Bath and West: The Great Show Opened at Exeter: Educational Features: whether regarded from the point of view of the space occupied, or of the number of exhibits, the Barth and West of England Society’s Show, which was formally opened at Exeter yesterday, and which is to remain open till Monday next, is by far the largest that’s even been held in the Capital of the West … … Hackneys: The entries were not numerically strong in the hackney class, although individual exhibits came in for warm praise at the judge’s hands. The class for hackney mares and foals, or in foal, was a blank. There was only one entry in class 15 for hackney mares or geldings, foaled before 1905, and the judge awarded first prize to a useful mare, the property of Mr. W. S. Pinsent, of Newton Abbot. … … Hackneys: (Registered or eligible for registration in the Hackney Horse Society’s Stud Book): Class 15: Hackney, Mare or Gelding foaled before 1905: 1, W. S. Pinsent, Newton Abbot …
[see also Western Times: Friday 28th May 1909]
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GRO0911 Devonport: William Swain Pinsent: 1843 – 1920