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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel George A. Oliphant, 13 April 1909
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/15/11
Scope and Contents
Oliphant writes that the Duke of Bedford wishes to send Ewart three Przewalski's hybrids, a Mongolian pony mare and a Przewalski's stallion and he warns Ewart that they are not tame.
Dates:
13 April 1909
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel George A. Oliphant, 11 February 1910
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/16/3
Scope and Contents
Oliphant asks if Ewart himself can't manage to carry ouy the experiment with the female foal out of the Przewalski's mare by the Highland pony and a hybrid male by a Przewalski's stallion out of a pony mare, as space is getting cramped at Woburn. He reports that they are going through with the experiment crossing Nepalese unicorn sheep with Southdown sheep, and they propose to do a similar experiment with Grevy's zebras and French Giant donkeys. The Duke of Bedford also asks Ewart's advice...
Dates:
11 February 1910
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel George A. Oliphant, 14 February 1911
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/17/3
Scope and Contents
Oliphant reports that the Duke of Bedford will gladly send a young stallion along with the Przewalski's mare and the hybrid filly, on the understanding that the Woburn estate gets the first-born Przewalski's filly foal.
Dates:
14 February 1911
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from George A. Oliphant, 01 March 1911
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/17/8
Scope and Contents
Oliphant writes that he will communicate further with Ewart about the Indian cattle. He dispatched the Przewalski's mare and hybrid filly to Claud Alexander, but the stallion could not be sent due to being too violent.
Dates:
01 March 1911
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- Subject
- Animals--Transportation 2
- Fillies 2
- Foals 2
- Horses--Behavior 2
- Cattle 1
- Cross-Breeding 1
- Donkeys 1
- Experiments 1
- Grevy's zebra 1
- Highland Pony 1
- Mongolian Pony 1
- Physical Characteristics 1
- Sheep 1
- Soay sheep 1
- Southdown sheep 1 + ∧ less
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