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FOREST AND STtrcrAM. 
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one time an active member of the Leadvill*, Golo., Rifle Club, 
apd Dr. W. G. Hudson, of the Manhattan Rifle and Revolver As- 
sociation, were among those who tried their skill during the day. 
Outside, the rain, and liull skies served to make the attendance 
good, and the ranges vvere crowded during shooting hours. 
The bulletin Thursday morning showed that P. J. Donovan had 
completed his championship score with a total of 2374, while H. C. 
Zettler finished with 2368. A. F, Laudensack had the most bulls- 
eyes, 117; while L: P. Ittel had 45 so far, and two scores of 74 
and three of 73 on the ring target. H. F. Earning, W. A. Tewes, 
H. M. Pope, Charles Zettler, Jr., P. J. O'Hare had also added 
scores to the ring target list, with Gute still high man on the 
100-shot, second for best bullseye, third on the Zimmermann 
target, and weir along on the bullseye target. This was a short 
day, as the ranges were closed at 7 o'clock, while the rain did 
not serve to raise the spirits of the contestants. Toward the close 
Stephen Van Allen, who had been giving exhibitions of fancy 
shooting in Madiso* Square Garden, came over aid tried his skill 
with the target riile, and Michael Dorrler, the old champion, shot 
along with the rest and helped to keep shooting lively. 
Friday was a beautiful day, bright and warm, and, while there 
was but one more day to shoot, nearly all of the contestants rested 
during the afternoon, most of them going to some of the theatres, 
so that by 4 o'clock the ranges were almost deserted. Shooting 
during the evening was lively, however, but nearly all had finished 
their 100-shot strings by this time, and more time was devoted to 
visiting among these friends from many States, who meet but 
seldom, and generally at matches of this kind. Mr. Ludwig was 
still high mar. on the Zimmermann target,., Mr. Gute's score was 
still good for first place on the 100-shot match, but Dr. Hudson made 
a splendid showing against the heavy odds by rolling up 2458 
pointi, or one point higljer than the previous record. William A. 
. MR. R. GUTE, MIDDLE VILLAGE, N. Y. 
Second in Championship Match— 2466 out of a possible 2500 points. 
Tewes, of Jersey City, quit with 2450 to his credit, while Harry 
Pope had to be coniert with 2447. Dr. A. A. Stillman, of Syra- 
cuse,' partly finished hi:; score, and several others had by this 
time fired fifty or more shots. So far forty contestants had 
finished their, lOO-shot scores, .and out of this number, twenty-three 
scored 2100 points or better, which speaks well for the rifles and 
ammunition, as well as for the men themselves. It was useless 
to ask the question often heard at tournaments like this: "How 
is the ammimition running?" for while all makes of short car- 
tridges were being used, they all seemed to be equally accurate. 
Stephen Van Allen made a fine showing in view of the fact that 
he bad been doing snap shooting almost every hour from noon 
to 11 at night, in Madison Square Garden, and while he is a 
splendid all-round rifle shot, it was not to be expected that he 
could do his best work with a heavy target rifle and peep sights 
after shootiniC v/ith a half dozen light rifles and open sights for 
so many days. He shot much more rapidly than most of the 
contestants, and was in seventh place at, the e;nd of the day. 
Mr. Ittel's Great Scofc. 
The only topic during Saturday was Mr. Ittel's great perform- 
ance. Coming to New York city after it was known to him .that 
Mr. Gute had completed a score higher than any so far made in 
these annual affairs, and not being in the best of form after an all- 
night journey on the train, it was considered little short of mar-^ 
velous that he should start in as he did, with one purpose in 
view, that of making a better score than 2466 points — and not only 
accomplish that purpose, but lower all of his own and everybody 
else's records, with a total of 2468, an average of 246.8 for each 
ten shots, and with but two shots all told further than three 
points from the tiny center of the bullseye. And while the rifle- 
nien had said all along that- Mr. Gute richly deserved to win the 
contest, in view of the hard preparatory work he had done, Mr. 
Ittel's victory was popular with all, as any one could see, so 
often was he congratulated. Indeed, the fact that thirty-one of 
the fifty contestants had finished their Championship scores with 
totals of 2400 points or better, and that Mr. Gute and Dr. Hudson 
had exceeded, while Fred RosS; had equalled the records of other 
years, was almost forgotten in the face of what Ittel had done 
under such heavy odds- But what he said, when asked by some 
one what was the highest score he had ever made in practice, was 
characteristic of the man. He replied that he had never made 
but one 100-shot score in practice, so far as he could remember, 
and that he could not seem to shoot well while practicing, as there 
was no incentive for him to do his best. Another thing, just to 
show how hard he tries to make perfect scores: In Pittsburg one 
day another shooter challenged him to a match- in which Mr. 
Ittel scored 247 points to his oppotient's 246, whereupon the 
latter said, with some show of annoyance, "I suppose, now, if 
I should make 249, you would make 2'50." Mr. -Ittel merely re- 
plied, \'l certainly will try to do so." Again they fired ten 
shots each, and Mr. Ittel got his perfect score ' of 250, to 249 for 
his opponent, Fred Ross at one time had the reputation of never 
Vjcing beaten until he had fired his fast shot, and many times 
t-hj. writer has sesn him start in almost at the ele'renth hotifs with 
fearful odds against, him, and win handsomely; but the tempera- 
nient :of these two men differs widely, Mr. Ittel seemingly tak- 
ing matters very coolly, but hanging on with bulldog tenacity 
until he wins or loses. Of late years he has not lost many 
matches, and as he is still a younger man than many of the old 
champions, one wonders what he will have up his sleeve the 
next time. After dinner Saturday night, one of his Pittsburg 
friends, in sending him congratulations by wire, asked what he 
had done with the. other 32 points, and if he uses a few more to 
swell ^ the total of his next championship string, it will hardly 
surprise his friends. 
Louis P. Ittel scored 2451 points in the championship match of 
,1900, which Fred C. Ross won. In 1901 Mr. Ittel scored 2458 
MR. LOUIS P. ITTEL, PITTSBURG. 
The Champion— 2468 out of a possible 2500 points. ' 
points, and was the winner. Again he won in 1902, with 2457 
points. Louis C. Buss tied his score in 1903 and won, Ittel scor- 
ing 2455. Last year his total was 2459, and 2468 this year. His 
average for the six championship matches is 2458, a truly wonder- 
ful showing. 
Dr. Walter G. Hudson, wliose strong point is outdoor shooting, 
but still a hard man to beat at any shooting game, won third 
place with a total of 2458 points, with Fred C. Ross in fourth 
.place, with 2455, and genial William A. Tewes fifth, while Harry 
Pope and Dr. Stillman were tied with 2447. J, E. Kelley, one of 
the best shots of the old Massachusetts Rifle Association, of 
Boston, and winner of one of the National Schuetzen Bund tour- 
naments at Glendale, L. I., came over to take a hand in the 
game, and acquitted himself with great credit, his total being 2444. 
Michael Dorrler, the veteran from Greenville, and Louis P. 
Hansen, his opponent in hundreds of matches, scored 2443 and 
2423 respectively. Theodore R. Geisel, of Springfield, pulled his 
score up a great many points after starting in bad with four tar- 
gets, counting less than 120, and he was one of the last to shoot 
on other targets, after the sale of tickets had closed on Satur- 
day night. 
After the Tournament Had C osed. 
No shooting tickets were sold after 9 o'clock Saturday night, and 
at 10 shooting slopped. Thereupon H. D. Muller, chairman; F. 
Hecking, secretary; Barney Zettler, shooting master, and E. H. 
Van Zandt, corresponding secretary, got together and arranged 
the winners' scores and the prizes. The tables in the club room 
were cleared, the prizes placed on them in most tempting fashion, 
chairs were drawn up, and Bullseye Muller, the chairman, and 
always master of ceremonies at events of this kind, rapped for 
order. In the interest of the sport of rifle shooting, and in the 
name of the old Zettler Rifle Club and its president and mem- 
MR. R. GUTES ZIMMERMANN TROPHY TARGET. 
bers, he thanked the gentlemen assembled there for the remark- 
abl interest they had takn in this year's tournament; for the 
good fellowship that had always existed among them, and for 
their support of . the sport, which made it possible for clubs to 
hold such affairs. He then announced that the first prize to be 
given out was the Zimmermann trophy, presented by Gus Zimmer- 
mann, the club's president, called for Richard Gute, the winner, 
and invited Mr, Zimmermann to make the presentation. 
This was done, the president remarking incidentally that 
he was sorry more interest had not been taken in this 
match; that shooters seemed to regard the target as too 
difficult. He said he wanted to make it as difficult as possible, 
but he wanted to see more interest taken in it, adding that he was 
willing to give three or four times as much in prizes, but if he 
did this, shooters must show their appreciation. The second and 
third prizes were then handed Messrs. Geisel and Ittel. 
The chairman announced that Messrs. Gute, Dearborn, Pope, 
Ittel and Geisel ivould divide the first five cash prizes on thj 
ring target. Messrs. Thomas, Clock and Dorrler divided secoad, 
third going to Dr. Stillman and Mr. Tewes, fourth to Mesar*. 
Krotlsberg and Conti, while, fifth was divided between Messrs. 
Laludensack, Minervini,. Hubalek, Buss, Muth, Owen Smith, 
Glenn, Ross and Hansen. The premiums on this target were 
then given out, Mr. Gute taking first, while Messrs. Dearborn, 
Geisel, Ittel and Pope divided the rest. 
The prizes on the bullseye target were distributed as follows: 
First, R. Bendler; second, L. P. Ittel; third, fourth and fifth, 
Messrs. Muth, Gute and Stillman divided; sixth went to J. W. 
-Dearborn, and seventh to H. D. Miller; eighth and ninth were 
.divided by Messrs. Kittler and Zimmermann ; tenth was hande^ 
■Mr. Hubalek; eleventh to Mr. Clock; Messrs. Laudensack, Ross 
and Schlicht divided twelfth to fifteenth inclusive; Messrs. Pope 
and Dorrler divided the next two prizes; eighteenth to twenty-first 
inclusive went to Messrs. Vogel, F. A. and H. C. Young and 
Kronsberg; C. Meyer took twenty-second prize and R. Busse the 
next one, while the last two went to Messrs. Kost, F. L. Smith 
and Schwanemann. The premiums came next, they being taken 
by Messrs. Laudensack, Ludwig and Zimmermann respectively. 
■ Although not a little cash had' changed hands up to this time, 
the table still contained more, and what seemed to prove al- 
most equally tempting, a number of fine merchandise prizes, worth 
several hundred dollars all told. Mr. Muller called for order and 
threw a few bouquets at Louis P. Ittel, complimenting him 
roundly on his spunk in telling his Pittsburg friends— as he as- 
sumed—that he was coming over to try to win the championship 
■again; in going in with the determination of beating Mr. Gute's 
score, and in finally winning against the heavy odds. He took 
great pleasure, he said, in pinning on the champion's breast the 
;club's gold championship medal, but in calling for three cheers 
MR, RICHARD BENDLER/ NEW YORK, ' : 
First in BuUseye Target Match. " . ' 
for the winner, and in hearty fashion in which they were given 
the chairman forgot all about the appendage that rightfully went 
with the trophy. His attention was called to this, however, and 
Mr, Ittel chose the Petgr's trophy, which consisted of $25 in 
gold in a plush case. After his response it was doubtful if Mr. 
Ittel could have made any kind of a score at all, so flustered 
v.-as he; but he thanked everybody for their good will, and said 
that he could not explain how he had made his big score; that 
he simply went in and won. 
Richard Gute got a lot of cheers as he was called up again, and 
selected as his prize in the championship match a beautiful 
Schuetzen rifle given by the Winchester Repeating Arms Com- 
pany. Dr. Hudson chose as his reward an order for a Stevens 
Schuetzen rifle. No, 52, to be made to his ' specifications. ■ Fred 
Ross took ,$15 in cash, W, A. Tewes selected the Colt's Patent 
Firearms Mfg. Co.'s prize, an -officer's model revolver, Mr, Pope 
took $12 in cash, Dr, Stillman $10 in' cash, Mr. Kelley $9, Mr, 
Dorrler $8. Theodore Geisel selected the silver cup given by 
the Zettler Rifle Club. The $7 prize went to Mr. Van Allen; $6 
to Mr. Thomas; $5 each to Himsen and O'Hare; Mr. ' French 
took. a Barning rifle action, to be made to his order;, Kronsberg, 
$4; Laudensack, a Bristol steel fly-rod, given by the Horton 
Manufacturing Company; Dearborn, Buss, Owen Smith and 
Barker took $3 each; Hubalek a set of target sights, given by the 
Lyman Gunsight Corporation; Barning $3, and Glenn $2; F. L. 
Smith took a Marble axe and cleaning rod, somebody remarking 
that he needed the axe more than anything else in his business; 
Gabriel, Schlicht and Worn took $2 each; Minervini took a set 
of tools, given by the Ideal Manufacturing Company; McCartney 
got an order on Schoverling & Welles for 200 loaded shells; H. 
C. Young chose an order for a case of mineral water. Mr. Muller 
then called for G. L. Clock, stating that the Zettler Bros, had 
offered a handsome trophy for the man who failed to win a prize 
in this match, but whose score was next below that of Mr. Mc- 
Cartney, As Mr, Clock had this score, he offered him the trophy, 
and three very hearty cheers went along with it. 
This wound up the meeting, but ah who did not have to catch 
trains for their distant homes went to the Medallion Hotel as the 
guests of Gus Zimmermann, who had prepared a substantial lunch 
for them. 
The scores made in the several matches follow: 
The Championship Match, 
Open to all, 100 shots at 75ft., offhand, with any rifle taking 
.22 short cartridges, any sights, palm rests, etc, on the regular 
25-ring target, with %in, rings. Entrance fee, $5. Scores to be 
shot in strings of five shots each, at any time during the tourna- 
ment. The possible for each five-shot score was 125; for ten shots 
250, and for 100 shots, 2500 points. The prizes were a gold' 
badge, twenty cash prizes and upward of a dozen merchandise 
prizes. The scores of those who made 2400 points or more are 
given in detail, and the totals for the rest, as follow: 
Louis P. Ittel, 122 121 122 124 124 122 124 m 195 194 
Pittsburg, Pa.. 121 124 124 123 124 124 124 124 125 124 
243 245 246 iil 248. 243 2iS~m~m ~m~2m 
