Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-05-27
THE LIFE or A JOCKEY.
Some OF the DreUbGcks Witch attend the
Wonderful Archer's Career.

Some Of the DreUbGclss Witch attend the
Wonderful Archer's Career.
You have doubtless heard much on
various occasions, says London letter,
about this truly remarkable jockey.
am tempted to give slight sketch of
him as he appeared yesterday. He COM
menced by winning two races in grand
style, and, later on, won another, though
he was s'nowhere' in the chief event.
Truth to say, the famous jockey presented
rather painful appearance yesterday.
Imagine tall, emaciated- looking man,
cadaverous of countenance, with large,
projecting lips, slight stoop, decidedly
round shoulders, and long, somewhat
misshaped legs. Picture this man,
wrapped in an overcoat and shivering as
though nearly every gust Of wind went
right through his slender frame. Such
is the premier jockey Of England.
should be sorry to say that Archer is OF
pronounced money boarding and misery
turn of mind; but it looks very much as
though such were the case. He has al
ready been notorious for excessive thrift;
no one ever knew him to throw about
money with anything approaching yreck-
lessness or even generosity. He has
amassed large sums and promptly slowed
them away securely and carefully. It is
said, on good authority, that he
is worth quite $3.50, 900, and more
over he is shortly to be married to the
daughter of one of the richest trainers in
England. Lately, however, he has de-
veloped tendency for increasing in
weight, and this seems to trouble him
immensely. Why he should wish to con-
tinue riding in races, no one with any
sense can divine He would surely do
we'll to retire; but he Will listen to no
advice of the kind Some plainly spoken
people say his greed for making money
cannot be overcome. Anyhow, all know
is that he has to treat his system most
cruelty in order that he may not "scale"
above III pounds. For three days before
the City and Suburban, 1 am told by some
one who really should know, Archer took
very little solid substance of any descrip-
ton. Meat and vegetables he absolutely
eschewed, his diet consisting chiefly Of
bread and tea taken without sugar.
Archer does not keep down his weight
by pedestrian exercise. | believe his en-
feebled frame is incapable of the neces-
sary exertion. He goes in for ''strong
physicking," and any one with sense
must know how injurious this is to the
system. Now and again he breakfasts off
a couple of seidlitz powders, or something
similarly purgative and cheerful, and he
has been known to positively fill himself
with drugs. The result simply is that he
already looks like a weakened and
shrunken old man. After the first race
yesterday saw him quivering and shak-
ing from head to foot with the
exertion the race had cost him,
and it is fact that he had to inbibe half
pint of champagne ere he could steady
himself sufficiently to ride in the City and
Suburban. Again, l say that man who
will thus trifle, and play fast and loose
with his constitution, cannot be COM
mended upon the score of wisdom. 1t
may happen that when Archer finally re-
tires from the "pig-skin" he may ''fll
out" and become to certain extent ro-
bust and hearty, but doubt it. He
looked deplorable enough yesterday to
raise hopes in the mind of an undertaken.
learn, however, that he has resolved to
continue at work right through the pres
ent season, and | should think no one
who knows him will envy him ths.task
he has set himself, no matter about the
money he hopes to gain.