i84 The Life of Fred Archer 
naturally was a rank outsider, 40 to i being her S.P., but a 
longer price might have been obtained without much difficulty. 
" Dutch Oven got away with a start, but Archer pulled 
her back and Actress went in front, making the pace a cracker, 
with Balliol close behind her. These, followed by Fenelon, 
Dutch Oven, Harden, and Sachem the favourite in Ben 
Loates's hands, lying close up and going well, 
" In this order they went out of sight, and when they came 
again into view there had been but little change. Indeed, 
there was not much alteration until they approached the post 
half a mile from home, the favourite still going like a steam- 
engine and inspiring the layers of odds with a confidence 
which was increased when Actress and Fenelon retired, having 
shot their bolt, and Lord Stamford's beautiful mare rushed 
to the front and looked like having an easy victory. 
" At this point Archer called on Dutch Oven, and she soon 
passed them on the whip-hand side and went in pursuit of 
Geheimniss, who sailed along to the accompaniment of excited 
plaudits from her backers until she reached the stand, having 
everything now well beaten save Shotover and Dutch Oven. 
" Archer now passed Shotover and challenged the favourite, 
and the onlookers were surprised to see him get on terms. 
The struggle became short, for Geheimniss had come to the 
end of her tether and had hardly a kick left in her, whereas 
Dutch Oven stayed on and won by a length-and-a-half amidst 
a scene of breathless excitement from the Oaks winner." 
There was a lot of talk after the race, and Mathew Dawson, 
Lord Falmouth, and Archer received numerous letters accusing 
them of almost every crime under the sun. As far as Dawson 
was concerned, he had backed the mare at long odds, but after 
the York exploit he laid £1,000 to £20 against her. 
Against Archer it was alleged that he had ridden the mare 
in her other races with a view to his own profit in the St. Leger. 
There was no evidence whatever to support this assertion beyond 
