Sporting and Athletic Records

6 ARCHERY LADIES (the Double National Round, 144 arrows) Hits Score Made by Date Highest Score 144 840 Miss Legh 1881 N.B. —Thisis the only instance on record of an archer (gentleman or lady) shooting through the two days of a public meeting without drop­ ping an arrow. Grand Northern Meeting GENTLEMEN (the Double York Round, 288 arrows) Hits Score Made by Date Highest Score 215 969 G. J. Perry-Keene 1886 N .B. —This performance of C. J. PERRY-KEENE'S is all the more creditable when it is borne in mind that the meeting took place in a gale of wind, and that in the three days shooting he scored altogether 1499 for 3 York Rounds. LADIES (the Double National Round, 144 arrows) Hits Score Made by Date Highest Score 136 754 Miss Legh 1892 Scores of 1000 and upwards (Double York Round) It will be convenient to put into one table the scores of 1000 and upwards for the Double York Round made at the 5 public meetings and the Autumn Handicap of the Royal Toxophilite Society. GENTLEMEN (the Double York Round, 288 arrows) Archer Hits Score Meeting Date H. A. Ford 245 1251 Grand National 1857 244 1162 Leamington 1856 230 1128 „ 1858 219 1087 „ 1868 214 1076 Grand National 1858