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MEMORIES OF ANNIE OAKLEY
THE ROYAL BOX AT THE QUEEN'S JUBILEE AND
A RIFLE CONTEST WITH THE PRINCE OF WALES
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How the Grand Duke Michael Lost a Match and a Bride at the
Same time at the London Gun Club
IT WAS during the
big trap shooting
week at Pinehurst,
when Jahn was giv
ing his wonderful
J exhibition in his
match for the all
round cnamoionsmu aaiusi
Frank Plum, that we fell to dis
cussing famous matches in times
gone by. The old hands had many
extraordinary things to relate,
but Annie Oakley took the first
prize. She said that she had her
self shot many memorable con
tests in her time, but none that
had gained the publicity and been
favored with the unique interest
and subsequent history of .a chal
lenge she accepted at the London
Gun Club during the Queen's
jubilee.
"Queen Victoria herself had a
box at the Wild West, and gave
a party for the assembled flower
of the Royal line of Europe
which started the adventure. I
had a special program that day,
and the novelty of the whole per
formance and particularly the un
usual spectacle of a girl shooting
took their interest to such an ex
tent that I was sent for and pre
sented to the company. It was
almost too much there were
four kings and five queens, and a
body guard of dukes and field
marshalls Denmark Belgium,
Sweden and Italy. The Crown
Prince of Germany and the
Prince and Princess of Wales,
and the Grand Duke Michael
were in the party.
victoria's ''clever little girl"
"What was my impression?
Well! the Prince of Wales was
the popular idol of the people at
the time, and created the most
impression upon my fancy par
ticularly since we became fast
friends, and had many a shooting
match afterwards. The present
Kaiser's father was a vigorous
and kindly man, who received me
with the greatest courtesy, and
left the idea which has never been
eradicated that he was of an al
together different temperament
from the Kaiser. Queen Victoria
was gracious, and ' said I was a
very clever little girl. I was not
so very little, and T was a .mar
ried woman, but I suppose the
costume gave the impression that
I was. shooting from the high
school.
"Well! to go on with the story.
The Prince of Wales and the
Grand Duke Michael both took
more than a curious interest in
the shooting. The Duke was re
puted to be one of the best shots
in Russia, and Edward was no
slouch with a gun. They wanted
me to try it out under their ac
customed conditions, and had a
regular exhibition staged at the
London Gun Club. They were
pleased all right. The Prince
had a gold medal struck I have
it now some place with the
crest of the club on one side, and
an inscription on the other, which
read:
"You are the Greatest Shot
I have ever seen.
EDWARD."
THE WIMBLEDON RIFLE CLUB
"I don't suppose I really was,
but they took a fancy to the idea
of a country girl from the West
outshooting their professionals.
I don't believe however that it
was there that the Grand Duke
got the idea of tackling me him
self. For a little while later the
Prince asked me down to Wim
bledon where they had the ranges
3nd the military camp, and we
took a crack at the running deer,
It wasn't a real deer. They shoot
with rifles at 100 yards at a tar
get made like a deer that is
drawn across the country, up and
down hill, and behind rocks and
obstacles on the dead run. The
target is just on the front quar
ter and it is considered a dis
grace and cause of a penalty to
hit the hind quarter. Idea of
course is that such a shot would
wound the animal and still let
him escape to misery.
"Earl D. Gray, who was proba
bly the best shot in Europe at the
time, gave me some confidential
and careful advice before I took