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Animal sale

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Created For = TD

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Alice Blanche Balfour, 08 October 1902

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/80
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 08 October 1902

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Alice Blanche Balfour, 27 December 1902

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/123
Scope and Contents

Balfour mentions that she has not received a reply from Lord Kitchener regarding the possibility of the Indian Government purchasing zebra hybrids from Ewart. She mentions three black Highland ponies in her possession which have very small callosites, and suggests that Ewart might like to come and view them.

Dates: 27 December 1902