The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . re very-strong, weighing as much as 120 lbs., and thepoint of the arrow or maquet is of horn, andhas a flat top, an inch in diameter. To avoiddanger from falling arrows, the attendant is fittedout with an umbrella-shaped hat, made of wicker-work, which covers his head and shoulders, anda pent house is provided, either under the mast orat the side, for the competitors. This sort ofshooting is the popular one in the North of France smaller but similar targets, called brochettes,being placed round the marmot for a GrandPr
The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . re very-strong, weighing as much as 120 lbs., and thepoint of the arrow or maquet is of horn, andhas a flat top, an inch in diameter. To avoiddanger from falling arrows, the attendant is fittedout with an umbrella-shaped hat, made of wicker-work, which covers his head and shoulders, anda pent house is provided, either under the mast orat the side, for the competitors. This sort ofshooting is the popular one in the North of France smaller but similar targets, called brochettes,being placed round the marmot for a GrandPrix. If there is only one marmot themost central shot wins, and so on, but if the othertargets are added, special prizes are also given forthe most central hit in each. Each butt has astone or wooden shelter built over it, and abovethe butt a mirror is often placed so as to reflectwhat is taking place at the opposite one, while oneach side of the range there are wooden screens tostop wild arrows. Up the range are three paths,divided by strips of turf, the centre one being. THE PROCESSION OF THE BOUQUET. only, being unknown round Paris, where le firaux berceaux is the favourite. The tir aux berceaux, or aux buttes, as itis indifferently called, is conducted in a far moreceremonious manner.* It takes place in a Jardinde larc, and is butt or target shooting, at from33 to 50 metres, (r metre equals 39^ inches.) Thebutts are made of compressed straw, and againstthe face of each a white cardboard target is fixedby means of long iron pins with a truncated is 42 inches by 30, has a black centre or marmot of ii inch diameter, with two rings round it, theouter one being called the cordon dore. Thisis the ordinary target, but it is varied by other * For the photograph showing La Butte and for those of theprocession, the author is indebted to MM. Cuvetier and I >irez. called Lallee du Roi, and the others desChevaliers, and no one but the roi, or president,is allowed to go to the
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