April, 1918 
FOREST AND STREAM 
249 
DAYS IN SHOOTING 
(continued from page 227) 
S HOOTERS both at the traps and at the 
target have realized the havoc upon 
the shooting produced by disturbance, 
and consequently never permit the unearth¬ 
ly rooting incident to baseball and kindred 
games. This is more generally true in rifle 
shooting, where the spectators are usually 
riflemen and comprehend fully the value of 
quiet. Sometime ago I witnessed an exhi¬ 
bition by one of the best all around shoot¬ 
ers in the U. S. He was doing the regular 
preliminary stunts incident to his “warming 
up,” or technically speaking, tuning up his 
power of co-ordinating his eye, mind and 
finger, while some wiseacres kept up a con¬ 
tinual badinage. The demonstrator, per¬ 
ceiving that his progress of “warming up” 
was being seriously hampered took that ex¬ 
traordinary chance, at great hazard of 
greater banter, of attempting a shot requir¬ 
ing the highest degree of co-ordination. 
Turning sharply toward his spectators 
with no little pique in his manner he re¬ 
marked—“Now watch and I’ll show you 
something to smile at.” Whether through 
respect or through curiosity or through 
interest every eye was turned toward him. 
Not a breath was heard. He had their un¬ 
divided attention at least for the time and 
none realized it more than he. Taking a 
pistol in each hand and turning both upside 
down, he scored simultaneous hits on two 
targets moving in opposite directions at 
fairly wide angles. The feat took the 
crowd by storm, and thereafter, he was at 
his very best because the crowd was with 
him. He felt security in their assistance, 
md attempted some feats that he never had 
ittempted before and came out successful. 
He did this, as he told me afterward, be¬ 
muse he felt that highest degree of secur- 
ty, attained by the co-ordination of the 
xowd and his own powers, and grasping 
he rare opportunity, reached out beyond to 
omething never attempted. I believe every 
hooter has witnessed instances similar to 
he afore-mentioned and recognized the ex- 
stence of some latent power, though prob- 
bly not understood. 
r HE question that most interests us is 
—How can the personal equation be 
reduced to the minimum? The an- 
wer, more easily written than put into 
ractice, is by constant, systematic, and in- 
dligent practice in developing the power 
f co-ordinating the eye, mind and muscle, 
his practice may be had in one’s daily vo- 
ition, more in some than in others, to be 
ire. The dentist, the surgeon, the watch- 
aker, the machinist and those who do 
reful handiwork may develop their power 
co-ordination to a higher degree than 
e lawyer, the farmer and others whose 
ications do not call for a close co-ordi- 
ition of eye, mind and muscle. The 
ader should not infer that the former are 
tj best marksmen; they would be if they 
d the proper muscular development and 
e fresh air of outdoor exercise. 
On the other hand one’s personal equa- 
>n may be compensated to a considerable 
' tent in some cases, and in some cases 
' ly slightly. To do so premises that one 
lauld know some of the main causes of 
t’l variation in the personal equation, the 
(ect of each cause and compensate ac- 
I'dingly. Since one’s personal equation 
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