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Hagenbeck, Carl, 1844-1913 (German animal dealer and trainer)

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Found in 46 Collections and/or Records:

Invoice to James Cossar Ewart from Carl Hagenbeck, 03 March 1902

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/13
Scope and Contents

The invoice notes the transportation of three horses from Hamburg to Leith, and the return transportation of one pony.

Dates: 03 March 1902
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1902

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Alice Blanche Balfour, 08 October 1902

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/80
Scope and Contents

Balfour states that she is returning Carl Hagenbeck's letter to Ewart. She states she has also written to Lord Stanley in connection with Ewart's hybrids in an attempt to persuade him to purchase them. She also enquires whether, during his experiments, he has noticed if offspring from two different species of horse, with strong markings, hark back to a more ancestral type. She enquires whether the mustang is a descendant of the Spanish horse.

Dates: 08 October 1902
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1902

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Arthur Cecil, 21 November 1903

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/126
Scope and Contents

Cecil states that is trying to reduce his numbers (most likely of his pony stock) and wonders whether Carl Hagenbeck could be induced to start a new industry in ponies in Germany. He also writes that his wife is sending Ewart a photograph of the black puppy.

Dates: 21 November 1903
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1903

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Carl Hagenbeck, 26 January 1903

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/8
Scope and Contents

Hagenbeck informs Ewart that the hybrids for the English government left Hamburg in good health, and he expects they will arrive in India in good condition. He states that 'Matopo' (a zebra stallion) is in his possession again (after being returned by a seller) but he has not been able to find a fault with him.

Dates: 26 January 1903
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1903

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Carl Hagenbeck, 06 March 1903

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/30
Scope and Contents Hagenbeck states that he would like to buy some more of Ewart's zebra hybrids to get them in harness. He offers to exchange his Korea stallion for Ewart's two Shetland stallions, and asks how many mares he thinks a good zebra stallion could cover in a year. He also asks Ewart to recommend him some people who wish to buy zebras for breeding purposes and asks if Ewart could let him have 'Romulus' and the sister of an Exmoor hybrid, born 1901, in exchange for some of his zebras. He comments...
Dates: 06 March 1903
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1903

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Carl Hagenbeck, 08 April 1903

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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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1903

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Carl Hagenbeck, 24 March 1902

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/24
Scope and Contents

Hagenbeck writes concerning the shipment of his zebra 'Matapo'. He enqires whether Ewart will be sending a hybrid that he had shown in London and another he had in Edinburgh. He has a pair of Java ponies that he would like to exchange for some Shetland ponies.

Dates: 24 March 1902
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1902

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Carl Hagenbeck, 08 April 1902

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/30
Scope and Contents Hagenbeck thanks Ewart for sending the photographs of 'Remus' and a black hybrid mare, along with an estimated cost for the pair. He asks if Ewart could send him the stallion which is for Henry Fairfield Osborn in New York, as he wishes to combine the shipping with some animals of his own. He adds that he now has a pair of Chapman's zebras, which he is sending from Hamburg to India. He would like to negotiate the sale of two Java ponies to Ewart in exchange for a stallion and two Shetland...
Dates: 08 April 1902
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1902

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Carl Hagenbeck, 09 June 1902

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/42
Scope and Contents

Hagenbeck supplies information about the cost of shipping a pony to Bombay.

Dates: 09 June 1902
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1902

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Carl Hagenbeck, 10 June 1902

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/43
Scope and Contents

Hagenbeck accepts the three hybrids that he is being offered. He informs Ewart that the skin of the Przewalski's horse was sent to Walter Rothschild, but adds that he has some skins of foals with hooves that he can send him. He is going to track down a zebra-pony hybrid for Ewart born two years previously in Paris, in order that he might purchase it, and also offers Ewart a male zebra from Kilimanjaro.

Dates: 10 June 1902
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1902

Additional filters:

Subject
Hybrids 24
Animals--Transportation 20
Zebras 18
Animal sale 16
Przewalski's Horse 16
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Stallions 10
Mares 9
Hides and Skins 8
Shetland Pony 8
Photographs 7
Ponies 7
Animals--Colour 6
Horse Sale 6
Zoos 6
Foals 5
Cross-Breeding 4
Experiments 4
Kiang 4
Animal Training 3
Animals--Health 3
Exmoor pony 3
Horses 3
Korean pony 3
Mongolian Pony 3
Physical Characteristics 3
Siberian ibex 3
Animal Breeding 2
Arabian Horses 2
Chapman's Zebra 2
Harnesses 2
Horse Breeds 2
Horse shows 2
Horses--Breeding 2
Java pony 2
Lions 2
Museums 2
Onager 2
Publications 2
Rabbits 2
Skeletons 2
Tigers 2
Tsetse-Flies 2
Animal Markings 1
Animal Pedigrees 1
Asiatic wild asses 1
Asses 1
Basuto Pony 1
Bengal tiger 1
Burchell?s Zebra 1
Donkeys 1
Faeroes pony 1
Government purchasing 1
Hares 1
Hoaxes 1
Horns 1
Hybridisation 1
Iceland pony 1
Immunity 1
Leopard 1
Maps 1
Mountain zebra 1
Mules 1
Muscle Cramp 1
Mustang 1
Natural History 1
Prehistoric animals 1
Puppies 1
Rats 1
Sheep 1
Sheep breeds 1
Species 1
Wood Pigeon 1
Working animals 1
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