Title: Untitled [Amongst the skilled in arms of precision]
Periodical: Daily Telegraph
Date: [May 1887]
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Amongst the skilled in arms of precision, a very popular performance was given by Miss Annie Oakley, who at "wing shooting" would make a formidable antagonist to Colonel Carver, a well-known mechanical
Great was the speculation as to who Mr. Frank Richmond, the orator, could be. He had long hair—so has Buffalo Bill; he was fantastic in attire and headdress—so, according to the hoardings, was Buffalo Bill! So bets were made and doubts were exchanged until the matter was settled by the orator ascending the rostrum and addressing a tremendous concourse of people that has been estimated as numbering at least 20,000. Marvellous to relate, though no one could have believed it for an instant, every word of Mr. Frank Richmond's comments was distinctly heard throughout the afternoon. Not one comic aside was lost, and he can be comic, as was found when one of the ladies had missed a difficult shot at the glass balls, the orator sententiously observed "She can do it." And she did. The orator has a fine, resonant, and distinct voice. He articulates admirably, and certainly no one can deny that the very necessary part of the show
Title: Untitled [Amongst the skilled in arms of precision]
Periodical: Daily Telegraph
Source: Buffalo Bill Center of the West; MS6, William F. Cody collection, MS6.3681.005.01 (Oakley scrapbook)
Date: [May 1887]
Topic: Buffalo Bill's Wild West in Britain
Keywords: American woman Firearms Orators Sharpshooters Targets (Shooting) Traveling exhibitions
People: Carver, William F. (William Frank), 1840-1927 Oakley, Annie, 1860-1926 Richmond, Frank, -1890
Sponsor: This project is supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Geraldine W. & Robert J. Dellenback Foundation.
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