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and then be able to come down into your country 

 and enjoy myself this winter." 



We talked over the best place for him to stop at 

 for the hunting season, but I begged of him not to 

 try to ride so light as he talked about. I told him I 

 had seen so many jockeys who wasted on physic, 

 especially at the back end of the year, go out like 

 the snuff of a candle. He said : 



" Never mind if I go out or not, I shall do it." 



He asked me to call and see him at Newmarket 

 when I got there for the Houghton Meeting, and I 

 did so on the Wednesday morning. This was the 

 Cambridgeshire day. I saw his sister, Mrs. Coleman, 

 who said Fred was in his Turkish bath, so I didn't 

 meet him until he got on the course, and then I 

 thought I had never seen him looking so bad before. 

 However, he seemed cheerful enouoh, and laughed 

 about our visit to Ireland. It was the last time I 

 ever saw the poor fellow. When I read of his ill- 

 ness at Lewes, I said to my wife : " Fred Archer 

 will never g-et over this." 



Naturally, I was very much grieved, not to say 

 shocked, to read of his sad end. 



