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Letter to James Cossar Ewart from James N. Forsyth, 02 April 1908
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 07 September 1902
Cecil states that he encloses a cheque for the mare that he recently purchased from Galbraith. He remarks on some other horses which he is interested in purchasing.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 12 November 1902
Cecil thanks Ewart for the offer of a terrier, which he accepts. He states that he had travelled to Kingairloch to see a two year-old horse out of a pure Highland mare as well as a brown breed of 'a very old kind of Scottish Terrier'.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 07 May 1903
Cecil states his preference for the Barra pony ' 'Mais', although he is also interested in 'the Jumping Connemara' pony. He enquires about the ancestry of 'the Gondal mare' in relation to her colouring and mentions the colouring of the foals belonging to mutual acquaintances.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 11 July 1903
Cecil writes that he will get his mares home with 'Duchess' and 'En Labi' from Dumfries. He reports that he has now caught the Connemara stallion which he is happy to exchange for Ewart's grey. His guinea pig experiments crossing a red with a brown have produced one curious result but the rest are uninteresting.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 08 September 1904
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 09 September 1906
Cecil writes that he hopes Lord Middleton will buy 'McNeil' as he would suit his mares at Applecross and describes the Middletons' tour around the West Highlands of Scotland to view the crofters' ponies. He reports that a half-Welsh, half-Hackney horse cross has provided successful at Baron Schroder's in Strathcarron and at Guisachan. He is surprised to learn that none of the crossbred ponies are fetching a higher price in the market than the old crofters' breed of ponies.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 14 July 1907
Cecil writes that he has offered the pony 'McNeil' to the Duke of Portland for £25 and that he has nine foals by 'Monad-Liahd' out of Rum mares and mainland-type mares.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 16 July 1908
Cecil makes arrangements to stay with Ewart and reports on his meeting with Schofield and his critique of the latter's report. He suggests that the government funds a horse-breeding scheme, purchase the offspring and encourage landowners to breed army horses from selected native mares.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 29 March 1897
Cecil congratulates Ewart on his recent paper and remarks on the possible behavioural changes of mares resulting from being served in late April and early May and then turned out to soft grass at night. He believes the paper to be easily accessible to the layman and suggests publishing it in The Field and The Livestock.
The end of the letter appears to be wanting.