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Show Marksmanship Show Slated for Cedar on October 18 . " i j -v i i j ' i 14 ; I v V i j, n MWw-ot. V4,ft( (..Mfco "Folks who like to shoot also like to watch the other fellow shoot," says Ken Beegle, Internationally Interna-tionally famous marksman who will give a demonstration of his shooting ability at Cedar City on Oct. 18 at 2:30 p. m. under the sponsorship of the Cedar Wildlife federation. Beegle and his wife, Blanche, make up one of Remington Arms company's shooting exhibition teams. During the war they toured the country, appearing before millions of G. I.s at many army camps and naval bases. That their instructions were worthwhile is attested by the fact that they are the recipients of numerous letters from overseas over-seas combat soldiers who give the teachings of the Beegles credit cre-dit for saving their lives. Mr. and Mrs. Beegle are both ardent lovers of the out-of-doors and whenever they can get a day away from their strenuous shoot-inp shoot-inp exhibition schedule, they like nothing better than to take a ''busman's holiday" and go hunting or fishing. They are just as expert with rod ,and reel as they are with gun and ammunition. ammu-nition. "Everyone who shoots is curious cur-ious about how the other fellow does it and likes to try anything new in the shooting line," says Beegle. "Many of the fellows who watch me shoot go home with the 'if he can do it, so can I' idea and start in practicing some of my shots. And they 'can do If, too, if they, will not become too easily' discouraged and will keep on practicing until they develop de-velop the proper timing. "Proper timing is the essence of all shooting at moving targets. Once the shooter learns to make the gun practically a part of himself, learning to s.hoot with efficiency becomes comparatively comparative-ly easy. Good shooting is not beyond the reach of anyone who has a healthy body, steady nerves or nerves which can be controlled, and fairly good eyesight. eye-sight. Once the fundamentals of shooting become so. firmly entrenched en-trenched in the mind of an individual indi-vidual that they are a sort of second nature, it is easy fof him t; graduate from the status of a mediocre shot to that of an excellent ex-cellent marksmen. No shot one person can do is Impossible for the other fellow if he will only master the problems of timing and proper gun sighting or pointing. point-ing. It just takes a little patience pa-tience and a lot of practice." Beegle's exhibition is replete with thrilling feats of marksmanship marks-manship which seem almost impossible im-possible to the average sports- ;man. He uses 14 different types of guns and is equally proficient with rifle, shotgun and pistol. His lectures on proper and safe gun handling, which runs throughout his exhibition, is one which every father should have his young son hear. Mrs. Beegle assists her noted husband in all of his exhibitions. She is an accomplished sportswoman sports-woman and, loves all phases of outdoor life. |