Horses
Found in 455 Collections and/or Records:
The Fossil "Desert Horse", 1870s-1930s
Image of the skeleton of the fossil "Desert Horse" which was discovered through the Whitney Fund in [1906] and is mounted in the American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, USA.
The Grey Mare's Leap, 1870s-1930s
Photograph of Mrs Livingstone's grey mare in mid leap over a gate during the jumping competition at Rotherfield House Show in 1922.
The Historic Battleground Where L Battery Fell, 1870s-1930s
Photograph of the battlefield of Néry where the L Battery, British Horse Regiment fell on 1 September, 1914 where all of the horses were killed within the first two minutes of fighting the Germans. The image shows a field strewn with dead horses, a destroyed wagon and farm building and trees in the background.
The Horse's Prayer, 1930
A leaflet, created by the Animals' Friend Society, titled "The Horse's Prayer". It is written from the view point of a horse asking to be loved and looked after properly.
The Morgan Horse, Stallion "General Gates" (666), 1870s-1930s
Photograph of the Morgan horse, a stallion named, "General Gates" (666) standing in a field in the mid 20th century. The stallion is at the head of the stud at the United States Morgan Horse Farm in Middlebury, Vermont.
The Prince of Wales and the Duke of York Watching a Police Jump Competitor Tackling a Nasty Obstacle, 1870s-1930s
Photograph of the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York watching a policeman and horse jump competitor leaping over a difficult obstacle in the early 20th century.
The Runaway Twitch, 1870s-1930s
Illustration of a runaway twitch used on a horse running on a track.
The Shipment of Horses for Butchery Abroad, 1924
A pamphlet published by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and distributed by the Scottish division, titled "The Shipment of Horses for Butchery Abroad", by A.M.F. Cole. The pamphlet highlights continued animal abuse of horses documented on voyages to the continent for butchery.
The Size of the Eohippus or "Dawn Horse", 1870s-1930s
Photograph (lower) of the 'only known skeleton of the Eohippus or "dawn horse" as preserved in the American Museum of Natural History in New York, USA compared to a photograph (upper) of a skeleton of an English coursing hound, the whippet to show the similarity in body size.
The Traffic in Decrepit Horses, 1914
A letter, from the RSPCA, about putting an end to exporting old or injured horses out of the UK. The RSPCA argues that the transportation is unnecessarly cruel and proposes centres in the UK being set up for horses to retire to and be slaughtered. The letter is dated July 1914 and is address to the Secretary of British Animal Products Ltd.