Bath Horse show: The 23rd annual Bath horse show was opened at Lambridge on Wednesday in ideal weather. The total number of entries numbered 400, but the exact number of horses on view was 226. This was an advance upon last year’s total, a fact which was considered all the more satisfactory in view of the abandonment this year of the usual cart horse parade prizes in connection with which have hitherto been offered in two classes …
In the open class for double harness horses, pairs not less than 14 hands 2 in., Mrs. H. Batt, Hyde Park, was awarded premier honours with Hopwood Horace and Hopwood Spark. The silver medal offered by the Hackney Horse Society for the best hackney or pony mare, filly or filly foal, was awarded to Fernichurst (sic) Lady Olivette, exhibited by Mr. W. S. Pinsent, Newton Abbot. …
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GRO0911 Devonport: William Swain Pinsent: 1843 – 1920