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by making their bows shorter. The Yankee, being less allergicto tradition, did not hesitate to do something about it. Thisidea did not get general recognition until we had our feetwell planted after World War I. The Flat Bow It was the late Philip Rounseville, of the firm RounsevilleRohm, who pioneered the flat bow during the twenties. Heproved to the growing host of archers that the hundred yardtarget could be reached with a point of aim on or below the
target with a bow that was not too heavy for the average manto shoot. It was very simple in construction. A cross section of thelimbs is a rectangle the proportions of which are about fourtimes as broad as it is thick. (Fig. 4.) The length is five feet.The broadest part of the limbs is 1 3/4 to 2 inches. The limbsform a straight taper from a point just forward of the dips to |
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