In this kind of shooting there is no fixed mark, anything being aimed
at, such as trees, gate-posts, etc. The winner at one mark chooses the
next, and so on. The distances are usually from 100 to 200 yards, and
no shots count which are not within five bows' lengths of the mark.
This kind of shooting is only useful as a lesson in judging distance,
and was very necessary when the bow was used in warfare, but has never
been much in repute since archery has been merely practiced as a
pastime. It is rather an expensive amusement, as the arrows are so
liable to be broken or lost.