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RACING. 



not so fortunate as some of his younger rivals in the rich 

 presents given him for winning races, he might at least console 

 himself with the thought that he retired from the active pursuit 

 of his profession with a popularity and esteem which had never 

 been exceeded m the present century, and equalled only in the 

 instance of Frank Buckle. 



After the withdrawal of Fordham from the pigskin, the 

 name of Fred Archer took a greater hold of the public 



fancy than that of any other jockey 



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sent hour. In many respects, and especially upon the Epsom 

 course, where two Derby winners. Bend Or and Melton, owed 

 their victories mainly, if not entirely, to his superior judgment 

 and horsemanship, Archer was undoubtedly deserving of his 

 pre-eminent fame. No jockey ever lost fewer races which he 

 ought to have won ; and if, as in the case of Paradox for the 

 Two Thousand of 18S5, he occasionally failed to make the 

 most of his mount, no one was more ready to confess his mis- 

 take and to amend it when he rode the same horse again. In 

 attention to business, in being always at the post in time to 



