As another Lame Cherry exclusive in matter anti matter.
I offer this glimpse of Annie Oakley, the greatest of shots in human history, so people of today will marvel at her prowess.
"She would break eleven balls thrown into the air, using five different guns in accomplishing the feat, and that this would all be done in ten seconds. The 12,000 people sat with bated breath; the crack of a gun broke the stillness; this was followed by repeated reports with astonishing rapidity and regularity, and in the time announced, the last ball was flying into a thousand fragments, her smoking gun lay upon the table,
William Bruce Leffingwell. The Art of Wing Shooting: A Practical Treatise on the Use of the Shot-gun
"I saw evidences of her skill with a revolver, where she had, just prior to my coming, tested a beautiful Smith & Wesson 44.caliber, and at eleven paces she had put four out of five balls into the center of the ace of hearts."
William Bruce Leffingwell. The Art of Wing Shooting: A Practical Treatise on the Use of the Shot-gun
"An orphan boy one time sat outside the place where she was performing. He, ragged, barefooted, and dirty, attracted her attention and appealed to her sym- pathy. He asked her to see the show. She liked him; she provided for him and clothed him; she obtained employment for him. When that boy received the first money he ever earned, he took every cent of it and bought this medal and sent it to her with a suitable inscription."
William Bruce Leffingwell. The Art of Wing Shooting: A Practical Treatise on the Use of the Shot-gun
Annie Oakley gave shooting expositions for the poor in Europe. She was Lady who never had her head turned by fame nor fortune. She was genuine and faithful always.
She was a remarkable person.
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