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Polo Ponies

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

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Count de Madre on "Mademoiselle", a Weight-Bearing Hunter in Miniature, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2163
Scope and Contents

Photograph of the Count de Madre [Jean Pierre M. J. de Madre, Comte de Loos] ,ready to play polo, on his horse, "Mademoiselle", a weight-bearing Hunter in miniature in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

J. James's Polo Pony, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/3137
Scope and Contents

Photograph of J. James's Polo pony standing on the plains with a man standing beside it holding its reins in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Barbara Martin, 20 April [1912]

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/18/23
Scope and Contents

Martin asks for Ewart's advice on various questions relating to polo pony breeding from Connemara ponies.

The year is not written on the letter.

Dates: 20 April [1912]

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from J.G Gill, 25 October 1900

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/6/28
Scope and Contents

Gill writes regarding the proposal of registration of Connemara ponies by the Polo Pony Society.

Dates: 25 October 1900

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Grant Fraser-Tytler, 02 March 1913

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/19/12
Scope and Contents

Fraser-Tytler confirms arrangements for visiting Devonshire with Ewart and his wife, and asks whether Ewart will be seeing the Polo and Riding Pony Show. He disagrees with the men who wish to start a new stud book for Highland Ponies.

Dates: 02 March 1913

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from William Gordon Burn Murdoch, 21 January 1916

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/22/14
Scope and Contents

Burn Murdoch writes that he is unsure what to do with the pony, and suspects he will have to sell it. He asks Ewart to graze it for him for a year, and asks whether its weight will be suitable for a polo pony.

Dates: 21 January 1916

Polo Ponies at Venado Tuerto [Argentina], 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/2030
Scope and Contents

Photograph of men and boys on polo ponies in Venado Tuerto, Argentina in the early/mid 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Polo Pony and Mare, "Lightning", 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/2138
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a Polo pony and mare, "Lightning" standing in a paddock next to a wooden barn in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Polo Pony Sire (Bred in Arab), "The Bey", 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/2140
Scope and Contents

Photograph of the Polo pony sire (bred in Arab), "The Bey" which was 14.1 hands high and won many first prizes standing in a paddock in the early 20th century. He was owned by G Norris of Midwood, The Grange, North Rode, near Congleton, [England].

Dates: 1870s-1930s

"Rosewater", Polo Pony Stallion, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/3086
Scope and Contents

Photograph of the Polo pony stallion, "Rosewater", standing in a paddock in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s