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Animal Training

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

Found in 37 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Matthew Horace Hayes, 25 October 1903

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/112
Scope and Contents

Hayes reports that his book is progressing well. He asks Ewart's permission to visit him and break in his Przewalski's horse to prove that they are not untameable.

Dates: 25 October 1903

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir Claud Alexander, 14 March 1911

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/17/11
Scope and Contents

Alexander writes that he has received a Przewalski's colt from Woburn and that he will give him some training before letting him run with the mares.

Dates: 14 March 1911

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir Claud Alexander, 17 June 1911

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/17/34
Scope and Contents

Alexander reports that the Przewalski's colt is now doing lessons with a dumb jockey and progressing well.

Dates: 17 June 1911

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Walter Heape, 14 October 1910

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/16/20
Scope and Contents

Heape writes that he is looking forward to learning of Ewart's conclusions on the ancestor of the coarse-legged horse, which he guesses to have been a wetland horse, and compliments Ewart on his horse handling ability.

Dates: 14 October 1910

Long-Shafted Exercise Break, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/2298
Scope and Contents

Illustration of a long-shafted exercise break harnessed to a horse in a field.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Mounting a Colt - Galvayne, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/2304
Scope and Contents

Two illustrations on how to mount a colt from Galvayne's manual. The top image shows a rider in 'second position when mounting a colt, either on near or off side; and the bottom image shows the rider mounted on the colt.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Right and Wrong Mounting [a Horse], 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/2305
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Illustrations on the correct and incorrect way to mount a colt - the top image shows the right way to mount, while the bottom shows the wrong way.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

The Runaway Twitch, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/2294
Scope and Contents

Illustration of a runaway twitch used on a horse running on a track.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Thirteen-Year-Old Girl as "Trainer", 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/1999
Scope and Contents

Photographs of Naomi Shankland, the thirteen year-old daughter of John Shankland of Effingham, Surrey taking care of racehorses on her father's farm in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

To Prevent a Horse From Rising, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/2311
Scope and Contents

Illustraton of a horse lying on its side on straw with 'the head pulled round to the surcingle, so as to prevent the horse from rising.'

Dates: 1870s-1930s