21 MAY 1910, Page 17

RIFLE-SHOOTING FOR BOYS.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin,—As an old Volunteer and instructor to some seventeen Boy Scouts, may I ask your correspondent " X." (Spectator, May 14th) what he means by the following words :—" Boys should not be taught to screw up their left eye when aiming with the right. It may be shaded at first, but both eyes should be open " ? Rifle-shooting with both eyes open is surely a new departure, and scarcely to be commended. My boys are very keen, and I myself want to learn and teach the best way possible.—I am, Sir, &c., E. G. M.