Oliphant, George A., Colonel, fl 1898-1910 (employee on Woburn estate, Bedfordshire (England))
Found in 45 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel George A. Oliphant, 05 May 1907
Oliphant asks on behalf of the Duke of Bedford for confirmation on when the ponies are likely to arrive at Woburn. He also asks with what stallion Ewart would like them to be crossed.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel George A. Oliphant, 07 May 1907
Oliphant gives instructions to Ewart concerning the sending of the ponies to Woburn. He thinks that the ponies will need to be housed in Leighton and asks Ewart to confirm arrangements.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel George A. Oliphant, 13 May 1907
Oliphant confirms the safe arrival of the ponies and that a Przewalski's stallion will be put with them shortly.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel George A. Oliphant, 13 June 1907
Oliphant writes that they have unfortunately lost one of their Burchell's zebras at Woburn Abbey since Ewart visited them. He asks Ewart to name a price for his Przewalski's mare as the Duke of Bedford may be persuaded to purchase her.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel George A. Oliphant, 14 June 1907
Oliphant reports that the little pony mare had a colt foal and that one of their crossbred ponies has been injured.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel George A. Oliphant, 16 June 1907
Oliphant reports that the last-born colt foal from Ewart's pony mare has died after being injured by some steers or a young bull. He asks what the arrangement will be about the pony mares and whether they are to purchase them from Ewart.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel George A. Oliphant, 21 June 1907
Oliphant writes that the Duke of Bedford will purchase the three pony mares from Ewart but not the Przewalski's mare.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel George A. Oliphant, 21 August 1907
Oliphant writes that the little donkey came from Ceylon and he will provide further information about him shortly. The Grevy's zebra has not foaled yet and Oliphant will try to tame the Przewalski's hybrid when the weather turns cold.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel George A. Oliphant, 09 September 1907
Oliphant confirms the height of the Ceylon pigmy donkey at Woburn as 34 inches.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel George A, Oliphant, 24 October 1907
Oliphant writes that the Przewalski's horse skeleton in the British Museum is of a white-nosed mare that Ewart had measured when she was alive. He notes that they have only two of the brown nosed variety at Woburn, although he has not noticed any differences in bone between the two varieties.
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- Przewalski's Horse 27
- Mares 26
- Hybrids 19
- Animals--Transportation 17
- Foals 16
- Ponies 9
- Stallions 9
- Pregnancy in animals 7
- Mongolian Pony 6
- Cross-Breeding 5
- Experiments 5
- Physical Characteristics 5
- Animal housing 4
- Bulls 4
- Horses--Behavior 4
- Animal sale 3
- Fillies 3
- Animals--Colour 2
- Cattle 2
- Colt (horse) 2
- Donkeys 2
- Grevy's zebra 2
- Horse Sale 2
- Horses 2
- Horses--Wounds and injuries 2
- Museums 2
- Skeletons 2
- Soay sheep 2
- Working animals 2
- Zebras 2
- Zoos 2
- Animal Breeding 1
- Animal Markings 1
- Animal Training 1
- Animals--Health 1
- Arabian Horses 1
- Burchell?s Zebra 1
- Calves 1
- Characters and characteristics 1
- Chartley white cattle 1
- Embargo 1
- Fat-tailed sheep 1
- Gender 1
- Highland Pony 1
- Horse Breeds 1
- Horse Farms 1
- Horses--Breeding 1
- Kiang 1
- Lambs 1
- Miniature donkey 1
- Photographs 1
- Rams 1
- Sheep 1
- Southdown sheep 1
- Taxidermy 1 + ∧ less