HERBERT H. REESE was a former manager of the world-renowned W. K. Kellogg’s Arabian Horse Ranch in Pomona, California from 1927-1939. He was instrumental in the development of the Kellogg Arabian breeding program. Mr. Reese became a leading authority of the day on Arabian horses and authored several books on the subject, including Horses of Today; Their History, Breeds, and Qualifications (1956), The Kellogg Arabians; Their Background and Influence (with Gladys Brown Edwards, 1958) and Training Arabian Horses (1961). He also wrote many government bulletins on horses and horse breeding.

The son of John T. and Alice Reese, Herbert Harshman Reese was born in Cambridge City, Indiana. He graduated from Purdue University in 1908 and married Grayce Julian. Reese spent several years with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Maryland and was later in charge of the first U.S. Army horse breeding district in Fort Royal, Va. He was engaged by W. K. Kellogg to manage his Arabian horse ranch in Pomona, Calif. He held that position until he established his own Arabian horse ranch in Covina, California. He served as a founding member of the Cal Poly Pomona Arabian breeding program’s Advisory Board from 1950 until his death in Covina on April 7, 1963.

GLADYS BROWN EDWARDS was a well-known American equine sculptor, artist and writer. Born in Oregon on June 3, 1908, she was an expert on the Arabian horse. She was long associated with the W. H. Kellogg ranch in Pomona, California. For many years, her works were used as trophies by the Arabian Horse Association and the American Quarter Horse Association. Most of her sculptures were produced by the Dodge Foundry in Los Angeles, CA from the mid-1930s onward. She died in Riverside, California on January 28, 1989, aged 80.