50 The Life of Fred Archer 
When Archer became famous the indentures of his ap- 
prenticeship, framed and glazed, occupied one of the most 
conspicuous places in his sumptuous dwelling. He also, in 
later years, sent his master a copy of them, which Mathew 
Dawson acknowledged as follows : 
JifUmtu/i f^^iec Struck ImuA Aet4 'kUtldt^ 
Jki Ate iMuiuui idcJ^iu^&9 /nU^ 
The racing metropolis has a distinct atmosphere of its own. 
It is a place where horses live in considerable state, and other 
persons and things exist for their convenience. Whether for 
the first time you approach it from the wind-swept Heath or 
