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Illustrations of a strap and hooks used to prevent a horse from running away; a ball gag and a roller gag.

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Two illustrations from Galvayne's book on how to train colts and horses. The upper image shows a colt being taught to obey the bit; and the bottom image shows a colt being trained to manage 'shafts'.

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Illustrations of various knots that can be tied for Galvayne's methods for rope hitching - a double hitch, a granny knot, a true love's knot, a slip knot and a choke knot.

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Illustrations of a colt ' in the Galvayning position' and being 'Galvayned and third-handed from behind' in a paddock in the early 20th century. "Galvayning" was a horse taming method invented by Professor Sydney Frederick Galvayne in which the horses head was tied to it's tail causing it to spin around until it quieted down.

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Illustration of the method of hitching a horse's tail to create a knot to prepare it for the Galvayne strap.

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Linton writes that he has heard from Sir Clement that Ewart is to send them two stallions. He hopes that the horses will pay proper attention to the zebras and asks whether they will be well enough trained to be shipped out (to South-East Africa) in September.

Scope and Contents Hagenbeck states that he would like to buy some more of Ewart's zebra hybrids to get them in harness. He offers to exchange his Korea stallion for Ewart's two Shetland stallions, and asks how many mares he thinks a good zebra stallion could cover in a year. He also asks Ewart to recommend him some people who wish to buy zebras for breeding purposes and asks if Ewart could let him have 'Romulus' and the sister of an Exmoor hybrid, born 1901, in exchange for some of his zebras. He comments...

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Hagenbeck mentions the zebras he has in exchange for 'Romulus' or the Exmoor hybrid and states that he is surprised to find that some people at the London Zoo consider the Przewalski's horse to be a mule. He states that he has sold 'Matopo' to Arthur Yates, refers to the Kiang pony and Korea stallion which he is trying to sell and writes of his anticipated delivery of East African zebras which he will train to harness.

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Oliphant writes that the little donkey came from Ceylon and he will provide further information about him shortly. The Grevy's zebra has not foaled yet and Oliphant will try to tame the Przewalski's hybrid when the weather turns cold.

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Butter asks for advice on breaking in and handling the two zebras he has purchased from Carl Hagenbeck in Hamburg. He writes that natural history is his greatest hobby, and that he recalls Ewart from his time at Aberdeen University, where Butter was a student.