Dr. Lapp

Mrs e Dart

Dr. Lapp

Mr. Porry

Dr. Lapp

Mrs. Dart

Dr. Lapp

Mr. Perry

mombers were dividod into sroups called 90C's, 1000's and 1100's whi?
represented the number of paces which tho archer must shoot in order sc
qualify. Every member had to practice for six months before he was «
fully qualified mombere All of his training was supervisod by a mastax
archer and consisted of drawing the bow 5,000,,times practicing the lo.so
which was shooting into a box. Dr. Lapp; didn't you toll me at one tine
that during the Inst Byrd expedition the members of the party carried
some archery equipmant?

Yes, Mrs. Dart, in the last Byrd expedition into the Antarctic some targri
equipment was carried which was donated by a group of archers. This
equipment was to be used for purposes of recreation. Dr. Poulter, tho
physicist with the expedition, figurod out a method of attaching a line to
an arrow in such a manner that it did not interfer with tho arrow's fligh'
On the trip down to the South Dr. Poulter shot at some of the birds which
followed the bonts In case of a miss the line was reeled in and the
arrow recovered. Drs Poultor made one hit thet brought down an albatross
which he intended to have preserved and mounteds But he gave in to the
pleas of the sailors and throw it overboard, The sailors wore superstit~
jous and wore very unhappy about the presonoe of the dead albatross.

Were the bows and arrows used for any other purpose after the arrival at
Littic America?

As I understand it, some scals were killod with hunting bows, but the
process was too slows Time was short and a meat supply for the dogs had
to be secured before the winter set in and seals left for more open waters.
It was necessary to usc rifles to specd up the process. After the return
of the expedition, I was in Dr. Poulter's basoment while ho was unpack=
ing the archery equipment. Ho handed me a bow and asked me to string it
for shooting. I took the usual position for bracing a bow and wont to
worke But I could not quite slip the string into the bow nocks. Dr.
Poulter put the string in place rather casily. He said he was the only
man on the expedition who could string the bow which had a pull well over
100 pounds.

Doc, you say you could not string this bow, yot Dr. Poulter did it casily’
You are a 200 pounder and stand over 6'1",. Just what sort of . man is
this Dr. Poulter?

Dad, Poultor is some man. When I stand beside him I have to look up,
and his arms and shoulders are very much broader than mine. However,
with some practice I think I could string tho bow.

What happened to all this archery equipment that went to the Pole?

I am not sure, but I was given three bows to transport from Crawfords-
ville, Indiana, to Iowe City, where my brother, who had helped collect
the equipment, was givon his choice of one of the throe bowse The re-
maining two were later roturned to Dre Poulter at his Mrs Pleasant, Iowa
home e

You mention Dr. Poultor hunting seal and shooting birds with the bow and
arrow. There is considorable hunting of both large and small game in
this country. In the state of Wisconsin over three hundred special hunt-
ing licenses were issued this year. This last hunting season Wisconsin,
like the state of Michigan, has opened deer soason carlier than usual to