Gentlemen Riders 



steeplechases with his owner in the saddle, whilst Padallo, 

 Tibocrat, and Knighthood all proved useful on occasion. 



Eleven stone was the lowest weight Lord Cowley could ride 

 at, and this fact naturally curtailed his number of mounts to 

 some considerable extent. Nevertheless, his record when he 

 rode for the last time at Sandown in the spring of 1899, was 

 one which any amateur horseman might have been proud of, 

 especially considering the brief period over which it had 

 extended. 



It may not be generally known, perhaps, that at one time 

 Lord Cowley was part owner of Cloister, which celebrated 

 horse, together with Bloodstone, he and the late Major Roddy 

 Owen bought between them in the autumn of 1890. Major 

 Owen sold his share of the former to Lord Dudley, but Lord 

 Cowley was still part owner when the horse ran second in the 

 Grand National, and remained so until the son of Ascetic was 

 sold to Captain Duff-Assheton Smith. 



Though his familiar cap and jacket have been put by in 

 lavender for some time now, it must not be inferred that their 

 owner has bidden farewell to the pigskin — very much the 

 contrary indeed ; there being no more regular attendant every 

 winter at the meets of the Ouorn and the neighbouring packs 

 of hounds, and certainly no harder or better rider, when 

 hounds are running hard, than the nobleman who forms the 

 subject of this chapter. 



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