Scope and Contents Forsyth writes that Arthur Cecil will send his horse to Benbecula or South Uist. He has seen the negative letter from Calgary and encourages Ewart to make a reply if he thinks fit. He has forwarded Pipon's letter to the Secretary of State for Scotland with a suggestion that the Congested District Board and War Office now cooperate. He would like the yellow dun mare to go to Monkstadt (the experimental farm of the Congested Districts Board), perhaps in exchange for the two-year old filly from...

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Cecil thanks Ewart for the offer of a terrier, which he accepts. He states that he had travelled to Kingairloch to see a two year-old horse out of a pure Highland mare as well as a brown breed of 'a very old kind of Scottish Terrier'.

Scope and Contents Cecil writes that he has written to the Secretary of the Carnegie Institute and hopes that Ewart's trip is a success. He mentions that he has been in touch with Forsyth about their forthcoming visit to Skye where they are considering circulating memoranda about ponies among the crofters under the auspices of the Congested Districts Board. Forsyth has stated that he would like to start a stud farm in Kilmuir. Cecil believes that he considers Fincastle's cross-breeding of Arab sires and...

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Cecil makes arrangements to stay with Ewart and reports on his meeting with Schofield and his critique of the latter's report. He suggests that the government funds a horse-breeding scheme, purchase the offspring and encourage landowners to breed army horses from selected native mares.

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Cecil congratulates Ewart on his recent paper and remarks on the possible behavioural changes of mares resulting from being served in late April and early May and then turned out to soft grass at night. He believes the paper to be easily accessible to the layman and suggests publishing it in The Field and The Livestock.

The end of the letter appears to be wanting.