CHAPTER VII 
It was practically not until he was out of his apprenticeship 
that Archer really became famous, and not so much was heard 
of him in 1871 and 1872. In the latter year, however, Archer, 
who had no difficulty in going to scale at the minimum impost of 
5 stone 7 lb., won the Cesarewitch on Salvanos, who had that 
weight to carry. 
In the October Handicap, Salvanos, a colt belonging to 
Mr. J. Radcliffe, had bolted, overpowering Chapman, his 
rider. This kind of accident rarely happened to Archer during 
his whole career, though it was his fate now and again to be 
up upon an incorrigible animal, whom nobody else could do 
anything with, and who possibly succeeded in unseating him 
and bolting without him. 
Even with this class of kittle cattle he sometimes did 
wonders. He made the savage Muley Edris win at two and 
three years old, and later on he overcame, with infinite patience, 
the vagaries of Tristan and Peter, notably in the latter's Hunt 
Cup victory of 1881. 
When Salvanos bolted at the First October Meeting he looked 
very like the winner of the Newmarket October Handicap, 
and Mr. Dawson, who had already a very high idea of Archer's 
riding, substituted Fred in the Cesarewitch for the lightweight 
who had ridden the colt on the first occasion. 
The result was justified, for Salvanos led the field down the 
Bushes Hill and was never headed. Archer simply sitting 
still and riding with all the confidence of a veteran. The 
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