This kind of sport is so called from the mark being a clout, or small
white pasteboard target, about twelve inches in diameter. This is
placed into a cleft stick, and then fixed in the ground in such a
manner that the lower edge of the target touches the ground. The
distances in this kind of shooting are generally 180 and 200 yards,
and those shots alone count which hit the clout; or in default of any
in the clout, the nearest arrow to it will count; so that, supposing
you got thirty-six arrows within a foot of the clout and your
adversary managed to get one in, even though his others may not have
been anywhere near, he will nevertheless be the victor.