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Show I i SHOOTS AS ARCHERS j I OF CENTURY AGO . d if Special Cable to The Tribune, lirg t PARTS, July 19. Tho longest shot with -i 11 a bow and arrow since 1794 was made (I recently, when Ingx Simon, a member . yip of the Royal ToxophlHte society, shot an arrow -159 yards and 8 Inches, at tho an- 'Yjlfit nual archery meeting at Le- TourjueL His s-)lt "cxt esf: SMot was two var'Is shorter. fc The distance was measured by a quall- A i ; fled surveyor. y ) Mr Simon used two Turkish bows, 5 made of buffalo horn and antelopo sln-S sln-S i cw, pulling eighty pounds and sixty Mr pounds. Both bows were more than 200 J years old. Tho longest distance with a . ,4 yew bow was 236 yards and 7 feet. i |