134 The Life of Fred Archer 
Robert the Devil, Charlie Brewer the bookie's horse, trained by 
Blanton, a head on the post on Bend Or, and never was such 
horsemanship ever seen ; for Freddy fairly lifted Bend Or the 
last few strides past the post, and Rossiter's surprise was a 
treat to watch when, as he thought, he could win easily. I 
was there and saw the race, and shall never forget it, nor will 
those either who were present. 
" I was in Edinburgh last week to attend the wedding of 
my younger son, a Commander in the Navy, and it all went off 
splendidly. I knew you were ' Sir Willoughby,' and the old 
name sounds very nice I think. With kind remembrances to 
your wife, 
" Yours ever, 
" Beaumont Dixie. 
" P.S. — A very old pal of mine has written to say Solly Joel 
told him to back Bluestone for Hunt Cup ! 15th Hussars, 
my old regiment, coming to York in October, so shall have a 
grand time of it." 
"Archer," wrote Sir George Chetwynd in his "Reminis- 
cences," " rode an extraordinary race on Master Kildare in the 
Liverpool Cup. He had been easily beaten in the Great Tom 
Stakes at Lincoln the week before, and therefore started com- 
paratively friendless. The horse was in action as the flag fell, 
and Archer, seizing on his advantage, must have been ten lengths 
in front for the first half mile, which obliged all the other jockeys 
to ride to catch him. He judiciously eased his horse after this, 
and coming again at the distance, won cleverly by half a length 
from Lord Hartington's strapping mare Rylstone. This race 
was won entirely by Archer's cleverness in profiting by the start 
he was fortunate enough to obtain, and by his tact in making 
so skilful a use of the advantage." 
A French poet wrote a sonnet, " En I'honneur du Master 
Kildare, monte par le cdebre jockey, Fred Archer, vainqueur 
