THE POLITICAL GIANT-KILLER; OR, “CANADA FIRST.”
“THE WEST TORONTO RUN.”
In the General Election which followed the defeat of the Conservative Government, Mr. E. O. Bickford contested West Toronto in the interest of the New Opposition, and rested his claims to the seat mainly on the prestige of Sir John Macdonald, declaring that, if elected, he would follow that honorable gentleman through weal or woe. As the cartoon suggests, he met with defeat.
Grip, December 20th, 1873.
THE WEST TORONTO RUN.
B—CKF—RD (Jockey of the Nag “John A.”)—“SAY, GOV’NOR, LOOK HERE, THIS HOSS AIN’T WO’TH SHUCKS ON HIS OWN MERITS!”