Mr. Reginald Herbert 



rider, "Curly" should at last have his "beauty" spoiled, as 

 the saying is, by a kick in the face from his charger who had 

 slipped up with him in the streets of Dublin when riding at 

 the head of his regiment. " Good-bye, Curly," he is reported 

 to have said with a sigh, when surveying his features in the 

 looking-glass for the first time after his accident. 



General Knox, who was married to Lady Sybil Lowther, 

 a sister of the present Earl of Lonsdale, died on March 6, 1894. 



Mr. REGINALD HERBERT 



Mr. Reginald Herbert, who is the eldest son of the late 

 Mr. W. Herbert of Clytha Park, Monmouthshire, was born 

 in 1 84 1, and received his education abroad. A sportsman 

 born and bred, with a decided preference for the Turf, he made 

 his first appearance as a gentleman rider at Abergavenny in 

 1 86 1, when he won the Hunt Steeplechase on a horse of his own. 

 Encouraged by this performance, he got together some good 

 animals, and with Mr. Fothergill Rowlands as guide, philosopher, 

 and friend, the rose and white diamonds were soon very much 

 in evidence at all the principal race meetings throughout the 

 country. 



In 1865 he bought Columbia, a runner-up in the Cambridge- 

 shire, who, though apparently useless for racing purposes, 

 thrived to such an extent under the care of Mr. Rowlands, 

 that not only did she prove capable of winning the Hunt Cup 

 at Abergavenny with her owner in the saddle, but, later 

 on the Grand Annual at Cheltenham — at that time one of 

 the most important steeplechases in the kingdom — in 



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