CHAPTER XIII._The theory and practice of archery

_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.

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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 +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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.

+-----------------------+----------+

| | 60 Yards |

| LADIES +----+-----+

| |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 +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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.

+-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+

| ---- +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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--

+----------+----------+----------+-----------+

+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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.

+-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+

| ---- +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| afterwards | 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 +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 | 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 +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| Mrs. Davison | 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 +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| Mrs. Horniblow | 73 | 361 | 36 | 146 | 109 | 507 |

| Miss Baker | 71 | 277 | 42 | 198 | 113 | 475 |

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+

| GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| Mrs. Horniblow | 67 | 265 | 39 | 161 | 106 | 426 |

| Miss H. Chetwynd | 54 | 210 | 38 | 162 | 92 | 362 |

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+

| GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| Mrs. Horniblow | 74 | 338 | 41 | 203 | 115 | 541 |

| Miss H. Chetwynd | 67 | 299 | 41 | 209 | 108 | 508 |

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+

| GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| Mrs. Horniblow | 66 | 276 | 41 | 183 | 107 | 459 |

| Mrs. Litchfield | 58 | 230 | 38 | 158 | 96 | 388 |

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+

| GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| Miss H. Chetwynd | 74 | 344 | 41 | 191 | 115 | 535 |

| Miss Dixon | 62 | 270 | 39 | 179 | 101 | 449 |

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+

| GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| Mrs. Horniblow | 70 | 282 | 48 | 262 | 118 | 544 |

| Miss H. Chetwynd | 67 | 313 | 39 | 179 | 106 | 492 |

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+

| GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| Miss Turner | 66 | 272 | 41 | 203 | 107 | 475 |

| Mrs. Horniblow | 50 | 226 | 40 | 198 | 90 | 424 |

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+

| GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| Mrs. Horniblow | 65 | 271 | 39 | 179 | 104 | 450 |

| Miss Turner | 58 | 258 | 34 | 132 | 92 | 390 |

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+

| GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| Mrs. Horniblow | 76 | 328 | 44 | 220 | 120 | 548 |

| Mrs. H. Walters | 73 | 329 | 41 | 209 | 114 | 538 |

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+

| GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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.

+-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+

| ---- +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| Miss H. Chetwynd | 65 | 309 | 36 | 154 | 101 | 463 |

| Mrs. A. Malet | 60 | 264 | 37 | 163 | 97 | 427 |

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+

| GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| Mrs. Horniblow | 78 | 364 | 43 | 237 | 121 | 601 |

| Mrs. Blaker | 61 | 275 | 36 | 188 | 97 | 463 |

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+

| GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| Miss L. Turner | 69 | 331 | 42 | 200 | 111 | 531 |

| Miss S. Dawson | 71 | 295 | 42 | 200 | 113 | 495 |

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+

| GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+

+----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+

| 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 +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

| 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.