XX11 



RECREA TION. 



WHAT THEY SAY OF THE 

 PREMIUMS. 



I want to offer some testimony in favor 

 of the Manhattan Optical Co. The " Baby 

 Wizard " came promptly to hand, and is 

 the handsomest instrument, among several 

 of its class and size, in this town. It puts 

 them all in the shade for compactness, 

 portability, completeness, finish and execu- 

 tion. The lens and instruments are much 

 better than we expected to get, for the 

 money. I have subjected it to practical 

 tests and it has come to the front in a very 

 satisfactory manner indeed. It will surely 

 lead to other sales here, for the camera 

 boys are all infatuated with it and are mak- 

 ing many inquiries. 



H. S. Garfield, M.D., Pendleton, Ore. 



The Ithaca hammerless gun you sent me, 

 for 35 subscribers, received. Have given 

 it a good test and am well satisfied with 

 its shooting qualities. I chose the Ithaca 

 on account of its having one feature that 

 other hammerless guns do not have, and 

 that is the 2 different actions of the safety 

 slide, of which one is the independent 

 notch, with just a pull of the thumb. I 

 thank you, very much, for this valuable 

 premium and wish success to Recreation. 

 E. W. Francis, Stella, N. Y. 



Please accept my thanks for your cour- 

 tesy in the matter of the Yawman & Erbe 

 automatic reel, which is all that could pos- 

 sibly be expected. I had, however, used the 

 same make, several times before, and knew 

 what I was getting. When once used it be- 

 comes indispensable, and no angler will be 

 without it, after having given it a fair trial. 



I am more than pleased with Recrea- 

 tion, and shall, with great pleasure, do 

 everything I can to advance its circulation. 

 R. F. Shaffner, Harrisburg, Pa. 



I am delighted with the beautiful Ithaca 

 hammerless gun you sent me, as a pre- 

 mium for 35 subscribers to Recreation. I 

 have tried it, at trap and in the field, and 

 I never shot a better gun. All the boys 

 are exceedingly pleased with Recreation, 

 and think it the neatest, the best and the 

 cheapest magazine of its class they have 

 ever seen. It is a pleasure to solicit for a 

 book that all are pleased with. 



W. A. Muriel, Traverse City, Mich. 



The Marlin rifle given me for 20 sub- 

 scribers has arrived and am very much 

 pleased with it. 



I thank you, many times, for this valuable 

 present and wish you many years of pros- 

 perity and happiness. You will see a good 

 many if you keep Recreation at the stand- 

 ard it is to-day. It is the best sportsmen's 

 journal published. 



E. W. Tilton, Newburyport, Mass. 



WHAT THEY SAY OF RECREATION. 



It is clear that the motive power behind 

 Recreation is imbued with all the instincts 

 of a sportsman. The magazine you are 

 now publishing is, without doubt, the most 

 interesting and the best sportsmen's maga- 

 zine ever published in this country, and I 

 do not know but this statement could be 

 applied to cover the old countries, as well. 

 The articles in Recreation are all inter- 

 esting to sportsmen; are not published, as 

 so many of the articles in the other maga- 

 zines are, in the interest of railroad com- 

 panies and parties furnishing free trans- 

 portation to the editor; but are extremely 

 interesting from a sportsman's standpoint. 

 You are correct in devoting Recreation 

 to field sports exclusively. 



I hope that with the general return of 

 prosperity, in this country, you will have 

 your share, and that the magazine will, in 

 every way, be a great financial success. 

 Yours very truly. 



W. H. Mullins, Salem, O. 



We note by your new rate card you have 

 made quite a jump in rates; but suppose 

 this is in proportion to the increase of your 

 circulation. We congratulate you on your 

 success. 



I applaud, with a brass band accompani- 

 ment, the stand you have taken against 

 that element in sporting circles, appropri- 

 ately dubbed by Recreation as hogs. 

 " Hogs " is good. Prefixed by say 3 or 4 

 strong and carefully selected Biblical ad- 

 jectives, it will just about half express the 

 contempt which most of us feel for these 

 creatures. 



J. H. Hegeman, * 



Ad. Mgr. Fenton Bicycle, 



Jamestown, N. Y. 



I read many papers that claim to give the 

 sportsmen information in regard to sport; 

 but not one comes up to Recreation by 

 half. Recreation's information is true to 

 the mark, and not over-written. 



I have hunted, fished, and punched cows 

 over the great Western game regions of 

 Colo, and Wyo., for years, and can truth- 

 fully say Recreation gives an honest and 

 not overdrawn picture of the West, and of 

 the sport to be found there. Am personally 

 acquainted with a number of the guides 

 whose names are given in Recreation, and 

 they are O. K. 



James R. Gregory, Lamar, Mo. 



Recreation is the best thing going, and 

 it continues to be better each month. The 

 only trouble with it is it does not come 

 often enough. 

 Frank G. Houghton, Leominster, Mass. 



