Year: 1879

III these gets suspended Iii give thee
| holiday; but if thee don't &c, off I'Il breal


livery bone in thy Internal young skn!'
Mat Dawson's method of teaching is quit,
the opposite of that of the sturdy old here
Of the green and gold. No master in Eng


land is more quickly and silently obcyct
than Mat Dawson, who, without making
the slightest assertion Of authority, has his
little army of men and boys completed,
under control. Archer, during five years
apprenticeship, gave no trouble. Appa


rently impressed with the value of that i'm


mortal north country proyerb, which ought
to he written in letters of gold over every
racing stable and good many less institu


tons. "lts canny to say nowt," he from


childhood kept his eyes and ears open and
his mouth shut. He has thus by degrees
acquired every point Of good riding that OF
'1lnishing" well having cost him more
time than all the others put together. Ma
NY OF his best races have been won actually
at the start, and more by his marvellous
quickness in seeing an opening and his
pluck in crinming his horse at it. Ills
fine hands also contribute greatly to his
success a proof of his dainty handling of
horses mouth is that Inc is never run
away with. His head is us cool rs his
hand is ligct and his heart stout. When
he had seized an advantage at the start, in
making sharp turn or by driving his horse
through an opening that nine riders out of
ten would be afraid of, his clear head pre-
vents him from throwing it away. lie has,


however, with all his selfposscssion no lack
Of carncstncss. He is all Jockey from the
button of his cap to the tips Of his spurs,


and ridcs-as the hackers of his mounts 8
know-irrcspective Of the Odds Whether
on six-to-feur or a twcnty-to-one chance
he equally strives to win Across country
he goes quite rs well as on the flat, and
should his present eight stone and five
pounds eXpandscd 80 as to put him out of
count for the latter he will have grand
career before him as stccplc- chase rider


lie is frequently to be found at Captain
Machcll's school for jumpers and private
course, putting new horses to the business
over hurdles, and in winter hunts regularly
with the Valve Of White Horse or the
Cotswold. At Melton, Lord Wilton, who
has shown him much kindness, always
find him mount and takes great delight in
the rerce of his riding. In the flat-racing
season he rides nearly every day in every
week, and often and after a hard weeks
works in this country will run over to Paris
to ride on Sunday and be in the saddle
again at Newmarket On Monday For the
fatigue of railway travelling he has one I'm
falling remedy, sleep; and it may be added
that except when riding horses in trials hc
is no early riser. Racing is afternoon work
and hard work, often preceded or followed
by long railway journey and Jockeys
morning is thus his only leisure time cx-
cept Sunday-that is if it he Il Sunday on
which there is no big race at Paris. 1t
must of course he obvious 10 all who have
given the subject thought that Jockey ut
the height of his reputation must have q
wardrobe like an actor, and a dresser to
look after the multitudinous jackets, boots,


brccchcs and saddles. Fred Archer, with


his income, might if he were thoughtlcss,


require such person to attend on him
alone, but it speaks well for his good sense
and that of his intimate friend, Constable,


that these admirable horscmen have a
Jockeys vale" between them, and find
themselves most efficiently t1ookcd after "
On the "off" Sundays Archer is much at
Heath House where he is quite one of the
family, and enjoys a cut of Mat Dawson's
prime lamb and glass of champagne as
we'll If there were no such limit as eight
stone ten Ill the conditions of classic races.