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of London, Ont, which were planted in Victoria 

 Park in commemoration of the coronation of KING 

 GEORGE, then impending. 



Mr. GIBSON served as president of the Dominion 

 Shorthorn Association and of the Canadian Kennel 

 Club, besides holding numerous other offices in con- 

 nection with various organizations of stock breeders 

 on both sides the line. He served as a member of 

 the Agricultural Commission appointed by the On- 

 tario Government in 1880. He was survived by his 

 wife a sister of Gapt. T. E. ROBSON and by three 

 married daughters and by one son, NOEL, a young 

 man of the highest promise indeed, a sterling rep- 

 resentative of a family that has contributed largely 

 to the extension of popular interest in improved 

 farm stock on this continent. The GIBSONS have 

 in fact written their names indelibly in the litera- 

 ture of improved stock-breeding during the past half 

 century. RICHARD'S name is forever linked with New 

 York Mills. His brother ARTHUR was one of Eng- 

 land's best-esteemed herd managers, and the work 

 of WILLIAM and JOHN on this side the water is 

 known to all who follow the course of the trade. 



Rich in sentiment, the mind of RICHARD GIBSON 

 was filled with an inexhaustible store of incidents 

 illuminating the splendid story of the achievements 



