Salt Lake Herald | 1891-01-29 | Page 3 | Little Sure Shot

LITTLE SURE SHOT Reported Death of Annie Oakley the Remarkable Rifle Shooter The recent reported death of Little Sure Shot as the late Sitting Bull called Annie Oakley when he adopted her into his tribe removes the most remarkable female rifle and wing shot in the world In these branches of marksmanship Annie was without an equal among her own sex She was born Woodland Wood-land O Aug 13 1S6G and began to hoot at the age of 10 years In April 16S4 she broke 943 out of 1000 glass i halls thrown into I the air The weapon 15S weap-on used was a 22 fti I calibre rifle At Cincinnati in 18S5 she broke4772out I of 5000 glass balls at 15 yards rise with shotguns in legs than nine AXXIE OAKLEY hours and loaded her own guns Her clay pigeon record was 95 out of 100 and her best live pigeon score was 43 out of 50 the highest ever made She could do many wonderful feats with firearms and had the finest collection of weapons in America Such men as James Pilkingtou and Phil Daly Jr succumbed suc-cumbed to her prowess In addition to her skill with the rifle Annie was a remarkable remark-able rider and few horses could unseat her One of her last professional engagements engage-ments was with Buffalo Bills Wild West show Her real name was Mrs Frank Butler