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AMERICAN FIELD
NOVEMBER 19TH, 1887

MISS ANNIE OAKLEY.

Miss Oakley has been with the Wild West for some time past, and during the engagement of the show at the American Exhibition, in London, Miss Oakley has been one of the strongest drawing attractions of the show. Her exhibitions are considered by the sportsmen of England as marvelous. She has been complimented on her ability by all classes of Englishmen and Englishwomen, from the Prince and Princess of Wales down to the show blacks, one of whom was heard to say on seeing Miss Oakley pass on the street: "There goes the boss shooter." Miss Oakley has given a great many private exhibitions in London, aside from those given at the Wild West entertainment. The newspapers of England were loud in their praise of the little wonder, some even going so fas as to say that her act was the taking one of the entire show.

In May last Miss Oakley gave an exhibition at the grounds of the London Gun Club, which is the crack club of England, Biscount Stormont being president and the Prince of Wales a member. The exhibition consisted of rifle and shotfun shooting at live blue rocks. Her score of kills on that occasion would have won the Challenge Cup if it had been in competition. In the sweepstakes which followed, Miss Oakley won $250, and the club, to mark their appreciation of the event, presented her with the club gold medal, worth $250. This is the first time the club has ever presented the club medal to any one. The medal is a handsome piece of workmanship and has a picture of the grounds, with traps, dog, club house and shooter on one side; on the other is, "Presented to Miss Annie Oakley by the London Gun Club," and underneath are the words which the Prince of Wales used on being shown the medal: "I know of no one more worthy of it."

Miss Oakley's cabinet is full of handsome medals, in the center of which stands a bracelt with different coins and souvenirs presented by clubs and individuals, among them being a Jubilee sovereign presented by Lord Mandeville with his crest and monogram.

August 13 being Miss Oakley's twenty-first birthdya, she held a reception in her tent at the American Exhibition, which was crowded all day. She recieved a great number of very valuable presents, among them being a photograph of the Princess of Wales, sent by the Princess herself, a silk dress, carriage, clock, a thouroughbred English horse, a St. Bernard dog - one of the best bred dogs in England - and a host of other useful and valuable presents, numbering in all sixty-seven. The flowers sent her on the occasion were very fine and choice. Miss Oakley has several titled ladies who are taking lessons from her on shooting.

Miss Oakley will make a tour of the United States and Canada on her return and will then retire from public shooting. The live blue rock shooting in England, reports of which have appeared form time to time in the AMERICAN FIELD, proves that Miss Oakley is a wonderful shot for a lady.

T.T. CARTWRIGHT.