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Photograph of a Kathiawar horse standing in a courtyard with two men standing behind it in the late 19th or early 20th century. The other photograph is of a Manipur pony standing in a road with a man holding its reins in the late 19th or early 20th century.

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Ewart describes the three ponies that he will send off to Woburn shortly. He states that the main questions relating to the origin of the domestic breeds of the horse will be settled if one of these mares has a foal to one of Russell's Przewalski's stallions. He states that unfortunately his Przewalski's mare is not in foal.

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Scope and Contents Irving asks Ewart for his opinion of the paper concerning the Equus robustus horse type, and encloses a copy of the Section D paper from the British Association. He reports that he saw and handled the horse tooth found in the Piltdown gravels, and he believes it to be part of Equus robustus. He wonders whether it would be worth a short note in Nature, and wonders how far back Equus...

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Irving writes that he could not get hold of any copies of the abstract of his paper on the Solutré horse, but that his presentation of it went well. He acknowledges Ewart's help with his work with the Equus robustus.

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Irving writes that he has had the opportunity to inspect several 'mustangs' in a stud, and was struck by their resemblance to the Stortford horse, except in the development of the hind quarters. He speculates that differences in the development of the hind quarters in various breeds may be connected to how hilly their local region is.

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Charlton informs Ewart that the Council of the Polo Pony Society will be making silver medals available at horse shows around the district for Mountain and Moorland breeds. He awaits Ewart's choice of shows for the Connemara breed.

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Balfour writes regarding Ewart's wish to obtain a particular type of horse from Norway. Lord Walter Rothschild has suggested that he might contact Ethelbert Lort-Phillips who is interested in scientific natural history and is often in Norway.

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Balfour states that she is returning Carl Hagenbeck's letter to Ewart. She states she has also written to Lord Stanley in connection with Ewart's hybrids in an attempt to persuade him to purchase them. She also enquires whether, during his experiments, he has noticed if offspring from two different species of horse, with strong markings, hark back to a more ancestral type. She enquires whether the mustang is a descendant of the Spanish horse.

Scope and Contents Hose writes from Baram, Sarawak, to say that he has managed to obtain another skull of a pony which is said to have come from Sulu but which he thinks is a Celebes due to its size. He is interested to see how it will compare with the skull of the pony Professor Haddon brought back for Ewart and the skull of the Javan pony. He sees no difference between the Borneo and the Sulu ponies, believing that all the animals which are enclosed and captured from time to time are descended from Sulus. He...

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Oliphant writes that the Przewalski's horse skeleton in the British Museum is of a white-nosed mare that Ewart had measured when she was alive. He notes that they have only two of the brown nosed variety at Woburn, although he has not noticed any differences in bone between the two varieties.