The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-04

that I consented. and Sir John went his way.
1.-The next morning the London sporting
papers noted that Archer does not ride Pc
price heightened in the market to q degree.
At the end of a week nearly double the odda
were obtainable that ruled before my with
and Sir John got on his stable commission
at q fair price.
ARCHER FELT INUNDATED.
II liked to ride winners. and had ridden
Peter often enough to believe that I, bet
Of Hermit from i~suiking'-his one fault.
And IL Peter did not sulk. there was moth
ing in the Manchester race that looked to
$50 1 was that .mired' in spite Of the
money stipulation-in case Of a win-that /
sent for Captain Machell, of his clos
est friends; After the captain laat I had sat down
Wei: captain, I don't ride Peter at Man
,sne ,Th s,. sm, yos say y;vs ss' Des, BE ss,. aston com
$50 he cam I rejoined. but Sir John
nrics s me to to s step n down. n. SO 30 he hn can nn11 get =. q
nothing. and 1 obliged him."
sAftsr a pause for. fer REJECTION; Captain
day Of the race Not a bad stroke Of bust
ness for you. my boy: not bad at all
,a,d TIC 2 cut a long story short; Captain, I
A jan W . NhC ia a LAX
cup-the winner. do you understand And
it won't be Peter. either"
AT this sally Machen lay back IN his
chair and grunted. Why, man, you're crazy.
There Is not a horse engaged in the race
that can beat Peter II Astley's crack Is
properly handled. So much do I think Of his
chance that I was about. to scratch my
horse Valour to-day. But when / got your
note something told me to wait until I saw
you can't achieve impossibiiities. you
CHANGED HIS MOUNTS
"'well. it is a good thing you did not
scratch your horse I said, for I am go
ing to ride him at Manchester. and beat
Peter In that cup race
"tBless my soul. sir! Dc you know that
my horse is only a miller? Nothing more. A
good miller. III admit: even in; the company
quarters. and against Peter. too. PSI Pshsw. It
can't be DONE said the captain.
Then. with an amusing shift: Look here,
i against my horse at Tatters ais o. W Wa 90
yesterday. And II this Is no Joke Of yours
III wire up a couple Of hundred pounds At
that price. If this goes through as YOU have
planned 1 shall consider you the greatest Of
generals. as well as the greatest Of riders.
Cmay heaven rest his soufD and we will
give, those bookmakers such q turning over
ss they have not had IN many a day"
transactions was one of f33.OO0 to f500. va
iour for the Manchester Cup, taken in one
hand. q ~well-known leviathan bookmakar
being the layer. This transaction was at
odds Of 66 to I. and in q fortnight the best
price against Valour was 20 to /.
Even when the jockeys were announced
on the eve Of the race. few Of the general
public looked to sec me coax and nurse
successfully the Irfsh-bred horse over a
route SO much beyond his liking. So at
the post 30 to l was to be had. at which
figures the Machell combination got ON still
another commission.
II just took my old. horse .valour right
to the front. for he had a good bit Of speed
always and could be. easily placed. / set
the held a hot pace on the straight
Peter to sulk. as he never did rsltsh having
any horse outrun him at any time In a race.
and was nable to pin back his ears in such
. contingency.
A FIGHT AT THE FINISH.
"on the turns. / eased up, giving valour
a breather and letting the second horse al-
most reach me. when I Strengthened out
again, away I went, opening M an
other gap. So. when it came to the last
little run bottled up in my old horss for
The tussle came in the last furlonR. Pc
ter closing last on me in the run to the
judges chair. But In the final strides !
let out the last link / had still bottled up,
in valour. and Just stalled. on Peters rush
by q short head.
TT was one Of the most gratifying wins
TO me that I ever secured in my life. Yes,
/ guess Captain Machell. Matthew Dawson
and myself. got about as much out Of that
the ring on any one occasion before. It
money"
Archer went back 70, znslsnd t-hAt4sprtne;