Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-07-11
FRED ARCHER.
The Nan Who Rode Parole at the Eng.
USh Races.

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Jockey, Fred Archer,whica will he found
very interesting;
/ Ii is Sunday evening al Newmarket
one of those evenings of early summer
ON which the town sacred to horSetlesh
looks the best Quiet NJ night--at least
/ for several years paSt-Newmarket IS
especially delightful as the shades de-
scend upon Sunday. All is clean and
neat, amt Stlllest and ueateSt OF all is
Heath House. The trees are daintily
prune6, there is n spice of primucsS in
the fresh gravel, Of trimnosS in the ac-
curacy with which the tlower.heds are
planned, Of severity ii the high polish
I of hraSS.wor& ON the door. There is
nothing about the horse, horSey, about
this side, at least, of Heath House; and
rs the sound Of y hymn sung by beau
\ tiful voices catches the ear Of the visitor
/ he mave)S whether the tales he has
| heard of Newmarket can be true. No
sooner, however, does ne cross Mat
nawson'S threshold than he recognizes
that iii Il dwelling where the merits 81
the "noblc animal, very useful to man,
are thoroughly appreciated. Passing
by neat rack of whips, above which
I lies the famous whisk constructed Of the
tail Of that good horse, Thormanby,
who won the Derby in u year of clinE-
ers, !" he enters Mr.. DaMson'S Sanctum,
where every inch Of wallspacc is COW
cred with portraits ot famous race
/ horses, and finds cusconscd III ample
arm chairs the master ot Heath House
and his friend, Mr.. Harry Hall, by
whose pencil most Of the portraits III
this equine Nalhalla have hocu wrought
To them enters presently tall, slcn.
der young man OF some twenty-five
years. His general costume is, like his
manner, exceedingly quiet and unas-
Stunning. There is nothing horsey IN his
raiment, in tho fashion of his dark
! coat; nor does he wear II scarf tied in
II coaching fold with the almost inevi-
table foX-tusk pin, the place Of this
emincntly sporting article OF costume
/ being filled with n sailors knot. Nor is
Fred Archer afflicted with the New.
market air, the tivo-to.carriago Of the
head, Oh offensive III the successful
light weights ef the old plunging days,
1t is odd that really great jockies never
wear n jauntv air, preferring To leave
that kind of thing 10 the foather-woights
suddenly lifted to fame by the winning
Of few handicaps.
AS he enters, dressed in suit Of dark
clothes, relieved only by the chain
which holds the really magnificent
watch presented TO him by Mr.. Dawson
when he was "out of his time, with his
over-coat thrown back, and his billy
cock.hat held in his left hand, Fred
Archer might easily be taken for the
rising young clerk OF n thriving bank
dropped in to take his chief orders ON
some important business. Success APP
pears to have steaded rather than I'm,
settled him, and nothing is more pleas
ant than to witness the defcrenhal mir
of the most successful jockey of the day
toward his former master and present
friend and part employer.
That il may bc thought that Fred
ArCher's quiet and modest domoanor is
dwelt ON ovcrmuch, it may hc we'll to
mention that his present income, en-
tirely his own, us he Is out Of his ap.
premiership some four or five years, is
about ms great MS that of queens coHn-
sci in mid career; of special sur
geon, of any royal academician, batting
perhaps five; and almost half rs great
as that Of an italian tenor singer Ii is
quickly earned, without long delays,
expectation and disappointments; for
when he is put i'll charge il is not long
before the event il decided. His great
causes depend on the applications, with
in the space of II minute, of his NICE
Judgment Of place; his successful oper-
nerve and courage in tearing down II
perlous decliyity, or in hugging the
rails mt an awkward turn; his great pic
lures are dashed III with II single stroke,
rs when he drove Janette through the
leading pair at Doncaster, his sensation
al effect when he brings despised out
slider like Charlbert to the front and
makes rnincemeat Of his field.
a very large income, the unbounded
confidence OF employers and the public,
might help to turn many heads just mr.
rived Mt legal manhood; but Fred
Archer quietly goes his own way ard
studies diligently 10 improve IN his call
ing.
Accustomed to rlde across country
from the age Of eight, young Archer at
tracted the attention Of Mr.. Letorrier,
who at last recommended him TO
go to Mat Dawson and try his hand
at the Legitimate" racing business.
Freddy soon showed his superiority
over the other boys by his pluck in
mounting any kind Of awkward horse
and clinging to his seat when he got
there. Allowed 70 exhibit in public, he
scored win on Athol Daisy nj crooked
spired Chesterfield, and next rode his
first winning race on the fiat under
Jockey Club rules in 100 pound plate
at Newmarket for his new employer.
His first great handicap was with Sal
vanos for the Cesarewitch, and he next
succeeded poor Tom French ~ Lord
Falmouths first Jockey