The man to this day has not the least idea he ran any risk or performed an act worthy of the V. C.
The horse evidently thought such a fool was not worth kicking. There is no fun kicking a man who is not frightened.
CHAPTER III
WHY PISTOL SHOOTING IS UNPOPULAR
Games, or “sports” as they are called, would not be popular if they were conducted on the same lines that pistol shooting usually is.
Pistol shooting is made as dull and uninteresting as possible, and then surprise is expressed that hardly any one takes a pistol in his hand, except when compelled to do so, and that shooting galleries do not pay.
Small white squares of cardboard, a minute black spot in the middle of each, are put up at various distances. You are told to aim at this spot. If you hit it it counts so much, if you miss it, the further from it you perforate the paper, the less points you score.
When you have fired a certain number of shots, the total is added up and you go on again.