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would come when a jockey would ride, as Archer did, 

 this single season 198 winners, what would they have 

 said? Old Judge Johnson was of opinion that Jim 

 Robinson was the finest jockey that ever got into a 

 saddle. He had the choice of all the best riding in his 

 time, yet he died in, comparatively speaking, poverty, 

 his almost only income being a pension of £50 per 

 annum, which the Duke of Rutland generously settled 

 upon him for riding Cadland to victory in the Derby of 

 1828, his first Derby being on Azor in 1817, supple- 

 menting it with A'ictories on Cedric in 1824, Middle ton 

 in 1825, Mameluke in 1827, and Bay Middleton 

 in 1836. 



