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Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Alice Blanche Balfour, 04 June 1898
Balfour expresses her hope that the Highland and Agricultural Society gives him a grant to continue his experiments and thanks Ewart for accepting her financial assistance. She goes on to discuss the 'infection' of telegony and the positioning of animal markings and gradations in colour on zebras and horses.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Charles Dawson, with photograph, 28 June 1915
Dawson encloses a photograph showing a horse, nicknamed 'Satan', which has two horn-like prominences on the frontal skull bones, as well as striped markings. Dawson has never come across this variation before and enquires whether Ewart can give him any similar examples.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from C.L Thylor, 16 August 1900
Thylor states that he will gladly visit Ewart to view his hybrids. He supplies him with the addresses of several military men who he believes may be able to give him the information he requires regarding the use of horses, and in particular hybrids, in military action. Thylor proffers the opinion that the hybrids, because of their conspicuous stripes, may not be suited to military work in the field, though they would be suited to ambulance work.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel George A. Oliphant, 19 August 1898
Oliphant announces the birth of a chestnut foal at Woburn Abbey: the product of a zebra mare and an Arabian sire horse, and with stripes and dappling on its legs, thighs and body.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Florence E. Sexton, 18 September 1903
Sexton encloses a photograph (not present) of a striped mouse dun pony and recalls seeing an unusually striped bay horse. She also mentions visiting Ewart to see his hybrids some years ago with the agricultural college.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lieutenant Colonel N. Naski (in old German), with modern typed transcription, 01 December 1897
Naski discusses the patterns and colouring of foals hide in comparison with that of their parents and with respect to different breeds and the progeny of hybridisation experiments. He concludes that in most cases, stripes on the foals shoulders and legs tend to disappear when these horses reach maturity. Stripes are most common with white horses and are conversely very rare with brown ones.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 20 December 1901
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.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir Claud Alexander, 15 July 1915
Alexander gives instructions for Ewart to return the pony to him and comments that due to the war his stock is greatly reduced. He provides details of the offspring of a piebald mare which he considers to be breeding very oddly.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Ridgeway, 07 February 1903
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Ridgeway, 29 August 1904
Ridgeway states that it is most probable that the Libyan horse in a wild state had more strongly defined stripes than when domesticated and refers to Azara's example of wild and tame cattle in South America differing in colours. He writes that if Ewart agrees he will insert this into the revised last chapter of his book. He has heard that Pocock is going to publish the bay quagga as a new variety or species and asks Ewart to send him an illustrative block of the Hebridean stallion.