OUTING ENTHUSIAST PRAISES DR. KINGSFORD'S TRAIL

In an interview with a reporter for the Burlington (Vt.) Free Press Mr. James A. Cruikshank, of New York, an enthusiastic walker and mountain climber who has toured the world in search of opportunities in which to indulge his hobby, complimented the State of Vermont and its citizens upon their wisdom in making the Green Mountains an argument to attract interest in the state. He particularly praised the trail made at Lake Mansfield by Dr. Howard N. Kingsford, Medical Director of Dartmouth.

"The last unspoiled section of America's mountain country," said Mr. Cruikshank, "is to be found in Vermont. And 'the Long Trail of the Green Mountains is the first consecutive and connected trail of its kind in the country. It is as remarkable in its development as in its conception. Some of it will remain a permanent memorial to the fame of those who first trod its paths.

"Of this number I feel sure none will live longer in the memory of grateful hikers than Dr. Kingsford of Dartmouth College, whose trail from the Long Trail leading down to the Lake Mansfield Trout Club I regard as the finest one-day scramble on the American continent. It scales sides of hills by ladders, passes any number of most remarkable geological formations such as the Devil's Dishpan and Brigham's Lunch, takes the walker out onto giant boulders, furnishing magnificent views of the distant Lake Champlain and the Adirondacks, and drops down into the Lake Mansfield region by a dizzy path which descends two thousand feet in less than a mile. I do not recall anywhere in America such a four hour trip so crowded with scenic and athletic interest. But it is no stunt for weaklings—and I hope it never will be spoiled to make it that. We need a few real red-blooded outings left in this country to stimulate our young people into a bit of the granite backbone such as these fine hills are made of."