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The following are other tournaments which help to add interest and f ascination, and make archery virtually a year-round sport.

Archery Golf. - This is a game similar to golf. . A flight shot is sub- stituted f or the drive in golf and a f our-inch straw ball or card ball must be hit in place of the cup. This may be played on a golf course in com- petition with golf ers, or played on a separate course designed f or this purpose.

Clout Shooting. - This is long range shooting at a 48-f oot target laid out on the ground. Men shoot 36 arrows at 180 yards; women shoot 36 arrows at 120 yards. The circles may be marked with lime or white tape and a regulation target placed in the center f or the bull's eye. Each ring is 4.8 f eet in width. The scoring is as f ollows : Arrow nearest clout counts 5, second nearest arrow counts 3, third nearest arrow counts 1. A clout (which is seldom made) counts 10 points. This tournament is particu- larly useful in teaching students to judge distances.

Flight Shooting. - Flight shooting is shooting f or distance only and is a test for the cast of the bow. Since there is great danger of injury to the archer from broken bows and possibly to other people by stray arrows, it is not an amusement to be recommended f or school use. It is a sport in which the archer soon tires. Howard Hill, at the National Archery Tournament in 1928, shot an arrow with a longbow a distance of 391 yards, 1 f oot and 11 inches.

Rovers. - Rovers is an archery game that dates back to ancient times. It is essentially a game used when strolling, of shooting at any selected inanimate mark. It was used by many early countries, especially England, as a required game for all military men, since it gave them excellent peace-time practice and kept them in training for war. Hunters often resort to this kind of amusement when game is scarce, thus keeping themselves in practice for actual hunting. Any casual marks such as trees, bushes, and so forth, or definite ones constructed for the purpose, such as ornamental posts (commonly found on roving courses in England) , may be used for this game. The following scoring may be used: Each archer shoots one arrow at the selected mark. The closest one receives one point. He, also, has the privilege of naming the next mark. The archer wins who has the greatest number of points at the end of a prescribed time or number of marks.

Wand Shoot. - A lath one inch wide and six feet long is used for a target. This is stuck upright in the ground 100 yards from the shooting line for men and 60 yards for women. The one having the greatest number of hits out of a given number of shots is the winner.

Other Novelty Contests. - Many other novelty contests can be devised for archery, such as shooting at inflated balloons, animals cut out of cardboard, stuffed toy rabbits, and so forth.