BOX 133. COBBLE HILL.

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CANADIAN ARCHERPublished Monthly 75¢ for 12 Ossues

: Volume 2, Number 4

October 1950

THEROYAL COMPANY OF ARCHERSMany people do not realize that The

Royal Company is not an Archery Associationoy Club, in the accepted sense of the term,

First and foremost, we are 'His Majesty TheKing's Bodyguard for Scotland’, a lMilitary

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Organization under discipline, and attachedto the Royal Household, The Royal Companywas first formed, so far as can be recordedin 1676, when a number of Scotsmen bandedtogether for the purpose of reviving andkeeping alive the mediaeval practice of Ar-chery, and the following year this body re-ceived the recognition of The King, throughthe Privy Council, anda grant of money toprovide e trophy, to be mown as The King's

Prize,

In 1704, The Royal Company received aCharter from Queen Anne, and in 1822 wasappointed King's Bodyguard for Scotland.The practice of Archery has been carried onby many Members of The Royal Company, sinceits formtion. Our min activity is Cloutshooting at 9 and 10 score yards, wing theorthodox English Longbow of 6 feet, withapull of 48 to 58 pounds, and 28 inch flightarrows. We compete for a number of veryvalwble prizes, some of which date back tothe early 1600's, notably the MusselburghSilver Arrow,which is shot for each year bymembers of The Royal Company, in FieldUniform, on the Links at Musselburgh. Otherprizes, besides the King's Prize, the mostcoveted of all our Trophies, are The Edin-burgh Silver Arrow, the Silver Bowl, theHopetoun Royal Commemoration Prize, The Se-lkirk, Peebles and Montrose Silver Arrow, -the Biggar Prize, the Spens Medal, and theSt. Andrew's Cross, the latter being shotfor at 10 score yards.

Every third year we shoot a Match againstThe Woodmen of Arden, one of the oldest Ar-chery Societies, and, so far as I know, theonly other Archers vho still maintain CloutShooting at distances up to 12 score yards,as their min form of shooting. DuringJast summer The Royal Company had the plea-sure of entertaining and shooting againsta team of The Woodmen of Arden, in theGrounds of the Palace of Holyroodhouse inEdinburgh, by gracious permission of HisMajesty The King. The Royal Company mnaged.to defeat The Woodmen by 2 points to 8in the twenty-first Triennial Match of theseries.

We have a short season in the springshooting at 100 yards, and during the win-ter we shoot in the Royal Company's coveredButts, at 100 feet, with lighter tows, at afour inch target. So far, I am glad to saythat it has not been necessary to take tosteel bows, but as you will no doubt be aw-

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eeaee > OTIN CAN ALLEY

Returned to camp for lunch, and prepared

for the evening hunt. While Bob and Roy

went to the Foint, Ken and I retwred to

"Pin Can Alley'. Saw two deer, no shots.That) night at camp, we had the pleasure of

meeting, several menbers of the Black Hawk

Bowmen,

.

who were hunting near. by. After

hearing our tough luck stories, they offer-

ed.to put ona drive..for us the next day

which we accepted and will comé to later on

Saturday, our last day to hunt, my oh my

how time.does fly, when you're hunting eh?

Still no venison, So at five a.m, that old

alarm clock rattled again and we literally,

poiled out of sleeping bags with blood in

our eyes. But you. know, sort of a slow,

boil. And we moved that this day we just

had to-do it... Of course, not without Ken

and I having our uswl battle over, lighting

the fire! After.some steaming coffee and

toast to top off some of Bob's poached eggs

and a swig of ale,to.wash.it a11,down,---we

grabbed up our weapons. of destruction, and

were off, Also on this day, originated Roy

Case's pet joke on yours truly, which, you

will.hear later.

Ken and. I felt that old ‘Tin Can Alley'

‘would not let. us. down completely... Anyway,

just for old times sake, and one last, look,

we decided to, go there. I. don't, recall

where Bob and Roy. went,,..However, on arriv-

ing at ‘Tin Can Alley' it was, still dark,so

we, made. ourselves comfortable, and proceeded

to wait for daylight. When light cave dar-

ned if there wasn't, a car parked right. out

in plain view of the,field. While we were

deciding on new plans, 4 very pleasant chap

came along, who, introduced himself as-a Mr,

Hill. After a bit of conversation, we .not-

iced. three. deer walk into the woods, at the

extreme, end of the field, within fifteen

feet of a blind that.I sat. in every day the

past week at, different intervals. So I

volunteered to go,drive them up wind while

Ken and Mr, Hill took up position on run-

ways back in the woods a bit. I had not

left my pardners, but, five minutes, when I

noticed a deer feeding behind the old farm

puilding.

.

By the way, while all this was

taking place, the occupants of the car were

all.sound asleep. So I.proceeded to stalk

the deer - got to within twenty five yards,

then peaked out from behind a pile of old

lumber. Lo and behold! there were two deer

poth does, one a very large one, nearest me

broad side...) I waited for my old heart to

slide down to,its- proper place from, my

throat. Then I thought "Me,veteran hunter

with buck.fever?" It just couldn't be. Must

be Bob's cooking, When the. heart beats

evened up again,I raised my bow and started

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BY JOHN J, LANDEN

OUR TRIP TO

ALLEGANto draw on the large doe, concentrating on

a spot just back of the front shoulder, --further and further until I felt the Bod-kin touch my finger, and now the release}!Suddenly both deer threw their ‘heads up to

look down the field, Being’ curious ‘too, °Trelaxed iy bow and looked in ‘the'same dire-ction they were, and holy sinoke, what I sawwes unbelievable, Had I not’ known therewere no elk in that vicinity, I would havetaken that buck for one. (Brothers! I'veseen wany deer in ny time, but) never onelike that for size, And antlers or rack!

they were something that all hunters dream

about, but never seem to get.

.

I never sawanything like it. So Lady Luck was smilingour way at last, Passing up the shot at thedoe, I waited for the buck.) While the buckapproached, making love calls to the twogirls, the girls moved off a few odd yardsI was crouched beneath a large beech tree,While watching him approach, I planned my

shot. Selecting a spot with a large open-

ing, I figured he'd’ pass’ about forty yards.Closer and closer he came finally passing-

from. my view. behind the tree trunk, I sta-rted my draw slowly and evenly, First thebuck's nose appeared, and then that marvel-

ous rack, Again I felt the Bod-Kin touchny finger.

.

By now,the whole deer was in

plain view, broadside, now the spot: Thenthat tense moment when all is lined up --you hope -- and with a prayer, the release.

"pflut" goes the arrow, just right. Then

when about fifty feet.or less’ from the deerthere isa sharp click, and I-see my... arrowgo shooting off to one side, missing myprize buck by about twenty yards. Only thendid I see that proverbial dry limb shiver-

ing from the impact. of.the arrow, as if

dancing with glee at my misfortune, Need-

less to say the deer didn't wait for me to

try again, but suddenly remembered that he

had another appointment, in some other part

of the State.

I was so dumbfounded: that I just stood

there with my mouth opened and.a lump in my

throat felt as large as a football. I rea-

lly felt downright miserable'-- felt like

lying down on the grass and Imving.a darned

good cry. After a bit of cussing “instead,

and a fresh chew of tobacco, I decided to

follow and possibly get another shot at the

buck, but no such luck. “

On returning to camp, I fowmd the boys

préparing to leave for the deer drive pro-

posed ‘by our friends the BlackHawk Archers.

Arriving at the designated spot,a bit late,

found that they had been there and finding

no one-around, had decided to hunt a bit

while waiting for us. However Arnold Haugen

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thought we might try a drive by ourselvesThe woods we planned on driving were a longnerrow peninsula of second growth, flankedon either side by large clearings of fieldsrunning out toa road where the deer runforked, Roy Case and I were to take up po-sitions on each fork, while Arnold, Bob andKen were to drive, Arnold having a crow-call so that the driverS could adjust theirpositions, _ After a period of waiting, Ifinally heard the crowcall closer, closerand closer it came, Suddenly across theroad from me about fifty yards in the bush,I. could see a number of deer milling aroundin confusion, I wotioned Roy as I saw threeof the deer go down his runvay. I saw himprepare to shoot, I thought right then"guess this is it" when along strolls a manand woman down the road right by Roy, andthe mn let out a snort like a deer, Wellit's needless to say anymore folks, for youcan gwss the rest, We had no venison fordinner, and somehow those deer got backthronch the drivers without heing seen.

ANOTHER DUNSDON FIRST|. Disgustipated, to put it mildly, we pac-ked our gear and headed for camp to prepare

for the Michigan Bowman's Annual Banquet tobe held that night in Allegan. Arrivingthere in our finery, bucksins and buckskinswe were amazed at the attendance, men andwomen in their hunting togs from every walkof life, among whom were some top archerypersonnel, I had there the great plea-sure of meeting Mr, and Mrs, Fred Bear, ofGrayling, Michigan, and enjoyed very mucha brief conversation with Fred, Also, theMichigan Bowmen's dynamic and most energet-ic President Mr, J. I, Yaeger, and I belie-ve he still holds the record for the lar-gest deer taken in the State of Michigan bygun or bow. We were served with a wonder-ful meal, which really hit the spot. Wefrom Canada took a keen interest in thepros and cons of the Michigan Bowmen, asthey conducted their meeting throughout theevening,

Now we come to Roy's pet joke on me, Wellas all hunters are like the fishermen,--~itpreys on ones mind when he misses a beauti-ful trophy, and I am no exception. Wheneverthe opportunity afforded, I always managedto get in with my tough luck story, and Ifound many opportunities, and each time Itold it the deer grew in size, weight, andstature, especially the antlers, mtil itwas impossible to reach with arms the spre-ad of such a great rack, Then Roy would upand say 'Now John isn't that rack just abit larger than it was two hours ago?' Ofcourse before all those hunters I would becompelled to kriock a foot or two off thedimensions, But I still had a whale of atime telling it, and at its minimum dimen-sions it was a maximum deer, Eh Roy?

Rising early Sunday morning, we proceededto pack our gear, and head back to Canada,While packing we thought a last swig ofthat tincan ale would go well just once ag=ain, In the mantime Ken was packing away

arrows, transferring them from his quiver -to a tubular container, During the processsomewhere he poured out a glass of ale andproceeded to pour the ale down the arrowcontainer, Well that did it, we figuredright then it was time to get out of the

bush. We left sometime before noon "“with-out venison" but when we shook hands withRoy and Arnold we sort of felt, well youknow how one feels vhen he parts good com=pany with good friends after spending awholesome week together. Our hunt was notin vain, as a mtter of fact, very success-ful when one balances the deer we didn'tget against the number of nice people wemet, and the new friends we had mde toget-her with the good time we had,

We think we did very well indeed, andare looking forward to a hunt in Allegansometime in the not too distant future. Butuntil then to our Amrican friends and nei-ghbours we would like to say, thanks a mil~lion and come up to see us sometime,Should,the boys with whom I shared this vacation--find that I have left out some important it-ems please forgive me for I took very fewnotes and md to call on wy poor memory todo its best for me,

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CHIPS € CHATSBY 80B COPEMAN

If your wofk has turned out well and you

now have a usable bow, you no. doubt will be

quite proud of your efforts and consider it

worthy of a presentable job of finishing,

Here again, elbow grease is one of the

main ingredients. Use fairly coarse sand-

paper, No. 1 or 2-grit, and sand the entire

‘bow +i11 all rasp and tool marks are gone.

Check the handle for fit to your hand, Glue

a piece of soft wood 3/16" x 4" to round

off) the back of the bow, at the hand grip,

Round off the front of the handle, +ill.it

lays snugly in your hand, With the bow,

braced, try an arrow in it and mke sure

the shafts lay against the side of the bow

near the back of the handle, Nov use 00,

and then 5/0 sandpaper till the bow isglassy smooth, Any good grade ‘of varnish

makes a suitable bow finish if properly ap-

plied. Bapco "Cabinet Rubbing"

.

varnish is

ideal for. the job.

Apply the first coat with a piece of old

lint free cloth, rubbing it well into the

wood, and using only as much varnish as the

wood will absorb. Let this dry ina warm

room over night, then give the bow a thor-

ough rubbing with 00 steel wool. . Brush on

the next coat, making sure the brush you

use is clean and not dropping too many bri-

stles,, Brush the varnish out well, but be

sure the limbs are completely covered, Var-

nishing is best done in a dust free room at

a temperature of 70 degrees. Allow this

coat to dry in a warm room fora couple of

days. From your druggist get a dimes worth

of rottenstone, and an ounce of sweet oil.

Mix the: powder with enough oil to make a

thick paste. Make a pad of flanellete or

other soft cloth, smear some of the paste

on the cloth, and thoroughly rub the bow

till it is as ‘smooth and shiny as glass.

You will now have a finish that will not

only be serviceable, but that will be a

credit to your craftmanship,

To finish your handgrip, an arrow. rest

made ofa small piece of thick sole leather

can now be glued to the side of the bow and

then cut to dip neatly to, the contour of

the hand grip.. A piece of calf skin sewn

on, or a wrapping of colored cord makes @

good handle finish, In using the leather

soak it in water for twenty minutes then

stretch it around the handle and cut it so

that the. two.edges just come together at

the back and. sew it together, Narrow strips

of leather of a contrasting

.

color,» skived

to a featler edge on both sides, and glued

around the handle make a smart finish, A

cellulose glue, of any kind, does very well

for this part of the jobe

We sincerely hope that this series of

articles have helped you to mae a usable

pow, me that will give good service, and

that will also give you a feeling of pride,

and accomplishment. We hope that with suc-

cess or failure on your first try that youwill be eager to try it again and that yourultimate reward in pride and satisfaction

will amply repay your efforts.

Remember - "Big shots areshots who keep. shootin",

only little

Ea. Note: Our friend Bob Copeman: doesn'tquite know what to write about next, Yousee this is supposed to be a question andanswer column, but Bob doesn't get any qu-estions to answer. Maybe some kind soul -~will seni ina query before next month in

order to keep Bob busy -- How about that?

Write to: Bob Copeman10990 - 71st St.,Edmonton, Alberta.

PpoT SHOTS

Back in August 1950 issue of The Camd-

ian Archer Bruce Macdonald gave an account

of activities of archers “in and aroundToronto, and mentioned the story behind theshooting of the first Seefab Cup Match inCanada, This year sixteen comtries parti-cipated making it the most world-wide arch-ery competition ever organized,

The preliminary results which have been

received do not include those of the UnitedStates, but show that Canada's ladies teamplaced third,with England and Denmark firstand second, Men's Canadian team was fourthwith Denmark first, Sweden second and Engl-and third, ‘Winnipeg's Helen Dickson rankedfifth among the ten best lady archers, andBill Frost of Toronto fourth in the tenbest gentlenen,

This just goes to show that Canada neednot_take a back seat in any world wide ar-

chery competition, But as far as organiz- ~ation is concerned, we just don't rank--what about THE CANADIAN ARCHERY ASSOCIATION?

No final scores for the Exhibition Tour-nament yet? ‘How about that Bill Frost? --Can we get them for the next’ issue? :

We don't even know what's ©going on herein B,C,, and the ‘Archer: is the officialorgan of the B.C.A,A. We heard in Vancouverquite by accident the other week that Colin

Peacock of Savanagh is the new President ofthis organization -- but who are the otherofficers? No official word either of theresults of the B.C, Field Championships, butwe presime that Orv. Craig finished first -are we right?

THE CANADIAN ARCHER _

BRITISH EMPIREMAIL MATCH

CANADIAN MEN'S TEAM DOUBLE YORK ROUND

W.A.E. Frost Toronto 690 742 1432Stan Brooke Vancouver 717 671 13880. Craig Vancouver 613 618 1231J.H. Macdonald Toronto 552 650 1202Vern Craig Vancouver 617 527 1144Fred Cholloner Winni peg 492 588 1080

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LADIZS CANADIAN TSAM DOUBLE HEREFORD ROUND

Helen Dickson Winnipeg 738 806, 151,M, Brodhecker Toronto 628 731° 1359Dorothy Craig Vancouver 575 538 2113M. Dallman Winni peg 523 510 1033Peggy Pilkie Vancower 422 521 943Jessie Jackson Winnipeg 333 52h 857

6849

SNGLAND - MEN'S TOTAL 6886LADIES' TOTAL 7319

SOUTH AFRICA - MEN'S TOTAL 5884,LADIES! TOTAL 5382

A noticeable feature of the scores wasthe fact that they were so. seldom addedcorrectly. The scores as stated above hevebeen checked arrow by arrow by three peopleand are correct, The difficulty of incor-rect addition is avoided by a double scor-ing system, Two score cards are used ateach target and each must agree at each end,Scorers act independently, and check eachothers scores each time, A glaring instanceof what happens when this procedure is notfollowed is seen in one score in which thecompetitor made 5-3-3-3-1-1 twice consecut-ively and added it up to 26 the first time,and 16 the next. When your humble servanthit this classic, he called in help and hadthree independent checks made - arrow byarrow,

One of the first things the coming C.A.A.should talk about is a nice big standardscore card, which will accept a York Roundin nice big clear figures. Sorry to haveto scold you boys ané girls!

J.H.B. Macdonald,

Two small boys were standing outside thefence, just behind the shooting line on themen's field at Toronto, near No, 1 target,where Bill Prost, Fred Burroughs, Gord May,and other top flight shooters were plunking

‘em in the gold, There developed a livelydiscussion on what it was all about. Havingthreshed it out to their satisfaction, thiswas the dictum of the older (about sevenyears, I'd say), delivered with all thegravity of a legal decision "They're prac-ticing how to shoot.".

BILL PARKS ‘PUN’

From:

THE MAIL BAG

Your Canadian Archer has, I feel, broughtCamdian archers together. Here, in Ontar-io we knew little of Western Archers, untilyour magazine came out. Your mgazine willbe the biggest instrument in forming a Can-adian Archery Association,

I would like to support Moffat-Wallace's’opinions on this mtter. Field and targetarchery cannot be happily married. Archeryusually starts ina new district as targetarchery. Field archery grows out of this,and although many archers do both, the twotypes eventually separate with field arch-ery clubs (such as ours) and target archeryclubs being separate groups. ‘This can beseen in areas where archery has been wellrooted for some time -- United States,andOntario,

Our Club ‘The Lakeshore Archery Club’has been organized about four years, Westarted with target archery, After a yearwe built a field course. Since then ourclub has swung over completely to fieldarchery, with only three or four archersstill shooting target archery. Our club ismainly interested in bow hunting, fishing,and camping, JI think we have the strongestgroup of bowhunters in Ontario, with mostof us shooting instinctively, and beingquite good at -- some of us anyways!

The newly formed Newmarket Archers seemto be the same sort of club. Newmarket wasawakened to archery when our "sparkplug"Harry Markham, owner of 'Tillmark Archery!moved to that town,

A group of bowhunters, most of Toronto -and Newmarket are taking the annual trip toNorthern Ontario, for the Thanksgiving Par-tridge Hunt. Later, a group are goingdeer hunting to a strictly archery camp ingood territory.

If B. C. archers have not yet tried it,they should give rat hunting awhirl, Imean hunting at night with a flashlight.This sport will give more excitement, moreshots, and more fun than any other type ofhunting. Target arravs,field points, bluntsare all effective, field points being mostsatisfactory. The archers vill do good tghunt in pairs, one with a flash, the othershooting (taking turns if you like).

The situation is, of course, a dump, Astraight ‘ash' dump does not give good Hun-ting. It should be a general dump fromaMunicipality that does not have an inciner-ator. This type of dump has hundreds ofrats. They usually do not show until it isvery dark.

Wishing you the best d luck, I remain

"Norm Coombe"36 Mayne Ave.Etobicoke, Ontario,

THs CANADIAN.-ARCHER

TOXOPHILOMYLITIS

BY DONALD MILLS

Tis Saturday, The afternoon is fine,My sportive thoughts to archery incline;I feel in form to give those blokes a goWho thinks that they can best me withthe bow.

"Hey, Mariana, rustle up my gear,The matchless forty pound I hold so dear,My peerless match-ed shafts with crest-

ings gay,For I would forth to Cheltenham today".

Tis "It"., I stand with others on therange,

My practice shots seeued flawless, buthow strange

It is that when the time has ame toscore

That Plwless form I can produce no more!

By Bryan, Tom and Russ get nines andSCvcls,

And Cyril, Bill and Clem, and gracious

Heavens !While I score lousy threes and fives,I'i told

That Barry's got a bouncer off the- gold,

"Come, Mariana, open up thet bin4nd shove this loathy bow and shaftstherein,

But stay - it seems a shame to treat

them so -No dash it all! I'll have another go",

from — Australia Archery Bulletin

“Lapgs COLUMBIA

Royal Company of Archers Cont'd

are the difficulty in procuring really

seasoned yew for good six foot bows pullingup to 55 Ibs. or more, has now become very

great, Some meibers, myself amongst them,are fortunate enough to still possess oneor two really old yew bovs, mostly wade bya very famous Bowmaker to The Royal CompanyPeter Muir, between 1850 and 1880, The twowhich are as good as ever, and fully up to10 score yards distance, though both mustbe over 80 years old, “and have been inpretty continuous use.

As it is possible’ that you may wish topublish some slight account of The RoyalCompany in your journal, I ani sure that youwill appreciate the’fact that I am. unableto give you details of our duties vhen inattendance upon His Majesty The King, vhenhe visits Scotland, As The Royal Companyis His Majesty's personal Bodyguard,’ publi-cation®f such details would obviously be

impossible. A full History of The Royal

Company is now in course of premration,and when published, I should be pleased tosend you particulars, if the matter was ofinterest. ©

Yours very truly,"A.i', Cockburn"

Match See, Brigadier

THE CALGARYARCHERS TOURNAMENTThe Calgary Archery Club shot their club

'tourne;" the first prt of August. It wasan excellent contest with everybody.in the

club present,

The weather was perfect. Prizes wereabundant, Marge Hesson called on several

merchants ith success at every call. Her

workiand enthusiasm mde it possible §to

spread out the prizes.

Here are the top scores:

LADIES #TELDPat Aull 250Jean McClellan 127Marge Hesson 92

Pat Aull 901Marge Hesson 656J.McClellan 598

Pat Aull 206Marge Hesson 161J.McClellan. 159

. it CLOUL MAN'S TSLD

Art

Kent —«-228 Art Kent 525Gerry Hesson 121° D.Litehfield 502

Art Wise 88 G. Hesson 472

MEN'S DOUBLES AMBRICAN ROUND.

Art Kent 1232

Gerry lesson 1071Mason Beebe 99k.

JUNIGR COLUIBIA JUNIOR FISLD

Gordon Scott 492 Gordon Scott (141

Ian Litchfield. 402 Alex Keiser, 98Alex Kaiser 371 I,litchfielad 96

Our club has shown an increase in mem-

vership over lest year and is in good shape.

Yle will meet. once a’month through the win-

ter. At present there is no indication of

& place: to, shoot indoors. Some of our mem~

vers have the best of tackle, and others

talk of improving theirs next spring - From

this side of winter, we will have bigger

scores end a larger club com spring!

ART KENT

THE CANADIAN ARCHERBOX 133 COBBLE HILL, B.C

JOHN ASKHAM EDITOR € PUBLISHET