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In 1592, an archery custom was begun by the founder of the Harrow School in England. Boys competed for a silver arrow, the winner being honored at a school dance that concluded the festivities. The "Harrow shootings" were discontinued in 1771 as the headmaster grew intolerant of the many exemptions from school attendance by the competitors. Beyond this, W. & R. Chambers' Book of Days (1864) reported, "He also observed, as other masters had before him, that the contest usually brought down a band of profligate and disorderly persons from the metropolis, to the demoralisation of the village."
April 22, 2018