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Of the various implements of archery, the bow demands the first consideration. It has at one period or another formed one of the chief weapons of war and the chase in almost every nation, and is, indeed, at the present day in use for both these purposes in various parts of the...
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 ve...
4. CHAPTER IV.The best bowstrings are all of Belgian make, and cannot be considered of such good quality as they used to be twenty-five years ago. Then the best bowstrings were obtained from...
1. CHAPTER I.Of the various implements of archery, the bow demands the first consideration. It has at one period or another formed one of the chief weapons of war and the chase in almost eve...
3. CHAPTER III.The arrow is perhaps the most important of all the implements of the archer, and requires the greatest nicety of make and excellence of materials; for, though he may get on with...
14. CHAPTER XIV.In the following scores an attempt is made to give authentic specimens of the best shooting of as many as possible of the best archers of the past and present time. Mr. Ford him...
9. CHAPTER IX.The _aim_ is undoubtedly the most abstruse and scientific point connected with the practice of archery. It is at the same time the most difficult to teach and the most difficult...
8. CHAPTER VIII.Ascham seems to be right in declaring that 'Drawyne _well_ is the best parte of shootyng'; and, as it is in the course of this part of the act of shooting that all the ridiculou...
2. CHAPTER II.The next point to be considered is the strength of the bow to be chosen; and respecting this, in the first place, the bow must be completely under the shooter's command--within...
5. CHAPTER V._The grease-box_ was, no doubt, an important part of an archer's equipment when prepared for battle, as he had to be out in all weathers, and the grease it contained could alone...
7. CHAPTER VII.Roger Ascham stated in 1545 that 'fayre shootynge came of these thynges: of standynge, nockynge, drawynge, howldynge, and lowsynge'; and these his well-known _five points of arc...
10. CHAPTER X.By _holding_ is meant keeping the arrow fully drawn before it is loosed. Ascham has made this his fourth point of archery; and but little can be added to what he has said on the...
12. CHAPTER XII.Prince Arthur, the elder brother of King Henry VIII., enjoys the reputation of having been an expert archer, and it is believed that in his honour a good shot was named after hi...
11. CHAPTER XI.The best notion of the old practice of archery may be gained from a review of the ancient butts or shooting-fields of our ancestors. These shooting-grounds were evidently attach...
6. CHAPTER VI.In the previous chapters such plain directions have been given concerning the various implements of archery as will enable each archer to provide himself with the best of the ki...