Zebras
Found in 144 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Carl Hagenbeck, 27 November 1902
Hagenbeck offers Ewart £100 for the three hybrids he is selling. He offers Ewart a young Przewalski's horse skin and skeleton. He also has in his possession the skins of some Siberian Ibex which he suggests might be fitting for Ewart's 'museum' (presumably the Natural History collections at the University of Edinburgh). Hagenbeck also mentions that he had bad luck with Ewart's zebra 'Matopo', who was returned to him by a buyer due to a lung condition.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Carl Hagenbeck, 26 January 1903
Hagenbeck informs Ewart that the hybrids for the English government left Hamburg in good health, and he expects they will arrive in India in good condition. He states that 'Matopo' (a zebra stallion) is in his possession again (after being returned by a seller) but he has not been able to find a fault with him.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Carl Hagenbeck, 06 March 1903
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Carl Hagenbeck, 08 April 1903
Hagenbeck mentions the zebras he has in exchange for 'Romulus' or the Exmoor hybrid and states that he is surprised to find that some people at the London Zoo consider the Przewalski's horse to be a mule. He states that he has sold 'Matopo' to Arthur Yates, refers to the Kiang pony and Korea stallion which he is trying to sell and writes of his anticipated delivery of East African zebras which he will train to harness.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Carl Hagenbeck, 23 June 1903
Hagenbeck asks for more information about the 'bastard Kiang' and provides information on the new East African zebra foals. He states that he has found that zebras are not immune to the Tsetse fly, the animal that he exposed to this fly having died in Berlin three weeks ago.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Carl Hagenbeck, 02 July 1903
Hagenbeck requests that Ewart repay him some expenses incurred transporting two zebra hybrids to India. He also informs him that he is sending a wild ass from the Balkasch lake to the Duke of Bedford. He describes the animal, stating that to him it resembles a new species, and asks if Ewart would view it and offer his opinion.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Carl Hagenbeck, 26 October 1903
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Carl Hagenbeck, 09 November 1903
Hagenbeck writes that he has not yet received a reply from Ewart concerning his two zebroids. He hopes Ewart has not sold them, as Hagenbeck would like to have them to show in Hamburg how useful they are. He states that no more experiments have yet been made with the Tsetse disease in zebras.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Charles Dawson, [c. 13 September 1915]
Dawson follows up his letter regarding the horned 'zebra' horse, which he has been told is now 'somewhere in France'. He has made arrangements for its head to be sent to him if it should die. He will shortly be in Edinburgh and wishes to see the horse skull Ewart mentions which seems to bear similar horn-like features. He will also bring some new pieces of Eoanthropus skull from near Piltdown for Ewart to see.
The letter is undated.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Charles L. Sutherland, 09 April 1901
Sutherland alerts Ewart to the photograph of a peculiar looking mule which he asserts resembles a zebra, and which he wonders might merit some research. He provides some personal details and asks 'what is being done with 'Romulus'?' (Ewart's first zebra/horse hybrid).