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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Oct. 31, 1908. 
$250 in Prizes for 
Narratives oi Outdoor Lite 
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 5,000 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 Lile 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 for the best narrative of Outdoor Lile not less than 10,000 words 
$50 lor the second best manuscript of not less than 10,000 words 
$25_Two prizes of $25 each for two manuscripts of not less than 
5,000 words each 
Five prizes of $10 each for the bes short (2,500 word) narratives of 
Outdoor Life 
This contest w'ill 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.” 
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FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO., 127 Franklin St., N. Y. 
AN AUTUMN WALK. 
I have just come in after a tramp ,of about 
four miles. My walk was in the suburbs of the 
city instead of the open country, but notwith¬ 
standing the limitation, it was rich in enjoy¬ 
ment. The sky above was a luminous ultra- 
marine blue, the paved streets were carpeted 
with fallen leaves, the trees splendid in autumn 
garments, the sun shone, and the air was just 
bracing enough to send my blood leaping. 
As I walked it was good to be alive, and I 
found myself pitying those who from choice or j 
necessity were indoors. 
Kansas City is all ups and downs, hills and 
hollows, and cuts and fills. There are persons 
who object to the hills. They are those who 
have no eye for “line” in a landscape, who are 
blind to the beauty of billowing land, of banks 
fringed by shrubbery and trailing vines, of creek 
beds that have become sunken gardens, and of 
ponds which, if unsanitary, are nevertheless dis¬ 
tinctly picturesque. As for me, I love them all. 
October is a royal month. Later there is a 
spirit of melancholy as if the trees were for¬ 
getting that spring is on the way to them. In 
November it seems as if they were loath to 
shed their leaves and go to deep sleep. But in 
October they face their fate gay and gorgeous 
as the setting sun. I stood to-day before a 
soft maple which made the heart glad. It was 
yellow as new minted gold, and it caught and 
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