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Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lady Estella Mary Hope, 13 January 1902

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/1
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Hope thanks Ewart for the photographs of the Przewalski's foals. She hopes to be able to see them when Arthur Cecil takes them to Woburn. She also mentions the Basuto pony that was sold at a Manchester auctioneer's the previous year, and belonged to a Mr Hardacre from South Africa.

Dates: 13 January 1902

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 08 December 1901

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/7/26
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Cecil describes the Przewalski's horses that he has seen in the company of Carl Hagenbeck.

Dates: 08 December 1901

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 20 December 1901

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/7/29
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Cecil outlines details of a dun-coloured mare that he has just purchased, with a chestnut stripe down its back. He also mentions some hybrids that he is hoping to transport to India.

Dates: 20 December 1901

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, [c. January 1902]

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/7
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Cecil states that he is returning Cockerell's letter. He goes on to discuss the arrangements for a horse show and mentions trying to persuade Herbrand Arthur Russell (the Duke of Bedford) to attend the show and purchase a hybrid. He discusses the similarities between the moorland breeds and the brown donkey.

The letter is undated.

Dates: [c. January 1902]

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 17 March 1902

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/21
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Cecil writes regarding details of the pedigree of a foal called 'Johnnie'.

Dates: 17 March 1902

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 12 September 1909

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/15/23
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Cecil reports that he is making good progress with the Highland Stud Book. He believes Ewart's height limitations are right but would prefer to leave out the word 'garron'. He writes that the mainland ponies are only big because they have generations of better keep and because a little Clydesdale blood has been kept in them.

Dates: 12 September 1909

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 22 June 1902

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/50
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Cecil requests that the two Highland ponies be sent in a horse box. After providing some personal details, he goes on to describe the physical characteristics of the Dartmoor pony.

Dates: 22 June 1902

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 06 August 1902

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/65
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Cecil states that he has been to the Zoo to inspect the 'Kitchener hybrid', which he goes on to describe.

Dates: 06 August 1902

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 07 September 1902

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/71
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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.

Dates: 07 September 1902

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 14 September 1902

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/73
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Cecil, who is confined in London after a cab accident, speaks of his low regard for the innkeepers, and he believes they will have more luck dealing directly with the crofters. He goes on to discuss the merits of different Highland ponies.

Dates: 14 September 1902

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Names
Congested Districts Board (Scotland) (1897-1911) 9
Forsyth, James Noel Muller, 1844-1923 (landowner, Quinish, Tobermory) 7
Woburn Abbey 6
Cecil, Frieda, fl1904 (wife of Lord Arthur Cecil) 4
Hagenbeck, Carl, 1844-1913 (German animal dealer and trainer) 4
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Murray, Alexander, 8th Earl of Dunmore or 'Viscount Fincastle', 1872-1962 (British soldier and politician) 3
Cavendish-Bentinck, William John Arthur Charles James, 6th Duke of Portland, 1857-1943 ( landowner, courtier and politician) 2
Galbraith, Charles, c1900s (horse owner) 2
MacDonald, K.L, Major, fl. 1904 (Skirinish, Isle of Skye) 2
Oliphant, George A., Colonel, fl 1898-1910 (employee on Woburn estate, Bedfordshire (England)) 2
Reynolds-Moreton, Henry Haughton, Lord, 1857-1920 (British Liberal Party politician) 2
Reynolds-Moreton, Henry, 3rd Earl of Ducie, 1827-1921 (British courtier and Liberal Party politician) 2
Ritchie, John, fl 1905 2
Rothschild, Sir Lionel Walter, 3rd baronet and 2nd baron Rothschild, 1868-1937 (British banker, politician and zoologist) 2
Russell, Herbrand Arthur, 11th Duke of Bedford, 1858-1940 2
Willoughby, Digby Wentworth Bayard, 9th Baron Middleton, 1844-1922 2
Alexander, Sir Claud, fl 1910-1930 1
Bateson, William, 1861-1926 (English biologist and professor of genetics, University of Cambridge) 1
Brown, Gerard Baldwin, 1849-1932 (Watson-Gordon Professor of Fine Art, University of Edinburgh) 1
Burdon-Sanderson, Sir John Scott, 1825-1905 (regius professor of medicine, University of Oxford) 1
Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland (1901-:) 1
Cathcart, Emily Eliza Steele Gordon, Lady, 1845-1932 (landowner) 1
Cockerell, Theodore Dru Alison, 1866-1948 (American naturalist) 1
Crofters Commission (1886-) 1
Elwes, Henry John, 1846-1922 (traveller and botanist) 1
Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh) 1
Fowler nee Bayley, Alice Janet Clive, Lady, 1856 (wife of Sir John Arthur Fowler, 2nd Baronet) 1
Ganson Brothers (carriage hirers and horse dealersnn) 1
Geikie, Archibald, Sir, 28 December 1835 – 10 November 1924 (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh) 1
Gibson-Carmichael, Sir Thomas David, 11th baronet, overseas administrator and art conoisseur 1
Gilmour, Sir John, 1st baronet of Lundin and Montrave, 1845-1920 1
Gower, Millicent Sutherland-Leveson-, 1867-1955 (Duchess of Sutherland) 1
Great Britain and Ireland, India Office. India Office (1858-1947) 1
Hamburg Board of Agriculture (fl 1902) 1
Hope, Estella Mary, Lady, c.1866-1958 (pony breeder and trainer) 1
J and J Cunningham (fl1904) 1
Lankester, Edwin Ray, Sir, 1847-1929 (zoologist and professor of zoology, University College London) 1
London Zoological Gardens (1828-:) 1
Lydekker, Richard, 1849-1915 (palaeontologist) 1
Mackenzie, J.H Munro, fl1902-1908 (Scottish pony breeder) 1
Marshall, Francis Hugh Adam, 1878-1949 (reader in agricultural physiology, Christ's College, University of Cambridge) 1
Marshall, Henry B., fl 1904 (businessman and animal breeder) 1
Martin, Thomas M., fl 1903 1
Midwood, G. Norris, fl 1902 1
Punnett, Reginald Crundall, 1875-1967 (geneticist and professor of biology, University of Cambridge) 1
Reid, Charles, 1837-1929 (Scottish photographer) 1
Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922 (polar explorer) 1
Shipley, Sir Arthur Everett, 1861-1927 (zoologist) 1
Sinclair, John, 1st Baron Pentland, 1860-1925 (Secretary of Scotland 1905-1912 ) 1
Tattersalls (1766-:) 1
University of Edinburgh (Scottish University) 1
War Office, Whitehall (1722-1964) 1
Wentworth, Edward Norris, 1887-1959 (American animal breeding professor) 1
von Schroder, William Henry, Baron, fl 1906 (merchant banker) 1
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