Hagenbeck, Carl, 1844-1913 (German animal dealer and trainer)
Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Carl Hagenbeck, 02 July 1903
Hagenbeck requests that Ewart repay him some expenses incurred transporting two zebra hybrids to India. He also informs him that he is sending a wild ass from the Balkasch lake to the Duke of Bedford. He describes the animal, stating that to him it resembles a new species, and asks if Ewart would view it and offer his opinion.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Carl Hagenbeck, 26 October 1903
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Carl Hagenbeck, 09 November 1903
Hagenbeck writes that he has not yet received a reply from Ewart concerning his two zebroids. He hopes Ewart has not sold them, as Hagenbeck would like to have them to show in Hamburg how useful they are. He states that no more experiments have yet been made with the Tsetse disease in zebras.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Charles L. Sutherland, 10 April 1903
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.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Charles L. Sutherland, 05 January 1904
Sutherland asks if Ewart would like him to send him some Rockbeare white wild rabbits. He wonders if he should inform another potential buyer that Carl Hagenbeck will be purchasing Ewart's two zebra hybrids. He informs Ewart that the zebra 'Matopo' has died and says that he is trying to find out more information. He enquires whether or not Ewart ever did anything in the way of the wood pigeon cross.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Hector Frederik Estrup Jungersen, 06 June 1903
Jungersen recommends two books dealing with horses on Iceland and the Faroes. He provides details on the introduction to horses to these places by the Norsemen and Vikings, and cites evidence for various prehistoric horses. He reports that he saw 'Romulus' in the stable of Carl Hagenbeck the previous summer and that he would like to see Ewart's Przewalski's horse 'Sir John'.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from John K. Butter, 25 September 1904
Butter asks for advice on breaking in and handling the two zebras he has purchased from Carl Hagenbeck in Hamburg. He writes that natural history is his greatest hobby, and that he recalls Ewart from his time at Aberdeen University, where Butter was a student.
Telegraph to James Cossar Ewart from Carl Hagenbeck, 23 October 1902
Hagenbeck confirms that the shipbroker would like £17.10s for each zebra and pony shipped to Bombay. Ewart replies on the reverse to confirm the costs.
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