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Count Horn was the first away, but Red Nob and 

 Hinko were always in good positions, and when half 

 the course was accompHshed the race was virtually con- 

 fined to the two last named and Norton Manor, the 

 latter at one time having the lead. Then Hinko led 

 to the top turn for home, where Red Nob drew up, went 

 in front, and won by two lengths ; a bad third. 



Mr. Reginald Herbert, mentioned above, is the eldest 

 son of Mr. W. Herbert, of Clytha, Monmouthshire, and 

 first cousin to Mr. John Herbert of Llanarth. He was 

 born in 1841, and educated abroad. His first appear- 

 ance in the pigskin was at Abergavenny, when he rode 

 and won the Hunt Steeplechase upon his own horse. 

 In 1865 he purchased Columbia, on which, although 

 unsuccessful in the Liverpool of 1866, he rode and won 

 the Hunt Cup at Abergavenny, and the mare followed 

 up this success by winning the Cheltenham Open Steeple- 

 chase, beating L'Africaine, Cortolvin, and many others, 

 which race the late Charles Boyce described as the 

 fastest one he ever rode in. Mr. Herbert then added 

 to his stud King Alfred, Comberton, and Stockinger, 

 with all of which he has had extraordinary luck, having 

 won on Stockinger himself no fewer than seven times 

 out of eight. Mr. Herbert has also done equally good 

 things with Comberton, a horse returned by the Duke 

 of Hamilton as worthless, but whose subsequent victories 

 under welter weights entitled him to be regarded as one 

 of the best steeplechase horses in England at light 

 weights. In 1866 Mr. Herbert married Miss Giffard of 

 Chillington, daughter of the late Squire of Chillington, 

 and niece of the ill-fated Jack Mytton. 



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The Bristol country had been famous in the history 

 of steeplechasing long before the Grand National Hunt 



