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Mares

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
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Found in 151 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from John Campbell, 09 September 1903

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/100
Scope and Contents

Campbell writes that he knows of three mares in Gairloch by McHardye's stallion but that he does not suppose they are for sale.

Dates: 09 September 1903
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1903

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from John Finlayson, 14 May 1902

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/36
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Finlayson writes regarding the physical characteristics of a mare that he has seen for sale, presumably on behalf of Ewart.

Dates: 14 May 1902
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1902

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from John Frederick Lort-Phillips, 24 June 1913

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/19/28
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Lort-Phillips notes that, in the agenda for the next 'Advisory Council' meeting, the Board of Agriculture scheme for the purchase of brood mares will be coming up for discussion, and hopes for Ewart's support of his opinions.

Dates: 24 June 1913
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1913

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from John McKinnon, 10 November 1902

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/88
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McKinnon states that no ponies of the type that Ewart described can be found on the islands of Mingulay and Barra. He has been able to secure a mare foal, one of the first real Barra breed to be seen for a long time. He adds that he can secure two differently-coloured Barra ponies for him.

Dates: 10 November 1902
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1902

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from John Stewart-Murray, 7th Duke of Atholl, 22 July 1907

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/13/33
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Stewart-Murray asks where 'Braemore' will stay during the summer and winter and states that he will try and find a few mares to suit him. He wonders whether the Congested Districts Board or the Duke of Portland would take his stallion 'Bonnie Laddie'.

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

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from John T. Mackenzie, 05 October 1903

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/109
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Mackenzie writes that he is glad the St Kilda ewe arrived with Ewart safely. He states that as far as he knows the Skye pony is extinct and reports that his black mare has foaled.

Dates: 05 October 1903
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1903

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from J.R Campbell, 02 July 1904

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/10/70
Scope and Contents Campbell writes that he is sending Ewart a copy of the Department of Agriculture's Live Stock Schemes for 1903/4 and a copy of the Department's Register of Stallions for 1904. He reports that the Department owns 20 stallions in the west of Ireland which are not eligible to serve nominated mares under the Department's General Horse Breeding Scheme. He reports that there are two stallions for sale on the Department's stud farm at Shankill near Dublin. Campbell invites Ewart to send a...
Dates: 02 July 1904
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1904

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lady Estella Mary Hope, 12 April 1911

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/17/21
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Hope describes the physical characteristics of a mare that has recently been shot, and reports that she has recently lost two ponies through drowning. She has offered their bodies to the Natural History Museum if they are able to retrieve them.

Dates: 12 April 1911
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1911

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lady Estella Mary Hope (incomplete), 17 February 1903

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/23
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Hope reports that she has examined all of their 36 stallions for hind chestnut callosities and that all except one possess them. She also provides details about the head sizes of various stallions and mares.

The latter part of the letter, including author's signature, is not present.

Dates: 17 February 1903
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1903

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lieutenant-Colonel Charles R. Haveley, 19 March 1912

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/18/14
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Haveley thanks Ewart for his advice on selecting the most suitable stallion for their pack mares and states that he would like to get a better understanding of Mendelism. He describes his experience with different breeds of horses in the army. He is making enquiries about the Goonhilly breed of pony in Cornwall, and is going to East Cornwall to see some dun mares that have been offered him.

Dates: 19 March 1912
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1912

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