Dog, Poultry, Cat and Cage Bird show at Penzance: It has long been remarked that it was a somewhat extraordinary fact that Penzance, which justly prides itself on taking the lead in most enterprises, of a similar kind in the county should not have had her annual dog and poultry show, as is usual in so many other places of the same, and even lesser size. Helston has been well to the front in this particular for years past … … Poultry: Class 1: Dorkings – any variety, cock, or hen – Prizes £1, 10s, 5s: 1, 2, h.c. and cup presented by Spratts’s patent, Mr. W. S. Pinsent, Newton Abbot; 3 and h.c. Mr. Tozer Jun. …
[see similar Royal Cornwall Gazette: Thursday 16th August 1888]
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GRO0911 Devonport: William Swain Pinsent: 1843 – 1920