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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Dec. 5, 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 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¬ 
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>° 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 for the best narrative ol Outdoor Life not less than 10,000 words 
$50 lor the second best manuscript oi not less than 10,000 words 
$25—Two prizes of $25 each lor two manuscripts of not less than 
5,000 words each 
Five prizes o! $19 each for the bes short (2,500 word) narratives ol 
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.” 
FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO., 127 Franklin St., N. Y. 
DEER IN -THE CITY. 
A one-pronged buck deer, weighing about 200 
pounds, recently jumped the high hedge at the 
back of James C. Cowee’s residence on Locust 
avenue, says the Troy Times, almost in the 
midst of a large number of children who were 
playing there with dogs. The children and the 
dogs made after the deer, which ran over the 
lot of John Flyn, clearing several board fences, 
crossed Alder avenue into the orchard of 
Samuel P. McClellan, veered to the east into 
Maple avenue and then to Spring avenue. At 
Myrtle avenue it crossed over to Pawling and 
went through the new Emma Willard School 
grounds, where it was lost track of. The ani¬ 
mal was very tired, and its tongue was hanging 
out of its mouth and foam flecked its sides. It 
had evidently been chased by dogs and had 
swam Smart’s Pond; for when it was first seen 
on the farm of the House of Industry it was 
dripping wet. From there it ran across Spring 
avenue, three rods away from the spot where 
a house is being moved from Hill street to 
Blakeley Court and then on to Mr. Cowee’s 
yard. The sight of deer on the East Side is 
becoming almost an annual event now. Two or 
three years ago this coming spring one of the 
animals ran down Pawling avenue from Albia 
in front of a trolley car and swam Smart’s 
Pond. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
The Forest and Stream is the recognized medium ol 
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 are 
not responsibile for the views, of correspondents. 
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