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Blunts from the Old Stump By the President

Do you know that the velocity of a target arrow from a 50-pound bow is 120 feet per second, and 135 feet per second from a 75-pound bow?

That an arrow rotates about once in every 3% yards? That obsidian ar­ row points penetrate animal tissues better than steel points of the same size? That the striking force of a 50pound bow with a 1-ounce arrow at 10 feet is 20 foot pounds? And that a 1%-ounce arrow from the same bow has a striking force of 22% foot pounds? That the heavier the arrow, up to certain limits, the greater the striking force? That a 1-ounce arrow with an area of approximately 3 square inches per feather shot from a 50-pound bow has only about onehalf the striking force at 50 yards as the same arrow fletched with feathers of approximately 1 square inch per feather? That more feath­ ers than necessary decreases the ve­ locity and striking force? These and many hundreds of other interesting facts were scientifically determined by Dr. Saxton Pope and may be found in his book, “A Study of Bows and Arrows,” which every field archer should read and study.

On May 13, the Utah Field Archery Association was organized. The first President is J. C. Trittin; Vice-Pres­ ident, Norman Smith; SecretaryTreasurer, Bill Cowan; Directors, Gordon McDermaid and Bill Grote.

Membership in the NFA A is a con­ dition for membership in the state field association. An effort will be made to convince the Utah Game Com­ mission that a $5 non-resident hunt­ ing license fee for bow hunting is

feasible. A 14-target unit has been built three blocks north of the Utah State Capitol grounds. The Utah archers have put in the first bid for the National Field Tournament to be held as soon as possible “after the duration.” Utah archers can contact J. C. Trittin, 150 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah.

E. Hill Turnock of Wilkensburg, Pennsylvania, who uses a sight in field shooting, commenting on the in­ stinctive style of shooting, says, “On fast shooting I feel their style would give better results than mine. Sight shooting calls for conscious distance judgment and time to apply it. That would limit scores in fast shooting.

I do well enough in the Art Young round, and at running deer shooting on the range, when I know in advance of the shooting conditions. I am thinking of the sudden shots that present themselves without warning and must be made quickly or not at all. I have had them in small game and deer hunting—the results are not good—frequently I don’t shoot at all.

The instinctive snap shot would at least get an arrow off and should have a better chance of hitting.”

Theodore Robinson, 3506 169th Street, Flushing, New York, wants to know what kind of arrows New York archers use on woodchucks.

George W. Meyers, 1826 Hawthorne, Corpus Christi, Texas, wants to con­ tact Texas archers on securing arch­ ery hunting reserves in their state.

Earl Grubbs of Los Angeles, Cal­ ifornia, whispered that the Secretary is now riding a horse in his work, to save gas and tires. So, if you don’t

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hear from him as often as you think you should, remember that it takes longer to get to the Post Office on horseback than it used to with the old Ford.

John F. Mass, Box 416, Whitefish, Montana, writes, “At our last State Tournament in Missoula, Montana, the question of a Hunting Preserve for Archers was a lively topic of the meeting, as previous attempts did not succeed with our legislators. I was elected as chairman of a committee to see that another attempt was made in the same direction. So far, I have met with our Fish and Game Commis­ sion and had a favorable reception, excepting that they were not sure if, under the State Law, they had the legal right to set aside a preserve for archers, they were willing to leave the matter for a ruling to the At­ torney General of the State—so far, no answer from him. I am gathering all the information I can from other states where laws have been set up for the government of archery hunt­ ing, and it is with this object in view that I am applying to you for more information in this line. In Montana, we have a splendid game territory, lots of deer, elk, bear, and goats, and overstocked preserves that need thin­ ning out; why not a good preserve for archers?” We are glad to co­ operate with the Montana archers and will give them every assistance pos­ sible. We will also gladly cooperate with all organized State Archers in their fight for better bow hunting conditions.

We are pleased to receive a blue­ print of the 28-target field course of the Framingham, Massachusetts, archers. It sure looks like a peach of a course. You New England arch­ ers who have never shot a field round and have occasion to be near Framing­ ham, be sure to drop in and try their course. We know you will be more than welcome.

William A. Joy, 224 15th Street, Denver, Colorado, is organizing the field archers in that vicinity. There is a large group of field archers in that city that need to get together.

We can soon expect to hear of a field range in Denver, with a new field club. Gome on, you Colorado field archers! Let’s get organized!

H. A. McCune of Pine Bluff, Ar-

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kansas, says, “I was very pleased to receive the National Field Archery Association folder on, ‘How to Secure Legislative Action on Special Seasons or Areas for Bow and Arrow Hunt­ ers.’ I think that this is a fine thing and I may have requests for these from time to time that I can forward directly to you.”

At a Michigan State District Field Meet, held at Flint, July 12, 81 arch­ ers shot on a portable field course.

The course is set up brand new for each district meet, with no practice on the course before the meet starts.

Fred Bear of Detroit, shot top score for the instinctive men, and Daisy Olson of Detroit, shot high score for instinctive women. We would like to hear about your local and state tour­ naments. Please write us so that we can pass the news on to field arch­ ers who are interested in knowing what other clubs throughout the country are doing.

What do you say when your arrow gets away from you before you are ready to release, or you make a bum shot? To convince you that archers have not changed much in the last 400 years, this is what Ascham, in his Toxophilus (1545), wrote, “Nowe afterwarde when the shafte is gone, men have many faultes, whych evyl custom has brought them to, and specialle in cryinge after the shafte, and speakinge woordes scarce honest for such an honest pastime.

Such woordes be verye token of an ill mynde, and manifest signs of a man that is subject to immeasurable affections. Good mennes ears do ab­ hor them and an honest man will avoyde them.”

From the writings and experiences of Pope and Young, and statistics furnished by the Big Game Award ■winners, we are gradually learning a great deal about the effectiveness of the broadhead. We still have much to learn. Everything that we are learning today was known thousands of years ago when the bow was the chief weapon of warfare and the hunt. One of the first written books on archery, by an unknown French author, written over 600 years ago, entitled, “Book of King Modus,” de­ tailed instructions on field shooting and hunting for deer are set forth, much of which knowledge we can ap-

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ply to our present day bow hunting.

On the effectiveness of the broad­ head on deer, and which is being proved by our own present-day ex­ periences, he says, “If the arrow en­ ters at the loins, she will die in an hour. If at the chine, between two joints, she will void herself and fall, but not die. If among the ribs, in a slanting direction toward the shoul­ der, she shall die briefly; but if the arrow points toward the haunches, she will run a long time. If struck high up behind the shoulder, she shall not die; but if lower down towards the ribs, instant death follows. If in the middle of the neck, death will not ensue; nearer the setting on the head, your weapon will be fatal. If the arrow enters right through the neck (front?) three fingers from the shoul­ ders, that is among the vitals, she shall fall instantly. An outside wound in the thick part of the haunch is not mortal; but on the inner part of the same, just the reverse. Lastly, an arrow passing directly through the throat, severs the wind pipe, and causes instant death.”

With the need for conserving vital materials during the war period, we have found out a way to make our bowstrings last two and three times as long as usual. All of our bow­ strings break at the nocking point.

This is due to the power of the bow being exerted on the arrow at one point on the bowstring, resulting in the nock eventually cutting the string at the nocking point. To take up this shock and prevent cutting when you finish your bowstring and are ready for serving, serve the usual 3% or 4 inches first with a %-inch rubber band as follows: Cut the rubber band and temporarily tie one end a little above where you usually start your serving. Then stretch the rubber band nearly to its elastic limit and serve with the rubber band as you would a linen serving, finishing up the rubber serving with a tempo­ rary tie. Over this rubber serving, serve with your usual linen serving (about Barber’s No. 50). When your linen serving is finished, untie the temporarv servings on the ends of the rubber serving and trim the rub­ ber ends. This will make the serving a little, but not much, larger in di­ ameter than your usual serving, and

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you may have to file out your arrow­ nocks a little to fit. If you find your nocks are wearing the nocking point, smooth out your nocks and, if neces­ sary, you may replace the linen serv­ ing at the nocking point. This will add plenty more life to your bow­ strings. Another cause of unneces­ sary breaking in bowstrings is per­ mitting your bowstring to unwind when the bow is unstrung, resulting in new and different tensions on the strands in your bowstring when it is again restrung. To prevent this, we slip a rubber band around the top loop of the bowstring, and when the bow is unstrung, the string is kept in place by taking a few turns of the rubber band around the upper nock of the bow. We are trading these ideas for some of yours. Let us hear about them.

THE INTERCOLLEGIATE ARCHERY TOURNAMENT 832 co-eds, composing 104 teams and representing 69 colleges, took part in the 13th annual Women’s In­ tercollegiate Telegraphic Archery Tournament, sponsored by the Na­ tional Archery Association.

The first team of the University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, ran up a record-breaking team score of 574-4172 to again take first place in the tournament. Previous high score was 575-4053, made by the team from the same institution last year.

The girls of Los Angeles City Col­ lege, Los Angeles, California, were second with 573- 4029, the University of Connecticut second team was third with 564-3734, Los Angeles City Col­ lege second team fourth with 5683686, and Oregon State College fifth with 556-3562. The competitive round is the single Columbia. Eight arch­ ers make up a team.

Lenna McCarthy of Michigan State College, East Lansing, Michigan, turned in the highest individual score, 72-570.

This score is two points better than the score of 72-568 made in 1938 by Virginia Betz of Los An­ geles City College. Certificates are issued by the NAA to all contestants scoring 300 or ’over.

Save rubber by shooting in mail tournaments.

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NFAA Bulletin OFFICERS President—A. J. Michelson 610 F. P. Flint Bldg., Flint. Mich.

Vice-President—Paris B. Stockdale, Univ, of Tenn., Knoxville, Tenn.

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Secretary-Treasurer—John L. Yount, Box 383, Redlands. California.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Western—II. C. MacQuarrie.

O AA In A .> — **e 3400 Fruitvale Ave., Oakland, Calif.

Mid-Western—Fred Bci 2611 W. Philadclphii

Detroit, Mich.

Eastern—T. C. Davidson, 53 Mountain Ave., Springfield, N. J.

Southern—J. C. Trittin, 150 S. Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Change of Address

Please notify the Secretary at once of any change of address. Otherwise, you will not receive the Handbook. It is sent second class, and second class mail is not forwarded.

In doing this be sure to give your former address.

Our membership file is kept by states and it is some­ times a real job to locate a card by name alone.

Membership Expiration Notices

These notices are sent you in the last issue of the magazine. If you want to be sure of getting the next issue please send in your dues at once.

Also, it is well to remember that only members in good standing are eligible to win the big game pin or to com­ pete in the annual championship.

A Real Booster Lester Lawn of St. Helen, Michigan, is the kind of member we could use a lot more of. He joined the Naval Reserve, but didn’t forget archery or the NFAA. Before reporting for duty he had us send several copies of our Handbook to friends.

New Southern California Club Don’t be surprised if you hear a lot more about the Los Angeles Bowmen

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Hunters—somehow, I have a feeling that they are going places. It is going to take a little time and a lot of work for the boys to get a course into shape, but I know the men at the head and I predict that they will have a layout second to none before they are through.

In Coast Artillery

The Detroit Bowmen have tempo­ rarily lost a very able secretary, John Olson, who has joined the Coast Ar­ tillery. His wife is to be acting sec­ retary in his absence. Since she has probably been doing most of the work anyhow—that is the way it usually is—she should be able to handle the job very nicely.

The NFAA Is Still Growing I may be wrong, but I don’t believe any other sport can make this state- ment. It is all the more remarkable when you consider that field archery appeals strongest to the young men of the country. This means that we are growing despite the fact that we have lost a greater proportion of our membership to the armed forces than have many of the other sports.

You can help us greatly by sending change of address promptly. Be sure to give your old address as well as the new.

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Believe It or Not (We have had this letter from Chester Stevenson to Grover Gouthicr for some time, hesitating to publish it for fear some of our readers might question the veracity of our corre­ spondent, and thus the standing of the magazine be affected. However, YSA has weathered some “whoppers,” so we’ll take another chance, as we personally know the record for the truth—but we will not divulge it— which all the archers concerned bear.

The account of Grover’s huge squirrel was published in the January, 1939, issue of Ye Sylvan Archer. Well, just take it or leave it. —Editor)

Dear Grover: Haven’t heard from you for a long time but am going to write you re­ gardless. Want to tell you what happened down on the old squirrel ranch in Benton County (Oregon), near Philomath. I am afraid you might hear about it from the old blind barber in Monroe, and just want you to get the straight of it without any lies. He told me you would never have gotten your big squirrel with­ out your dog. He said your broad­ heads were too light, and the dog hanging to his throat is what killed the beast.

John Hubler is trying to take care of the ranch but he stays around the house all the time and is not getting along very well, as he is afraid to get out in the woods. He is running a few sheep and keeps a couple of chickens, which is about his size. I go out there once in a while and keep in touch with him and the ranch as I have always hoped another squirrel like yours would show up. Had al­ ways wondered, too, what made that squirrel grow so big and wanted to delve out the secret.

Well, one day late last summer old John dashed in, frantic with haste, and scared half to death. He said he had been staying in the cellar for three days, afraid to get out. Some large animal, making tracks as large as a bear, was rampaging over the place. It had broken down most of his fences and demolished practically all his orchard trees and eaten the

choicest fruit.

Well, I took my strongest bow and a quiver of sharp Port Orford broadr heads and beat it over there with him. He said I would have to go out alone and he would stay in the cellar until I returned. I started up the hill, and devastation and havoc were everywhere. The gates were all down, one side of the barn was torn off, the grain bin raided, and the orchard trees looked like they had been bombed by the Japs. The sign was fresh, but the varmint had dis­ appeared. I strung my bow and nocked a broadhead to be ready for instant action.

I hunted the south and east sides of the mountain in the forenoon with­ out results. After lunch I started down the north side. You remember the small, fenced, beaver dam over there where the former owner used to raise onions? Well, as I approached that locality it seemed strange for some reason. Something had hap­ pened. The fence was there, but was almost hidden with willow trees about

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twenty-five feet tall. Beyond the willows were what appeared to be palm trees, which soared about eighty to ninety feet in the air. I skirted the place and found the fence torn down in several places and plenty of fresh animal sign.

Right there is where I needed a dog like yours. I surely was on the spot. A creepy feeling ran up my spine. I knew something was about to happen but couldn’t figure what.

I needed moral support. Just then several large coconuts crashed down from one of the trees. One of them barely missed my head and crashed into the ground at my feet. I looked uu into the trees and I know you will hardly believe me when I say I thought I was in another world. That was not a palm tree at all, but a huge stalk of corn, as tall as a Port Orford cedar. There were several ears of corn ten feet long about seventy feet up, and on one of those sat the biggest squirrel I ever saw. He was picking off kernels as large as coconuts and dropping them at me. He surely kept me hopping. If his aim had been true I wouldn’t be here, as one of those kernels would have brained me.

I was scared at first; then I got mad. Dodging behind a smaller corn tree I nocked a good sharp broadhead and peeked up, trying to figure a vulnerable spot to place an arrow in the monster. I could see his hind end, his side, and a spot on his neck.

The neck looked good, but decided to take the chest shot and not risk a miss. I drew the shaft until the head popped against the bow and then let go. The arrow sped true and dis­ appeared to the feathers; the mon­ ster was mortally stricken and started to fall, end over end. I nocked and shot two more arrows as he fell, each one of them hitting him in the neck, as I was trying my best to cut his throat. He was fatally hit, though, and was dead in a few seconds after striking the ground. It was while dragging him out that I noticed the trees were not willows at all, but overgrown alfalfa.

Was I excited? Who wouldn’t be excited with a trophy like that? I needed someone there to enjoy the thrill with me. The beast must have been over nine feet long from nose to tip of his tail, and he weighed

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about a hundred and eighty pounds.

His fur was in fairly good condition, and I am making it into a rug for my den.

The sequel of the story lets the secret out, at least, partly. There is still quite a lot to learn about these massive brutes.

It seems that Dr. Thompson of the Entomology Department at Oregon State College was secretly experi­ menting with Vitamin K in its re­ gard to the growth of flowers, grain and vegetables. Dr. Thompson knew of the little beaver dam, and thought it would be isolated enough for his purpose. He planted alfalfa on part of the plot of ground and ordinary field corn on the balance, then fed it a goodly dose of Vitamin K and left it, figuring to come back later in the summer. He was called to Eastern Oregon to fight the cricket pest; then went deer hunting, and did not get back until in the fall. During this time the squirrel had been feeding on the young alfalfa, and it seems that the vitamins he consumed were the cause of his tremendous growth.

Later, he fed on the corn, and there is no telling how large he would have grown if I had not killed him when I did.

Will have to close now, Grover.

Let me hear from you when you have time.

Sincerely, Chet Stevenson.

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Etymologically Speaking Probably there are few devotees of the bow and arrow who realize the relationship between archery and toxicology. We hear the terms toxin and antitoxin freely used. We may be so unfortunate as to be afflicted with toxaemia. We may hear the medical men talking of toxicosis.

We all have read or at least know of Roger Ascham’s “Toxophilus; or the Schole or Partitions of Shoteing.”

We know something of the Royal Toxophilite Society of England. But probably few of us know of the definite etymological relationship ex­ isting between the toxicologist and the toxophilite.

However, the toxophilite is a di­ rect descendant of the old Greek word, toxon, which meant “bow, ar­ row,” according to our old friend Webster, while the toxicologist is a sort of second cousin twice removed.

Still under the authority of Webster, the Greek word toxon became toxikos, meaning “of or for the bow,” and then toxikon, meaning “poison for smearing arrows.”

The Romans borrowed the word from the Greeks along with many other more or less useful properties of their Greek neighbors, just as the modern counterparts of the Romans, the Italians, would like to borrow the property and lands of their neigh­ bors. So the Romans used the word toxicum, meaning “poison,” and from this term comes our family of toxins, ranging from the little but powerful and notorious toxic to the big and irritable toxicodendron, the poison ivy.

And then there is antitoxin, hardly a blood relative, but related etymo­ logically; maybe we could cyll her tribe the in-laws of the toxinx, for they are ever at outs with them.

Then there is another branch of the family, the intoxication crowd, sometimes unwelcome guests at arch­ ery tournaments, as they stagger foolishly around. Too bad they can claim any kinship with the toxophilite group because they cast a shadow upon the good name of the true de­ scendants of toxon, true descendants because the word toxophile is a re­ sult of the marriage of the old Greek

toxon, the bow, and philos, loving.

In preparing this learned disserta­ tion we have consulted Liddell and Scott’s Greek-English Lexicon at length; and were surprised at the prolificacy of the old Greek toxon family. These authors tell us that the Homeric bow was of two pieces of horn joined by the pechus in the middle. They tell us also that the Greeks had a word, derived from toxon, for famous bowmakers like Capt. Styles, a word for noted arch­ ers like Larry Hughes, as distinguish­ ed from the common garden-run of archers, and various other words to indicate the lesser and greater lights of the bow and arrow fraternity.

So the toxophilites came to this country from ancient Greece by way of England and the toxins arrived by way of Italy after a notorious so­ journ there, where, as stated above, they were known as the toxicunis, and were mixed up with numerous murder rings and assassination plots.

The National Archery Association is planning a “Nation-wide Mail Match” to replace the National tour­ nament which has been cancelled.

Each club may select a date during a specified period in August on which to shoot. The shoot may be in con­ junction with tournaments already scheduled if these meets include the rounds on which the mail tournament is based. Winners will be recognized as the NAA national mail match champions, and will be awarded Dallin Plaquettes in gold, silver and bronze. Trophies will also be award­ ed for the winners in the different rounds, in the team contest, and spe­ cial medals will be given to those placing in the Class A Division.

V. D. McCauley of Corvallis, Ore­ gon, expects soon to be listed among the many archers who are in the ranks of Uncle Sam’s fighting forces.

Mac is joining the Navy, but he will have his bow and arrows along wherever he may be called, if Uncle Sam will permit.

Mac has been the secretary of the OS A A for several joa.s.

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Ue ^Itran Artljer Official Publication of the National Field Archcry Association

Published the twentieth of each month at 505 North 11th Street, Corvallis, Oregon.

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Editorial Harold A. Titcomb of “Greenacre,” Farmington, Maine, has generously paid for the subscriptions to Ye Syl­ van Archer of twenty-three English archers who cannot send money out of their country at this time. Mr. Titcomb has also mailed about twenty copies of the National Field Archery Association Handbook to his British archer friends and reports that “many of them have already acknowledged receipt and said how very glad they were to have that splendid hand­ book.”

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The tournament committee of the Pope-Young Field Archers of Ore­ gon, headed by Norman Sapp, chair­ man, is proceeding with plans for the annual tournament to be held at Alsea on Labor Day. The question of call­ ing off the tournament for this year has been considered by the executive committee, but concensus of opinion seems to be that it is best to go ahead with the tournament for those who can attend without too much wear and tear on tires. Oregon archers soon will receive preliminary an­ nouncements of the shoot.

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Our congratulations to Dr. Paul E. Klopsteg, upon whom Northwestern University has recently conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Science.

Degrees are not new to Dr. Klopsteg, but this latest honor is a just recog­ nition of his contribution to physical science, and especially in its applica­ tion to the war effort.

NORTHWEST TOURNAMENT The Pacific Northwest Archery As­ sociation concluded a successful tour­ nament on July 18 and 19, with a fair registration for a war-time shoot.

DeWitt Hawkins of Portland won the championship; Damon Howatt of Yakima, Washington, was second, and Bill Collins of Cottage Grove, Ore­ gon, was third. Hawkins’ total for York and double American rounds was 2064. These three placed in the above order in the single and double American rounds, but Forest Lem­ ley of Eugene, Oregon, beat out Bill Collins for third place in the York.

I. M. Stamps, with 210, took the clout, with Ed Lindros second, and DeWitt Hawkins, third. Forest Lem­ ley, shooting 441 yards, 2 inches, forced “Pop” Prouty to do 446 yards to win the flight. Dr. Henry Hewitt was third.

Mrs. Harriette Warnick took the women’s championship, scoring a 71457 National for a new association record. Dorothy Axtelle was second, and Ann Halseth of Heppner, Ore­ gon, third. Mrs. Warnick scored 197 to win the clout, with Mrs. Tatro, second, and Dorothy Axtelle, third.

Marie Donelson shot 328 yards 2 feet, 5 inches, to win the women’s flight.

Mrs. Tatro was second, and Margo Wright, third.

Billy Boak scored 354-2334 in four junior American rounds to win the junior championship. Edgar Hunter, was second, and Dean Gibson was third. Hunter won the flight, how­ ever, with Boak second, and Gibson won the clout, with Hunter second— the boys dividing the honors nicely.

Betty Griesel captured junior girls’ honors, with Virginia Wright second, and Nancy Lee Shepard, third.

The Seattle Archers team was high with 1764, while the Buckskin Bow­ men and Mt. Hood Bowmen placed second and third, respectively.

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June NFA A Tournament Report

By Karl E. Palmatier

EXPERT BOWMAN CLASS— Alfonso Gonzales, Bakersfield, Calif.

John Yount, Redlands, Calif.

Arthur Hoffman, Bakersfield, Calif.

Leo Hoffmeyer, Flint, Mich.

Kenneth Jones, Bakersfield, Calif.

John Tinsley, Bakersfield, Calif.

28 Target Score 70-298 203 55-215 48-192 61-239 44-158

28 56 Target Target Score Score 77-313 147-611 224 427 66-242 121-457 42-142 90-334 68-247 129-486 39-143 83-301

Han- Han­ di­ dicap cap Score 230 841 390 817 340 797 734 400 230 716 350 651

BOWMAN CLASS— Roland Rexroads, Los Angeles, Cal. Loren Hilderbrand, Detroit, Mich.

Lewis Richardson, Flint, Mich.

Milan Elott, Seattle, Wash.

Kore T. Duryee, Seattle, Wash.

Meryl Graham, Flint, Mich.

Franklin Jones, Everett, Wash.

L. J. Markham, Durand, Mich.

Fred Brockhoff, Seattle, Wash.

Irving Davis, Bryn Mawr, Calif.

Ken Schindler, Highland Park, Mich.

William Smith, Flint, Mich.

Jim Murphy, Bakersfield, Calif.

Frank Litchfield, Flint, Mich.

W. C. Woolnough, Trenton, Mich.

E. L. Kallander, Framingham, Mass.

Barney Granger, Bremerton, Wash.

Bud Buchanan, Seattle, Wash.

197 44-160 55-200 47-175 54-200 47-179 35- 131 36- 130 35-138 226 33- 125 44-168 43- 165 46-162 23-85 44- 152 32-118 34- 124

211 50- 190 49-182 48-174 51- 197 42-170 40-144 38-144 40- 144 155 38-136 32-124 42-156 35- 135 31-115 47-177 41- 165 36- 146

408 94- 350 104- 382 95- 349 105- 397 89-349 75-275 74-274 75- 282 381 71-261 76- 292 85-321 81-297 54-200 91-329 73-283 70-270

100 150 90 120 60 100 140 140 130 30 140 90 50 60 140

508 500 472 469 457 449 415 414 412 411 401 382 371 357 340

NOVICE CLASS— Alfred Sanchez, Bakersfield, Calif.

Angus Bruce, Redlands Calif.

Robert Blackmore, Marysville, Wash.

W. Harmon, Langley, Wash.

Basil Blackmore, Marysville, Wash.

Ed. J. Tweedale, Everett, Wash.

C. D. Cole, Seattle, Wash.

Wellington Lewis, Hopkinton, Mass.

William Irwin, Seattle, Wash.

Dr. Van Hillman, Seattle, Wash.

Dean Tweedale, Everett, Wash.

Ben Bredimus, Seattle, Wash.

50-186 163 35-125 28-106 27-103 31-97 26-92 21-81 21-75 18-64 15-53 10-32

38-134 127 41-155 29-107 25-90 24-84 24-88 23-85 21-85 14-52 13-45 13-45

88-320 290 76-280 57-213 57-193 55-181 50-180 44-166 42-160 32-116 28-98 23-77

EXPERT BOWMAN CLASS— Kay Ratcliff, Highland Park, Mich.

Daisy Olsen, Royal Oak, Mich.

Ruth Davis, Bryn Mawr, Calif.

Clara Jones, Bakersfield, Calif.

43-163 57-213 171 33-131

44-154 42-166 168 27-91

87-317 99-379 339 60-220

160 90 120 130

477 469 459 350

BOWMAN CLASS— Shirley Richey, Flint, Mich.

Ruby Hilderbrand, Detroit, Mich.

Bertha Hoffmeyer, Flint, Mich.

38-138 28-104 32-118

41- 161 30-108 42- 146

79-299 58-212 74-261

190 210 130

489 422 394

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Han- Handi- dicap cap Score

NOVICE CLASS— Mabie Meade, Flint, Mich.

Betty Richardson, Flint, Mich.

Besselee Jones, Everett. Wash.

Valeria Irvin, Seattle, Wash.

Patricia Ryan, Seattle, Wash.

28 Target Score 32-116 29-103 9-31 10-44 7-30

There were 48 archers in this tour­ nament.

Roland Rexroads will be in the Ex­ pert Bowman Class for the next tournament.

Alfred Sanchez, Angus Bruce and Robert Blackmore will be in the Bow­ man Class for the next tournament.

Shirley Richey will be in the Ex­ pert Bowman Class for the next

tournament.

Mabie Meade and Betty Richardson will be in the Bowman Class for the next tournament.

The ribbons for the first three tournaments for 1942 and the cham­ pionship tournament of 1941 are now in the hands of the mail tournament secretary and will be sent out just as soon as he has time to get at them.

28 Target Score 30-114 21-81 14-54 8-32 8-28

56 Target Score 62-230 50-184 23-85 18-76 15-58

Stories of Percy and Douglas

By George Martin in Archery News (England) (Continued from last issue)

By the middle of the nineteenth century the stately church at Battle­ field had partly fallen into ruin, but has now been restored and is an ob­ ject of interest for its fine hammer­ beam roof with twenty shields of the King, the Prince of Wales, and some of their knights, its quaintly carved corbels, displaying groups of heads and the curious device of a woman with ivy in her mouth, also its beauti­ ful sculptured sedilia representing the Blessed Virgin with the body of her Son lying across her knees.

The decisive nature of the King’s victory at Shrewsbury to all appear­ ances not only destroyed the power, but completely frustrated the designs of the Earl of Northumberland, yet the craft of that nobleman, aided by some fortuitous circumstances, not only enabled him to extricate himself from the grave peril which menaced him but to prosecute his ambitious schemes during the remainder of his turbulent life.

On receipt of the news of the over­ throw of his associates, he disbanded his army and with matchless effront­ ery represented to the King that in the late rising, and in much else, his son had acted without his author­

ity. Henry submitted his case to the consideration of the House of Lords, that august body expressed the re­ markable opinion that the Earl had not been guilty of either Treason or Felony, but merely of the trifling of­ fence of a trespass, in respect of which the King from motives which cannot now be determined with cer­ tainty, granted him a remission of all penalties, restored his estates, and only sought to destroy his power by depriving him of the wardenship of the marches.

This generosity Northumberland repaid by renewed attempts, similar to those of “the King Maker” a few years later to destroy the fabric of the sovereignty of Henry which he had taken so important a part in creating.

It will be remembered that North­ umberland when in the fulness of his power, had directed his efforts towards the comparatively modest achievement of deposing Henry in favour of the late King or of the Earl of March, but now that his son, his most influential supporter, together with his stoutest friends were slain, prisoners or fugitives, now that his fortunes were so sadly fallen, it is said that he engaged in a design of a

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far more aspiring, of a strangely fan­ tastic nature, and that, in the year 1405 he agreed with his associates Mortimer and Glendower that when the deposition of Henry had been effected, to divide England and Wales into three kingdoms to be ruled by them respectively, being encouraged in this strange enterprise by a proph­ ecy of the famous British Wizard Merlin, who was supposed to foretell the proposed division: Mortimer: England, from Trent and Severn hitherto, By south and east,, is to my part assigned: All westward, Wales beyond the Severn shore, And all the fertile land within that bound, To Owen Glendower: and, dear coz, to you The remnant northward, lying off from Trent.

—King Henry IV, Part I, Act 3, Scene 1.

Whatever may have been the truth concerning this extraordinary con­ spiracy, it is certain that Northumber­ land, having obtained promises of support from Scotland, was ere long, in conjunction with other discontented lords, again in arms. Compelled to retreat into Scotland before the su­ perior force which Henry brought against him, from there he wandered into Wales, then sought refuge in France where he vainly endeavored to raise forces, and subsequently re­ turned to Scotland.

Finally, in the year 1408, he made a last, a desperate effort to regain his lost greatness. At the head of a handful of men, he burst into Eng­ land and marched south as far as the neighbourhood of Knareborough in Yorkshire, summoning not only the tenantry of the lands which he had formerly held, but the people general­ ly to join his banner. There was still magic in the name of Percy, possibly even more in the ever alluring promise made upon so many former occasions that he would relieve the people from unjust taxes, consequently many mal­ contents swelled his ranks during his hasty march.

On arriving on the banks of the Nidd, Northumberland found the pas­ sage of the river barred by Thomas de Rokeby, the Lord of “Rokeby’s

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turrets high,” who as Sheriff of Yorkshire, headed the forces of the County, superior in discipline, if not in numbers. Northumberland turned aside, and took up a position on Bramham Moor, where, on 19th February, 1409, Rokeby attacked him. The brief but desperate conflict which ensued, was speedily terminated by the tri­ umph of the government forces, and, the Earl lay stretched upon the moor in death.

Thus the three Percies who had first aided and subsequently at­ tempted to overthrow the usurper, met with a violent death, Worcester from the stroke of the executioner, North­ umberland and his son, that of the more fortunate end of a soldier. Their quondam enemy, but subsequently their associate, Douglas, met with the same tragic fate. After the Battle of Shrewsbury, he was not, as on the authority of William Shakespeare, we are fain to believe, “delivered up to his pleasure, ransomless and free;” that gratifying incident is a fiction of the poet, the dry record of his­ tory declares that he remained a prisoner of war for nearly five years, being at last released only on payment of a heavy ransom, and the restora­ tion to the Scottish Earl of March of the estates of which he had been deprived.

The remainder of Douglas’ stormy life was devoted to efforts to revenge himself upon the traditional enemies of his country. In 1415 whilst Hen­ ry V was occupied with his first cam­ paign in France of which the Battle of Agincourt was the most brilliant feature, Douglas invaded England and burnt Penrith. In 1417 he besieged Roxburgh but the siege was raised by the King’s brother, the Duke of Bedford, so well known to readers of Shakespeare’s “King Henry IV” and to historical students as the gallant, unselfish soldier, who with never failing courage supported a long and disheartening conflict in the hopeless attempt to subdue a brave nation.

Three years later Douglas took by storm and burnt Alnwick.

In 1423 at the invitation of Charles VII, King of France, Doug­ las entered his service at the head of an army of 10,000 of his country­ men, for which formidable accession of strength he received a grant of

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the Duchy of Touraine, but, his career in this new service was destined to be brief.

In the course of the next year, Douglas with his Scots assisted the French in taking the strong town of Verneuil. The English army ad­ vanced to recover it under the com­ mand of Douglas’ old adversary, the Duke of Bedford, who, in a spirit so characteristic of the age, sent a mes­ sage to the Scottish chieftain that he had come to drink with him, to which Douglas replied in the same vein that he had come from Scotland to meet Bedford, whose visit was welcome.

On arriving in sight of the enemy, Bedford formed his army in order for battle about a mile from Verncuil, placing the men at arms in the centre, both the flanks and the rear, where the baggage and horses were stationed, being covered by archers.

The French supported not only by the Scotch but by a body of Italian auxiliaries, charged in gallant style and, notwithstanding that their ranks were soon thinned by the hail of ar­ rows which the archers poured upon them, they maintained the fight with resolution, the battle raging for nearly an hour without either side appearing to gain any advantage. Whilst the result thus remained doubtful, the French and Italian cavalry charged the English rear, but found them­ selves impeded.by a barricade formed of the horses and baggage, and were routed by a heavy discharge of ar­ rows from the guard of archers sta­ tioned behind it. The archers im­ mediately their assailants retreated, hurried to the front of the English army and with loud shouts charged the main body of the French and Scots which was broken in a few minutes and fled in disorder, many of the fugitives being drowned in the moat in their attempts to escape into Vernuil, which surrendered at once.

So soon as the fighting ceased, Bedford assembled his officers around him on the battlefield, where they j'oined in offering up to the Almighty their heartfelt thanksgiving for the victory.

The bodies of 4,500 of the French, Italians and Scotch attested the des­ perate nature of the conflict, the brunt of which was sustained by the men of the nation last named, the

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majority of whom perished, including their renowned leader. His body was identified amongst the heap of slain, and was interred with honour in the ancient City of Tours, the capital of his Duchy, which he lived to enj’oy for so brief a period.

Such was the dramatic termination of the chequered career of this cele­ brated warrior, who, after effecting the marriage of his daughter to the heir apparent to the throne of Scot­ land, after being defeated, wounded and taken prisoner by the Percies; had allied himself with his captors only to suffer a similar fate at the hands of the monarch against whom his associates had rebelled, had, after years of imprisonment regained his liberty and entered the service of a foreign prince, in whose cause he at last found death on the battlefield in a foreign land and a tomb in an alien fane.

THE OREGON STATE ARCHERY TOURNAMENT The annual tournament of the Ore­ gon State Archery Association was held on July 3, 4 and 5 at Forest Grove, Oregon, amid surroundings of historic interest to archers as it was at Forest Grove that bowmaker Barnes lived, worked and practiced archery in the latter part of the nine­ teenth century. It was here that Mr. Barnes made bows of Oregon yew for the famous archers of that day. On the campus of Pacific University, where the shoot was held, stands the oldest building in continuous use for educational purposes west of the Rocky Mountains, built in 1850.

DeWitt Hawkins of Portland, re­ tained the championship, scoring a total of 1999 for the York and double American rounds. C. A. Leveque of Portland, was second, and Bill Collins of Cottage Grove third. Hawkins took the cups for the single York, single and double American, also. Ed Lin­ dros of Corvallis, scored 223 to win the clout. DeWitt Hawkins was sec­ ond and LeRoy Smith of Forest Grove, third. Forest Lemley scored 56-222 in the 14-target NF A A round to win first place; Earl Ullrich of Rose­ burg was second, and LeRoy Smith, third. “Pop” Prouty again won the

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flight, shooting 437 yards, 1 inch; W. G. Williams of Portland, was sec­ ond, and Forest Lemley, third. “Pop” also took the golf round, holing out in 28, while LeRoy Smith, Dr. H. H. Hewitt and Joe Schrieber tied for second, with 31.

Mrs. Harriette Warnick of Port­ land, totaled 1412 points in the single National and double Columbia to win the women’s championship. Mrs. Dor­ othy Lyons was second and Mrs. Ma­ bel Tatro was third. Mrs. Lyons was second in the National, and Miss Laura McAllister of Corvallis, third.

Mrs. Lyons took second in the single Columbia and Mrs. Beatrice Hawkins, third, but in the double Columbia these two places were reversed. Mrs. Tatro was first with 178 in the clout, Mrs. Earl Ullrich was second, and Mrs. Lyons, third.

Mrs. Tatro shot 298 yards, 2 feet, 2 inches to win the flight. Mrs. Don­ na Hewitt was one yard six inches behind, for second place. Mrs. Tatro also won the NFAA field round, scoring 19-72 to 18-62 for Mrs. Hew­ itt, and 12-46 for Myrtle Webb. Mrs. Hewitt was low with 34, to 38 for Mrs. Tatro in the archery-golf.

Edgar Hunter of Corvallis, topped Benny Deno of Glenwood to win all the junior events. Edgar scored a total of 2097 in double junior Amerincan and double junior Metropolitan rounds, 149 in clout, 322 yards in flight, 27-106 in field round, and 35 in archery-golf.

Betty Griesel of Portland scored 1657 in junior girls’ rounds to defeat Virginia Wright, also of Portland.

At the business meeting of the as­ sociation, Mrs. Mabel Tatro was elect­ ed president, Forest Lemley, Miss Natalie Reichart of Corvallis, and Earl Ullrich, vice-presidents, and V. D. McCauley of Corvallis, secretary­ treasurer. Portland was chosen as next year’s meeting place. While the registration, 36, was probably the lowest it has been in the history of the association, it was a very suc­ cessful war-time tournament.

Gene Warnick, well known Port­ land, Oregon, archer and president of the Western Archery Association, has recently been called to army service.

The Western tournament has been called off for the duration.

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THE INTERSCHOLASTIC ARCHERY TOURNAMENT The Bloomfield High School girls’ team, of Bloomfield, New Jersey, won the Third Interscolastic Archery tournament sponsored by the Na­ tional Archery Association, scoring 431-3215 points. The second team of the same school was second, and Woodbridge High School of Wood­ bridge, New Jersey, was third.

Bloomfield also took fourth place.

Thirty-three teams of six girls each were entered. The competitive round was the junior Columbia.

The highest individual scores were 72-564, by Eleanor Saul, of Bloom­ field High School; 72-556 by Marion Rath, also of Bloomfield High; and 72-552 by Betty Clark, of Lyndhurst High School, Lyndhurst, New Jersey.

Scores of over 500 were shot by four­ teen contestants.

In the contest between the boys’ teams, first place went to Vincentian Institute, of Albany, New York, with a team score of 526-3224, for the junior American round. Six mem­ bers composed a team. Will Rogers High School, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was second, and Valley Stream Central High School, Valley Stream, New York, third. Five teams of boys were entered.

The first “Grand National Archery Meeting” was held on the race course, Knavesmire, York, in 1844. High­ est score was 221, made by Rev. J. Higginson.

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