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RECREATION. 



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"The Automatic Reel did it." 



Caught by H. H. Fraser, St. Johns, N. F. 



No slack line— ^ed, s t£ 



little finger instantly releases spring which 

 winds the ^line automatically. This con- 

 tinual pull ^B^ prevents fish from dislodg- 

 ing hook from ^®^, _ his mouth. When 

 once hooked, he's 

 your fish. Reel can 

 be made free-running 

 for casting. 



rizes 



For particulars ask .83^ 

 any sporting goods " Little 

 dealer, or send di- finger 

 rect, for "Booklet X. » d °j^ »y 

 Yawman «$ Erbe Mfg. Co. 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



No other reel will give satisfaction 

 after you have seen 



The Cebrated 



ATHOMPSON- 

 QUIMBY 



Hunting 



have 

 on file 

 measure- 

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 all old cus- 

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 have bought 

 the celebrated 

 Thompson Hunt- 

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 Shoes of the W. 

 Fred Quimby Co. 

 of New York for 

 the past 20 years, 

 and am prepared 

 to make the same 

 grade of sports- 

 men's footwear 

 as in the past. I 

 was formerly superintendent 

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 firm and have bought out the 

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 Measurement blanks and prices on 

 application. Mention Recreation 



T. H. Guthre 



33 William Street, NEWARK, 



Shoes and 

 Mocca- 



Guaran- 



•THE TALBOT "REEL 



A thing more perfect was never wrought in metal. In 

 Tournaments always a victor ; among the Fishermen's 

 treasures, the chief. Send for Booklet "D." 



W. H. TALBOT, Nevada. Mo. 



Shakespeare Baits 



Make Big Black Bass Strike. 



The Shakespeare Revolution Bait is almost marvelous in its success in making the big, lazy 

 black bass— the biggest in the lake— strike wben even tbe plumpest, liveliest minnows or frogs will 

 not tempt him. In the water it struggles as if alive and attracts a bass or any game fish from m any J 

 yards away For large or small mouth bass or pickerelit has no equal and no particular skill is re- I 

 QJgM^raCMAO^M* [ f*%*% i** quired to use it. A small boy with a ball of twine, an old boat and" 

 WsT»5sTfmCoJlW»»«« ■? m l(r€*#«9 a revolution bait caught 19 bass in three hours that weighed 43 lbs. 



Make you Sure of Landing Your Big Catch. There is no reel like it for bait-casting, it 



makes a rapid, successful, expert fisherman out of the amateur or beginner in a very short time. These reels are 

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 •500 in Cash and Diamond prizes for best bait-casting records each month this season also 8100 additional f orbiggest 

 bass. You can win at home. No entry fee required. Write for particulars. Shakespeare 

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WM. SHAKESPEARE, JR., 237 Shakespeare Building, KALAMAZOO, MICH. 



AOTK — lik for the charming little books "How to Catch Bass," "The Fine Points of 



a Reel" and "The Art of Bait-casting. THBY ARE FREE to every sportsman. 



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