Colonel Harford 



known indeed as "The Guardsman's horse," it was quite in 

 the order of things when, in 1870, Colonel Harford was seen 

 in the saddle on " Cherry " Angell's gallant chestnut. Captain 

 Coventry had won outright on the son of Zouave in 1865. 

 "Curly" Knox was third in 1868, and fourth in the following 

 year, and now in the year we speak of, the gallant old warrior 

 was eighth with Colonel Harford on his back. Alcibiade, who 

 was a consistent horse if ever there was one, certainly got on 

 better with the Guardsmen than was the case with professionals, 

 for on each of the two occasions when he was steered respec- 

 tively by young Ben Land and Walters, he failed to make any 

 show at the finish. 



Yeoman, one of the best of his time in the hunter class, 

 belonging to the late Lord Craven, was a horse on whom 

 Colonel Harford was always seen to great advantage, winning 

 eight out of the eleven steeplechases in which he rode him. 



In 1867, in which year the Grand Military Meeting was 

 held at Rugby, Colonel Harford won both the Gold Cup and 

 the Light Weight Grand Military on Marc Antoine, belonging 

 to Captain Ray, whilst he won the Guards' Cup no fewer than 

 nine times. 



Punchestown — always popular with the soldiers — was also 

 one of his lucky meetings, as the following results will show : — 



1868, the Prince of Wales' Stakes on Excelsior, the Irish 

 Grand Military, and the Conyngham Cup on Wild Fox in 

 1869; the Conyngham Cup on Chapeur in 1870, and the same 

 event on Miltown two years later. He also rode frequently in 

 France and Germany, being second on two occasions in the 

 Grand Steeplechase at Baden-Baden. 



Colonel Harford retired from riding in 1880, his last 

 winning mount being on a pony belonging to his Royal 

 Highness the Duke of Connaught — ^a circumstance which gave 



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