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Ponies

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

Found in 171 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lady Estella Mary Hope, 10 March 1903

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/31
Scope and Contents

Hope provides details of the head sizes and callosities of some of her pony stallions.

Dates: 10 March 1903

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lady Estella Mary Hope, 11 February 1904

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/10/12
Scope and Contents

Hope discusses some of the nose features of the ponies of which Ewart has sent her pictures, and provides some diagrams. She remarks that the Celtic pony appears to be very different from the ones she remembers in her youth. She states that she wishes to try and breed from her hare if he is still alive when she returns from abroad.

Dates: 11 February 1904

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lady Estella Mary Hope, 08 August 1907

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/13/36
Scope and Contents

Hope thanks Ewart for his letter concerning the chestnuts (callosities) on the pony 'Vulcan' and 'Odin' and confirms that the pony 'Thorean' has no sign of hind chestnuts or ergots. She reports that they were much taken with Ewart's yellow Highland pony's colour at the show.

Dates: 08 August 1907

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

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/17/21
Scope and Contents

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

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Grant Fraser-Tytler, 20 May 1908

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/14/16
Scope and Contents

Fraser-Tytler writes that it is a shame Ewart will miss meeting Majors McNeill and Schofield to see the ponies being bred in the Highlands and Islands before they write their report. He recommends contacting Lord Lovat for any help he might be able to provide. He wonders if Major McNeill is the old friend of his who used to be in the 16th Lancers.

Dates: 20 May 1908

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 12 September 1909

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/15/23
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Cecil reports that he is making good progress with the Highland Stud Book. He believes Ewart's height limitations are right but would prefer to leave out the word 'garron'. He writes that the mainland ponies are only big because they have generations of better keep and because a little Clydesdale blood has been kept in them.

Dates: 12 September 1909

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 18 November 1902

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/92
Scope and Contents

Cecil relates some anecdotes about his stay in the Highlands, including sightings of various ponies.

Dates: 18 November 1902

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 28 December 1902

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/124
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Cecil mentions an Indian man named Jusaf and refers to the resignation of various factors in the Highlands. He recommends that Ewart see some ponies on Mull and Skye.

Dates: 28 December 1902

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 20 April 1903

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/45
Scope and Contents

Cecil writes that he thinks Ewart's 'Cushendall discovery' by far 'the most important and interesting you have yet made' (presumably referring to Ewart's reported sighting of some dwarf horses during his visit to Northern Ireland). He then goes on to make observations on what Cecil calls 'Irish-looking' features of chestnut ponies with white manes and tails.

Dates: 20 April 1903

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 29 August 1903

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/92
Scope and Contents

Cecil writes that he thinks there are some yellow dun ponies around Gairloch. He discusses his plans to station his two year old South Uist stallion on Lady Fowler's land next season and reports on the condition of various of his Highland ponies.

Dates: 29 August 1903