The Life of Fred Archer 237 
This letter is also in the scrap-book : 
" Archer, 
" I will be over the Limekilns at 9 o'clock to-morrow. 
I never saw you this morning, although Sir Frederick tells me 
you were close to me. I was occupied with looking for Mac- 
heath. 
" Yours faithfuUy, 
"C. Stirling Crawfurd Montrose." 
" Dear Archer. 
" I shall be very glad to go to the meet of the ' Drag,' " 
and will with pleasure subscribe if you will tell me what to 
give. 
" Yours sincerely, 
" C. Stirling Crawfurd Montrose." 
A sporting writer said in 1884 : 
" At the time of the Craven Stakes, the Duchess of Montrose 
began to race as ' Mr. Manton.' It was about this time that 
I heard murmurs of a Jockey Ring — that is to say, of a 
supposed arrangement amongst a certain lot of jockeys, of 
whom Archer and Wood were supposed to be the head, that 
races were to be won by horses selected by the Ring. I 
went to both these jockeys and told them of the report, 
adding that as I did not believe a word of it I intended 
bringing the subject before the Jockey Club at their next 
meeting. Both expressed their wilUngness to be examined, 
and protested that there was not a word of truth in the report. 
The Jockey Club would not inquire into it as no formulated 
accusation was made." 
The following is in Mrs. Coleman's scrap-book : 
