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Mares

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

Found in 151 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from William Laidlaw, 26 October 1900

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/6/30
Scope and Contents

Laidlaw suggests why the Shire and Clydesdale horses have so many white markings. They may breed with cattle whilst the mares are in season. He states that not so many white markings in the cart horse are found in the West and North of Scotland and details further examples of cases of unusual markings on different varieties of horse.

Dates: 26 October 1900

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from William Mungall, 22 September 1909

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/15/24
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Mungall writes regarding the filly foal born in 1908 to the yellow dun Shetland mare 'Helen II' and says that due to the distance he cannot say whether the foal has chestnuts (callosities) or ergots. However, the second foal born to the mare does have chestnuts.

Dates: 22 September 1909

Letter to William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selbourne from Walter Peacock, 25 April 1916

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/22/20
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Peacock thanks Lord Selbourne for his interest in the breeding experiments with Dartmoor ponies and old Devon packhorses. He is preparing a memorandum of their current work and plans for the future which he will send to Selbourne and also to Ewart, whom Peacock wishes to consult regarding the application of Mendelian principles to the pack horse. He goes on to describe the breeding work in South Devon between a Norfolk-Roadster stallion and mares with packhorse pedigrees.

Dates: 25 April 1916

Mare and Foal, L Ewings, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/2278
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Photograph of a mare and foal drinking from a watering trough in a paddock in the early 20th century. They were [possibly] owned by L Ewings.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

"Ornament", Thoroughbred Mare, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/2159
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Photograph of the Thoroughbred mare, "Ornament" standing in a paddock in the early/mid 20th century. The horse's sister was "Ormonde" and was the dam of "Sceptre".

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Percheron Mare and Foal, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/370
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Photograph of a Percheron mare and foal standing in a field in the late 19th or early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Postcard to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel Edward Donald Malcom, 16th Laird of Poltalloch, 13 May 1907

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/13/19
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Malcolm states that he will arrange to have his stallion 'Parakh' sent to Ewart once he has covered one of his mares and hopes that his pony 'Grizel' is proving useful to Ewart's research.

Dates: 13 May 1907

Range Bred Mare, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/2267
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Photograph of a range bred mare standing in a paddock with stables in the background in the early/mid 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Range Bred Mare, Fort Collins, Colorado [United States], 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/2266
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Photograph of a range bred mare in a paddock in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States in the early/mid 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Shire Mare, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/2180
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Photograph of a champion winning Shire mare standing in a field in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s