FOR ! •: S T A \ 1) S T R i : A M 
January, 1919 
THE HORTON MANUFACTURING CO. 
84 Horton Street Bristol, Conn. 
Pacific Coast Branch 
^ Phil B. Bekeart Co., 717 Market St,, San Francisco, Cal. 
The Grand Old Sport 
FISHING is back — at the very head of the list. 1919 will 
iSteel Fishin^Rods greatest fishing year ever known. Millions of civil- 
ians, who have carried financial and managerial burdens of 
the war, will find relief and rest and new strength with Bristol Rods and 
Meek Reels in the great outdoors, in Pool and Stream and Lake and Bay. 
Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and sailors accustomed to being out of doors, 
but compelled to go back to their old indoor life, will take the first opportunity to get 
back into the open. How they will get out their Bristol Rods and Meek Reels and 
put them together, and see that they are all in perfect condition, and handle them with 
fond anticipation — impatient of the long delay before they can start on their trip. 
Bristol Steel Fishing Rods and Meek Reels have been of¥ to the war lOO per cent. American. Every 
part of the Horton factory was given over to war work gladly and willingly. Everything we had 
was at the service of the government. But now that the war is over, we are back on the pleasant work 
of building Bristol Rods and Meek 
Reels, which are cherished by so many 
millions of good Americans, because of 
the happy times which they have had 
and the renewed good health which 
they have acquired from the use of 
these perfect tools of the grand old 
sport of fishing. 
Buy them of your sporting goods dealer. If he doesn t 
have them, and doesn't seem anxious to get them for you, 
you can buy them by mail of us at catalogue prices. Write 
for illustrated Bristol and IMeek catalogue, mailed free. 
Meek 
and'Blue Grass’* 
Reels 
