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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

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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

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

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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

During the Windsor Drag, 1870s-1930s

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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

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

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

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

Dates: 1897-1901

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

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

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

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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

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

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

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Carl Hagenbeck, 19 December 1901

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/7/28
Scope and Contents Hagenbeck states how pleased he is in the interest that Ewart has shown in the young Przewalski's horses, which he had obtained for the Duke of Bedford from Central Asia. He says he will be shortly sending details of the horses. He is selling them for £250 each, but is prepared to let Ewart have one for £150. He has sold all his dun Mongolian mares but has one brown and one black which he is prepared to sell for £7 each. He also encloses 2 photographs of zebras which differ markedly from the...
Dates: 19 December 1901