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Horse Sale

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

Found in 71 Collections and/or Records:

Catalogue of Sale from Messrs Tattersall of Ponies and Young Stock at Tabley, Knutsford, Cheshire on 23 July 1902, 23 July 1902

 Item
Identifier: Coll-14/5/5
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Contains syllabuses and programs of lecture series delivered by Ewart, catalogues of horse sales and various reports.

Dates: 23 July 1902
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Reports and papers

Catalogue of Sale of Shetland Ponies, Earlshall, Leuchars, 18 September 1909, 1909

 Item
Identifier: Coll-14/5/11
Scope and Contents

Ewart had seven ponies in the sale. Entries are annotated with the prices and names of purchasers.

Dates: 1909
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Reports and papers

During the Windsor Drag, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/1971
Scope and Contents

Photographs showing two images from after the Windsor Drag horse show near Shardeloes, Amersham and and an image of a horse that sold at a record price at Newmarket. The first two images show, a dog leaping over one of the horse jumping fences; and the other shows Captain Seymour on his horse jumping 'through' the rails of the fence. The third image shows the brood mare, "Salamandra" that was sold to Lord Furnes for 16,000 guineas during the Newmarket sales in December 1920.

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection

Five catalogues for Wilfrid Scawen Blunt's horse sales by Messrs. Tattersall, 1897-1901

 Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/3/17
Scope and Contents

Contains catalogues for the ninth, eleventh (2 copies), twelfth and thirteenth sales.

Dates: 1897-1901
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1897

Hackney Grand Vulcan, Ella S. Ross, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/390
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a Hackney Grand Vulcan horse in harness pulling a carriage through a field with a man and woman driving in the late 19th or early 20th century. A handwritten note on the slide reads, 'Miss Ella S. Ross Beechfield Sale, Ches.'

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Alex Rose, 08 September 1903

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/96
Scope and Contents

Rose writes that he thinks there would be no difficulty in procuring some yellow dun ponies with a stripe along the back for Ewart. He also offers to track down a pure yellow stallion with a black stripe that he sold three years previously.

Dates: 08 September 1903
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1903

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Alexander McHardy, 20 April 1907

 Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/13/11
Scope and Contents

McHardy writes that he will let Ewart have the stallion 'Braemore' for £20 before sending him to the Highland Show, and provides some background information about him.

Dates: 20 April 1907
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1907

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Alexander McHardy, 24 June 1907

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/13/28
Scope and Contents

McHardy thanks Ewart for making arrangements for the pony 'Braemore' to be entered into the Highland Show and states that he will purchase any filly he sees comparable to 'Braemore'. He adds that he is sending a filly that he bred from 'Braemore' to the Joint Show at Dingwall.

Dates: 24 June 1907
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1907

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Arthur Henry Havens Sinclair, 09 June 1916

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/22/23
Scope and Contents

Sinclair writes that he is glad to hear that Ewart has accepted Mr Tod's offer of £22 for 'Mousa II' and gives instructions for the transportation of the pony.

Dates: 09 June 1916
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1916

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Carl Hagenbeck, 08 April 1902

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/30
Scope and Contents Hagenbeck thanks Ewart for sending the photographs of 'Remus' and a black hybrid mare, along with an estimated cost for the pair. He asks if Ewart could send him the stallion which is for Henry Fairfield Osborn in New York, as he wishes to combine the shipping with some animals of his own. He adds that he now has a pair of Chapman's zebras, which he is sending from Hamburg to India. He would like to negotiate the sale of two Java ponies to Ewart in exchange for a stallion and two Shetland...
Dates: 08 April 1902
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1902

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