Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1911 — True Skill. [ARTICLE]

True Skill.

“It was unfortunate,” we say to the distinguished and eminent sportsman, “that you Bhould have missed each elephant at which you shot while in Africa." “Unfortunate!" he echoes, with a flash of hia teeth. “Why, my deaf fellow! You are sadly lacking in perspicaciousness, not'to designate it by a shorter and uglier term. An-elephant is as big as a young barn-, is It not? Anybody can hit an elephant. It's the same as shooting at a flock of balloons. The real test of marksmanship lies in being able to fire your rifle and at the same time avoid bitting the brute." Turning to his secretary, he dictates hurriedly a ten-page article on "The Waning Ability to Comprehend the Inner Truth on the Part of the Average Human Being."