Ponies
Found in 171 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Carl Hagenbeck, 04 October 1902
Hagenbeck states that he has received Ewart's correspondence and will put aside a pair of zebras for him, as well as a couple of ponies once he has been notified of which ones are to be shipped. He requests details of the three zebra hybrids in Ewart's custody.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Charles Hose, 11 February 1904
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Charles Mackinnon Douglas, 12 January 1912
Douglas provides some information about the pony 'Evie'.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Charles Mackinnon Douglas, 10 April 1912
Douglas writes that he will make further enquiries about the pony 'Mafdood'. He has finished the manuscript of the little book with Elwes and wonders if Ewart will write a short note on the origin of the pony.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Claud Alexander, 08 January 1913
Alexander writes that his friend Tyrwhitt-Drake, the secretary of the Menagerie Club, is coming to Edinburgh and would like to meet Ewart. He also reports that he thinks both his ponies are in foal and that the colt is now very quiet to ride.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel Alfred Keene, 13 August 1903
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel Edward Donald Malcolm, 06 August 1906
Malcolm writes that he can offer both the Arab ponies a home. He asks Ewart's advice on when fresh water ceases to damage the digestive organs of salmon.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel Edward Donald Malcolm, 16th Laird of Poltalloch, 27 March 1907
Malcolm writes that he is glad Ewart likes the pony 'Grizel' and provides some details of her past history.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel George A. Oliphant, 12 August 1908
Oliphant writes that as neither the brown pony or the foal is not in good condition, he has recommended that the Duke of Bedford have them destroyed unless Ewart has a particular interest in them. He wonders if Ewart would like the carcase of the foal sent to him.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel George A. Oliphant, 25 March 1909
Oliphant writes that the Duke of Bedford wishes to know what Ewart would like to to do further with the experiments at Woburn with cross-breeding a Przewalski's horse with pony mares. He wonders if the Mongolian stallion kiang and mare would be of any use to Ewart to experiment with on the land he has recently acquired.