The theory and practice of archery

by Horace A. Ford; W. Butt

Loosing.

After the bow has been drawn up to its proper extent, and the aim correctly taken, there still remains one more point which the archer must achieve successfully before he can ensure the correct and desired flight of his arrow to its mark; and this is the point of loosing, which term is applied to the act of quitting or freeing the string from the fingers of the right hand which retain it. It is the last of Ascham's famous 'Quintette,' wherein, though he does not say much, yet what he does say is so much to the point that it may well be quoted. 'It must be so quycke and hard yet it be wyth oute all guides, so softe and gentle that the shafte flye not as it were sente out of a bow case. The meane betwixt bothe, whyche is the perfyte lowsynge, is not so hard to be folowed in shootynge as it is to be descrybed in the teachyng. For cleane lowsynge you must take hede of hyttynge anythynge aboute you. And for the same purpose Leo the Emperour would haue al archers in war to haue both theyr heades pouled and there berdes shauen, lest the heare of theyr heades should stop the syght of the eye, the heere of theyr berdes hinder the course of the strynge.'

This loosing is the archer's crowning difficulty; for no matter how correct and perfect may be all the rest of his performance, the result will infallibly prove a failure, and end in disappointment, unless the loose also be successfully mastered. Upon this the flight of the arrow mainly depends, and to how great an extent this may be affected by it may be gathered from the fact that the same bow with a like weight of arrow and length of pull will cast many yards further in the hands of one man than it will in those of another, owing solely and entirely to the different manner in which the string shall have been quitted.

No arguments are necessary to prove how delicate an operation it is in archery to loose well, and to accomplish, with the evenness, smoothness, and unvarying similarity necessary for accurate hitting, the consummating effort, including as it does on the one side of an instant the greatest exertion of muscles that on the other side of that instant are in perfect repose. But considerable misapprehension exists amongst archers as to what is a good loose, it being often thought that if an extreme sharpness of flight be communicated to the arrow, it is conclusive evidence as to the goodness of the loose, without reference to the consideration that this extreme sharpness of loose seldom produces steadily successful hitting at any distance, and still less frequently is effective at all the distances. A thoroughly good loose cannot exist unless accuracy of hitting as well as keenness of flight be the combined result; and if the two cannot be obtained together, a slower flight with accuracy rises immeasurably superior to the rapid flight with uncertainty.

The flight of an arrow keenly loosed is as fair to view as that of any bird, whilst the flight of an arrow that is badly loosed is as uninteresting as the staggerings of a drunken man. This is quite apart from the consideration of hitting the object aimed at; but when the question resolves itself into this practical form—'Is it possible for the same mode of loosing to give the utmost rapidity of flight and at the same time certainty of line and elevation?'—the consensus of experience should be in the negative. There is no denying that a few successive arrows may be shot accurately in this way, but during any prolonged period the inaccuracy of flight is sure to be such as to render the average shooting inferior. The difficulty, amounting almost to an impossibility, of obtaining a loose which shall combine great sharpness and accuracy of flight at the same time arises from the fact that such a loose requires, to obtain that sharpness, that the fingers of the right hand be snatched away from the string with such suddenness and rapidity as to compromise the second quality of accuracy—such a sudden jerk of the string endangering the steadiness of the left arm at the final moment, and, by its unavoidable irregularity, not only having a tendency to drag the string and consequently the arrow out of the proper line of flight, but also simultaneously to vary the elevation. Excepting for long-distance shooting, then, a very sharp loose cannot be recommended; nevertheless, in case he may be at any time engaged therein, the archer perfect at all points should have it under his command.

The different looses may now be divided into the slashing loose, which may degenerate into the snatch or may be improved into the steady continuous loose. The chief contrast to this is the dead loose, which in strong hands is very useful. This consists of the simple opening of the fingers for the escape of the string, and is liable to degenerate into the creeping loose, which need not be further referred to except for the purpose of again urging its avoidance. Another loose, which may be called an active loose, is an appreciable improvement upon the dead loose in that the fingers at the loosing instant are withdrawn from the string, though without any further draw, and will be found, after the escape of the string, to have resumed their previous position—i.e. curled up instead of being sprawled out straight as is the case in the dead loose. The only remaining loose may be called the lively loose, and consists of a short and quick additional draw, after the aim has been taken, of say from half an inch to three inches, and finished with an active loose, and care must be taken to prevent the degeneration of this into a snatch.

Before the final treatment of the loose be entered upon, it will be useful to consider how the different sorts of shooting-gloves and finger-tips affect this intricate operation. Doubtless in the times when the English archer was in such high repute in battle, the only loose suitable to the old glove was the slash, as the only method of quitting the string, which, with the strongest bow each individual could use, must, for the longest pull on such bow, have been gripped as close as possible to the inside of the knuckles of the last joints of the two or three fingers used. No other loose could be employed with any chance of obtaining full results from the work done, and it is evident from the Acts of Parliament on the subject that in the archer's drill none but long-distance shooting was countenanced. The comparatively modern finger-tips or thimbles connected by straps at the back of the hand and buckled on round the wrist must have been used with the same slashing sort of loose. But, with the old tab made of horse-butt leather, and all the different neatly-fitting tips with catches that have been invented long since the commencement of the public meetings at which York Rounds are shot, a much steadier and quieter loose may be obtained without wasting any of the work done; but, it must be admitted, with the general result that there is some slight decrease in the average strength of the bows that are used now. Moreover, it has been found that in the closely-contested matches of the present times the slashing sort of loose stands at a positive disadvantage at the shorter ranges.

Fig. 46.

With the glove and tab and tips without catches the best loose may be obtained with the fingers extended as far as is compatible with the retention of the string; and, by applying the fingers almost diagonally to the string, a very firm grip is secured combined with much facility of liberation (fig. 46, p. 128). With the help of catches on the tips the string can be taught to rest at any intermediate point on the last joint or third phalanx of either of the fingers—it will be found more convenient here to use the word phalanx for each part of the finger, each finger having three phalanges, first, second, and third—and the most entirely different hold on the string to the one previously described is that where the fingers are almost completely curled up (fig. 45); with an active or lively loose the string may be very sharply quitted with this hold, but it is more liable to strain the fingers, unless the bow be weak, and the high-set catch, though more popular twenty years ago, is now very little used. With a strong common glove and all four fingers on the string, this extreme position has been known to contribute to first-rate scores at all the distances, and it is probably the necessary position when four fingers are used.

Fig. 45.

The intermediate position between these two extremes will probably be found the best, and this may be thus described.

The third phalanx of the middle finger should be as nearly as possible at right angles with the line of the drawn-up arrow.

The second phalanx will make an obtuse angle with the third, and the first about the same obtuse angle with the second; and these obtuse angles will vary in individual instances according to the stiffness or suppleness of the finger-joints.

The back of the hand will incline slightly away from the line through the forearm, so that the line from the elbow through the wrist may be quite straight with the same line continued through the wrist to the position of the string on the fingers at A. The positions of the phalanges of the first and third fingers will vary from those of the second finger, as shown in fig. 44.

Fig. 44.

This position of the string across the fingers should be neither too near to nor too far from the tips, as too great a grip necessitates a drag or a jerk to free the fingers, besides exposing more surface to the friction of the string in passing over it; whilst an insufficient hold of the string weakens the shooter's command over it, and renders the giving way of the finger a constant occurrence. It is therefore recommended that the string be placed as nearly as possible midway between the tips and first joints of the fingers.

Now a good loose may be described as possessing the characteristic that the fingers do not go forward one hair's breadth with the string, but their action is, as it were, a continuance of the draw rather than an independent movement, yet accompanied with just enough additional muscular action in a direction away from the bow and simultaneous expansion of the last joints of the fingers at the final instant of quitting the string as to admit of its instantaneous freedom from all and each of them at the same identical moment of time; for should one finger linger on the string but the minutest moment longer than its fellows, or should all or any of them follow forward with the string in the slightest degree, the loose will be faulty and the shot a probable failure. So slight, however, is this muscular movement that, though a distinct and appreciable fact to the mind of the shooter, it is hardly if at all perceptible to the lookers-on, as in a good loose the fingers should instantly recover their holding position, but will be at a slight though appreciable distance further from the bow consequent upon the combined effect of the removal of the pulling weight of the bow and the loosing effort. A passage out of Mr. Townsend's article, 'How should the String be Loosed,' in the 'Archer's Register for 1866-7,' may here be quoted. 'The string of the bow having been pulled to the fullest extent intended, and the pause having been felt or made, next comes the loose; and, as this must be effected by an opening of the fingers, the tendency of the string would be to run forward, if ever so little, during the opening; and, as the whole spring [cast] of the bow is not given to the string [and arrow] until it is altogether freed from the fingers, so, to prevent [the] loss of power, the pulling hand and arm are drawn so much further back, as the opening of the fingers would allow the string to run forward before it is altogether released. Thus the string in reality remains stationary or nearly so [quite so] during the loose; and the fingers are freed without going one hair's breadth forward with the string.'

As an assistance towards this instantaneous recovery of the loosing fingers, some archers wore silver rings round the first phalanges of their three fingers, and these rings were connected by india-rubber straps with the finger-tips, thus compelling the first and third phalanges to approximate, as described in the Mason tips.

Mr. Townsend's 'india-rubber practising apparatus' has not been seen for many years, though of great assistance in experiments and in correcting faults and general improvement of drawing and loosing.

Some archers use only the first and second fingers, and the loose thus obtained possesses the advantage that the string when quitting the fingers has less surface in contact with it.

Mr. Ford's own latest loose was from the first and third fingers, with the second finger packed upon the back of the first finger for its support; and he has been heard to declare that this arrangement of the fingers gives the best loose possible, as already described.

One of the commonest faults at the present day is the habit of making the third finger do more than its fair share of work. Evidence of this failing may be found in the fact that blisters are far more common on the third finger than on either of the others, and a frequent result is that the muscles of the third finger get strained and even partially torn from their attachments. This is one of the most frequent causes of the breakdown of archers who practise much. This may be avoided and the loose much improved by turning the backs of the fingers while drawing slightly upwards, and inwards, and thus exerting more pressure with the forefinger. An example of what is meant may be seen in the [picture] (opp. p. 122) of Major Fisher, whose loose is remarkably good. Here it will be seen that the line of the knuckles is not perpendicular, but slopes outwards and downwards from the knuckle of the forefinger to that of the fourth.

The utility of catches on the finger-tips has already been explained in a previous chapter, but may be further mentioned in connection with the loose as contributing by an invariable hold on the string to a constant repetition of exactly the same loose.

Especial care must be taken that, whilst loosing, the left arm must maintain its position firmly and unwaveringly, and must not give way at the final moment in the slightest degree in the direction towards the right hand, as arrows constantly dropping short are the certain consequence of any such shrinking of the bow-arm—the same injurious effect being produced on their flight as when the fingers of the right hand are allowed to go forward with the string. This yielding of the left arm is of more constant occurrence than archers will generally admit, and is the cause of many an arrow, otherwise correctly treated, missing its mark. This failing is not unfrequently the result of too much practice. All must be firm to the last, and the attention of the shooter should never be relaxed for a single instant until the arrow has actually left the bow. But, though this firmness be necessary for the shooting of an arrow it is not necessary, however satisfactory the result or good the attitude, to remain for some seconds in rivalry with the Apollo Belvedere; the bow-arm should, if possible, be instantly and quietly moved to the left whilst the next arrow is procured from the quiver or whilst the shooting station is given up to the next in order; and this leftward motion of the left arm will correct the very general tendency there is to throw the upper horn of the bow to the right and downwards convulsively, which is a very frequent and unsightly antic. Many of the other objectionable antics already referred to are brought to perfection at this instant, and should also be most carefully avoided.

---

CHAPTER XI.
OF DISTANCE SHOOTING, AND DIFFERENT ROUNDS

The attention may now be turned to the results obtained by the use of the bow and arrow.

The best notion of the old practice of archery may be gained from a review of the ancient butts or shooting-fields of our ancestors. These shooting-grounds were evidently attached to every town (if not also village) in the kingdom, as may be gathered from the universal survival of the local name of Butts. There is extant 'A plan of all the marks belonging to the Honourable Artillery Company in the fields near Finsbury, with the true distance as they stood, Anno 1737, for the use of long-bows, cross-bows, hand guns, and artillery.' These marks all have different appellations, and there is but one single instance of a repetition of the same distance between one of these marks and the other.

The ground on which these marks were situated appears to extend from a mark called Castle[6] to Islington Common, and there were two sets of actual butts at the Islington end. The distance between the one pair of these butts is given as six score and ten yards—i.e. 130 yards. The distance between the other pair is not given in the plan, but it appears to be less than half of the other, and is probably about sixty yards. The whole length of these shooting-fields appears to be about one mile on the plan; and this is about the actual distance between the Artillery Ground and the 'Angel,' Islington. The longest distance between any of the two marks is thirteen score and five yards—i.e. 265 yards—between Turk's Whale and Absoly. Here follow the names of the marks; and these may possibly be still traced in the neighbourhood in some instances. The distances are also given.

The start is made from 'Castle.'

	Score yards	Yards
From Castle to Gard stone	9·5	185
From Gard stone to Arnold	10·0	200
From Arnold to Turk's Whale	8·4	164
From Turk's Whale to Lambeth	3·13	73
From Lambeth to Westminster Hall	11·7	227
From Westminster Hall to White Hall	11·2	222
From White Hall to Pitfield	7·17	157
From Pitfield[7] to Nevil's House or 'Rosemary Branch'	9·17	197
Total yards		1425

At 'Nevil's House' there appears to be a break in the marks, but they are taken up again at the 'Levant.'

	Score yards	Yards
From the Levant to Welch Hall	8·18	178
From Welch Hall to Butt (1)	11·11	231
From Butt(1) to Butt(2) on Islington Common	6·18	138
And, on going back to Welch Hall, from Welch Hall to Egg-Pye	10·10	210
Total yards		757

Here there is another break.

To continue the round of the marks on the return journey without going over the same distance twice, return to Pitfield.

	Score yards	Yards
From Pitfield to Bob Peek	11·3	223
From Bob Peek to Old Absoly	8·12	172
From Old Absoly to Pitfield	10·16	216
From Pitfield to Edw. Gold	6·11	131
From Edw. Gold to Jehu	9·9	189
From Jehu to Old Absoly	8·17	177
From Old Absoly to Scarlet	9·11	191
From Scarlet to Edw. Gold	7·2	142
From Edw. Gold to White Hall	12·2	242
From White Hall to Scarlet	12·2	242
From Scarlet to Jehu	4·2	82
From Jehu to Blackwell Hall	9·18	198
From Blackwell Hall to Scarlet	9·6	186
From Scarlet to Star or Dial	9·14	194
From Star or Dial to White Hall	7·0	140
Total yards		2725

Returning to Star or Dial:—

	Score yards	Yards
From Star or Dial to Westminster Hall	8·8	168
From Westminster Hall to Dial or Monument	8·4	164
From Dial or Monument to Star or Dial	9·9	189
From Star or Dial to Blackwell Hall	13·5	185
From Blackwell Hall to Old Speering	9·1	129
From Old Speering to Star or Dial	9·16	196
Total yards		1031

Returning to Blackwell Hall:—

	Score yards	Yards
From Blackwell Hall to Dial or Monument	10·16	216
From Dial or Monument to Lambeth	6·10	130
From Lambeth to Old Speering	10·8	208
Total yards		554

Returning to Lambeth:—

	Score yards	Yards
From Lambeth to Day's Deed	8·14	174
From Day's Deed to Turk's Whale	9·12	192
From Turk's Whale to Absoly (longest)	13·5	265
From Absoly to Arnold	9·1	181
From Arnold to Blood House Bridge	7·14	154
Total yards		966

Returning to Day's Deed:—

	Score yards	Yards
From Day's Deed to Absoly	9·11	191
From Absoly to Gard stone	9·15	195
Total yards		386

The sum of all these distances amounts to about 4-1/2 miles, being actually 4 miles and 804 yards. There is a pathway extending the whole distance from Blood House Bridge to Islington Common. There are boggy places set down as lying between Turk's Whale and Absoly, and Turk's Whale and Day's Deed. There is also a bog located between the two nearest butts, which must have been inconvenient; also a pond on one side, and another bog on the other side of them.

Two other measurements are given—namely, fifteen score and eight yards, or 308 yards, for the length of a garden wall lying some yards to the right of the White Hall and Pitfield marks; and sixteen score and two yards, or 322 yards, in the same neighbourhood, close by the pathway, and indicating about the distance between Star or Dial and Edw. Gold.

The widest part of these shooting-fields seems to be at about this same part—viz. from White Hall to Scarlet 242 yards, and on to Jehu 82 yards, a total width of 324 yards; and the narrowest part extends from Nevil's House to Islington Common, in which narrow part are both the sets of butts.

There appear to be some eight or ten fields included in the plan, with hedges indicated, but there is no appearance of either a road or a pathway crossing them.

These marks, giving a great variety of distances, from the shortest of 73 yards between Turk's Whale and Lambeth to the longest of 265 already particularised, seem admirably calculated for the training of the old English archer and the teaching him readily to calculate the various distances at any time between himself and his enemy; and it is worthy of observation that all these distances are well within the belief of modern archers as such distances as—bearing in mind that there is no evidence of general deterioration—our ancestors could easily compass, seeing that there are well-authenticated instances of lengths somewhat beyond 300 yards having been attained in modern times without any lengthened special training.

In these fields no doubt was seen the clout shooting, which is still kept up by the Woodmen of Arden, at Meriden in Warwickshire, and by the archers of the Scottish Bodyguard at Edinburgh.

This style of shooting is so called from the aim having been taken at any white mark (cloth, etc.), placed at a fixed distance; but the clout in use now is a white target with a black centre, set slantwise on the ground. The distances vary from 180 to 240 yards, and this latter distance may be taken as about the extreme range of this style of shooting in olden times; as Shakespeare mentions (2 Henry IV. iii. 2) that 'old Double,' who 'drew a good bow,' and 'shot a fine shoot,' 'would have clapped i' the clout at twelve score, and carried you a forehand shaft a fourteen and fourteen and a half, that it would have done a man's heart good to see.' As the clout is but rarely hit, the arrow nearest to it at each end, if within three bows' lengths (about eighteen feet) of it, counts as in bowls and quoits.

When the Grand National Archery Meeting was held at Edinburgh in 1850, some of this shooting was introduced, with the result that, out of 2,268 shots at 180 yards, there were 10 hits, and out of 888 shots at 200 yards there were 5 hits.

At the meetings at Meriden stands a marker right in front of this clout, whose duty it is to signal back to each archer, when he has shot, whether his arrow fall short, or go too far, or wide, and—to avoid being hit himself.

The ordinary target arrows may be used in this practice up to the distance of 200 yards, but beyond this distance much stronger bows or flight arrows must be employed.

In these fields, too, would be kept up the practice of roving, or taking, as the object to be aimed at, not these or any known mark, but some stray or accidental mark. This practice must have been valuable in olden times in testing the knowledge of distances acquired at the different fixed marks, and it would still be interesting as an amusement, but it is not now so easy to find grounds sufficiently open for the purpose. Where there is sufficient space for golf links, roving might still be practised, and already the golfer's ball and the archer's arrow have been matched together between hole and hole.

Of flight-shooting, or shooting with flight or light arrows, it may be said that such practice was probably in vogue in old times for the purpose of annoying the enemy whilst at a distance, or in such a ruse as is described by Hall in his account of the battle of Towton in 1461, when 'The Lord Fawconbridge, which led the forward of King Edwardes battail, beinge a man of great Polyce, and of much experience in Marciall feates, caused every archer under his standard to shoot one flight (which before he caused them to provyde), and then made them to stand still. The Northern men, felyng the shoot, but by reason of the snow not wel vewyng the distaunce betwene them and their enemies, like hardy men shot their schefe arrowes as fast as they might, but al their shot was lost and their labor vayn, for thei came not nere the Southern men by xl. tailors' yerdes.'

Flight-shooting has also been used in experiments to determine the extreme casts of different weights and kinds of bows, and the greatest range attainable by the power and skill of individual archers. As a result of such experiments, it may be stated that very few archers can cover more, or even as much as, 300 yards. To attain this range, a bow of at least sixty-two or sixty-three pounds must not only be used but thoroughly mastered, not merely as regards the drawing, but in respect of quickness and sharpness of loose also.

The only remaining style of shooting in vogue in old times—that at the butts or mounds of earth—was known as prick-shooting, a small mark being fixed upon the butt and shot at from various distances. This style of shooting was probably popular even then, as many of the Acts of Parliament are levelled against it, on account of its interfering with the more robust practice of the long distances necessary for the purpose of war. This prick-shooting next became known as the paper game, when cardboard, and paper stretched on canvas, were placed on the butts. It is not very clear when such targets as are now in use came into fashion, with their gaudy heraldic faces. The distances employed for this butt-shooting appear to have been differently calculated from the lengths in the longer-distance shooting, an obsolete measure of 7-1/2 yards, known as an archer's rood, having been employed; and the butt-shooting in vogue at the revival of archery in 1781 was at the distances of 4, 8, 12, and 16 roods, or 30, 60, 90, and 120 yards; and the modern distances of 60 yards, 80 yards, and 100 yards do not seem to have come into use until they were mentioned towards the end of the last century as Princes' lengths at the annual contests held in the grounds of the Royal Toxophilite Society, for the possession of the silver bugles presented by their patron, George IV., then Prince of Wales.

About the date of the Introduction of the York Round in 1844, two other rounds were in use amongst archers and in archery clubs. These were the St. Leonard's Round, which first consisted of 75 arrows at 60 yards only, but afterwards of 36 arrows at 80 yards, and 39 arrows at 60 yards; and the St. George's Round, consisting of 36 arrows at each of the distances of 100 yards, 80 yards, and 60 yards, the round of the St. George's Archers, who occupied grounds in St. John's Wood, near London.

The York Round, having been now firmly established for more than forty years as the round appointed to be shot at all the public archery meetings, has become the acknowledged test of excellence in bow practice, and all other rounds have dropped out of use with the exception of the round known as the National Round, which is practised by ladies at the public meetings, and consists of 48 arrows at 60 yards and 24 arrows at 50 yards; and of 48 arrows at 80 yards and 24 arrows at 60 yards, as practised by gentlemen at meetings where the 100 yards shooting is omitted.

---

CHAPTER XII.
ARCHERY SOCIETIES, 'RECORDS,' ETC.

Prince Arthur, the elder brother of King Henry VIII., enjoys the reputation of having been an expert archer, and it is believed that in his honour a good shot was named after him; but as he was born in 1486 and died in 1502, his skill in the craft cannot have had time to arrive at maturity, though even in modern times a stripling has occasionally snatched the palm of success from the more mature experts.

That King Henry VIII. took a deep interest in archery as necessary for the safety and glory of his kingdom is quite certain, and the various Acts of Parliament passed in the course of his reign (3 Henry VIII. ch. 3, 4, 13; 6 Henry VIII. ch. 2, 11, 13; 14 & 15 Henry VIII. ch. 7; 25 Henry VIII. ch. 17; and 33 Henry VIII. 6 & 9) sufficiently prove his determination to stimulate the more frequent use of the long bow. But, apart from his public encouragement of archery, he took personal interest in it himself, and, being a famous athlete, he was no doubt as successful with his bow as his natural impatience would allow. The following extracts from the accounts of his privy purse for the year 1531, when he was forty-one years of age, may be taken as the nearest approach to his actual scores that can be reached. The late Lord Dudley's score at 60 yards, when shooting with one of the best shots at that distance, at one guinea per arrow, must have shown an equally unfavourable balance:—

'20 March.—Paied to George Coton for vij shottes loste by the Kinges Grace unto him at Totehill at vjs. viijd. the shotte xlvjs. viijd.

'29 March.—Paied to George Gifford for so moche money he wanne of the Kinges Grace unto him at Totehill at shoting xijs. vjd.

'13 May.—Paied to George Coton for that he wanne of the Kinges Grace at the Roundes the laste day of April iijl.

'3 June.—Paied to George Coton for so moche money by him wonne of the Kinges Grace at bettes in shoting vijl. iis.'

And again on the last day of June there were 'paied to the iii Cotons for three settes which the King had lost to them in Greenwich Park xxl. and vjs. viijd. more to one of them for one up shotte.'

This George Coton (Cotton) is probably the same person who was governor to the Duke of Richmond, the King's natural son.

On January 31, 1531, 'paied to Byrde Yoeman of the Kinges bowes for making the Roundes at Totehill by the Kinges commandment xijs. viijd.'

The musters, or what we should now call reviews, were at this time held in the Tothill Fields.

Sir W. Cavendish, the historian of Cardinal Wolsey, thus speaks of his interview with the King in 1530, when he was the bearer of the news of the death[8] of Wolsey to the King, then staying at Hampton Court. (See Cavendish's 'Wolsey,' 1827, p. 396.)

'Upon the morrow (of St. Nicholas Eve, 1530) I was sent for by the King to come to his grace; and being in Master Kingston's chamber in the Court (Hampton Court), had knowledge thereof, and repairing to the King, found him shooting at the rounds in the park, on the backside of the garden.

'And perceiving him occupied in shooting, thought it not my duty to trouble him: but leaned to a tree, intending to stand there, and to attend his gracious pleasure. Being in a great study, at last the King came suddenly behind me, where I stood, and clapped his hand upon my shoulder; and, when I perceived him, I fell upon my knee. To whom he said, calling me by name, "I will," quoth he, "make an end of my game, and then will I talk with you," and so he departed to his mark, whereat the game was ended.

'Then the King delivered his bow unto the yeoman of his bows, and went his way inward to the palace, whom I followed.'

Sir Thos. Elyot, the first edition of whose book, the 'Governour,' was printed in 1531, devoted chapter xxvii. to the praise of the long bow, and was the earliest writer on the subject of archery, unless the unknown author of the 'Book of King Modus,' which is said by Hansard ('Book of Archery,' 1840, p. 210) to be 'preserved in the royal library at Paris,' wrote about two centuries and a half before the 'Toxophilus,' by Roger Ascham, was printed in 1545.

Neither Elyot nor Ascham makes any mention of the societies of archers known as the Fraternities of St. George and of Prince Arthur, but something of the kind is plainly indicated by Richard Mulcaster in his book, the 'Positions,' published in 1581, where he quaintly says, 'This exercise' (archery) 'I do like best generally of any rounde stirring without the dores, upon the causes before alleaged: which, if I did not that worthy man our late learned countriman Maister Askam, would be halfe angrie with me though he were of milde disposition, who both for the trayning of the Archer to his bowe and the scholler to his booke, hath showed himselfe a cunning archer and a skilful maister.

'In the middest of so many earnest matters I may be allowed to intermingle one which hath a relice of mirthe: for in praysing of Archerie as a principall exercise to the preseruing of health how can I but prayse them who profess it thoroughly and maintain it nobly, the friendly and franke fellowship of Prince Arthur's knights in and about the Citie of London which of late yeares have so reuiued the exercise, so countenaunced the artificers, so inflamed emulation, as in themselues for friendly meting, in workmen for good gayning, in companies for earnest comparing, it is almost growne to an orderly discipline, to cherishe louing society, to enriche labouring pouerty, to maintaine honest actiuitie, which their so encouraging the under trauellours, and so increasing the healthfull traine, if I had sacred to silence would not my good friend in the Citie, Maister Heugh Offley, and the same my noble fellow in that order, Syr Launcelot, at our next meeting haue giuen me a sowre nodde, being the chief furtherer of the fact, which I commend, and the famousest knight of the fellowship, which I am of? Nay, would not even Prince Arthur himself, Maister Thomas Smith, and the whole table of those wel known knights, and most actiue Archers haue layd in their challeng against their fellow knight, if, speaking of their pastime, I should haue spared their names? Whereunto I am easily led bycause the exercise deseruing suche prayse, they that loue so prayseworthy a thing, neither can themselues, neither ought at my hande to be hudled up in silence.'

In 'the Auncient order Societie and unitie laudable of Prince Arthure and his Knightly Armory of the Round Table London, 1583,' Richard Robinson says, 'King Henry VIII. not onely ... proceeded with what his Father had begun,' by keeping up a body guard of archers, 'but also added greater dignity ... by his gracious charter confirmed unto the worshipful citizens (of London) ... this your now famous Order of Knights of Prince Arthure's Round Table or Society.'

But when the practice of archery was enforced by Act of Parliament, and there were shooting butts and fields at hand almost everywhere for the use of those who took a genuine interest in the exercise, there could be but little reason for the introduction of archery societies and clubs. The meetings for the exhibition of skill would be the regular musters.

How different the position of archery would have been if, instead of clamouring for and getting passed irksome Acts of Parliament, compelling all to shoot, archers, bowmakers, fletchers and others had started a National Long-Bow Association with State sanction and encouragement for the promotion of this exercise and the reward of the most successful shots!

As in early times there were great musters or reviews of companies of archers, of whom the sole actual survivor is the Royal Body-Guard of Scotland (the Archers Company of the Honourable Artillery Company, itself originally a body of archers, was revived late in the last century, and is now represented by the Royal Toxophilite Society) for military display; and local festivities, and wardmotes, as still maintained by the Woodmen of Arden (revived in 1785) and the Scorton Arrow Meetings (dating back to 1673), for the glorification of the best local shots; and the daily use of the long-bow for exercise and sport, i.e. killing of game; so now there are the meetings of the Grand National Archery Society, established for the peaceable purpose of annually rewarding the champion and championess and other illustrious archers, as hereafter set out in the full account of these meetings, and also the local public meetings of similar character also given; and in addition to these there are the meetings of the numerous archery societies and clubs in different localities, and the constant private practice either at home or on club grounds.

Nothing is now to be gained by insisting upon the marked inferiority of the 'incomparable archers' who flourished towards the close of the eighteenth and in the first half of the present centuries, as compared with the many strong and accurate shots who have displayed their skill since the establishment of the Grand National Archery Meetings. Mr. H. A. Ford seems to have been unable to find any records of shooting at 100 yards where more than one-half of the shots were hits, though he says (p. 112), 'I have seen a letter as late as 1845, from good old Mr. Roberts' (the author of the 'English Bowman,' 1801), 'who was well acquainted with the powers of all the best archers of the preceding half-century, in which he states "he never knew but one man that could accomplish it."' This one man was probably Mr. Augustus L. Marsh, Royal Toxophilite Society, who owned, and was able to use, the magnificent self-yew bow of 85 lbs. now in the possession of Mr. Buchanan, of 215 Piccadilly, as may be seen from the following records of his best scores in 1837:—

1837			Hits	Score
June	1	at 4 ft. targets, 100 shots at 100 yards	61	233
"	27	" " "	59	235
"	29	" " "	52	214
July	6	" " "	54	204
"	11	" " "	58	246
"	20	" " "	58	204
"	21	" " "	51	197

These would be considered even respectable performances now when hits in the petticoat count, and all hits between the colours count in that of higher value, also when three arrows are shot consecutively, instead of two separately, at each end. Competitive examinations had not then been brought to their more recent perfection, and standards of excellence in athletics were as yet unrecorded. Professor John Wilson's ('Christopher North') wonderful long jump remained as unsurpassable as the 'Douglas cast,' unless it were, perhaps, beaten or preceded by the deeds of the wondrous athlete who could clear a full-sized billiard-table lengthwise, though in his first attempt to do so he failed through knocking the back of his head against the far side of the table.

Mr. Frederick Townsend, in 1865, made the best 'record' of shooting at 100 yards, at a wardmote of the Woodmen of Arden, when all the old customs just referred to were still, as now, in vogue, his score being 322 from 80 hits out of 150 shots.

There is now left for consideration the subject of 'record,' or standard of highest excellence at the public meetings, and it appears that Mr. A. P. Moore's performance at Derby in 1849 of 747, when, however, Mr. H. A. Ford became champion by the points, was the earliest notable score. Mr. H. A. Ford improved upon this in the next year at Edinburgh by scoring 899, and in 1854, at Shrewsbury, he made an advance to 1,074. In 1857, at Cheltenham, he took the record on to 1,251 score with 245 hits, and there it now remains.

The first eminent score by a championess was 634, made by Miss H. Chetwynd at Cheltenham, also in 1857. Mrs. Horniblow took the record on to 660 at Worcester in 1862, Miss Betham next advanced it, at the Alexandra Park Meeting in 1864, to 693. At Bath, in 1870, Mrs. Horniblow took it further to 700, and also still further to 764, with 142 hits, in 1873 at Leamington, and at that point it now remains, though very closely approached by Miss Legh's score of 763 at Sutton Coldfield in 1881.

Miss Legh's still better score of 840, with all the 144 hits, was made at the Grand Western Meeting at Bath in 1881; and Mrs. Piers F. Legh outstripped this 'record' by scoring 864 with 142 hits at the Leamington and Midland meeting in 1885; 33 of the hits on this occasion were golds.

The best 'record' of target practice at 120 yards is to be found amongst the doings of the Royal Toxophilites. Mr. H. O'H. Moore, in 1872, on the Norton prize-day, shooting 144 arrows, scored 213 with 43 hits, and Mr. G. E. S. Fryer, on the similar occasion in 1873, scored 273 with 67 hits.

In the shooting at 100 yards of the same society, on the Crunden day in 1854, shooting 144 arrows, Mr. H. A. Ford scored 362 with 88 hits. This score remained unbeaten, though surpassed in hits by Mr. G. E. S. Fryer in 1873 (361 score, 91 hits), until it was fairly outstripped by Mr. C. E. Nesham, who scored 478 with 104 hits in 1883. He also made 435 score with 95 hits in 1886.

In 1866 Mr. T. Dawson, Royal Toxophilite Society, presented a challenge medal for the reward of excellence in shooting at 80 yards, 144 arrows being shot, and in the first year this medal was taken by Mr. T. Boulton with 501 score from 113 hits. This record he took on further in 1875, with 591 score from 125 hits. This has been nearly approached only by Mr. C. E. Nesham in 1886, with 576 score from 124 hits.

The record for the 60 yards (144 arrows being shot) medal, presented by the same gentleman in 1866, was also started in that same year by Mr. T. Boulton, with 824 score from 142 hits. This record was surpassed by Mr. W. Rimington in 1872, his score being 840 from the same number of hits.

A good record for best shooting at 100 yards at the annual West Berks meeting, when 216 arrows are shot at that distance, was first reached by Major C. H. Fisher in 1871, when he made 140 hits with 556 score. In 1877 he carried the record on to 572 score with 136 hits. Mr. C. H. Everett made a still further advance with 155 hits and 633 score in 1880; and in 1881 Mr. H. H. Palairet made 153 with 623 score.

To Mrs. Butt (then Miss S. Dawson) still belongs the best 'record' for the 'Ladies' Day' of the Royal Toxophilite Society, the largest annual gathering of ladies, when the single National Round of 48 arrows at 60 and 24 arrows at 50 yards is shot. She made 70 hits with 406 score in 1867; in 1875 she scored 401 with 69 hits; and in 1885 Mrs. P. F. Legh made 70 hits with 400 score.

---

CHAPTER XIII.
THE PUBLIC ARCHERY MEETINGS AND THE DOUBLE YORK AND OTHER ROUNDS.

In 1791, ten years after the revival of archery by the establishment of the Royal Toxophilite Society, a public meeting of all the Archery Societies, which had already become very numerous in the United Kingdom, was held on Blackheath, and this meeting was followed by other similar meetings in 1792 and 1793. Here ended this series of National Archery Meetings, and in the early part of the present century the use of the bow appears to have languished.

The records of the Scorton Arrow Meetings go back, in an almost uninterrupted succession of annual meetings, to the year 1673. These meetings, though originally confined to a limited locality—'six miles from Eriholme-upon-Tees,' near Richmond, in Yorkshire—were open to all comers. In 1842 and 1843 these meetings were held at Thirsk, in Yorkshire, and to those present thereat the establishment of an annual Grand National Archery Meeting is certainly owing.

The first Grand National Archery Meeting was held at York on August 1 and 2, 1844, the Scorton Arrow Meeting having been again held at Thirsk on July 30 in the same year. It was originally intended that the meeting should occupy one day only, but the weather proved so unfavourable on the first day that the Round had to be finished on the second day. To the enterprising archers of Yorkshire is also due the invention of the York Round, which has since become the almost universally acknowledged test of the comparative excellence of all archers. This Round—which is now always shot on each of the two days of a public archery meeting—consisting of six dozen arrows at 100 yards, four dozen arrows at 80 yards, and two dozen arrows at 60 yards, was so arranged in the belief that about the same scores would then be made at each distance; and this has been proved tolerably correct as regards the average of archers, though not so as regards Mr. H. A. Ford, Major C. H. Fisher, Mr. H. H. Palairet, Mr. C. E. Nesham, and some others, when shooting in their best form, as it would be clearly impossible for them to score, in four dozen arrows at 60 yards, the 495 which Mr. H. A. Ford made in twelve dozen arrows at 100 yards at Cheltenham in 1857, or the 466 which he made on the same occasion in eight dozen arrows at 80 yards. Efforts have occasionally been made to reduce the quantity of shooting at 100 yards, for the benefit of those who look upon 80 yards as a long distance; and it has also been suggested that a few arrows might be taken from 80 yards and added to 60 yards; but it is generally acknowledged that the York Round cannot well be mended.

The Ladies' National Round of four dozen arrows at 60 yards, and two dozen arrows at 50 yards, shot on each of two days, did not become the established Round until 1851, and then the only reason of its adoption was that it corresponded in quantities with the shooting of the gentlemen at 80 yards and 60 yards.

In the year after the Third Leamington Grand National Archery Meeting—i.e. in 1854—the Leamington Meeting was started, and has ever since been an annual institution, except in those years when the Grand National Meeting has been again held at Leamington.

The first Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held in 1859, and has since been repeated annually.

The Grand Western Archery Meeting was started at Taunton in 1861, and has been repeated annually at different places, except in 1865, when the Grand National Meeting was held at Clifton, and in 1867, when no Grand Western Archery Meeting was held. In 1886 this meeting was combined with the Grand National Archery Meeting when held at Bath.

Occasionally an extra public meeting has occurred—as at Aston Park, Birmingham, in 1858 and in 1868; at the Alexandra Park, Muswell Hill, in 1863, and again in 1873 and 1882; also at Hastings, in 1867.

The first of a series of Grand Northern Meetings was established in 1879. This meeting has since been repeated annually.

In 1881 the Royal Toxophilite Society, in celebration of their centenary, gave a Double York Round meeting, which, though not strictly speaking a public meeting, was so well attended that it cannot be omitted from the records of the York Round. This meeting has also been repeated annually ever since 1881.

Almost the largest attendance of gentlemen at a public Archery Meeting consisted of one hundred and ten at York in 1845, when there were only eleven ladies shooting. At Cheltenham, in 1856, there were seventy-two ladies and one hundred and twelve gentlemen shooting. The best attended meeting was in 1860, at Bath, when there were one hundred and nine gentlemen and ninety-nine ladies. This was just before the beginning of the Grand Western Meetings, and there was a full meeting of ninety gentlemen and ninety-three ladies in 1865, in which year no Grand Western Meeting was held.

With the exception of the Seventh Grand National Archery Meeting, which was held in Edinburgh in 1850, all the Grand National Archery Meetings have occurred in England.

Two Double York Round Scottish National Meetings were held in Scotland in the years 1865 and 1866; but they were not largely attended.

In Ireland, in the course of the years 1862 to 1866, Irish National and other public meetings were held, mostly in the grounds of the Dublin Exhibition; but though the Double York Round was shot, and some good shooting was done by the Irish and also by English visitors, the meetings were mostly small, and there seems but little probability of their revival.

A few words should be said about the scoring at public meetings. The original plan was for the Captain at each target to mark, with a pricker made on purpose, the hits made by each shooter in a space representing each of the colours of the target—gold, red, blue, black, and white. In 1872 an improved plan was adopted of keeping a proper space for the hits made at each end, in which is entered each hit in the figure representing its value, as 9, 7, 5, 3, or 1. When no hit is made at any end, this fact should also be recorded; and thus the progress of the shooting is always kept accurately noted, and the possibility of mistakes in the scores is very much diminished.

Mr. H. A. Ford often mentions the St. George and St. Leonard's Rounds—the former being three dozen arrows at each of the distances of 100, 80, and 60 yards, and the latter (originally 75 arrows at 60 yards only) being three dozen arrows at 80 yards, and three dozen and three at 60 yards. The practice of these Rounds has now entirely disappeared from amongst archers.

During the whole of the period from 1844 to 1886 inclusive the appointed Round has been completed (except at the Leamington Meeting in 1862, when the weather rendered it quite impossible); and this says a great deal for the steadfastness of archers, as they have frequently had to submit to the ill-treatment of pitiless downpourings of rain and arrow-breaking storms of wind in order to get the Round finished.

No approach has been made to Mr. H. A. Ford's best public score of 1,251, made at Cheltenham in 1857, or to his second best record of 1,162 at Leamington in 1856; but his other scores of over 1,000 are easily counted—namely, 1,076 at Exeter in 1858, 1,014 at Leamington in 1861, 1,037 at Brighton in 1867, 1,087 at Leamington in 1868, and 1,032 at Leamington in 1869. Major C. H. Fisher made 1,060 at Sherborne in 1872. Mr. Palairet made 1,025 at the Crystal Palace in 1882, and 1,062 in the Regent's Park in 1881. Mr. C. E. Nesham made 1,010 in the Regent's Park in 1883, and 1022 at Bath in 1886. No other archers have reached 1,000 at a public match.

Miss Legh's score at Bath in 1881 of 840, when she made all the 144 hits, stood foremost amongst ladies' achievements until it was beaten by Mrs. Legh's score of 864 with 142 hits at Leamington in 1885. Miss Legh in 1882, at the Crystal Palace, scored 792, and in 1885 809 with 143 hits. Mrs. Butt's score of 785 at Leamington in 1870 ranks next. Then come Mrs. Horniblow's scores of 768 at Leamington in 1871, and of 764—also at Leamington—in 1872. Mrs. Piers F. Legh scored 763 at Sutton Coldfield in 1881. Mrs. V. Forbes scored 752 at the Crystal Palace in 1870. Mrs. Marshall scored 744 at the Crystal Palace in 1884. Miss Betham's best score was 743 at Leamington in 1867. Mrs. P. Pinckney scored 729 at the Crystal Palace in 1873; and Mrs. Pond scored 700 in 1874, also at the Crystal Palace. No other ladies appear to have made as much as 700.

Other scores of 700 and upwards have been—

Mrs. Horniblow		Miss Betham		Mrs. Butt		Mrs. P. F. Legh
1871	746	1864	735	1876	752	1882	750
1873	733	1867	733	1879	744	1879	743
1873	719	1866	701	1876	730	1881	723
1872	712	—		1870	722	1883	712
1863	706	—		1877	718	1884	701
1870	700	—		1871	713	—
—		—		1877	707	—

The summary of Public Meetings is—

43	Grand National Archery Meetings.
31	Leamington Archery Meetings.
28	Crystal Palace Archery Meetings.
24	Grand Western Archery Meetings.
7	Grand Northern Archery Meetings.
2	Alexandra Park Archery Meetings.
1	Hastings Archery Meeting.
2	Aston Park Archery Meetings.
6	Royal Toxophilite Society's Archery Meetings.
–—
144	Meetings.

When attention is turned towards the meetings at which most gentlemen have made more than 600, and most ladies have made over 500, it is found that in 1860, at Bath, seventeen gentlemen reached or passed the score of 600, but at the same time only two ladies passed 500. This still remains the largest meeting which has yet been held, two hundred and eight shooters having been present. At the Alexandra Park Meeting in 1864, sixteen gentlemen and six ladies attained the same amount of excellence. At Brighton, in 1867, seventeen gentlemen and seven ladies passed the same levels. But, in 1882, at the Crystal Palace, the corresponding numbers were ten gentlemen and nineteen ladies, and at Leamington in the same year, fourteen gentlemen and sixteen ladies; whilst in 1883, at Cheltenham, nineteen gentlemen passed 600 and fourteen ladies passed 500, though the shooters competing at this meeting were only one hundred and thirty-one. At Windsor in 1884, thirteen ladies scored more than 500, and twelve gentlemen more than 600. This shows clearly that, although the number of attendances has diminished since the extraordinary start given to archery by Mr. H. A. Ford's book (and this is possibly due to the multiplication of public matches), yet the average of excellence, particularly amongst the ladies, has made considerable progress. This is a most encouraging symptom for the future of archery.

The First Grand National Archery Meeting was held on August 1 and 2, 1844, at Knavesmire, near York.

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Rev. J. Higginson	18	66	21	93	14	62	53	221
Rev. E. Meyrick	15	65	24	76	19	77	58	218

Sixty-five gentlemen shot, and no ladies appeared at the targets.

The single York Round (72 arrows at 100 yards, 48 arrows at 80 yards, and 24 arrows at 60 yards) was shot first on this occasion.

*****

The Second Grand National Archery Meeting was held on June 25 and 26, 1845, at the same place.

Ladies	60 Yards
	Hits	Score
Miss Thelwall	48	186
Miss Townshend	45	163
Miss Emma Wylde	33	161
Miss Jane Forster	40	152

Eleven ladies shot 96 arrows, all at 60 yards.

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. Peter Muir	53	185	46	182	36	170	135	537
Mr. J. Jones	28	110	63	243	38	146	129	499
Rev. E. Meyrick	42	150	42	146	32	150	116	446
Mr. Blackley	27	113	44	176	30	128	101	417

One hundred and ten gentlemen shot at this meeting, and the York Round, as before described, was shot on each day and at all the following meetings.

*****

The Third Grand National Archery Meeting was held on July 29 and 30, 1846, at the same place.

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. R. G. Hubbock	41	175	47	209	29	135	117	519
Rev. E. Meyrick	40	174	47	211	30	132	117	517
Rev. T. Meyler	35	135	51	179	30	154	116	476
Mr. Glasgow	27	97	56	228	33	127	116	452
Mr. C. Garnett	35	125	40	166	36	150	111	441
Mr. J. P. Marsh	44	178	40	144	27	119	111	441
Rev. J. Higginson	24	90	51	201	29	149	110	422
Mr. A. Radcliff	36	124	44	162	34	136	114	422

Eighty-three gentlemen shot at this meeting, but no ladies appeared.

*****

The Fourth Grand National Archery Meeting was held on July 28 and 29, 1847, at Derby.

——	60 Yards
	Hits	Score
Miss Wylde	65	245

The ladies, who numbered only six, again shot—at 60 yards only—the same number of arrows as in 1845, namely, 96.

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. Peter Muir	63	217	53	229	37	185	153	631
Mr. Hutchons	33	125	55	267	41	211	129	603
Mr. E. Maitland	38	144	51	197	42	208	131	549
Mr. E. Marr	44	182	40	146	39	177	123	505
Rev. J. Bramhall	34	132	52	198	39	165	125	495
Mr. C. Garnett	44	146	40	158	38	164	122	488
Rev. T. Meyler	44	164	45	169	32	146	121	479
Mr. G. Attwood	44	142	39	141	37	129	120	412
Rev. E. Meyrick	30	114	47	145	33	141	110	410

Fifty-eight gentlemen shot at this meeting, and on the following day—July 30—half a York Round was shot for a bow (Buchanan's) and two other prizes.

——	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Rev. J. Bramhall won the bow	18	58	16	74	9	41	43	173

*****

The Fifth Grand National Archery Meeting was held on July 19 and 20, 1848, at the same place.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Miss J. Barrow	14	54	33	113	47	167
Miss Temple	18	80	26	80	44	160

Only five ladies shot, and they shot 72 arrows at 60 yards, and 72 at 50 yards.

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. E. Maitland	55	245	44	206	36	130	135	581
Rev. J. Bramhall	45	145	52	218	35	151	132	514
Mr. C. Wilkinson	45	161	40	150	28	134	113	445
Mr. E. Marr	42	170	47	167	29	99	118	436
Mr. Willis	35	117	38	156	34	146	107	419
Mr. J. Wilson	42	152	41	141	29	109	108	402

Seventy-four gentlemen shot at this meeting. Horace A. Ford here made his first public appearance, scoring—

100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
31	81	38	142	32	118	101	341

He stood fifteenth in the list.

*****

The Sixth Grand National Archery Meeting was held on July 18 and 19, 1849—again at Derby.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Miss Temple	36	122	19	67	55	189
Miss Mackay	24	98	19	65	43	163
Miss Billing	25	89	14	62	39	151

Eight ladies attended this meeting, and the National Round (96 arrows at 60 yards, and 48 arrows at 50 yards), equally divided between the two days, was shot now for the first time, and has been ever since shot by the ladies, except at the next meeting at Edinburgh.

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. A. P. Moore	62	238	68	318	43	191	173	747
Mr. H. A. Ford	69	231	63	264	44	208	176	703
Mr. G. Attwood	65	255	49	235	35	125	149	615
Mr. E. Meyrick	52	196	41	183	29	161	122	540
Mr. G. Ollier	38	130	49	187	41	199	128	516
Mr. J. Wilson	30	108	58	218	37	177	125	503

Forty-six gentlemen shot at this meeting, and the Champion's medal was first awarded on this occasion, and won by Mr. H. A. Ford, who won most points[9] (5), Mr. Moore having won 4—namely, hits and score at 80 yards, and gross score—and Mr. Attwood won the points for score at 100 yards.

*****

The Seventh Grand National Archery Meeting was held on July 24, 25, and 26, 1850, at Edinburgh, in Warrender Park.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Calvert	27	89	20	72	47	161
Miss E. Forster	29	113	13	43	42	156

Eight ladies shot at this meeting, and the round, which, owing to the condition of the weather, was all shot on the third day, consisted of 72 arrows at 60 yards, and 36 arrows at 50 yards.

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. A. Ford	79	343	70	314	44	242	193	899
Mr. C. Garnett	65	249	61	221	40	168	166	638
Rev. G. Mallory	59	197	55	235	30	150	144	582
Mr. G. W. Willis	45	175	46	184	39	181	130	540
Mr. J. Wilson	50	192	49	203	36	140	135	535
Mr. O. K. Prescot	58	224	41	165	35	125	134	514
Mr. J. Turner	50	208	44	196	31	101	125	505

Eighty-three gentlemen shot, and the Champion's medal was won by Mr. H. A. Ford, who made all the points.

At this meeting there was also some shooting at 200 yards, 180 yards, and at 100 feet, in addition to the usual double York Round.

*****

The Eighth Grand National Archery Meeting was held on July 25 and 26, 1851, on Wisden's Cricket-ground at Leamington. At this meeting thirty-three ladies shot the National Round.

Mr. H. A. Ford won all the points for the Champion medal except that for score at 80 yards, which was won by Mr. K. T. Heath.

——	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Miss Villers, afterwards Mrs. Davison	73	323	35	181	108	504

Miss Villers's score showed a rapid stride in advance amongst the ladies, as she was more than 100 points ahead of the second lady, Miss Eaton—73 hits, 297 score—and the third, Mrs. Thursfield—75 hits, 293 score.

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. A. Ford	76	308	72	324	45	229	193	861
Mr. K. T. Heath	61	235	67	327	40	214	168	776
Rev. J. Bramhall	65	283	71	273	42	204	178	760
Mr. P. Muir	67	243	51	197	41	228	160	668
Mr. H. Garnett	61	257	52	186	35	163	148	606

Ninety gentlemen shot at this meeting.

On the 27th a handicap sweepstake match was shot.

*****

The Ninth Grand National Archery Meeting was held on July 7 and 8, 1852, at the same place, in Leamington.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Miss Brindley	45	155	39	181	84	336
Miss M. Peel	51	217	33	113	84	330
Miss Villers	49	197	30	132	79	329

At this meeting thirty-six ladies and seventy-eight gentlemen shot.

Mr. H. A. Ford won the Champion's medal with 6 points, Mr. Bramhall having won 2 points for hits and score at 100 yards, and Mr. J. Wilson 2 points for hits and score at 60 yards.

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. A. Ford	72	306	74	282	42	200	188	788
Rev. J. Bramhall	84	352	61	249	39	177	184	778
Mr. J. Wilson	68	238	55	207	44	204	167	649
Mr. H. Garnett	68	230	59	229	34	152	161	611

This match had a most exciting finale. When the last three arrows alone remained to be shot, Mr. Bramhall was 2 points ahead in score. It was then a simple question of nerve, and Mr. Ford's proved the best, as he scored 14 to his opponent's 2. The two gentlemen were placed at adjoining targets, and Mr. Bramhall's nerve was further disturbed by his hearing some one noisily offer to bet heavily in favour of Mr. Ford. Mr. Ford shot first at his target, and Mr. Bramhall second at his.

Mr. Ford's score on July 9, in the handicap match, amounted to 485.

*****

The Tenth Grand National Archery Meeting was held on July 6 and 7, 1853—again at Leamington.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Horniblow	54	230	35	135	89	365
Miss M. Peel	44	180	40	184	84	364
Miss Clay	46	192	35	145	79	337
Mrs. Tennant (née Temple)	48	190	31	129	79	319

The silver bracer for the Lady Championess, presented by the Norfolk Bowmen, was first competed for at this meeting, and won by Mrs. Horniblow, who won 6 of the 8 points, Miss M. Peel having secured the 2 points for hits and score at 50 yards.

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. A. Ford	78	322	77	367	47	245	202	934
Rev. J. Bramhall	56	212	66	300	45	221	167	733
Mr. C. Garnett	55	197	57	251	39	157	151	605

Mr. Ford won all the Champion's points, and now first began to show his marked superiority.

Fifty ladies and eighty-two gentlemen shot.

*****

The Eleventh Grand National Archery Meeting was held on July 5 and 6, 1854, on the racecourse at Shrewsbury.

Ladies	100 Yards		80 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Davison (née Villers)	68	318	41	171	109	489
Mrs. Horniblow	56	212	40	186	96	398
Miss Baker	61	245	34	152	95	397

Mrs. Davison won the silver bracer with 7 points, Mrs. Horniblow, who made a score of 325 on the handicap day, having secured the eighth point with the highest score at fifty yards.

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. A. Ford	101	411	87	415	46	248	234	1,074
Rev. J. Bramhall	62	270	77	329	37	149	176	748
Mr. H. Hilton	62	230	66	260	39	175	175	667
Mr. H. Garnett	54	214	61	249	41	205	156	668
Mr. P. Muir	67	229	52	206	41	197	160	632

Mr. Ford won all the points of the Champion's medal, and made a further stride in front of all other competitors, making over 1,000.

Sixty-six ladies and ninety-four gentlemen shot.

*****

The First Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held in the Jephson Gardens, on July 19 and 20, 1854.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Horniblow	73	361	36	146	109	507
Miss Baker	71	277	42	198	113	475

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Colonel Clowes	57	197	57	237	36	156	150	590
Mr. R. Garnett	42	162	44	212	32	134	118	508

*****

The Second Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held on June 20 and 21, 1855.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Horniblow	67	265	39	161	106	426
Miss H. Chetwynd	54	210	38	162	92	362

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. A. Ford	82	270	79	323	46	268	207	861
Mr. T. G. Golightly	63	231	55	205	35	151	153	587

*****

The Twelfth Grand National Archery Meeting was held on August 1 and 2, 1855—again at Shrewsbury.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Davison	70	278	45	213	115	491
Mrs. Horniblow	67	277	36	160	103	437
Miss Clay	64	282	36	146	100	428

Mrs. Davison won 7 points, and again secured the silver bracer.

Miss Clay won 1 point for score at 60 yards.

Miss H. Chetwynd made 296 on the handicap day.

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. A. Ford	69	281	65	285	45	243	179	809
Rev. J. Bramhall	68	242	63	261	44	206	175	709
Mr. P. Muir	59	251	57	217	39	159	155	627
Mr. J. Wilson	50	164	59	253	45	197	154	614
Mr. H. Hilton	53	195	64	258	34	160	151	613

Mr. Ford won the Champion's medal, having won all the points except that there was a tie between him and Mr. Wilson for hits at 60 yards.

The weather was unfavourable at this meeting, which helps to account for the apparent falling off in the scores.

Fifty-five ladies and eighty-three gentlemen shot.

The series of eighteen articles, out of which this book was afterwards formed, began to appear in the 'Field' on October 6 in this year.

*****

The Third Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held on June 18 and 19, 1856.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Horniblow	74	338	41	203	115	541
Miss H. Chetwynd	67	299	41	209	108	508

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. A. Ford	105	447	91	431	48	284	244	1162
Mr. G. Mallory	65	241	58	220	40	176	163	637
Colonel Phillipps	47	185	59	247	44	202	150	634
Mr. G. Edwards	61	251	53	221	40	148	154	620

*****

The Thirteenth Grand National Archery Meeting was held on July 2 and 3, 1856, on the College Cricket-ground, at Cheltenham.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Horniblow	68	294	41	193	109	487
Mrs. Davison 10	68	312	35	149	103	461

10 Did not shoot the last six arrows at 50 yards, being prevented by indisposition.

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. A. Ford	81	299	87	439	45	247	213	985
Rev. J. Bramhall	82	346	69	271	40	168	191	785
Mr. P. Muir	65	289	65	253	34	146	164	688
Mr. C. Garnett	68	260	51	211	39	189	158	660
Mr. W. Peters	57	189	57	235	32	160	146	584

Mrs. Horniblow won the silver bracer with six points, Mrs. Davison having won the point for score at 60 yards, and having made the same number of hits as Mrs. Horniblow at that distance. Miss H. Chetwynd made the same number of hits at 50 yards as Mrs. Horniblow.

Mr. Ford again secured the Champion's medal with eight points, his old opponent Mr. Bramhall having won the points for hits and score at 100 yards.

Seventy-two ladies and 112 gentlemen shot at this meeting.

The first edition of 'The Theory and Practice of Archery' was published in the course of this year.

*****

The Fourth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held on June 10 and 11, 1857.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Horniblow	66	276	41	183	107	459
Mrs. Litchfield	58	230	38	158	96	388

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. A. Ford	97	387	88	398	45	241	230	1026
Mr. C. H. Fisher	59	231	62	212	44	172	165	615

*****

The Fourteenth Grand National Archery Meeting was held on July 1 and 2, 1857—again at Cheltenham.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Miss H. Chetwynd	82	390	46	244	128	634
Mrs. Davison	73	339	41	209	114	548
Mrs. Horniblow	80	346	42	194	122	540
Mrs. R. Blaker	69	325	39	171	108	496

Miss H. Chetwynd won the silver bracer with all the points, and exceeded all the previous performances of ladies in match shooting.

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. A. Ford	107	495	90	466	48	290	245	1251
Mr. G. Edwards	69	255	76	322	43	209	188	786
Mr. W. J. W. Baynes	65	245	74	314	44	212	183	771
Mr. P. Muir	69	261	57	315	39	201	165	777
Mr. J. Bramhall	67	233	58	254	46	234	171	721
Mr. H. C. Mules	66	254	58	260	40	206	164	720
Mr. E. Mason	57	215	65	279	41	197	163	691
Mr. H. Garnett	61	235	67	263	35	169	163	667
Mr. H. Hilton	55	243	59	243	37	183	151	669
Mr. J. Wilson	62	260	57	237	35	161	154	658
Mr. C. H. Fisher	40	122	54	248	42	194	136	564

Mr. Ford again secured all the points for the Champion's medal, and made the finest score ever yet made in public.

The average of the shooting of all showed a marked improvement at this meeting; and it was gratifying to Mr. Ford to be able to state that several of the leading archers attributed their high positions in the prize-list to their careful following out of the principles and directions laid down in his book.

Sixty-one ladies and ninety-seven gentlemen shot.

Mr. H. C. Mules scored 389 on the handicap day.

*****

The Fifth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held on June 23 and 24, 1858.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Miss H. Chetwynd	74	344	41	191	115	535
Miss Dixon	62	270	39	179	101	449

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. A. Ford	100	424	87	463	43	241	230	1128
Mr. G. Edwards	77	303	64	298	45	263	186	864
Mr. H. Walters	58	256	66	276	43	225	167	757
Mr. W. J. W. Baynes	60	260	63	239	45	213	168	712
Mr. H. C. Mules	56	256	55	225	45	209	156	690
Mr. S. Mason	53	197	59	267	38	172	150	636
Colonel Clowes	44	202	49	211	42	214	135	627

Twenty-nine ladies and twenty-nine gentlemen shot.

*****

The Fifteenth Grand National Archery Meeting was held on July 21 and 22, 1858, at Exeter.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Horniblow	58	256	43	201	101	457
Mrs. St. George	58	254	36	174	94	428
Miss H. Chetwynd	56	204	43	219	99	423
Mrs. R. Blaker	54	228	38	184	92	412
Lady Edwardes	54	262	31	139	85	401
Miss Turner	59	255	34	136	93	391

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. A. Ford	87	399	81	385	46	292	214	1076
Mr. G. Edwards	73	267	70	324	44	226	187	817
Mr. J. T. George	59	217	63	311	40	212	162	740
Mr. W. J. W. Baynes	57	229	60	254	43	219	160	702
Mr. J. Spedding	48	184	71	299	44	212	163	695
Mr. E. Mason	52	172	66	292	42	176	160	640
Mr. H. C. Mules	56	176	59	255	44	210	159	641
Mr. P. Muir	48	176	60	250	39	209	147	635

Mrs. Horniblow won the silver bracer with 4-1/2 points. Miss Turner won the point for hits at 60 yards, Lady Edwardes the point for score at 60 yards, and Miss H. Chetwynd won the point for score at 50 yards and divided the point for hits at this distance with Mrs. Horniblow.

Mr. Ford, having won all the ten points, became Champion for the tenth time. He accounted for the apparent falling off in the shooting at this meeting as compared with the previous one by the fact that the weather was rough and the ground difficult.

Eighty-four ladies and eighty-six gentlemen shot.

*****

A Grand Archery Meeting was held in the grounds of Aston Park, near Birmingham, on September 8 and 9, 1858.

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. A. Ford	87	339	73	343	48	294	208	976
Mr. G. Edwards	63	277	65	255	46	250	174	782
Mr. H. Walters	55	231	53	253	37	193	145	677
Mr. H. Elliott	60	242	63	247	39	185	162	674
Mr. G. L. Aston	35	141	57	243	40	164	132	548
Mr. W. J. W. Baynes	49	185	47	175	41	185	137	545

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Horniblow	75	317	42	218	117	535
Miss H. Chetwynd	65	287	39	187	104	474
Miss Aston	67	251	41	175	108	426
Lady Edwardes	61	267	32	142	93	409

It was intended, and advertised, that this meeting should be repeated in 1859; but, from insufficient support, it was abandoned, and the first of the series of annual archery meetings held in the grounds of the Crystal Palace was substituted for it.

*****

The Sixth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held on June 15 and 16, 1859.

Thirty ladies and thirty-three gentlemen shot.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Horniblow	70	282	48	262	118	544
Miss H. Chetwynd	67	313	39	179	106	492

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. G. Edwards	93	355	76	350	47	257	216	962
Mr. H. A. Ford	75	327	82	382	43	213	200	922
Mr. E. Mason	55	217	67	297	42	240	164	754
Mr. G. L. Aston	56	254	56	244	41	205	153	703
Mr. H. C. Mules	52	214	65	257	37	185	154	656
Mr. H. Walters	44	170	63	253	40	200	147	623

*****

The Sixteenth Grand National Archery Meeting was held on July 6 and 7, 1859—again at Exeter.

Miss Turner won the silver bracer with 5 points, Miss H. Chetwynd having won 2 points for gross hits and 1 point for hits at 60 yards.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Miss Turner	77	385	45	245	122	630
Miss H. Chetwynd	82	370	43	215	125	585
Mrs. G. Atkinson	76	334	42	207	119	541
Mrs. Horniblow	74	356	38	160	112	536

The Champion's medal for the eleventh consecutive time was won by Mr. Ford with 8 points, Mr. Edwards having won the points for hits and score at 80 yards.

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. A. Ford	85	357	72	312	48	282	205	951
Mr. G. Edwards	65	269	74	370	45	249	184	888
Rev. W. J. Richardson	70	298	68	332	40	182	178	812
Mr. A. Edmondstone	78	300	66	250	41	231	185	781
Mr. H. C. Mules	58	218	61	255	37	215	156	688
Mr. E. Meyrick	70	252	50	198	40	184	160	634
Mr. J. Rimington	54	238	56	244	44	204	154	686
Mr. J. T. George	49	205	67	285	39	173	155	663
Mr. T. Boulton	57	237	56	204	41	171	154	612
Mr. H. Walters	49	165	60	266	40	188	149	619
Mr. H. B. Hare	47	219	53	225	37	183	137	627
Mr. W. Swire	57	213	47	223	42	176	146	612
Mr. C. H. Fisher	55	253	49	187	34	146	138	586

Eighty-six ladies and eighty-four gentlemen shot.

*****

The second edition of Mr. Ford's book was issued in this year, and the account of this Grand National Archery Meeting was not included in it.

*****

A Grand Archery Meeting, under the management of Mr. Merridew, was proposed to be held in the grounds of Aston Park, Birmingham, on July 27 and 28, 1859, as mentioned by Mr. H. A. Ford at page 124; but at the Leamington meeting of the same year it was decided that this proposed meeting should be transferred to the grounds of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham, and thus commenced the annual Crystal Palace Archery Meetings.

*****

The First Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on July 27 and 28, 1859, on the Cricket-ground.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Miss Turner	66	272	41	203	107	475
Mrs. Horniblow	50	226	40	198	90	424

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. A. Ford	78	314	80	380	48	252	206	946
Mr. G. Edwards	64	264	66	252	45	259	175	775
Mr. H. C. Mules	67	257	57	285	41	179	165	721
Mr. H. Walters	54	186	73	311	42	202	169	699
Mr. T. Boulton	54	226	47	181	42	216	143	623

Twenty ladies and forty-one gentlemen shot.

*****

The Seventh Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held on June 13 and 14, 1860.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. E. Lister	72	336	45	197	117	533
Mrs. Litchfield	72	324	39	163	111	487
Mrs. Horniblow	66	238	46	202	112	440

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. A. Ford	82	336	80	406	47	255	209	997
Mr. E. Mason	70	268	64	266	46	226	180	760
Mr. T. G. Golightly	54	228	67	277	44	204	165	709
Mr. T. Boulton	49	197	66	284	39	197	154	678
Mr. H. Walters	57	217	61	249	43	207	161	673

Thirty-two ladies and thirty-six gentlemen shot.

*****

The Seventeenth Grand National Archery Meeting was held on July 4 and 5, 1860, at Bath.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. E. Lister	69	337	43	213	112	550
Mrs. G. Atkinson	79	341	42	190	121	531
Mrs. Rogers	66	306	38	188	104	494

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. G. Edwards	71	277	71	337	46	272	188	886
Mr. P. Muir	68	276	70	322	45	257	181	855
Mr. H. A. Ford	70	260	74	294	47	253	191	807
Mr. H. C. Mules	57	243	66	312	40	202	163	757
Mr. W. Rimington	58	244	61	273	41	223	160	740
Mr. E. Mason	59	211	68	304	42	210	169	725
Rev. W. J. Richardson	61	235	66	264	40	202	167	701
Mr. H. Walters	57	223	64	276	43	201	164	700
Mr. H. B. Hare	61	221	60	254	46	224	167	699
Mr. G. T. Golightly	55	233	62	228	45	221	162	682
Mr. J. Spedding	61	261	55	257	34	152	150	670
Mr. J. Wilson	47	203	59	259	39	197	145	659
Mr. T. Boulton	55	197	59	257	38	182	152	636
Mr. C. H. Fisher	43	169	60	250	42	216	145	635
Mr. J. Turner	62	230	53	211	35	183	150	624
Col. Clowes	51	189	52	230	42	204	145	623
Mr. E. Meyrick	58	248	45	189	37	183	140	620

Mrs. Lister won the first score prize, but Mrs. Atkinson won the silver bracer with 4 points.

Mrs. Lister won 2 points for gross score.

Mrs. Horniblow won the point for score at 50 yards, and Mrs. Litchfield won the point for hits at 50 yards.

At this meeting Mr. Edwards won the Champion's medal with 6 points, Mr. Ford, who took third rank, having won 4 points—namely, 2 for gross hits and those for hits at 80 yards and hits at 60 yards.

Ninety-nine ladies and 109 gentlemen shot.

The influence of hits as affecting the position of the winners of the best prizes was now entirely abandoned, and the order of the prizes taken from the gross score only, except when two had a tie in score. In this case the difference (if any) in hits was considered.

Want of space prevents the introduction of all the winners of best prizes, who vary in number at the different meetings from six to twelve, according to the numbers present; but it should be mentioned that at the earliest meetings the second prize was allotted to the maker of most gross hits. This rule prevailed up to 1851. In 1852, 1853, and 1854 the order of prize-winners was in accordance with the order of the gross scores. From that date the first prizes were named 'first, second, third, &c. gross score, and hits,' and the rule by which the order of the prize list was obtained was that the number of each shooter's position in hits was taken and added to the number representing his position in score. The lowest total won the first score and hits prize, and the next lowest the second, and so on. In cases where the totals of two were the same, the highest score would win. The application of this rule may be observed in 1859, when Mr. Richardson made the third score (812), but won the fourth prize; whilst Mr. Edmondstone, who made the fourth score, won the third prize. Mr. Edmondstone was second in hits and fourth in score (total, 6); Mr. Richardson was third in score and fourth in hits (total, 7).

*****

The Second Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on July 18 and 19, 1860.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Horniblow	65	271	39	179	104	450
Miss Turner	58	258	34	132	92	390

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. G. Edwards	67	247	77	359	46	224	190	830
Mr. H. Walters	66	258	72	306	46	220	184	784
Mr. H. A. Ford	63	289	64	258	46	226	173	773
Mr. Bradford	66	256	64	256	42	218	172	730
Mr. H. C. Mules	60	254	63	257	42	200	165	711
Mr. T. Boulton	57	247	57	243	31	133	145	623

Twenty-six ladies and forty-three gentlemen shot.

*****

The Eighth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held in the Jephson Gardens on June 12 and 13, 1861.

Twenty-six ladies and thirty-four gentlemen shot.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Horniblow	78	366	46	230	124	596
Mrs. E. Lister	69	315	44	236	113	551
Mrs. Litchfield	79	351	39	159	118	510

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. A. Ford	83	321	83	419	46	274	212	1014
Mr. G. Edwards	52	238	76	354	47	279	175	871
Mr. T. G. Golightly	69	255	68	346	41	223	178	824
Mr. M. Knapp	77	309	55	257	32	164	164	730
Mr. H. C. Mules	65	263	67	273	37	179	169	715
Mr. W. Ford	60	218	59	259	39	177	158	654
Mr. G. Mallory	57	217	49	213	43	211	149	641
Mr. W. Swire	52	208	58	232	39	177	149	617
Mr. J. Spedding	60	224	54	244	39	137	153	605
Mr. T. L. Coulson	46	174	57	231	40	196	143	601
Mr. H. B. Hare	50	186	53	205	39	209	142	600

*****

The Eighteenth Grand National Archery Meeting was held on the Racecourse at Aintree, near Liverpool, on July 17 and 18, 1861.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. G. Atkinson	73	367	40	208	113	575
Miss Turner	65	291	42	214	107	505
Mrs. Horniblow	67	265	42	212	109	477

Mrs. Atkinson won the silver bracer with 6 points. Miss Turner won the point for score at 50 yards, and Mrs. E. Lister the point for hits (44) at 50 yards.

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. G. Edwards	68	288	63	235	44	222	175	745
Mr. T. G. Golightly	60	250	58	270	41	205	159	725
Mr. P. Muir	49	175	62	266	43	221	154	662
Mr. H. A. Ford	54	220	56	200	45	241	155	661
Mr. T. Boulton	54	178	58	268	40	196	152	638
Mr. J. Wilson	46	220	56	212	36	164	138	596

The Champion's medal was again won by Mr. G. Edwards with 7 points. Mr. Golightly won the point for score at 80 yards, and Mr. H. A. Ford won two points for score and hits at 60 yards.

The wind at this meeting—on an exposed ground—was tremendous.

Sixty-four ladies and eighty-nine gentlemen shot.

Some better scores—Mr. E. Mason (446), Mr. F. Townsend (374), and Mr. H. C. Mules (365)—were made on July 19 in the handicap match.

The Grand National Archery Society was first established at a meeting of archers held at the Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool on July 19, 1861.

*****

The Third Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on July 30-31 and August 1, 1861.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Miss Turner	77	345	45	255	122	600
Mrs. Horniblow	66	336	44	216	110	552
Miss H. Chetwynd	72	326	42	200	114	526

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. A. Ford	80	314	75	319	43	211	198	844
Mr. G. Edwards	50	206	79	361	47	251	176	818
Mr. H. Hilton	54	236	51	219	36	142	141	597

No other shooter made as much as 600.

Twenty-two ladies and thirty-seven gentlemen shot.

*****

The First Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at Bishop's Hull, near Taunton, on August 7 and 8, 1861, when fifty-three ladies and forty-two gentlemen shot.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Miss Turner	80	386	45	259	125	645
Miss Mignon	66	276	41	197	107	473
Miss H. Chetwynd	56	236	40	228	96	464
Miss James	59	271	37	165	96	436
Mrs. A. Malet	62	256	34	142	96	398

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. G. Edwards	59	263	85	381	45	253	189	897
Mr. H. A. Ford	65	235	73	319	47	275	185	829
Colonel Clowes	53	215	62	272	39	189	154	676
Mr. W. Rimington	53	207	58	272	39	191	150	670
Mr. H. B. Hare	58	226	56	232	41	205	155	663
Mr. W. Swire	57	205	57	251	36	180	150	636
Mr. H. Walters	42	140	57	257	41	223	140	620

*****

The Fourth Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on May 29 and 30, 1862.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Horniblow	76	328	44	220	120	548
Mrs. H. Walters	73	329	41	209	114	538

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. F. Townsend	75	299	72	344	41	223	188	866
Mr. H. A. Ford	77	319	67	291	43	201	187	811
Mr. G. Edwards	58	252	70	312	47	241	175	805
Mr. H. B. Hare	54	238	61	305	37	145	152	688
Mr. W. Swire	56	238	64	254	39	189	159	681
Mr. T. Boulton	62	220	58	238	39	179	159	637
Mr. J. H. Chance	38	144	55	233	44	234	137	611

Twenty-six ladies and forty gentlemen shot.

*****

The Ninth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held in the Jephson Gardens on June 11 and 12, 1862.

——	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Horniblow	?	191	23	143	?	334

This was Mrs. Horniblow's score on the first day. The round on the second day was not completed on account of the bad weather.

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. A. Ford	?	186	?	184	23	137	?	507
Mr. G. Edwards	29	131	41	169	24	144	94	444

This was the best shooting of the first day. On the second day only 48 arrows at 100 yards were shot.

Thirty-three ladies and twenty-eight gentlemen shot.

*****

The Nineteenth Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held at Worcester, on July 17 and 18, 1862.

Sixty-five ladies and eighty-eight gentlemen shot.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Horniblow	80	384	48	276	128	660
Mrs. G. Atkinson	76	334	40	208	116	542
Miss Jarrett	68	296	43	229	111	525
Miss H. Chetwynd	65	313	40	176	105	489

Mrs. Horniblow won the silver bracer with all the 8 points.

Mr. G. Edwards secured the Champion's medal with 7 points. Mr. H. A. Ford won the point for score at 80 yards, and the points for score and hits at 60 yards.

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. G. Edwards	71	297	78	366	45	239	194	902
Mr. H. A. Ford	67	245	76	376	47	275	190	896
Mr. E. Mason	65	239	71	339	42	210	178	788
Mr. T. Boulton	63	279	56	230	42	156	161	665
Mr. W. Rimington	52	204	62	230	41	199	155	633
Mr. H. B. Hare	65	249	51	177	40	200	156	626
Mr. H. Walters	48	194	61	235	40	194	149	623

Some good scores—Mr. H. A. Ford (479), Mr. G. Edwards (447), and Mr. H. B. Hare (386)—were made on July 19 in the handicap match.

*****

The Second Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at West Harnham, near Salisbury, on July 9 and 10, 1862, when sixty-four ladies and fifty-one gentlemen shot.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Miss H. Chetwynd	65	309	36	154	101	463
Mrs. A. Malet	60	264	37	163	97	427

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. G. Edwards	51	189	61	255	45	275	157	719
Mr. H. A. Ford	57	235	63	283	42	188	162	706
Mr. H. B. Hare	50	190	64	244	39	171	153	605

Mrs. A. Malet and Mr. H. B. Hare became respectively the Championess and Champion of the West.

*****

The Fifth Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on June 11 and 12, 1863.

Thirty-four ladies and forty-six gentlemen shot.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Horniblow	78	364	43	237	121	601
Mrs. Blaker	61	275	36	188	97	463

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. A. Ford	59	221	72	326	44	244	175	791
Mr. F. Townsend	58	196	68	284	41	195	167	675
Mr. T. L. Coulson	53	233	65	281	34	142	152	656
Mr. MacNamara	49	169	64	292	42	192	155	653
Mr. G. Edwards	49	185	64	264	42	188	155	637
Mr. A. R. Tawney	59	245	55	209	26	156	140	610
Colonel Clowes	45	173	57	245	36	190	138	608

*****

The Tenth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held in the Jephson Gardens on June 25 and 26, 1863.

Twenty-eight ladies and thirty-two gentlemen shot.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Horniblow	90	442	44	264	134	706
Miss B. Edwards	73	305	47	229	120	534
Miss Waller	74	322	42	206	116	528

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. A. Ford	73	295	65	291	41	227	179	813
Mr. McNamara	58	266	65	265	46	246	169	777
Captain Betham	59	227	69	317	37	201	165	745
Mr. T. L. Coulson	74	324	63	237	40	152	177	713
Mr. H. B. Hare	64	246	61	295	33	133	158	674
Colonel Clowes	57	197	63	277	36	180	156	654
Mr. H. Walters	54	204	66	254	39	179	159	637
Mr. J. Spedding	49	209	58	246	33	159	140	614

*****

The Twentieth Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held on the Christ Church Cricket-ground at Oxford on July 1 and 2, 1863.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Horniblow	73	285	43	193	116	478
Miss H. Chetwynd	61	281	39	189	100	468
Miss B. Edwards	60	258	38	192	98	450

Mrs. Horniblow won the silver bracer with all the 8 points.

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. P. Muir	72	292	65	295	44	258	179	845
Mr. H. A. Ford	62	242	70	290	44	248	176	780
Mr. T. L. Coulson	59	219	58	240	41	223	158	682
Mr. G. Edwards	54	206	59	245	42	218	155	669
Mr. H. Walters	38	160	64	290	45	209	147	659
Mr. F. Townsend	55	211	50	200	43	207	148	618

The weather was very rough.

Mr. P. Muir won the Champion's medal with 8 points; Mr. H. A. Ford won the point for hits at 80 yards; and Messrs. H. Walters and E. W. Atkinson divided the point for hits at 60 yards (45).

Fifty-four ladies and ninety-six gentlemen shot.

Mr. T. L. Coulson (452) shot well on July 3 in the handicap match.

*****

The Third Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at Weymouth on July 15 and 16, 1863, when fifty-nine ladies and sixty-four gentlemen shot.

There was a tie between Miss L. Turner and Miss S. Dawson in points; and on drawing lots (not a fair way of deciding the tie) Miss S. Dawson won, and became Championess.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Miss L. Turner	69	331	42	200	111	531
Miss S. Dawson	71	295	42	200	113	495

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. A. Ford	65	243	77	341	44	242	186	826
Mr. T. L. Coulson	70	258	57	277	42	236	169	771
Captain Betham	50	194	76	322	43	219	169	735
Mr. W. Rimington	64	234	67	249	43	207	174	690
Colonel Clowes	56	208	59	243	34	176	149	627

Mr. H. B. Hare (148 hits, 594 score) became Champion of the West.

*****

A Grand Inaugural Archery Fete was held in the Alexandra Park, Muswell Hill, on July 23 and 24, 1863.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Horniblow	78	370	47	269	125	639
Miss H. Chetwynd	76	354	40	188	116	542
Mrs. Hare	74	328	43	177	117	505

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. G. Edwards	64	234	71	293	47	279	182	806
Mr. W. Rimington	70	264	66	266	43	225	179	755
Mr. T. L. Coulson	59	257	62	264	41	193	162	714
Mr. H. Walters	60	212	60	254	45	247	165	713
Colonel Clowes	64	236	58	232	39	193	161	661
Mr. T. Boulton	52	198	67	267	38	192	157	657
Mr. J. Rogers	50	180	65	263	44	196	159	639
Captain Betham	50	174	58	224	40	200	148	598

Mr. J. Buchanan acted as manager of this meeting.

Nineteen ladies and forty-one gentlemen shot.

*****

The Eleventh Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held in the Jephson Gardens on June 15 and 16, 1864.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Miss Betham	88	464	47	271	135	735
Mrs. Horniblow	86	396	46	234	132	630
Mrs. E. Lister	67	313	38	184	105	597

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. G. Edwards	57	239	82	346	46	258	185	843
Mr. H. Walters	55	199	54	284	43	239	152	722
Captain Betham	54	212	63	231	47	251	164	694
Mr. G. L. Aston	56	208	65	269	41	215	162	692
Mr. T. L. Coulson	61	207	58	248	42	230	161	685
Mr. Betham	68	232	58	238	40	194	166	664
Mr. McNamara	50	176	60	242	41	185	151	603

Thirty-five ladies and thirty-three gentlemen shot.

*****

The Sixth Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on June 30 and July 1, 1864.

Thirty-eight ladies and forty-four gentlemen shot.

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. G. Edwards	66	276	68	274	47	269	181	819
Mr. Betham	63	249	59	275	46	232	168	756
Mr. H. Walters	57	207	71	287	43	211	171	705
Captain Betham	57	209	62	246	45	215	164	670
Mr. W. Rimington	57	219	58	236	42	194	157	649
Mr. James Spedding	55	189	61	229	43	207	159	625
Mr. H. B. Hare	55	205	56	232	38	182	149	619
Mr. J. Rogers	69	245	54	192	39	179	162	616

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Miss Betham	76	350	41	253	117	603
Mrs. Horniblow	73	343	45	221	118	564
Miss Turner	72	296	41	225	113	521

*****

The Twenty-first Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held in the Alexandra Park, Muswell Hill, near London, on July 6 and 7, 1864.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Miss Betham	83	429	46	264	129	693
Mrs. G. Atkinson	74	392	43	243	117	635
Mrs. Horniblow	76	314	45	227	121	541
Miss A. S. Butt	79	339	46	200	125	539
Miss Quin	68	320	44	208	112	528
Miss Turner	66	300	41	211	107	511

Miss Betham won the silver bracer with 7-1/2 points. Miss A. S. Butt divided the point for hits at 50 yards with her.

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. G. Edwards	63	205	80	418	46	274	189	897
Mr. P. Muir	81	325	63	269	45	227	189	821
Mr. H. Walters	53	179	68	318	46	240	167	737
Mr. W. R. Atkinson	60	230	61	237	43	249	164	716
Captain Betham	57	247	60	246	41	213	158	706
Mr. James Spedding	62	246	67	287	35	169	164	702
Mr. Betham	44	180	77	329	42	188	163	697
Mr. T. L. Coulson	60	242	55	269	41	175	156	686
Mr. St. J. Coventry	68	260	55	219	37	177	160	656
Mr. A. R. Tawney	64	242	54	214	39	179	157	645
Captain C. H. Fisher	65	267	57	193	39	183	161	643
Mr. H. B. Hare	62	238	64	260	32	134	158	632
Mr. J. Wilson	55	231	59	201	40	190	154	622
Mr. H. Elliott	47	201	51	215	39	199	137	615
Mr. McNamara	52	200	55	215	41	193	148	608
Mr. H. Garnett	51	227	53	217	37	161	141	605

Mr. G. Edwards secured the Champion's medal with 6-1/2 points. Mr. P. Muir won 2 points for hits and score at 100 yards, and Mr. H. Walters divided the point for hits at 60 yards with Mr. G. Edwards.

Eighty-two ladies and eighty-six gentlemen shot.

Good scores appear to have been made in the handicap match on July 8—namely, 356 by Miss Betham, 334 by Mrs. G. Atkinson, and 321 by Miss Turner; 463 by Mr. G. Edwards, 420 by Mr. W. R. Atkinson, and 394 by Mr. W. Rimington.

*****

The Fourth Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at Exeter on August 3 and 4, 1864, when one hundred and seventeen ladies and fifty-eight gentlemen shot.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Miss S. Dawson	86	416	46	252	132	668
Mrs. C. H. Everett	68	330	43	223	111	553
Miss Quin	75	347	42	188	117	535

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. G. L. Aston	72	280	74	336	44	220	190	836
Captain C. H. Fisher	80	340	64	250	37	195	181	785
Mr. H. B. Hare	53	225	65	251	35	169	153	645
Mr. W. Rimington	50	174	45	207	40	204	135	585

Miss S. Dawson and Mr. H. B. Hare became Championess and Champion of the West.

*****

The Twelfth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held on June 14 and 15, 1865, in the Jephson Gardens.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Miss Betham	86	412	47	259	133	671
Miss S. Dawson	84	404	45	241	129	645
Mrs. Horniblow	86	384	46	240	132	624
Mrs. E. Lister	69	311	40	198	109	509
Miss A. S. Butt	74	300	40	206	114	506
Miss Waller	70	310	40	192	110	502

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. G. Edwards	78	338	76	352	44	218	198	908
Mr. T. L. Coulson	64	282	64	278	42	202	170	762
Mr. Betham	55	231	65	281	47	241	167	753
Mr. H. Walters	68	210	73	301	46	208	187	719
Captain Betham	69	261	73	267	35	175	177	703
Mr. Chance	70	304	64	240	38	154	172	698
Mr. H. Elliott	47	175	59	249	43	219	149	643
Mr. A. R. Tawney	55	207	59	235	37	161	151	603

Thirty-two ladies and forty gentlemen shot.

*****

The Seventh Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on July 6 and 7, 1865.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Miss Betham	70	352	46	246	116	598
Miss E. K. Fenton	67	307	38	178	105	485
Mrs. Horniblow	70	304	38	176	108	480

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. E. A. Holmes	71	267	67	263	39	181	177	711
Mr. G. Edwards	50	162	63	265	44	246	157	673
Mr. H. Elliott	45	181	59	255	40	194	144	630
Mr. H. Walters	30	100	65	269	43	225	132	594

Miss H. Chetwynd (afterwards Mrs. Christie) had the management of this meeting, and of the previous one in 1864.

Forty ladies and forty-nine gentlemen shot.

*****

The Twenty-second Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held at Clifton, near Bristol, on College Cricket-ground, on July 26 and 27, 1865.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Miss Betham	79	385	45	221	124	606
Miss S. Dawson	76	376	45	205	121	581
Mrs. E. Lister	74	362	42	218	116	580
Mrs. P. Becher	71	323	40	212	111	535
Mrs. FitzGerald	73	337	37	185	110	522
Mrs. Horniblow	67	281	43	213	110	494

Miss Betham won the silver bracer with 6-1/2 points. Miss L. J. Butt won the point for score at 50 yards (222); and Miss S. Dawson divided the point for hits at 50 yards with Miss Betham.

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. E. A. Holmes	60	254	73	297	41	237	174	788
Mr. T. Boulton	68	272	64	288	41	205	173	765
Mr. P. Muir	71	289	60	250	38	180	169	719
Mr. G. Edwards	54	192	65	301	46	226	165	719
Mr. R. W. Atkinson	54	196	58	256	44	260	156	712
Mr. H. Walters	42	154	63	191	46	222	151	667
Mr. E. Mason	53	199	64	268	40	184	157	651
Mr. W. Rimington	52	188	66	274	40	176	158	638
Mr. T. L. Coulson	62	218	59	255	35	135	156	608
Mr. G. L. Aston	47	177	56	258	36	166	139	601

Mr. E. A. Holmes became the Champion, having won most points (5). Mr. P. Muir won 2 points for hits and score at 100 yards; Mr. G. Edwards won the point for score at 80 yards; and Mr. R. W. Atkinson won the point for score at 60 yards. Messrs. G. Edwards and H. Walters divided the point for hits at 60 yards.

Ninety-three ladies and ninety gentlemen shot.

*****

No Grand Western Archery Meeting was held this year.

*****

The Thirteenth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held in the Jephson Gardens on June 13 and 14, 1866.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Miss Betham	82	444	45	257	127	701
Mrs. Horniblow	83	423	46	276	129	699
Miss S. Dawson	91	459	43	187	134	646
Mrs. E. Lister	78	374	42	218	120	592

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. G. Edwards	71	287	71	333	42	226	184	846
Mr. T. L. Coulson	70	290	76	362	40	180	186	832
Mr. T. Boulton	74	274	64	266	43	205	181	745
Mr. O. K. Prescot	51	205	64	288	43	229	158	722
Mr. H. Elliott	64	232	63	279	42	194	169	705
Mr. Golightly	56	244	65	271	42	188	163	703
Mr. Betham	65	267	64	264	44	168	173	699
Captain Betham	52	198	68	262	41	193	161	653
Mr. H. Walters	41	185	58	222	42	194	141	601

Mr. Golightly scored 405 on June 15 in the handicap match.

Thirty-one ladies and thirty-six gentlemen shot.

*****

The Eighth Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on June 28 and 29, 1866.

Twenty-nine ladies and forty-five gentlemen shot.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Miss Betham	81	389	44	244	125	633
Mrs. Hosken	78	346	46	234	124	580
Mrs. Horniblow	82	348	44	222	126	570
Miss A. S. Butt	68	338	41	201	109	539
Mrs. P. Becher	72	332	42	194	114	526

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. Elliott	55	253	67	317	40	194	162	764
Mr. G. Edwards	71	285	55	261	41	213	167	759
Mr. T. Boulton	55	243	69	321	41	195	165	759
Mr. E. A. Holmes	67	275	74	296	40	184	181	755
Mr. T. L. Coulson	67	301	64	258	39	189	170	748
Mr. R. W. Atkinson	48	174	68	278	46	226	162	678
Mr. W. Rimington	52	234	55	243	41	199	148	676
Mr. F. Townsend	55	237	64	242	38	188	167	667
Captain C. H. Fisher	56	238	57	243	41	177	154	658
Captain Whitla	55	227	59	251	37	147	151	625

*****

The Fifth Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at Weymouth on July 18 and 19, 1866, when seventy-seven ladies and fifty-nine gentlemen shot.

Miss S. Dawson and Mr. H. Walrond became respectively Championess and Champion of the West.

During these five Grand Western Archery Meetings Mr. T. Dawson acted as Hon. Secretary. No meeting was held in 1865, when the Grand National Archery Meeting was held at Clifton; and none was held in 1867.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Miss Betham	76	384	46	262	122	646
Miss S. Dawson	82	414	41	195	123	609
Miss A. S. Butt	66	296	42	221	108	517

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. Walrond	44	180	66	320	40	198	150	698
Mr. Betham	53	191	62	268	43	223	158	682
Mr. T. G. Golightly	51	205	56	254	38	202	145	661
Mr. W. Rimington	47	177	65	255	39	183	151	615
Mr. H. A. Ford	45	123	61	275	45	215	151	613

*****

The Twenty-third Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held in the grounds of Sir R. Harvey, Bart., at Crown Point, near Norwich, on July 25 and 26, 1866.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Miss Betham	85	405	45	257	130	662
Mrs. Horniblow	86	428	42	212	128	640
Miss L. J. Butt	72	316	43	189	115	505
Miss A. S. Butt	60	262	44	228	104	490

Miss Betham won the silver bracer with 6 points. Mrs. Horniblow won the 2 points for hits and score at 60 yards.

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. G. Edwards	66	280	79	345	47	275	192	900
Mr. E. A. Holmes	65	247	69	297	46	246	180	790
Mr. W. Rimington	59	255	65	251	44	224	168	730
Mr. Betham	60	200	74	288	44	194	178	682
Mr. R. W. Atkinson	58	198	68	282	42	202	168	682
Mr. F. Townsend	57	217	64	274	42	188	163	679
Mr. T. L. Coulson	61	229	65	251	40	188	166	668
Mr. H. A. Ford	59	191	63	255	40	220	162	666
Captain Whitla	65	241	65	239	36	184	166	664
Mr. O. K. Prescot	49	179	72	280	43	197	164	656
Captain C. H. Fisher	71	255	59	195	42	192	172	642
Mr. C. C. Ellison	52	198	49	203	41	219	142	620
Mr. F. Partridge	63	227	50	226	36	166	149	619
Mr. Chance	61	283	56	200	34	116	151	599

Mr. G. Edwards won all the points, and became the Champion.

Seventy-four ladies and seventy-five gentlemen shot.

*****

The Fourteenth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held in the Jephson Gardens on June 12 and 13, 1867.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Miss Betham	86	466	47	277	133	743
Mrs. Horniblow	85	423	37	217	122	640
Mrs. E. Lister	84	394	45	237	129	631
Mrs. Litchfield	65	337	31	169	96	506

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. A. Ford	94	416	78	322	47	257	219	995
Mr. O. K. Prescot	83	317	76	362	43	245	202	924
Mr. R. Caldwell	65	281	69	327	41	225	175	833
Mr. H. Elliott	69	271	64	272	42	246	175	789
Mr. Betham	61	259	59	245	38	192	158	696
Mr. T. L. Coulson	51	181	59	255	40	182	150	618
Mr. W. Butt	51	193	62	230	39	193	152	616
Mr. Spottiswoode	65	213	61	225	38	170	164	608

Mr. R. Caldwell scored 423 on June 14 in the handicap match.

Twenty-five ladies and forty-one gentlemen shot.

*****

The Ninth Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on July 18 and 19, 1867.

Mr. O. K. Prescot scored 451 on July 20 in the handicap match.

Forty-nine ladies and sixty-six gentlemen shot.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Miss S. Dawson	84	378	44	248	128	626
Miss Ripley	70	320	43	201	113	521
Miss Betham	69	281	42	218	111	499

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. A. Ford	62	224	73	325	47	239	182	788
Mr. O. K. Prescot	54	186	72	350	44	210	170	746
Mr. Spottiswoode	69	247	66	268	43	209	178	724
Mr. W. Rimington	68	248	55	215	45	215	168	678
Mr. E. A. Holmes	63	219	69	259	38	198	170	676
Mr. H. Elliott	41	173	67	291	44	206	152	670
Mr. Betham	39	131	60	272	43	239	142	642
Captain C. H. Fisher	45	173	64	276	40	186	149	635
Mr. J. M. Croker	52	186	61	259	41	181	154	626
Mr. R. W. Atkinson	47	153	59	235	43	217	149	605
Admiral Lowe	44	156	67	297	33	151	144	604
Mr. St. J. Coventry	44	182	55	205	43	217	142	604

*****

The Twenty-fourth Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held at Preston, near Brighton, on July 24 and 25, 1867.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. E. Lister	86	454	42	236	130	690
Miss Betham	82	366	47	281	129	647
Miss S. Dawson	88	404	44	242	132	646
Mrs. Horniblow	88	450	42	196	130	646
Miss Stephenson	70	310	41	233	111	543
Mrs. J. R. Thomson	75	361	35	169	110	530
Miss A. S. Butt	69	319	41	191	110	510

Mrs. E. Lister won the silver bracer of the Championess with 3 points. Miss S. Dawson won the 2 points for most hits, and divided the point for hits at 60 yards with Mrs. Horniblow. Miss Betham won 2 points for hits and score at 50 yards.

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. A. Ford	94	396	74	364	47	277	215	1037
Mr. E. A. Holmes	88	412	73	345	42	216	203	973
Mr. Spottiswoode	90	350	71	293	41	205	202	848
Mr. O. K. Prescot	67	285	77	313	45	235	189	833
Mr. W. Rimington	74	254	72	316	46	232	192	802
Mr. G. Edwards	60	230	75	361	39	197	174	788
Mr. Betham	58	242	62	290	45	233	165	765
Mr. P. Muir	75	281	50	236	44	212	169	729
Mr. R. Caldwell	59	189	74	314	41	221	174	724
Admiral Lowe	55	221	58	266	45	221	158	708
Mr. H. Elliott	58	198	61	255	44	232	163	685
Captain C. H. Fisher	76	290	59	223	38	170	173	683
Mr. R. W. Atkinson	56	208	57	245	45	229	158	682
Mr. T. Boulton	46	154	66	312	44	208	156	674
Mr. C. Ellison	45	193	63	263	38	194	146	650
Mr. T. L. Coulson	61	215	58	242	39	175	158	632
Mr. G. Holmes	58	198	57	219	41	205	156	622

Mr. H. A. Ford became the Champion for the twelfth and last time. He won 8 points, Mr. E. A. Holmes having won the point for score at 100 yards, and Mr. O. K. Prescot that for score at 80 yards. Mr. E. A. Holmes was unwell during the shooting at 60 yards on the second day, when he made only 89 at that distance. The average value of the first ten on this occasion, all over 700, was 820·7; and this still remains the highest average ever yet attained. Mr. H. A. Ford on this occasion was using very weak bows, not much more than forty pounds in weight, and light arrows.

Seventy-two ladies and eighty-six gentlemen shot.

*****

A Grand Archery Meeting was held, in the Public Recreation Ground at Hastings, on July 31 and August 1, 1867.

Thirty-three ladies and twenty-seven gentlemen shot.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Miss Betham	88	458	47	275	135	733
Miss A. Betham	76	324	48	238	124	562
Mrs. P. Becher	78	336	39	207	117	543
Miss L. J. Butt	70	294	43	227	113	521

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. A. Ford	82	302	76	298	40	230	198	830
Mr. O. K. Prescot	83	331	72	302	39	165	194	798
Mr. Betham	76	304	63	235	44	210	183	749
Mr. W. Butt	66	246	53	191	43	231	162	668
Admiral Lowe	60	266	48	196	40	206	148	668
Mr. T. Boulton	49	225	58	244	37	179	144	648
Captain C. H. Fisher	50	190	63	291	37	165	150	646
Captain Betham	57	197	50	230	41	189	148	616

In the handicap match shot in the Archery Ground, St. Leonards-on-Sea, on the next day—August 2—Captain C. H. Fisher scored 472 and Mr. H. A. Ford 471.

*****

The Fifteenth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held in the Jephson Gardens on June 10 and 11, 1868.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Horniblow	90	474	45	245	135	719
Miss Ripley	80	412	48	244	128	656
Miss Betham	79	411	44	220	123	631
Mrs. W. Butt (Miss S. Dawson)	83	401	43	225	126	626
Mrs. A. Knox (Miss E. A. Betham)	77	385	46	226	123	611
Mrs. P. Becher	70	344	42	222	112	566
Miss Stephenson	72	306	44	230	116	536
Mrs. W. S. Miller	71	317	43	209	114	526
Miss H. Hutchinson	75	325	44	194	119	519

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. A. Ford	89	419	83	405	47	263	219	1087
Mr. O. K. Prescot	76	262	78	334	45	231	199	827
Mr. Betham	74	290	66	282	43	225	183	797
Captain C. H. Fisher	69	241	63	291	45	239	177	771
Mr. R. Caldwell	61	201	72	310	45	217	178	728
Mr. H. Elliott	52	186	71	313	42	208	165	707
Mr. W. Butt	57	187	70	266	38	192	165	645
Mr. Coker	52	200	66	268	31	137	149	605
Mr. Jenner-Fust	47	171	64	250	41	181	152	602

Thirty ladies and forty-one gentlemen shot.

*****

A Grand Archery Meeting was held in the Lower Ground, Aston Park, Birmingham, on June 16 and 17, 1868.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Miss Ripley	82	444	45	249	127	693
Mrs. W. Butt	84	422	44	232	128	654
Miss Betham	80	342	47	253	127	595
Mrs. P. Becher	83	373	41	191	124	564
Miss H. Hutchinson	83	391	38	172	121	563
Mrs. A. Knox (Miss A. Betham)	84	358	44	180	128	538

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. A. Ford	82	338	80	410	46	248	208	996
Captain C. H. Fisher	93	397	66	258	41	207	200	862
Mr. W. Butt	54	256	58	258	43	215	155	729
Mr. O. K. Prescot	64	232	62	250	43	227	169	709
Mr. Betham	67	245	58	236	40	202	165	683
Mr. H. Elliott	51	189	71	299	41	195	163	683
Mr. R. Caldwell	50	202	64	264	46	190	160	656
Mr. Coker	59	225	58	246	32	144	149	615

Twenty-two ladies and thirty gentlemen shot.

This meeting was managed by Mr. N. Merridew for Mr. Quilter.

*****

The Tenth Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on July 2 and 3, 1868.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. W. Butt	87	443	43	217	130	660
Mrs. Horniblow	86	424	44	230	130	654
Miss Betham	83	421	42	230	125	651
Miss H. Hutchinson	86	408	39	193	125	619
Miss Ripley	80	368	46	228	126	596
Miss Ellis	68	280	43	235	111	515
Miss Adams	66	308	41	207	107	515
Mrs. A. Knox	81	345	38	168	119	513

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. E. A. Holmes	77	339	79	355	40	208	196	902
Mr. W. Rimington	84	338	78	296	42	228	204	862
Mr. H. A. Ford	81	315	75	313	39	157	195	785
Mr. Spottiswoode	62	234	66	302	43	219	171	755
Mr. E. N. Snow	49	195	58	258	44	224	151	677
Mr. F. Townsend	52	200	69	299	36	172	157	671
Mr. J. M. Croker	40	162	68	292	42	214	150	668
Mr. Betham	44	160	67	295	41	195	152	650
Mr. Jenner-Fust	53	209	67	243	40	196	160	648
Captain C. H. Fisher	68	272	47	185	43	189	158	646
Mr. H. Elliott	54	172	60	262	39	171	153	605

Thirty-seven ladies and fifty gentlemen shot.

*****

The Twenty-fifth Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held at Hereford, on the Racecourse, on July 29 and 30, 1868.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Miss Betham	80	382	48	290	128	672
Mrs. W. Butt	87	359	47	265	134	624
Mrs. P. Becher	79	401	41	193	120	594
Mrs. E. Lister	72	346	43	247	115	593
Mrs. Horniblow	82	364	44	222	126	586
Miss Ripley	70	330	42	214	112	544

Miss Betham won the silver bracer with 4 points. Mrs. W. Butt won 2 points for most hits and another point for hits at 60 yards. Mrs. P. Becher won the point for score at 60 yards.

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. W. Rimington	77	299	68	288	42	220	187	807
Mr. O. K. Prescot	69	281	63	315	39	191	171	787
Captain C. H. Fisher	78	312	57	235	40	208	175	755
Mr. E. A. Holmes	62	242	66	290	42	208	170	740
Mr. H. A. Ford	66	230	65	291	42	214	173	735
Colonel M. F. Ward	51	197	64	302	43	223	158	722
Mr. J. M. Croker	51	191	65	263	44	242	160	696
Mr. H. Elliott	64	258	61	267	35	157	160	682
Mr. Betham	56	210	57	239	41	219	154	668
Mr. H. Walrond	48	192	62	286	41	187	151	665
Mr. Jenner-Fust	45	173	67	295	40	190	152	658
Mr. W. Butt	49	211	53	289	43	199	145	649

Mr. W. Rimington became the Champion with 5 points. Captain C. H. Fisher won 2 points for hits and score at 100 yards. Mr. O. K. Prescot won the point for score at 80 yards; and Mr. J. M. Croker won the points for score and hits at 60 yards.

Sixty-three ladies and sixty-nine gentlemen shot.

*****

Mr. W. Rimington scored 433 on July 31 in the handicap match.

*****

The Sixth Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at Bitton, near Teignmouth, on September 9 and 10, 1868.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Horniblow	83	453	44	238	127	691
Miss Ripley	85	397	45	219	130	616
Miss Rowlett	62	268	43	201	105	469

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. A. Ford	70	300	76	364	44	260	190	924
Colonel M. F. Ward	67	299	68	320	39	217	174	836
Mr. H. B. Hare	53	199	73	325	30	198	156	722
Mr. E. N. Snow	48	192	63	275	43	237	154	704
Admiral A. Lowe	69	283	56	242	34	160	159	685
Mr. C. H. Everett	63	221	56	212	37	189	156	622
Mr. H. Walrond	58	206	47	207	42	188	147	601

Miss Ripley became Championess, and Colonel Ward Champion of the West.

Fifty-six ladies and thirty-eight gentlemen shot.

*****

The Sixteenth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held on June 9 and 10, 1869, in the Jephson Gardens.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Miss Betham	70	344	47	251	117	595
Mrs. Kinahan	80	344	45	233	125	577
Mrs. P. Becher	79	349	43	227	122	576
Mrs. Horniblow	78	352	43	221	121	573
Miss Peel	75	353	43	203	118	556
Miss Stephenson	73	315	42	204	115	519
Mrs. E. Lister	67	311	38	202	105	513
Miss H. Hutchinson	74	328	44	178	118	506
Miss F. Flight	67	333	36	166	103	499

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. A. Ford	95	403	77	369	48	260	220	1032
Captain C. H. Fisher	60	250	74	312	43	205	177	767
Mr. O. K. Prescot	79	281	65	291	37	161	181	733
Mr. H. Elliott	74	286	69	247	39	145	182	678
Mr. T. L. Coulson	56	236	59	231	40	164	155	631
Mr. Walford	50	198	52	210	44	220	146	628
Mr. W. Ford	49	195	60	238	35	179	144	612

Twenty-one ladies and thirty-nine gentlemen shot.

*****

The Eleventh Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on July 8 and 9, 1869.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Horniblow	88	410	48	266	136	676
Miss Ripley	81	369	46	278	127	647
Miss H. Hutchinson	68	308	41	243	109	551
Miss Stephenson	74	336	40	200	114	536
Mrs. P. Becher	69	305	43	229	112	534
Mrs. Kinahan	74	344	40	184	114	528

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. W. Rimington	80	334	73	347	44	236	197	917
Mr. H. A. Ford	66	258	76	362	47	269	189	889
Captain C. H. Fisher	77	313	71	319	42	210	190	842
Mr. H. Elliott	60	234	80	380	40	204	180	818
Mr. E. A. Holmes	68	258	66	250	45	241	179	749
Mr. Walford	38	156	63	287	47	237	148	680
Mr. Horlock	54	210	60	262	41	193	155	665
Mr. W. L. Selfe	63	223	56	222	42	218	161	663
Mr. J. M. Croker	49	209	57	217	45	233	151	659
Admiral Lowe	57	207	59	233	40	192	156	632
Mr. Betham	57	213	48	176	40	212	145	601
Mr. Lea	48	198	47	193	41	209	136	600

Forty-two ladies and fifty-seven gentlemen shot.

*****

The Twenty-sixth Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held in the Aston Park Grounds, near Birmingham, on July 28 and 29, 1869.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Horniblow	78	402	45	227	123	629
Mrs. Kinahan	83	409	40	198	123	607
Mrs. E. Lister	65	299	45	219	110	518
Miss Betham	61	247	43	239	104	486
Miss Stephenson	62	276	41	201	103	477
Miss H. Hutchinson	73	321	35	155	108	476

Mrs. Horniblow won the silver bracer with the highest score, as there was a tie between her and Mrs. Kinahan in points. This was said to be the case at the time, but it does not appear to have been so from the published scores, as Mrs. Horniblow had the advantage by one-half a point. Mrs. Horniblow appears to have won 2 points for gross score, 1 point for a tie with Mrs. Kinahan for total hits, and one-half a point for a tie with Mrs. E. Lister for hits at 50 yards—total, 3-1/2 points. Mrs. Kinahan won 2 points for hits and score at 60 yards, and 1 point for the tie in total hits—her total being only 3 points. Miss Betham won 1 point for score at 50 yards. The annual report of this meeting was never issued by the Hon. Secretary, the Rev. O. Luard, so the actual state of the case cannot now be made certain. Of course there may have been an error in the unofficial accounts published.

Mr. W. Rimington won the Champion's gold medal with the highest score, as there was a tie in points between him and Captain C. H. Fisher, each having won 4 points. Mr. W. Rimington won 1 point for score at 100 yards, 1 point for score at 60 yards, and 2 points for gross score. Captain C. H. Fisher won 2 points for score and hits at 80 yards, and 2 for most total hits. Mr. E. A. Holmes won 1 point for hits at 60 yards, and Mr. O. K. Prescot one point for hits at 100 yards.

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. W. Rimington	71	335	75	311	45	263	191	909
Mr. E. A. Holmes	66	274	74	356	47	253	187	883
Captain C. H. Fisher	73	279	77	369	42	212	192	860
Mr. H. A. Ford	65	247	67	343	44	224	176	814
Mr. G. Edwards	54	216	70	324	46	232	170	772
Mr. O. K. Prescot	76	298	62	270	44	198	182	766
Mr. H. Elliott	69	237	63	277	37	193	169	707
Mr. H. Walrond	55	213	68	300	41	187	164	700
Mr. C. H. Everett	69	237	60	294	38	142	167	673
Captain Lewin, R. E.	51	201	60	218	38	198	149	617
Mr. H. B. Hare	54	214	65	265	33	135	152	614
Mr. T. L. Coulson	59	211	51	221	35	175	145	607

On this occasion it was decided by the Committee that in future the Champion honours at their meetings should be decided by gross score and not by points. A handsome silver cup, value 50 guineas, collected by small subscriptions from numerous archers, was presented on July 29 to Mr. C. M. Caldecott, of Holbrooke Grange, near Rugby, who had acted for many years as judge at these meetings.

Only thirty-six ladies and sixty-nine gentlemen shot at this meeting.

*****

The Seventh Grand Western Archery Meeting was held in Mr. Parson's grounds at Bitton, near Teignmouth, on August 4 and 5, 1869.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Miss Ripley	76	390	46	270	122	660
Mrs. Kinahan	86	412	36	176	122	588

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. C. H. Everett	59	227	74	310	39	175	172	712
Mr. R. Price	51	211	63	279	40	194	154	684
Mr. H. Walrond	45	157	64	296	38	186	147	639
Mr. Jenner-Fust	53	233	55	193	40	212	148	638
Colonel M. F. Ward	56	182	60	266	40	180	158	628

Miss Ripley and Mr. R. Price became Championess and Champion of the West.

Sixty-two ladies and thirty-nine gentlemen shot.

*****

The Seventeenth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held in the Jephson Gardens on June 15 and 16, 1870.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. W. Butt	93	525	44	260	137	785
Mrs. Villiers Forbes	86	454	43	227	129	681
Miss H. Hutchinson	83	403	44	232	127	635
Mrs. Horniblow	83	389	44	236	127	625
Mrs. E. Lister	83	365	44	232	127	597
Miss Joan Ley	76	326	41	223	117	539

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. Elliott	83	359	69	283	44	248	196	890
Mr. Jenner-Fust	67	245	69	295	46	240	182	780
Mr. Betham	61	243	69	295	40	212	170	750
Mr. O. K. Prescot	62	242	79	311	40	194	181	747
Colonel M. F. Ward	59	211	63	323	37	179	159	713
Mr. W. F. Heideman	50	168	64	286	42	214	156	668
Captain Lewin, R. E.	66	224	57	239	38	166	161	629
Mr. W. Butt	43	159	48	214	45	233	136	606
Mr. T. L. Coulson	58	196	64	246	41	163	163	605

Twenty-five ladies and forty gentlemen shot.

Mr. O. K. Prescot scored 400 on June 17 in the handicap match.

*****

The Twelfth Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on July 7 and 8, 1870.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. V. Forbes	93	479	45	273	138	752
Mrs. W. Butt	86	442	46	280	132	722
Mrs. Horniblow	78	392	45	241	123	633
Mrs. Kinahan	79	377	41	231	120	608
Miss H. Hutchinson	78	332	46	252	124	584
Miss Joan Ley	66	338	47	207	113	545
Miss H. Holmes	75	307	42	224	117	531
Mrs. Hosken	68	302	45	219	113	521

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. E. A. Holmes	74	284	79	365	46	248	199	897
Mr. H. Elliott	73	263	72	338	41	193	186	794
Captain C. H. Fisher	86	336	60	264	40	184	186	784
Mr. Jenner-Fust	42	168	72	342	46	212	160	722
Mr. H. Walrond	52	214	63	297	41	207	156	718
Mr. Walford	58	206	60	286	41	169	159	661
Mr. W. Butt	49	201	60	258	40	180	149	639
Colonel A. Robertson	47	181	56	236	41	195	144	612
Mr. T. Boulton	48	186	58	240	36	182	142	608

Forty-eight ladies and thirty-nine gentlemen shot.

*****

The Twenty-seventh Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held on July 21 and 22, 1870, at Weston, near Bath.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Horniblow	86	412	48	288	134	700
Mrs. V. Forbes	87	405	47	279	134	684
Mrs. W. Butt	90	424	46	232	136	656
Mrs. E. Lister	81	395	44	218	125	613
Miss H. Hutchinson	82	364	44	232	126	596
Mrs. P. Pinckney	74	350	44	246	118	596
Miss Hulme	75	359	46	234	121	593
Miss Joan Ley	69	337	41	183	110	520
Miss Ripley 11	45	191	47	285	92	476
Mrs. J. R. Thomson	60	254	46	214	106	468

11 Shot only 15 arrows at 60 yards the first day.

Mrs. Horniblow became the Championess by highest gross score. The points happened to be equally divided between her and Mrs. W. Butt.

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. E. A. Holmes	66	258	72	302	45	247	183	807
Captain C. H. Fisher	77	349	64	270	42	178	183	797
Mr. C. H. Everett	86	348	72	284	36	146	194	778
Mr. Walford	70	274	64	286	44	206	178	766
Mr. H. Elliott	75	313	67	267	42	184	184	764
Mr. W. Rimington	66	192	58	236	45	215	169	743
Mr. W. Butt	45	185	64	318	43	223	152	726
Mr. E. Ley	51	205	69	333	38	186	158	724
Mr. O. K. Prescot	63	287	58	220	38	202	159	709
Mr. Betham	51	207	66	266	42	228	159	701
Colonel M. F. Ward	52	192	61	263	45	237	158	692
Mr. W. F. Heideman	43	149	72	334	39	189	154	672

Mr. E. A. Holmes became the Champion with the highest score under the rule passed in 1869 abolishing points. He would have become champion by one-third of a point.

The average of the shooting at this meeting was unusually good amongst the gentlemen, being 751·5 for the first ten.

Mr. H. A. Ford was present, but did not shoot.

The weather was excessively hot.

Eighty-three ladies and seventy-nine gentlemen shot.

Good scores were made by Mr. E. A. Holmes (490), Captain C. H. Fisher (443), and Mr. Walford (411), on July 23, in the handicap match.

*****

The Eighth Grand Western Archery Meeting was held in the grounds at Bitton, near Teignmouth, on July 27 and 28, 1870.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Miss M. Lockyer	91	463	45	235	136	698
Mrs. V. Forbes	81	407	47	275	128	682
Mrs. P. Pinckney	85	403	45	249	130	652
Miss J. Ley	85	387	45	263	130	650
Miss Ripley	78	362	47	283	125	645
Miss H. Hutchinson	78	320	45	249	123	569
Mrs. J. R. Thomson	83	343	39	205	122	548

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Captain C. H. Fisher	91	375	88	424	46	234	225	1033
Mr. H. Walrond	50	216	71	331	44	246	165	793
Mr. Betham	52	250	68	302	40	192	160	744
Mr. O. K. Prescot	57	215	64	282	42	208	163	705
Mr. E. N. Snow	65	277	50	226	42	200	157	703
Mr. W. Rimington	54	198	57	223	42	242	153	663
Mr. Price	35	137	71	323	36	160	142	620
Colonel M. F. Ward	53	179	57	239	41	189	151	607

Miss M. Lockyer and Mr. Walrond became Championess and Champion of the West.

Sixty-three ladies and forty-three gentlemen shot.

*****

The Eighteenth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held in the Jephson Gardens on June 14 and 15, 1871.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Horniblow	89	503	47	265	136	768
Mrs. V. Forbes	77	431	48	268	125	699
Mrs. W. Butt	83	403	44	240	127	643
Mrs. E. Lister	76	368	45	221	121	589
Miss Joan Ley	76	348	46	218	122	566
Mrs. P. Becher	71	329	42	176	113	505

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Captain C. H. Fisher	88	356	72	340	45	221	205	917
Mr. T. L. Coulson	76	296	74	294	45	225	195	815
Mr. Jenner-Fust	58	228	71	305	44	222	173	755
Mr. C. H. Everett	61	227	63	259	40	210	164	696
Mr. G. L. Aston	69	287	54	206	38	194	161	687
Mr. F. Townsend	59	209	66	284	35	167	160	660
Mr. W. Butt	47	157	66	290	41	197	154	644
Mr. H. Elliott	49	193	61	231	44	204	154	628

Twenty-three ladies and thirty-six gentlemen shot.

During all these eighteen Leamington meetings Mr. N. Merridew acted as Secretary and Manager, and Mr. C. M. Caldecott as Judge.

*****

The Twenty-eighth Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held on the College Cricket-ground, at Cheltenham, on June 28 and 29, 1871.

At this meeting the system of points for the selection of the Champion and Championess was reintroduced, and Mrs. Horniblow became the Championess with all the points, except that Mrs. V. Forbes and Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey tied her in hits at 50 yards, with 47 hits. This score of 746 was the best yet made, Mrs. Horniblow's own score of 700 at Bath in 1870 being the next best.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Horniblow	91	467	47	279	138	746
Mrs. E. Lister	90	434	44	230	134	664
Mrs. W. Butt	79	391	45	261	124	652
Mrs. V. Forbes	80	358	47	269	127	627
Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey	75	365	47	231	122	596
Mrs. J. E. Thomson	73	325	46	258	119	583
Miss Betham	75	315	45	249	120	564
Miss Joan Ley	70	308	41	205	111	513
Miss Hulme	68	300	43	211	111	511
Miss F. Flight	63	269	45	237	108	506

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Captain C. H. Fisher	80	338	80	358	45	259	205	955
Mr. W. Rimington	66	232	68	330	47	233	181	795
Mr. H. Walrond	58	242	67	337	42	210	167	789
Mr. Jenner-Fust	56	250	62	268	46	220	164	738
Mr. T. L. Coulson	52	180	62	260	41	221	155	663
Mr. Walford	49	213	56	240	41	199	146	652
Mr. H. Elliott	58	212	56	230	43	197	157	639
Mr. P. Muir	44	194	57	263	40	180	141	637

Captain C. H. Fisher won the Championship with all the points, except that for hits at 60 yards, which was won by Mr. W. Rimington (47). This 955 was the best score yet made by anybody except Mr. H. A. Ford, and Mr. Holmes, whose score was 973 at Brighton in 1867.

Fifty-nine ladies and sixty-eight gentlemen shot at this meeting.

On the next day—June 30—Mr. Aston made 389, Miss Hulme 388, and Mrs. W. Butt 380.

*****

The Thirteenth Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on July 12 and 13, 1871.

Twenty-three ladies and thirty-seven gentlemen shot.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. W. Butt	86	438	47	275	133	713
Mrs. Horniblow	80	396	46	256	126	652
Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey	80	392	46	248	126	640
Miss Ripley	75	335	47	251	122	586
Miss Betham	76	340	43	217	119	557
Mrs. V. Forbes	79	349	40	188	119	537
Mrs. J. R. Thomson	69	315	38	208	107	523
Mrs. Kinahan	70	288	43	223	113	501

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Captain C. H. Fisher	87	349	81	337	46	274	214	960
Mr. H. Elliott	70	276	70	328	44	226	184	830
Mr. C. H. Everett	56	254	63	287	42	194	161	735
Mr. H. Walrond	56	232	64	310	41	185	161	727
Mr. T. L. Coulson	53	203	66	284	40	182	159	669
Captain Lewin, R. E.	72	254	62	258	35	153	169	665
Mr. Walford	49	159	66	290	43	211	158	660
Mr. B. P. Gregson	53	227	64	240	37	173	154	640
Mr. Jenner-Fust	39	141	57	229	44	224	140	594

Mr. R. Butt acted as Hon. Secretary to these meetings from 1867 to 1871 inclusive.

*****

The Ninth Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at Bitton, near Teignmouth, on August 2 and 3, 1871, when fifty-four ladies and thirty-five gentlemen shot.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Miss Ripley	86	434	45	265	131	699
Mrs. V. Forbes	75	337	44	248	119	585
Mrs. Letts	68	342	39	177	107	519
Mrs. P. Pinckney	70	318	37	177	107	495

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. Walrond	66	296	68	328	45	227	179	851
Admiral A. Lowe	79	353	59	265	36	180	174	798
Mr. R. Price	73	283	68	288	42	226	183	797
Captain C. H. Fisher	73	293	66	302	39	171	178	766
Mr. C. H. Everett	58	256	57	243	38	236	153	735
Mr. T. L. Coulson	70	268	56	208	38	164	164	640

Miss Ripley and Mr. Walrond became Championess and Champion of the West.

*****

The Nineteenth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held in the Jephson Gardens, on June 12 and 13, 1872.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Horniblow	88	470	46	242	134	712
Mrs. Kinahan	90	434	43	237	133	671
Mrs. V. Forbes	82	390	48	276	130	666
Mrs. E. Lister	81	381	46	226	127	607

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Captain C. H. Fisher	88	358	73	267	39	179	200	804
Mr. H. Sagar	65	241	70	284	40	210	175	735
Mr. G. E. S. Fryer	64	242	73	273	42	206	179	721
Mr. G. L. Aston	54	226	48	266	41	213	143	705
Mr. Betham	61	259	58	222	44	206	163	687
Mr. W. Ford	59	219	71	263	40	198	170	680
Mr. H. Elliott	51	201	61	281	38	184	150	666
Mr. T. L. Coulson	68	242	58	262	34	150	160	654
Mr. B. P. Gregson	70	264	51	191	42	190	163	645
Captain Lewin, R. E.	65	241	66	258	34	134	165	633
Mr. O. K. Prescot	66	246	50	196	39	189	155	631

Eighteen ladies and thirty-two gentlemen shot.

*****

The Fourteenth Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on July 11 and 12, 1872.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. J. R. Thomson	81	343	47	261	128	604
Mrs. P. Pinckney	72	328	46	208	118	536
Miss Ripley	69	299	40	200	109	499

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. Sagar	52	214	73	335	41	197	166	746
Captain C. H. Fisher	74	258	67	211	45	225	186	694
Mr. G. E. S. Fryer	59	195	63	289	41	201	163	685
Mr. H. Elliott	55	207	56	222	41	193	152	622

Thirty-six ladies and thirty-three gentlemen shot.

*****

The Twenty-ninth Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held, in the grounds of the College at Cheltenham, on June 26 and 27, 1872.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Horniblow	88	394	48	266	136	660
Mrs. J. R. Thomson	80	372	45	233	125	605
Mrs. Kinahan	75	365	46	216	121	581
Mrs. E. Lister	75	327	41	243	116	570
Miss H. Hutchinson	72	320	45	239	117	559
Mrs. Acklom	73	317	41	201	114	518

Mrs. Horniblow won the silver bracer, having secured all the points.

Captain C. H. Fisher became Champion with highest gross score, as he was a tie with Mr. Betham for points, each having 4—Captain Fisher having hits and score at 80 yards and gross score, and Mr. Betham hits and score at 100 yards and gross hits. Mr. Sagar won the 2 points for hits and score at 60 yards.

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Captain C. H. Fisher	64	242	75	347	36	182	175	771
Mr. Jenner-Fust	68	250	65	291	43	207	176	748
Mr. Betham	71	269	67	267	40	176	178	712
Mr. G. E. S. Fryer	63	259	50	216	43	209	156	684
Mr. H. Sagar	37	139	58	250	47	227	142	616
Mr. H. Elliott	56	188	59	233	42	194	157	615

Fifty-five ladies and fifty-eight gentlemen shot at this meeting.

Mrs. Thomson made a score of 345 on the following day—June 28—in the handicap match.

*****

The Tenth Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at Sherborne, in Mr. Digby's grounds, on August 7 and 8, 1872, when fifty-four ladies and forty-four gentlemen shot.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. P. Pinckney	85	401	47	249	132	650
Miss Lockyer	72	334	43	223	115	557

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Captain C. H. Fisher	95	429	76	370	47	261	218	1060
Mr. G. E. S. Fryer	68	256	65	299	46	262	179	817
Mr. R. Price	58	234	59	261	41	211	158	706
Mr. H. Walrond	52	206	58	256	47	221	157	683
Mr. C. H. Everett	55	229	53	199	40	188	148	616
Mr. T. Boulton	53	211	60	264	33	141	146	616
Mr. Jenner-Fust	66	244	55	217	31	149	152	610

Mrs. P. Pinckney and Mr. Price became Championess and Champion of the West.

*****

No Leamington Archery Meeting was held in 1873, as the Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held in Leamington in the course of the year.

*****

The Fifteenth Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on July 9 and 10, 1873.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. P. Pinckney	88	468	47	261	135	729
Mrs. Horniblow	89	477	46	242	135	719
Mrs. Piers F. Legh	84	398	46	244	130	642
Miss H. Hutchinson	73	317	46	234	119	551
Miss Ripley	77	329	39	221	116	550
Mrs. Mayhew	79	345	35	179	114	524
Mrs. M. Barnard	78	334	38	172	116	506

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. C. H. Everett	76	340	78	316	38	192	192	848
Mr. G. E. S. Fryer	69	265	66	288	45	241	180	794
Mr. H. H. Palairet	68	278	71	325	42	182	181	785
Mr. H. Sagar	43	195	64	308	46	228	153	731
Mr. T. Boulton	63	251	65	241	41	213	169	705
Mr. Betham	62	214	62	284	44	188	168	686
Mr. B. P. Gregson	59	247	64	258	35	151	158	656
Mr. T. L. Coulson	50	172	60	266	35	181	145	619
Mr. A. Henty	51	181	57	235	38	180	146	596
Dr. R. Harris	45	167	61	263	36	166	142	596

Forty-four ladies and twenty-seven gentlemen shot.

Major Lewin acted as Hon. Secretary to these meetings in 1872 and 1873.

*****

A Grand Archery Meeting was held on the Cricket-ground of the Alexandra Park Company, Muswell Hill, near Hornsey, on July 17 and 18, 1873.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Horniblow	90	460	47	273	137	733
Miss H. Hutchinson	77	343	45	239	122	582
Mrs. P. Pinckney	73	321	47	253	120	574
Miss Betham	73	365	40	198	113	563
Mrs. Piers F. Legh	76	330	44	228	120	558

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. H. Palairet	62	266	77	309	46	242	185	817
Major C. H. Fisher	84	298	65	285	42	194	191	777
Mr. G. E. S. Fryer	72	262	65	289	44	220	181	771
Mr. C. H. Everett	60	252	72	310	39	169	171	731
Mr. H. Sagar	62	250	66	292	39	183	167	725
Admiral A. Lowe	49	219	71	303	43	195	163	717
Mr. T. Boulton	59	215	56	216	43	217	158	648
Mr. Betham	48	176	62	222	43	209	153	607
Mr. G. L. Aston	54	188	53	237	33	161	140	586
Mr. R. Braithwaite	42	152	56	258	34	176	132	586

Mr. T. Aldred had the management of this meeting.

Thirty-seven ladies and thirty-four gentlemen shot.

*****

The Thirtieth Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held at Leamington, in Mrs. Wise's grounds, Shrublands, on July 23 and 24, 1873.

Mrs. Horniblow again won the silver bracer with 6 points. Mrs. P. Pinckney won the points for hits and score at 50 yards.

Major Fisher became Champion with 8-1/2 points. Mr. A. Henty won the point for hits at 60 yards, and Mr. Fust tied Major Fisher for the point for score at 60 yards.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Horniblow	95	521	47	243	142	764
Miss Ripley	86	414	44	240	130	654
Mrs. Piers F. Legh	82	396	45	243	127	639
Mrs. P. Pinckney	81	351	48	272	129	623
Miss H. Hutchinson	81	405	40	210	121	615
Miss Betham	76	338	45	225	121	563
Mrs. Villiers Forbes	75	331	44	230	119	561
Mrs. Hornby	77	359	44	200	121	559
Mrs. Letts	87	305	42	208	129	513

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Major C. H. Fisher	75	291	81	373	42	234	198	898
Mr. H. H. Palairet	67	243	75	305	44	226	186	774
Mr. C. H. Everett	52	216	73	329	39	205	164	750
Mr. T. Boulton	64	262	68	266	37	185	169	713
Mr. Jenner-Fust	69	261	58	216	42	234	169	711
Admiral A. Lowe	61	259	56	220	42	190	159	669
Mr. O. K. Prescot	59	227	66	276	39	165	164	668
Mr. G. E. S. Fryer	66	276	56	202	37	175	159	653
Mr. E. N. Snow	58	250	60	230	39	153	157	633
Mr P. Muir	58	214	54	234	36	182	148	630
Mr. A. Henty	47	145	57	247	45	219	149	611

In the handicap match on the next day—July 25—Miss Hutchinson scored 350, Mrs. Hornby 312, Major Fisher 462, Mr. Everett 439, and Mr. Fryer 360.

Sixty-three ladies and seventy-six gentlemen shot at this meeting.

*****

The Eleventh Grand Western Archery Meeting was held in Mr. Parson's grounds at Bitton, near Teignmouth, on August 27 and 28, 1873, when fifty-three ladies and thirty-nine gentlemen shot.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. P. Pinckney	83	375	45	273	128	648
Miss Ripley	80	362	47	285	127	647
Mrs. Kinahan	70	308	45	233	115	541
Mrs. Letts	64	290	40	206	104	496

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. C. H. Everett	60	264	73	323	40	182	173	769
Mr. O. K. Prescot	58	264	63	269	38	170	159	703
Mr. H. Walrond	47	171	68	294	42	216	157	681
Captain C. H. Garnett	64	266	60	258	35	151	159	675
Mr. T. L. Coulson	57	203	65	273	35	167	157	643
Major C. H. Fisher	40	158	64	256	41	197	145	611

Mrs. Pinckney and Mr. Walrond became Championess and Champion of the West.

*****

The Twentieth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held on June 24 and 25, 1874.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. E. Lister	83	441	44	250	127	691
Mrs. V. Forbes	83	381	47	275	130	656
Miss H. Hutchinson	78	344	45	263	123	607
Mrs. Pond	74	322	47	261	121	583
Mrs. Hornby	77	345	47	235	124	580
Mrs. Piers F. Legh	75	271	47	261	122	532
Mrs. Mayhew	69	329	42	202	111	531
Miss M. A. Hollins	76	336	42	190	118	526
Mrs. J. F. Stilwell	67	301	38	196	105	497

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. O. K. Prescot	90	350	65	279	43	195	198	824
Mr. Betham	61	261	71	325	45	217	177	803
Mr. G. E. S. Fryer	74	288	63	225	44	228	181	741
Mr. G. L. Aston	57	211	57	223	41	199	155	633
Mr. H. Sagar	56	244	50	196	38	188	144	628
Captain C. H. Garnett	39	149	68	296	39	177	146	622
Colonel Norbury	44	140	65	279	45	201	154	620

Twenty-four ladies and thirty-eight gentlemen shot.

*****

The Sixteenth Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on July 8 and 9, 1874.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Pond	83	421	47	279	130	700
Miss Croker	74	382	42	230	116	612
Mrs. Mayhew	77	339	48	266	125	605
Mrs. J. F. Stilwell	75	357	44	236	119	593
Miss H. Hutchinson	71	323	44	244	115	567
Mrs. Marshall	83	375	37	189	120	564
Mrs. P. Pinckney	69	311	46	240	115	551

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. W. Rimington	73	329	78	334	46	250	197	913
Major C. H. Fisher	80	326	74	354	42	206	196	886
Mr. Betham	67	283	70	304	38	176	175	763
Mr. H. Sagar	61	229	68	310	43	197	172	736
Mr. A. Henty	56	222	68	288	42	160	166	670
Major Lewin, R. E.	53	195	57	277	35	161	145	633
Mr. G. E. S. Fryer	46	214	55	221	39	183	140	618

Thirty-nine ladies and forty-three gentlemen shot.

*****

The Twelfth Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at Weymouth on July 29 and 30, 1874, when fifty-two ladies and thirty-six gentlemen shot.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Pond	75	327	41	187	116	514
Mrs. Horniblow	72	304	44	200	116	504
Mrs. C. Betham	68	304	41	191	109	495
Miss Betham	60	270	44	212	104	482
Mrs. Piers F. Legh	73	289	43	191	116	480
Miss Lowe	66	306	37	169	103	475
Mrs. P. Pinckney	64	244	44	230	108	474

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Major C. H. Fisher	72	246	65	267	42	244	179	757
Mr. H. Walrond	55	243	56	286	35	133	146	662
Mr. W. Rimington	65	233	60	244	38	156	163	633
Mr. T. L. Coulson	49	195	63	297	34	122	146	614
Mr. O. K. Prescot	63	239	57	217	34	148	154	604

Miss Lowe and Mr. H. Walrond became Championess and Champion of the West.

*****

The Thirty-first Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held on August 5 and 6, 1874, on the College Cricket-ground, at Winchester.

Mrs. Pond won the silver bracer with 6 points. Mrs. P. F. Legh won the point for score at 50 yards; and Mrs. P. Pinckney and Mrs. Horniblow divided the point for hits at 50 yards.

Major C. H. Fisher became Champion, having secured all the points.

Eighty-two ladies and sixty-four gentlemen shot at this meeting.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Pond	87	431	45	213	132	644
Mrs. Piers F. Legh	77	369	46	272	123	641
Mrs. P. Pinckney	82	362	47	271	129	633
Mrs. Horniblow	76	352	47	269	123	621
Mrs. E. Lister	76	330	46	252	122	582
Miss Milne	76	384	46	196	122	580
Miss Betham	73	351	44	204	117	555
Miss E. Martin	73	333	42	208	115	541
Mrs. Mayhew	64	280	46	250	110	530
Mrs. Holland	68	308	46	220	114	528

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Major C. H. Fisher	71	289	75	331	47	253	193	873
Mr. C. H. Everett	63	225	58	254	43	233	164	712
Mr. G. E. S. Fryer	55	213	65	291	41	205	161	709
Mr. Betham	60	234	62	248	41	221	163	703
Mr. H. Walrond	48	180	64	266	44	248	156	694
Mr. O. K. Prescot	58	224	63	271	37	153	158	648
Mr. B. P. Gregson	58	216	55	215	42	188	155	619
Mr. A. Henty	54	184	60	244	40	184	154	612
Mr. W. Rimington	57	179	61	241	41	191	159	611

In the handicap match on August 7, Mrs. E. Lister scored 356, Mrs. Piers F. Legh 333, and Mrs. Horniblow 319; Major C. H. Fisher 443, and Mr. Betham 418.

*****

The Twenty-first Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held in the Jephson Gardens, on June 23 and 24, 1875.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. W. Butt	86	422	43	235	129	657
Mrs. Pond	82	366	44	258	126	624
Miss M. A. Hollins	80	360	48	262	128	622
Miss H. Hutchinson	82	328	41	181	123	509
Mrs. Hornby	74	326	37	181	111	507

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. C. H. Rimington	74	280	73	339	44	238	191	857
Mr. C. H. Everett	82	310	71	265	45	215	198	790
Mr. H. H. Palairet	62	256	66	276	47	227	175	759
Mr. Betham	58	244	63	253	44	196	165	693
Mr. W. Porter	47	185	70	300	33	165	150	650
Mr. H. Elliott	55	213	60	238	40	166	155	617

Twenty-four ladies and forty gentlemen shot.

*****

The Seventeenth Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on July 28 and 29, 1875.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Horniblow	84	394	48	280	132	674
Mrs. Pond	82	374	46	250	128	624
Mrs. Kinahan	76	310	48	258	124	568
Mrs. Piers F. Legh	80	350	43	195	123	545
Miss Legh	75	313	40	184	115	497

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Major C. H. Fiher	83	315	80	360	43	213	206	888
Mr. W. Rimington	59	199	80	310	44	258	183	767
Mr. Betham	61	211	68	278	43	233	172	722
Mr. Piers F. Legh	49	171	67	289	45	225	161	685
Mr. C. H. Everett	66	262	61	261	38	150	165	673
Mr. H. Walrond	62	218	47	209	45	231	154	658
Mr. H. H. Palairet	50	228	60	240	33	171	143	639
Mr. G. E. S. Fryer	52	194	64	256	39	185	155	635
Mr. W. Ford	60	226	58	228	36	148	154	602

Forty ladies and fifty-seven gentlemen shot.

*****

The Thirty-second Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held on August 4 and 5, 1875, in the Deer-park at Richmond, Surrey.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Miss M. A. Hollins	88	430	45	263	133	693
Miss Horniblow	71	311	43	229	114	540
Mrs. P. Pinckney	69	307	44	228	113	535
Mrs. E. Lister	74	304	45	223	119	527
Mrs. Marshall	68	304	42	220	110	524
Mrs. Pond	61	287	42	210	103	497
Miss H. Hutchinson	70	302	43	185	113	487
Miss Milne	76	334	35	151	111	485
Mrs. C. E. Hornby	59	255	43	219	102	474
Miss Benwell	70	272	41	193	111	465

Miss Hollins won the silver bracer with 7-1/2 points, as she divided the point for hits at 50 yards with Mrs. Lister.

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. G. E. S. Fryer	77	279	75	361	46	236	198	876
Mr. W. Rimington	78	358	66	308	42	196	186	862
Major C. H. Fisher	69	275	71	341	45	233	185	849
Mr. B. P. Gregson	71	277	63	279	44	200	178	756
Mr. Betham	59	233	63	269	48	238	170	740
Mr. H. H. Palairet	55	217	72	326	36	190	163	733
Mr. Piers F. Legh	61	259	64	296	40	168	165	723
Mr. A. T. D. Berrington	52	232	59	259	39	181	150	672
Mr. C. H. Everett	63	237	60	272	34	144	157	653
Mr. H. Walrond	54	226	44	180	45	241	143	647
Mr. W. Butt	32	122	64	246	42	250	138	618

Mr. Fryer became Champion with 6 points. Mr. Rimington won the point for hits and score at 100 yards; Mr. Betham the point for hits at 60 yards; and Mr. Butt the point for score at 60 yards.

Eighty-four ladies and seventy-two gentlemen shot at this meeting.

*****

The Thirteenth Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at Bitton, near Teignmouth, on August 11 and 12, 1875, when forty-seven ladies and twenty-seven gentlemen shot.

——	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Hosken	69	313	39	193	108	506

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. W. Rimington	74	286	81	381	47	259	202	926
Major C. H. Fisher	77	289	77	341	40	206	194	836
Mr. G. E. S. Fryer	72	290	63	297	38	190	173	777
Mr. H. Walrond	64	274	65	275	40	198	169	747
Mr. H. H. Palairet	60	236	68	316	34	150	162	702
Mr. H. Sagar	65	253	56	242	37	169	158	664
Mr. Grant Dalton	45	171	59	257	43	203	147	631

Mrs. Hosken and Mr. Walrond became Championess and Champion of the West.

Major Fisher scored 442, and Mr. Palairet 424, in the handicap match on the following day—August 13.

*****

The Twenty-second Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held on June 21 and 22, 1876.

Twenty-nine ladies and thirty-four gentlemen shot.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. W. Butt	91	463	47	267	138	730
Mrs. Horniblow	83	383	47	249	130	632
Mrs. Pond	79	373	42	218	121	591
Mrs. Piers F. Legh	73	321	47	269	120	590
Miss H. Hutchinson	75	379	39	199	112	578
Mrs. E. Lister	80	366	41	205	121	571
Miss M. A. Hollins	74	324	46	244	120	568
Mrs. Hornby	74	322	43	233	117	555
Mrs. Kinahan	77	355	39	191	116	546

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. C. H. Everett	94	364	70	348	39	185	203	897
Mr. G. L. Aston	65	243	66	288	45	209	176	740
Mr. W. Ford	66	230	71	313	41	185	178	728
Mr. W. Butt	42	174	64	276	46	240	152	690
Mr. W. Porter	52	204	51	191	44	208	147	603

Mr. C. H. Everett scored 451 on June 23 in the handicap match.

*****

The Eighteenth Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on June 28 and 29, 1876.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. W. Butt	89	447	44	248	133	695
Mrs. Kinahan	82	368	48	250	130	618
Mrs. Marshall	82	376	44	226	126	602
Mrs. Pond	74	338	45	233	119	571
Miss Berens	68	316	44	236	112	552
Miss Croker	70	302	45	231	115	533
Mrs. D. Ainsworth	70	298	44	224	114	522
Mrs. Piers F. Legh	81	319	43	199	124	518
Miss Follett	71	331	40	170	111	501

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. C. H. Everett	77	333	69	283	45	209	191	825
Major C. H. Fisher	65	291	66	294	40	176	171	761
Mr. J. Rogers	67	229	66	264	43	213	176	706
Mr. W. Rimington	69	259	72	274	34	140	175	673
Mr. Eyre W. Hussey	46	178	56	240	41	207	153	625

Thirty-nine ladies and thirty-five gentlemen shot.

*****

The Thirty-third Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held on July 5 and 6, 1876, at Sandown Park, near Esher, Surrey.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. W. Butt	91	483	47	269	138	752
Mrs. Marshall	87	409	44	202	131	611
Mrs. Kinahan	69	325	44	246	113	571
Miss M. A. Hollins	75	303	44	246	119	549
Mrs. Kane	74	330	39	201	113	531
Miss Croker	75	331	35	195	110	526
Mrs. D. Ainsworth	67	307	43	207	110	514
Miss H. Hutchinson	70	304	44	202	114	506
Mrs. Horniblow	65	283	43	217	108	500

Mrs. Butt won the silver bracer with all the points.

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. H. Palairet	59	233	77	313	45	227	181	773
Major C. H. Fisher	78	358	60	208	42	204	180	770
Mr. C. H. Everett	70	248	56	232	39	203	165	683
Mr. Rogers	51	201	54	240	43	225	148	666
Mr. W. Rimington	61	235	59	231	39	163	159	629
Mr. G. E. S. Fryer	53	195	63	225	38	184	154	604

Mr. H. H. Palairet became the Champion with 8 points after a very close contest during the shooting of the last 3 arrows at 60 yards with Major Fisher, who won the 2 points for hits and score at 100 yards.

In the handicap match on the next day Mrs. Horniblow made 340, and Mr. Everett 427.

Sixty-three ladies and fifty-three gentlemen shot at this meeting.

*****

The Fourteenth Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at Salisbury on August 2 and 3, 1876, when fifty-three ladies and forty gentlemen shot.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Piers F. Legh	86	368	46	266	132	634
Miss E. Pinckney	81	345	45	213	126	558
Mrs. Horniblow	78	316	45	223	123	539
Mrs. Kane	65	289	47	233	112	522
Mrs. E. Lister	63	271	40	216	103	487

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. H. Palairet	64	234	64	302	45	229	173	765
Mr. C. H. Everett	69	271	59	229	44	204	172	704
Mr. H. Walrond	55	201	62	250	46	236	163	687
Mr. J. Penrose	56	210	63	259	44	198	163	667
Mr. H. B. Hare	44	160	65	285	36	172	145	617
Mr. P. F. Legh	49	169	57	231	39	193	145	593

Miss E. Pinckney and Mr. Palairet became Championess and Champion of the West.

*****

The Twenty-third Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held on June 27 and 28, 1877. Forty ladies and twenty-seven gentlemen shot.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. W. Butt	88	432	45	275	133	707
Miss M. A. Hollins	85	413	45	287	130	700
Mrs. Kinahan	87	383	46	248	133	631
Mrs. Piers F. Legh	86	370	46	260	132	630
Miss Legh	80	378	47	249	127	627
Mrs. D. Ainsworth	81	353	40	202	121	555
Mrs. Acklom	77	361	46	188	123	549
Mrs. E. Lister	73	313	38	214	111	527
Miss H. Hutchinson	75	327	42	196	117	523

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. H. Palairet	66	262	77	363	41	213	184	838
Major C. H. Fisher	77	299	72	286	44	242	193	827
Mr. H. Elliott	58	220	59	247	37	185	154	652

Mrs. W. Butt scored 365 on June 29 in the handicap match.

*****

The Nineteenth Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on July 12 and 13, 1877. Forty-six ladies and forty gentlemen shot.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. W. Butt	91	477	45	241	136	718
Mrs. Kinahan	87	439	45	221	132	660
Miss Legh	84	372	48	266	132	638
Mrs. Marshall	83	359	45	261	128	620
Mrs. Piers F. Legh	80	356	47	251	127	607
Mrs. P. Pinckney	77	317	44	266	121	583
Mrs. Kane	79	385	40	198	119	583
Mrs. Hulse	65	297	43	221	108	518

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Major C. H. Fisher	95	389	72	330	43	213	210	932
Mr. P. Pinckney	73	307	69	313	47	243	189	863
Mr. H. H. Palairet	67	269	75	341	43	213	185	823
Mr. W. Rimington	77	301	70	288	36	154	183	743
Mr. E. N. Snow	47	173	66	268	43	199	156	640
Mr. H. Sagar	64	242	59	205	37	189	150	636
Mr. H. Walrond	51	185	60	244	38	180	149	609
Mr. J. Rogers	62	198	60	246	36	164	158	608
Major Lewin, R. E.	46	204	58	218	42	186	146	608

*****

The Thirty-fourth Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held at Doncaster, on the Racecourse, on August 8 and 9, 1877.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. W. Butt	80	414	46	262	126	676
Miss M. A. Hollins	84	376	42	220	126	596
Mrs. D. Ainsworth	73	327	45	253	118	580
Mrs. Horniblow	72	316	46	244	118	560
Mrs. E. Lister	70	320	42	216	112	516
Mrs. Marshall	75	319	46	188	121	507
Mrs. Piers F. Legh	73	311	44	196	117	507

Mrs. Butt won the silver bracer with 5-1/2 points. Miss Hollins won the point for hits at 60 yards, and made an equal number of gross hits with Mrs. Butt; and Mrs. Horniblow made the same number of hits at 50 yards as Mrs. Butt.

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. W. Rimington	55	227	70	290	38	186	163	703
Mr. H. H. Palairet	46	170	61	259	40	220	147	649
Mr. Betham	54	242	54	206	41	179	149	627
Mr. G. E. S. Fryer	58	222	53	229	39	159	150	610

Mr. W. Rimington became Champion with 7 points. Mr. Betham won the 2 points for score at 100 yards and hits at 60 yards; Mr. Fryer the point for hits at 100 yards; and Mr. Palairet the point for score at 60 yards.

In the handicap match on the next day—August 10—Mrs. Butt scored 44 hits, 280 sc. and 24 hits, 154 sc. = 68 hits, 434 sc., and Miss Hollins 362. Mr. Palairet scored 400.

The weather on the two first days at this meeting was most unsuitable.

Forty-four ladies and fifty-four gentlemen attended this meeting.

*****

The Fifteenth Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at Bitton, near Teignmouth, on August 29 and 30, 1877, when forty-nine ladies and thirty gentlemen shot.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. C. E. Nesham	74	360	44	240	118	600
Miss E. Pinckney	75	327	46	240	121	567
Miss C. Radford	82	392	41	173	123	565
Mrs. V. Forbes	71	329	40	202	111	531
Mrs. Gataker	71	301	44	214	115	515
Miss Follett	68	302	41	201	109	503
Miss E. Matthews	64	294	40	206	104	500

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Major C. H. Fisher	91	357	66	292	41	201	198	850
Mr. P. Pinckney	73	251	67	307	42	228	182	786
Mr. H. H. Palairet	67	263	70	288	44	198	181	749
Mr. O. L. Clare	75	285	48	186	43	205	166	676
Mr. H. Walrond	57	219	65	255	43	195	165	669

Miss E. Pinckney and Mr. P. Pinckney—sister and brother—became Championess and Champion of the West.

*****

The Twenty-fourth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held on June 26 and 27, 1878.

Thirty-one ladies and twenty-nine gentlemen shot.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Horniblow	89	399	46	260	135	659
Miss M. A. Hollins	80	412	44	206	124	618
Miss Legh	81	375	43	219	124	594
Mrs. Piers F. Legh	81	331	45	249	126	580
Mrs. W. Betham	71	311	41	213	112	524

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Major C. H. Fisher	83	359	73	307	41	183	197	849
Mr. C. H. Everett	82	298	68	310	44	202	194	810
Mr. Betham	70	278	61	277	29	161	160	716
Mr. G. L. Aston	55	199	65	231	44	214	164	644
Mr. W. Yates Foot	37	163	61	223	43	223	141	609

On June 28, in the handicap match, Miss Hollins scored 387, and Mr. C. H. Everett 460.

*****

The Twentieth Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on July 10 and 11, 1878.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Marshall	90	482	43	217	133	699
Mrs. Horniblow	86	418	47	241	133	659
Mrs. D. Ainsworth	84	370	43	241	127	611
Mrs. Piers F. Legh	78	354	46	244	124	598
Miss M. Protheroe	71	347	42	180	113	527
Miss Ellis	69	317	38	200	107	517
Mrs. Berens	71	321	40	188	111	509
Miss Benwell	68	298	46	204	114	502

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. H. Palairet	75	299	76	382	47	247	198	928
Mr. W. Rimington	67	305	73	329	44	216	184	850
Major C. H. Fisher	78	308	56	218	46	244	180	770
Mr. Walrond	58	198	57	261	44	234	159	693
Mr. G. W. Chapman	46	176	67	305	39	203	152	684
Mr. Betham	57	219	65	251	36	210	158	680
Mr. O. K. Prescot	75	301	55	227	35	131	165	659
Mr. C. H. Everett	64	244	57	253	34	162	155	659

Thirty-seven ladies and thirty-four gentlemen shot.

*****

The Thirty-fifth Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held on July 24 and 25, 1878, at Tunbridge Wells, on the Cricket-ground.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Marshall	87	425	45	267	132	692
Mrs. Horniblow	86	406	46	226	132	632
Mrs. Piers F. Legh	85	367	44	246	129	613
Miss Legh	79	369	42	186	121	555
Miss M. A. Hollins	78	344	42	190	120	534
Mrs. D. Ainsworth	79	319	42	196	121	515
Mrs. E. Lister	71	297	39	199	110	496

Mrs. Marshall won the silver bracer with 6 points; Mrs. Horniblow having won the point for hits at 50 yards, and tied with Mrs. Marshall for gross hits.

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. H. Palairet	83	335	72	360	47	237	202	932
Mr. O. Leigh Clare	74	286	77	371	39	183	190	840
Mr. W. Rimington	56	234	66	286	48	286	170	806
Mr. C. H. Everett	64	246	60	282	38	194	162	722
Major C. H. Fisher	63	259	53	247	40	208	156	714
Mr. Betham	62	270	56	240	41	167	159	677
Mr. Eyre W. Hussey	58	268	59	217	42	170	159	655
Mr. Walrond	55	191	56	248	40	196	151	635
Mr. A. Henty	54	194	58	226	42	192	154	612
Mr. G. E. S. Fryer	54	208	55	235	36	162	145	605
Mr. G. W. Chapman	44	150	58	262	39	191	141	603

Mr. Palairet became Champion, having won 7 points. Mr. Clare won the point for hits at 80 yards, and Mr. Rimington won the points for hits and score at 60 yards.

In the handicap match on the next day—July 26—Mrs. Piers F. Legh scored 360, and Mr. Rimington 401.

Sixty-two ladies and fifty-six gentlemen shot at this meeting.

*****

The Sixteenth Grand Western Archery Society's Meeting was held at Weymouth, on August 7 and 8, 1878, on the ground of the Weymouth Archery Society.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Horniblow	74	348	44	244	118	592
Mrs. C. E. Nesham	68	336	41	215	109	551
Mrs. Piers F. Legh	79	315	43	227	122	542

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. Walrond	56	228	73	327	46	260	175	815
Mr. H. H. Palairet	70	278	76	328	42	180	188	786
Mr. A. Meyrick	45	165	63	261	44	216	152	642
Mr. Piers F. Legh	55	219	58	242	39	175	152	636
Mr. E. N. Snow	54	200	57	223	38	210	149	633
Mr. C. H. Everett	68	254	53	193	39	175	160	622

On August 9, in the handicap match, Mrs. Piers F. Legh made 315 and Mrs. Horniblow 314.

*****

The Twenty-fifth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held in the Jephson Gardens on June 25 and 26, 1879.

Thirty ladies and twenty-five gentlemen shot.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Piers F. Legh	89	455	48	288	137	743
Miss M. A. Hollins	84	408	43	207	127	615
Mrs. E. Lister	74	356	44	208	118	564
Mrs. Hulse	77	327	40	208	117	535
Miss E. D. Pryce	60	282	42	222	102	504
Mrs. Butt 12	45	245	23	119	68	364

12 Mrs. Butt shot only on the first day of the meeting one-half the National Round.

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. C. E. Nesham	68	268	63	269	34	156	165	693
Mr. Piers F. Legh	66	258	62	240	42	190	170	688
Mr. H. Sagar	61	251	55	241	36	152	152	644
Mr. E. N. Snow	56	218	53	207	42	206	151	631
Mr. Betham	60	210	48	222	39	197	147	629

Miss Hollins, on June 27, in the handicap match, scored 353.

*****

The Twenty-first Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on July 10 and 11, 1879.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Marshall	86	428	46	248	132	676
Mrs. Piers F. Legh	89	397	45	269	134	666
Mrs. C. H. Everett	84	382	42	258	126	640
Mrs. Butt	81	411	44	218	125	629
Miss H. Hutchinson	76	328	47	241	123	569
Mrs. C. E. Nesham	78	352	41	183	119	535
Mrs. Hulse	75	325	42	194	117	519
Miss E. D. Pryce	69	337	38	176	107	513
Miss C. Radford	75	291	40	220	115	511
Miss F. Shuter	74	356	37	145	111	501

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. W. Rimington	83	327	85	379	46	260	214	966
Mr. C. E. Nesham	66	214	66	308	45	267	177	789
Mr. E. N. Snow	65	261	70	314	42	186	177	761
Mr. H. Sagar	60	268	61	249	42	208	163	725
Mr. Walrond	54	190	68	326	43	207	165	723
Mr. A. T. D. Berrington	59	227	64	248	43	185	166	660
Mr. C. H. Everett	58	250	56	232	36	166	150	648
Mr. H. Elliott	57	229	53	217	40	184	150	630
Mr. Eyre W. Hussey	49	199	56	246	34	156	139	601

Forty-eight ladies and thirty gentlemen shot.

*****

The Thirty-sixth Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held on August 6 and 7, 1879, at Cheltenham, on the College Cricket-ground.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Marshall	84	462	46	246	130	708
Mrs. Piers F. Legh	86	424	46	264	132	688
Mrs. Butt	89	437	47	235	136	672
Mrs. E. Lister	67	379	48	268	115	647
Miss M. A. Hollins	72	304	43	241	115	545
Mrs. Hulse	66	314	44	224	110	538
Mrs. C. E. Nesham	77	331	43	197	120	528
Mrs. Hornby	71	303	41	223	112	526
Miss E. Matthews	74	344	33	181	107	525
Miss I. Carter	67	337	38	182	105	519
Miss H. Hutchinson	68	318	44	196	112	514
Lady Harberton	77	341	33	159	110	500

On this occasion Mrs. Marshall won the silver bracer with the highest score, as she and Mrs. Butt each had 3 points—the former for gross score and for score at 60 yards, and the latter for gross hits and for hits at 60 yards. Mrs. Legh won the points for hits and score at 50 yards.

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. W. Rimington	58	244	64	304	43	251	165	799
Mr. E. Walters	70	256	70	254	47	219	187	729
Mr. P. S. Nevile	65	249	61	261	43	183	169	693
Mr. Walrond	53	201	73	265	44	212	170	678
Mr. A. T. D. Berrington	59	223	56	236	43	203	158	662
Mr. Betham	66	256	47	187	41	201	154	644
Mr. C. H. Everett	54	230	58	212	35	159	147	601

Mr. Walters became Champion with 4-1/2 points—gross hits, hits at 100 yards and at 60 yards, and a tie with Mr. Betham for score at 100 yards. Mr. Rimington won 3 points, for gross score and for score at 80 yards; and Mr. Walrond won the point for hits at 80 yards.

Eighty-three ladies and sixty-one gentlemen shot.

Mrs. Butt scored 381, and Mrs. Piers F. Legh 370; Mr. Walters 458, Mr. Berrington 430, and Mr. Rimington 414, in the handicap match on August 8.

*****

The Sixteenth Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at Teignmouth, in Mr. Parson's grounds, on August 13 and 14, 1879.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Butt	89	445	47	299	136	744
Mrs. Piers F. Legh	89	469	45	231	134	700
Miss Isabel Carter	84	402	44	234	128	636
Miss K. Lowe	77	343	42	220	119	563

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. W. Rimington	79	327	76	372	45	221	200	920
Mr. Walrond	48	166	72	308	45	235	165	709
Mr. Piers F. Legh	53	225	59	251	39	207	151	683
Mr. C. H. Everett	71	273	63	249	36	152	170	674
Mr. E. N. Snow	52	202	59	221	40	210	151	633
Mr. W. Yates Foot	57	205	61	275	33	151	151	631
Mr. H. Kendall	58	216	59	247	40	166	157	629

Forty-six ladies and twenty-seven gentlemen shot.

*****

The Twenty-sixth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held in the Jephson Gardens on June 23 and 24, 1880.

Thirty-seven ladies and thirty-three gentlemen shot.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Butt	80	378	46	282	126	660
Mrs. E. Lister	84	404	45	249	129	653
Mrs. Piers F. Legh	86	388	47	243	133	631
Miss Legh	78	360	42	246	130	606
Miss M. A. Hollins	73	355	39	175	112	530
Miss M. Allen	72	338	40	174	112	512

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. W. Rimington	79	325	70	314	47	249	196	888
Mr. R. Walters	71	251	64	318	39	177	174	746
Mr. J. H. Bridges	64	228	66	298	41	213	171	739
Mr. Piers F. Legh	64	256	57	223	39	187	160	666
Mr. G. L. Aston	51	195	64	298	31	143	146	636
Mr. C. E. Nesham	74	296	50	190	35	149	159	635
Mr. G. O. Pardoe	46	184	64	276	37	169	147	629
Mr. Eyre W. Hussey	62	232	54	212	39	163	155	607

In the handicap match on June 25 Mrs. Piers F. Legh, Mrs. E. Lister, and Mrs. Butt scored 367, 364, and 337 respectively, and Mr. C. E. Nesham and Mr. J. H. Bridges 421 and 409.

*****

The Twenty-second Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on July 1 and 2, 1880.

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. W. Rimington	88	350	71	319	40	194	199	863
Mr. C. E. Nesham	68	262	64	272	37	169	169	703
Mr. C. H. Everett	75	281	54	236	40	174	169	691
Mr. R. Walters	70	248	63	243	38	196	171	687
Mr. H. Kendall	41	149	67	325	42	200	150	674
Mr. G. O. Pardoe	54	200	58	266	38	182	150	648
Mr. Eyre W. Hussey	53	197	57	249	40	188	150	634
Mr. G. G. Phillips	60	218	57	271	33	141	150	630
Mr. P. S. Nevile	37	141	67	273	42	204	146	618

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Piers F. Legh	82	408	45	235	127	643
Mrs. Marshall	85	393	44	246	129	639
Mrs. Horniblow	81	393	42	246	123	639
Mrs. Butt	77	367	45	255	122	622
Mrs. Kinahan	85	415	41	191	126	606
Miss F. Shuter	83	399	40	198	123	597
Miss M. Norton	84	390	38	184	122	574
Miss Ellis	76	356	41	211	117	567
Miss C. Radford	69	281	44	238	113	519
Miss I. Carter	65	275	46	244	111	519
Mrs. C. E. Nesham	71	305	41	197	112	502

Fifty-four ladies and twenty-six gentlemen shot.

*****

The Thirty-seventh Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held on July 28 and 29, 1880, at Shrewsbury.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Piers F. Legh	78	346	46	254	124	600
Mrs. Horniblow	86	372	47	221	133	593
Mrs. Butt	77	351	48	238	125	589
Mrs. Marshall	75	343	44	226	119	569
Mrs. C. H. Everett	76	352	41	187	117	539
Mrs. D. Ainsworth	69	311	41	185	110	496
Miss Legh	72	308	43	181	115	489
Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey	66	302	38	180	104	382

Mrs. Horniblow, with the second score, won the silver bracer with 4 points—namely, 2 for most hits and 2 for score and hits at 60 yards. Mrs. Legh had 3 points, 2 for highest gross score and 1 for score at 60 yards. Mrs. Butt had 1 point for hits at 50 yards. A very close contest between the three first ladies.

Mr. Palairet became Champion with 9 points.

Mr. Rimington won the point for score at 60 yards.

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. H. Palairet	68	272	81	401	46	224	195	897
Mr. C. H. Everett	62	248	71	287	43	227	176	762
Mr. W. Rimington	57	201	54	192	43	239	154	632
Captain M. Allen	43	179	58	226	45	227	146	632
Mr. C. E. Nesham	48	164	50	204	40	208	138	576
Mr. G. G. Phillips	54	194	52	204	41	177	147	575

Sixty-nine ladies and fifty-seven gentlemen shot at this meeting. The weather and the ground were anything but good.

In the handicap match on the next day—July 30—Mrs. Butt's score was—

60 Yards		50 Yards			Totals
Hits	Score	Hits	Score		Hits	Score
47	289	24	132	=	71	421

Mr. Everett's score was 471.

This meeting was made memorable by the retirement of the Rev. O. Luard from the office of Hon. Secretary of the Grand National Archery Society, after having acted as Secretary at thirty-six meetings—in fact, at every meeting hitherto, except the first in 1844. He was presented with a complimentary scroll, setting out the universal appreciation of his services, and with a purse containing 200 guineas. Mr. Palairet was elected to succeed Mr. Luard as Hon. Secretary.

*****

The Seventeenth Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at Sherborne on August 11 and 12, 1880.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Miss Ripley	79	389	43	245	122	634
Mrs. D. Ainsworth	77	337	43	223	120	560
Miss I. Carter	75	325	42	232	117	557
Miss E. M. Farrington	80	362	35	179	115	541

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. H. Palairet	77	319	79	403	47	221	203	943
Mr. Walrond	69	307	61	265	42	196	172	768
Mr. C. H. Everett	82	322	60	240	41	199	183	761
Mr. O. K. Prescot	61	243	63	249	34	152	158	644
Mr. H. P. Okeden	41	185	56	242	39	191	136	618

Miss I. Carter and Mr. Palairet became Championess and Champion of the West.

Fifty-four ladies and thirty-two gentlemen shot.

*****

The First Grand Northern Archery Meeting was held at York on September 1 and 2, 1880.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Piers F. Legh	82	402	45	239	127	641
Mrs. C. E. Nesham	76	360	44	216	120	576
Mrs. H. Clarke	75	321	48	254	123	575
Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey	81	349	44	202	125	551
Mrs. W. Yates Foot	81	367	41	183	122	550
Mrs. D. Ainsworth	70	284	48	266	118	550
Mrs. W. C. Booth	72	256	40	188	112	544
Mrs. Kinahan	82	374	35	169	117	543
Miss M. A. Hollins	85	363	39	147	124	510

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. W. Rimington	65	243	79	361	45	231	189	835
Mr. C. E. Nesham	66	250	70	300	41	209	177	759
Mr. J. H. Bridges	60	220	68	282	47	221	175	723
Mr. P. S. Nevile	61	257	63	263	43	201	167	721
Mr. G. L. Aston	57	211	61	277	41	223	159	711
Mr. G. G. Hulme	44	186	62	248	45	231	151	665
Mr. G. G. Phillips	65	279	51	183	44	188	160	650
Mr. Eyre W. Hussey	54	220	64	266	33	157	151	643
Mr. G. O. Pardoe	63	239	57	231	32	140	152	610

Mrs. H. Clarke and Mr. P. S. Nevile became Championess and Champion of the North.

Fifty-seven ladies and thirty-seven gentlemen shot.

*****

The Twenty-seventh Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held on June 22 and 23, 1881.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Piers F. Legh	87	471	48	252	135	723
Miss Legh	90	436	46	260	136	696
Mrs. Butt	87	441	45	225	132	666
Miss M. A. Hollins	81	367	46	240	127	607
Mrs. Hulse	71	313	40	216	111	529
Mrs. W. Yates Foot	68	324	36	184	104	508
Miss H. Hutchinson	57	297	38	206	95	503

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. C. H. Everett	79	327	55	235	43	207	177	769
Mr. P. F. Legh	70	292	70	302	36	164	176	758
Mr. C. E. Nesham	74	268	71	309	41	171	186	748
Mr. E. N. Snow	50	190	64	252	39	221	153	663
Mr. G. O. Pardoe	49	207	61	225	44	216	154	648
Mr. O. K. Prescot	55	197	61	265	40	156	156	618
Mr. H. Sagar	63	249	49	195	34	160	146	604
Mr. W. Ford	53	199	58	128	39	175	150	602

Thirty-four ladies and thirty-four gentlemen shot.

Mr. Everett scored 444 in the handicap match on the next day.

*****

The Twenty-third Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on July 7 and 8, 1881.

Thirty-nine ladies and twenty-four gentlemen shot.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Miss Legh	81	385	48	280	129	665
Mrs. Piers F. Legh	80	402	46	236	126	638
Mrs. Butt	86	392	46	244	132	636
Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey	79	409	42	200	121	609
Mrs. Marshall	81	399	39	207	120	606
Miss F. Shuter	81	391	44	204	125	595
Miss H. Hutchinson	75	337	43	221	118	558
Mrs. Horniblow	77	351	44	202	121	553
Mrs. Kane	73	325	43	225	116	550
Mrs. P. Pinckney	70	318	44	222	114	540
Mrs. Hulse	75	319	41	211	116	530
Miss Friend	72	310	42	220	114	530
Mrs. W. Yates Foot	75	351	43	167	118	518
Miss E. O. Parr	70	314	46	198	116	512
Mrs. C. E. Nesham	80	320	40	186	120	506

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. C. E. Nesham	86	346	54	232	37	183	177	761
Mr. J. H. Bridges	68	264	70	276	44	216	182	756
Mr. W. Rimington	76	276	68	282	44	196	188	754
Mr. P. F. Legh	62	262	56	248	46	224	164	734
Mr. E. N. Snow	69	251	64	266	43	199	176	716
Mr. C. H. Everett	48	212	68	294	40	188	156	694
Mr. G. O. Pardoe	53	193	69	287	37	159	159	639
Mr. Eyre W. Hussey	52	208	52	224	39	201	143	633
Mr. O. K. Prescot	58	216	53	217	38	184	149	617

*****

The Nineteenth Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at Bath on August 3 and 4, 1881, when seventy-four ladies and forty-five gentlemen shot.

Miss Legh's score of 840 is an achievement never yet approached at a public meeting of two days' duration, and every one of her 144 arrows were in the target. Her scores were—

60 Yards		50 Yards			Totals
Hits	Score	Hits	Score		Hits	Score
48	252	24	156	=	72	408	the first day,
48	282	24	150	=	72	432	the second day.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Miss Legh	96	534	48	306	144	840
Miss I. Carter	84	444	45	245	129	689
Mrs. Butt	84	402	48	264	132	666
Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey	76	356	46	256	122	612
Mrs. E. Lister	75	351	47	257	122	608
Mrs. Kane	73	329	43	233	116	562
Miss H. Hutchinson	72	314	42	204	114	518

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. H. Palairet	76	352	81	375	45	255	202	982
Mr. C. H. Everett	100	394	74	330	41	183	215	907
Major C. H. Fisher	74	322	75	387	42	188	191	897
Mr. W. Rimington	62	256	70	286	45	239	177	781
Captain M. Allen	57	225	66	294	43	203	166	722
Mr. E. N. Snow	59	217	59	255	42	214	160	686
Mr. H. Kendall	52	236	58	234	40	186	150	656
Mr. C. E. Nesham	67	273	58	226	33	141	158	640
Mr. G. O. Pardoe	43	159	67	287	42	186	152	632
Mr. Perry-Keene	62	242	54	194	33	185	149	621
Mr. A. Meyrick	52	220	54	218	40	166	146	604

Miss I. Carter and Mr. Palairet became Championess and Champion of the West.

Mr. C. H. Everett scored 477 in the handicap match on the next day, August 5.

*****

The Thirty-eighth Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held on July 20 and 21, 1881, at Four Oaks Park, Sutton Coldfield, near Birmingham.

Miss Legh won the silver bracer with all the points; and her score of 763 has only once been beaten by Mrs. Horniblow, in 1873, who made 764, only 1 more.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Miss Legh	92	482	47	281	139	763
Mrs. Marshall	75	399	46	246	121	645
Mrs. Butt	85	399	43	225	128	624
Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey	79	359	46	246	125	605
Mrs. Horniblow	68	340	44	226	112	566
Mrs. Piers F. Legh	70	320	46	230	116	550
Mrs. E. Lister	74	324	42	224	116	548
Mrs. W. Y. Foot	65	303	42	232	107	535
Miss M. A. Hollins	72	320	44	212	116	532
Miss Steel	66	272	46	250	112	522

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. H. Palairet	66	260	78	352	47	237	191	849
Mr. J. H. Bridges	65	243	67	307	42	204	174	754
Mr. C. H. Everett	62	248	69	285	41	209	172	742
Mr. C. E. Nesham	68	302	54	238	39	175	161	715
Mr. Piers F. Legh	65	231	65	273	38	196	168	700
Mr. W. Rimington	65	243	53	239	41	197	159	679
Captain M. Allen	44	146	66	278	48	246	158	670
Mr. G. L. Aston	60	236	60	238	42	192	162	666
Mr. E. N. Snow	51	187	65	293	39	183	155	663
Mr. C. F. Garratt	55	195	57	231	40	190	152	616

Mr. Palairet won the Championship with 6 points. Mr. Nesham won the points for hits and score at 100 yards; and Captain Allen the points for hits and score at 60 yards.

Fifty-seven ladies and fifty-six gentlemen shot at this meeting.

In the handicap match on July 22 Mr. Palairet scored 434.

*****

The Second Grand Northern Archery Meeting was held in Croxteth Park, near Liverpool, on August 24, 25, and 26, 1881.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Piers F. Legh	81	419	42	230	123	649
Mrs. Butt	79	351	43	209	122	560
Mrs. D. Ainsworth	68	316	42	204	110	520
Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey	71	325	37	183	108	508
Miss Steel	65	303	39	201	104	504

——	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. H. Palairet	59	221	71	329	43	211	173	761

Mrs. D. Ainsworth and Mr. G. Greenwell became Championess and Champion of the North.

The next score was Mr. G. O. Pardoe's of 536. The weather at this meeting was most unfavourable, with storms of wind and almost constant rain.

*****

In 1882 there was no Leamington Archery Meeting, as the Grand National Archery Meeting was held there.

*****

The Twenty-fourth Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on June 29 and 30, 1882.

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. H. Palairet	99	437	80	346	42	242	221	1025
Mr. W. Rimington	69	283	64	294	45	219	178	796
Mr. C. E. Nesham	84	354	61	303	28	130	173	787
Mr. E. Walters	59	253	61	267	39	211	159	731
Mr. G. O. Pardoe	57	245	70	298	39	187	166	730
Mr. C. H. Everett	54	206	62	290	39	211	155	707
Mr. Eyre W. Hussey	57	213	61	245	39	177	157	635
Mr. H. Kendall	53	191	68	296	37	139	158	626
Major C. H. Fisher	61	225	53	215	36	164	150	604
Mr. J. Hayllar	63	251	57	233	30	118	150	602

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Miss Legh	88	514	46	278	134	792
Miss I. Carter	87	459	47	255	134	714
Mrs. Piers F. Legh	91	455	46	226	137	681
Miss F. Shuter	87	425	45	211	132	636
Mrs. Butt	84	398	45	227	129	625
Mrs. Kinahan	80	400	42	214	122	614
Mrs. Marshall	85	413	38	184	123	597
Mrs. Graily Hewitt	82	396	43	199	125	595
Mrs. C. E. Nesham	78	352	41	227	119	579
Miss H. Hutchinson	77	373	38	192	115	565
Miss F. Bardswell	80	382	40	182	120	564
Mrs. C. H. Everett	84	370	41	191	125	561
Mrs. A. Waithman	75	349	44	204	119	553
Mrs. W. Y. Foot	72	320	43	213	115	533
Miss C. Radford	70	324	37	205	107	529
Miss Croker	70	342	38	176	108	518
Mrs. Alex. Smith	67	311	39	199	106	510
Miss E. O. Parr	67	273	44	236	111	509
Mrs. Keyworth	71	267	43	239	114	506

Colonel Lewin acted as Hon. Secretary.

Forty-three ladies and twenty-seven gentlemen shot.

*****

A Public Archery Meeting was held on the Cricket-ground of the Alexandra Park Company on July 6 and 7, 1882.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Butt	80	378	47	265	127	643
Miss Legh	69	329	45	273	114	602
Miss Steel	60	288	44	238	104	526

Nothing could well be worse than the weather during this meeting. The highest gentlemen's scores were Mr. H. Kendall, 151 hits, 625 score, and Mr. C. E. Nesham, 153 hits, 623 score.

Twenty-nine ladies and twenty gentlemen shot.

Better scores were made on the next day in the handicap match—Miss Legh, 357; Mrs. Butt, 350; Mrs. P. F. Legh, 315; and Mrs. Keyworth, 303.

Mr. T. Aldred had the management of this meeting.

*****

The Thirty-ninth Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held on July 26 and 27, 1882, in the Shrubland Hall Grounds (Mrs. Wise's), near Leamington.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Piers F. Legh	86	460	48	290	134	750
Mrs. Marshall	81	409	48	276	129	685
Mrs. Horniblow	81	395	45	229	126	624
Mrs. Butt	80	396	46	224	126	620
Miss F. Bardswell	76	364	46	248	122	612
Mrs. W. Y. Foot	81	397	42	214	123	611
Miss Legh	76	352	44	258	120	610
Miss F. Shuter	79	387	45	215	124	602
Miss Steel	80	368	46	230	126	598
Miss I. Carter	73	321	45	249	118	570
Miss M. A. Hollins	71	311	45	231	116	542
Mrs. Kinahan	76	338	40	200	116	538
Miss Clayton	68	308	45	213	113	521
Mrs. E. Lister	64	304	42	216	106	520
Mrs. Hulse	73	329	42	188	115	517
Mrs. G. Hewitt	67	321	41	187	108	508

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. H. Palairet	78	340	75	349	42	196	195	885
Mr. R. Walters	60	260	72	388	44	236	176	884
Mr. W. Rimington	75	311	67	285	42	198	184	794
Mr. W. Ford	57	221	71	319	44	230	172	770
Mr. O. K. Prescot	67	243	63	297	46	224	176	764
Mr. C. E. Nesham	81	319	58	234	34	172	173	725
Mr. C. H. Everett	55	227	65	295	41	195	161	717
Mr. C. J. Longman	74	266	69	253	41	197	184	716
Mr. J. H. Bridges	54	212	73	315	36	178	163	705
Mr. G. O. Pardoe	51	161	72	332	40	204	163	697
Mr. H. Sagar	46	230	48	222	37	177	131	629
Captain M. Allen	43	189	64	238	41	197	148	624
Mr. Piers F. Legh	48	178	60	228	42	214	150	620
Mr. H. Kendall	63	257	52	208	34	146	149	611

Mrs. Piers F. Legh won the silver bracer with all the points, except that Mrs. Marshall also made all the hits at 50 yards.

Mr. Palairet won the Championship with 6 points, after a very close contest with Mr. Walters, who won 2 points for score at 80 and at 60 yards, and was only 1 behind in gross score. Mr. Nesham won the point for hits at 100 yards, and Mr. Prescot that for hits at 60 yards.

Sixty-three ladies and fifty-five gentlemen shot at this meeting.

On July 28, in the handicap match, Mr. Pardoe scored 411 and Mr. Walters 410.

*****

The Twentieth Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at Exeter, on the Grammar School Cricket-ground, on August 2 and 3, 1882, when sixty-four ladies and thirty-nine gentlemen shot.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Miss I. Carter	74	332	42	226	116	558
Mrs. Butt	67	275	46	260	113	535
Mrs. Kinahan	77	353	38	166	115	519
Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey	77	343	31	161	108	504
Miss F. Bardswell	65	305	41	187	106	492

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. H. Palairet	70	272	73	367	42	184	185	823
Mr. W. Rimington	75	291	65	283	41	237	181	811
Mr. O. K. Prescot	58	216	64	278	44	208	166	702
Mr. R. Walters	60	198	69	301	37	189	166	688
Mr. Perry-Keene	63	233	66	300	35	137	164	670
Mr. A. Meyrick	59	191	61	239	38	186	158	616
Mr. E. W. Hussey	51	179	58	232	43	201	152	612

In the handicap match on the next day Mr. O. K. Prescot scored 480, and Mr. R. Walters 431.

*****

The Third Grand Northern Archery Meeting was held at Harrogate, on the Cricket-ground, on August 23 and 24, 1882.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. D. Ainsworth	81	365	46	286	127	651
Miss Legh	79	349	41	201	120	550
Mrs. Piers F. Legh	73	313	44	228	117	541
Mrs. Kinahan	65	303	40	208	105	511
Mrs. Swire	66	322	37	187	103	509
Mrs. Butt	65	257	46	234	111	491

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. C. Perry-Keene	49	211	57	273	37	183	143	667
Mr. C. H. Everett	49	189	62	278	39	165	150	632
Mr. C. E. Nesham	44	178	60	278	37	167	141	623
Mr. G. O. Pardoe	54	212	59	225	38	158	151	595

Mrs. D. Ainsworth and Mr. Houghton became Championess and Champion of the North.

*****

The Twenty-eighth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held on June 27 and 28, 1883.

Twenty-nine ladies and twenty-two gentlemen shot.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Piers F. Legh	90	406	47	277	137	683
Miss Steel	84	384	47	277	131	661
Miss F. Bardswell	81	389	45	237	126	626
Mrs. D. Ainsworth	76	372	45	239	121	611
Mrs. E. Lister	81	389	46	218	127	607
Miss I. Carter	86	400	41	203	127	603
Miss M. A. Hollins	75	365	40	206	115	571
Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey	75	349	43	209	118	558
Mrs. C. E. Nesham	66	308	42	230	108	538
Mrs. W. Yates Foot	74	342	44	180	118	522
Miss Legh	74	342	37	171	111	513
Mrs. Keyworth	68	338	41	163	109	501

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Major C. H. Fisher	75	305	77	347	45	223	197	875
Mr. C. E. Nesham	87	341	74	314	38	148	199	803
Mr. H. Kendall	64	248	71	333	39	203	174	784
Mr. T. R. Dunne	59	193	69	279	41	221	169	693
Mr. T. T. S. Metcalfe	53	189	58	208	46	260	157	657
Mr. G. L. Aston	57	223	57	253	38	172	152	648
Mr. Eyre W. Hussey	51	191	54	234	41	191	146	616
Mr. W. Ford	60	212	58	226	37	175	155	613
Hon. A. Hanbury	54	190	60	230	40	186	154	606

In the handicap match on June 29 Mrs. Piers F. Legh and Miss Legh scored 374 and 363 respectively, and Mr. C. E. Nesham 398.

*****

The Twenty-fifth Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on July 12 and 13, 1883.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Marshall	85	357	45	265	130	622
Miss F. Bardswell	83	403	41	199	124	602
Miss Pears	79	373	45	201	124	574
Mrs. D. Ainsworth	75	357	43	215	118	572
Miss I. Carter	77	349	45	219	122	568
Miss Steel	71	325	45	243	116	568
Miss H. Hutchinson	75	341	43	197	118	538
Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey	73	349	37	177	110	526

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Major C. H. Fisher	72	234	81	359	45	235	198	828
Mr. C. E. Nesham	64	256	52	232	37	185	153	673
Mr. C. H. Everett	54	226	59	257	37	187	150	670
Mr. A. Meyrick	45	195	63	297	36	170	144	662
Mr. T. R. Dunne	57	225	63	275	38	136	158	636
Mr. W. Rimington	42	180	57	243	43	195	142	618

Forty-seven ladies and twenty-nine gentlemen shot.

*****

The Twenty-first Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at Salisbury on July 25 and 26, 1883, when fifty-five ladies and forty-one gentlemen shot.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Miss Legh	85	433	47	249	132	682
Mrs. Piers F. Legh	84	376	47	271	131	647
Miss I. Carter	86	392	44	236	130	628
Miss F. Bardswell	79	377	43	235	122	612
Mrs. P. Pinckney	78	374	42	238	120	612
Miss H. Hutchinson	80	346	45	245	125	591
Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey	83	383	38	196	121	579
Miss C. Radford	79	349	43	197	122	546
Mrs. W. Yates Foot	73	297	39	207	112	504

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Major C. H. Fisher	102	406	73	327	43	229	218	962
Mr. H. Kendall	76	324	73	309	46	242	195	875
Mr. H. H. Palairet	66	262	76	322	44	212	186	796
Mr. Eyre W. Hussey	72	288	69	297	38	192	179	777
Mr. Piers F. Legh	66	242	59	235	37	199	162	676
Mr. N. Rattray	60	218	54	242	39	205	153	665
Mr. Perry Keene	62	226	59	211	44	212	165	649

Miss I. Carter and Mr. H. H. Palairet became Championess and Champion of the West.

*****

The Fortieth Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held on August 1 and 2, 1883, at Cheltenham, on the College Cricket-ground.

Sixty-seven ladies and sixty-four gentlemen shot at this meeting.

Mrs. Legh won the silver bracer with 6 points. Miss I. Carter won the point for hits at 50 yards, and Mrs. Ainsworth the point for score at the same distance.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Piers F. Legh	92	434	46	278	138	712
Miss I. Carter	90	408	47	271	137	679
Miss Steel	81	411	46	264	127	675
Mrs. D. Ainsworth	83	375	45	289	128	664
Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey	80	400	47	243	127	643
Miss M. A. Hollins	78	396	44	228	122	624
Miss F. Bardswell	84	366	46	256	130	622
Miss C. Radford	75	367	45	241	120	608
Mrs. Horniblow	80	364	45	239	125	603
Miss Legh	72	344	46	252	118	596
Miss Pardoe	79	391	44	200	123	591
Miss H. Hutchinson	81	347	46	232	127	579
Mrs. E. Lister	84	342	44	210	128	552
Mrs. Marshall	74	328	43	219	117	547
Mrs. C. H. Everett	73	315	42	224	115	539
Mrs. C. E. Nesham	76	310	43	223	119	533
Mrs. W. Y. Foot	68	290	44	242	112	532
Miss Hayllar	87	365	42	166	129	531
Miss Panter	63	283	46	230	109	513
Miss Oakley	71	299	41	213	111	512
Miss B. Oakley	75	315	38	188	113	503
Mrs. Edgar	63	303	38	198	101	501

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. C. J. Longman	69	285	77	343	47	241	193	869
Mr. Eyre W. Hussey	73	267	71	335	44	212	188	814
Major C. H. Fisher	72	296	63	307	45	203	180	806
Mr. H. H. Palairet	68	238	71	353	42	200	181	791
Captain M. Allen	68	244	65	279	45	225	178	748
Mr. Piers F. Legh	65	263	60	282	38	188	163	733
Mr. C. E. Nesham	66	256	67	301	42	172	175	729
Mr. W. Rimington	58	212	60	290	43	225	161	727
Mr. R. Walters	69	253	75	309	37	163	181	725
Mr. H. Kendall	63	243	67	275	42	198	172	716
Mr. Perry-Keene	62	234	68	288	39	173	169	695
Mr. T. R. Dunne	67	223	72	294	37	173	176	690
Mr. O. K. Prescot	59	217	72	278	39	181	170	676
Mr. G. L. Aston	51	203	66	280	38	180	155	663
Mr. Gregson	63	205	63	277	43	177	169	659
Mr. Walrond	55	207	61	237	41	209	157	653
Mr. C. H. Everett	60	216	59	209	41	195	160	620
Mr. A. Meyrick	43	147	57	291	39	181	139	619
Captain C. H. Garnett	50	188	60	250	39	179	149	617

Mr. Longman became Champion with 7 points. Mr. Hussey won the point for hits at 100 yards, Major Fisher the point for score at 100 yards, and Mr. Palairet the point for score at 80 yards. Mr. Longman also won the Spedding Memorial Challenge Cup, now first presented by the Royal Toxophilite Society, to be held by the maker of the highest gross score.

In the handicap match on August 3, Miss Legh scored 416, Major Fisher 508, Mr. Nesham 442, and Mr. Dunne 417.

*****

The Fourth Grand Northern Archery Meeting was held at Derby on August 8, 9, and 10, 1883, when the weather was so unfavourable that the highest lady's score was that of Mrs. Piers F. Legh—490, with 108 hits.

The only notable scores made by gentlemen were—

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. F. A. Govett	54	220	49	211	39	191	142	622
Captain M. Allen	58	238	47	189	41	189	146	616

Mrs. T. Hibbert and Mr. Gregson became Championess and Champion of the North.

*****

The Twenty-ninth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held on June 12 and 13, 1884.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Marshall	87	419	48	270	135	689
Miss M. A. Hollins	83	413	43	191	126	604
Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey	85	385	44	208	129	593
Miss F. Bardswell	72	340	44	240	116	580
Mrs. Horniblow	75	323	44	214	119	537
Mrs. Kinahan	69	279	44	248	113	527
Mrs. W. Yates Foot	68	292	45	235	113	527
Miss Steel	72	320	44	206	116	526

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. C. E. Nesham	81	325	56	258	43	215	180	798
Mr. C. H. Everett	73	287	64	294	33	153	170	734
Mr. J. H. Bridges	58	244	57	225	46	262	161	731
Mr. H. J. B. Kendall	66	252	68	284	42	192	176	728
Mr. Eyre W. Hussey	58	212	60	244	47	251	165	707
Mr. Gregson	64	262	61	235	40	204	165	701
Mr. C. J. Longman	80	260	64	252	42	188	186	700
Mr. T. R. Dunne	56	218	66	280	38	178	160	676
Mr. G. L. Aston	63	289	52	198	39	179	154	666
Mr. F. A. Govett	54	198	54	210	40	188	148	596

In the handicap match on June 14 Mr. C. J. Longman scored 401.

Twenty-nine ladies and twenty-seven gentlemen shot at this meeting.

*****

The Twenty-sixth Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on July 12 and 13, 1884.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Marshall	83	475	47	269	130	744
Mrs. Piers F. Legh	79	361	45	259	124	620
Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey	77	329	41	215	118	544
Miss H. Hutchinson	71	329	42	194	113	523
Miss Ellis	66	298	44	212	110	510

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Major C. H. Fisher	90	348	74	340	46	224	210	912
Mr. C. E. Nesham	92	344	64	262	43	249	199	855
Mr. C. J. Longman	69	225	76	374	44	244	189	843
Mr. H. Kendall	65	241	65	295	43	223	173	759
Mr. Eyre W. Hussey	66	244	70	310	42	178	178	732
Mr. C. H. Everett	54	208	59	263	39	199	152	670
Mr. J. H. Bridges	61	211	60	244	43	213	164	668
Mr. Gregson	78	320	47	207	27	105	152	632
Mr. T. T. S. Metcalfe	54	178	58	230	41	197	153	605

Thirty-eight ladies and twenty-two gentlemen shot at this meeting.

*****

The Twenty-second Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at Taunton on July 23 and 24, 1884.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey	72	374	44	246	116	620
Miss I. Carter	67	279	37	197	104	476
Miss F. Bardswell	72	282	38	182	110	464
Miss M. Winwood	70	298	37	159	107	457

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Major C. H. Fisher	79	353	69	303	44	258	192	914
Mr. C. E. Nesham	82	314	69	303	47	241	198	868
Mr. C. J. Longman	57	209	67	269	44	222	168	700
Mr. F. A. Govett	66	260	55	233	35	179	156	672
Mr. Eyre W. Hussey	48	178	64	262	44	192	156	632
Mr. H. Kendall	53	195	66	244	40	168	159	607
Mr. T. T. S. Metcalfe	46	190	58	226	42	190	146	606
Mr. Gregson	57	203	68	216	40	174	165	593

Mr. and Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey became Champion and Championess of the West.

Fifty ladies and thirty-eight gentlemen shot at this meeting.

*****

In the handicap match on July 25, the only good score was made by Mr. C. E. Nesham, 362.

*****

The Forty-first Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held on August 6 and 7, 1884, on the Cricket-ground of St. Mark's School (Rev. Stephen Hawtray) at Windsor.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Piers F. Legh	88	434	47	267	135	701
Miss Oakley	84	440	47	257	131	697
Miss Legh	80	418	43	263	123	681
Mrs. Marshall	87	407	43	223	130	630
Miss B. Oakley	78	390	47	237	125	627
Miss Hayllar	81	387	42	212	123	599
Mrs. C. E. Nesham	78	350	45	245	123	595
Miss H. Hutchinson	81	351	46	234	127	585
Miss Pears	76	348	42	232	118	580
Mrs. Horniblow	79	353	46	216	125	569
Miss M. Winwood	69	329	43	239	112	568
Miss C. Radford	76	318	44	220	120	538
Miss I. Carter	72	316	43	191	115	507

Mrs. Piers F. Legh won the Challenge bracer with 6-1/3 points. Miss Oakley won 1 point for score at 60 yards; and she and Miss B. Oakley divided the point for hits at 50 yards with Mrs. P. F. Legh.

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Major C. H. Fisher	75	315	71	369	45	257	191	941
Mr. C. E. Nesham	84	340	79	343	45	219	208	902
Mr. H. Kendall	64	272	73	357	47	223	184	852
Mr. Gregson	52	218	72	326	43	217	167	761
Captain M. Allen	64	252	66	284	41	213	171	749
Mr. O. L. Clare 13	63	229	73	327	36	182	172	738
Mr. N. Rattray	51	223	62	250	45	211	158	684
Mr. J. H. Bridges	63	235	62	268	39	171	164	674
Mr. Eyre W. Hussey	49	205	61	239	42	228	152	672
Mr. F. A. Govett	73	291	49	195	34	144	156	630
Mr. G. G. Hulme	55	209	50	242	43	177	148	628
Mr. C. J. Longman	46	158	66	280	40	180	152	618
Mr. T. T. S. Metcalfe	52	168	55	219	44	228	151	615

13 Entered as Mr. Hindley.

Mr. C. E. Nesham won the Champion's medal with 5 points. Major Fisher won the 2 points for gross score and the Spedding Challenge Cup, and 2 more points for score at 80 and at 60 yards. Mr. H. Kendall won the point for hits at 60 yards.

In the handicap match on August 8 Mrs. P. F. Legh scored 357, and Miss Legh 354; Mr. C. E. Nesham 482, Mr. H. Kendall 411, and Mr. Gregson 406.

Fifty-seven ladies and fifty gentlemen shot at this meeting. The weather was intensely hot.

*****

The Fifth Grand Northern Archery Meeting was held on the West Cliff Cricket-ground at Preston, in Lancashire, on August 27 and 28, 1884.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Piers F. Legh	84	432	42	234	126	666
Miss Legh	90	426	45	233	135	659
Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey	84	380	47	275	131	655
Mrs. Waithman	70	332	41	223	111	555
Mrs. Swire	66	294	42	230	108	524
Mrs. H. Clarke	64	298	43	217	107	515

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. C. E. Nesham	81	311	76	382	47	271	204	964
Mr. Gregson	74	320	78	336	42	192	194	848
Mr. Eyre W. Hussey	74	316	66	280	44	228	184	824
Mr. O. L. Clare	57	247	63	245	38	176	158	668

Mrs. Waithman and Mr. Gregson became Championess and Champion of the North.

Forty-four ladies and thirty-five gentlemen shot at this meeting.

*****

The Thirtieth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held in the Jephson Gardens on June 10 and 11, 1885, when twenty-nine ladies and thirty-eight gentlemen shot.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Piers F. Legh	94	554	48	310	142	864
Miss Steel	85	389	47	257	132	646
Miss Legh	82	390	43	247	125	637
Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey	86	372	44	254	130	626
Miss F. Bardswell	85	395	43	199	128	594
Miss B. Oakley	76	370	39	173	115	543
Mrs. Keyworth	67	273	46	246	113	519
Mrs. Wade	68	308	39	195	107	503

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Major C. H. Fisher	87	369	72	316	43	233	202	918
Mr. C. E. Nesham	90	348	63	301	45	257	198	906
Mr. Perry-Keene	70	284	70	272	45	213	185	769
Mr. R. Walters	67	289	72	290	39	171	178	750
Mr. T. T. S. Metcalfe	49	203	77	331	43	215	169	749
Mr. Gregson	44	174	68	308	44	236	156	718
Mr. Eyre W. Hussey	54	228	71	291	43	197	168	716
Mr. G. L. Aston	65	251	68	260	34	180	167	691
Mr. H. Howman	67	289	59	259	39	143	165	691
Mr. Piers F. Legh	61	207	64	272	41	199	166	678
Mr. Brodie Hoare	36	134	78	352	39	179	153	665
Mr. H. H. Longman	60	228	65	263	32	146	157	637
Mr. H. Kendall	46	182	60	264	37	181	143	627
Mr. G. G. Hulme	46	168	56	254	39	191	141	613

Miss Legh scored 352 and Mr. Hussey 390 in the handicap match on June 12.

*****

The Twenty-seventh Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on the Cricket-ground on July 9 and 10, 1885, when forty-eight ladies and twenty-nine gentlemen shot.

Mr. Nesham acted as Hon. Secretary to the meeting.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Miss Legh	95	517	48	292	143	809
Mrs. Piers F. Legh	88	486	46	250	134	736
Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey	81	397	46	242	127	639
Miss F. Bardswell	80	372	45	231	125	603
Miss Carlisle	71	341	46	216	117	557
Miss Pears	79	325	45	227	124	552
Miss Hayllar	76	318	46	230	122	548
Mrs. Stilwell	72	342	41	205	113	547
Miss Milne	68	312	43	225	111	537
Mrs. W. Yates Foot	71	317	42	196	113	513
Mrs. Marshall	70	294	44	218	114	512
Mrs. C. E. Nesham	72	316	43	191	115	507

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. C. E. Nesham	76	324	73	313	47	223	196	860
Major C. H. Fisher	75	273	77	351	42	176	194	800
Mr. R. Walters	67	241	71	293	42	204	180	738
Mr. C. H. Everett	65	265	67	279	38	188	170	732
Mr. Brodie Hoare	68	266	62	252	41	197	171	715
Mr. H. Kendall	71	283	54	240	39	177	164	700
Mr. Perry-Keene	69	277	58	236	38	184	165	697
Mr. T. T. S. Metcalfe	58	226	66	282	43	185	167	693
Mr. Eyre W. Hussey	42	188	61	271	47	269	150	678
Mr. Gregson	34	140	58	248	46	238	138	626

*****

The Twenty-third Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at Weymouth on July 22 and 23, 1885, when forty-nine ladies and twenty-eight gentlemen shot.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey	80	360	46	250	126	610
Miss F. Bardswell	80	354	43	197	123	551
Mrs. P. Pinckney	71	329	43	221	114	550
Mrs. W. Yates Foot	83	345	39	201	122	546
Mrs. C. E. Nesham	73	317	45	227	118	544
Miss M. Winwood	66	282	43	221	109	503

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. C. E. Nesham	84	324	66	268	46	250	196	842
Mr. R. Walters	56	220	66	264	43	209	165	693
Mr. T. T. S. Metcalfe	56	202	53	193	44	208	153	603
Mr. Eyre W. Hussey	39	129	66	252	40	196	145	577

Mr. and Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey became Champion and Championess of the West.

Mrs. Hussey and Mr. Nesham scored 367 and 530 respectively in the handicap match on July 24.

*****

The Forty-second Grand National Archery Meeting was held in the College-grounds at Great Malvern on July 29 and 30, 1885, when sixty-four ladies and fifty-one gentlemen shot.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Piers F. Legh	88	460	47	289	135	749
Miss Legh	91	417	44	258	135	675
Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey	84	386	46	248	130	634
Mrs. Marshall	84	360	42	228	126	588
Miss Steel	77	345	41	197	118	542
Miss B. M. Legh	75	363	42	172	117	535
Miss F. Bardswell	72	310	43	217	115	527

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. C. E. Nesham	94	356	72	316	45	245	211	917
Major C. H. Fisher	79	381	68	310	40	194	187	885
Mr. T. T. S. Metcalfe	52	211	64	310	40	224	163	745
Mr. Perry-Keene	46	194	67	261	45	261	158	716
Mr. R. Walters	69	291	59	251	32	130	160	672
Mr. H. Kendall	61	241	62	270	33	159	156	670
Mr. Eyre W. Hussey	51	213	58	248	42	184	151	645
Captain M. Allen	54	216	62	252	37	153	153	621

Mrs. P. F. Legh became the Championess with 6 points, Miss Legh having 1 point for a tie on the gross hits, and 1 point for most hits at 50 yards.

Mr. Nesham won the Champion's medal for most points—7-1/2—and the Spedding memorial cup with the highest score. Major Fisher won 1 point for hits at 100 yards, and Mr. Perry-Keene won 1-1/2 points, having tied Mr. Nesham with 45 hits at 60 yards, and he won the point for highest score at 60 yards.

Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey and Mrs. P. F. Legh scored 374 and 371 respectively in the handicap match on July 31, and Mr. C. E. Nesham and Mr. Perry-Keene scored 462 and 402 on the same day.

*****

The Sixth Annual Grand Northern Archery Meeting was held at York, on the Gentlemen's Cricket-ground, September 2 and 3, 1885, when forty-eight ladies and thirty-one gentlemen shot.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. W. Yates Foot	72	360	44	256	116	616
Mrs. D. Ainsworth	84	392	45	219	129	611
Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey	82	360	44	206	126	566
Miss F. Bardswell	74	294	46	244	120	538
Miss K. Sharpe	70	296	42	233	113	529
Miss M. A. Hollins	61	295	45	225	106	520
Mrs. H. Clarke	70	272	44	234	114	506

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. Eyre W. Hussey	58	198	73	305	42	248	173	751
Mr. T. T. S. Metcalfe	54	218	64	304	41	225	159	747
Mr. Gregson	42	162	68	276	44	208	154	646
Mr. C. E. Thorpe	56	190	54	276	32	156	142	622

Mrs. D. Ainsworth became the Championess of the North.

Mr. Gregson became the Champion of the North.

In the handicap match on September 4, Mr. Nesham scored 495, Mr. Metcalfe 411, and Mr. Hussey 401.

*****

The Thirty-first Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held in the Jephson Gardens on June 9 and 10, 1886, when twenty-three ladies and twenty-eight gentlemen shot.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Miss Legh	83	409	45	253	128	662
Mrs. Kinahan	78	386	45	247	123	633
Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey	84	354	45	259	129	613
Miss F. Bardswell	85	385	45	223	130	608
Mrs. Gilmour	81	369	40	210	121	579
Mrs. W. Yates Foot	74	372	39	179	113	551
Mrs. D. Ainsworth	64	292	45	247	109	539
Mrs. Berens	72	326	41	189	113	515
Mrs. Hibbert	73	323	40	188	113	511
Mrs. Keyworth	74	318	40	182	114	500

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Major C. H. Fisher	86	404	69	317	43	205	198	926
Mr. Perry-Keene	77	293	83	353	42	234	202	880
Mr. C. E. Nesham	93	339	69	277	44	222	206	838
Mr. T. T. S. Metcalfe	80	354	62	240	42	242	184	836
Mr. Brodie Hoare	60	236	60	264	46	240	166	740
Colonel H. A. Burton	69	259	60	270	41	203	170	732
Mr. R. Walters	66	212	68	282	40	196	174	690
Captain Garnett	64	248	54	226	38	186	156	660
Mr. C. J. Longman	48	216	64	258	34	168	146	642
Mr. Gregson	31	101	75	325	38	190	144	616
Mr. G. G. Hulme	59	207	54	236	36	168	149	611
Mr. F. N. Garnett	49	181	63	259	39	167	151	607

Mr. Perry-Keene scored 474 in the handicap match on June 11.

*****

The Seventh Grand Northern Archery Meeting was held at Lincoln on June 23 and 24, 1886, when twenty-six ladies and nineteen gentlemen shot.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. D. Ainsworth	82	350	46	248	128	598
Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey	75	343	42	242	117	585
Miss F. Bardswell	75	375	43	207	118	582
Mrs. Kinahan	78	370	43	207	121	577
Mrs. Waithman	67	301	44	238	111	539

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. Perry-Keene	88	348	81	377	46	244	215	969
Mr. C. E. Nesham	74	286	46	178	44	222	164	686

Mrs. D. Ainsworth and Mr. Gregson (145 hits, 591 score) became Championess and Champion of the North.

Mr. Perry-Keene scored 530 in the handicap match on June 25.

*****

The Twenty-eighth Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on the Cricket-ground on July 15 and 16, 1886.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mrs. Marshall	79	391	46	252	125	643
Mrs. D. Ainsworth	84	392	45	245	129	637
Mrs. Kinahan	83	413	46	224	129	637
Mrs. Haigh	75	355	39	215	114	570
Miss A. Barton	67	353	41	207	108	560
Mrs. Keyworth	72	320	43	211	115	531
Miss Hayllar	72	342	41	181	113	523
Miss Norton	70	320	43	191	113	511
Miss F. Bardswell	71	299	43	209	114	508
Miss C. Smith	71	307	41	201	112	508
Mrs. Kane	71	311	44	194	115	505
Miss Carlisle	68	296	41	209	109	505

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. Perry-Keene	87	339	73	379	44	226	204	944
Mr. Eyre W. Hussey	55	243	69	367	42	242	166	852
Mr. C. E. Nesham	81	299	71	315	42	206	194	820
Mr. T. T. S. Metcalfe	62	266	69	283	38	200	169	749
Mr. J. H. Bridges	58	218	61	297	43	185	162	700
Colonel H. A. Burton	55	211	65	307	34	166	154	684
Captain M. Allen	54	186	61	251	43	235	158	672
Mr. C. H. Everett	56	222	67	255	38	200	161	677
Mr. H. Kendall	62	266	48	198	40	196	150	660
Mr. Gedge	50	200	60	244	40	194	150	638
Mr. Burrowes	45	173	56	236	42	204	143	613
Mr. Erskine	62	258	56	228	33	125	151	611
Mr. Walrond	59	237	57	217	38	154	154	608
Colonel Lewin	58	228	53	223	34	150	145	601

Fifty-two ladies and thirty-five gentlemen shot.

*****

The Forty-third Grand National and the Twenty-fourth Grand Western Archery Meetings were united and held together at Bath on July 29 and 30, 1886.

Ladies	60 Yards		50 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Miss Legh	89	437	47	289	136	726
Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey	83	397	46	246	129	643
Mrs. Marshall	75	375	48	262	123	637
Mrs. D. Ainsworth	83	389	46	242	129	631
Miss Steel	84	416	43	211	127	627
Miss B. Oakley	84	420	39	201	123	621
Mrs. Gilling	77	377	44	242	121	619
Mrs. Kinahan	80	368	43	225	123	593
Miss F. Bardswell	76	304	45	273	121	577
Miss C. Radford	74	328	43	221	117	549
Miss M. Winwood	76	332	41	217	117	549
Mrs. Horniblow	73	341	42	188	115	529
Mrs. Berens	76	364	40	164	116	528
Miss B. M. Legh	68	316	41	203	109	519
Miss Pedder	68	290	45	221	113	511
Mrs. Maltby	67	317	38	194	105	511
Miss Palmer	75	355	36	150	111	505
Mrs. Gilmour	75	311	41	191	116	502

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. C. E. Nesham	81	411	76	354	45	257	202	1022
Major C. H. Fisher	70	278	72	344	45	243	187	865
Mr. E. Sharpe	75	309	71	303	42	180	188	792
Mr. J. H. Bridges	62	222	68	322	42	206	172	750
Colonel H. A. Burton	70	300	60	266	39	179	169	745
Mr. Perry-Keene	65	257	70	290	42	196	177	743
Mr. T. T. S. Metcalfe	53	213	66	216	42	214	163	743
Mr. F. A. Govett	72	322	56	232	32	182	160	736
Mr. Eyre W. Hussey	55	217	67	259	43	219	165	695
Mr. G. G. Hulme	57	209	53	237	43	225	153	671
Mr. Gedge	48	188	63	263	44	204	155	655
Mr. Gregson	37	149	73	329	41	171	151	649
Mr. Gataker	55	225	60	246	36	170	151	641
Mr. Piers F. Legh	46	194	55	253	39	185	140	632
Mr. Erskine	64	244	57	233	34	148	155	625
Mr. R. Walters	54	204	53	231	35	179	142	614
Captain M. Allen	46	160	60	222	44	226	150	608

Ninety-five ladies and sixty-five gentlemen shot.

Miss Legh became the Championess with 7 points, Mrs. Marshall having won the point for hits at 50 yards.

Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey became the Championess of the West.

Mr. C. E. Nesham became the Champion with 9-1/2 points, Major C. H. Fisher having tied with him in the point for hits at 60 yards.

Mr. Perry-Keene became the Champion of the West.

*****

In the handicap match on July 31, Miss Legh scored 391, Miss B. Oakley 363, Mrs. D. Ainsworth 344, Mrs. Marshall 343, and Mrs. Horniblow 337; and on the same day Mr. E. Sharpe scored 429.

---

ROYAL TOXOPHILITE SOCIETY'S HANDICAP MEETINGS

A series of meetings extending over two days, the double York Round being shot, commenced in 1881, and the Grand Centenary Archery Meeting of the Royal Toxophilite Society was held in the Society's ground in the Regent's Park, on October 12 and 13, 1881.

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. H. H. Palairet	82	364	81	417	47	281	210	1062
Mr. W. Rimington	76	294	75	337	43	241	194	872
Mr. J. H. Bridges	72	292	75	337	44	206	191	835
Mr. O. K. Prescot 14	74	274	72	298	44	234	190	806
Mr. Piers F. Legh 14	69	261	69	299	43	215	181	775
Mr. G. O. Pardoe 14	57	225	77	327	41	201	175	753
Mr. C. H. Everett	65	231	65	287	40	198	170	716
Major C. H. Fisher	71	255	63	279	36	162	170	696
Mr. H. Kendall	58	206	64	248	44	222	166	676
Mr. C. J. Longman	59	237	59	251	37	183	155	671
Mr. E. N. Snow	54	234	52	224	40	212	146	670
Mr. C. E. Nesham	72	264	55	203	37	199	164	666
Mr. A. Meyrick 14	45	181	65	299	28	162	138	642
Colonel Lewin	62	244	58	238	32	154	152	636
Mr. O. L. Clare	54	204	64	238	40	178	158	620
Mr. A. Newall	54	182	58	268	40	170	152	620
Mr. Eyre W. Hussey 14	55	209	57	207	39	195	151	611
Captain M. Allen 14	46	146	69	249	41	211	156	606
Mr. Perry-Keene 14	66	234	47	217	33	153	146	604

14 Visitors.

Sixty-five gentlemen shot.

*****

A Grand Annual Handicap Meeting of the Royal Toxophilite Society was held on October 11 and 12, 1882.

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Major C. H. Fisher	83	315	77	337	44	238	204	890
Mr. C. E. Nesham	84	332	66	296	38	188	188	816
Mr. O. L. Clare	60	222	64	294	46	260	170	776
Mr. R. Walters	73	265	74	316	41	191	188	772
Mr. Piers F. Legh 15	56	236	75	325	43	207	174	768
Mr. C. H. Everett	67	257	69	285	45	201	181	743
Mr. G. W. Chapman	60	248	52	198	38	210	150	656
Mr. H. Kendall	51	227	52	238	40	174	143	639
Mr. G. O. Pardoe 15	47	211	53	249	40	172	140	632
Mr. W. Yates Foot	53	209	54	230	35	187	142	626
Mr. C. J. Longman	56	198	55	195	43	207	154	600

15 Visitors.

Thirty-three gentlemen shot.

*****

The Grand Annual Handicap Meeting of the Royal Toxophilite Society was held on October 11 and 12, 1883.

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. C. E. Nesham	100	426	75	337	45	247	220	1010
Mr. C. J. Longman	72	274	69	305	47	229	188	808
Major C. H. Fisher	79	313	67	291	37	185	183	789
Mr. H. A. Howman 16	65	273	57	259	41	231	163	763
Mr. N. Rattray	69	221	71	315	41	225	181	761
Mr. F. A. Govett	68	258	66	292	46	208	180	758
Mr. O. L. Clare	57	229	69	281	41	213	167	723
Mr. Eyre W. Hussey 16	69	291	60	238	39	189	168	718
Colonel Lewin	59	203	64	270	43	211	166	684
Mr. G. W. Chapman	54	224	63	271	38	164	155	659
Mr. G. G. Hulme 16	53	219	57	227	38	186	148	632
Captain M. Allen 16	64	228	57	215	40	178	161	621
Mr. C. H. Everett	59	231	54	220	38	164	151	615

16 Visitors.

Twenty-eight gentlemen shot.

*****

The Grand Jubilee and Annual Handicap Meeting of the Royal Toxophilite Society was held on October 9 and 10, 1884.

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. C. E. Nesham	89	393	70	290	45	211	204	894
Mr. R. Walters	70	264	69	305	43	219	182	788
Mr. O. L. Clare	83	321	66	268	42	198	191	787
Mr. J. H. Bridges	66	242	75	327	41	215	182	784
Mr. Eyre W. Hussey 17	58	206	75	323	45	247	178	776
Mr. C. J. Longman	76	310	68	270	38	172	182	752
Captain M. Allen 17	67	243	71	309	42	198	180	750
Mr. Gregson 17	74	252	65	291	38	188	177	731
Mr. T. T. S. Metcalfe	55	225	64	276	44	200	163	701
Mr. Piers F. Legh 17	57	201	69	283	40	192	166	676
Mr. A. Newall	57	225	60	256	31	147	148	628
Mr. C. H. Everett	45	149	66	288	41	179	152	616
Mr. Walrond	57	195	57	199	41	205	155	599
Mr. G. G. Hulme 17	47	179	52	210	41	209	140	598
Mr. H. Kendall	54	184	51	209	41	199	146	592

17 Visitors.

Forty-nine gentlemen shot.

Nothing could have been more unfavourable than the weather on this occasion. It was wet, stormy, and bitterly cold.

*****

The Grand Annual Autumn Handicap Meeting of the Royal Toxophilite Society was held on October 8 and 9, 1885.

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. Perry-Keene 18	69	245	84	384	43	255	196	884
Mr. C. E. Nesham	79	273	81	355	45	243	205	871
Mr. R. Walters	72	256	78	370	39	203	189	829
Mr. E. Brodie Hoare	66	274	58	246	43	201	167	721
Mr. H. H. Longman	61	205	60	268	42	230	163	703
Mr. C. H. Everett	63	249	61	259	39	175	163	683
Mr. H. Kendall	44	174	52	224	43	233	139	631

18 Visitor.

Twenty-one gentlemen shot at this meeting.

*****

The Grand Annual Autumn Handicap Meeting of the Royal Toxophilite Society was held on October 14 and 15, 1886.

Gentlemen	100 Yards		80 Yards		60 Yards		Totals
	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score	Hits	Score
Mr. C. E. Nesham	86	354	78	354	44	208	208	916
Mr. J. H. Bridges	65	269	69	309	43	211	177	789
Mr. N. Rattray	67	289	54	242	43	203	164	734
Mr. Walrond	67	259	63	245	44	220	174	724
Mr. H. H. Longman	59	207	68	298	36	180	163	685
Captain M. Allen 19	47	189	68	328	30	15420	145	671
Mr. E. Fisher 19	63	215	57	239	44	212	164	666
Mr. C. H. Everett	51	187	67	261	40	188	158	636
Mr. E. C. Gedge 19	59	235	57	197	36	178	152	610
Mr. A. Henty	45	171	57	207	44	222	146	600
Mr. T. T. S. Metcalfe	53	205	53	207	39	187	145	599

19 Visitors.

20 Did not complete the shooting at 60 yards.

Twenty-one gentlemen shot at this meeting.

---