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Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Captain J.H Greer, 16 May 1916

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/22/22
Scope and Contents

Greer writes that he would be delighted to meet Ewart to discuss aspects of national horse breeding, and that he hopes Ewart will one day come to Ireland to visit the National Stud. Otherwise, he himself will shortly visit London.

Dates: 16 May 1916
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Edwin Brough, 28 April 1902

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/32
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 28 April 1902
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from J.B Robertson, 15 January 1916

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/22/12
Scope and Contents

Robertson comments on Ewart's paper on the development of the horse, particularly on the 'three-toed phase' in early embryonic life. He wonders whether there is any appreciable difference between the embryo of an Arab or thoroughbred mare and a Shire. He imagines that the three-toed stage would persist for two or three days or longer in the case of heavy, coarse breeds.

Dates: 15 January 1916
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sydney Olivier with enclosed copied letter from W. Reid to Captain Spanton, 02 May 1916

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/22/21
Scope and Contents Olivier writes on behalf of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries to introduce the enclosed letter and invite Ewart's opinion on the breeding of horses suitable for artillery purposes. The enclosed letter, dated 03 March 1916, from W. Reid of Illinois to Captain Spanton, outlines the former's opinions of the best breeds of artillery horses that America produces. He describes the American preference for the Percheron, which can weigh as much as Shires and Clydes but with limbs...
Dates: 02 May 1916
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Shire and Arab Horse Heads, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/399
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a Shire horse's head and an Arab horse's head for comparison.

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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