CHAPTER IX 
[n 1875, with Camballo, the property of Mr. R. C. Vyner, 
Mathew Dawson won the Two Thousand Guineas, while with 
Lord Falmouth's Spinaway, destined to become the dam 
3f Busybody, he won the One Thousand and the Oaks. The 
:olt by Macaroni out of Repentance was third in the Derby, 
md Ladylove, the stable second string, was second to 
Spinaway in the Oaks. Famese won the Champagne Stakes, 
the Ham Produce Stakes (which, with the Buckenham, were 
ilmost farmed at this period by Lord Falmouth), the Prince of 
Wales's Stakes at Goodwood, the Champagne at Doncaster, the 
Buckenham, and the Clearwell. Skylark, a son of Wheatear, 
ivon each of his four races, including the Chesterfield Stakes, at 
tieadquarters. It was in this year that Galopin, a horse trained 
by John Dawson, won the Derby. 
During the winters of 1874 and 1875, Archer increased 
:onsiderably in weight, and though a year previously he could 
manage 6 stone comfortably, and got so late as the Second 
October Meeting down to 6 stone i lb., for his memorable 
second on the Truth gelding for the Cesarewitch he could, at 
the commencement of the season, scale no less than 6 stone 
12 lb., while at the end of it another 4 lb. was added to his 
minimum. 
At the very outset of the season he was to the fore, and 
opened the ball at Lincoln with a victory on Bella in the 
Althorp Park Stakes, while at Northampton he carried all 
before him, including the big handicap there on Peeping Tom. 
