Anyone possessing ordinary health and good sight may, by practice, become a good pistol shot. Persons who are richly endowed by nature with those physical qualities which specially fit them for expert Shooting will, Of course, 'master the art sooner than those less favored; but it has' been conclusively shown that excellence is more a question of training and practice'than of natural gift. Some of the most brilliant shooting has been done by per sons possessing a decidedly nervous tempera ment; but those of phlegmatic temperament will generally make more uniform and reliable marksmen.