are allowed for it.  For example, the best record (amateur) for the 100-yard dash is 9-4/5 seconds and for each 1/5 of a second more than this that the runner in the All-around Championship contest makes in his trial 42 points are deducted from this score.  The same method is used in all the events.  In the ten events the maximum score where the contestant equalled every world’s record would be 10,000 points.  The contest was won in 1909 by the remarkable score of 7,385 points.

ARCHERY

Archery is the art of shooting with a bow and arrow.  It is especially adapted as a lawn game for ladies and gentlemen, but boys and girls can practise archery and become proficient with bows and arrows just as the Indians were or the boys in England in the days of Robin Hood.  Of course the invention of gunpowder has practically done away with the bow and arrow either as a means of warfare or as a weapon to be used in the chase, but it is still used by savages.

The modern bow used in archery is made of lancewood or yew and for men’s use is usually 6 feet long and for women and children 6 inches shorter.  The strength or pull necessary to bend the bow, given in pounds, determines its classification.  The arrows for men’s use should be 28 inches long and for women 24 to 25 inches.  The target is a straw-filled canvas disk painted in bright colours.  There are usually five circles and the object in archery, as in shooting with firearms, is to hit either the centre ring or “bull’s-eye” or as near to it as possible.  In scoring, a shot in the inner gold centre counts nine; red ring, seven; inner white ring, five; black ring, three, and outer white ring, one.  Targets are of various sizes from 18 inches in diameter to 4 feet, depending on the distance of the range.  A common distance will be from 50 to 100 yards.

Each archer should have some distinguishing mark or colour on his arrows.  Standard lancewood bows will cost two or three dollars, arrows from one to two dollars a dozen, and targets from two to five dollars each, with three dollars extra for the target stand.

In championship matches in archery the customary range for men is 60 yards with 96 arrows, and the same number of arrows at 50 yards for women.  A recent match championship was decided for men with 90 hits and a total score of 458, and for women with 85 hits and a total score of 441.

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL OR SOCCER

A game similar to Rugby football except that it more closely resembles what its name implies and kicking predominates.  A round, leather-covered ball is used and the game is considered to be much safer than our college football.  Efforts consequently have been made to introduce the game into American colleges because of its less dangerous character.  As there is practically no tackling or falling, the “soccer” uniform does not require the same amount of padding