The salesman very diplomatically pointed out that prob-ably there were not ten men in the city who could pull andshoot a 90 lb. bow; that it took 225 lbs. of well trained beef toaccomplish that feat. Then he sold the young man on the idea,that if he really wanted to learn to be an archer, to begin witha bow well under his power. He wound up by selling theyoung man a 35 lb. bow. That lad developed into a finearcher.
A number of years ago, Mrs. Milner Roberts was the ladies'champion flight shot of the United States of America. Shewas a strong woman and had developed her muscles to a pointwhere she could shoot a 60 lb. bow, a feat very few women cando. On one occasion Mrs. Roberts was practicing when aY.M.C.A. instructor, a young athlete of great strength, wantedto try her bow. He struggled with all his power, the sweat ranfrom his face but he never did get the string back to his chin.He afterwards said that he was never so embarrassed in his life.
