Yates, Arthur, fl 1903
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Carl Hagenbeck, 08 April 1903
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/41
Scope and Contents
Hagenbeck mentions the zebras he has in exchange for 'Romulus' or the Exmoor hybrid and states that he is surprised to find that some people at the London Zoo consider the Przewalski's horse to be a mule. He states that he has sold 'Matopo' to Arthur Yates, refers to the Kiang pony and Korea stallion which he is trying to sell and writes of his anticipated delivery of East African zebras which he will train to harness.
Dates:
08 April 1903
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Charles L. Sutherland, 10 April 1903
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/43
Scope and Contents
Sutherland mentions hearing from Arthur Yates about the zebra 'Matopo', whom he has just bought from Dr Hagenbeck. He recommends some French books on Leporidae and recounts a rabbit-hare cross-breeding hoax that occurred in France some decades earlier by a Monsieur Roux. He asks for news of 'Romulus' and hopes to see Ewart at the New Forest Pony Show on the 23rd of April.
Dates:
10 April 1903