Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-10-25
MISS LILLIAN SMITH.
Something Of the Wonderful
Child Rifie-ShOt

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doubt the champion rifle-shot OF
! the world, gave an exhibition Al
| Armory Hall, From the fact that
she had not been properly adver
tised the audience was quite small
She gave her exhibition however
in splendid shape, and astonished
and bewildered all who attended,
Numerous citizens have invited
her to give another performance at
the Opera House, and she is being
SO widely talked about just at pres
ent that there is no doubt that the
theater will be jambed with people.
Yesterday, an APPEAL reporter
called upon her and found her in
company with her father. MIR,
Smith was engaged in loading car
tridges, and Miss Lillian was en-
gagged in crochet work.
1t has been generally asserted
that Miss Smith is woman Of
about twenty, and is dressed
youthfulIy to deceive the audience.
This not a fact. She is now in her
10Th year, and her appearance GER
tainly does not indicate a more
mature age. She is = young girl
remarkably we'll developed, but
still a miss in short dresses, and
with girlish ways.
She gave her first exhibition at
Woodward's Gardens when under
ten years Of age and has been be-
fore the public ever since. She
said in conversation: Il began to
shoot birds and squirrels shout the
place in San Joaquin county, where
my father shot for the market
My father got me the little Ballard
rife which l have used ever SINCE"
The gun which she handles with
such remarkable accuracy, is lit
tie old rife with the stock fas-
tened CT with wire. Her father
took off the original stock, and
whitfield one out of red wood, to
make it shorter. Il have lad sew
eral fine guns presented me, but I
still keep this and would not part
With it, The Winchester I use
was made to order, with a Win
chester action and Remington bar
rell. l use Parker gup for live
pigeon matches. 1t was presented
10 me by the Parker Bros. With
his gun l beat Crittenden Robin
son in a pigeon match. | just
killed twelve birds out of
;velve, he missed one. ! then
killed twenty-four out of twenty
our, he missed one.
How do l shoot with a card on
he sights? Why l see through the |
lard, of course. If l didn't how
could | hit the mark. l can shoot |
en- cent pieces out of your fingers
III day if you will furnish the
lines. Of course you darsn't try |
ne because you are afraid Of your
myers"
The reporter having seen her
shooting had no fears of
he result, and going out into the
ack yard held a dime between his
myers, which at twenty PAGES Miss
'mith knocked out. He held up
our more dimes, all Of which were
nocked out without harm to the
myers, and then the scribe COL
ideriug that such experiments
ould materially reduce the profits
{ publishing a journal in Carson,
expressed himself as satisfied.
Several small stones were thrown
ito the air and struck by Miss
NTH s unerring bullets, and with
lie Winchester hit two stones
lrown about forty feet high, load
& the agazine gun before the
cond struck the ground. While =
eSe trials were in progress a .,
ouse ran along The edge of the 7
nee, and while the mouse seemed =
'ly a light drab streak along the
nee, Miss Smith sent a bullet
rough it, catching it literally on
G jump. Her shooting seems to q
most pass into the realms Of p
agic. IL