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Under Frankey's guidance, I made my way through further rows of neat tents, until we arrived at the inhabited by Miss Annie Oakley, the champion lady shot of America. This young lady is possessed of a decidedly pretty and winsome face, of sweet and gentle maners, and a soft, girlish voice. Having been formerly introduced, Miss Oakley proceeded to give me a few particulars of her life
and adventures.

AN AMAZONIAN RIFLE SHOOTER

"I am about twenty years of age," said this young Amazon, "and have been fond of shooting from the time I was a toddling mite. At the age of twelve I was presented with a fourteen-guage muzzle-loading shot-gun. With this I practised all day long, and became so good a shot that by the time I had reached the age of fourteen I
had paid off a mortgage on my father's homestead with money earned from the sale of game and skins, shot and trapped entirely by myself. Once at a place called Tiffin, in Ohio, I shot a ten-cent. piece, held between the thumb and
forefinger of an attendant, at a distance of 30 feet. In 1884 I attempted to beat the best record made at balls thrown in the air, using a 22-cal. rifle. The
best record was 979, made by Dr. Ruth. I used a Stevens 22-cal. rifle, and broke 944. A few months after this I attempted the feat of shooting at 5,000 balls in one day, loading the guns myself. I used three 16-guage hammer guns. The balls were thrown straight away from the three traps, fifteen yards rise. Out of the 5,000 shot at I broke 4,772. On the second thousand I only missed 16, making the best 1,000 ball record—984. I took nine hours to do the whole thing. I have shot in many thousands of exhibitions, in thirty-one matches and tournaments, and have won
twenty-five prizes. In shooting clay pigeons I have recorded ninety-six out of one hundred, in live pigeons twenty-three out of twenty-five, and I have received congratulations from Budd, Stice, Erb, Bogardus, Cody, Carver, and the English
champions, Graham and Price."

Miss Oakley having kindly showed me her numerous costly medals, of which she possesses quite a magnificent collection, and having assured me that she does not claim any championship, but looks upon her skill merely as a matter of dollars and cents, Frankey White bore me off to other [?] camp. En route for the stables.

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Under Frankey's
guidance, I made my way through further rows
of neat tents, until we arrived at the in-
habited by Miss Annie Oakley, the champion
lady shot of America. This young lady is possessed
of a decidedly pretty and winsome face, of sweet
and gentle maners, and a soft, girlish voice.
Having been formerly introduced, Miss Oakley
proceeded to give me a few particulars of her life
and adventures.
AN AMAZONIAN RIFLE SHOOTER
"I am about twenty years of age," said this
young Amazon, "and have been fond of shooting
from the time I was a toddling mite. At the age
of twelve I was presented with a fourteen-guage
muzzle-loading shot-gun. With this I practised
all day long, and became so good a shot that by
the time I had reached the age of fourteen I
had paid off a mortgage on my father's home-
stead with money earned from the sale
of game and skins, shot and trapped entirely
by myself. Once at a place called Tiffin, in Ohio, I
shot a ten-cent. piece, held between the thumb and
forefinger of an attendant, at a distance of 30 feet.
In 1884 I attempted to beat the best record made
at balls thrown in the air, using a 22-cal. rifle. The
best record was 979, made by Dr. Ruth. I used
a Stevens 22-cal. rifle, and broke 944. A few
months after this I attempted the feat of shooting
at 5,000 balls in one day, loading the guns my-
self. I used three 16-guage hammer guns. The
balls were thrown straight away from the three
traps, fifteen yards rise. Out of the 5,000 shot at
I broke 4,772. On the second thousand I only
missed 16, making the best 1,000 ball record - 984.
I took nine hours to do the whole thing. I have
shot in many thousands of exhibitions, in thirty-
one matches and tournaments, and have won
twenty-five prizes. In shooting clay pigeons I
have recorded ninety-six out of one hundred, in
live pigeons twenty-three out of twenty-five, and
I have received congratulations from Budd, Stice,
Erb, Bogardus, Cody, Carver, and the English
champions, Graham and Price."
Miss Oakley having kindly showed me her
numerous costly medals, of which she possesses
quite a magnificent collection, and having assured
me that she does not claim any championship, but
looks upon her skill merely as a matter of dollars
and cents, Frankey White bore me off to other
[?] camp. En route for the stables.