Chapter XIII: The Public Archery Meetings and the Double York and Other Rounds (2)

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| | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS |
| GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score|
+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| Mr. G. Edwards | 71 | 277 | 71 | 337 | 46 | 272 | 188 | 886 |
| Mr. P. Muir | 68 | 276 | 70 | 322 | 45 | 257 | 181 | 855 |
| Mr. H. A. Ford | 70 | 260 | 74 | 294 | 47 | 253 | 191 | 807 |
| Mr. H. C. Mules | 57 | 243 | 66 | 312 | 40 | 202 | 163 | 757 |
| Mr. W. Rimington | 58 | 244 | 61 | 273 | 41 | 223 | 160 | 740 |
| Mr. E. Mason | 59 | 211 | 68 | 304 | 42 | 210 | 169 | 725 |
| Rev. W. J. Richardson | 61 | 235 | 66 | 264 | 40 | 202 | 167 | 701 |
| Mr. H. Walters | 57 | 223 | 64 | 276 | 43 | 201 | 164 | 700 |
| Mr. H. B. Hare | 61 | 221 | 60 | 254 | 46 | 224 | 167 | 699 |
| Mr. G. T. Golightly | 55 | 233 | 62 | 228 | 45 | 221 | 162 | 682 |
| Mr. J. Spedding | 61 | 261 | 55 | 257 | 34 | 152 | 150 | 670 |
| Mr. J. Wilson | 47 | 203 | 59 | 259 | 39 | 197 | 145 | 659 |
| Mr. T. Boulton | 55 | 197 | 59 | 257 | 38 | 182 | 152 | 636 |
| Mr. C. H. Fisher | 43 | 169 | 60 | 250 | 42 | 216 | 145 | 635 |
| Mr. J. Turner | 62 | 230 | 53 | 211 | 35 | 183 | 150 | 624 |
| Col. Clowes | 51 | 189 | 52 | 230 | 42 | 204 | 145 | 623 |
| Mr. E. Meyrick | 58 | 248 | 45 | 189 | 37 | 183 | 140 | 620 |
+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

Mrs. Lister won the first score prize, but Mrs. Atkinson won the silver bracer with 4 points.

Mrs. Lister won 2 points for gross score.

Mrs. Horniblow won the point for score at 50 yards, and Mrs. Litchfield won the point for hits at 50 yards.

At this meeting Mr. Edwards won the Champion's medal with 6 points, Mr. Ford, who took third rank, having won 4 points--namely, 2 for gross hits and those for hits at 80 yards and hits at 60 yards.

Ninety-nine ladies and 109 gentlemen shot.

The influence of hits as affecting the position of the winners of the best prizes was now entirely abandoned, and the order of the prizes taken from the gross score only, except when two had a tie in score. In this case the difference (if any) in hits was considered.

Want of space prevents the introduction of all the winners of best prizes, who vary in number at the different meetings from six to twelve, according to the numbers present; but it should be mentioned that at the earliest meetings the second prize was allotted to the maker of most gross hits. This rule prevailed up to 1851. In 1852, 1853, and 1854 the order of prize-winners was in accordance with the order of the gross scores. From that date the first prizes were named 'first, second, third, &c. gross score, and hits,' and the rule by which the order of the prize list was obtained was that the number of each shooter's position in hits was taken and added to the number representing his position in score. The lowest total won the first score and hits prize, and the next lowest the second, and so on. In cases where the totals of two were the same, the highest score would win. The application of this rule may be observed in 1859, when Mr. Richardson made the third score (812), but won the fourth prize; whilst Mr. Edmondstone, who made the fourth score, won the third prize. Mr. Edmondstone was second in hits and fourth in score (total, 6); Mr. Richardson was third in score and fourth in hits (total, 7).

* * * * *

The Second Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on July 18 and 19, 1860.

Twenty-six ladies and forty-three gentlemen shot.

* * * * *

The Eighth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held in the Jephson Gardens on June 12 and 13, 1861.

Twenty-six ladies and thirty-four gentlemen shot.

+-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+
| | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS |
| LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score|
+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| Mrs. Horniblow | 78 | 366 | 46 | 230 | 124 | 596 |
| Mrs. E. Lister | 69 | 315 | 44 | 236 | 113 | 551 |
| Mrs. Litchfield | 79 | 351 | 39 | 159 | 118 | 510 |
+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+
| | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS |
| GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score|
+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| Mr. H. A. Ford | 83 | 321 | 83 | 419 | 46 | 274 | 212 |1014 |
| Mr. G. Edwards | 52 | 238 | 76 | 354 | 47 | 279 | 175 | 871 |
| Mr. T. G. Golightly | 69 | 255 | 68 | 346 | 41 | 223 | 178 | 824 |
| Mr. M. Knapp | 77 | 309 | 55 | 257 | 32 | 164 | 164 | 730 |
| Mr. H. C. Mules | 65 | 263 | 67 | 273 | 37 | 179 | 169 | 715 |
| Mr. W. Ford | 60 | 218 | 59 | 259 | 39 | 177 | 158 | 654 |
| Mr. G. Mallory | 57 | 217 | 49 | 213 | 43 | 211 | 149 | 641 |
| Mr. W. Swire | 52 | 208 | 58 | 232 | 39 | 177 | 149 | 617 |
| Mr. J. Spedding | 60 | 224 | 54 | 244 | 39 | 137 | 153 | 605 |
| Mr. T. L. Coulson | 46 | 174 | 57 | 231 | 40 | 196 | 143 | 601 |
| Mr. H. B. Hare | 50 | 186 | 53 | 205 | 39 | 209 | 142 | 600 |
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* * * * *

The Eighteenth Grand National Archery Meeting was held on the Racecourse at Aintree, near Liverpool, on July 17 and 18, 1861.

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| | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS |
| LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score|
+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| Mrs. G. Atkinson | 73 | 367 | 40 | 208 | 113 | 575 |
| Miss Turner | 65 | 291 | 42 | 214 | 107 | 505 |
| Mrs. Horniblow | 67 | 265 | 42 | 212 | 109 | 477 |
+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

Mrs. Atkinson won the silver bracer with 6 points. Miss Turner won the point for score at 50 yards, and Mrs. E. Lister the point for hits (44) at 50 yards.

The Champion's medal was again won by Mr. G. Edwards with 7 points. Mr. Golightly won the point for score at 80 yards, and Mr. H. A. Ford won two points for score and hits at 60 yards.

The wind at this meeting--on an exposed ground--was tremendous.

Sixty-four ladies and eighty-nine gentlemen shot.

Some better scores--Mr. E. Mason (446), Mr. F. Townsend (374), and Mr. H. C. Mules (365)--were made on July 19 in the handicap match.

The Grand National Archery Society was first established at a meeting of archers held at the Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool on July 19, 1861.

* * * * *

The Third Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on July 30-31 and August 1, 1861.

+-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+
| | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS |
| LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score|
+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| Miss Turner | 77 | 345 | 45 | 255 | 122 | 600 |
| Mrs. Horniblow | 66 | 336 | 44 | 216 | 110 | 552 |
| Miss H. Chetwynd | 72 | 326 | 42 | 200 | 114 | 526 |
+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

No other shooter made as much as 600.

Twenty-two ladies and thirty-seven gentlemen shot.

* * * * *

The First Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at Bishop's Hull, near Taunton, on August 7 and 8, 1861, when fifty-three ladies and forty-two gentlemen shot.

+-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+
| | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS |
| LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score|
+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| Miss Turner | 80 | 386 | 45 | 259 | 125 | 645 |
| Miss Mignon | 66 | 276 | 41 | 197 | 107 | 473 |
| Miss H. Chetwynd | 56 | 236 | 40 | 228 | 96 | 464 |
| Miss James | 59 | 271 | 37 | 165 | 96 | 436 |
| Mrs. A. Malet | 62 | 256 | 34 | 142 | 96 | 398 |
+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

* * * * *

The Fourth Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on May 29 and 30, 1862.

Twenty-six ladies and forty gentlemen shot.

* * * * *

The Ninth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held in the Jephson Gardens on June 11 and 12, 1862.

+-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+
| | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS |
| ---- +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score|
+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| Mrs. Horniblow | ? | 191 | 23 | 143 | ? | 334 |
+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

This was Mrs. Horniblow's score on the first day. The round on the second day was not completed on account of the bad weather.

This was the best shooting of the first day. On the second day only 48 arrows at 100 yards were shot.

Thirty-three ladies and twenty-eight gentlemen shot.

* * * * *

The Nineteenth Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held at Worcester, on July 17 and 18, 1862.

Sixty-five ladies and eighty-eight gentlemen shot.

+-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+
| | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS |
| LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score|
+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| Mrs. Horniblow | 80 | 384 | 48 | 276 | 128 | 660 |
| Mrs. G. Atkinson | 76 | 334 | 40 | 208 | 116 | 542 |
| Miss Jarrett | 68 | 296 | 43 | 229 | 111 | 525 |
| Miss H. Chetwynd | 65 | 313 | 40 | 176 | 105 | 489 |
+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

Mrs. Horniblow won the silver bracer with all the 8 points.

Mr. G. Edwards secured the Champion's medal with 7 points. Mr. H. A. Ford won the point for score at 80 yards, and the points for score and hits at 60 yards.

Some good scores--Mr. H. A. Ford (479), Mr. G. Edwards (447), and Mr. H. B. Hare (386)--were made on July 19 in the handicap match.

* * * * *

The Second Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at West Harnham, near Salisbury, on July 9 and 10, 1862, when sixty-four ladies and fifty-one gentlemen shot.

Mrs. A. Malet and Mr. H. B. Hare became respectively the Championess and Champion of the West.

* * * * *

The Fifth Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on June 11 and 12, 1863.

Thirty-four ladies and forty-six gentlemen shot.

* * * * *

The Tenth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held in the Jephson Gardens on June 25 and 26, 1863.

Twenty-eight ladies and thirty-two gentlemen shot.

+-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+
| | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS |
| LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score|
+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| Mrs. Horniblow | 90 | 442 | 44 | 264 | 134 | 706 |
| Miss B. Edwards | 73 | 305 | 47 | 229 | 120 | 534 |
| Miss Waller | 74 | 322 | 42 | 206 | 116 | 528 |
+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

* * * * *

The Twentieth Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held on the Christ Church Cricket-ground at Oxford on July 1 and 2, 1863.

+-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+
| | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS |
| LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score|
+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| Mrs. Horniblow | 73 | 285 | 43 | 193 | 116 | 478 |
| Miss H. Chetwynd | 61 | 281 | 39 | 189 | 100 | 468 |
| Miss B. Edwards | 60 | 258 | 38 | 192 | 98 | 450 |
+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

Mrs. Horniblow won the silver bracer with all the 8 points.

The weather was very rough.

Mr. P. Muir won the Champion's medal with 8 points; Mr. H. A. Ford won the point for hits at 80 yards; and Messrs. H. Walters and E. W. Atkinson divided the point for hits at 60 yards (45).

Fifty-four ladies and ninety-six gentlemen shot.

Mr. T. L. Coulson (452) shot well on July 3 in the handicap match.

* * * * *

The Third Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at Weymouth on July 15 and 16, 1863, when fifty-nine ladies and sixty-four gentlemen shot.

There was a tie between Miss L. Turner and Miss S. Dawson in points; and on drawing lots (not a fair way of deciding the tie) Miss S. Dawson won, and became Championess.

Mr. H. B. Hare (148 hits, 594 score) became Champion of the West.

* * * * *

A Grand Inaugural Archery Fete was held in the Alexandra Park, Muswell Hill, on July 23 and 24, 1863.

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| | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS |
| LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score|
+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| Mrs. Horniblow | 78 | 370 | 47 | 269 | 125 | 639 |
| Miss H. Chetwynd | 76 | 354 | 40 | 188 | 116 | 542 |
| Mrs. Hare | 74 | 328 | 43 | 177 | 117 | 505 |
+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

Mr. J. Buchanan acted as manager of this meeting.

Nineteen ladies and forty-one gentlemen shot.

* * * * *

The Eleventh Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held in the Jephson Gardens on June 15 and 16, 1864.

+-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+
| | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS |
| LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score|
+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| Miss Betham | 88 | 464 | 47 | 271 | 135 | 735 |
| Mrs. Horniblow | 86 | 396 | 46 | 234 | 132 | 630 |
| Mrs. E. Lister | 67 | 313 | 38 | 184 | 105 | 597 |
+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

Thirty-five ladies and thirty-three gentlemen shot.

* * * * *

The Sixth Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on June 30 and July 1, 1864.

Thirty-eight ladies and forty-four gentlemen shot.

+-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+
| | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS |
| LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score|
+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| Miss Betham | 76 | 350 | 41 | 253 | 117 | 603 |
| Mrs. Horniblow | 73 | 343 | 45 | 221 | 118 | 564 |
| Miss Turner | 72 | 296 | 41 | 225 | 113 | 521 |
+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

* * * * *

The Twenty-first Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held in the Alexandra Park, Muswell Hill, near London, on July 6 and 7, 1864.

+-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+
| | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS |
| LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score|
+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| Miss Betham | 83 | 429 | 46 | 264 | 129 | 693 |
| Mrs. G. Atkinson | 74 | 392 | 43 | 243 | 117 | 635 |
| Mrs. Horniblow | 76 | 314 | 45 | 227 | 121 | 541 |
| Miss A. S. Butt | 79 | 339 | 46 | 200 | 125 | 539 |
| Miss Quin | 68 | 320 | 44 | 208 | 112 | 528 |
| Miss Turner | 66 | 300 | 41 | 211 | 107 | 511 |
+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

Miss Betham won the silver bracer with 7-1/2 points. Miss A. S. Butt divided the point for hits at 50 yards with her.

+-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+
| | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS |
| GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score|
+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| Mr. G. Edwards | 63 | 205 | 80 | 418 | 46 | 274 | 189 | 897 |
| Mr. P. Muir | 81 | 325 | 63 | 269 | 45 | 227 | 189 | 821 |
| Mr. H. Walters | 53 | 179 | 68 | 318 | 46 | 240 | 167 | 737 |
| Mr. W. R. Atkinson | 60 | 230 | 61 | 237 | 43 | 249 | 164 | 716 |
| Captain Betham | 57 | 247 | 60 | 246 | 41 | 213 | 158 | 706 |
| Mr. James Spedding | 62 | 246 | 67 | 287 | 35 | 169 | 164 | 702 |
| Mr. Betham | 44 | 180 | 77 | 329 | 42 | 188 | 163 | 697 |
| Mr. T. L. Coulson | 60 | 242 | 55 | 269 | 41 | 175 | 156 | 686 |
| Mr. St. J. Coventry | 68 | 260 | 55 | 219 | 37 | 177 | 160 | 656 |
| Mr. A. R. Tawney | 64 | 242 | 54 | 214 | 39 | 179 | 157 | 645 |
| Captain C. H. Fisher | 65 | 267 | 57 | 193 | 39 | 183 | 161 | 643 |
| Mr. H. B. Hare | 62 | 238 | 64 | 260 | 32 | 134 | 158 | 632 |
| Mr. J. Wilson | 55 | 231 | 59 | 201 | 40 | 190 | 154 | 622 |
| Mr. H. Elliott | 47 | 201 | 51 | 215 | 39 | 199 | 137 | 615 |
| Mr. McNamara | 52 | 200 | 55 | 215 | 41 | 193 | 148 | 608 |
| Mr. H. Garnett | 51 | 227 | 53 | 217 | 37 | 161 | 141 | 605 |
+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

Mr. G. Edwards secured the Champion's medal with 6-1/2 points. Mr. P. Muir won 2 points for hits and score at 100 yards, and Mr. H. Walters divided the point for hits at 60 yards with Mr. G. Edwards.

Eighty-two ladies and eighty-six gentlemen shot.

Good scores appear to have been made in the handicap match on July 8--namely, 356 by Miss Betham, 334 by Mrs. G. Atkinson, and 321 by Miss Turner; 463 by Mr. G. Edwards, 420 by Mr. W. R. Atkinson, and 394 by Mr. W. Rimington.

* * * * *

The Fourth Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at Exeter on August 3 and 4, 1864, when one hundred and seventeen ladies and fifty-eight gentlemen shot.

+-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+
| | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS |
| LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score|
+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| Miss S. Dawson | 86 | 416 | 46 | 252 | 132 | 668 |
| Mrs. C. H. Everett | 68 | 330 | 43 | 223 | 111 | 553 |
| Miss Quin | 75 | 347 | 42 | 188 | 117 | 535 |
+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

Miss S. Dawson and Mr. H. B. Hare became Championess and Champion of the West.

* * * * *

The Twelfth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held on June 14 and 15, 1865, in the Jephson Gardens.

+-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+
| | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS |
| LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score|
+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| Miss Betham | 86 | 412 | 47 | 259 | 133 | 671 |
| Miss S. Dawson | 84 | 404 | 45 | 241 | 129 | 645 |
| Mrs. Horniblow | 86 | 384 | 46 | 240 | 132 | 624 |
| Mrs. E. Lister | 69 | 311 | 40 | 198 | 109 | 509 |
| Miss A. S. Butt | 74 | 300 | 40 | 206 | 114 | 506 |
| Miss Waller | 70 | 310 | 40 | 192 | 110 | 502 |
+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

Thirty-two ladies and forty gentlemen shot.

* * * * *

The Seventh Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on July 6 and 7, 1865.

+-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+
| | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS |
| LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score|
+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| Miss Betham | 70 | 352 | 46 | 246 | 116 | 598 |
| Miss E. K. Fenton | 67 | 307 | 38 | 178 | 105 | 485 |
| Mrs. Horniblow | 70 | 304 | 38 | 176 | 108 | 480 |
+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

Miss H. Chetwynd (afterwards Mrs. Christie) had the management of this meeting, and of the previous one in 1864.

Forty ladies and forty-nine gentlemen shot.

* * * * *

The Twenty-second Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held at Clifton, near Bristol, on College Cricket-ground, on July 26 and 27, 1865.

+-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+
| | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS |
| LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score|
+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| Miss Betham | 79 | 385 | 45 | 221 | 124 | 606 |
| Miss S. Dawson | 76 | 376 | 45 | 205 | 121 | 581 |
| Mrs. E. Lister | 74 | 362 | 42 | 218 | 116 | 580 |
| Mrs. P. Becher | 71 | 323 | 40 | 212 | 111 | 535 |
| Mrs. FitzGerald | 73 | 337 | 37 | 185 | 110 | 522 |
| Mrs. Horniblow | 67 | 281 | 43 | 213 | 110 | 494 |
+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

Miss Betham won the silver bracer with 6-1/2 points. Miss L. J. Butt won the point for score at 50 yards (222); and Miss S. Dawson divided the point for hits at 50 yards with Miss Betham.

Mr. E. A. Holmes became the Champion, having won most points (5). Mr. P. Muir won 2 points for hits and score at 100 yards; Mr. G. Edwards won the point for score at 80 yards; and Mr. R. W. Atkinson won the point for score at 60 yards. Messrs. G. Edwards and H. Walters divided the point for hits at 60 yards.

Ninety-three ladies and ninety gentlemen shot.

* * * * *

No Grand Western Archery Meeting was held this year.

* * * * *

The Thirteenth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held in the Jephson Gardens on June 13 and 14, 1866.

+-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+
| | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS |
| LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score|
+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| Miss Betham | 82 | 444 | 45 | 257 | 127 | 701 |
| Mrs. Horniblow | 83 | 423 | 46 | 276 | 129 | 699 |
| Miss S. Dawson | 91 | 459 | 43 | 187 | 134 | 646 |
| Mrs. E. Lister | 78 | 374 | 42 | 218 | 120 | 592 |
+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

Mr. Golightly scored 405 on June 15 in the handicap match.

Thirty-one ladies and thirty-six gentlemen shot.

* * * * *

The Eighth Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on June 28 and 29, 1866.

Twenty-nine ladies and forty-five gentlemen shot.

+-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+
| | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS |
| LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score|
+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| Miss Betham | 81 | 389 | 44 | 244 | 125 | 633 |
| Mrs. Hosken | 78 | 346 | 46 | 234 | 124 | 580 |
| Mrs. Horniblow | 82 | 348 | 44 | 222 | 126 | 570 |
| Miss A. S. Butt | 68 | 338 | 41 | 201 | 109 | 539 |
| Mrs. P. Becher | 72 | 332 | 42 | 194 | 114 | 526 |
+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

+-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+
| | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS |
| GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score|
+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| Mr. H. Elliott | 55 | 253 | 67 | 317 | 40 | 194 | 162 | 764 |
| Mr. G. Edwards | 71 | 285 | 55 | 261 | 41 | 213 | 167 | 759 |
| Mr. T. Boulton | 55 | 243 | 69 | 321 | 41 | 195 | 165 | 759 |
| Mr. E. A. Holmes | 67 | 275 | 74 | 296 | 40 | 184 | 181 | 755 |
| Mr. T. L. Coulson | 67 | 301 | 64 | 258 | 39 | 189 | 170 | 748 |
| Mr. R. W. Atkinson | 48 | 174 | 68 | 278 | 46 | 226 | 162 | 678 |
| Mr. W. Rimington | 52 | 234 | 55 | 243 | 41 | 199 | 148 | 676 |
| Mr. F. Townsend | 55 | 237 | 64 | 242 | 38 | 188 | 167 | 667 |
| Captain C. H. Fisher | 56 | 238 | 57 | 243 | 41 | 177 | 154 | 658 |
| Captain Whitla | 55 | 227 | 59 | 251 | 37 | 147 | 151 | 625 |
+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

* * * * *

The Fifth Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at Weymouth on July 18 and 19, 1866, when seventy-seven ladies and fifty-nine gentlemen shot.

Miss S. Dawson and Mr. H. Walrond became respectively Championess and Champion of the West.

During these five Grand Western Archery Meetings Mr. T. Dawson acted as Hon. Secretary. No meeting was held in 1865, when the Grand National Archery Meeting was held at Clifton; and none was held in 1867.

+-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+
| | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS |
| LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score|
+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| Miss Betham | 76 | 384 | 46 | 262 | 122 | 646 |
| Miss S. Dawson | 82 | 414 | 41 | 195 | 123 | 609 |
| Miss A. S. Butt | 66 | 296 | 42 | 221 | 108 | 517 |
+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

* * * * *

The Twenty-third Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held in the grounds of Sir R. Harvey, Bart., at Crown Point, near Norwich, on July 25 and 26, 1866.

+-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+
| | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS |
| LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score|
+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| Miss Betham | 85 | 405 | 45 | 257 | 130 | 662 |
| Mrs. Horniblow | 86 | 428 | 42 | 212 | 128 | 640 |
| Miss L. J. Butt | 72 | 316 | 43 | 189 | 115 | 505 |
| Miss A. S. Butt | 60 | 262 | 44 | 228 | 104 | 490 |
+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

Miss Betham won the silver bracer with 6 points. Mrs. Horniblow won the 2 points for hits and score at 60 yards.

+-------------------------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+
| | 100 Yards| 80 Yards | 60 Yards | TOTALS |
| GENTLEMEN +----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| |Hits|Score|Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score|
+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| Mr. G. Edwards | 66 | 280 | 79 | 345 | 47 | 275 | 192 | 900 |
| Mr. E. A. Holmes | 65 | 247 | 69 | 297 | 46 | 246 | 180 | 790 |
| Mr. W. Rimington | 59 | 255 | 65 | 251 | 44 | 224 | 168 | 730 |
| Mr. Betham | 60 | 200 | 74 | 288 | 44 | 194 | 178 | 682 |
| Mr. R. W. Atkinson | 58 | 198 | 68 | 282 | 42 | 202 | 168 | 682 |
| Mr. F. Townsend | 57 | 217 | 64 | 274 | 42 | 188 | 163 | 679 |
| Mr. T. L. Coulson | 61 | 229 | 65 | 251 | 40 | 188 | 166 | 668 |
| Mr. H. A. Ford | 59 | 191 | 63 | 255 | 40 | 220 | 162 | 666 |
| Captain Whitla | 65 | 241 | 65 | 239 | 36 | 184 | 166 | 664 |
| Mr. O. K. Prescot | 49 | 179 | 72 | 280 | 43 | 197 | 164 | 656 |
| Captain C. H. Fisher | 71 | 255 | 59 | 195 | 42 | 192 | 172 | 642 |
| Mr. C. C. Ellison | 52 | 198 | 49 | 203 | 41 | 219 | 142 | 620 |
| Mr. F. Partridge | 63 | 227 | 50 | 226 | 36 | 166 | 149 | 619 |
| Mr. Chance | 61 | 283 | 56 | 200 | 34 | 116 | 151 | 599 |
+-------------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

Mr. G. Edwards won all the points, and became the Champion.

Seventy-four ladies and seventy-five gentlemen shot.

* * * * *

The Fourteenth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held in the Jephson Gardens on June 12 and 13, 1867.

+-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+
| | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS |
| LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score|
+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| Miss Betham | 86 | 466 | 47 | 277 | 133 | 743 |
| Mrs. Horniblow | 85 | 423 | 37 | 217 | 122 | 640 |
| Mrs. E. Lister | 84 | 394 | 45 | 237 | 129 | 631 |
| Mrs. Litchfield | 65 | 337 | 31 | 169 | 96 | 506 |
+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

Mr. R. Caldwell scored 423 on June 14 in the handicap match.

Twenty-five ladies and forty-one gentlemen shot.

* * * * *

The Ninth Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on July 18 and 19, 1867.

Mr. O. K. Prescot scored 451 on July 20 in the handicap match.

Forty-nine ladies and sixty-six gentlemen shot.

+-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+
| | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | TOTALS |
| LADIES +----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| |Hits|Score|Hits|Score| Hits|Score|
+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| Miss S. Dawson | 84 | 378 | 44 | 248 | 128 | 626 |
| Miss Ripley | 70 | 320 | 43 | 201 | 113 | 521 |
| Miss Betham | 69 | 281 | 42 | 218 | 111 | 499 |
+-----------------------+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

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