[Oct. io, 1908. 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
$250 in Prizes lor 
Narratives of Outdoor Life 
Cash Prizes for True Stories—A Chance for 
Every One to Turn Experience to Account 
ONE PRIZE OF $100.00 
ONE OF $50.00 TWO OF $25.00 FIVE OF $10.00 
Forest and Stream wants true stories of life in the open. Not fiction, 
but narratives of travel, adventure, life in the wild, experiences with big 
game. They must be Forest and Stream narratives, with all that this im¬ 
plies. They must be based on your own experiences or the experiences of 
those you know. They must be above the level of the commonplace, the 
kinds of happenings that appeal to the real outdoor man, that stir the 
memory, that make the blood tingle. 
The competition is open to everyone, There are no limitations. Con 
tributions must be legibly written, preferably typewritten, on one side of 
the paper. Manuscript for the first and second prizes must not be less than 
10,000 words or more than 15 >000. Manuscript to be considered for the 
$25 prizes must not be less than 5> 00 ° words. 
Manuscript awarded a prize becomes at once the property of Forest 
and Stream. We reserve the right to reject any or all manuscript sub¬ 
mitted. Manuscript which does not receive a prize will be returned to the 
writer if accompanied by stamps. We always have need of good stories 
of the Forest and Stream kind. Every good manuscript which does not 
win a prize may be available for our use. 
HERE ARE A FEW SUGGESTIONS FOR SUBJECTS: 
Adventures With Big Game at Home or Abroad 
Travel in Wild Lands Camp Liie in the Woods 
Small Game Shooting 
When photographs accompany manuscript their interest will be given 
consideration in determining the availability of the contribution, but no 
manuscript will be accepted wholly because of the quality of the photo¬ 
graphs. 
PRIZES IN DETAIL: 
$100 lor the best narrative ol Outdoor Liie not less than 10,000 words 
$50 lor the second best manuscript ol not less than 10,000 words 
$25—Two prizes ol $25 each lor two manuscripts ol not less than 
5,000 words each 
Five prizes ol $10 each lor the bes short (2,500 word) narratives ol 
Outdoor Lite 
This contest will close Dec. 15, 1908, and the prize winners will be 
announced in Forest and Stream at the earliest possible date thereafter. 
All communications should be addressed to Forest and Stream and plainly 
marked, “Prize Competition.” 
FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO., 127 Franklin'S*., N. Y. 
THE PRIZE ANANIAS. 
When others told of fish they caught 
He never said a word, 
When others told of shots they made 
He never once demurred; 
At tales of poker games they played 
He did not seem annoyed, 
In fact, he seemed to be a man 
Of all ambition void. 
But when their whoppers all were told 
He quietly remarked 
He had a babe that never cried, 
A dog that never barked, 
And then, to cap the climax still, 
As though such things could be, 
He housed them in a Jersey town 
From all mosquitoes _ free. _ 
—McLandburgh Wilson in N 
Y. Sun. 
MUSTARD FOR BREAKFAST. 
In some parts of the Canadian back country 
the recurrence of broiled salmon, boiled salmon, 
salmon cutlets and salmon steak at every meal 
becomes, after a few weeks, a trifle monotonous. 
To the native palate, brought up on it and to 
the manner born, this constant reappearance of 
the self-same dish is a matter of course; but to 
the newly-arrived tenderfoot, or tourist travel¬ 
ing from beyond the mill pond, it grows at last 
into a feeble joke. “Is there nothing else for 
breakfast?” said one such victim of colonial hos¬ 
pitality at a backwoods inn, as a whole fish and 
a pot of mustard were laid before him on the 
table. “Nothing else!” replied the host, in sur¬ 
prise; “whv, there’s salmon enough there for 
six, ain’t there?” “Yes,” responded the guest, 
mildly; “but I don’t care for salmon.” “Well, 
then, pitch into the mustard,” was the rejoinder. 
-London Fishing Gazette. 
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