As I said, he was the only man I ever saw who did what heroes of novels do. That is, he never missed or made a bad shot during all the years I saw him shoot.
CHAPTER XXVII
CONTROL OF TEMPER
Pistol shooting is excellent training for control of the temper. Boiled down to its essence, pistol shooting is fighting either in earnest or in competition.
Whilst therefore self-control is essential in all sport, in pistol shooting it is vital. When a man loses his temper he is at the mercy of his opponent.
Temperaments differ: a word or act which has not the least effect on one man’s temper irritates another till he gets beside himself.
How often one hears a man say: “I don’t know what I have done, but X. seems offended with me.”
Some take offence at very little, while with others nothing can make them lose their temper.