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AMONG THE RIFLE SHOTS.

More About Annie Oakley--Note and
Comment of Interest to Riflemen.

Miss Annie Oakley, the champion woman
wing shot of the world, whose picture The
UNION published October 29, has severed
her connection with Buffalo Bill's Wild
West and is now in Berlin, Germany.. On
November 9 she was to give a private exhi-
bition to the press fo Berlin and on the 10th
an exhibition before the German royal
family. Previous to leaving for Germany
Miss Oakley was invited to shoot over Sir J.
F. Clark's preserves at Shrewsbury, Shrop-
shire, where she was a guest of the baronet
for a week. Miss Oakley surorised the
party by her wonderful shooting in the
open field and her kill for the day was the
largest but one--in fact, she said she never
shot better in her life. The London Even-
ing News gives her the following pleasant
notice:

By the way, the show, when it winds up its
career at Brompton to night, will lose one of
its principal attractions in the person of Miss
Annie Oakley, who severs her connection with
the Wild West voluntarily. Miss Oakley
means to go in for a somewhat prolonged
rest, after which we shall probably see
her in London again in a differ-
ent kind of entertainment. This week
she goes down to Shropshire to join a shooting
and hunting party at the house of a country
magnate. Afterwardsd she intends visiting
various places on the Continent. Little Sure
Shot's personal urbanity, as well as her won-
derful skill in her profession, will assure her
a warm welcome whenever she may decide to
turn her footsteps Londonwards once more.
Her loss to the Wild West show will be a seri-
ous one.