Sporting and Athletic Records
8 ARCHERY the targets being placed at each end facing each other at a litde more than the distance of the range to be shot. To put all 3 arrows in the gold at 100 yards in a public meeting has only been done once and that by H. A. FORD , who accomplished this unique feat at Shrewsbury on the second day of the Grand National Meeting held in 1854. II.—RECORDS AT CLUB MEETINGS . The Centenary Cup (Shot for at Royal Toxophilite Autumn Handicap) GENTLEMEN (the Double York Round, 288 arrows) Hits Score Made by Date Highest Score 2 to 1062 H. H. Palairet 1881 Most Hits 231 1023 C. E. Nesham 1888 Score of 1000 220 1010 C. E, Nesham 1883 The Norton Prize (Royal Toxophilite Society) GENTLEMEN (144 arrows at 120 yards) Hits Score Made by Date Highest Score 67 273 G. E. S. Fryer 1873 Scores of 200 60 238 C. E. Nesham 1883 and over 43 213 H. O'H. Moore 00 59 203 C, E, Nesham CO 00
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