Visitors who just love to horse around; GENTLE GIANTS PROVE A HIT WITH YOUNG AND OLD AS AGRICULTURAL SHOW DRAWS TO CLOSE.(News)

From: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) | Date: July 8, 1999| Author: Summers, Kathryn | Copyright information

SHIRE horses were just some of the animals at the 150th Royal Show which drew admiring glances.

Little Hannah Ingham, aged two, from Hinckley, who was spending her third day at the show at Stoneleigh, has already made friends with a glossy shire horse.

Mum Isobel Ingham said: "We are farmers so we enjoy coming to the Royal Show. Hannah likes the cows and the sheep as well as the horses."

Michael Horler, aged nine, from Somerset, was another shire h...

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