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Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 21 September 1902
Cecil discusses the engravings, which he has seen in 'Munro's pamphlet', of the Combarelles cave in the Dordogne area of France, which include almost exact reproductions of the heads of horses. He goes on to discuss his discussions with the Hamburg Board of Agriculture about Dartmoor ponies, and mentions that the India Office are expressing a strong interest in acquiring Ewart's hybrids.
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, 18 November 1902
Cecil relates some anecdotes about his stay in the Highlands, including sightings of various ponies.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 28 December 1902
Cecil mentions an Indian man named Jusaf and refers to the resignation of various factors in the Highlands. He recommends that Ewart see some ponies on Mull and Skye.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 30 January 1903
Cecil informs Ewart of the time of his forthcoming horse sale and provides information about other sales. He also gives directions as to the delivery of a puppy by train.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 13 February 1903
Cecil provides details of the Gaick ponies which are to be sold shortly in Perth. He states that all of his Highland ponies have chestnut callosities but only small ones.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 20 April 1903
Cecil writes that he thinks Ewart's 'Cushendall discovery' by far 'the most important and interesting you have yet made' (presumably referring to Ewart's reported sighting of some dwarf horses during his visit to Northern Ireland). He then goes on to make observations on what Cecil calls 'Irish-looking' features of chestnut ponies with white manes and tails.
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, 29 August 1903
Cecil writes that he thinks there are some yellow dun ponies around Gairloch. He discusses his plans to station his two year old South Uist stallion on Lady Fowler's land next season and reports on the condition of various of his Highland ponies.