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Lillian Frances Smith (August 4, 1871 [nb 1] – February 3, 1930) [4] was an American trick shooter and trick rider who joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West in 1886, at the age of fourteen. [5] She was billed as "the champion California huntress," [ 6 ] and was a direct rival to Annie Oakley in the show.
Gunspinning refers to the Old West tradition and Hollywood legend of a cowboy gunslinger twirling his handgun around his trigger finger. Gunspinning is a Western art such as trick roping, and is sometimes referred as gunplay, gun artistry, and gun twirling. [1]
Today, the term "gunslinger" is more or less used to denote someone who is quick on the draw with a handgun, but this can also refer to those armed with rifles and shotguns. The gunfighter is also one of the most popular characters in the Western genre and has appeared in associated films, television shows, video games, and literature.
Note: Trick-shot-related articles in other disciplines (e.g. basketball, archery, shooting sports, whipcracking, darts, tennis, bowling and golf, all of which have used this term) should not be listed here, but in a more appropriate category (e.g. a Category:Basketball trick shots, which should not be a subcategory of this cue-sports-specific ...
Exhibition shooting or trick shooting is a sport in which a marksman performs various feats of skill, frequently using non-traditional targets. Exhibition shooting tends to stress both speed and accuracy, often with elements of danger added.
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He began experimenting with his own versions of trick shots, and eventually developed many new concepts, such as ball jumping, massé-ing with multiple cues simultaneously, executing jump and massé shots on moving balls, and executing very high jumps. He has set a record for highest jump shot on a moving ball, at 34 inches (86 centimeters). [4]
Horn and Shores tracked and arrested Thomas Eskridge—also known as "Peg-Leg" Watson—and Burt "Red" Curtis without firing a shot. They tracked them all the way to the home of a man named Wolfe, said to be in either Washita or Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, along the Washita River. In his report on that arrest, Horn stated in part, "Watson was ...