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Blunts from the Old Stump By the President

Corroborating what Forrest Nagler said in the NFAA Handbook, on page 70, about the importance of the de­ sign of the hunting head, and that the arrow is stopped more by the bind on the shaft than by cutting resistance, we have a letter from one of our oldest and foremost big game hunters, who personally knew and hunted with Dr. Saxton Pope and Art Young.

He says, “The heads that Dr. Pope designed, and he and Young used on everything from Alaska to Africa, were made so that the blade had done all its cutting before the haft, or the shaft entered at all. That makes a difference in killing power that al­ lowed Pope and Young — when they were still very poor bow shots — to make a reputation for the broadhead arrow which is still carrying forward the movement. The blade should complete its cutting before the haft or. the shaft starts to enter the wound.” Many well known archers have studied and made experiments on the best types of heads to use in the hunting of big and small game.

We know that Fred Bear, Forrest Nagler, Roy I. Case, Cassius Styles, and undoubtedly many others have in­ teresting scientific data on these ex­ periments. Their findings should be reported to field archers in the in­ terests of the improvement of our sport. They may not agree on all details, but we should have the bene­ fit of their experiments, and undoubt­ edly much of value will develop from their discussions. Can we have these in th£ near future for publication in Ye Sylvan Archer?

A new club has been formed at Ell dora, Iowa, the Pine Lake Archery

Club. Clair J. Delloge, Chairman, writes: “Thanking you for your past favors and your cooperation. You are doing an excellent job with the NF­ AA, and we are behind you one hun­ dred per cent. We have just or­ ganized our archery club in Eldora, and all of us will join the NFAA as soon as possible.”

Phil. Stanilonis, Patchen Road, South Burlington, Vermont, says: “I laid out a temporary 36-target hilly course yesterday, and we, the Green Mountain Bowmen, went around this twice — it took three and one-half hours. To the members of our club it beats by far shooting at one set target over and over again.

I think we will have a few more NFAA members from this section shortly.”

The NFAA Handbook is accom­ plishing one of the big purposes we hoped for — helping the beginner.

John A. Glover says: “I did appreci­ ate your sending me the hand book.

Being a beginner in archery, the book has been of much value to me.”

The Anaconda Archers Associa­ tion, Mrs. W. M. Bakkely, Secretary, 400 Chestnut, Anaconda, Montana, is interested in field archery. While the weather prevents a long outdoor season, and a good field course is difficult to find, most of their mem­ bers spend some time in field shooting and gopher hunting. Several of their members hunted deer last fall. If your climate compels a lot of indoor shooting, why not plan on the Flint Bowmen Indoor Field Round for next winter? It is a very interesting Round, and winter mail tournaments will undoubtedly be arranged for

YE SYLVAN ARCHER June, 1942 2 Board of Governors could do. Na­ those clubs with winter ranges. tional tournaments are probably over We are happy to welcome J. Ellis for the duration of the war, with Mitchell, 505 N. Ewing Avenue, Dal­ bigger and better National tourna­ las, Texas, into our membership. ments for both the NAA and NFAA Mitchell is an old time experienced after the war. However, mail matches field archer, and will undoubtedly and local shoots must and are taking make many valuable contributions of their place. Local clubs all over the knowledge and information to our country report increased attendance game. He says: “I will make it a at local club shoots. Most States point to see that my catalog gives have some State tournaments, your organization some space.” We still more centrally located. At a District will appreciate your help in publi­ Field Meet of the Michigan Archers cizing the NFAA. Association, held at Howell on May Field archers in military service 17, seventy-nine archers attended. At are keeping up their archery contacts. Detroit, on June 7, seventy-five arch­ They may not be able to do much ers attended, although the weather shooting, but they do want to keep in­ was bad, and they shot nearly all formed on the progress of archery. day in the rain. These Michigan at­ Austin B. Brousseau, Company A, tendances are better than last year 60th Inf., Fort Bragg, North Caro­ when there was no war. Michigan lina, writes: “Now that I am in the has a State Field Meet once a month, Army, we don’t have much time to with the championship meet to be practice or hunt, so all my pleasure held in October. Field archery is not now comes from reading your books only holding its own during the war and papers each month. So keep up period, but is showing a tremendous the good work, and thanks a lot.” increase month by month.

Jack C. Cliatt, Lyric Theatre, East­ We have been interested in digging land, Texas, is anxious to form a field into the ancient history of field arch­ club in his vicinity, and wants arch­ ery, and were surprised to find that ers to contact him. He says: “I was the “field round” or “roving round” a bit disappointed to find by the chart is not a modern invention. Field that Texas does not set aside an area games and rounds have undoubtedly for archers, as the State could afford been played by field archers for many thousands of acres and never miss thousands of years. Dr. Elmer says it.” We suggest you Texas archers that the first men to use arrows with get together and do something about flint heads were the Augrigacian it. race, who lived at least 25,000 years Endsley White, Brigham Road, ago. What their games for the de­ Gates Mills, Ohio, writes “I am in­ velopment of skill in the hunt and terested in organizing an archery club warfare were, is not recorded. Han­ centrally located to archers residing sard in his “The Book of Archery” in Eastern Coyahoga and Western (1840), does publish the “Ayme for Lane and Geauga Counties of Ohio.

Finsburie Archers,” from an old pub­ All archers living between the Cuya­ lication in 1594. The Finsbury Arch­ hoga and Grand Rivers should be ers had a roving course in what is vitally interested. The rugged topog­ now the heart of London. While they raphy of the Chagrin Valley affords had a target range or standard butts— many beautiful locations that would the short butt being 49 yards, and the make unsurpassable field ranges and long butt 138 yards — shooting at target courses. Will you endeavor to varied distances was stressed and en­ get this in the next issue of Ye Sylvan couraged because of the desire to in­ Archer, asking all interested bowmen crease the proficiency of the archer to communicate with me?” in warfare. In the days before gun .

We regret to hear that the Nation­ powder, the army that had the best al NA A Tournament scheduled for bowmen and bows capable of shooting ' Columbus, Ohio, this year, has been the longest distances, won the battles. called off. With gas rationing in Their roving courses were, therefore, the East, and threatening, rationing built with the view of developing ac­ elsewhere, rubber shortages and war curacy at the longest ranges possible. work, there was nothing else the The shooting was done from a stake

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known as a “mark” to another “mark.”

The mark was a stone or wooden post or marker, sometimes of fancy design. Each mark had a name, as “Scarlet Lion,” “Edward Gold,” “Pit­ field,” “Whitehall,” “Star or Dial,” etc. The archery marks in those days were as well known by name as we might know our city streets today.

The Finsbury Archers roving marks in 1594 were eighty-six in number.

The distance varied from 82 yards to 385 yards. The table gives the distances from one mark to the other, as: From Scarlet Lion Scores Yards to 2 7 Edward Gold 3 Pitfield 11 12 2 Whitehall 14 9 Star or Dial A score is 20 yards. Any number of combinations of marks could be shot. The ancient rules provided that 7 marks was a game, and that each archer should shoot two arrows at each mark, the arrow nearest the mark winning. It must have been tough on the arrows if the mark was hit. Dr. Elmer, on a map, plotted out a 28 mark course covering a total of three miles, which began at Lambeth and ended there, without shooting twice over the same range.

The shooting rights given Archery Clubs over roving grounds were very jealously guarded. In 1605 King James I directed- the Lord Mayor and Lord Chancellor, and others, to cause the fields about the City of London in which archery had been practiced from time immemorable, to be cleared of all obstructions to that exercise, for the space of two miles. But mod­ ern progress could not be held back.

Buildings were gradually encroaching on the archery grounds.

In 1632 King Charles I again ordered the obstructions cleared. Many a pitched battle was fought when the Archery Companies time and time again marched out to clear their sacred grounds of obstructions. In 1786 considerable encroachments had been made on the ancient marks belonging to the Company, and, by Court de­ cree, the Company again marched tout to tear down fences and other obsstructions to the free exercise of their ^privileges. But modern progress and —tthe invention of gun powder finally

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won out. In 1628 there were 164 marks. These had decreased by 1737 to 21 marks and 3 butts. Dr. Elmer says that two of these foundation stones of the ancient marks have been discovered in modern times. One, called “Whitehall,” was at the end of Dorchester Street, and the other was the “Scarlet Lion,” which was built into the wall of the Regent’s Canal.

The “Scarlet Lion” was removed by the Honorable Artillery Company of London (probably successor to the old Finsbury Archers), in 1881, and taken to their armory, where it is now on exhibition. And thus the end of the old Finsbury Roving Course. Today the NFAA carries on the traditions of the old Finsbury Archers. We have revived and modernized the roving courses and games to suit our modern times and requirements. May we have as long and glorious a his­ tory ahead of us as the old Finsbury Archers had before us.

Boost Seen In Archery Archery, one of the few sports not affected by priorities, has been a fa­ vorite with many Portlanders, ac­ cording to Dorothea Lensch, super­ visor of recreation for the bureau of parks. Since the opening of Sher­ wood field in Washington Park, more and more fans have found their way to the archery range and made use of the free instruction and free use of bows, arrows, targets, arm guards and finger tabs furnished by the city.

On the archery schedule for this season are regular classes for both children and adults. These classes will be conducted by Margaret Wright of the playground staff, who has scheduled adult classes on Monday and Wednesday nights beginning at 5:30 P. M. and both children’s and adults’ instruction every afternoon from 1:00 to 5:00 P. M. A prize for the high­ est score in the senior and the junior division will be awarded at the end of the season. The city archery tournament will be held late in July.

—Portland Oregonian.

The fifth annual Penna-Ohio tour­ nament was held at Youngstown, Pennsylvania, on June 7.

E. Hill Turnock won the men’s events.

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NFAA Bulletin OFFICERS

President—A. J. Michelson GIO F. P. Flint Bldg., Flint, Mich.

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

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

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Western—H. C. MacQuarric.

3-100 Fruitvale Ave., Oakland, Calif.

Mid-Western—Fred Bear, 2611 W. Philadelphia, Detroit, Mich.

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

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

By John L. Yount At the time this was written your secretary was once again way, way behind in his correspondence, but come H------ or high water he is go­ ing to be all caught up by the time you receive this magazine.

These periodic ball-ups are directly due to the war. You see we have a citrus grove as well as a job and the war has already played hob with the farm labor supply. The result of this combination is that we sometimes have to do ranch work when we should be writing letters.

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The medal problem is really some­ thing. We not only can’t get what we want, but we are having a tough time getting anything; so please have patience for we are bound to get them sooner or later.

I have just had my first look at the Henry Cummings trophy and, believe me, fellows, it is all right. You newer members may not know it, but this trophy was given the NFAA by Mr. Cummings to be presented as a per­ petual award to the men’s champion each year.

The winners to date are E. Hill Turnock for 1940 and Phil Conrad for 1941.

How about some of you fellows win­ ning a “20 pin.” Only two have been

awarded to date. These both went to members of the Malibu club, Roy Hoff and Carl Seastrom. These fel­ lows are good archers, but so are hun­ dreds of other archers. I am not trying to belittle their feat in winning this pin; I am trying to tell you that the average archer’s chance of win­ ning one of these pins is just about as good as the stars.

Pittsburgh Archery Club The Tri-State Invitational Tourna­ ment was held at North Park, Penn­ sylvania, on Memorial Day week­ end. The following winners are re­ ported : Men—York round, E. Hill Tur­ nock, 131-785; double American, E. Hill Turnock, 180-1362; single Amer­ ican, E. Hill Turnock, 90-702; Clout, E. Hill Turnock, 34-228; Flight, Herb Bane.

Women—National, Marion Nevergold, 69-389; Columbia, Marion Nevergold, 72-510; American, Marion Nevergold, 86-528; Clout, Tress Gal­ braith; Flight, Leona Bane.

Juniors—American, Bill McClurg, 88-526; double American, Bill Mc­ Clurg, 175-1043; Clout, Bill McClurg, 10-49.

Let’s hope all archers who intended to attend the National Tournament will buy War Bonds with the money they would have spent on the trip.

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Broum County Open Tournament One hundred archers from thirtythree cities in five states shot in the Brown County Open Archery Associ­ ation annual tournament held May 30 and 31 in the Brown County State Park, Indiana. This is a real record for war times.

Walter Sharp of Milwaukee, Wis­ consin, won the men’s championship with a total score of 310-2060, a new record for the association for the single York and double American rounds. Neil Altekruse of Ft.-Wayne, Indiana, was second, Carl Strang of Dearborn, Michigan third, and Dewey Thorsen of Batavia, Illinois, fourth.

Women’s championship went to Mildred Miller of Milwaukee, Wis­ consin, who scored 288-1956 in the double National and double Columbia rounds. Ruth Thorwarth of Belle­ view, Kentucky, was second, Mildred Mc£Jaught, Terre Haute, Indiana, third, and Dorothy Berscher, West­ mont, Illinois, fourth.

Boys’ championship was won by Henry Reineke, Chicago, with a total of 319-2101 (a new association rec­ ord) for the double junior American and double junior National rounds.

Russell Greer and James Swan, both

of Eureka, Illinois, were second and third, respectively.

Verdelle Krueger, Western Springs, Illinois, took the girls’ championship with 276-1368 points (a new associa­ tion record) in the junior rounds.

Patsy Finnegan of Ft. Thomas, Ken­ tucky, was second; Carol Krueger of Western Springs third; and Grace Mary Kruetzkamp of Covington, Ken­ tucky, fourth.

Herb Henderson won the men’s un­ limited and “50 pounds and under” flight events with respective shots of 393 yards, 1 foot, 11 inches, and 328 yards, five inches. Enid Duecker es­ tablished a new association record by shooting 354 yards, 1 foot, 6 inches, and Henry Reineke also set a new mark for boys to shoot at by sending a flight arrow 283 yards, 2 feet, 6^ inches.

Robert L. Ketcham of North Ver­ non, Indiana, won the W. B. Allen Memorial Trophy, mentioned in the last issue of Ye Sylvan Archer, for high score in the instinctive class.

This trophy was presented as a me­ morial for the late W. B. Allen, who was himself an instinctive shooter and one of the organizers of the Brown County Association.

Prize and Trophy table at Brown County Open Tournament

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Letter from England The following letter to Harold^Titcomb, Farmington, armiiigLuii, Maine, Mumc, from Lwu C. J. Smith, Chelmsford, Essex, England, will be of interest to our readers.

Mr. Titcomb makes the comment that Mr. Smith is a “Veteran of war 191418. Second best archer in England— often shot Yorks for score of 600-650.”

Dear Uncle HAT: Very many thanks for the copy of your letter to Weston Martyr. Of course I understand how busy you are and realize you cannot possibly reply to all the letters you receive. Just drop me a few words to let me know how you are going on whenever you can find the time. I had a letter from W. M. only a couple of days ago and he appears to be in his customary high spirits. A fortnight ago I went for an interview to the Infantry Rec­ ords office but they wouldn’t look at me because I was category “C.” It appears they want high grade men because they are for service overseas.

I was somewhat disappointed, and I agitated for a medical board so that I might be graded higher. Well, yes­ terday I went to Birmingham to ap­ pear before a medical Board and I was regraded category “A”!!!! Isn’t that splendid? The marks after the “A” are only exclamation marks. The colonel who was on the medical Board said I was fit to serve anywhere in the world—and in the next one also for that matter (this was the colonel’s afterthought, not mine). So there is a possibility that I might go overseas after all. I have been sent back again to my battery until such time as I am posted.

There has been a big weeding-out of officers over 45 years of age and the figures have now been published.

Only 11 per cent have been returned to civil life. I believe the figures are 1,760 out of 16,000 odd, and I don’t mind betting those 1,760 were a pretty useless bunch and are well rid of. I met some of the type when I was at

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my depot after leaving hospital and they were the hard-drinking type whose sole idea was drink and plenty of it coupled with a cushy job. The other type was the gutless ones who asked to be released. Yes, I think we are well rid of them because they helped to bring into disrepute all the old soldiers who were serving. There is nothing more that I want than to be free to go home and resume my old life once more, but I wouldn’t like to do it at a time like this, and any chap who asks to go, however unpal­ atable his job may be, when we are fighting for our very existence, can easily be spared by the army. Any­ way, that’s how I feel about the whole business, and yet some creatures— they are really nothing else—when speaking to my wife about me, re­ marked, “But whatever made your husband join the army—he wasn’t forced to go, was he?” Amazing, the criminal stupidity of some people, isn’t it?

I think the kind of job I am cut out for is training in small arms. I just love shooting of any description, es­ pecially with the bow. I think I could safely take on any of the troops I have yet seen shoot, with my bow against their tommy gun or revolver.

You know when you consider our shooting at 25 metres with the 5 c. m. bull, there are very few people who could beat us with revolvers or tommy gun, or even with a rifle when standing. I took a crowd up on the range with a tommy gun the other day. At 30 yards there were a lot of misses at a lifesize silhouette of a kneeling man. You would be sur­ prised how often there are misses.

I got him 9 out of 9 shots through the heart, and just to demonstrate to the boys I put up an electric light bulb at 30 yds. and got him first shot —standing, of course. There should be no such person as a non-combatant soldier in this war. I think everyone should be trained as a killer. To kill should be the primary function of everyone in uniform and until every­ one is trained to that end I think we are sadly falling short of our total war effort. After all the main way of killing is by shooting, but people are apt to overlook this fact in this age of mechanisation. They look upon the rifle as obsolete, ignoring the fact

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that the tank has to be destroyed by anti-tank rifle fire or some other weapon, and that the tank itself would be useless unless there is some­ one inside who can shoot. I suppose the same holds good more or less with the man who uses bombing sights and machine guns and cannon in our air­ craft.

I can’t remember if I wrote to you since I came here.

I am now at Bourton-on-the-water in the Cotswold country. It is a lovely little place with the river running alongside the village green. It is quite a show place in peacetime and is known as the Venice of England.

The Huns have been pretty busy here lately destroying places of his­ toric interest and up to date they have blitzed Bath, Norwich and York.

All my wife’s people live in Bath, but so far as I can get to know at present they are all safe, which is rather remarkable as there are about 10 families in different parts of the city.

Well, here’s to the time we begin to invade western Europe. My re­ gards to Mrs. Titcomb and yourself.

Yours sincerely, Sam.

Washington State Tournament The fourteenth annual tournament of the Washington State Archery As­ sociation was held in Seattle on June 13 and 14.

Just to show how hard or impossi­ ble it is to stop a group of enthusias­ tic archers we quote from Kore Dur­ yee’s report: “The range is the level of Lake Washington. It had rained steadilyfor ten days and the first break came the day before the tournament was to start. By Saturday morning there were still a few pools of water but it was a nice warm day. Everything was lovely. Was up at 6:00 A. M. Sunday and it was raining. Phone calls began to come in a half hour later. Went down to the field feeling sure the weather would break. Other archers were there and they began practicing. By 10:15 most of them had shown up and we decided to start shooting, and that crazy bunch of archers shot all day long in a strong wind and steady rain. This is the first tournament in 15 years that

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rain has interfered.”

Damon Howatt of Yakima won the men’s championship, with Herbert Halberg of Tacoma second, and N. A. Pearson of Seattle third.

Women’s champion is Dorothy Axtelle of Tacoma. Doris Lacey and Clare Babcock, both of Seattle, were second and third, respectively.

Billy Boak of Castle Rock won the boys’ and Patricia Ryan of Seattle the girls’ championships. Seattle took the team shoot.

Flight events were won as follows: men, R. W. Denton, 356 yards, 1 foot, 6 inches; women, Helen Ward, 237 yards; girls, Patricia Ryan, 192 yards; boys, Billy Boak, 296 yards.

At the business meeting S. L. Mi­ chael was elected president, and Ta­ coma selected for next year’s shoot.

Yount’s Victory Arrow

By Paul H. Gordon I was interested to read that Friend Yount is using, in his Victory arrow, a variation of a very effective arrow stunt.

Other archers may be interested to know that in its primitive form the headless arrow idea is fairly wide­ spread. Not only the American In­ dians, but the African Pygmies and many other primitive races using ar­ rows resort to the wood-pointing, heat-treating practice. It is described

by Pope and many others.

When I first came to take up arch­ ery some twenty years ago, the Boy Scout Handbook was my guide. The article on bows and arrows it con­ tained in those days was part of a chapter from Ernest Thompson Se­ ton’s “Two Little Savages.” In a somewhat altered form it also appears in “Rolf in the Woods,” by the same author.

A fair target and knockaround ar­ row point can be made by sharpening the tip of an arrow, and hardening it in the flame, charring it a bit, or . ___ vice versa. When arrow. heads are difficult to come by, this is an ex­ cellent dodge.

I used to point the birch shafts in an ordinary pencil sharpener, Not altogether to a point, however, A slightly flattish end of the shaft was ___ allowed to remain; perhaps 1-32 in. or 1-64 in. in diameter.

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Official Publication of the National Field Archery Association

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Editorial Again we have to apologize for be­ ing so far behind with our correspon­ dence and book work. However, if the stress of the times makes it neces­ sary for so efficient a man as John Yount to apologize, we can certainly get by even though our fault is much greater than his. Like John, we a?e resolving to have everything caught up and all subscriptions properly booked before this issue reaches our readers.

Subscriptions have been coming in so fast this spring that our old facil­ ities for mailing have proved entirely inadequate and have taken more time than we have had to spare; but we shall soon be better organized and ready for the many more names we expect to add to our list this summer.

We regret the necessity < f calling off the annual tournament of the Na­ tional Archery Association but be­ lieve the officials of the organization acted wisely at a time like this when all our efforts should be directed to­ ward winning the war. This does not mean that archery does not have a definite place in winning the war.

We must maintain the mental and

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physical well-being of all the people of the country. We must promote games of individual competitor in­ terest rather than spectator interest and archery fits well into such a pro­ gram. We should, however, keep the prosecution of the war well in mind in our participation and promotion of archery and not let our own sel­ fish pleasure or interests control our actions.

OREGON STATE ARCHERY TOURNAMENT IN JULY The sixteenth annual tournament of the .Oregon State Archery As­ sociation will be held at Forest Grove on July 3, 4 and 5, 1942.

Friday, July 3, will be devoted to Archery-golf and the NFAA field round. The contestants will be regis­ tered Saturday morning from 8:30 to 9:30 at McCormick Hall, Pacific University, and the shooting of the first American, first Colum­ bia, and first junior American rounds will occupy the remainder of the forenoon. Saturday afternoon will be spent in shooting the second American, second Columbia and sec­ ond junior American rounds. The annual business meeting and banquet of the association will be held in the Congregational Church at 6:30 P. M. Saturday.

Sunday morning at 7:00 o’clock the flight events will be held on the For­ est Grove golf course. Contestants should meet at 6:30 at McCormick Hall. Beginning at 9:00 A. M., the men will shoot the York, the ladies the National, and the juniors the jun­ ior Metropolitan rounds. Events of Sunday afternoon will be the clout and presentation of awards. All tar­ get events will be held on the athletic field of Pacific University.

Dr. H. H. Hewitt of Portland will be field captain and Miss Natalie Reichart of Corvallis, lady paramount.

Officers responsible for this year’s tournament are Ted Hunter, Sheri­ dan, president; LeRoy Smith, Cor­ nelius, chairman of the tournament committee; and V. D. McCauley, 505 North 11th Street, Corvallis, secre­ tary.

Send your NFAA membership to John Yount, Box 383, Redlands, Calif.

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Stories of Percy and Douglas

By George Martin in Archery News (England)

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(Continued from last issue)

Henry had granted the Wardenship of the West Marches to Northumber­ land and had conferred upon him the high office of Earl Constable of Eng­ land. He had confirmed Hotspur in the Wardenship of the East Marches, appointed him Governor of Berwick on Tweed of Roxburgh and of Car­ lisle, created him Justiciary cf Che­ shire, North Wales and Flintshire, Constable of Chester, Flint, Conway and Carnavon Castles and granted him for life the tenancy of the Island of Angelesea and Bamborough. But the discharge of the duties incident to those onerous offices involved ex­ ceptionally heavy expenses, and al­ though the sums furnished for such purpose by the King were substantial, they were probably not equal to the amounts disbursed by Northumber­ land and his son. Although the im­ portunities of the latter for payment of the arrears due to them were ig­ nored, they for some time suffered their wrongs—real or supposed—in sullen silence, but soon after Homildon Hill they resolved to appeal to the sword, a rupture being precipi­ tated by the lack of tact of the King.

In accordance with the laws of feudalism, Henry demanded the de­ livery up to him of the Percies’ most eminent prisoner Douglas but, as the King recognized the great services they had rendered in the battle, only by the mockery of a grant of the cap­ tives estates in Scotland, Hotspur peremptorily refused to comply with the royal command. He however soft­ ened his rebellious attitude by pro­ testing that he assumed it only in con­ sequence of the refusal by Henry of a boon which he had solicited, viz., that the king would graciously assent to Hotspur arranging for the ransom of his brother-in-law, Sir Edward Mortimer, when taken prisoner at the Battle of Knyghton. by Owen Glendower, who claimed to be the right­ ful Prince of Wales.

Mortimer was the guardian of his nephew Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March, then a child seven years of

age, who was the great grandson of Lionel, Duke of Clarence, the second son of Edward III, and whose title to the Crown was in priority to that of Henry, who was a son of John of Gaunt, the third son of Edward III. Henry, with the suspicion inherent in usurpers, feared that if an occa­ sion arose, the uncle might advance the claim of his nephew, consequent­ ly, he received with secret satisfac­ tion, the disablement of a possibly dangerous antagonist; moreover, it is said he even went so far as to in­ sult both Hotspur and his unfortun­ ate prisoner by insinuating that the latter had voluntarily joined Glendower in his rebellion.

Mortimer, however, effected his re­ lease in a manner not uncommon with knights who figure in romances, that of making love to and marrying the daughter of Glendower. Upon being restored to liberty, it was only nat­ ural that he should enter heartily into the views of Hotspur, his father and uncle for the overthrow of “This vile politician, Bolingsbroke.”

In pursuance of this design, Morti­ mer acquainted his followers that he proposed to aid his father-in-law in his righteous quarrel, the object of which was the restoration to the throne of King Richard II if still liv­ ing, or, in the event of his being dead, the proclamation as King of the Earl of March, who was the next lawful heir.

Recognizing the serious nature of the undertaking in which he was in­ volved, Hotspur obtained the cooper­ ation of a formidable auxiliary in the person of his prisoner Douglas, with whom he concluded a treaty highly satisfactory to both parties. In con­ sideration of the Scottish chief being released, without ransom, together with the dazzling promise of the Lordship of Berwick-on-Tweed and part of Northumberland being confer­ red upon him, he agreed to serve, with a number of knights following his banner, in the army of the insur­ gents.

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In order that the assembly of thentroops should not arouse the king’s suspicions, Hotspur and his associates pretended to be preparing for an ex­ pedition against Scotland, in winch Henry hastened to join. But when he had marched as far north as Burton-on-Trent, he received the ominous intelligence that Hotspur had ap­ peared on the borders of North Wales, where his offices of Justiciary and Constable gave him considerable in­ fluence and had summoned the inhab­ itants to rise for the restoration of King Richard II. In obedience to his call Hotspur was immediately joined by large forces, particularly the Arch­ ers of the City of Chester, all picked men, who had on a previous occasion demonstrated their loyalty to the late king, with which he marched to Shrewsbury, where he expected to be joined by his father and Owen Glendower at the head of their respective forces. These proceedings apprised Henry of his danger; ho immediately hurried to the west with such expe­ dition that he not only reached Shrewsbury before the arrival of the insurgents, but was in time to place his army between them and Glendower, who having arrived on the west bank of the Severn was pre­ vented from effecting a passage, by, in consequence of heavy rain, the river suddenly rising to an excep­ tional height.

Notwithstanding the non-arrival of Glendower or of his father, Hotspur resolved to give battle and assembled his army, mustering about 14,000 men on the slope of Hayteley Field, three and a half miles north of Shrewsbury whilst the royal army of about equal strength formed at a little distance.

In justification of his rebellion, Hotspur caused to be delivered to Henry a lengthy list of accusations, the principal of which were that the latter had traitorously usurped the Crown to the prejudice of both King Richard and the Earl of March who was the next heir, his treason being aggravated by his having solemnly declared that he came to England only in order to claim his own in­ heritance and that of his wife, had arbitrarily levied taxes without the consent of Parliament, had refused to permit the liberation of the Earl of Mortimer and had caused King

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Richard to perish from hunger, thirst and cold after fifteen days and nights of sufferings unheard of among Christians.

When on the perilous edge of battle, Hotspur asked his squire for his favourite sword, to which that negligent attendant replied that it had been left at Berwick, the village at which his master had slept on the preceding night, without however be­ coming acquainted with its name. The dauntless warrior, with a deep sigh, exclaimed: “Alas, then my death is near at hand, for a wizard once told me that I should not live long after I had seen Berwick which I thought was the town in the north, yet will I not be cheaply won.”

It was probably this dark omen which induced Hotspur to entertain a negotiation for a compromise, but it led to no result and Henry, upon the rejection of the terms proposed, ex­ claimed, “Banners advance,” where­ upon the air resounded with the rival shouts of “St. George for us” and “Esperance Percy” mingled with the twang of the long bows as showers of arrows were discharged by the Cheshire Archers with such deadly effect that in a few minutes part of the front of the royal army was bro­ ken. At this critical moment, the young Prince of Wales, the future vistor of Agincourt, regained the po­ sition by a vigorous charge, which was met by Percy’s followers with equal resolution and the battle re­ solved itself into a grim hand-to-hand struggle.

Hotspur and Douglas had resolved to insure victory by slaying the hated Bolingbroke, who, warned of his dan­ ger, had come to the field in the ar­ mour of a simple knight, whilst sev­ eral of his supporters assumed the trappings of royalty.

Hotspur: The King hath many marching in his coats.

Douglas: Now by my sword, I will kill all his coats; I’ll murder all his wardrobe, piece by piece, Until I meet the King.

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

In pursuance of their design Hot­ spur and Douglas, burning to win (Continued on page 12)

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May NF A A Tournament Report

By Karl E. Palmatier

EXPERT BOWMAN CLASS— Alfonso Gonzales, Bakersfield, Calif.

Roy Hoff, Los Angeles, Calif.

Emery Watts, Los Angeles, Calif.

Kenneth Moore, Los Angeles, Calif.

Perzy High, Los Angeles, Calif.

Leo Sipe, Los Angeles, Calif.

Tiny Munson, Malibu Mtn. Club Merle Hathaway, Los Angeles, Calif.

Kenneth Jones, Bakersfield, Calif.

Earl Grubbs, Los Angeles, Calif.

C. W. Seastrom, W. Hollywood, Calif.

Delmer Pletcher, Bakersfield, Calif.

Carl Seastrom, W. Hollywood, Calif.

John Tinsley, Bakersfield, Calif.

Irl Stamps, Seattle, Wash.

BOWMAN CLASS— Tracy Stalker, Flint, Mich.

Leo Hoffmeyer, Flint, Mich.

Charles Ratcliff, Highland Park,Mich.

Milan Elott, Seattle, Wash.

Lewis Richardson, Flint, Mich.

Jimmy Ratcliff, Detroit, Mich.

L. J. Markham, Durand, Mich.

Meryl Graham, Flint, Mich.

William Smith, Flint, Mich.

Franklin Jones, Everett, Wash.

Kore T. Duryee, Seattle, Wash.

Paul Ludwig, Los Angeles, Calif.

Bennett Gandy, Los Angeles, Calif.

W. C. Woolnough, Trenton, Mich.

Jim Murphy, Bakersfield. Calif.

Lloyd Perryman, Malibu Mtn. Club E. L. Kallander, Framingham, Mass.

Frank Litchfield, Flint, Mich.

James Dundas, Flint, Mich.

A. T. Wallis, Seattle, Wash.

Loren Hilderbrand, Detroit, Mich.

Ken Schindler, Highland Park, Mich.

Dwight Sherrill, Malibu Mtn. Club John Willard, Hollywood, Calif.

NOVICE CLASS— Pat Brady, Malibu Mtn. Club Alfred Sanchez, Bakersfield, Calif.

Al Leman, Malibu Mtn. Club Walter Walton, Hopkinton, Mass.

Bud Buchanan, Seattle, Wash.

T. Thorsen, Malibu Mtn. Club Robert Blackmore, Marysville, Wash.

A. J. Michelson, Flint, Mich.

Wellington Lewis, Hopkinton, Mass.

Basil Blackmore, Marysville, Wash.

28 28 Target Target Score Score 80-310 82-306 82- 306 75-295 64-255 80-309 83-301 83- 301 79-303 74-276 74-284 80-312 80- 312 65-245 64-250 58-218 60-224 72-293 84-310 84-310 67-267 76-294 58- 214 47-169 52-192 59-219 79-305 81-319 81- 319 52-183 55-211 51-181 49-183 59- 207 52-160

56 Target Score 162-616 139-550 163-609 153-57‘J 154-596 129-495 118-442 156-603 143-561 105-383 111-411 160-624 107-394 100-364 111-367

Han- Han­ di­ dicap cap Score 260 876 870 320 230 839 839 260 836 240 340 835 822 380 210 813 230 791 390 773 771 360 764 140 754 360 340 704 697 330

51-181 61-221 56-202 41-147 43-155 34-124 39-141 46-180 46-164 36-136 43-165 31-109 36-128 34-126 36-126 51-177

51-195 48- 184 49- 183 51-163 50- 180 34-119 37-141 41-141 44-164 36- 132 46-170 34-119 37- 131 21-67 43-155 56-209

100 50 70 140 100 190 150 110 100 140 50 140 100 140 40

59-229 39-142 48-184 46-174 32-112 34-140 42-156

35-139 47-182 34-132 29-105 38-138 32-108

102-376 109-405 105-385 92- 310 93- 100 67-243 76-282 87-321 90-328 72- 268 89-335 65- 227 73- 259 55-193 79-281 107-386 107-373 94- 368 86-324 82-316 73-279 70-250 66- 248

40-128 44-137 30-104

36-134 29-113 39-137

27- 105 30-106 29-109 28- 108

33-125 31-111 30-108 24-94

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28-108

76-262 73-250 69-241 67-238 60- 230 61- 217 59-215 52-200 55-193 50-190

476 455 455 450 435 433 432 431 428 408 385 367 359 333 321

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W. Harmon, Langley, Wash.

C. D. Cole, Seattle, Wash.

Art Partee, Seattle, Wash.

Dan McGrew, Paine Field, Wash.

Ed. J. Tweedale, Everett, Wash.

O. T. Sindars, Marysville, Wash.

EXPERT BOWMAN CLASS— Bessie Stephenson, Flint, Mich.

Kay Ratcliff, Highland Park, Mich.

Daisy Olsen, Royal Oak, Mich.

Frieda Hoff, Los Angeles, Calif.

Ruth Hathaway, Los Angeles, Calif.

Clara Jones, Bakersfield, Calif.

BOWMAN CLASS— Donna Diehl, Flint, Mich.

Bertha Hoffmeyer, Flint, Mich.

Lulu Stalker, Flint, Mich.

Minerva Gandy, Los Angeles, Calif.

Shirley Richey, Flint, Mich.

Ruby Hilderbrand, Detroit, Mich.

Marie Seastrom, W. Hollywood, Calif.

NOVICE CLASS— Mabie Meade, Flint, Mich.

Betty Richardson, Flint, Mich.

Amanda Sherrill, Malibu Mtn. Club Ina Woolnough, Trenton, Mich.

Blanche Wallis, Seattle, Wash.

Amanda Conrad

28 Target Score 21-79 16-60 21- 79 16- 54 22- 70 17- 57

28 Target Score 24-92 27-105 16-60 22-76 16-60 12-44

56 Target Score 45-171 43-165 37- 139 38- 130 38-130 29-101

Han- Han­ di­ dicap cap Score

48-188 44-166 47-175 46-164 54-186 38-130

55-217 30-114 47-165 47-177 47-169 39-137

103-405 74-280 94-340 93-341 101-355 77-267

80 180 100 80 60 120

485 460 440 421 415 387

30-106 36-138 33-123 30-114 27-101 23-89 32-116

25-105 35-127 35-129 29-111 32-110 31-105 22-76

55-211 71-265 68-252 59-225 59-211 54-194 54-192

200 130 130 150

411 395 382 375

21- 75 20-67 22- 82 14- 50 15- 59

24-82 20-80 14-50 18-62 13-43

45-157 40-147 36-132 32-112 28-102

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Leo Hoffmeyer will be in Expert Bowman Class, and Alfred Sanchez and Pat Brady will be in the Bowman Class next time.

Three scores from Massachusetts and promise of more for the next tourna­ ment. Yours are the first from the far east.

Awards for this meet: Expert Bowman Class, Men—1 medal and 2 ribbons; Women—3 ribbons; Bowman Class, Men—2 medals and 2 ribbons; Women— 3 ribbons; Novice Class, Men—1 medal and 2 ribbons; Women—3 ribbons.

Seventy-four archers participated in this tournament.

PERCY AND DOUGLAS (Continued from page 10)

renown in the eyes of each other, burst at the head of a select body of 30 knights into the centre of the royal army where they expected the king was stationed, for a time carrying all before them. They beat the royal standard to the ground, routed the king’s guards and slew every warrior who attempted to oppose them, in­ cluding four of the gallant men who particularly invited attack by their self-sacrificing masquerade in the king’s habiliments. For three hours the conflict was maintained with an

obstinacy equal to that ever displayed on any field in England.

In the midst of this scene of car­ nage, during which the Prince of Wales was wounded in the face by an arrow, Hotspur and Douglas fought their way into the centre of the royal army, but then realizing that they had failed to achieve their purpose, and, that, supported by only a few surviving adherents they were hemmed in by the enemy, they attempted to cut their way through to the main body of their forces, and had almost succeeded, when Hotspur, pierced by an arrow from an unknown hand, fell dead. The resolution of his fol­ lowers expired with their leader, they fled in confusion pursued by the

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King’s forces shouting “Victory and St. George.” About 5,000 of the vic­ tors were slain, the loss of the van­ quished does not appear to have been definitely ascertained, but it must have been still larger.

A field, close to the scene of battle, has long been identified as the tradi­ tional burying place of 8,000 of those who fell on that memorable day.

There exists a curious engraving of this celebrated engagement in “The Life of Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick” from a drawing by John Rous dating’ from about the year 1485. It represents the men at arms engaged in a confused struggle, whilst the archers on both sides are pouring volleys of arrows upon each other.

The fame of Hotspur immediately created the rumour (as in the case of so many other heroes), that he was still alive, to' disprove which, his body, placed between two millstones, was displayed at High Cross, Shrews­ bury, a spot now occupied by the Crown Hotel. His head was subse­ quently fixed on one of the gates of

London, Bristol, Newcastle and Ches­ ter.

Amongst the many prisoners were the Earl of Worcester, Hotspur’s uncle, Sir Richard Vernon and Lord Kinderton, who, as traitors were ex­ ecuted immediately after the engage­ ment, also Douglas, who severely wounded, was treated with the cour­ tesy, which in accordance with custom was displayed towards prisoners of war of high rank.

In invitation of the Conqueror, Henry caused to be erected upon the site of this sanguinary engagement, known to this day as Battlefield, a stately church in which Masses might be said for the repose of the souls of the slain, and he also founded a col­ lege of priests to serve it. This in­ tersting monument of the usurper’s generosity still stands, after having survived the storms, physical and po­ litical, of upwards of 500 years.

(Continued 'in next issue) Get in on the mail tournaments— save gas and rubber!

APRIL TOURNAMENT REPORT CORRECTIONS The cards from Bakersfield, California, for the April report were laid aside for checking and were not included in the report as they should have been.

The corrected standings in-the two classes affected are as follows: 28 28 ? 56 Han- Han­ Target Target Target di­ dicap Score Score Score cap Score EXPERT BOWMAN CLASS— 81-323 86-322 177-645 290 Kenneth Moore, Los Angeles, Calif.

935 79-311 78-306 157-617 270 887 Perzy High, Los Angeles, Calif.

58-224 74- 288 132-512 350 Leo Sipe, Los Angeles, Calif.

862 Emery Watts, Los Angeles, Calif.

77-304 75-291 152-595 240 835 55- 212 73-283 128-495 340 Roy Hoff, Los Angeles, Calif.

835 75-287 61-233 139-520 290 Robert King, Los Angeles, Calif.

810 56-212 63-248 119-460 350 John Tinsley, Bakersfield, Calif.

810 75-294 146-569 240 Kenneth Jones, Bakersfield, Calif.

71-275 809 Tiny Munson, Malibu Mtn. Club 54-206 56-218 110-434 380 804 E. J. Woodward, Redlands, Calif.

54-206 54-224 108-430 350 780 Delmer Pletcher, Bakersfield. Calif.

83-323 78-316 161-639 140 779 C. W. Seastrom, W. Hollywood, Calif.

56-225 50-190 106-415 360 775 Merle Hathaway, Los Angeles, Calif.

64-234 72-301 136-535 220 755 49-191 63-227 112-418 320 Irl Stamps, Seattle, Wash.

738 Earl Grubbs, Los Angeles, Calif.

46-167 52-192 98-359 370 729 BOWMAN CLASS— Clara Jones, Bakersfield, Calif.

30-116 50-200 80-316 140 456 Minerva Gandy, Los Angeles, Calif.

76-262 160 422 46-158 30- 104 Bertha Hoffmeyer, Flint, Mich.

34-124 31-115 65-239 130 369 59-223 120 Lulu Stalker, Flint, Mich.

30-120 29-103 343 50-186 Elizabeth Buck, Flint, Mich.

30-116 20-70 Clara Jones will be in the Expert Bowman Class for the May tournament. u

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