THE MILITARY AND SNAP SHOOTING.
It may be offered, simply as a suggestion, that the method of practice recommended in the preceding pages, might be of service in teaching recruits to handle firearms.
Practice in hitting moving objects inspires a confidence which can not be obtained in any other way, and the repetition of the three motions of loading, extracting, and aiming and firing, habituates the learner to a free use of the arms and a confidence in pulling the trigger.
In the German army they aim and snap an unloaded piece repeatedly as an exercise, considering the pulling of the trigger a necessary finish to the motion of aiming.
Aided by a minimum expense, light report, easily-acquired range facilities, and a most-fascinating system, might not the practice be carried to firing and hitting, which is the desired result?
This need not at all interfere with the manual, but can be practiced as an outside exercise; and the result of adopting it would be felt immediately by a company, not only in the ease and quickening of motion and the improved marksmanship, but in the increased interest it would create among the members.
CALIFORNIA
PARLOR ROWING BOAT APPARATUS.
(Patent Applied for.)
See Cut and Price-List on Following Page.
| AS A ROWING MACHINE | AS A HEALTH PULL |
1. It teaches both arms to pull alike. 2. It compels the feathering of the oar. 3. The stroke is even throughout. 4. There is no aid or resistance to the return. 5. It is perfectly clean, as no oil should be used about it. 6. Slots in the casting, where the end of the oar is made fast to theout-rigger, permit the lifting of the blades in returning. 7. All oarsmen unite in pronouncing it a perfect teacher of rowing. 8. Men practicing in the double skull or four oared pattern MUST all do the same work, and their coach canstand over them and direct their actions. | 1. It exercises ALL the muscles of the body and strains none. 2. It can be regulated by the set screws to accommodate any strengthand size of person, and is as well adapted for the use of ladies andchildren as gentlemen. 3. Its use for five minutes each morning, immediately after gettingout of bed, will cure any case of dyspepsia, because of the easyexercise of the muscles of the stomach, the improved respiration andthe accelerated circulation of the blood. 4. The sliding seat aids fleshy people in taking the stroke, and forthem is a most excellent exercise. |
It takes but little room, is clean, and fascinates all, both ladies and gentlemen, because it is practical in teaching a useful and graceful accomplishment, and at the same time inviting health.
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CALIFORNIA
PARLOR ROWING BOAT APPARATUS.
[Patent Applied For.]
A perfect Rowing Machine, and the New Health Pull for Ladies, Gentlemen and Children.
(See preceding page for description.)
| Four Oared Pattern with Sliding Seat, for Clubs | $40 00 |
| Double Scull Pattern with Sliding Seat, for Clubs | 20 00 |
| Single Scull Pattern with Sliding Seat, suitable for Ladies and Children, as well as Oarsmen | 12 00 |
| Juvenile, without Sliding Seat, for Children only | 5 00 |
Packed in pieces for shipment, readily put together. Address with cash,
HORACE FLETCHER,
Shattuck & Fletcher,
520 Commercial St., San Francisco, Cal.
Transcriber's Note:
Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note.
Irregularities and inconsistencies in the text have been retained as printed.