University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Two photographs - on the left, 'A Pretty Equestrienne' shows a girl, Miss Ashton Wilson from Chicago with her horse; and on the right, 'A "Woman Hater"' shows a horse being trained for police work in London rearing up at the sight of dummies dressed as women in the early/mid 20th century.

Photograph of the Cleveland Bay mare, "Madam", owned by H C Stephens of Cholderton, Salisbury, standing in a paddock in the early 20th century.

Photograph of the Cleveland Bay stallion, "Fidius Dius" (Foale 1 1871) standing next to a brick building in the early 20th century. This stallion is 'an excellent type of Chapman horse and was owned by H Y Webster of Northallerton.'

Illustration of the Darley Arabian horse that imported into England in 1706 standing in a field.

Photograph of a herd of Dartmoor ponies on the moorlands of Devon, England in the early 20th century.

Photograph of a Dartmoor pony standing in a field in the early 20th century.

Photograph of an article with photographs from the 4 January 1917 edition of the Daily Mirror entitled, "Famous Horse Tamer to Wed" showing Lieutenant Mike R. Rimington on the back of a rearing horse taming it along with two portrait images of him and Margret Tyron Woodforde, who he was marrying.

Photographs of riders jumping horses at agricultural shows in the early 20th century. The top photograph shows, 'Mr. C. A. Brown's Old Sport clearing the gate gallantly at Henley and District Agricultural Show'; and the bottom photograph shows, 'Miss Ormond on Georgette at the water jump, Newbury and District Agricultural Show, which provided a full programme of good sport.'

Photograph from the Saturday, 11 September 1920 edition of the Daily Mirror, entitled 'How To Go Over the Top" showing 'John Coleman's grey gelding, "The Tetrarch", well over the top rail when taking a jump at the Royal and Central Bucks Agriculture Show, Aylesbury."

Magazine photograph of three images of horses used on stage for the musical revue 'The Whirligig' at the Palace Theatre, London in [1919]. The next beneath the image notes that the actors attend the Army riding school in North-West London as a way to keep fit for the show.