INDEX 
Aberdeen, 56 
Abergeldie Castle, 269 
Abingdon Mile Bottom, 246 
" Mr. Abington," 303 
Achievement, 63 
Activity, 99 
Actress, 182 
Adam, Emil, 296 
Advance, 121, 127 
Agg. Mr., 24 
Agg's Hill, 24 
Agnes, 259 
Ailesbury, late Marquess of, 89 
Alaric, 83 
Albert Gate, 301 
Albion Hotel, Brighton, 175 
Aldcroft, Tom, 68, 172, 301 
Aldcroft's Yard, 263 
Alexandra (Queen), 249 
Alexandra Plate, 92, 302 
(Ascot), 119, 219 
(Doncaster), 119, 127, 153, 181 
Alfonso, 181 
Alice Hawthorne, 94 
Alington, Lord, 279, 289 
All-aged Stakes (Ascot), 57, 119 
Aileyne, Capt., 23 
Althorp Park Stakes, 99, 181 
Ambo, 55, 56 
America, 228 
Archer's visit to, 233-5 
Anatis, 29 
Andoversford, 32, 100, 103 187 
Hotel, 122, 177, 178 
Andred, 85, 92 
Angelina, 138 
Anglesey, Hotel, 25 
late Marquess of, 22 
Anne, Queen of England, 54 
Annette, 259 
Antler, 241 
Apollo, 138 
Aquilo, 94 
Archer, Albert, 231 
Ahce, see under " Pratt, Mrs." 
Charles, 11, 20, 28, 39, 41, 45, 77, 
loi, 117, 122, 123, 161, 196, 
197, 201, 231, 299 
Archer, continued. 
Emily CoUingwood, see under " Cole- 
man, Mrs." 
Emma (Mrs William Archer), 26, 
34, 39, 72, 76, 103, 115, 186, 231 
Fred : 
late Mr. W. B. Portman thought 
him the best jockey, 10 
his riding of Galliard, 11 
secret of his success, 12 
method of riding, 13 
a Dictator of the Turf, 13 
best jockey Mr. A. F. B. Portman 
ever saw, 13 
an exalted lady proposes marriage, 
14 
popularity in Cheltenham, 1 8 
" The Three Archers," 20 
turns his thoughts towards steeple- 
chasing, 21 
letters from Rev. J. B. De la 
Bere, 25 
best pictures of, 25 
birth of, 28 
admired by Cecil Raleigh, 29 
his boyhood, 35 
tales at the King's Arms, 35 
Mr. De la Bere at funeral, 38 
boxes with C. Archer, 39 
at school, 40 
education neglected for riding, 41 
at Hygeia House, 41 
W. Archer teaches him to ride, 42 
a race on a pony against a donkey, 
42 
hunts with the Cotswold Hounds, 
43 
wins on the donkey, Southam 
Lass, 43 
race at Malvern, 43 
rides at Beckford, 43 
his seat, 44 
early hunting days, 45 
goes to Newmarket, 46 
apprenticed to M. Dawson, 48 
his indentures 48 
his signature 49 
rooms at Heath House, 52 
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