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less fortunate than some of his younger rivals in the rich 

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

 himself with the thought that he retired from the active pursuit 

 of his profession with a popularity and esteem which have never 

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

 instance of Frank Buckle. 



Since the withdrawal of Fordham from the pigskin, the 

 name of Fred Archer has taken greater hold of the public 



fancy than that of any other jockey 

 j x known from the days of Tregonwell 



Frampton 

 to the pre- 





First at the post. 



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

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

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

 judgment and horsemanship, Archer is undoubtedly deserv- 

 ing 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 1885, he occasionally fails to make the 

 most of his mount, no one is more ready to confess his mistake 

 and to amend it as happened last year in the Grand Prix de 

 Paris when he rides the same horse again. In attention to 



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