of a merciless dis­ position himself, of course did not ex­ pect mercy from one on who e head ho had set a price, and whose life his own wiit had declared it lawful f :r any man to take—offered immediate combat, on discovering that his per­ son and quality were known, probably on the eld sanguinary principle of “selling his own life as dearly as pos­ sible.”

What the feelings of the haughty Plantagenet might be during the scene that followed, it is hard to tell. On observing Edward’s purpose, Robin Hood, with one bugle note, called, from the surrounding thickets and bushes, his bedy guard, of twen­ ty-four tall archers, who, in their beautiful array of green and gold, presented themselves with a startling alacrity, which must, in a retreat so wild, have appeared magical; and, bowing to their commander, inquired his will, when he bade them not bow to him, but to the king of England, and instantly presented himself on his knee to Edward, and amazed him, more than ever, with an assurance of his sincere loyalty and protection!

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braced the opportunity for procuring the suppressing of outlaws; and, even a remission of his own outlawry, and set a price on the head of this hero. a pardon for hrs followers, to whom Several stratagems were used to ap­ he then offered the libeity of leaving prehend him, but in vain; for force him, which liberty they one and all he repelled by force, and was ever refused to accept—an instance of fi­ found to be as artful in his plans as delity and attachment, which so won his enemies could possibly be, and in upon Edward, that he proffered to this way he lived until he arrived at a take the whole band into his own ser­ venerable old age. vice. It is oven said that Robin so The story of his death is as follows: far acceded, as to make his appear­ Robin Hood, being closely pursued, ance at court, but was soon so deeply many of his followers slain, and the disgusted with courtly life, and found rest dispersed, he took refuge in the Priory of Kirklees, about twelve miles its formalities so irksome, that he seized a very early opportunity cf re­ from Leeds, in Yorkshire, the Prior­ turning to his o’d ess, at that time, being his cousin. haunts and hab­ Old age, disap­ its, when he was pointment, a n d received, by his .fati.gue, brought ancient subjects, on disease. In or­ with every dem­ der to afford re­ onstration o f joy 4s lief, he requested and affection. his cousin, (the On one occa­ Prioress) to open sion, during his a vein, which she LIL residence at court did, but to please when a shooting a great man in ■ f' 1 SiCm match was ar­ the neighborhood, ranged t o take S i r Roger d e place, by the king Doncaster, who and queen, our was in her espec ­ hero was chosen ial favor, this inby the latter, to h u m a n wretch, be her archer and arrayed i n the consequently, was garb of religion, called, b y her, Death of Kobin Hood bled the time­ Loxley, in alluFrom Hansard’s Book of Archery, 1815. honored patriot, sion to the place far spent for until he was too tar of his birth, it being a custom, very Believing he should not rerecovery, common in those days, to call persons r, and wishing to point out the cover of eminence by the name of the town place where his remains might be de­ where they were born. On th s occa­ posited, he called for his bow, and sion, Robin Hood was dressed in scar­ discharging two arrows, the first fell let, and his men in green. They all 'in the river Calder, the second falling wore black, with white feathers, and in the park, marked the place of his acquitted themselves manfully in the future sepulture.

He died on the 24th sports of the day. of December, in the year 1247.

Hubert, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Chief Justice of England, we are Ye Sylvan Archer, $1.00 per year. told, issued several proclamations for

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He has attended the last four Nation­ al Archery Tournaments and won a cup each year, three of them being flight shoot trophies. The best pre­ vious free style flight record was 360 yards, made by James Rawson of Eng­ land. The bow with which Professor Curtis broke this record was the heavy osage bow which he used at the 1926 National Tournament.

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In Ihe Sagebrush Country^

By SAGE BRUSHER From the moisture-bathed woods out of sight, but the persistent bow­ and verdant lawns of England to the man will soon be rewarded by seeing dry sagebrush plains cf our western one stop behind a sage clump, Then country is a far cry in more senses comes the maneuvering for a clear than one. Yet the English long-bow view, the estimation of distance, the has withstood transplanting to the quick aim and the airow is on its way. harsher conditions, and today not a Probably the bowman has to be sat­ few sportsmen have felt the appeal of isfied with a close miss, but very pos­ the fascinating weapon and derive sibly the broadhead finds its mark, permanent enjoyment from its use. and one thief will steal no more. All What does the sagebrush offer the has been done quietly and the bow­ man again edges archer ?

A good forward for an­ deal, but chiefly other- chance. rabbits—some cot­ tontails, but main­ Should the ar­ ly jacks, — great cher have a com­ brown fellows mule panion the game eared and kanga­ goes all the better, roo legged, eating­ for one man can alm ost as much as post himself to ad­ vantage ahead, and a sheep, and so enjoy good chances abundant in places as the rabbits, that dc.gs refuse to with frequent chase them, and stops, lope past— distracted ranchers / that is, provided he resort to wholesale •; has schooled himpoisoning. Let an i self to stand like a archer drive up to I statue for minutes any farm house in I on end. The fidsuch a region and .get y or noisy permission to watcher will get try his tackle will be gladly given. “mainly jacks—great brown fellows" but few good shots.

The bowman, if Properly managed, a hunt of this experienced, will well know the sort is really excellent sport and the futility of gunner’s tactics; that bowman will almost certainly make a is, forcibly scaring the animals few kills. He must, however, have up, to run and twist in the sagebrush. the restless eye and the easy foot.

A shotgun will usually do its work The Indian was right: “Little walk; under such conditions; a bow seldom heap look” was his dictum. or never. The bowman must adopt Then too, in the almost absurd methods to suit his weapon and steal sage rat or desert squirrel, our along, stopping frequently and look­ sagebrush archer finds something ing closely, his object being to make which never fails to provide interest­ the game uneasy rather than fright­ ing by-play. Standing erect as a grenened. At that many a rabbit will lope

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Captain Styles of Los Gatos, Cali­ fornia; General Thord-Gray of Green­ wich, Conn.; and Earl L. Ullrich of Roseburg, Oregon, are planning a trip, next fall, into the North Umpqua re­ gion of Oregon after bear and cougar, with bow and arrows.

The Albany, Oregon, Archery Club is fitting up the old Albany College athletic field for an archery range.

The officers of the club are: Frank Stellmacher, president; C. C. Hall, vice president; and Jack Rhodes, sec­ rotary-treasurer.

‘•What bowman could resist a try?”

adier and presenting a target about six inches high but a bare inch wide the sage rat will allow you to ap­ proach to within some twenty paces.

What bowman could resist a try ?

Only the most accurate oc shafts will do for this type of shooting, and the finest kind of footed arrows have been known to be pressed into service.

The hunt over, the archer will turn homeward, to cogitate no doubt on his misses, and—far more pleasant— “thrice to slay the slain.” Possibly he will dream of biown things dodging in the sagebrush, and next day will probably have fixed the date for an­ other outing. In the use of his prim­ itive weapon he has found, perhaps unconsciously, a splendid antid'-te for the worries and responsibilities that beset modern life.

The University of Southern Califor­ nia has an enthusiastic archery club of which Douglas I. Donald is presi­ dent.

A. W. Lambert, Jr., reports a total score of 122-G44 for the Single York Round, made on the range of the St. Louis Archery Club, on June 12, 1927.

His score for the 100 yards was 54226; 80 ya-ds 44-252; 60 yards, 24166.

Jim Brawne of Casper, Wyoming, reports that he expects to go to the Jackson Hole country on an elk hunt, with bow and arrows, this fall. .Author—“The very first thing I sent to a magazine was accepted.”

Young Friend—“Was it poetry or prose ?”

Author—“Prose. It was a check for a year’s subscription.”—Christian Union Herald.

Little Boy—“Mrs. Jones, may I go in your yard to get my arrow?”

Mrs. Jones—“Certainly, Sammy; but how did youi- arrow get in my yard ?”

Little Boy—“Your cat dragged it in.”

Many girls have cause for thanks­ giving in that Cupid placed his bow on their lips and not on their leg--— Princeton Tiger.

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Q^VLakin^ a ^Boiv String

By B. G. THOMPSON. The following method of making a string was used quite successfully by the writer’s troop of Boy Scouts. It is a slight modification of the method devised by Mr. L. W. Maxson as given by him in the Archers’ Register” for 1903.

Some number 12 linen thread and a piece of beeswax are secured, The thread is cut into lengths about 12 or 14 inches longer than the bow. One thread is cut for each pound the bow weighs, i. e. if the bow weighs 45 pounds 45 threads are used. After the proper number of threads are cut, each thread is waxed thoroughly with beeswax. One third of the threads are then waxed together into a strand, the second third are waxed together into a second strand, and the remain­ ing threads into a third strand. In arranging the threads in the strand the ends are “staggered,” that is, the end of each thread is dropped back about 16 inch from the previous one so that the end of the strand will be tapered. We now have three thor­ oughly waxed strands, tapered at each end, and about one foot to 14 inches longer than the bow. It is necessary to thicken the string where it comes in contact with the bow nocks. To do this, a number of pieces of thread about one foot long are cut and 6 or 8 of these are waxed to one end of each of the main strands, just back of the taper. The ends which have, thus, been thickened are grasped in the left hand about 4 or 5 inches from the end and held together with the thumb and forefinger.

With the right thumb and forefinger grasp the out­ ermost strand close to where it is held, and twist it away from you at the same time pulling it towards you. Re-

peat with the next outermost strand and then the third strand. Continue the process until you have a rope fab­ ricated about 1% to 2 inches long.

(See Fig. 1). Boy Scouts who have had rope making should have no trou­ ble with this process. The ends are now bent around and one waxed down to each of the main strands to form a loop. (See Fig. 2). Continue with the twisting process for about 5 inches. We now have one eye fin­ ished. This is hooked over the lowernock of the bow, the strands are combed out even, drawn taut, and the ends bent around the upper limb just below the nock. If the ends extend

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around the bow for more than 5 or 6 inches they are cut to this length.

(The threads are separated and each one cut one-half inch shorter than the previous one to maintain the taper.)

We now proceed exactly as with the first loop; the strands are thickened with the short pieces, and twisted for 1% to 2 inches, the ends bent arcund and waxed down to the main strands and twisted for about 5 inches. The first eye made is now hooked over the upper limb and drawn down about 2 inches. The string is now twisted until it is just the right length so that when the lower eye is put in po­ sition the upper eye will lack abcut 2 inches of reaching the upper nock.

Grasp the bow by the handle, back toward you, with the left hand, hook the lower nock under the instep of the left foot and push the upper limb away from you with the light hand.

Slide the eye into the nock with the right forefinger and thumb. When the bow is strung the string should be about 6 inches from the handle, in a six-foot bow. If it is more than this untwist the string until it reaches this point. If the string is too long and, therefore, too close to the handle twist it until it is the right length.

Wax thoroughly and rub in with an old glove or piece of heavy paper.

The string is wrapped with linen or silk thread for 5 or 6 inches near the middle (abouti 2% inches each side of where the arrow nocks) to prevent wear.

The spring tournament of The Metropolitan Archery Association was held May 29 and 30 at the Westches­ ter Biltmore Country Club, Rye, N. Y.

"Ever try archery, Sandy?”

“I did once, and was gettin’ along ver-ra weel, when, mon, I lost my ar­ row!”

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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TOURNAMENT Chester Seay, president of the Los Angeles Archery Club, reports the holding of the Southern California Archery Tournament on the .grounds of the Los Angeles club on June 25th and 26th. Mr. Seay says: “Looks like it is going to be well attended by the rank and file and also many notables.

The Los Angeles Archery Club has nice grounds and at present time twenty standard butts in place which will accommodate eighty contestants at once, and more can be put in if needed. We have room for at least fifty butts. Archery seems to be go­ ing strong here and I believe that your magazine is going to fill a long felt want.” We .go to press too early to publish the result of the tourna­ ment.

The Archers of the Northwest will hold a tournament in Seattle, Wash­ ington, on July 16 and 17. A double York Round, a double American Round and a flight shoot will be shot by the men. The women will shoot a Columbia Round. It is planned to award a cup to the best single York and American scores, the best double York and American scores, the best score in all four matches, and one for the flight shooting. The tournament will be open to any archer 18 years old or over. An entry fee of $3.00 will be charged. All entries must be in by July first. Mr. Kore T. Duryee, 253 Colman Bldg., Seattle, Wash., is chairman of the tournament commit­ tee.

Archery target shooting and an archery golf contest were on the pro­ gram of the annual meeting of the Michigan State Medical Society which was held at Mackinac Island, June 1618.

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By EDITH DODGE. Archery, famed sylvan sport since and their position on the target gives each girl her individual rating. the days of Robin Hood, has survived on the University of Oregon campus One girl may challenge another who has been shooting an equal percent­ and this spring 60 girls meet three age score for championsh'p. In this times a week for practice, under the case they shoot what is called the Na­ direction of Miss Harriett W. Thom­ tional Round, consisting of 48 arrows son, professor of physical education. at 60 yards and 24 arrows at 50 yards.

Classes are divided into two sec­ Flight shooting for distance is one tions of beginners and one class of of the tests of the advanced archers. advanced archers, the latter meeting Miss Alma Stevenson, of Aberdeen, once a week with the instructor and Washington, shot 420 feet in a re­ passing off specified tests the re­ cent contest, which is considered a mainder of the time. good distance with a light weight bow, Most of the time is spent in target according to Miss Thompson. Mil­ practice, shooting at the target from dred Clark, of Harrisburg, shot 415 40 to 50 yards. A percentage score feet in the same contest.

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the beginner’s division is held by Eliz ■ abeth Gallagher, with a 14 2 percent­ age score.

Archery was first taught at the University of Oregon 15 years ago, under the direction of the present in­ structor. The classes have increased steadily since that time. The sport is a restricted one due to the limited amount of equipment, but despite the fact it is now one of the most popular elective sports in the school of phys­ ical education.

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Casper, Wyoming, has a live Arch­ ery Association of sixty members, of which Leon C. Goodrich is president.

They have a nice little club house, a nine-target Bowanarro course, and three regulation targets. Ed. McGuinn and Jim Brawne, members of the club, have each turned in a f-'U”teen for the course. Mr. McGuinn. also, has a shot of 307 measured yards, shooting one of the Big Horn Archery Tackle Company’s 75 pound yew bows and a 29-ir.ch bamboo flight.

The Spokane Archers Club was or­ ganized on April 19th at a dinner at the Davenport Hotel in that city. The club consists of thirty-two members.

The first shoot of the club was held May 11th in connection with the Sportsmen’s and Touiists’ Fair. The silver cup was won by Dr. C. W. John­ son, president of the club. Other of­ ficers are: Dr. G. I. Hoffman, vice president; Dr. A. H. Jensen, secre­ tary-treasurer; and Dr. H. G. Marks and Mr. Alex Ware, Jr., target com­ mittee.

rather Harry—“You Scotchmen fancy yourselves as archers. I sup­ pose that you claim that Horace Ford had Scotch blood in him?”

Jock—“Weel, some o’ his close shootin’ wad warrant the presump­ tion.”

The Amerman Legion has sponsored the organization of an archery club at Salem, Oregon. O. E. Palmateer is secretary.

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By ROBERT PRENTISS. the fir trees, much excited. Having One day last fall an archer friend wandered about for some fme in vain of mine (known to his intimates as B. we decided to try to make any lazy G.) asked my chum, Herbert Sum­ squirrel which happened to be lying mers, and I whether we were inter­ on some high limb jump into sight by ested in a squirrel hunt with bow and the simple expedient of kicking the arrows. We gladly accepted his invi­ trees. This would make them vibrate tation as neither of us had yet killed clear to the top, thus frightening any anything with the bow and we wished lingering squirrel so that he would to feel the thrill of the nunt which jump. After kicking trees for some only an archer can feel. We had time, what seemed to be a large grey killed many squirrels with guns but squirrel jumped always thought this way too easy ■ out and started to r™'.. . a way of killing head for the larger since it gave the trees. Every time squirrels little or | he would stop we no chance of es­ would kick the tree cape. again anil scare him out. As this In a few days we was going on an­ were off to the other squirrel haunts of the sil­ made its appear­ ver-grey squirrel, ance and my chum that elusive crea­ was detailed to fol­ ture found in abun­ low this new quar­ dance in the heart ry. In our efforts of the Willamette to keep track of valley, much to th the squirrels we undoing o.f filbert took many a pretty and walnut grow­ fall over bushes, ers. This particu­ ■di l-.gs and other ob­ lar- place was a stacles in our path, grove of small firs as we could not surrounded cn watch our feet and three sides b y his squrrrcl. the squirrels at the scrub oak and on ••Bob" same time. the other- by an open field.

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all speed toward a clump of scrub oak in the distance. B. G. chased this squirrel while “Herb” and I were left to keep an eye on the remaining one.

Soon I heard a cry from the scrub oaks urging me to make all haste in that direction as the squirrel was in a low tree and was offering goed shots.

This I did and on arriving at the scene I found that what had been said was true. Up to this time we had not shot many arrows but now we began shooting more often as there were no bothersome evergreens to de­ flect the flight of the arrow. I pulled an arrow from my quiver and in the excitement did not look to see whether it was a broadhead or a blunt.

Just as I shot I noticed that it was a broadhead but it was then too late.

My arrow stuck fast in tjre tree and I found it my job to climb the tree after my arrow. The squirrel had leaped to a nearby tree and B. G. called that the squirrel was sulking on the t;p of a branch and to hurry down dnd try another shot.

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G. watched the squirrel. In my ex­ citement I had forgotten where mos'; of the arrows had gone but afte hunting for a time most of them were found. I returned to the tree to find the squirrel in the same position as I had left him. He was on the tip of a fir limb about fifty feet up. This was just the shot I had been looking for, so I drew the arrow to the h:a:l and released. The arrow hit and the squiinel jumped into space, lighting on another limb a few feet above my head. I was so excited that I did not realize the squirrel was dead and was about to shoot again but decided dif­ ferently. As he did not move I sneaked up and with the tip of my bow poked him off. He fell at my feet stone dead. After really looking the squirrel over I found that he was not as large as he had looked, but still he was a squirrel and he had been killed with archery tackle made by my own hands.

We returned to the place where wre had left the other squirrel but found that- he had mysteriously escaped.

After retrieving our lost arrows, w; started on our way home well satis­ fied with our day’s hunt. No more 22 hunting for me.

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outfit with yer own hands.” O’ course I knowed that myself, else he never could ha’ sold me the stuff, I wouldn’t buy any glue, turkey feath­ ers nor varnish off him, though. Can rustle them things ’round home.

Naw, I haven’t shot any yet. The weather’s been kind o’ onsettled, and the Ford needed some fixin’. I’ve been readin’ the artchery book, though. Get a bit o’ background an’ theory before startin’ in—that’s my style. I’m figgerin’ that after a bit o’ studyin’ an’ practisin’ I’ll be able to plant an arrer purty much where I want to. Other fellers can do it, so why not “STYLE” HIGGINS.

Continued from page six a bit o’ stick an’ string.” Ye see in a trade I most certain do not believe in praisin’ the other feller’s goods—he’ll tend to that all right, I fig-ger. That’s my style. “I don’t know about yer proposition,” I lets the clerk know.

“If ye take this outfit,” says he very brisk-like, “I’ll let ye have three of our best arrers ’stead o’ the three plain ones. That means givin’ ye dollar n’ half arrers for sixty cent ones, and more’n that I can’t do.”

“Wouldn’t want ’em,”. I tells him.

“Them arrers are in two ' bits that don’t even match in color, though the FACTS ON ARCHERY splicin’ job is middlin’ enough. Solid stuff for me—that’s my style, bo.” (From Encyclopedia Brittanica.) ' “It’s all right with me,” says he, The bow was probably introduced grinnin’ again, and we chaw the fat some more. into England as a military weapon by the Romans but it was improved and “Well,” says I finally, “mebbe I’ll diffused throughout the island by the see ye later. Ye needn’t hold that out­ fit for me,” I tells him, and out I goes.

Normans.

O’ course I wanted to have a look There is no record of the use of the ’round before committin’ myself. bow in France until the reign of I dropped into another store or two Charlemagne. but they didn’t have much in the art­ William the Conqueror is reputed to chery line. The prices were purty have used a bow that few men could moderate, but the stuff was mostly bend. small an’ gimcrackery-like. So back The battles of Crescy (1346) and I goes to King’s, and the jehnnie Poteiers (1356) were won by English laffed an’ poked me in the ribs with archers. the lemmin-wood bow. That didn’t In 1392, an act of Parliament com­ phase me none; take a bit o’ kiddin’ pelled all persons employed as serv­ an’ give a bit when ye get a chance ants to shoot with bows and arrows —that’s my style. Bet I had the fel­ on Sundays and other holidays. ler guessin’ up to that time though.

During the reign of Edward IV. it Yes, sir, I bought the hull outfit, I was enacted that every Engbshman, did, ’long with a book on artchery, a and every Irishman living with an lemmin-wood bowstave, a dozen arrer Englishman, should have a bow cf his sticks an’ arrer p’ints, an’ a ball o’ own height; that shooting butts linen twine, an’ the hull shootin’ should be set up in every township; match, after I dickered him out’n four shillin’, cost me twenty dollars even. and that all the inhabitants must “Ye’ll never be satisfied,” said the practice on holidays. The penalty johnnie, “ontil ye’ve made a complete was one halfpenny for each neglect.

YE SYLVAN ARCHER

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CHEVY CHASE—New game, pat­ ents pending. Attractively illustrated booklet giving directions for this and other games, 25 cents. The Archers Company, Pinehurst, North Carolina.

OWN A YEW BOW—See Harry Hobson’s ad on inside front cover' of this issue.

I SPECIALIZE on lemonwood hunt­ ing bows and hunting arrows. The best for the average archer. P. W. Lyndon, Waldport, Oregon.

LATEST AND MOST UP-TODATE BOOK on “Archery,” by Dr. Elmer, $5.00. Ye Sylvan Archer, Box 156, Corvallis, Oregon.

Yew Bow Staves Selected, partially seasoned, 6-ft.

Yew Staves for sale, $5.00 each, f. o. b., Corvallis.

Selected, straight-grained, 3-S in.

Sitka Spruce dowels, 75 cents per dozen: 3-S in. square pieces for foot­ ed arrows, 50 cents per dozen. A stiff, light, tough wood. which makes splendid hunting and target shafts.

JAMES A. BERRY 244 31st St. Corvallis, Ore.

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