Devon County: Annual Show Opened at Bideford: Civil Welcome: Beautiful Weather and a Grand Entry: … … Driving Classes: Class 31: Mares or geldings exceeding 15 hands high, which, on being driven and tested on the show ground, shall be adjudged the cleverest single harness horse: 1, Miss G. Burston, Taunton; 2, W. S. Pinsent, Newton Abbot; 3, Messrs. Carr and Co., Wembley; r. J. Turner, Parkham: Class 32: Mares or geldings, not exceeding 15 hands high, which, on being driven and tested upon the show ground, shall be adjudged the cleverest single harness horse: 1, W. H. Burston, Taunton, 2; Messrs. Carr and Co., Wembley; 3, W. S. Pinsent, Newton Abbot; r. F. Chanter, Barnstable.
[see similar Exeter and Plymouth Gazette: Friday 24th March 1907 & North Devon Journal: Thursday 23rd May 1907]
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GRO0911 Devonport: William Swain Pinsent: 1843 – 1920