City of London, Ontaro, CanadaThe pioneer period and the London of to-day . offered prizes for theimplements. This wouldseem to give almostarbitrary powder tothe judges, and per-haps was the begin-ning of the frictionwhich in later yearsled manufacturers toagitate for a totalabolition of prizes, let-ting each visitor tothe Fair be his ownjudge. In 1852 theHorticultural andMechanical Associa-tion of the Town ofLondon was organ-ized, the first officersbeing : President,Marcus Holmes; vice-presidents, Geo. and JohnWanless; secretary, Meredith; treas-urer, John Brown ;directors, Jame

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City of London, Ontaro, CanadaThe pioneer period and the London of to-day . offered prizes for theimplements. This wouldseem to give almostarbitrary powder tothe judges, and per-haps was the begin-ning of the frictionwhich in later yearsled manufacturers toagitate for a totalabolition of prizes, let-ting each visitor tothe Fair be his ownjudge. In 1852 theHorticultural andMechanical Associa-tion of the Town ofLondon was organ-ized, the first officersbeing : President,Marcus Holmes; vice-presidents, Geo. and JohnWanless; secretary, Meredith; treas-urer, John Brown ;directors, JamesDaniell, L. Lawrason,Wm. Rowland, , Wm. Ross,Elijah Leonard andJoseph Anderson. TheFair of the earlierperiod seems to have us CITY OF LONDON,. LONDON HUNT KENNELS, 1897. ONTARIO, CANADA. 149

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