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 Sir Claud Alexander, 24 June 1915
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/21/12
Scope and Contents
Alexander asks whether Ewart wants to keep the pony and exchange it for a colt foal or yearling.
Dates:
24 June 1915
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir Claud Alexander, 15 July 1915
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/21/15
Scope and Contents
Alexander gives instructions for Ewart to return the pony to him and comments that due to the war his stock is greatly reduced. He provides details of the offspring of a piebald mare which he considers to be breeding very oddly.
Dates:
15 July 1915
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir Claud Alexander, 16 September 1916
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/22/28
Scope and Contents
Alexander offers Ewarts some ponies, as he can no longer afford to keep them. He comments that the stripes on the mare in Ewart's photograph is also visible on his mare at times.
Dates:
16 September 1916
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir John Gilmour, 1st Baronet of Lundin and Montrave, 14 July 1907
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/13/30
Scope and Contents
Gilmour offers £5 or £10 to assist with the pony for the British Museum and asks whether the specimen will be killed at once.
Dates:
14 July 1907
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Ridgeway, 07 February 1903
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/17
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Ridgeway thanks Ewart for the photograph of a pony's head. He asserts that the conclusion that no asses had evolved west of the Nile is incorrect and cites a renowned Arab historian and geographer, Al-Masudi. He mentions the appearance of curiously striped wild asses in the province of Nubia, on the West side of the Nile. Ridgeway discusses the implications of the infiltration of asses into this area and explores its possible origins. He states that he is writing to Walter Burton Harris, who...
Dates:
07 February 1903
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Ridgeway, 05 March 1903
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/29
Scope and Contents
Ridgeway thanks Ewart for a block that he has lent him and says that he is at last returning Salensky's paper. He states that he is gratified to find that the tarpan is an original wild Equid and not a feral horse. He asks if Ewart has any data about Cossack ponies, which he supposes are more or less mixed like the Shetlands, and wonders if Ewart has any questions about Barbary horses for Walter Harris, with whom Ridgeway has been in touch. He then goes on to mention early Greek sources for...
Dates:
05 March 1903
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Ridgeway, 24 April 1903
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/46
Scope and Contents
Ridgeway thanks Ewart for sending him photographs of the Ward's zebra, which he asks permission to mention in his forthcoming survey of zebras. He goes on to discuss the ponies at Garran Point, Ireland that Ewart has mentioned, and cites some classical and historical references to the Irish 'Hobbie' and its debated connection to Spanish breeds imported in the sixteenth century, although Ridgeway feels that this must have occcured earlier. He concludes that he is in agreement with Ewart that...
Dates:
24 April 1903
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Ridgeway, 27 August 1903
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/90
Scope and Contents
Ridgeway thanks Ewart for the papers he sent him. He concurs that the typical striped Norwegian pony was rare in Scandinavia in the 11th century, and that they are mentioned in the sagas. He states that he has now mapped out the entire historical evidence for horses in Europe and that his book is now ready to go to press after some complications with the publishers. He congratulates Ewart on the information about the Scottish ponies with the striped face and for his 'good news from the Faroe...
Dates:
27 August 1903
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Ridgeway, 31 May 1904
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/10/60
Scope and Contents
Ridgeway thanks Ewart for the critique of his manuscript and offers some opinions concerning the history and characteristics of the pony Tarpan redivivus and elaborates on prehistoric horses. He makes some remarks about editorial and spelling matters and discusses the sounds made by the Kiang and Onager ponies.
Dates:
31 May 1904
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Ridgeway, 21 June 1904
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/10/68
Scope and Contents
Ridgeway discusses some of Ewart's critiques of the manuscript of his book. He reports that he is troubled about whether he is justified in stating that that the hock callosities are frequently absent in North African horses and ponies and asks Ewart to check a French reference from the work of Sanson. He asks Ewart for the loan of some illustrative blocks. He posits that changes in colour of horses and cattle could be due to domestication, and thanks Ewart for correcting some of his zebra...
Dates:
21 June 1904