Sit in a room with all the lights out, with a faint glimmer at the far end.
Hear incessant, deafening noises.
Nothing else but noise for an hour or two, except occasionally a pause whilst the black spot in the distance disappears and then reappears.
Finally a man reading from a piece of paper announces:
| X | 40 points, First. | |
| Y | 39 points, Second. | |
| Z | 38 points, Third. |
Then you go home.
Some drudgery in learning has to be gone through with, but it should be in a good light out-of-doors, and this drudgery is only while learning. It should not be continued all through a man’s shooting career, and be considered “pistol shooting.”
As I will show, shooting can be made intensely interesting to both spectators and participants.
The present style of shooting competitions leads many sportsmen to say: “I love shooting, but I hate target shooting.”