Mares
Found in 151 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from W.A Byrne, 29 April 1903
Byrne enquires how Ewart wishes the pony yearling to be sent to him and asks him to delay deciding on a sire for his mare until Ewart has seen the yearling. He encourages Ewart to try to get all the medals he can for Connemara ponies at the forthcoming Polo Pony Society show.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Walter Heape, 18 January 1899
Heape offers advice on how to compose a scheme of recording the following data from experiments: details and date of service of mare, date of birth of the foal, in conjunction with the number of times the mare was served. This information might indicate any retardation of ovulation, or any hindrance to the passage of sperm into the uterus.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, 03 October 1903
Blunt reassures Ewart that he has not lost interest in his experiments and discoveries. He believes that the four varieties of horse distinguished by differences in their callosites is very important. He is pleased the grey arab given as a filly, has proved useful to Ewart and states that he will be unable to supply a friend of Ewart's with a bay Arabian mare due to the great demand for Arabian horses in the colonies.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, 22 July 1896
Blunt invites Ewart to a sale of mares at his horse farm near Horsham, Sussex. Blunt writes that the mares are likely to be in foal and would probably fetch 50 or 60 guineas.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, 23 September 1896
Blunt thanks Ewart for the photos of a zebra mule foal (presumably 'Romulus'). Also in the letter Blunt regrets the fact that he does not have another mule to give Ewart for his experiments. He apologises for the fact that 'Bernabit', the Arab mare he gave him, has been pronounced barren.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, 24 May 1897
Blunt reveals that he has 10 foals this year at his stud farm from pure Arab mares, by the same chestnut horse. He gives a physical description of each foal, and analyses their colour and markings. He also suggests a seven year old mare that might be suitable for Ewart's experimental breeding.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, 04 June 1897
Blunt advises Ewart to purchase a mare that is currently at Luckington in Wiltshire and informs Ewart of Blunt's forthcoming horse sale.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from William Allison, 16 February 1899
Allison agrees with Ewart about the importance of nutrition in a horse's pregnancy, and supplies information relating to two mares from Ireland. He makes an observation regarding British thoroughbred horses and their lack of robustness due to their breeding habits, comments on various Australian thoroughbreds and reveals his experiences of fox terrier breeding.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from William Bernhard Tegetmeier, 25 August 1896
Tegetmeier writes concerning mule mares. He also reports some 'gossip' about Dr Butler of the British Museum and his assertion in The Feathered World that he had seen two mules in foal in a drove of 50 in Spain, and the driver had told him mule mares were often infertile. Tegetmeier remarks 'That a man in his position should publish such nonsense is very unsatisfactory'.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from William Bernhard Tegetmeier, 10 August 1897
Tegetmeier enquires whether Ewart could send him a photograph of the newly arrived offspring, and states that he wishes to reproduce photographs of the mare, the two offspring and the arab horse as these 'would make an admirable set' (presumably for publication in The Field).