The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . LA PERCHE(Photo: Col. St. Leger, ) LA BUTTE. and the bouquet is conveyed in (lie church, itsresting-place for the vear. The prize competitionis a long business, lasting from a month to sixweeks, each company shooting in turn, and on itscompletion the distribution of prizes takes place. Within the last two years, shooting in an openspace at moveable targets on the English model hasbeen introduced, and seems likely to becomepopular when it is better known. Ladiesand gentlemen are also taking it up, but asvet the ma
The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . LA PERCHE(Photo: Col. St. Leger, ) LA BUTTE. and the bouquet is conveyed in (lie church, itsresting-place for the vear. The prize competitionis a long business, lasting from a month to sixweeks, each company shooting in turn, and on itscompletion the distribution of prizes takes place. Within the last two years, shooting in an openspace at moveable targets on the English model hasbeen introduced, and seems likely to becomepopular when it is better known. Ladiesand gentlemen are also taking it up, but asvet the matter is not understood, and it isnither disconcerting just as an arrow is beingloosed to have a drum beaten close behindone. The bows used are light, weighing from28 lb. to 36 lb., and are in two pieces joinedtogether by a socket at the handle. The arrowshave pointed, instead cf flat, horn heads. As has already been said, the cross-bow isnot now much used, and there are only a fewcompanies still remaining in the neighbour-hood of Paris, though they are more numer-ous in
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