Mare
Colour: Brown
Breed: Half-bred
Type: Riding pony “Hack”
Foaled: 1936
Height: Unknown but not exceeding 15 hands

Stolen Love and filly foal Love in Idleness 1936

Sire: Early Love 1954
Dam: 6037 Stolen Love

LOVE-IN-IDLENESS Supplement for 1936 (to Volume 22 of The National Pony Society)
FILLIES
LOVE-IN-IDLENESS
Brown Foaled 7th May1936 Height 12-3 ½ Measured October 1st, 1936
Owner and Breeder Mrs J. Oscar Muntz …….
Sire, Early Love 1954, brown 15-0
Dam, 6037 Stolen Love, chestnut 15-0, by Love Song 1065, brown, 14-2
G.dam, 2571 Robbery, chestnut, 14-2, by Gold Medallist (Vol. 20 p. 1022), by Medallion

Supplement for 1939 (to Volume 19 of The National Pony Society)
FILLIES
LOVE-IN-IDLENESS (Supp. 1936)
Brown Foaled 2nd May1936
Owner and Breeder Mrs J. Oscar Muntz …….
Sire, Early Love 1954, brown 15-0
Dam, 6037 Stolen Love, chestnut 15-0, by Love Song 1065, brown, 14-2
G.dam, 2571 Robbery, chestnut, 14-2, by Gold Medallist (Vol. 20 p. 1022), by Medallion

Prizes
1939 2nd R.A.S.E.
2nd Bath and West
1st and Special, Camelford
2nd Royal Cornwall
2nd Devon County
1st Camelford

In an edition of The Horseman’s Year 1946-47, there are some Results from The Royal Windsor Horse Show – May 31st – June 1st 1946. Under Hacks appears :-
Not exceeding 15 hands
Third Mrs A.B. Ferguson’s Brown mare., Love in Idleness, 8 years by Lone Romance

Consider that this was just after the war and details were probably a bit hazy to say the least.
I think this is Mrs Muntz’s Love-in-Idleness, even allowing for the following ;-
Lone Romance was probably, “Love Romance” Mrs Muntz’s stallion
Love-in-Idleness was sired by, “Early Love” also Mrs Muntz’s stallion
(Early Love was exported in 1936, so details would probably be hard to come by.)

Love Romance was foaled in 1937, so to have sired Love-in-Idleness he would at the very least have to have been 2 years old, making Love-in-Idleness, 7 years old in 1946
(Love-in-Idleness was foaled in 1936 making her 10 years old not 8 as stated.)
Love-in-Idleness was a Brown Mare
Love-in-Idleness was at Foxhams from 1936 to 1939 at least, so she was not in the, “1938 Sale”.
Astonisher was sold, ” by his breeder” (Mrs Muntz), to Mrs Fergusson (Ferguson) in 1941
Mrs Muntz was known to Mrs Fergusson
The details from the “show” may simply have been a misprint.