Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-06-14

coacnlng 1oid With the almost tneyftahla f,y
article Of costume being filled by sailors KIN Ne
Nor Is Fred Archer afflicted with the New
market air. the five-to-two carriage OF the
mead, so offensive in the successful light
weights Of the old plunging days. It IS odd ehat
really great jockeys never wear a iaInty air.
preterring to leave that kind Of thing to the
reather-Weight suddenly lifted to ia ne by the
winning Of a few hardlcaps
as ne enters, dressed In suit OF dark clothes,
renewed only Dy the chain which holds the mag
when he was out Of his tme " With 9 his oVer
coat thrown back and his bIlly-co hat held in
ms lett hand, Fred. Archer might easily be taken
ne TS IN y1aRg e c, IN thriving bank
important business. Success appears to have
steadled rather than unsettled him, and nothing
is more pleasant than to witness the deferential
ar OF the most successful jockey Of the day TO-
ward MS former master and present friend and
part employer. That 1t may not be thought that
Fred Archer's quiet and modest demeau is
dWelt on overmuch, 1t may be well to mention
that his present income, entirely his own, as
ne is out OF his apprenticeship some four or i've
years, Is about as great as that OF a Queens
geon; Of any royal academician, batting
perhaps five, and almost half as great as that
OF an Italian tenor singer. tits quickly earned,
without long delays, expectations, and diSap-
pointments, for when he is put In charge, 1t Is
not long before the event is decided. His great
causes depend on the application within the
space OF q minute OF his nice judgment OF pace;
his successful operations On the display Of con-
summate nerve and courage tn.tear1ng down q
per1lous declivity or In huggtng the rails at an
awkward turn; his great pictures are dashed
In with single stroke, as when he drove jan
nette through the leading pair at Doncaster;
MS sensational effect when he brings de-
Sp1sed outsider like Chambert to the front and
makes mince meat OF his field. A very large in
come, the unbounded confidence of employers
ard OF the public, might help to turn many
heads just arrived at legal m anhood, but Fred
Archer quietly goes his own way and studies
diligently TO improve In his calling.
1t Is about eleven years since his father
b brought Fred Archer to Mat Dawson's to launch
MIN In his career. The lad was, in Newmarket
parlance, bred to race. His father, Billy Archer,
who won the Grand National on Little Charley,
was weil-known steeplechase rider, cotem.
poraIy OF Tom oliver and Jem Mason, and put
the lad On horse almost as soon as he could
walk. Billy Archer kept a hosiery very wei
known 10 the last generation Of hunting men
10 VIII, the Kings Arms at PreStbury, near
Cheltenham. From Prestbury sprany the
Archers, divers, HOlmans, Reeves, and Jack
Jones: Little Freddy Archer soon learned to 20
baby" rode famous pony called Mossro5e 10
two races at Great Malvern, In which it may
interest the hackers OF Archer's mounts to
attended the next venture, when he scored
his first win on Maid Of Trent, pony be-
longing to Mrs. Williams. Accustomed to
tention Of Mr.. Leterrter. who at las last re- re-.
commended him to go to Mat Dawson and try
ulo uduu az VIC lcklLLQatc racing OuSlQeSI
Freddy soon showed his superiority over the
other boys by his pluck In mounting any kind
OF awkward horse and cling1ng to his seat when
scored win on Athol Daisy at crooked-spired
Chesterfield, and next rode his first winning
race on the fiat under Jockey Club rules In q
new employer. His first grand handicap win
was with Salvanos for the Cesarewitch, and he
next succeeded poor Tom French as Lord Fal
mouths first jockey. He rode but six stone
one pound on.the day he won the 1000 guineas
on Atlantic-after long consultation as to the
fitness OF so light jockey for such an import
when beaten a head on the Truth geldtng Tor
the CeSsrewltch in the autumn. Since then he
mas won every one OF the classic races and al
inc os hv 1h handcaps and plates reeeiv
to his pay and retaining fees 1t was only in la,t
chester week that Peck gave him diamond
high-priced animal who up to that time had
never 0een able to get his head In front. Archer
had won the One Thousand twice on Spinaway.
ana on Wneel OF Fortune; the Two Thousand
as yet only once, on Silvio; the Oaks twice, on
Splnaway and on Jannette; the st. Leyer twice.
on silvio and on Jannette He won also the
sensational Casarewitch on Rosebery Mid.
0e-aged racing men recoilect the mania for
backing Fordham's mounts, irrespective OF
weight, ownership, quality, or price, and how
game, and therefore wonder but little at the
more recent mania for backing Archer, without
considering the animal he bestrides It is, like
all betting and gambling systems, mere mad.
ness, but 1t has method In It, Cokey and Others
knew that FOrdham always rode to win on Ia.
vorite or outsider, and the men OF to-day know
mat Archer always tries his uttermOSt and has
hitherto done so with far greater success In
classic races than his predecessor In popularity.
So far as skill and honesty are concerned the
persons who back jockeys instead of horses
sentative than Fred Archer. 1t is true that at
CnlS moment he Is somewhat restricted as to
weight. Aged % and standing five feet eight
stone five pounds, and can therefore never ride
promising three ear-old In a handicap. It
Is also true that between good jockeys the dif-
slight, theoretically, that not one can give &c iSe
other i've pounds. But this profound conc Suo
s,oa ,, OF veteran racing men does not AFFECT the
more; and as weights accumulate In geomerri fri
ca proportion, jockey is ten pounds better
Shan another IN several lengths before him.
IS deat e say eOw much Sa o fs,s stone
IN IN pTactlce. No sooner is the flag down than
h he SIPS ms ned and has already stone in
OF taking up his own ground, OF knowing exacf7v
# Tue p Peee r ne Is going and of nerve to cuJ
gerienced brothers of the u craft many !r,e ex
me awkward turns at Chester. and a.
th Sc Gas n doW WI the hi to Corner
ride as 4 they were in fear of their H TUIhss'
Backers OF Archer know that he ia q varv Go5
no as TO these things and holds that n 10 cal
to middle along In the ruck. f.-oo 'nan
The characteristics OF Archers method NJ 81,
Ing may be summed up in three worisMna+ ~ aau-
vigilance, courage. He Is ALWAYS reaTw ;
nearly always first at the starting most ~ Sto
secure the best place. He obeys The sts rtes ~ "
plcltly, and thus avoids Irritating that imna III,
ant 1unctlonary, and never takes his eyes frnnc
the flag He holds false starts and hresSs ,auIa
mere folly, thinking 1t better to wait tiii r. y
really go" and then he is like grevhomnS
from tne SIPS Since the days when Genroe
Ioroham, IN captain ChristIe's white facEef
made the souls OF boOkmakers to shriyel VIII,
them, no Jockey has got of like Fred Archer.
instead OF pulling his horses head on a. no
eyes the flag. he leaves it loose, and Whe ee
the slgnai drops sends his horse along with
the touch OF the spur. This Is very d,frsr.
ent from 1a., the busting, serambing style Of
young Jockeys who have been educated
aIter Inc manner OF Joe Saxton 1t ia asid
that Wnen old Joe was Jimmy Grlmshaw's mas
ter ne was perpetually impressing the lad with
the necessity Ior "getting on" Little Jim nv
sa'a lie was always getting fined and suspended
as it was Never thee mind, !" was the enconr-
aging reply, accompanied by an omjnnne
flourish OF stout ash-plant; "tf thee gets
fined I'll pay for thee: II thee gets susoenSHeS I
Tl1 give thee a hOlid hy,t