Stallion
Colour: Dark bay
Breed: Dartmoor
Type: Unknown
Foaled: 1903
Height: 13.0 hands
Sire: Black Prince
Dam: Jessie
ADMIRAL TOGO Dartmoor stallion, whole coloured dark bay colt foaled in 1903. Bred by the Hearn Brothers, of Oakley, Horrabridge, Devon and registered in, Volume 12 of The Polo and Riding Pony Society, he was 13.0 hands high, (measured in September, 1911) and given the stallion number 570.
Sire: Black Prince
Dam: Jessie
G. Dam: Topsy
At Tavistock in 1911 he won a second prize.
The Conditions of Entry for Mountain and Moorland Breeds are laid out in Volume 12 of The Polo and Riding Pony Society. In the Dartmoor Section is to be found the following :-
District Committee
– Convenor – Henry J. Kingwell, Great Aish, S. Brent, S. Devon
– Edmund P. Northey, Higher Bowden, Okehampton, Devon
– J. Oscar Muntz, Heathcot, Yelverton, S. Devon
The Inspection of ponies for each breed is in the hands of the respective Local Commitees
Type – These Committees are desired to register only Ponies of riding type, and those which on the dam’s side, are of pure pony blood. The Society considers that the foundation stock of these breeds should not be registered unless they contain three-quarters pony blood.
Height – The following heights have been officially accepted by the respective Local Committees.
Dartmoor –
Stallions: 13.2
Mares: 13.0
Resolution of the Dartmoor Local Committee, September 9th, 1902. – That Judges inspecting ponies for entry in this section shall not pass any that are known to have more than one-quarter Thorough-bred or Arab blood or one-eighth Hackney blood, and shall, as far as possible, adhere to the pure Dartmoor and ponies of the riding type.
Sire of;
Snow Bunting
Sugar Plum, dam Pink May
1915 grey filly, dam Cup Moss
Notes:
In February 1904 Japan declared war on Russia. Admiral Togo was a brilliant Japanese commander who inflicted great losses on the Russians. After the terrible battle of Tsushima in May 1905 both sides sought peace and Japan asked Presdent Theodore Roosevelt to act as peacemaker.
Other Notes;
Black prince, black Height 13-0
Probably owned by the Hearn Brothers, Oakley, Horrabridge, Devon
Sire, Dartmoor pony
Dam, Dartmoor pony
Jessie, black 12-2 Dartmoor pony
Owned by the Hearn Brothers, Oakley, Horrabridge, Devon
Sire, King of the Forest, bay 12-2 Dartmoor pony
Dam, Topsy bay 13-0 Dartmoor pony
Topsy bay 13-0
Sire, Lofty bay, 12-2 Dartmoor pony
Dam, Jessie bay 13-0 Dartmoor pony by King of the Forest
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