Gentlemen Riders 



COLONEL THE HON. F. C. MORGAN 



Until quite late into the seventies of the past century, none of 

 the race meetings in South Wales, such as Cardiff, Aber- 

 gavenny, and Monmouth, would have been considered perfect 

 without the presence in their respective saddling paddocks of 

 the good sportsman named above ; and it would have been 

 considered equally out of place if during the day the popular 

 purple and orange hoops and black cap, worn by their owner, 

 were not seen in the van more than once during the day's 

 proceedings, either on horses belonging to himself or his 

 brother, Lord Tredegar. 



The third son of the first Lord Tredegar, the subject of 

 our memoir, was born in 1834, and, his education over, joined 

 the Rifle Brigade, in which distinguished regiment he served 

 in the Crimean War, seeing a good deal of service during the 

 time he was there. 



After his marriage. Colonel Morgan settled down in 

 Glamorganshire, where he lived the life of a country 

 gentleman, for which he was so eminently fitted. 



For many years almost the entire management of the 

 Tredegar Hunt, belonging to Lord Tredegar, devolved on 

 him in the Master's absence ; whilst there can be no doubt 

 that it was to his own influence and the generous support 

 of the Tredegar family that the various race meetings in the 

 locality owed in a great measure their success. 



It was no uncommon thing to see the two brothers, Lord 

 Tredegar and Colonel Fred Morgan, riding together in the 

 same race ; and on one of these occasions, in a friendly match 

 over hurdles, to decide the merits of two of their hunters, 



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