THE LETTERS 



Kalamazoo, Mich., March 10, 1905. 

 DAN BEARD 

 Editor Recreation : 



A copy of the new Recreation has come 

 to hand, and believe me when I say I am 

 delighted with the appearance and even more 

 pleased when I look over its pages and see 

 the "game-hog" phase has been eliminated. 



When I commenced securing subscribers 

 for the old paper this part of the work was 

 not pushed so much and the readers were 

 given some valuable reading. After I had 

 worked for some time many complaints came 

 to me, and I was so disgusted that I never 

 dared go after renewals. But if you so de- 

 sire, I think it will be a pleasure, also profit- 

 able, to work for Recreation now, and it is 

 my desire that you allow me to represent 

 you here. 



I think I have been very successful in se- 

 curing subscribers for the old paper, and 

 should like to continue along the same lines. 

 Yours very truly, 

 (Signed) Lloyd J. Tooley. 



New York, March 11, 1905. 

 DAN BEARD 

 Editor Recreation : 



Permit me to congratulate you upon the 

 improved appearance of Recreation which I 

 note in the first issue under your editorship. 



I was very much pleased at the improved 

 appearance, both of the cover and the inside 

 of the magazine. Certainly it is vastly su- 

 perior to any issue of the magazine hereto- 

 fore offered to the public. 



I notice with pleasure that you have used 

 a better paper, and consequently are able to 

 print your reproductions of photographs so 

 that they look like something. In case you 

 are short of photographic material at any 

 time, I have quite a number of negatives that 

 would be of interest to your readers and 

 should be only too glad to furnish you prints 

 for reoroduction without cost. 



Wishing you all the success possible in this 

 new line, I remain, 



Very sincerely yours, 



(Signed) N. J. S. 



En Route, March 10, 1005. 

 DAN BEARD 

 Editor Recreation : 



Dear Sir : — I bought a copy of Recreation 

 just as I was starting for the Southwest, 

 and had the news confirmed that you are to 

 edit it. 



This is a happy arangement, and I hope 

 you will enjoy it as much as the readers 

 of the magazine will. 



I expect to be unloaded at Millen, Arizona, 



on the 13th, and will go down the Colorado 

 to the Gulf of California with three men and 

 also with the copy of Recreation. 

 With best wishes, 



(Signed) D. F. MacDougal. 



Dennison, Ohio, March 10, 1905. 

 Editor Recreation : 



As I have done some good work for Rec- 

 reation in the past and feel under the new 

 management I can do better, I would be glad 

 to have your list of premiums as soon as 

 possible. 



H. C. Metcalf. 



Dallas, Tex., March 8, 1905. 

 To the Editor, Recreation : 



After reading the March issue of Recre- 

 ation I beg to wish you all success, a plenti- 

 ful supply of which you will surely get if you 

 stand by your first issue. 



I have been a constant reader for a long 

 time and could not understand the delay in 

 the arrival of this number, but now I under- 

 stand and the delay was fully compensated 

 for through the improved appearance of the 

 magazine. 



Come down to Texas any time for a fish 

 or hunt and we will take care of you. 



(Signed) A. J. White. 



New York, March 10, 1905. 

 Dan Beard, Editor, Recreation : 



I have been an Englishman for about ten 

 months and have just returned. 



This morning there was placed on my desk 

 the copy of Recreation containing your pic- 

 ture as a frontispiece. To me this is a most 

 charming incident. So far as I know there 

 is no one in the world so well qualified for 

 this work as you are. 



The publisher's announcement is both mod- 

 est and strong. I am enclosing my mite for 

 a subscription and beg to wish you all suc- 

 cess. 



(Signed) W. H. B. 



• Akron, Ohio, March 11, 1905. 

 Editor Recreation : 



Kindly send me a copy of Recreation's 

 premium catalogue as soon as it is ready. 

 Also how many subscriptions will I have to 

 get to obtain the following: 



A Savage .22 caliber repeating rifle. 



A Winchester .22 caliber single-shot rifle, 

 model 1904. 



The change in Recreation's management 

 and policy is very agreeable to the many 

 sportsmen in this city who could not uphold 

 the former proprietor in his unwarranted at- 

 tacks 011 the manufacturers. 



H. H. Walters. 



