That's the Way I Shoot.
' An officer in attendance at a shooting competition noticed two men firing with anything but William-Tell-like accuracy. Approaching them, he exclaimed angrily : " You fellows*don't know the way to *hoot ; Send me a rifle, and let me show you." •" Bang ! " afcd thetarget was missed. & broad grin over'spead the features of the two privates, but the officer was quite equal to ithe occasion. Turning to the first with a frown .he remarked: - *' That's the way you shoot, sir. A second attempt had a like result. Turning to th& other, he said : ••And that's the way you shoot, s'r." t A third shot, and he succeeded in making a ••centre." With pardonable pride the worthy officer returned the rifle, triumphantly remarkixtg: "And that's, the way I shoot " The men ever since have held a very high opinion of him as a marksman.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2056, 20 July 1893, Page 50
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144That's the Way I Shoot. Otago Witness, Issue 2056, 20 July 1893, Page 50
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