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Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Ridgeway, 28 January 1903
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/9
Scope and Contents
Ridgeway states that he would very much appreciate a cliche of 'Matopo' (a zebra stallion). He adds that he has some blocks of the Kilimanjaro and Somali zebra that would be of interest to Ewart in his research on the zebra. He thinks that his knowledge of the Achaen horse would be of interest to Ewart, as he believes them to be the same as both the small horses of Northern Britain in the time of Caesar, and those of the Danube area. He discusses the spread of the horse into Africa. He...
Dates:
28 January 1903
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Ridgeway, 05 March 1903
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/29
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Ridgeway thanks Ewart for a block that he has lent him and says that he is at last returning Salensky's paper. He states that he is gratified to find that the tarpan is an original wild Equid and not a feral horse. He asks if Ewart has any data about Cossack ponies, which he supposes are more or less mixed like the Shetlands, and wonders if Ewart has any questions about Barbary horses for Walter Harris, with whom Ridgeway has been in touch. He then goes on to mention early Greek sources for...
Dates:
05 March 1903
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Turner, 22 December [1915]
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/21/24
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Turner thanks Ewart for his monograph on the development of the horse, and hopes that he has the material to continue to trace this development through further stages.
The year is not written on the letter.
Dates:
22 December [1915]
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Spencer Ewart, 17 July 1914
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/20/22
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Spencer Ewart thanks Ewart for his paper on the wild ancestors on the domestic sheep and writes that he is returning the paper applying to be made a Fellow of the Zoological Society of Scotland.
Dates:
17 July 1914
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from T.A Bradford, 12 October 1920
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/26/3
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Bradford thanks Ewart for his letter. He has received Ewart's paper and he will communicate any useful results he obtains.
Dates:
12 October 1920
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from the editor of the Scottish Journal of Agriculture, 17 January 1924
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/30/2
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The Editor writes that Crew has suggested that Ewart contribute an article to the Journal on the subject of sheep breeding in Australia and New Zealand.
Dates:
17 January 1924
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell, 20 March 1901
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/7/8
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Cockerell thanks Ewart for the photographs of the Arab and Roman-nosed horses, and a paper on Connemara ponies. He describes the doubling of the sale price of horses due to British government agents buying up western ponies wholesale to ship to South Africa. He advises that, if the ponies are shipped to London on the way, Ewart might get the chance to examine and buy any horse he wanted. Following Ewart's admission that he had never heard of the Manx rabbit, Mr Cockerell explains to him that...
Dates:
20 March 1901
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell, with enclosed letter from Edward Allen Clemens, 26 January 1902
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/3
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Cockerell writes that he is enclosing E.A Clemens' letter and asks Ewart to write to Clemens and to send him a set of his papers on horses. He also states that he is not hopeful of getting help from the Agricultural Experiment Station with their proposed research involving horse skulls. The enclosed letter to Cockerell from Clemens, dated 24 January 1902, replies to Cockerell's request for information about the typical markings to be found on a dun stallion. Clemens states that...
Dates:
26 January 1902
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Thomas H. Dale, 06 March 1904
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/10/28
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Dale, writing from South Africa, enquires about Ewart's zebra hybrids and questions whether they 'are not the transport animal of the future', particularly with regard to South Africa. He states his intention to induce the Department of Agriculture of the colony in the Transvaal to experiment with different zebra hybrids and would be glad of any advice Ewart can give. He asks if Ewart can send him a replacement copy of the illustrated catalogue for the York Agricultural Show (1900). He asks...
Dates:
06 March 1904
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Thomas Vale, 13 January 1926
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/32/1
Scope and Contents
Vale asks Ewart to return all of the enclosures of correspondence he sent him concerning the improvement of wool in New Zealand.
Dates:
13 January 1926