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A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH TURF. 



a way of which William Day would have heartily approved. But no one shows signs 

 of approaching Archer's feat of standing at the head of the list of winning jockeys 

 at the close of no fewer than thirteen consecutive seasons. Since his death no one 

 has held that proud position for more than four years consecutively, as Morny 

 Cannon did from 1894 to 1897, his longer sequence from 1891 having been spoilt by 

 T. Loates in 1893. 



In the list just mentioned it is worth noticing that the leader won the first 

 race of the season and the last, a record from Lincoln to Manchester which speaks 

 well for W. Lane's industry, three of his seven races at the first meeting being 

 credited to his chief patron, Sir J. Blundell Maple, who came third in the list of 



winning owners for 1902, 

 with the record number of 

 sixty-seven races, though 

 Mr. Siever's Sceptre and 

 Colonel McCalmont's 

 Rising Glass and St. 

 Maclou (splendidly rid- 

 den for the Lincoln- 



"Sf. Albans" by " Stockweir (1857). 



shire by G. McCall) 

 scored bigger prizes. W. 

 Halsey worked hardest 

 for Sir Ernest Cassel, 

 Lord Durham, and Lord 

 Ellesmere. Maher was 

 troubled with his throat, 



but did well on Rock Sand and Flotsam, riding for Egerton House as well as 

 Blackwell's stables. He thoroughly confirmed Lord Durham's previous impressions 

 of his excellence, and put to his credit, among many other wins, the Eclipse 

 Stakes at Sandown, the Woodcote at Epsom, the Fiftieth Triennial at Ascot, 

 the Prince of Wales's at Goodwood, the Gimcrack at York, and the Champagne 

 at Doncaster, besides valuable prizes at Newmarket and elsewhere, all of which 

 enabled him to show the best winning average for the season. The chief patrons of 

 Martin, another American, were Mr. Musker and Sir Waldie Griffiths ; he was the 

 second American to score the Derby, on Ard Patrick, and would have done better 

 on the year but for his accident at Redcar. George McCall did well for Captain 



