Woburn Abbey
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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
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, 17 February 1910
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/16/4
Scope and Contents
Oliphant notes that Ewart is willing to conduct the previously mentioned crossing experiment himself and desires to know what animals he will require from Woburn. The Duke of Bedford asks Ewart to liaise with John T. Mackenzie of Dunvegan about obtaining some Soay sheep when the embargo on their export has been lifted.
Dates:
17 February 1910
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Reginald Innes Pocock, 04 October 1917
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/23/9
Scope and Contents
Pocock writes that the only specimens of long and fat-tailed sheep that he knows of in England are at Woburn. He is afraid Ewart will never get hold of an Ovis poli or Ovis ammon, as the Zoological Society has only had one in the course of its history and they are practically unobtainable. He asks whether Ewart could make do with Ovis vignei, as all the Asiatic sheep are very close. He offers to run a Vignei ram...
Dates:
04 October 1917
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- Embargo 1
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- Fat-tailed sheep 1
- Foals 1
- Grevy's zebra 1
- Highland Pony 1
- Hybrids 1
- Mares 1
- Physical Characteristics 1
- Przewalski's Horse 1
- Rams 1
- Sheep 1
- Sheep breeds 1
- Societies and Clubs 1
- Southdown sheep 1
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