County Show: Opened at Torquay Yesterday: … Poultry: For this time of year the poultry show was excellent alike as to numbers and quality … In the class for Dorking cocks there were only five entries, and the first was an easy winner. In the hen class Mr. Wm. Pinsent of Newton Abbot, won first and second. The first bird was of excellent size and in splendid condition. …. Dorkings, cock: Nicholls and son, Mrs. Sperling, W. S. Pinsent, r. H. Reeves: Hen, 1 and 2, W. S. Pinsent, H. Reeves, vhc H. E. J. Mitchell, Nicholls and Son, r. C. R. Staveley. ….
[see also Western Times: Friday 17th May 1901]
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Referenced
GRO0911 Devonport: William Swain Pinsent: 1843 – 1920