Horses--Breeding
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Digby Wentworth Bayard Willoughby, 9th Baron Middleton, 25 September 1915
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/21/17
Scope and Contents
Willoughby, who signs himself 'Middleton', writes concerning his Highland ponies which went from him last year for the War. He reports that the ponies, now based in the Dardanelles, are all faring well, except the pony by Ewart's stallion, which has been killed by a shell. Willoughby is now breeding hunters from Highland ponies, using a thoroughbred horse 'Red Eagle'.
Dates:
25 September 1915
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 16 September 1906
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/12/26
Scope and Contents
Cecil writes that since he has not heard from Lord Middleton, he will send his pony 'McNeil' to Croall's. He reports that the crofters usually buy their ponies from each other but they are complaining that they are being bred too light of bone for heavy work.
Dates:
16 September 1906