Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1887 — ARCHERY TAKES A ROOM. [ARTICLE]

ARCHERY TAKES A ROOM.

rivaling Tennis—An Archer’s CosI tume—The Bows and Arrows. I Y. Mail and ixpress. IA leading dealer in sporting goodß |id to-day that archery had taken a |iw boom this season and that more Ichery sets were being sold, than for the |;st three years. He accounted for this lr the fact that the present widespread laze for lawn tennis and other outdoor |>orts had wakened an interest in sport 1. required more SKill than tennis and Ist would give more variety to outdoor limes. The claim for archery is that it tains the eye, imparts a graceful cartage, expands the chest and gives plenty I walking exercise without fatigue, and I equally adapted to both sexes. 1 ‘‘The dress of the archer,” said the Importer’s informant, “varies in difire nt clubs, but the quieter it is the fetter. For gentlemen, nothing is better Itan a green cloth eoat, with gilt:buttons laving the club device upon them,waistpat and trousers of any tasteful pattern lid a cap of the same cloth as the coat, ith a covered 1 peak. For ladies, a ■een jacket over a white skirt, with hat immed with green and white feathers id that has a na row brim. A very retty style for a ladiy archery costume this: A white Swiss skirt with a deep em, worn over either a white silk or a imbrick muslin slip; a Russian bodice ; v\ bite pongee, trimmed "with black ce or narrow black velvet ribbon; eeves tight to the wrist,as thatprevents ay awkward catching by the string of te bow; a pointed black velvet band id sash, trimmed with black lace. Over re left shoulder and fastened with a hot under the right arm at the level of ie wrist, is placed a broad green sash, rade of silk. This sash is gathered into dds and fastened on the shoulder by a in of gold or silver, hearing the badge f the club. The hat is of white straw, onnd with velvet and trimmed with, ireen ami white feathers. The beet yew bows for hulies. cost tom $lB to SSO each; the same for genMBtnen, S2O to SIOO each. But good ;Ows made of lemonwood, lancewood r similar material can be bought for : -om $1 to $6 each. Arrows, for ladies, re 13.50 to sll per dozen; for gentleden, $5 to sl2 per dozen. Practicing rrows can be bought as low as $1.50 nd $2 per dozen. Bo wst rings-cost 25c ) 50c each. For ladies, quivers cost 1.56 to?. $2.75 each; for gentlemen, 2. to $3.50 each. The rest ~of the ie outfit consists of arm guards, $1 to 2 each; shooting gloves, 75c to $2; tips ir bows, 50c to 75c per pair, and, tasalg, 50c to 75c each. Targets can be ;ougbt all the way from $1 to $7 apiece; Irgct stands, $2 50 to $5 each; green aize how covers 75c each, and scoring ftrds and tables, ivory and ebony pickers, 25c to $2 apiece. 1“It is a very common thing for bemners to choose very strong bows nder the idea that it gives them the.

£>p«arance of being perfect Samsons. >ut their ungainly stiuggles to bend leir weapon and the utterly futile faults of their endeavors are anything Jut dignified. The weight of the bow uoulcl be so that it could be bent withut straining, and held steiyiily during re time of taking aim. Many things rill spoil a bow which a little care and itention would prevent. Among its lost fatal enemies are cry-sals, which jre small cracks, and which, unless noiced in time, will surely end in a fracJire. A crysal should at once be tight-■ r lapped with fine string saturated pith glue; if this is neatly done and the leather spot varnished, it will interire but little with the appearance of re bow. Particular care should be iken not to scratch or bruise the bow. vdien shooting in damp weather it hould be well wiped and perfectly ut away. -It should always be kept as ry as possible. When the bowman is bing to a distance to shoot a water jroof cover is advisable. The arrows fiould be carefully wiped each me they are picked up. This s not only to preserve them

but also because the least particle of dirt clinging to the pile, cr point, will effect ually spoil their flight. Every care sboulo also be taken to keep the feathers smooth and stiff. Should the feathers by chdnee become ruffled, a little warming in front of a fire, not. too dose, will generally restore them. To draw the arrow from the target, take hold of it with your light hand close to the target and rum the arrow as you remove it, holding your left hand over it. Never trust A worn striiig, take it off and put on anew one, for, should it break.it will most probably snap your bow.” Here are some of the chief technical terms used in archery; “Ascliam,” a cupboard especially constructed to hold bow and arrow; “back” the flat side of an bow; “backed bow,” a bow made of two or more strips of wood glued together longitudinally; “barrelled arrow,” an arroV made' largestin the center; “belly,” the convex side of the bow; “bobtailed arrow,” an arrow made larger at the point than at the feather; “bracing,” the act of stringing the bow; “chested arrow,” an arrow made larger at the feather than at the point; “end,” the term of each discharge of three arrows, as three is the number to be shot from each end of the range in turn; “grafted bow,” a bow made off two pieces of wood, joined at the handle; “handle,” the wrapping of plush by which the bow is held; “horn,” the tip of the bow above and below the handle; “nock,” the groove in the horn of the bow into which the string fits also the notch in the arrow for the reception of the strings “nocking point,” the point in the bow string, which when the bow is strung, isopposite to the top'of the handle;“pile’ the point of the arrow; “self bow,” a bow made of a single piece of wood, or grafted; “stele,” the shaft of the arrow: “straight arrow,” one of even thickness throughout. ' .7 : _