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Mr. Arthur H. Edwardson (Birkenhead) 



IF it is true, as we are frequently told, that " familiarity breeds 

 contempt," then this gentleman's long and intimate acquaintance 

 with show work in every detail has presented to him the 

 opportunity to make light of the multifarious duties and the anxieties 

 invariably associated with arranging and successfully undertaking the 

 management of dog shows, but more especially agricultural shows 

 (which often include dogs), where the numerous departments are so 

 varied. J* 



The subject of these lines, whose portrait I have much pleasure 

 in reproducing, first saw the light some thirty-eight summers since, 

 and being educated at the Liverpool College, was afterwards 

 articled to a public accountant in that city ; but finding the close 

 confinement of office life uncongenial, and the position of Secretary 

 to the Wirral and 

 Birkenhead Agri- 

 cultural Society be- 

 coming vacant, he 

 applied for the same, 

 and was unanimously 

 elected from a list of 

 nearly a hundred candi- 

 dates hailing from all 

 parts of the kingdom. 

 He still continues to 

 occupy the post to the 

 complete satisfaction of 

 the Council, although 

 tempting offers from 

 other societies have 

 been made to him, and 

 in the opinion of the 

 writer he is wedded 

 to the Wirral Society, 

 which, by the way, is 

 regarded as one of the most important local Agricultural Societies 

 in the Kingdom, and a win at their show is appreciated accordingly 

 by all exhibitors. 



Mr. Edwardson is also Secretary of two other institutions, in 



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From photo by Henry, Liverpool 



MR. ARTHUR H. EDWARDSOX 



