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RECREA TION. 



EDITOR'S CORNER. 



SUBSCRIPTION RECEIPTS FOR 

 2 YEARS AND 9 MONTHS^ 



Read the deadly parallel columns: 



1895. 1896. 1897. 



January $379 $723 $2 J 46 



February 256 693 2, 1 27 



March 300 1,049 2,215 



April 342 645 1 ,92 1 



May 292 902 1,596 



June 307 770 1 ,402 



July 345 563 l,IOI 



August 306 601 1 ,906 



September 498 951 2,223 



October 438 969 



November 586 1,054 



December 652 1,853 



1,671 



510,773 



Look at the figures for September '95, 

 '96 and '97. September '97 shows a gain of 

 more than 400 per cent, over the same 

 month of '95, and of 150 per cent, over '96. 



Furthermore September '97 breaks all 

 previous records. October will bring at 

 least 2,700 subscriptions, and the succeed- 

 ing 5 months will average more than 3,000 

 each. Stick a pin here and see how nearly 

 correct this prediction will prove. 



SOME MODEL HUSTLERS. 



Here are some remarkable records of 

 club swingers. Mr. H. Z. Tillotson, of 

 Dansville, N. Y., has sent in 141 subscrip- 

 tions, for Recreation, and has received as 

 premiums for same, 2 gold watches, a Win- 

 chester repeating shot gun and a Marlin 

 rifle. Mr. Tillotson secured these sub- 

 scriptions in 15 days, besides attending to 

 his regular business. 



Mr. E. K. Tozer, A. E. Trask, Wm. 

 Beaumont and Wm. Watts, all of Little 

 Falls, N. Y., have each sent in 20 subscrip- 

 tions and each has secured, as premium, a 

 folding hand camera. 



Miss Kitty Argo, and Miss Edna Hills, 

 of Clinton, 111., and Miss Marie Schneider 

 and Mrs. C. B. Taylor of Williamsport, 

 Pa., have each sent in 75 subscriptions and 

 secured a bicycle, as a premium. 



Mr. Wm. Gilbert, of Green Island, N. Y., 

 has sent in 90 subscriptions and has been 

 awarded a Winchester rifle, a gramophone, 

 and a gold watch. 



I could give hundreds of similar in- 

 stances, from the records in this office, but 

 these are sufficient to show what can be 

 done, in almost any town, by people who 

 are willing to hustle. Every person who 

 undertakes to solicit subscriptions for this 



magazine, reports that all that is necessary 

 to secure the dollar is to lend the man a 

 copy of Recreation, over night, and call 

 for it next day. The magazine does the 

 rest. 



The New York Sportsmen's Association 

 has decided to give another exposition at 

 Madison Square Garden, January 13th to 

 22nd inclusive. The managers combine, in 

 this instance, with the bicycle makers, the 

 show being held under the auspices of the 

 2 bodies, jointly. This is certainly a wise 

 move. It insures every available inch of 

 the garden space being occupied, either 

 with sportsmen's goods, or with bicycles or 

 bicycle accessories. It also insures a much 

 larger attendance at - the show than has 

 ever been realized at either of the other 

 sportsmen's expositions. 



Another sportsmen's exhibition will be 

 held in Boston, in March, under the aus- 

 pices of the New England Sportsmen's As- 

 sociation, and under the direct management 

 of Mr. C. W. Dimick, of the U. S. Cart- 

 ridge Co. 



Recreation will be represented at both 

 of these shows, and will hope to have the 

 pleasure of meeting many of its friends 

 there. 



The December number of Recreation 

 will contain many good stories. Here are 

 names of a few of them: 



" Arresting a Navajo Indian Murderer," 

 by Lt. E. H. Plummer, U. S. A.; "A Cart 

 Load of Geese," Jas. Fullerton; " My First 

 Buffalo," Conrad Haney; " Pierre's Strat ; 

 agem," H. D. Ledbetter; " Among Iowa 

 Quails," E. A. Johnson; "Hog Killin'" 

 (Poem), W. H. Nelson; "Cayuga Lake 

 Coons," L. Smith; and " Black Bass Fish- 

 ing," W. H. Blackwell. 



There will also be the usual array of 

 good things in the departments, and a num- 

 ber of beautiful engravings. 



Recreation now has a larger paid circu- 

 lation than any other sportsmen's period- 

 ical in America has, or ever had. This state- 

 ment is made deliberately and without any 

 disparagement to the other publications. 

 It is a fact, and is given purely for the in- 

 formation of advertisers. I am prepared 

 to furnish proof, on application. 



She — What do you think of the Wedding 

 March? 



He — Not much. I never heard it but once, 

 and I only wish I hadn't heard it then. 



If you want to see Recreation prosper, 

 and grow larger, buy the goods advertised 

 in it in preference to those that are not. 



