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RECREATION. 



WHAT THEY SAY OF IT. 



Recreation is the best sportsman's magazine I ever read. 

 All the fault I find is that it does not come often enough. 

 I am delighted with the way you roast the game hogs. I 

 wish I could give you the names of a party who caught 400 

 black bass out of the Susquehanna river last week. I 

 should like them to hear from you. I do not think they 

 would be at all proud of their record after reading your 

 opinion of them. Success to Recreation. 



Frank L. Haight, Luzerne, Pa. 



The Marlin rifle you sent me as premium came to hand, 

 and is a beauty. Accept thanks for it. My friends all 

 admire it greatly. They say you were very generous to 

 me, and that they don't see how you can give such pre- 

 miums with so good a magazine. I feel sure that if sports- 

 men knew how easy it is to secure a first class gun or rifle 

 you would have more orders than you could fill. 



E. J. Johnson, Reeds Ferry, N. H.' 



We are more than pleased with your "Camping and 

 Camp Outfits," and regret we were not in possession of it 

 before we commenced camping, years ago. We are now 

 to profit by your experience. I have my eye on your 

 " Cruisings in the Cascades," and for that production of 

 the pen of a sportsman, I enclose a $5 postal note for 5 sub- 

 scriptions. Fred. W. Black, Brighton, Mass. 



I received the pocket kodak from the Eastman Kodak 

 Co., which you sent me as a premium for 8 subscriptions to 

 Recreation. Many thanks to you for the prompt and 

 business like manner in which you attended to my subscrip- 

 tions. I think I can get enough more subscribers for Rec- 

 reation to get another premium, for it is well liked by all 

 who read it. R. D. R., Dodge City, Kan. 



Recreation comes regularly, and is a welcome visitor 

 Its main feature to me is its fragrance of outdoor life. I 

 am living in the mountains. My nearest neighbor is 2 miles 

 away. My circle of acquaintances is small, but in going 

 among them I find Recreation on their tables. It is not a 

 premium I am after, but to help my friends to the good 

 things I have. Wm. W. Coleman, Carson City, Nev. 



The Bristol steel rod has arrived and it fills all my ex- 

 pectations. I shall endeavor to break my record this year, 

 of 35 pounds, which I made, 2 years ago, in Georgian Bay. 

 The fish, a muskalunge, measured 4 feet in length. The 

 subscribers whose names I sent in are well pleased with 

 Recreation. Hyatt W. Smith, Buffalo, N. Y. 



The Kenwood sleeping bag came to-day, and I am 

 pleased with it. It is certainly a fine article ; much better 

 than I had anticipated. I thank you for it and its prompt 

 delivery, and will do all I can for the prosperity of Recre- 

 ation, which is by far the best sportsmen's magazine I have 

 ever read. George E. White, Montpelier, Vt. 



I always herald with delight your magazine when it ar- 

 rives at the news-stands. I have learned a few things that 

 are of more value to me than the meager price Recrea- 

 TiON«costs. I hope you may prosper constantly, and help 

 all honest sportsmen in the interests of game protection. 

 H. C. Conrad, Atlanta, Ga. 



I received my camera last Wednesday, the 2d inst, for 

 which I wish to thank you. It is one of the finest things 

 out, and I cannot see why Recreation should not have the 

 largest circulation of any sportsmen's periodical in the 

 world, with such liberal offers as you make for subscrip- 

 tions. F. E. Candee, Angola, N. Y. 



I received the watch which you sent me, as a premium, 

 and it is a beauty. Am extremely well pleased with it. I 

 commenced getting up a club on August 13th, arid by 

 August 24th had 90 subscriptions. Should like to hear 

 from anyone who has beaten my record. 



W. R. Gilbert, Green Island, N. Y. 



I have read Recreation nearly a year, and it is the best 

 magazine of the kind published. It don't come often 

 enough to suit me. Felix W. Beecroft, Flushing, N. Y. 



The bicycle you gave me as a premium, for subscriptions, 

 gives perfect satisfaction. I have had many pleasant rides 

 on it already. W. T. Sawyer, Elizabeth, N. J. 



I am more than pleased with Recreation. I sub- 

 scribed just to help a friend get a good gun, and now I 

 would not begrudge twice the amount I paid for Recre- 

 ation. He got $20 worth of rifle for getting up the club of 

 20 subscribers. E. Slee, Warren, Minn. 



The camera you gave me for a club of subscribers 

 came promptly and is O. K. This is the first day of open 

 season for chickens. I hear the shooting now, and I 

 should judge, by the number of shots, there were plenty of 

 birds. Col. A W. Oxley, Ossian, la. 



Recreation leads them all. Some of the boys have 

 shown me copies of other publications they are taking, of 

 this class, but they don't begin to compare with Recrea- 

 tion, in my estimation, and I think I know a good thing 

 when I see it. Piatt Carnahan, Carthage, Mo. 



Recreation reaches me each month. The reading mat- 

 ter is compiled so nicely that it is a welcome periodical. Its 

 advertisements are read by myself and household quite as 

 carefully as the literature, for in them much amusement is 

 secured. S. A. Matthews, Buffalo, N. Y. 



I received the camera you sent me as a premium for a 

 club of Recreation subscribers, and am very much pleased 

 with it. It is a beauty. I feel well repaid for the little 

 work I did for Recreation, as I got fifteen subscribers in 

 less than 2 weeks. Albert Schaller, So. Natic, Mass. 



The Marlin rifle you sent me for 20 subscribers has been 

 duly received. Please accept my sincere thanks for your 

 promptness in sending it. It is a beautiful gun and cannot 

 be beaten for shooting qualities or in finish. 



H. W. Maynard, Vancouver, B. C. 



The Monarch wheel you gave me as a premium for 75 

 subscriptions to Recreation arrived all right and I am 

 very much pleased with it. You have more than kept your 

 part of the agreement. 



Mrs. Rathbun, Seattle, Wash. 



I have received the gun from the Forehand Arms Co., 

 and am very much pleased with it. It is a fine piece of 

 work, and I thank you for having enabled me to obtain so 

 fine a gun for so little outlay of time. 



James H. Miller, Louville, N. Y. 



My little daughter is proud of the gun you sent her for 35 

 subscriptions. She killed a rabbit yesterday, and can hit 

 60 per cent, of tin cans thrown in the air. 



Mrs. F. Cauthorn, Portland, Ore. 



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

 subscriptions, came all right. I am more than pleased with 

 it in every respect. Recreation cuts its own ice. 



Mark A. Harding, Chatham, Mass. 



I received the Marlin rifle you sent me for a club of sub- 

 scribers, and am well pleased with it. Showed it to some 

 of the boys and they think it a fine rifle, and a great pre- 

 mium. P. H. Baugher, Salem, 0. 



The Bristol steel rod arrived safely, and I had the pleas- 

 ure of landing a 2 pound rainbow trout with it, on the 

 Boardman River. 



Dr. H. B. Osborne, Kalamazoo, Mich. 



I received the Manhattan hand camera as a premium for 

 Recreation subscribers, and it is equal to my greatest ex- 

 pectations. Recreation is strictly O. K. 



E. T. Hawkins, La Junta, Col. 



I have tried my camera and it is a beauty. Am still at 

 work for you. Got 8 subscribers yesterday, and while I 

 was on duty, too. Arthur Dorman, Sioux City, la. 



I received the Davenport gun sent me for 15 subscrip- 

 tions, and am very much pleased with it. Please accept my 

 thanks. Edwin F. Fowler, W. Upton, Mass. 



Recreation is, in my opinion, the best sportsman's maga- 

 zine published. E. W. Kepner, Washington, D. C. 



"American Game Fishes " is hot stuff. 



Raymond Cummings, Dead wood, S. D. 



