Oliphant, George A., Colonel, fl 1898-1910 (employee on Woburn estate, Bedfordshire (England))
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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, 16 September 1905
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/11/35
Scope and Contents
Oliphant reports that the yellow 'mongal' mare did not produce a foal but that he hopes she is now with foal after being covered by his Przewalski's stallions. He has two Przewalski's foals now living after one was killed the previous year. He has recently acquired a Chartley bull calf from the Zoological Gardens as well as some cattle from Chartley itself.
Dates:
16 September 1905
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel George A. Oliphant, 14 February 1911
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/17/3
Scope and Contents
Oliphant reports that the Duke of Bedford will gladly send a young stallion along with the Przewalski's mare and the hybrid filly, on the understanding that the Woburn estate gets the first-born Przewalski's filly foal.
Dates:
14 February 1911
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- Cross-Breeding 1
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- Experiments 1
- Fillies 1
- Grevy's zebra 1
- Highland Pony 1
- Mongolian Pony 1
- Physical Characteristics 1
- Pregnancy in animals 1
- Sheep 1
- Soay sheep 1
- Southdown sheep 1
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