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Champion pony 'The Toff', at Melrose, South Australia [B 74147] • Photograph

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Summary

A prize-winning pony with ribbons round his neck, standing with a boy, who wears shorts with his jacket, tie and hat. Written on the back of the photograph: "The Toff", 29 years old. Taken on the Melrose Ground on Show Day 22nd October, 1919.

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Physical description

1 photograph : black and white ; 8 x 13 cm

Dates / Publication details

22 October 1919

Collection

Part of Melrose Collection

Subject

Ponies -- South Australia -- Melrose
Children -- South Australia -- Melrose
Horse-shows -- South Australia

Catalogue record

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Historical information

Owned by Mr. E. J. Mooney, The Toff was a pony who won hundreds of prizes in the show ring around Australia. He lived to the age of 40 and was buried on the owner's farm, near Melrose. Sourced from Trove digitised newspapers.

Digitisation information

Date

10/02/2016

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

5,549 x 3,529 pixels (19.6 MP)

Size

58.99 MB

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