Tag: 1891

The Royal Show at Doncaster: … Poultry … Dorkings were a particularly strong lot. Amongst the coloured Dorking cocks a very fine bird, the property of Mr. W. S. Pinsent, Newton Abbot, South Devon, was selected as winner. We believe the same bird carried off the first at the Crystal Palace. An 1890 bird belonging to Mr. James Cranston, Dumfries, N. B., got second. Both are by the same breeder, and the younger bird, which is a trifle more perfect in comb, was, in the opinion of some, not a bit behind the taker of the premier prize. In the same class there were several others only a shade inferior in quality. There was no doubt as to the first for a hen of the same breed getting into the proper hands when it was secured by Mr. Pinsent, for his bird was a long way in advance. A local exhibitor, Mr. Muzeen, of Kirby Moorside, was awarded second for a very nice bird, but she is just a little deficient in size. Under the circumstances it was astonishing to find so good a class of Dorking cockerels, birds looking as fresh as though they had been reared under genial conditions, The same south country fancier carried off the first, Lady Wilson, of Belford, getting a well deserved second; the third going to a bird only hatched on March 1st. Amongst the pullets the same thing occurred as in the three previous classes, so that Mr. Pincent thus carried off the four premier prizes for coloured Dorkings with the only four birds he had in the exhibition, which it must be admitted was a fairly good performance.

[see also York Herald: Saturday 27^th June 1891]

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Referenced

GRO0911 Devonport: William Swain Pinsent: 1843 – 1920