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Horses--Breeding

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
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Found in 73 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Charles R. Heatley, 20 August 1913

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/19/41
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Heatley provides details about the pack horse stallion 'Lord Nelson'. He reports that he has only been able to find in the district one Devon pack horse, plus a colt, to serve as a stud. He complains about the Board of Agriculture and proposes setting up a 'Pack Horse Association' among Devon gentlemen and farmers, and asks Ewart if he would care to join.

Dates: 20 August 1913
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1913

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel George A. Oliphant, 05 May 1907

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/13/15
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Oliphant asks on behalf of the Duke of Bedford for confirmation on when the ponies are likely to arrive at Woburn. He also asks with what stallion Ewart would like them to be crossed.

Dates: 05 May 1907
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1907

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Count Jean le Gonidec (in French with English translation), 03 February 1904

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/10/9
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Count le Gonidec thanks Ewart for the publications he sent him and offers some observations from the breeding of his own purebred horses in Normandy.

Dates: 03 February 1904
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1904

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
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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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1915

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from F. Lort-Phillips, plus 2 typed copies, 04 January 1916

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/22/5
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Lort-Phillips criticises the conduct of the Board of Agriculture for their collaboration with the Hunters Improvement Society in the army horse breeding scheme. He disparages the emphasis that has been placed on the Premium Thoroughbred horse, 'the wretched brutes that have done more harm to Light Horse Breeding than anything else.'

There are also two typed copies of the letter, presumably made at a later date.

Dates: 04 January 1916
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1916

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Frank J. Connolly, 11 October 1900

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/6/27
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Connolly writes regarding the breeding of certain horses he has purchased.

Dates: 11 October 1900
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1900

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from F.W Barling, 29 August 1905

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/11/29
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Barling offers Ewart his Arab pony 'Parakh' on condition that he is used for stud purposes and that he is shot when no longer required.

Dates: 29 August 1905
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1905

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry Fairfield Osborn, 02 February 1921

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/27/1
Scope and Contents Osborn writes that he has not heard from Ewart for years, despite his own letters to him. He reminds him about his promise of securing the original Celtic horse as the type specimen of Equus caballus celticus for the Museum. He reports that the little stallion Ewart sent to the Museum shows around 95% Celtic characters, and enquires whether Ewart knows of a pure little Celtic mare they could import for breeding purposes. He has been corresponding with Breuil about...
Dates: 02 February 1921
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1921

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry Henriques, 23 March 1901

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/7/9
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Henriques writes regarding the procurement of a yellow dun coloured stallion for breeding purposes, having been unable to find a suitable specimen in his native Norway.

Dates: 23 March 1901
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1901

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from J.A Ranald MacDonald, 22 July 1907

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/13/34
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MacDonald states that he does not require the young stallion back and asks Ewart to let him know if anyone wishes to buy another of his stallions. He speculates that the Congested Districts Board might pay him a premium for the use of either of his stallions as studs to the crofters' ponies.

Dates: 22 July 1907
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1907

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