Cecil, Arthur, Lord, 1851-1913 (captain)
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 22 June 1902
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/50
Scope and Contents
Cecil requests that the two Highland ponies be sent in a horse box. After providing some personal details, he goes on to describe the physical characteristics of the Dartmoor pony.
Dates:
22 June 1902
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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- Animals--Transportation 1
- Arabian Horses 1
- Crofters 1
- Cross-Breeding 1
- Dartmoor pony 1