RECREA TION. 



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WHAT THEY SAY OF THE PRE- 

 MIUMS. 



I am delighted with the Yawman & Erbe automatic reel 

 and the steel rod, sent me as premiums. The use of them 

 both has made me enthusiastic over their merits. The au- 

 tomatic reel has become widely used in this state, but 1 do 

 not think the rods are so well known. I have used my 

 Bristol rod several times, and cannot speak too highly of it, 

 and I have two split bamboo rods, too. It is beautifully 

 made, the joints are perfection, and it will last a life-time. 

 The first use I gave it was a 2% hours' trout fish on Lake 

 Whatcom, and brought home 22 of as fine trout as an* 

 angler could wish to catch. 



S. B. Irish, New Whatcom, Wash. 



I must apologize for not sooner advising you of receipt of 

 the wheel you sent me for 75 subscribers. After i\ months 

 of hard service it is in perfect condition, and my sister 

 would not exchange it for any wheel on the market. I 

 thank you for not only the wheel, but also for the pleasure 

 I derive from reading each number of Recreation, which 

 is the best sportsmen's magazine published. I find no diffi- 

 culty in obtaining subscribers. One reading of a sample 

 copy is enough to convince any man that he cannot afford 

 to do without it. 



A. W. Woodell, Sydney, Cape Breton, N. S. 



The Ithaca gun, which you gave me as a premium for 35 

 subscribers, was received in due time, and I have now used 

 it 3 weeks. I would not take $100 for it; so you may know 

 what I think of it. The gun is perfect in every respect, 

 and for shooting qualities beats any gun I ever used; and 

 I have owned a good many different guns, all the way from 

 an old army musket to a $200 Greener. It don't seem pos- 

 sible that you can give away such premiums. It is no 

 trouble at all to get up a club for Recreation. 



E. B. Stearns, Mitchell, 111. 



I received the Forehand Arms Co.'s hammerless gun in 

 due season, for which please accept my sincere thanks. I 

 have tried it on small game, both at short and long dis- 

 tances, and find it equal in pattern and penetration to the 

 best guns owned here. It is also finely finished and fits me 

 perfectly, and it would take $35 more than it cost me for 

 anyone to own it except myself. Again thanking you for 

 your liberality, I am J. E. Hutchinson, Laconia, N. Y. 



I don't know what I would do without Recreation. 

 Please accept my sincere thanks for the valuable premium 

 you sent me for the little work I did for Recreation. I 

 mean the Marlin repeater. It is a daisy. I have shot 

 nearly all the different makes of rifles, but must say the 38- 

 55 Marlin knocks them all out. It seems so nicely balanced 

 that it don't make much difference whether the object is 

 moving or still; I can get the ball there all the same. 



L. C. Danner, Wormleysburg, Pa. 



I wish to thank you again for the new Forehand gun you 

 gave me as a premium. It is as good a gun as a man could 

 wish for. I have just come home from a 4 days' shooting 

 trip, and had the gun with me. I gave it a thorough trial 

 and it is as hard a shooting gun as ever was made. I killed 

 12 ruffed grouse, 7 woodcock, and 4 gray squirrels, and 

 from the way in which it killed the grouse, it will take a 

 good gun to beat it. 



John W. Ackerman, Fishkill, N. Y. 



Mr. Packard and I have each received a No. II Bristol 

 steel rod as a reward for sending you the necessary sub- 

 scriptions to your most excellent magazine. We are more 

 than pleased with the rods, and I have taken pleasure in 

 showing them to a number of gentlemen who have been 

 using bamboo rods. They all aver that a steel rod must 

 hereafter be parcel and part of their outfits. 



W. C. Shoemaker, Lima, O. 



The Baby Wizard camera, made by the Manhattan Op- 

 tical Co. and sent me as a premium, arrived in due time, 

 and I am very much pleased with it. For mountain pho- 

 tography, it is indeed an ideal camera. 



Wm. Gebhardt, Salt Lake, Utah. 



I thank you very much for the Forehand gun you sent 

 me, and am well pleased with it. All the sportsmen say it 

 is a good gun, and that Recreation is a good book, and 

 should be circulated in every town and city. 



H. Barry, Bristol. Conn- 



The Premo B. camera came to hand in due time. Please 

 accept my sincere thanks for your kindness. I consider 

 this a present from you, as I certainly did not earn such a 

 prize. 



The camera is excellent. I have exposed 3 plates and 

 have 3 nearly perfect negatives. Our professional photog- 

 rapher pronounces it a remarkable instrument. 



T. P. Bowler, Fonda, N. Y. 



I want to say, emphatically, that the Manhattan Optical 

 Co.'s goods are what they claim for them, and that I got 

 value received in the little 4x5 Baby Wizard, purchased 

 from them. Next year I will try to do better than this. It 

 takes a man one year, on a new hunting ground, to know 

 how to handle it properly. 



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



I have received the Davenport shot gun you sent me, for 

 15 subscriptions to Recreation. I gave it a trial on tar- 

 gets and in the field. I put the whole charge of No. 7 shot 

 in a 28-inch circle at 20 yards. In the field I loaded with 

 i\ drams black powder and one ounce of No. 7 shot, killed 

 a wild duck at 65 yards. I don't think any gun could shoot 

 any harder than this does. J. H. Ruth, Lancaster, Pa. 



Through your kindness, I received the Premo camera, 

 from the Rochester Optical Co., and am thoroughly satis- 

 fied with it, after a careful trial. Accept my sincere 

 thanks for this beautiful present. It is well worth 10 times 

 the work and trouble that it was to get it. This is a great 

 town for the Premo, and for Recreation. 



Chas. H. Stearns, Mansfield, Mass. 



I have neglected to acknowledge receipt of the Winches- 

 ter repeating shot gun, which you so kindly gave me for a 

 club of subscribers to Recreation. Am more than pleased 

 with it. It is a hard hitter, a close shooter, and a great 

 improvement on the model '95, and all other repeaters. 

 H. C. Gardiner, Buffalo, N. Y. 



Since you sent me the Marlin 30-30, for 28 subscribers to 

 your magazine, there have been 6 Marlins sold here. None 

 of them would have been bought except for Recreation, 

 and a look at my new Marlin. All those who bought rifles 

 are subscribers to Recreation. 



W. W. Worthen, Manden, N. D. 



I received the Syracuse gun you sent me, as premium for 

 a club of subscribers, O. K. For good, hard shooting, it 

 can't be beaten. It is a close shooting gun, at 40 yards. 

 The left barrel put 328 No. 7 shot in a 3o // circle at 30 

 yards; the right 261. Please accept my sincere thanks. 

 C. O. Rogers, Albany, N. Y. 



I received the Marlin rifle, as premium. It is a beauty. 



I killed a crow, at a distance of 198 measured yards, and 



completely dissected him. The Marlin has no equal as an 



arm. I am more than thankful to you for your kindness. 



Cyrus Brown, Greenville, R. I. 



The Kenwood bag, sent me as a premium for subscrip- 

 tions, arrived promptly. I have now no occasion to sing, 

 " Cease rude Boreas blustering railer.'' He can bluster 

 and rail all he wishes, while I sleep as snug as a bug in a 

 rug. L. Allen, No. Falmouth, Mass. 



The beautiful and highly appreciated piize, the Syracuse 

 Hammerless gun, arrived by express O. K. about the same 

 time I received your letter. I am very much pleased with 

 the gun ; far better than I expected to be. I cannot praise 

 it too strongly. D. D. Betts, Amherst, N. S. 



I beg to acknowledge the receipt of the No. 2 Bullet cam- 

 era, which you sent for a club of 15 subscribers. It is all 

 one could ask, and it seems to me your liberality is un- 

 equalled by that of any publisher in the United States. 



Wm. F. Short, Jr., Jacksonville, 111. 



The Davenport rifle, which you sent me as a premium 

 for 10 subscribers, is a beauty. The longer I use it the bet- 

 ter I like it, and every person who has shot with it is loud 

 in his praise of its accuracy and power. 



J. H. Couch, Springdale, Pa. 



The Forehand revolver you sent me as premium for 10 

 subscribers to Recreation, is all right. Many thanks for 

 it E. B. Porter. Middleboro, Mass. 



