The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-11-24
FRED AkClIER'S END.
\ FthOI~ JOCkEL hILLs uI,I-ELr N
FEY EH
iiis hcnnrhnbic Career on the IuIl nud lis
t""Sir End some of His Mos, Noicw orthy
Rnc"-, with Other Points Of Interest,

iiis Hrn'nrh"bic Career On the rur nnd lis
TcnSic End SOME of His Most Nuicw orthy
Rnrr-, with 0thcr Points OF Interest.
(From tac Ncg Ycr', I,ncs
LoNDoN, November s. Fred Archer,
the celebrated jockey, is dead. His
death was the result of a pistol shot
wound inflicted by himself while IN II
dclirium resulting from fever. II is
reported that he was i'll with typhoid
fever. The first symptoms of the disease
appeared OH Thursday, after he had
been present at the lcwcs races. When
1t became evident that his illness was
likely to be serious, he vas taken to his
sister house at Newmarket. lie rapid
ly gre" worse, and had been in IL raging
tcvcr sine" yesterday morning. He was
lett alone 'or II few minutes, and his at-
tcndMIt, soon after leaving tho sick
room, heard two pistol shots. tie hurried
back and found Archer dying, having
shot IlnacIf with II revolver.
Gr,Iuick James Archer has Tor the
past fifteen years .ccp not only the best
known bat the most successful of Enc
NON ~ Nv y '''ANt no itCNIl hill1l!G lle
ScasoI Just closing hl., been as success
iuI aa jho$c OF the past dozen years,
during II! OF which he stood at the head
OF the list OF winning Jockeys. Since
the a. s.ll OF Tom French in 1872. he
has bs.,l Lord l'ulmouth's chief iockcv
and that gcntlcman had the first claim
upon his services. After him, in the order
named, his time was claimed by contract
hy Lord Hastings, the Duke of West
munster, Matthew Dawson, OF Newmarket
his father n-law and the Prince of
Wales, all OF whom paid him handsome
rctamcrs. Fred Archer was about ) feet
: inches i'll height, OF slim, wiry build,
and rode at from 10 to TO pounds
keeping himself ut that weight bv The
use OF Turkish baths during the racing
season.
Archer was native Of Prcsbrry, near
Chcltcnll0m, and the son of William
Archer, II famous crosscomtry rider
who III 1870 won II national reputation
by winning The Liverpool Grand Nation
al StCcplcS chase on Little Charley, IA
pounds up Young Archer, wlio was born
on January IL, 1896, seemed 20 have
been born Il Jockey, for when but the
mcrcSt child ne was at homo only on the
known .. = TniJ am ,,,,ti o"i ,;I, , Ie M'S T
G"mrrst I,' ' ",l' ,t, tUJ,i .i,'rI I oyer me
hounds, and his childish tlrblcva more
,,wns in ~ ,hr 5"ou,|| IL T,an '"t % ,'"t' nc
crowd tlat w.,> NJ ih,. orJ - ~" n,,. ',,'
Ills Gr,l rinring nnmn,,, v.,3 r,. i,I'.'., In,,
hn wns Inf w"ar1 VIII Iii o %%' ,''i' . mISi
stccplcchasc nj Bangor on the lannon's
pony Maid OF Nont. lie was au,rrntjcrI
to Matthew Dawson, of Nrnmnrkrt
when IL years OF age, and ON s5cptomrrr
2S, lSTO, when years old, he Won The
Nursery llundycap ut Chesterfield ON
Athol Daisy. In 1879, wdi,r nj =
pounds, lc won the Ccsarcvitcn stakes
on Alr. Ntdchn"s Salvonas, victory
which was his real stcpping stone to his
fame as Jockey and the fortune OF over
$@o0,OOO which hc leaves behind him.
Soon after this lie succeeded Tom
French rs Lord EaImouths S chief Jockey
and it was III the employ Of this noble
patron OF the English turf thgL he won