EARL COWLEY 



Associated as he had been from his earliest boyhood with the 

 Duke of Beaufort's Hunt, it was highly appropriate that Lord 

 Cowley, then quite a young man, should ride and win his 

 maiden steeplechase at the Beaufort Hunt Meeting, which, 

 having been dropped for many years, was revived with great 

 success in 1887, at Sherston. 



The fact that the steeplechase in question, won on a hunter 

 named Pollacky, belonging to himself, was the Beaufort Hunt 

 Cup, the most important event on the card, in no wise detracted 

 from the sweets of the victory, you may be sure, and, doubtless, 

 acted as an incentive to continue a career in the saddle so 

 successfully inaugurated. 



At first Lord Cowley contented himself with riding his own 

 and his friends' horses at the different Hunt meetings in his 

 immediate neighbourhood, and so marked was his success, that 

 it was no matter of surprise when, before long, his white jacket, 

 scarlet and brown hooped sleeves, scarlet collar, and brown 

 cap made their appearance at the more important fixtures all 

 over the country. 



For Sir Humphrey de Trafford he rode a good many 

 horses to victory, notably Innisfail and Roman Oak, the latter 

 of whom was a real good horse until he turned roarer. 



Then came Morello, belonging to himself, who Lord 

 Cowley describes as the best two-miler he ever rode, and on 

 whom he won a heap of races. 



Beyrouth and Bravo, too, were both useful horses over 

 hurdles. 



The hard-pulling Chair of Kildare, again, won a lot of 



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