Animals--Colour
Found in 147 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lieutenant-General Walter Norris Congreve, [c. July 1905]
Congreve thanks Ewart for his advice concerning the Chartley cattle. He asks Ewart to put down the names of the herds he recommended for breeding with the existing herd at Chartley.
Letter is undated but it is assumed to date from shortly after the letter to Ewart from Spencer Ewart at Coll-14/9/11/12.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 20 April 1903
Cecil writes that he thinks Ewart's 'Cushendall discovery' by far 'the most important and interesting you have yet made' (presumably referring to Ewart's reported sighting of some dwarf horses during his visit to Northern Ireland). He then goes on to make observations on what Cecil calls 'Irish-looking' features of chestnut ponies with white manes and tails.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 12 November 1902
Cecil thanks Ewart for the offer of a terrier, which he accepts. He states that he had travelled to Kingairloch to see a two year-old horse out of a pure Highland mare as well as a brown breed of 'a very old kind of Scottish Terrier'.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 20 December 1901
Cecil outlines details of a dun-coloured mare that he has just purchased, with a chestnut stripe down its back. He also mentions some hybrids that he is hoping to transport to India.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 07 May 1903
Cecil states his preference for the Barra pony ' 'Mais', although he is also interested in 'the Jumping Connemara' pony. He enquires about the ancestry of 'the Gondal mare' in relation to her colouring and mentions the colouring of the foals belonging to mutual acquaintances.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 11 July 1903
Cecil writes that he will get his mares home with 'Duchess' and 'En Labi' from Dumfries. He reports that he has now caught the Connemara stallion which he is happy to exchange for Ewart's grey. His guinea pig experiments crossing a red with a brown have produced one curious result but the rest are uninteresting.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 14 May 1896
Cecil suggests where Ewart might procure whole-coloured Arabian ponies in the Edinburgh area for hybridisation purposes
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 06 October 1896
Cecil thanks Ewart for updating him on news of the development of the foal 'Romulus', particularly the changes in the colour of its coat. He describes a pony stallion called Lord Ronald that his father once bought 'of the same breed as my stallion Highland Laddie years and years ago but no-one can trace it ever going to Rum.' He also remarks 'what you say about artificial fertilisation is most interesting and I am awaiting news of your Faroe Iceland pony most anxiously'.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 11 October 1896
Cecil explains the breeding and ancestral history of the West Highland pony 'Mulatto', describing the possible reasons for her colouring and markings. He also refers to documents and sketches enclosed for Ewart (not present).
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, [c. January 1902]
Cecil states that he is returning Cockerell's letter. He goes on to discuss the arrangements for a horse show and mentions trying to persuade Herbrand Arthur Russell (the Duke of Bedford) to attend the show and purchase a hybrid. He discusses the similarities between the moorland breeds and the brown donkey.
The letter is undated.