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, 03 October 1910
Oliphant reminds Ewart that the matter of the Przewalski's mare and hybrid foal was between Ewart and Mr Collier at the stud farm and that the Duke of Bedford has only agreed to keep them at Woburn as a favour owing to Mr Collier's illness.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel George A. Oliphant, 14 February 1911
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.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel George A. Oliphant, 14 February 1914
Oliphant writes that he wishes to get rid of the young stock of hybrid Przewalskis, all of which have a good temperament. As he is aware that Ewart recently sold one of his hybrids to work down a coal mine, he wonders whether Ewart will assist in disposing of the animals.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel George A. Oliphant, 20 March 1914
Oliphant writes that he is glad the hybrids arrived safely and that he considers the mare to be the best of the three in every respect.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel George A. Oliphant, 24 July 1914
Oliphant writes concerning what price to sell his hybrids for. He wonders whether Ewart could get £10 each for them to work in coal mines.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel George A. Oliphant, 17 March 1915
Oliphant, on behalf of the Duke of Bedford, offers Ewart a yearling filly by a Przewalski's stallion out of the Mongolian mare. If Ewart would not like to have the mare, perhaps the 'Edinburgh Garden' would.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel George A. Oliphant, 22 March 1915
Oliphant writes that he will make arrangement for despatching the hybrid to Ewart, although the railway is not to be depended on due to the movement of troops.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel George A. Oliphant, 27 March 1915
Oliphant confirms arrangements for the transportation of the hybrid to Ewart.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel George A. Oliphant, 17 June 1898
Oliphant thanks Ewart for some photographs and apologises for not having replied earlier. He states he will try and send Ewart a photograph of a horse and keep him informed of whether the zebra, which he has cross-bred with a horse, is likely to foal.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel George A. Oliphant, 19 August 1898
Oliphant announces the birth of a chestnut foal at Woburn Abbey: the product of a zebra mare and an Arabian sire horse, and with stripes and dappling on its legs, thighs and body.
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- Mares 26
- Hybrids 19
- Animals--Transportation 17
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- Ponies 9
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- 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
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- Grevy's zebra 2
- Horse Sale 2
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- Animal Breeding 1
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- Burchell?s Zebra 1
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- Characters and characteristics 1
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- Embargo 1
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