Judge — July 15, 1882 — page 16: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This satirical comic strip mocks incompetent marksmanship at Creedmoor, likely a shooting range or competition venue. The sequence shows a marksman attempting increasingly ridiculous shooting positions (the top panel references "the Sir Henry Halford position," apparently a real but comical stance), resulting in progressively disastrous outcomes. The humor escalates from the shooter simply falling over, to being struck by his own rifle's recoil, to complete physical collapse. The final panel's caption—"Who hit me wild dat bullet?"—suggests the marksman's shot wildly missed its target. The satire appears to target either amateur sportsmen, poor military training, or possibly gun safety advocates by exaggerating the chaos of incompetent shooting. The specific Creedmoor reference likely held contemporary meaning for 1880s readers familiar with that venue.