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The Third Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held on June 18 and 19, 1856.

Ladies 60 Yards 50 Yards Totals
Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score
Mrs. Horniblow 74 338 41 203 115 541
Miss H. Chetwynd 67 299 41 209 108 508
Gentlemen 100 Yards 80 Yards 60 Yards Totals
Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score
Mr. H. A. Ford 105 447 91 431 48 284 244 1162
Mr. G. Mallory 65 241 58 220 40 176 163 637
Colonel Phillipps 47 185 59 247 44 202 150 634
Mr. G. Edwards 61 251 53 221 40 148 154 620
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The Thirteenth Grand National Archery Meeting was held on July 2 and 3, 1856, on the College Cricket-ground, at Cheltenham.

Ladies 60 Yards 50 Yards Totals
Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score
Mrs. Horniblow 68 294 41 193 109 487
Mrs. Davison 10 68 312 35 149 103 461

10 Did not shoot the last six arrows at 50 yards, being prevented by indisposition.

Gentlemen 100 Yards 80 Yards 60 Yards Totals
Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score
Mr. H. A. Ford 81 299 87 439 45 247 213 985
Rev. J. Bramhall 82 346 69 271 40 168 191 785
Mr. P. Muir 65 289 65 253 34 146 164 688
Mr. C. Garnett 68 260 51 211 39 189 158 660
Mr. W. Peters 57 189 57 235 32 160 146 584

Mrs. Horniblow won the silver bracer with six points, Mrs. Davison having won the point for score at 60 yards, and having made the same number of hits as Mrs. Horniblow at that distance. Miss H. Chetwynd made the same number of hits at 50 yards as Mrs. Horniblow.

Mr. Ford again secured the Champion's medal with eight points, his old opponent Mr. Bramhall having won the points for hits and score at 100 yards.

Seventy-two ladies and 112 gentlemen shot at this meeting.

The first edition of 'The Theory and Practice of Archery' was published in the course of this year.

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The Fourth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held on June 10 and 11, 1857.

Ladies 60 Yards 50 Yards Totals
Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score
Mrs. Horniblow 66 276 41 183 107 459
Mrs. Litchfield 58 230 38 158 96 388
Gentlemen 100 Yards 80 Yards 60 Yards Totals
Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score
Mr. H. A. Ford 97 387 88 398 45 241 230 1026
Mr. C. H. Fisher 59 231 62 212 44 172 165 615
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The Fourteenth Grand National Archery Meeting was held on July 1 and 2, 1857—again at Cheltenham.

Ladies 60 Yards 50 Yards Totals
Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score
Miss H. Chetwynd 82 390 46 244 128 634
Mrs. Davison 73 339 41 209 114 548
Mrs. Horniblow 80 346 42 194 122 540
Mrs. R. Blaker 69 325 39 171 108 496

Miss H. Chetwynd won the silver bracer with all the points, and exceeded all the previous performances of ladies in match shooting.

Gentlemen 100 Yards 80 Yards 60 Yards Totals
Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score
Mr. H. A. Ford 107 495 90 466 48 290 245 1251
Mr. G. Edwards 69 255 76 322 43 209 188 786
Mr. W. J. W. Baynes 65 245 74 314 44 212 183 771
Mr. P. Muir 69 261 57 315 39 201 165 777
Mr. J. Bramhall 67 233 58 254 46 234 171 721
Mr. H. C. Mules 66 254 58 260 40 206 164 720
Mr. E. Mason 57 215 65 279 41 197 163 691
Mr. H. Garnett 61 235 67 263 35 169 163 667
Mr. H. Hilton 55 243 59 243 37 183 151 669
Mr. J. Wilson 62 260 57 237 35 161 154 658
Mr. C. H. Fisher 40 122 54 248 42 194 136 564

Mr. Ford again secured all the points for the Champion's medal, and made the finest score ever yet made in public.

The average of the shooting of all showed a marked improvement at this meeting; and it was gratifying to Mr. Ford to be able to state that several of the leading archers attributed their high positions in the prize-list to their careful following out of the principles and directions laid down in his book.

Sixty-one ladies and ninety-seven gentlemen shot.

Mr. H. C. Mules scored 389 on the handicap day.

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The Fifth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held on June 23 and 24, 1858.

Ladies 60 Yards 50 Yards Totals
Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score
Miss H. Chetwynd 74 344 41 191 115 535
Miss Dixon 62 270 39 179 101 449

Gentlemen 100 Yards 80 Yards 60 Yards Totals
Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score
Mr. H. A. Ford 100 424 87 463 43 241 230 1128
Mr. G. Edwards 77 303 64 298 45 263 186 864
Mr. H. Walters 58 256 66 276 43 225 167 757
Mr. W. J. W. Baynes 60 260 63 239 45 213 168 712
Mr. H. C. Mules 56 256 55 225 45 209 156 690
Mr. S. Mason 53 197 59 267 38 172 150 636
Colonel Clowes 44 202 49 211 42 214 135 627

Twenty-nine ladies and twenty-nine gentlemen shot.

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The Fifteenth Grand National Archery Meeting was held on July 21 and 22, 1858, at Exeter.

Ladies 60 Yards 50 Yards Totals
Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score
Mrs. Horniblow 58 256 43 201 101 457
Mrs. St. George 58 254 36 174 94 428
Miss H. Chetwynd 56 204 43 219 99 423
Mrs. R. Blaker 54 228 38 184 92 412
Lady Edwardes 54 262 31 139 85 401
Miss Turner 59 255 34 136 93 391
Gentlemen 100 Yards 80 Yards 60 Yards Totals
Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score
Mr. H. A. Ford 87 399 81 385 46 292 214 1076
Mr. G. Edwards 73 267 70 324 44 226 187 817
Mr. J. T. George 59 217 63 311 40 212 162 740
Mr. W. J. W. Baynes 57 229 60 254 43 219 160 702
Mr. J. Spedding 48 184 71 299 44 212 163 695
Mr. E. Mason 52 172 66 292 42 176 160 640
Mr. H. C. Mules 56 176 59 255 44 210 159 641
Mr. P. Muir 48 176 60 250 39 209 147 635

Mrs. Horniblow won the silver bracer with 4-1/2 points. Miss Turner won the point for hits at 60 yards, Lady Edwardes the point for score at 60 yards, and Miss H. Chetwynd won the point for score at 50 yards and divided the point for hits at this distance with Mrs. Horniblow.

Mr. Ford, having won all the ten points, became Champion for the tenth time. He accounted for the apparent falling off in the shooting at this meeting as compared with the previous one by the fact that the weather was rough and the ground difficult.

Eighty-four ladies and eighty-six gentlemen shot.

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A Grand Archery Meeting was held in the grounds of Aston Park, near Birmingham, on September 8 and 9, 1858.

Gentlemen 100 Yards 80 Yards 60 Yards Totals
Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score
Mr. H. A. Ford 87 339 73 343 48 294 208 976
Mr. G. Edwards 63 277 65 255 46 250 174 782
Mr. H. Walters 55 231 53 253 37 193 145 677
Mr. H. Elliott 60 242 63 247 39 185 162 674
Mr. G. L. Aston 35 141 57 243 40 164 132 548
Mr. W. J. W. Baynes 49 185 47 175 41 185 137 545
Ladies 60 Yards 50 Yards Totals
Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score
Mrs. Horniblow 75 317 42 218 117 535
Miss H. Chetwynd 65 287 39 187 104 474
Miss Aston 67 251 41 175 108 426
Lady Edwardes 61 267 32 142 93 409

It was intended, and advertised, that this meeting should be repeated in 1859; but, from insufficient support, it was abandoned, and the first of the series of annual archery meetings held in the grounds of the Crystal Palace was substituted for it.

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The Sixth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held on June 15 and 16, 1859.

Thirty ladies and thirty-three gentlemen shot.

Ladies 60 Yards 50 Yards Totals
Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score
Mrs. Horniblow 70 282 48 262 118 544
Miss H. Chetwynd 67 313 39 179 106 492
Gentlemen 100 Yards 80 Yards 60 Yards Totals
Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score
Mr. G. Edwards 93 355 76 350 47 257 216 962
Mr. H. A. Ford 75 327 82 382 43 213 200 922
Mr. E. Mason 55 217 67 297 42 240 164 754
Mr. G. L. Aston 56 254 56 244 41 205 153 703
Mr. H. C. Mules 52 214 65 257 37 185 154 656
Mr. H. Walters 44 170 63 253 40 200 147 623
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The Sixteenth Grand National Archery Meeting was held on July 6 and 7, 1859—again at Exeter.

Miss Turner won the silver bracer with 5 points, Miss H. Chetwynd having won 2 points for gross hits and 1 point for hits at 60 yards.

Ladies 60 Yards 50 Yards Totals
Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score
Miss Turner 77 385 45 245 122 630
Miss H. Chetwynd 82 370 43 215 125 585
Mrs. G. Atkinson 76 334 42 207 119 541
Mrs. Horniblow 74 356 38 160 112 536

The Champion's medal for the eleventh consecutive time was won by Mr. Ford with 8 points, Mr. Edwards having won the points for hits and score at 80 yards.

Gentlemen 100 Yards 80 Yards 60 Yards Totals
Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score
Mr. H. A. Ford 85 357 72 312 48 282 205 951
Mr. G. Edwards 65 269 74 370 45 249 184 888
Rev. W. J. Richardson 70 298 68 332 40 182 178 812
Mr. A. Edmondstone 78 300 66 250 41 231 185 781
Mr. H. C. Mules 58 218 61 255 37 215 156 688
Mr. E. Meyrick 70 252 50 198 40 184 160 634
Mr. J. Rimington 54 238 56 244 44 204 154 686
Mr. J. T. George 49 205 67 285 39 173 155 663
Mr. T. Boulton 57 237 56 204 41 171 154 612
Mr. H. Walters 49 165 60 266 40 188 149 619
Mr. H. B. Hare 47 219 53 225 37 183 137 627
Mr. W. Swire 57 213 47 223 42 176 146 612
Mr. C. H. Fisher 55 253 49 187 34 146 138 586

Eighty-six ladies and eighty-four gentlemen shot.

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The second edition of Mr. Ford's book was issued in this year, and the account of this Grand National Archery Meeting was not included in it.

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A Grand Archery Meeting, under the management of Mr. Merridew, was proposed to be held in the grounds of Aston Park, Birmingham, on July 27 and 28, 1859, as mentioned by Mr. H. A. Ford at page 124; but at the Leamington meeting of the same year it was decided that this proposed meeting should be transferred to the grounds of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham, and thus commenced the annual Crystal Palace Archery Meetings.

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The First Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on July 27 and 28, 1859, on the Cricket-ground.

Ladies 60 Yards 50 Yards Totals
Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score
Miss Turner 66 272 41 203 107 475
Mrs. Horniblow 50 226 40 198 90 424
Gentlemen 100 Yards 80 Yards 60 Yards Totals
Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score
Mr. H. A. Ford 78 314 80 380 48 252 206 946
Mr. G. Edwards 64 264 66 252 45 259 175 775
Mr. H. C. Mules 67 257 57 285 41 179 165 721
Mr. H. Walters 54 186 73 311 42 202 169 699
Mr. T. Boulton 54 226 47 181 42 216 143 623

Twenty ladies and forty-one gentlemen shot.

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The Seventh Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held on June 13 and 14, 1860.

Ladies 60 Yards 50 Yards Totals
Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score
Mrs. E. Lister 72 336 45 197 117 533
Mrs. Litchfield 72 324 39 163 111 487
Mrs. Horniblow 66 238 46 202 112 440
Gentlemen 100 Yards 80 Yards 60 Yards Totals
Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score Hits Score
Mr. H. A. Ford 82 336 80 406 47 255 209 997
Mr. E. Mason 70 268 64 266 46 226 180 760
Mr. T. G. Golightly 54 228 67 277 44 204 165 709
Mr. T. Boulton 49 197 66 284 39 197 154 678
Mr. H. Walters 57 217 61 249 43 207 161 673

Thirty-two ladies and thirty-six gentlemen shot.