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Charles James Longman, Henry Walrond, Alice B. Legh, Charles Hawkins Fisher, Eyre William Hussey, William Kirkpatrick Riland ... hON Sayarmns * yg 4g Tur8g saan Ney ayy ‘same (Ag Neaviq v uosg MUv Y LTASHAML) NI NAPMOG HSTLING: TYAOM WET, 929IfS 1ZUOLT ARCHERY by C.J. LONGMAN anp COL. H. WALROND _ WITH CONTRIBUTIONS RY MISS LEGH, VISCOUNT DILLON, MAJOR C. HAWKINS FISHER REV. EYRE W. HUSSEY, REV. W. K. R. BEDFORD J. BALFOUR PAUL, L. W. MAXSON AT Ne STON TRUE a WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS 9: (2) LONDON LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 1894 All rights reserved S5(3212S5°10 , N re N UL ry 6 1894 ARI & lee _ C. DEDICATION ZO H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES BADMINTON : May 1885. HAVING received permission to dedicate these volumes, the BADMINTON LIBRARY of SPORTS and PASTIMES, to HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, I do so feeling that I am dedicating them to one of the best and keenest sportsmen of our time. I can say, from personal observation, that there is no man who can extricate himself from a bustling and pushing crowd of horsemen, when a fox breaks covert, more dexterously and quickly than His Royal Highness; and that when hounds run hard over a big country, no man can take a line of his own and live with them better. Also, when the wind has been blowing hard, often have I seen His Royal Highness knocking over driven grouse and partridges and high-rocketing pheasants in first-rate vl ARCHERY workmanlike style. He is held to be a good yachtsman, and as Commodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron is looked up to by those who love that pleasant and exhilarating pastime. His encouragement of racing is well known, and his attendance at the University, Public School, and other important Matches testifies to his being, like most English gentlemen, fond of all manly sports. I consider it a great privilege to be allowed to dedicate these volumes to so eminent a sportsman as His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and I do so with sincere feelings of respect and esteem and loyal devotion. | BEAUFORT. BADMINTON PREFACE —_———~)3———— A FEW LINES only are necessary to explain the object with which these volumes are put forth. There is no modern encyclopedia to which the inexperienced man, who seeks guidance in the practice of the various British Sports and Pastimes, can turn for information. Some books there are on Hunting, some on Racing, some on Lawn Tennis, some on Fishing, and so on; but one Library, or succession of volumes, which treats of the Sports and Pastimes indulged in by Englishmen—and women—is wanting. The Badininton Library is offered to supply the want. Of the imperfections which must be found in the execution of such a design we are vill ARCHERY conscious. Experts often differ. But this we may say, that those who are seeking for knowledge on any of the subjects dealt with will find the results of many years’ experience written by men who are in every case adepts at the Sport or Pastime of which they write. It is to point the way to success to those who are ignorant of the sciences they aspire to master, and who have no friend to help or coach them, that these volumes are written. To those who have worked hard to place simply and clearly before the reader that which he will find within, the best thanks of the Editor are due. Thatit has been no slight labour to supervise all that has been written, he must acknowledge; but it has been a labour of love, and very much lightened by the courtesy of the Publisher, by the unflinching, indefatigable assistance of the Sub- Editor, and by the intelligent and able arrangement of each subject by the various writers, who are so thoroughly masters of the subjects of which they treat. The reward we all hope to reap is that our work may prove useful to this and future generations. THE EDITOR. CHAPTER I. IT. IIT. IV. V. VI. VIT. VIII. AIT. NIIT. CONTENTS INTRODUCTORY . By C. J. Longman PREHISTORIC ARCHERY By C. J. Longman FORMS OF THE BOW, AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION By C. J. Longman NOTES ON ANCIENT ARCHERY By C. J. Longman ON METHODS OF DRAWING AND LOOSING THE ARROW . By C. J. Longman SAVAGE ARCHERY . By C. J. Longman MILITARY ARCHERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES. By Viscount Dilton ARCHERY TACKLE IN THE MIDDLE AGES. By Viscount Dillon THE DECADENCE OF ARCHERY By Colonel Walrond ARCHERY AS A PASTIME By Colonel Walrond THE GRAND NATIONAL AND OTHER PUBLIC MEETINGS . By Cotonel Walrond SOME OLD ARCHERY SOCIETIES . By Colonel Walrond SCOTTISH ARCHERY . By J. Balfour Paul PAGE td Wo 86 105 121 137 161 182 202 x CHAFTER NIV. XV. AVI. NVI. AVIIT. XIX. XANITI. XATV. AAV. NAVI, AXNVIT. INDEX ARCHERY THE RoyaL TOXOPHILITE SOCIETY By Colonel Walrond THE WOODMEN OF ARDEN hy the Rev. I. AY RL Lk dford ARCHERY OF THE PAST-—-SOME OF ITS ARCHERS AND SOME OF THEIR SCORES By Mayor C. Hawkins Fisher THE Bow. . By Colonel Walrond THE ARROW. By Colonel Walrend THE STRING, BRACER, AND OTHER’ IMPLE- MENTS . By Colonel Wali ond PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONS IN SHOOTING By the Rev. Eyre W. Hussey LADIES’ ARCHERY By ad lice B. Legh ON THE MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC MEETINGS . By Colonel Walrond ON SCORES By C. J. Longman THE RANGE AND PENETRATION OF THE ENG- LISH LONG-Bow By C.J. Longman ON ARCHERY PRIZES AND HANDICAPPING By C.J. Longman ARCHERY IN THE UNITED STATES By L. WwW. Afaxson BIBLIOGRAPHY, PICTURES, AND PRINTS By Colonel Walrond rAGE 226 316 331 384 398 410 425 436 445 472 505 we « < ILLUSTRA TIONS (REPRODUCED BY MESSRS. WALKER AND BOUTALL) PLATES THE Roya. British BOWMEN IN) GWYRSYLT PARK (from FIG 49. 50. 51. 52. 56. 86. 87. 95. 104. 119. 120. 121. 123. a drawing by / fames ; the figures being by W. Smurke, A. -A.) . . . . . . Frontisprece TO FACE PAGE ARCHERS AND SHIELD BEARER (froma sculpturein the British Museum. About B.C. 884) . . . Horse ARCHERS. -<fbout B.C. 884 (from Lagan ‘ Monu- ments’). . KING ASSHUR-NA-ZIRPAL HUNTING ( (from a sculpture in the British Museum. About B.c. 884) . KING ASSHUR-NA-ZIRPAL WITH STRUNG Bow ( from a se up. ture in the British Museum. About B.C. 884) ASIATIC HUNTING SCENE (froma stone in the British Museum. stbout B.C. 1450) . INDIAN SHOOTING FISH (Schoolcraft) . . . . JAPANESE DRAWING OF AN AINU DEER Hunt (/rom Batchelor’s ‘Ainus of Japan’) . MARTYRDOM OF Si. SEBASTIAN (fresco at Panicale iy Perugino, from the drawing by Stenor Mariannecct) . . IRISH ARCHER, 1521 (from ‘ Drawings by A. Diirer,’ by Dr. F. Lippmann) . GRAND NATIONAL ARCHERY MEETING, CHELTENHAM, 1879. ROYAL TOXOPHILITE GROUP. LEAMINGTON ARCHERY MEETING, 1867 . GRAND WESTERN ARCHERY MEETING, TEIGNMOUTH, 1871 H.R.EH. GEORGE PRINCE OF WALES IN THE UNIFORM OF THE ROYAL KENTISH BOWMEN (/rom a print by Barto- lozzt) 58 59 60 61 68 94 96 120 142 192 194 198 208