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with mounts on which he achieved signal victories. In 

 1878, one of his most brilliant years, at Ascot he won 

 the Royal Hunt Cup and ten other races. In 1877 he 

 won the Ascot Derby. His remarkable list of victories 

 here include also the Gold Vase, Alexandra Plate, Orange 

 Cup, and all the principal Stakes. From 1873 onward, 

 his successes and engagements were so numerous that it 

 would be tedious to recount them in detail. Archer's brief 

 and brilliant career terminated under very melancholy 

 circumstances in 1886, when in a state of delirium he took 

 his own life. He rode for Lord Falmouth till 1883. 



Chas. Wood figured many times on winning horses 

 at Ascot, and in spite of his nine years' absence has a 

 good record of races. He rode the winner of the Gold 

 Cup in 1884 and 1885; Ascot Stakes, 1877, 1878, and 

 1898 ; Prince of Wales' Stakes, 1882, 1884, and 1897; 

 Royal Hunt Cup, 1879, 1883, and 1887; Wokingham 

 Stakes and three other races in 1897 ; Ascot Derby 

 Stakes, 1898 ; and the Hardwicke Stakes, 1899. Tom 

 Cringle, who won the Ascot Stakes in 1899, was trained 

 by him. 



With the year 1880 the group of jockeys best known 

 at the present day comes into sight, surrounded by a mul- 

 titude of those whose names appear but once or twice 

 on the Ascot roll of honour, such as the following : — 

 Bradbury (i), Blake (2), Boardman (i), Brockwell 

 (Royal Hunt Cup, 1880), C. Bowman (Gold Vase and 3 

 others), R. Chaloner (5), Calder (2), K. Cannon (3) 

 Childs (Hunt Cup, 1901), Dalton (i), Fagan (3), Ferres 

 (i), F. Finlay (i), C. Gray (2), A. Giles (3), Gould (i), 

 Harrison (i), Heckford (i), Henry (i), Howard (i), 



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