Lovers of the Horse 



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E. W. COX 



MR. K. W. rOX, a native Canadian, was horn in Peterhoroniili, Ontario, in 1864. 

 As everybody knows, who is at all familiar with the jx-rsonnel of Canadian 

 l)nsiness Ufe, he is tlie eldest son of Senator George A. Cox, widely known 

 as President of the Canada Life and as the Tnoving spirit in a nuniher of the great 

 enterprises whieh are attraeting to Canada the attention of the civilized woi'ld. 



Many a young man with similar advantages to those enjoyed by E. W. Cox, has 

 used those advantages to indidge 

 himself in a life of selfish idle- 

 ness. But inherent good (|Uali- 

 ties. backed l)y sound traimng, 

 l)r()Ught Mr. Cox into tlic ranks 

 of the workers, amongst whom 

 he was destined to find so high 

 a ])lace. 



After a high school ti'aining 

 ill his native town, and two years 

 spent in University College, To- 

 ronto, ]Mr. Cox entered the office 

 of his father, who was then gen- 

 eral agent for Eastern Ontario 

 for the Canada Life. He j)rovcd 

 himself worthy of trust, and was 

 taken into partnership by liis 

 father, the firm being known as 

 Geo. A. and E. W. Cox The 

 branch had always been one of 

 the mo.st successful and satis- 

 factory in the whole of the com- 

 pany's organization, and it even 

 improved its position with the 

 forceful ami devoted service 

 given l)y the new partner in the 

 agency firm. 



The eood work 



E. \V. Co.\ 



done was recognized by the company in the most practical way l)y giving these suc- 

 cessful agents more territory in which to carry on their work. In 1886 the limits of 

 the branch were extended westward to include Toronto, and the branch head office 

 was removed to this citv. 



From this time until a still more extensive sphere of action was opened to him, 

 the main work of the Eastern Ontario branch was done by Mr. E. W. Cox; his father 

 devoting those al)ilities which have made him famous, more in an advisorv capacity 



