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A Zebroid, 1870s-1930s
Photograph of a hybrid zebra and [horse or donkey] standing in a pen in the early 20th century.
Cross-Bred Harness Horse, 1870s-1930s
Photograph of a cross-bred harness horse harnessed to a barrouche drivien by a man with a fly-whip stopped in front of a stone house in the early 20th century. The text beneath the image notes that the horse was a cross between a Yorkshire Coach horse on a Clydesdale mare and was bred by S W Wallace, Ford, Thornhill, Scotland.
Draft letter to Herbrand Arthur Russell, 11th Duke of Bedford from James Cossar Ewart, 14 January 1909
"Halcyon", Three-Fourths Grade Arab, Cross-Bred, 1870s-1930s
Photograph of a man riding "Halcyon", the three-fourths grade Arab, cross-bred horse that finished fourth in a long-distance test at a time of 53 hours and 45 minutes, condition 50, and total performance, 71.3% and noted as an example of the value of selecting dams with careful judgement. From the Bush-Brown book: Heredity for Horses.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Arthur H. Neumann, 26 October 1899
Neumann enquires whether Ewart thinks it would be possible to start up a ranch for Grevy's zebra in East Africa, and to cross them with horses and donkeys to create 'a new beast of burden for Africa'.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel George A. Oliphant, 05 May 1907
Oliphant asks on behalf of the Duke of Bedford for confirmation on when the ponies are likely to arrive at Woburn. He also asks with what stallion Ewart would like them to be crossed.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel George A. Oliphant, 17 June 1898
Oliphant thanks Ewart for some photographs and apologises for not having replied earlier. He states he will try and send Ewart a photograph of a horse and keep him informed of whether the zebra, which he has cross-bred with a horse, is likely to foal.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Edwin Brough, 28 April 1902
Brough writes regarding findings made from cross-breeding experiments between a carting mare firstly with a blood horse and then a shire horse. The colts by the blood horse were found to make particularly good hunting animals.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Frederick Stringer Wrench, 25 February 1902
Wrench explains that at his stud farm they have 15 Connemara pony mares (nine of which are in foal to an Arab and two to a Connemara stallion) and two Erris ponies (in foal to a thoroughbred). This season they plan to mix the pairings and the results of the couplings will be carefully monitored. He believes that the Arab is an exceptional horse, bettered only by the winner at the Paris Exhibition. He adds that Wilfred Blunt's pony that competed against it looked quite plain in comparison.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from James Hay Caird, 25 January 1899
Caird states how interested he had been to read Ewart's article in The Scotsman about experimental contributions to the theory of heredity. He provides example of cross-breeding from his own horses, cows and rabbits.