The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-06-28
FRED. ARCHER.
The Career Of the Jockey Who Has
Ridden Three Winners of
the Derby.

Fred Archer who rode Iroqlois to victory
recently, is little over twenty-five years old,
having been born on January IL, 1856. His
family had always been famous for their
powers Of hOrsemauship, and his father was
well known performer between the flags,
and as recently as 1858, or two years after
Fred was born he rode and won the Liver
pool Grand National upon Little Charley.
Before Fred was ten years Old he showed
tllat lie knew how to $ ick on a horse, and it
was resolved that he should be br1ught up
jockey. lie was apprentiCed' to Matthew
Dawson, of the Heath House, Newmarket,
with wNom be has remained ever since. AT
the early age of II 50 thoroughly proficient
had he become il. The business that he was
given d mount on Ethel Daisy for the Nur
scry handicap at Chesterfield, which he won
on September 2S, 1870, previous to which he
had ridden and won a match Oh a pony
belonging to Mrs. william. Matthew Daw-
son and all cunnecled with the Heath Il l0use
stables recognizing that they had u very
promising light weight in Archer gave him
every chance possible, ard his first success
i'll any great event was ou S.lNanos for the
Cesarewitch in 1872, Wien he rode at II
pounds. In this race he showed a wonderful
amount OF ability, coOhless and judgment
OF pace, which fDreloid the brilliant cueer
in store for him. During the reInain-
der of that and The folio" ug
seasons he L,d not ride. hilt in 1874 he Ue9an
a series of brilliant seasons wAici at the end
Of 1880 showed a total Of 40 less than ,43O
successful mounts. As cary as 1874 he had
already won the confidence of Lord FaI-
mouth. and although Lis riding weight was
little more than ST pounds, he rode Atlantic
for the 1000 Guincas at 122 pounds and won.
Since then he has won all the classic events
the Derby in 1877 with Siivlo, ia 1850 with
Bend Or and in 1881 with lroquos With
.Jannette and Wheel of FortuMe he took the
Oaks in 1878 and 1919. Silvio and .jauuetir
in 1877 aud 1878 We're Lis winning 5 LeIef
mounts, and besides Atlantic IN 1919 lie WOtl
the 1000 Guineas with Claribert in 1879.
while for the 200 Gtllneas he rode Spnaway
| and Wheel Of Fortune in 1875 and 1873, all
! with the exception of Irnquos and i}eLd Or
being the property of Lord Falmouth.
Five times in six years Archer has
won the City and Suburban, viz.
on Thunder, Julias Caesar, Parole,
Master Kildare and Bend Or. With Parole
Archer also took The Gleat Metropolitan
Handicap in 1879. Twice he has won the
Drawhurst Plate with Wheel of Fortune and
Bal Gal, but singular as it may seeln he has
never been able TO run it 10 "a place for the
Middle Park Plate. 1t is utterly impossible
to mention all the important events Archer has
won, he being alike at home i'll dash OF a
half mile Or at a distance, and as he is able
to ride at Is pounds Or triha less, he will
no doubt be kept busy i'll the saddle during
the present season, although he Went into
partnership with Matthew Dawson last Jarl!.
ary as a trainer. If lie is as succes fun as a
trainer as he has been rs a jockey hew i'll Ger
tainiy have a wonderful career. He has al
ready built for himself a very handoomeand
comfortable residence in close proximity to
the Heath House stables. but is acts said to
be unmarried.