Horse Show: Devon and Exeter Society’s Annual: The annual show of the Devon and Exeter Horse Society, held at the County Ground on Friday, was favoured with delightful weather … Class 25: Mare of Gelding, exceeding 114.2 h.h. which, on being driven and tested in the Show-yard shall be adjudged to be the cleverest single harness horse (local): 1, Swain Pinsent, Newton Abbot; 2, Barry Yelverton, Venn Ottery; 3, Mrs. Maria Benbow, Holcoombe, Dawlish; r. Willoughby S. Smith, Harpford, Ottery St. Mary … … Class 29: Mare of gelding, which on being driven and tested in the Show-yard, shall be adjudged to be the cleverest single harness horse: Open: 1, A. Butcher; 2, Mrs. E. P. Burton; 3, W. H. Burston; r. W. S. Pinsent.
[see also Western Times: Saturday 28th July 1906]
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GRO0911 Devonport: William Swain Pinsent: 1843 – 1920