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Table of Contents OLD MONARCH AND THE FATAL ARROW

By S. L. Michael SOUTHERN HISTORY

CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION

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By Ray W. Hodgson EDITORIAL THE ART YOUNG FOUNDATION.

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OHIO STATE NEWS

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Old Monarch and the Fatal Arrow

By S. L. MICHAEL, Tacoma, Washington

My pal and hunting partner, hours to reach Lake Christine, a dis­ George Robinson, and I had planned tance of two and a half miles (onethis trip for a whole year—and had half mile away, two miles up, and been laughed at-—at least I had, by the first level spot) where there is an all the rifle hunters I had come in old Ranger’s cabin. When we saw contact with. Oh, well, “He who smoke pouring from the hole in the laughs last, laughs best,” as the say­ roof we were mighty thankful, be­ ing goes. cause there wasn’t a dry spot on After much trouble and anxiety on either of us, and I think we were sc both our parts we finally arranged cold that we would have frozen stiff Friday and Saturday off, giving us before we could have built a fire. a three days hunt. All the camp sup­ We rapped on the door and a plies were packed the day before, and we were up at one-thirty Friday hunter appeared and greeted us. We morning. We had breakfast at a asked if we might come in, and he imall resturant at two o’clock, where said, “Well, I guess so, if you can ye had to take time to show the man find room.” We pushed our way in, in charge our tackle, who upon see­ got our packs off, and edged in to ing it, was as big-eyed as a small the open fire; there being already boy, whom you tell of Robin Hood or seven hunters there with as many William Tell?

Tell. We were on our way cannons leaning here and there around the cabin. by two-thirty.

We had covers on our bows and oil Rain, how it poured! Typical Washington weather, but we tried to cloth covers on our quivers which we kid ourselves into thinking that was leaned against the wall. We noticed just what we wanted, you know, no the fellows sizing up our stuff, and noise under foot, and all that. Really finally one of them pointed to our if either had said, “Aw, what’s the bows and said, “What’s in those long use?" I’m sure there would have covers?” George replied, “That’s our artillery.” “Gosh,” one of them said, keen no trip.

We arrived at the trail about four- “They must be long guns.”

Finally another asked, “What’s in thirty, and it was still pouring. We looked at our tennis shoes, looked at the lakes of water stand­ ing in the road, but said never a word, .'•either was willing to let the other think he was ready to quit. We adjusted our packs, grabbed our flash lights, and were—wet.

No use telling how heavy a forty pound pack gets on a steep trail, thru mud and slush, if you don’t know by experience, you wouldn’t believe it anyway. It took us “The trail crossed a ridge" three good hard

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those other bags, golf clubs?” We got a big laugh at this, and explain­ ed that they were bows and arrows, r.nd that we didn’t even have a gun.

We could tell by their expressions that they thought we were a couple of nuts,—why the very idea, they had been there a week with high powered rifles, and hadn’t got a thing—what chance had we ■with a couple of kids’ toys?

The other fellows gradually left, one by one, until we were all alone, and thankful too, because we could have the fire all to our selves. We took off our shoes and socks, and spent about two hours drying out.

What a relief to be dry!

We decided to push on another half mile to Beljica Meadows, where we planned to make camp, so again lifted our packs and were on our way. We picked a spot for camp with a natural windbreak on three sides, pitched our tent, cut fir boughs for a mattress, built a roaring fire, unpacked, cooked our dinner, and scouted around a bit in the after­ noon. We saw nothing, and the only thing to happen, was that I fell down and broke my favorite arrow.

Night came, and we leisurely evoked our supper, ^gathered wood for. the night, ate h hearty meal, washed our tin dishes, and crawled into the sleeping bag. We were both tired, so it didn’t take long to fall asleep. We awoke once in the night and listened “What’s that? Cows way up here. Sounds like cow bells all right, but wait—yes, that was it.

Those big drops of water falling from the trees, and those darn tin dishes!” So we threw the cow bells undftr the tent and went back) to sleen.

We were up fairly early Saturday morning, and had a splendid break­ fast of hot cakes, little pig sausages and coffee. It was still pouring rain so we didn’t hurry much and I guess we didn’t leave crimp until nearly .'(even o’clock. We started straight down the meadows and the weather cleared enough so that we could see a peak some two miles distant. We decided to hunt to this peak, then climb it and look the country over. tfJVe started out in its general direc­ tion and soon struck a new pack

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trail that had just been built that summer. It followed up a ridge and was ideal to hunt along, because we v j had a clear view down the slope from either side of the trail.

A1 ter we had covered perhaps a mile up the trail, \ye heard something ahead and right down the slope, and from all the racket of limbs crack­ ing and loud noises, I was certain that we had found a bear, and was 1-ronthlers with excitement. Now was < ,ir chance! Noiselessly we slipped down over the hill, closer and closer to the old fellow. Boy! "I could ’hear my heart heating like a trip hammer!

No, it wasn’t on tho ground, it was up a tree. This was indeed luck. It v as p bear up a tree and all that was necessary was to shoot until we made a hit. He couldn’t get away.

What luck! I was so close to the t >’oo now that I could see the dead limbs and cones coming down, and finally I got a view of the tree to the top. Funny, I couldn’t seen any bear, hut he must be there all right, so I kept looking and sure enough, there be was in the very top; small one tho. about a foot long. We call them red squirrels. They certainly make a lot of noise dropping cones. What a thrill even a squirrel can supply, when one hunts with bow and arrow!

On we -went, climbing faster now. as the trail was nearing the peak, and the higher we got the harder the wind blew, and the harder it rained.

We flushed one blue grouse, but he sailed off down the hill and out of sight in the mist of clouds below.

Now we came to a side trail with a sign pointing to “Meadow Peak^ so we took time off from hunting 1---- ~ to climb the peak, which neither of us _J to be regret. The clouds all seemed a below us, and the wind was hitting ht* surely pvot.tv fast clip, and it was would cold. Sometimes the clouds uc.v. as blow away in spots below us_ and : with the glasses. far as we could see ........„---- 1 trees, there was nothing but green valleys. We neaks, crags, and deep could snend both said we wished we of three a month or two instead hated to spot one davs.

It was a of the weather. „ leave, in snite again We finally froze out and

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c.iirbed cur way down and into the shoot, and I hit a dry snag with a main trail, which wound around the loud whack a few paces from the foot of the peak and finally around deer. We had both missed! mother high rocky peak, half a mile George could c-nly see the neck beyond where high above us two r.na head, and his fingers were so note grc-j-e railed away to the lower numb that he had to draw several glades. times before he had feel enough in Shortly after this we saw a large ins fingers to loose properly. His buck track in the trail pointing to­ shaft missed by only a tew inches, ward us. This was the only fresh flying low under the neck. sign we had seen on the trip, so we The loud whack of the arrow on did considerable whispering about it the stub seemed to frighten the deer and al. the while kept thinking the tut little, and he trotted olf a hun­ country was getting more and more dred yards or so, then stopped and game country. It looked, if there looked back, raised his head high in wasn’t game there, there wouldn’t the air and shook his horns in what be game any place. It was ideal. seemed to ire a defiant manner which A short distance down the trail we seemed to say, “Try again,” so I let ,',-n 1 the track again, and this time fly anomer shaft, but in vain. it was ■— going our direction. We knew Now I began a stalking method it wa- fresh, but we didn’t realize it that n y Lather told me of years ago. w.-.s as fresh as it proved to be. We I stood n'Oi ionless as a rock when the were covering ground by' inches now, r'co. was looking at me, but as soon every rrurcle tense and bow ready a", he turned his head I walked as a cuiek shot. We both agree that rapidly as possible toward him, there is nothing so thrilling as hunt- keeping myself screened as much as ’".g v.ith bow and arrow—the red po -sible behind bushes and trees, but blood of your primitive ancestors r->v»r letting the game out of my '•urge'- thru your veins, until every sight. As I had dropped into the trail nerve is ating’.e with excitement! It’s again it was possible for me to go a ‘'■•ifl vn.i can’t get with a rifle. swiftly and noiselessly, and I gained Several hundred yards up the trail about fifty yards on “Old Monarch,” (Continued on page 8) we came to where the trail crossed a ridge and doubled tack along the ether ride. It was here that we -‘-n—cd to have p. hunch to leave the trail a short distance from the bend erd go over the ridge where we cotdi ]a01; down the slope into the t-’l b“low.

Noiselessly we crept up and v we crept up and looked looked md there L'“ .. below us and per­ bans forty forty yards yards iaway ........ flashed "■_ ’.__ the — finest — set; of of horns horns either either of of us us had had '"er seen . .. in the i -V woods, win . and I know ‘he buck ’- that, “- ■ flashed " ' ‘ t'..--them so proudlv was the biggect I had ;.„J ever seen rlive. What a thrill!

I was afraid to step out into view M' 'hoc-'- for fear he would __ -j ruri( s0 J ’ •hiatlc-d ?Off hr to George and pointcd over the hill, as George was above and had not seen the deer vet. I rinr-d ]ike a rof.i{ for seemingly an °t"rnity. until finally I beard the twang of George’s bow string, then r.tonned into full view of the deer, and raised my bow, took a steady draw 'nd loosed, but alas! I had a narrow S. L. Michael (left) and George Rob­ lane between trees through which to inson (right) with “Old Monarch”

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Southern California Association History

By RAY W. HODGSON, Secretary, San Pedro, California

The Southern 'California Archery Association was organized and held its first tournament at Riverside, California, on September 25 and 26, 1926. Dr. H. Paige Bailey of River­ side, took it upon himself to get the boys and girls together for this event, and I must say that it was one of the most delightful get-togethers I have ever attended. With Mr. Bailey as President, and Gordon F. Black of Riverside as secretary, and a brand new Constitution, the South­ ern California Archery Association was launched.

It was that year and that day that Stanley Spencer, our “representative and hope,” returned from Philadel­ phia, where he had been successful in winning the National Championship.

Spencer’s achievement was the spark plug that sent archery enthusiasm to a high pitch in Southern California.

Each year following, it has been the custom of our association to hold an annual two-day tournament to de­ cide the champions of Southern Cal­ ifornia. By passing the hat, it was made possible to pay, or part pay, the expenses of two representatives, a man and a woman, to the National Tournament. This has been done each year, and as a result, we have suc­ ceeded in winning seven National Championships as follows: 1.926 — Stanley F. Spencer, San Pedro.

1927 — Mrs. Robert Johnson, Los Angeles.

1928— ’Mrs. Bea Hodgson, Ventura.

1929—Dr. E. K. Roberts, Ventura.

1929— Mrs. Audrey Grubbs, Los Angeles.

1930— Mrs. Audrey Grubbs, Los Angeles.

1932—Miss Ilda Hanchett, Inglewood, California. ..vuii, vauiuimw.

Those winning Southern California Championships during the ten years existence of the association are as

follows: 192C—Carl Yeaman, Los Angeles.

1.926—Mrs. Bea Hodgson, San Pedro.

1927— Stan Spencer, San Pedro.

1927 - 'Mrs. Robert - - Johnson, -.

Los Angeles.

1928— Dr. E. K. Roberts, Ventura.

— 1928—Mrs. Bea Hodgson, SSan Pedro.

1929—Dr. E. K. Roberts, Ventura.

1929—Mrs. Helen Raymond, Los A ngeles.

19.30 — B. H. Gunn, South Gate.

1930— Mrs. Audrey Grubbs, Los Angeles.

1931— Dr. E. K. Roberts, Ventura.

1931. — Mrs. Helen Little, Los Angeles.

1932— Dr. E. K. Roberts, Ventura.

Miss Ilda Hanchett, Ingle1932 wood.

Gate.

1933— Arthur Smith, South bare.

19.3.3—Miss Alta Armstrong, Los Angeles.

19.31— Larry Hughes, Burbank.

19.31— Mrs. Bea Hodgson, San Pedro.

19.35—Larry Hughes, o___ Burbank.

1935 — Mrs. Bea Hodgson, San Pedro.

During the year 1930 under the '■ecretaryship of A. E. "Doc” pook, the double scoring system was intro­ duced and put into operation. This system has proven very popular and is now used by the National Archery Association. During this year the Constitution was revised and brought

upMr. to date.

Frank X. Goulet in 1931, while he was secretary, conceived and put into operation the plan to hold bi­ monthly shoots during the year, each contestant to pay $1.00 target fee and winners to receive ribbons. The balance in the treasury at the end or the year to go toward sending rep­ resentatives to the National Tourna-

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went. This arrangement has proven very successful and is used at the present time. It takes the place of passing the hat the last minute. Mr. Goulet also put into operation the holding of team shoots every two n oaths, thus making a tournament the second Sunday in every month, The team shoots are very popular, 't our last meet, twenty-two teams from the various clubs were repre­ sented.

In 1934 a i._ .. set-up 1 _x. was intronew ■ lueed whereby the men and1 women are divided into three classes. Class A men are those who shoot a comlined score of 1000 or over for the York and American Rounds. Class B are those men shooting 900 to 1099, inclusive, and class C men are those sheeting under 900 for the combined York and American Rounds. A chart is kept by the secretary showing the standing of each contestant. In the women’s division, those women who hoot 800 or over are in Class A. Class B are those women who shoot COO to 799, inclusive, and Class C arc those women who shoot under COO for the combined National and Columbia Rounds. Prizes are award­ ed for each of these classes as well as for the winners of the handicap which records the improvement from time to time.

Another plan that we have adopted which has proven very popular is that of attaching cards to the rib­ ons and on them writing the date, ’•'aye, score of each round and total.

This gives one a chance to keep his records and makes the ribbons lii-s ... a gieat deal more appreciated.

In our Annual Championship Tournament we award medals to '’inners in all classes except the champion . ... man and champion woman and second and third in their classes, who receive — ‘ • the Southern California pin in gold, Olivci. silver’ <*1111 and 'Lbronze. Many valuable ” trophies which i are handed down from year to year are also "warded.

Our association is now composed of twelve active clubs: San Pedro, Red­ lands, El Segundo, Elysian, South Gate, Pasadena, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Junior College, Santa Bar'ar.a, Santa Monica, Lakewood, and t-dison. It might be interesting from

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time to time to have a few words from each of these clubs, giving some of the highlights of their ex­ periences. With good active home clubs, it is a simple matter to have an active association. It is the local dub that is most important.

Physical Education Association Promotes Archery The American Physical Education Association has done, in the last few years through its individual sports committee from the women’s section, a wonderful piece of archery promo­ tion.

The promotion program carried on in schools and colleges is well organ­ ized for effective work in every sec­ tion of the country. It is known as the su'.-committee on archery and is composed of the following 10 active women archery instructors: Elinor Schroeder, Chairman, Wellesley Col­ lege, Wellesley, Mass.; Cia Craft, Boston University and Craft Arch­ ery Co.; Caroline (Coleman, Univer­ sity of California. Berkeley, Calif.; Edith Lindsay, Mills College, Calif.; M-<-. Ruth White Little, Sophie Wright High School, New Orleans; F-Ther Mac Millan, Y. W. £. A., Philadelphia, Pa.; Frederika Mars­ ton, Hvde Park High School, Chi­ cago; Lucille Murphy, Senior High School. Albany, Oregon; Gladys Tag­ gart, University of Wichita, Wichita.

Kansas; Edna Willis, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo.

These women, specialists in arch­ ery, are on a much larger committee known as the Individual Sports Com­ mittee, which takes in archery, golf and tennis.

The most effective piece of work accomplished by the committee in the past year was the enlarging and rewriting of the archery section of the Spaulding Athletic Handbook for women for ’35-36. This handbook carried along with the archery sec­ tion a suoplementary archery chart showing shooting form.

H. H. McChesney, the Minneapolis bowyer and fletcher, had the misfor­ tune to lose his shop by fire last spring.

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Editorial Case of Racine, Wisconsin get a moo-e with bow and arrow. It may be a good story in (he years to come but right now Roy wouiu rather not talk about it as it recalls too vividly the horrible feel­ ing of “goneness” in the pit of the stomach as the fine antlers disap­ peared into the brush. The Editor knows the feeling and sympathizes.

The Editor’s nightmare is the big­ gest set of mule deer horns he has ever seen going over the rim recks and out of sight after an arrow shot r.t thirty-five yards had been deflect­ ed by a twig.

Roy

Ff Particular attention is due a state­ ment in S. L. Michael’s story in this issue. “So we took time off from hunting to climb the peak.” This statement brands Mr. Michael and his companion with the true spirit of archery. They received the great­ est thrill of their lives when they beheld “Old Monarch” at their feet.

But it was not the thrill of blood-let­ ting; it was the thrill of the con­ queror of the elements of Nature.

“Meadow Peak” was one of Nature’s challenges and its frowning top was just as irresistalble in its defiance as the toss of “Old Monarch’s” antlered head. Some would inhibit this in­ stinctive urge in man but when we do we repress that which has made man supreme on earth, that which has taught him to live in comfort in a hostile environment, that which has turned to his use the very ele­ ments that would destroy or subju­ gate him.

Club secretaries who receive sam­ ple copies of this issue are requested to call the magazine to the attention of their clubs.

Four new ardhery clubs with a total membership of nearly two hun­ dred have been organized in Chicago during the past season.

King Henry VI of England was a skilled bowman.

Capt. C. H. Styles of Berkeley, Calfernia. reports, “I got a small goose the other day along the Sacramento River, also a jackrabbit which we shall eat this evening. Jackrabbit is as good eating as wild duck, and should be hunted as fine food, not to !e killed just wantonly. Cook old jrc't right and you have as fine a meat as one who eats the dark meat of a chicken.” Capt. Styles is in good health now after having submitted to a serious operation.

We arc again enclosing subscrip­ tion blanks in all copies of this issue, so do not be offended if you find a blank in your copy after having sent in your remittance. Just pass it on to a fellow archer who would like to subscribe, please.

Turkey Shoot at Long Beach A well attended turkey shoot was held Sunday, December 22nd, by the Lakewood Archers of Long Beach, California, on the grounds of the Lakewood Country Club.

The club is to be congratulated on a splendid field, conveniently located and well kept up. For a club only a year old, the Lakewooders have made great progress, due to the hard work of the club’s officers and the sustain­ ed interest of its members.

F. G. Archer, who shot a perfect end at clout last summer at the National, is a member of this club.

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T5he Art Young Foundation With the passing of Arthur Young, are shot at the same distance. The archery—particularly field archery— Art Young Round was given recog­ lost its outstanding figure. Superb nition at me N. A- A. Tournament in Los Angeles, 1935. The Foundation courage, ideals far above average, established a perpetual trophy for strong convictions, rugged honesty, this event at the National, which kindliness, unootrusiveness, a high won by Mardee Robinson of appraisal of the qualities which in was Salt Lake, in a field of twenty-two their aggregate are called character competitors, with twenty hits out of —all these and others comprised the the possible thiry-six. Mardee also Art Young we knew. Add to this his received a prize for permanent pos­ recognition that during the years of session. The perpetual trophy is one his great adventures he had acquired hunting arrow out of the last dozen ■ omething that could be valuable in made l y Art Young before his death, developing character in the growing on which is mounted a silver plate bc-.v, and his zeal to give himself to with a suitable inscription, and a the limit in striving to make that silver chain for attachment of silver ■‘something” available to as many boys as possible, and the picture is tags bearing the names of the win­ ners with the years during which still incomplete. Idealist and dream­ er? Too trustful of others and not they held the trophy. The Birniingsufficiently alert in conserving his cwn interests? The self-interested person will call them faults. In Art Voting these characteristics reflected nobility of soul and selflessness. The world could well use many more like him.

To keep alive the ideals and the memory of Art Young; to promote •merest in the things that interested him; to develop ways and means for carrying on — however imperfectly, lacking his presence — the work he ■ad set for himself to do; these are the puropses of the Art Young Foun­ dation. To achieve these, purposes the Foundation has undertaken several Projects. At present its funds are nominal, and set a limit to its activdies. Thus far, the funds it has dis­ bursed have come from a very few contributors.

In furtherance of interest of field archery, the Art Young Foundation reeks to encourage the formation of Art Young Field Archery Clubs; it opes to serve as a unifying agency for such clubs, and to cooperate with ‘he National Archery Association in *his branch of archery. The first Art ■ oung Club was organized in Los Angeles. The Foundation has devised and sponsored a field archery event which has been named the Art Young ound. in which no two of the thirtysix arrows that comprise the round Art Young

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Foundation as outlined above are in­ num Archers (Mich.) with whom Ait vited to identify themselves with it, xounj frequently shot, will have and to send contributions and sug­ charge oi the Art Young Round at gestions to Lr. Klopsteg at 1700 the 1936 Tournament in Battle Park Boulevard, Chicago. He will ■Creek. Other trophies are in prospect keep all records and funds in trust f.-r field archery events, and it is ior and deliver them to the perman­ expected that the field archers them­ ent organization as scon as this can selves will decide what these events be effected. shall be.

1'hose who are carrying the idea OLD MONARCH AND THE of the Art Young Foundation FATAL ARROW through its early stages of develop­ (Continued from page 3) ment are planning to build up a fund, a prime essential for realizing " as3 we later named him, when he some of the plans above mentioned. turned up the hill, crossed the trail One of these is to sponsor an essay and went out of sight. I hurried up competition, and award a medal or the trail, crept around a thicket of other prize to the winner, open to brush, and there above me, and not a toys of scout age, designed to foster xoot over forty yards away, standing the Art Young ideal of honesty, in­ ■ oadsirie and in the open was our tegrity, clean living and good sports­ big buck! manship. It may’ become possible I want to say here that I know the meaning of “Buck-fever.” Ordin­ also to underwrite the preparation of al ily I could hit my hat at that dis­ manuscript looking towards the pub­ tance, but I took two shots at this lication of a Saxton Pope-Art Young big fellow, and shot so wide that bock of biography and adventure, there wasn’t, even a trace of my —rin-en with the objective of its be­ coming an inspiration to the boy. arrow’s! n.e an uno was ..co going &~...o on George While all this The plans of the Foundation are ridge, hut not fixed, nor arc they more than was out oul of ui sight oikiiv up the __ while I was disgustedly < ...looking for roughly sketched. They await the my two “wild arrows” George came came cooperation of all who love archery up the trail and asked which way and who are interested in finding “Old Monarch” went. I pointed up others to join them. They offer an the hill, so George hurried back up opportunity to those who believe that the trail and up the ridge above me. in the growing boy lies the future of He headed the buck off and got two our country. Insofar as archery is shots at about fifty yards, but did concerned, the Foundation can serve not score. The big fellow started no better purpose than to bring into back down the hill toward me, and unified cooperation all the field George whistled. I was still looking archers, and to serve as their confor those last two arrows, but when necting link with the National I heard George whistle I grabbed a Archery Association. In the 1936 broadhead from my quiver and start­ Board of Governors of the latter ed looking. Sure enovjgh, there he body, Roy Case is serving as chair. .i the hill behind a tree, and man of the committee on cooperation was, down screened by brush, _ I was with the Art Young Foundation. A almost much disgusted with my better selection could not have been nretty shooting by this time, so I really made; it is a guarantee that develop­ didn’t put ‘much thought or concen­ ment of organized field archery will tration on the shot, but drew quickly be guided in the right direction. and loosed. Out of sight flashed tne Plans for the Foundation were buck, and I could hear him £oin!? first discussed by several friends at down the hill in long jumps. My heart his funeral services in Homewood, sank! He was gone this time, sur .

Tllinois. They were C. J. Albrecht.

George soon came down T.eonard K. Osberg and Paul E. was, and asked if I had hit the • Klopsteg. The last named agreed to I told him. that I didn’t ^mk so, that I might have skinned his bach nerve as secretary-treasurer of the temporary organization. Those who (Continued on page 9) are in accord with the aims of the

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Ohio State J^ews We glean the following from the Ohio Archery Golf Association News Letter edited by the secretary, Paris B. Stockdale: It’s over! The first annual hunting party, held November 23 at the new­ ly formed hunting preserve for arch­ ers, is a thing of the past. Some 25 participants, using; strongest of ows and sharpest of arrows, proved conclusively that the preserve is one for conservation of live game. One thousand arrows were fired; ONE poor rabbit fell victim. Hundreds of rabbits scampered off, and dozens of pheasants soared away unharmed.

Carl Oelschleger, Cleveland, holder of the state archery golf champion­ ship cup, caught one rabbit asleep early on the day of the hunt and felled him—the first and only kill of the day, at the preserve. Now, Oel­ schleger has four more rabbit’s feet to carry with him at the tourna­ ments.

The Archery Golf and Hunting Association points with pride to some of its accomplishments in the -hort time of its existence: (a) A state archery golf tourna­ ment last spring. (b) Sponsoring the establishment of a game preserve by the State Con­ servation Commission, for the ex­ clusive use of archers. (c) Bringing about an amendment >n the state game laws allowing hunting with the bow and arrow, thru the efforts of its special com­ mittee working in cooperation with the State Conservation Council, thus benefitting all archers. (d) Preparing standardized arch­ ery golf rules thru the efforts of a special rules committee now at work.

There’s pep aplenty in Cincinnati, borne 90 archers invited from the southern half of the state can testify to that. They participated in the ded'cation of a splendid new nine-target c°urse at California, east of .Cincin­ nati, December 1. Furthermore, they enjoyed a delightful dinner and pro­

gram at Mariemont Inn, following the meet. The lively Mariemont archerj were sponsors of the affairs.

OLD MONARCH AND THE FATAL ARROW (Continued from page 8) enough to scare him, for my shot looked high to me. We started fol­ lowing the jumps down the hill, and hadn t gone far when George picked up the feather end of an arrow, held it up and said, “No question of who hit him, this is your crest.” Was I thrilled! Must have been at least twenty inches of arrow in him, and judging from all I had read, I said, “He won’t go far with all that arrow in him, according to all authority on the effectiveness of an arrow.”

We started down the hill, bows ready for a quick shot in case “Old Monarch” was down and got up at our approach. We could have follow­ ed him by blood alone. He was bleed­ ing as though he had been stuck hog fashion.

We didn’t have far to go until his jumps shortened and soon George beckoned to me to come over where he stood, and there about twenty yards away lay our big buck, as dead as dead could be, only traveling about one-hundred and fifty yards after being hit. We don’t think he could have lived five minutes! When I reached George he gripped my arm so hard that I thought it would break, and he exclaimed, "I’m just as croud as if I had killed him my-

self!

The arrow had gone in on the right side rather high up and had pene­ trated at least twenty inches quar­ tering toward his rump, where it struck the left hip bone where it was fully an inch in diameter and it was broken square off! If the arrow had not hit that large bone it would have zipped thru as if thru so much butter!

No, our story doesn’t end, ,neie.

Our trip had just begun, as we were soon to find out. After dressing* tne kill the question arose as to n w

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next to proceed. If it had been a small deer it would have been simple, or if we had wanted to cut it up we could have gotten along pretty well; I ut we wanted it all in one piece.

We both felt pretty strong after our kill, so we decided to hang our prize in a tree, return to camp, get a rope io tie him to a pole and pack him out. We leaned a pole in the crotch of a tree, put a gamble in his hind legs and slid him up the pole until his head hung clear of the ground.

We were both going to camp at first but on second thought decided that if I went alone George might be lucky enough to bag another buck. When I. reached camp I opened a can of pork and beans, ate all the contents, and went 'back with a rope thinking it would be easy to pack a 225 pound buck on a pole. Try it some time. We tied him to a pole, lifted him to our shoulders,, and man­ aged to stagger up the hill about two hundred feet, each step telling us that we were tackling the impos­ sible—at least for us. We tried three or four times and at the last neither of w hardly could get the load to r-ur shoulders, and aftei- we had, we gained only a few feet up the hill.

We didn’t know what to do. We didn’t want to cut the old fellow up, and it was certain we couldn’t get him out without a horse. We wonder­ ed if it were possible to get a horse at Messier’s Inn. Even that would be a hard trip, because it was six or seven miles, and the last three would have to be covered aftei- dark, and it was the steepest and hardest traveling. Then, too, we couldn’t be sure of getting a horse after we got there.

We decided to hang the deer in another tree, go to camp, then one of us take a chance and go after a horse. I felt that it was my place to, take the hike, so we parted at camp, George wishing me good luck on the trail, and also that I would be lucky enough to find a horse. It rained so hard on the way down the trail that I think I rather swam than walked, but I didn’t mind all that. What I was worried about was—could I find a horse?

I arrived at Messier’s Inn about seven o’clock, and I expect I pre­

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sented quite a spctacle, water drip­ ping from every inch of my clothes.

Amt my hat! That was the best of all. It was a white felt hat that was nc-ne too big at the start. I had turn­ ed up the brim and had stuck in a long white feather, and ,in all that rain the hat had shrunk until it sat on th; top of my head, and I’m afraid it was far from being white.

I must have been a sight.

I soon found that there was no horse there, and thrit the nearest pc-.-.: i. Jo place was Ashford, five miles away, so after running up and ('own the highway until close to twelve o’clock with Geosge’s car, I finally found a man that would go after our kill with a horse. He said that if we were sports enough to go after deer with bow and arrow, he would be sport enough to pack it out for $1.00, although he said if we 1 ad shot it with a rifle he wouldn’t go for less than $7.00, if he went at all. Well, I was so pleased at finding a horse that I told him we would pay §5.00 only he would have to take a bow or something for security as neither of us had more than a dollar or two with us. He agreed and set a time to meet at the trail and I drove back to the Inn, tried to dry my clothes a little, and went to bed.

Next morning when I got to the trail the packer and his horse were the horse’s there too. Dixie was thname and she proved to be the smartest horse that I have ever seen.

There isn’t much to tell about the trip in, only that I know that Dixie very nearly walked the legs off me, going up the steep trail. We finally r,'-.-rived at the kill, .got it on the horse and started back. Dixie was turned loose with her pack, which she seemed proud of, and without a bit of attention took the big buck down the trail to camp.

Camp—and mo-re than t.... that, this time too, for George had a big stew ready for us when wee rarrived and I meal I enjoyed think that was the r most on on the the trip, trip. it It was certainly and there was_ lots of it, too. good, aiiu >,e could the After we had eaten all we little horse Dixie atei all the bread, 12) (Continued on page ]

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by Brommers “I hope your column will proceed along your usual dignified and con­ servative line,” writes Dr. Klopsteg.

“To help out 1 send you tables of ---------latitudes and dep a rtures, curvature of the earth --- .zi and so forth.”

P‘•’SS r“Curves.” I re- ' . peat thoughtfully. ‘ . . '■’Si's.'s “Why not curva t u r e o f the 'CO stars?”

No sooner said than done. I am a man of action, 1 am. l-a • “It is like this, Miss West,” I be■

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“Mae to you columnists,” says the lady.

“Well, you see, Mae,” I proceed.

“In a misspent youth I wasted a lot of time on curves, simple, compound and even spirals. Now my archer friends have gone bugs on the sub­ ject. For their edification I would like to have your well rounded views.

After all. you are the greatest ex­ ponent of curves in the country. ’ “And how!” agrees the lady enthusiastically. “Though you have no idea how hard curves are on my. but­ tons. But first, tell me what is an archer?”

“It is hard telling,” I explain. I doubt that they know themselves.

They are obessed with the idea that if they practice long enough they will some time hit a four foot target forty yards awfay. A straight line won’t do it, so they fall back on curves. They shoot with bow and arrow.”

“Cupids, are they?” asks Miss West.

“Some think they are,” I tell her.

“It isn’t their only harmless delusion either. Some hunt big game with a bow. Take Howard Hill”— J “Tell me about him,” demands Miss West. “I just love wild ani­ mals.”

"Well,” I hesitate, “I wouldn’t ex­ actly call him a wild animal. You

see, his wife has tamed him some, and I have helped. Jerry "Fairbanks bridled him .long' enough_ to shoot ‘The Last Wilderness.’. Maybe you have seen it?” . . . .

“Sine I have seen it" says Mae. ‘ A It: of monkeys and cj-ocodiles and cnakes. He was in a cage.”

“He might have been speeding again, of course,” I. explain. ..“But t he chances are you got it all wrong.

You probably saw ‘Catch’em and Eat’eir.,’ not ‘The Last Wilderness.’

In that case it wasn’t Howard, it was a leopard. In ‘The Last Wilderness’ Howard kills all kinds of ■ game.

Bears, eats, snakes and what have you. And he is no slouch on curves himself. Pounds and pounds of them.

Most of it where he needs.it least-, he being an active .man.” • “Getting back id our curves,’-’ I proceed. “What we might call the biological curve this time. What my readers arid T would like to know is how do yoil get that way? And what is the secret of them except ample pasturage and good," clear spring

water?” “ Confidentially, ” whispers the charming Miss West, “I would say a good press agent. Even a very medi­ ocre padding expands gloriously under the sun of publicity.” I could see how that was.

We discussed . curves from all angles, and I felt that I was making real progress in geometry. Regret­ fully, I rose to leaye.

“It has been a real pleasure,” I confessed, “to spend this short hour with you. I feel sure that I can bring back to my readers a lot of inr.niration and first hand information.

We unattached males, you see”— The telephone rang. Miss West took down the receiver.

“Of course I will,” I'hear her say ■— • listening for ten minutes. aftei -Mrs. Brommers says to bring back“ Mrs cents worth of ground round fifteen steak if you can stand the butcher off for another week-.- Thank you ever so much for calling, and be sure to come again!

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OLD MONARCH AND THE FATAL ARROW (Continued from page 10) potatoes and other left overs. The packer- said she made a good garbage can.

It was a nasty day to pack out. It had been snowing all day, a wet slushy snow that by two o’clock had managed to get about two inches deep, making the already hazardous trail that much more dangerous.

George and I were both worried about how the horse would get out with her load down that steep slick trail, where there were places where a slip meant a drop of hundreds of feet, meaning loss of fcoth horse and pack. Our fears soon vanished tho, for Dixie used better judgment than most men would have. There were places in between trees which did not permit the pack to pass and she would turn out of the trail and go around so as not to bump the pack.

We arrived at our car just at dark and were home by nine o’clock. I awoke my next door neighbor, who had said he would rather take a sling shot to hunt with than bow and arrow, just to show him there was a slight difference. He looked goggleeyed at the deer, but never said a word, turned on his heel and went back into the house.

We drove to George’s to show his folks and friends our prize, then left it at Reed’s Market for display. We were both pretty tired and ready for a good night’s sleep. We thought the trip as rough as one could ask for, hut we did think that it was worth the hardships after all.

The Portland Oregonian reports that James Baker of Eugene, Ore­ gon, recently brought down three nice mallards by bow and arrow on a thinly frozen pond.

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