Automatic Age

Issue: 1935 May

IT’ S WHAT THE PUBLIC DECIDES THAT COUNTS
H e re 's
one e x a m p le fro m
h u n d re d s . For tw o so lid
p e o p le e a g e rly c ro w d e d a ro u n d a n ew ly p la c e d H O M E S T R E T C H .
N o t fo r a m o m e n t was H O M E S T R E T C H
H O M E S T R E T C H is e x c itin g to w a tc h . Six horses a re p o is e d on
th e b o a rd . The b a ll is sh o t. A horse s p rin ts fo r w a r d — o r several
P layers lite r a lly
horses. N o b alls in holes, no d e la y . A c tio n is fa s t a nd fu rio u s .
n u d g e d each o th e r a sid e to be n e xt. Tw o o th e r m akes o f m a ­
W e b e lie v e th e s e c re t is th e likeness to a re a l horse ra c e . Players
chines th a t had b ee n " g o in g
id le .
Simple, Direct, Tense Action
hours in a
p o p u la r C h ic a g o re s ta u ra n t, a n yw h e re fro m tw e lv e to tw e n ty -fiv e
g o o d ," w ere c o m p le te ly ig n o re d .
a nd s p e c ta to rs g e t so e x c ite d th a t th e y w a n t to y e ll fo r th e ir
The H O M E S T R E T C H o p e ra to r was p re s e n t. H e 'd n e ve r seen a n y ­
fa v o rite s — a nd
th in g
ra c e
like it. The lo c a tio n o w n e r im m e d ia te ly w a n te d
HOME­
STRETCH in e v e ry one o f his c h a in o f re s ta u ra n ts .
ta b le s
n o t in fr e q u e n tly
b e fo re

w ill
be
d o . T h e re
a g a in ;
but
have
been
horse
N O T H IN G
LIK E
HOM ESTRETCH.
S im ila r scenes a re b e in g e n a c te d a ll o v e r th e U n ite d S ta te s . It's
th e m o st rio to u s , a s to u n d in g response e v e r re c o rd e d . O p e ra to rs
w ho
own, o r have seen, H O M E S T R E T C H
are b u rn in g
u p th e
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Th e re's reason to h u rry . N o mass p ro d u c tio n fo r A .B .T. N o flo o d ­
w ires w ith o rd e rs fo r m o re a nd m o re m a ch in e s. As one o p e r a to r
in g th e m a rk e t. Every o p e r a to r m ust be p r o te c te d a g a in s t ru in ­
sum m ed i t up, " th e p u b lic h ere is 'horse ra ce c ra z y '."
ous c o m p e titio n . H O M E S T R E T C H is A .B .T. q u a lity ; tr o u b le fre e ,
W e a re n o t e x a g g e ra tin g in th e le a s t w hen we say th a t p la y e r
b u ilt fo r lo n g s e rv ic e . The p ric e is r ig h t, w ith in re a c h o f e ve ry
enthusiasm
o p e r a to r . C irc u la r shows m a c h in e in fu ll c o lo rs , g iv e s fu ll d e ta ils .
fo r
HOM ESTRETCH
is so h e c tic t h a t i t is a lm o s t
in c re d ib le .
O rd e rs a re s w a m p in g us r ig h t now . So d o n 't d e la y .
A. B. T. MANUFACTURING COMPANY
3311-19 CARROLL AVENUE
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
A ^ E Me t e d C,
P Entered as second class matter August 10, 1926, at the Post Offlce at Chicago, 111., under the A ct of M arch 3, 1879.
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