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FOREST AND STREAM 
July, 1919 
DON’T KID YOURSELF 
You’re no different from any of the rest of us. You’re on edge. Your nerves are all frazzled out. 
You’re jumpy. You fly off the handle without rhyme nor reason. You lose customers by your irritability. 
You make people wonder what is wrong with you. You need a fishing trip a whole lot more than you 
think you need it. If you could see yourself as others see you, you would get your “ Bristol” Steel Fish- 
ing Rods and Meek Reels, your tackle, fresh leaders, plenty of bait and get out where they’re biting 
just as fast as you could travel. Fish every day, every morning, every evening. Fish all the time. 
There’s no other form of recreation so restful, so recreative, so soothing to the nerves, so helpful in 
building up reserve strength that will carry you through the next year with flying colors. Just smell 
those pine woods now. Get out on the lake early so you’ll get them when they first begin to break. 
Never did we have such a business as has been pouring in on us for the last two months. It 
seems as if the whole hundred million American people are all going fishing. Orders for “ Bristol ” 
Rods and Meek Reels are coming in by telegraph, telephone, mail, and every other way, from dealers 
who are trying to supply their customers. Don’t wait ’til the last minute for yours. Go to your dealer 
this very day and pick out the “ Bristol ” Rods and Meek and Blue Grass Reels which you need. Give 
your dealer time to get any special model direct from the factory. Don’t wait ’til the day of your fish- 
ing trip to make up your outfit. We’ll do everything we can to help you. We prefer that you buy of 
your sporting goods stores, but if any dealer does not have what you want and doesn’t seem anxious 
to promptly get what you want, then we’ll fill your orders by mail at catalogue prices. Write for 
“Bristol” and Meek illustrated catalogue today — it’s free. 
THE HORTON MANUFACTURING COMPANY 
84 HORTON STREET, BRISTOL, CONN. 
Pacific Coast Branch — The Phil. B. Bekeart Co., 717 Market Street, San Francisco, Cal. 
