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Cecil, Arthur, Lord, 1851-1913 (captain)

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Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 12 September 1909

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/15/23
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Cecil reports that he is making good progress with the Highland Stud Book. He believes Ewart's height limitations are right but would prefer to leave out the word 'garron'. He writes that the mainland ponies are only big because they have generations of better keep and because a little Clydesdale blood has been kept in them.

Dates: 12 September 1909
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1909

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 08 October 1905

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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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1905

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 09 September 1906

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/12/25
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Cecil writes that he hopes Lord Middleton will buy 'McNeil' as he would suit his mares at Applecross and describes the Middletons' tour around the West Highlands of Scotland to view the crofters' ponies. He reports that a half-Welsh, half-Hackney horse cross has provided successful at Baron Schroder's in Strathcarron and at Guisachan. He is surprised to learn that none of the crossbred ponies are fetching a higher price in the market than the old crofters' breed of ponies.

Dates: 09 September 1906
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1906

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 16 September 1906

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/12/26
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Cecil writes that since he has not heard from Lord Middleton, he will send his pony 'McNeil' to Croall's. He reports that the crofters usually buy their ponies from each other but they are complaining that they are being bred too light of bone for heavy work.

Dates: 16 September 1906
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1906

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 19 August 1912

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/18/51
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Cecil writes that he was sorry Ewart was not able to visit him, as he wanted to discuss aspects of the Shetland cow with him, some of which remind him of Indian cattle. He asks whether either Ewart or the University are inclined to continue with the Jersey-Shetland crossing experiments.

Dates: 19 August 1912
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1912

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 01 December 1912

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/18/81
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Cecil confirms details of the transport of the cow in calf to his Jersey bull from Southampton to Glasgow. They have nearly succeeded in altering the title of the stud book to the 'National British Pony Stud Book'. He wishes the Highland breeders would submit their entries, as he does not think it wise to have separate publications in England and Scotland.

Dates: 01 December 1912
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1912

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 12 November 1902

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/89
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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'.

Dates: 12 November 1902
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1902

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 18 November 1902

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/92
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Cecil relates some anecdotes about his stay in the Highlands, including sightings of various ponies.

Dates: 18 November 1902
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1902

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 08 September 1904

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/10/98
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...
Dates: 08 September 1904
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1904

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 18 April 1896

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/2/9
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Cecil discusses the West Highland pony 'Mulatto' and her suitability for the zebra hybrid experiments. He asserts that 'Mulatto' was never served before she came to Ewart and mentions that 'all my fellows are immensely excited about the zebra cross, in fact they always speak of her [Mulatto] as 'the zebra's lass''.

Dates: 18 April 1896
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1893-1896

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Ponies 23
Animals--Colour 16
Horse Sale 13
Animals--Transportation 12
Mares 12
Crofters 9
Cross-Breeding 9
Highland Pony 9
Horses 9
Foals 8
Hybrids 8
Stallions 8
Animal Pedigrees 6
Experiments 6
Horse Farms 6
Bulls 5
Funding 5
Horse Breeds 5
Horses--Breeding 5
Publications 5
article 5
Photographs 4
Physical Characteristics 4
Animal Markings 3
Animals--War use 3
Arabian Horses 3
Jersey Cattle 3
Kiang 3
Social Interaction 3
Zebras 3
Animal breeders 2
Callosites 2
Calves 2
Cattle 2
Committees 2
Connemara Pony 2
Dartmoor pony 2
Donkeys 2
Exmoor pony 2
Hybridisation 2
Illustrations 2
Kathiawari horse 2
Proofreading 2
Przewalski's Horse 2
Puppies 2
Report writing 2
Reports and Dissertations 2
Sheep 2
Shetland Pony 2
Vaynol cattle 2
Agricultural exhibitions 1
Animal Breeding 1
Animal embryology 1
Animal sale 1
Animals in Art 1
Animals--Health 1
Appointment to Office 1
Art, Prehistoric 1
Artificial Insemination 1
Barra pony 1
Basuto Pony 1
Birds 1
Burchell?s Zebra 1
Cattle--Breeding 1
Chartley white cattle 1
Chillingham cattle 1
Colt (horse) 1
Dog breeds 1
Embryos 1
Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 -- Correspondence 1
Ferns, Classification of 1
Fillies 1
Government purchasing 1
Guest books 1
Guinea Pigs 1
Hackney horse 1
Highland cattle 1
Horse shows 1
Horses--Behavior 1
Horses--Feeding and feeds 1
Iceland pony 1
Leghorn chicken 1
Marwari horse 1
Meetings 1
Miniature horses 1
Mongolian Pony 1
Mules 1
Parasites 1
Photographers 1
Poultry 1
Pregnancy in animals 1
Research Institutes 1
Resignation from Office 1
Shetland cattle 1
Societies and Clubs 1
Terriers 1
Welsh pony 1
Wild Horses 1
Working animals 1
Zoology, Arctic Regions 1