Cecil, Arthur, Lord, 1851-1913 (captain)
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Carl Hagenbeck, 25 May 1903
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/54
Scope and Contents
Hagenbeck states that he would like 'Romulus', the Exmoor hybrid and Shetland pony, but that he can only take them in exchange. He says that he will assist the British government to send two stallions to Mombasa, and that he will try to sell the Kiang stallion for Arthur Cecil.
Dates:
25 May 1903
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 08 October 1905
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/11/38
Scope and Contents
Cecil is puzzled that Ewart mixed Spanish and horse blood and produced a Celtic pony, as he would have thought the mix would have produced the Island pony. He reports that Ritchie is annoyed that his neighbours prefer to use a crofters' pony to the Arab breed. He has written to Forsyth asking him to let the pony 'Atholl' to stand at the head of the Monkstadt stud (the experimental farm of the Congested Districts Board) on the Isle of Skye. He writes that he saw the best Highland ponies he...
Dates:
08 October 1905
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- Subject: Exmoor pony X
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- Animals--Transportation 1
- Arabian Horses 1
- Crofters 1
- Cross-Breeding 1
- Highland Pony 1
- Horse Farms 1
- Hybrids 1
- Kiang 1
- Physical Characteristics 1
- Ponies 1
- Shetland Pony 1
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