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Shetland Pony

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Carl Hagenbeck, 25 May 1903

 Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/54
Scope and Contents

Hagenbeck states that he would like 'Romulus', the Exmoor hybrid and Shetland pony, but that he can only take them in exchange. He says that he will assist the British government to send two stallions to Mombasa, and that he will try to sell the Kiang stallion for Arthur Cecil.

Dates: 25 May 1903

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from the Ganson Brothers, 14 May 1904

 Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/10/51
Scope and Contents

The letter requests more detailed particulars about Lord Cecil's pony than Ewart previously provided. The purchasers intend to cross the stallion with Shetland mares to produce a reliable carting and ploughing pony for crofters.

Dates: 14 May 1904