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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Nov. 7, 1908. 
$250 in Prizes for 
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 Xnd 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¬ 
tribution' 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 Life 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 Life not less than 10,000 words 
$50 for 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 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.” 
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FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO., 127 Franklin St., N. Y. 
GUNMAKING EIGHTY YEARS AGO. 
A perusal of the advertisements by members 
of the gun trade during the first quarter of last 
century is very instructive as to gunmaking 
history eighty or a hundred years ago, when 
the star of Joe Manton was in the ascendant, 
and his friend Colonel Hawker was engaged in 
recording his triumphs in his Diary. The be¬ 
ginning of last century saw a totally new era 
in London gunmaking, due to the genius of 
Joe Manton as the leader of a host of gun- 
makers almost as talented as Manton himself. 
Manton not only improved the mechanism of 
his guns, but he also altered their style, as testi¬ 
fied to by Colonel Hawker in giving evidence 
for Manton in one of his many lawsuits. 
Colonel Hawker swore that he could “pitch” 
Manton's gun quicker than those of any other 
maker, showing that there must have been im¬ 
provements in the stocking of these guns as 
well as in the mechanism of the action. Snipe 
were then accepted as the most difficult birds 
to bring down, but with Manton’s guns the 
redoubtable Colonel prided himself on a long 
succession of kills at snipe shooting where the 
birds rose from 40 to 80 yards away, and the 
Colonel regarded himself as most unfortunate 
if he missed one out of twenty. One day he 
killed fourteen consecutive snipe with his single- 
barrel, and took fourteen consecutive right and 
lefts at partridges without a miss. Sir Ralph 
Payne Gallwey regards Colonel Hawker, he tells 
us, as one of the best snipe shots that ever 
lived, and the guns with which he shot his 
(Continued on page 725.) 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
The Forest and Stream is the recognized medium ot 
entertainment, instruction and information between Amer¬ 
ican sportsmen. The editors invite communications on 
the subjects to which its pages are devoted. Anonymous 
communications will not be regarded. The editors art 
not responsibile for the views of correspondents. 
SUBSCRIPTIONS. 
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single copies, $3 per year, $1.50 for six months. Rates 
for clubs of annual subscribers: 
Three Copies, $7.50. Five Copies, $12. 
Remit by express money-order, registered letter, money- 
order or draft payable to the Forest and Stream Publish¬ 
ing Company. The paper may be obtained of news¬ 
dealers throughout the United States, Canada and Great 
Britain. Canadian subscriptions, $4.00 a year, $2.00 for 
six months. 
Foreign Subscriptions and Sales Agents— London: 
Davies & Co., 1 Finch Lane; Sampson, Low & Co„ 
Paris: Brentano’s. Foreign terms: $4.50 per year; $2.» 
for six months. 
ADVERTISEMENTS. 
Inside pages, 20 cents per agate line. Special rates for 
three, six and twelve months. Eight words to the line, 
fourteen lines to one inch. Advertisements should be 
received by Saturday previous to issue in which they 
are to be inserted. Transient advertisements must in¬ 
variably be accompanied by the money, or they will not 
be inserted. Reading notices, seventy-five cents per line. 
Only advertisements of an approved character inserted. J 
Display Classified Advertising. 
Hotels, Summer and Winter Resorts, Instruction,, 
Schools, Colleges, etc. Railroad and Steamship Time 
Tables. Real Estate For Sale and To Let. Seeds and 
Shrubs. Taxidermists. The Kennel. Dogs, etc. Wants 
and Exchanges. Per agate line, per insertion, 15 cent*. 
Three months. 13 times, 10 cents per line. 
FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO. 
127 Franklin Street, New York. 
