Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-06-04
THE LIFE OF A JOCKEY.
Some of the Drawbacks Which Attend tse
 Wonderful ArcHer's Career

London Correspondence of B ,ston Herald. You have doubtless heard much on various occasi ns about this truly re-
 markedly jockey. I am tempted give
 a slight sketch of him as he appeared
 yesterday. He commenced by winning
 two races in grand style, and later on
 won another, though he was nowhere"
 in the chi event. Truth to say the
 famous jockey presented rather pain
 ful appearance yestt rdGy. Imagine
 tall, emaciated-lOOking man. eaeiaverOus
 of eountenHnee, with large, projecting
 hps, slight stoOp, decidedly round
 shoulders. and long, somewhat mls-
 shapen legs. Picture this man, wrapped
 ID an overcoat aud shivering as though
 nearly every gust of NiLd went right
 through hls slender frame. Such is the
 premlsr Jockey of Enslaud. I should
 De sorry to say that Archer is of a pro
 nounced money-hOardlug and miserly
 turn ot mind; but lt looks very much as
 though such were the case. He has al-
 ways been nOtCrlOus for excessive thrift;
 no one ever knew him to throw about money with anything approaching reeklessDess or even generosity He has amassed large nus and promptly slowed them away securtl ly and carefully. It IS sad, Ou good authority, that he is worth quite S35O,OO0. and moreover he is shortly about to be married to the daugh- ter of one of the richest trainers in Eng land. Lately, however. he has devel- Oped tendency for increasing ID weigi and this seems to trouble him immense ly. Why be should wish to continue riding m races, DO one with any sense can divine. He would surely do well to retire; but he will listen to no advlce of the kind. Some plainly-spoken peopl, say hls greed for making money cannot be overcome. Anyhow, all I know is that he has tJ treat his system most cru elly m order that be may not scale lbOve IF pounds. For three days be- lore the City and Suburban, I am influ- anced by some one who really shs uld know, that Archer took very little solid substance of any description. Meat and reg tables he absolutely eschewed, his liet consisting chiefly of bread and tea aken without sugar. Archer does not leep down his weight by pedestrian ex- ,rcise. believe his enfeebled frame Is of the necessary exertiOr. He ,Oes Tn for strong physI, king" and any me with sense must know how injurious his IS to the system. Now and again he breakfasts off couple of seidlitz pow Iers. or something similarly purgative nd cheerful, and be Las been known to positively fill himself with drugs. The esult simply is that he already looks Ike a weazened and shTunken old man liter the first race yesterday saw him uivering and shaking from head to foot nth the exertiOn the race had cost him, nd it IS a fact that he Lad to imbihe alf pint of champagne ere he eonld teady himself sufficiently to ride in the 'ity and Suburban. Again 1 say that nan who will thus trifie, and play fast nd loose with his constitution, cannot ,e commended upon the score of wis Om. It may harper that when Archer nally retires from the pig skin" he nay fill out and become to certain xtent robust and hearty, but I dOubt it. le looked deplOrable enough yesterday } raise hopes ID the mind of an under lker. I learn, however, that he has re- )lved to continue at work right through le present season, and I shOnld think o one who knows hIm will envy bim be task he has set himself. DO matter bout the money be hopes to gain.