A LUCKY JOCKEY.
! Only five years ago F. Archer was a mere stable lad, apprentice to Matthew Dawson ; now he is a young gentleman of some repnte *in the world, and earning more than some of the. Bishops. Duijng the shqrt time he has been' a recognised jockey he has twice headed the poll, and op a third occasion was only two behind, after having held such a good • lead that it seemed to be any odds on him. Matthew Dawson’s attention, according to the ‘ Sporting Times,’ was first called to him by a pmcky feat he did with a horse at exercise; one morning, when he, without the slightest hesitation, jumped a three-year-old over a hedge and ditch and back again. At that time he did not ' weigh much more than " w this resolution and courage that has cot him on as a jockey, for he is not a brilliant horseman in the highest acceptance ' of-the term. Integrity and steadiness have had much to do with his rapidly rise. He was - brought up in a stable where the lads'are as carefully looked after as they are in any Sunday School; and I have seen Archer whefi he was earning his thousand a year (he was hot out of his apprenticeship at the time) amongst the lads in the evening school, presided-over by the wife of the exceUent trainer. We. usually associate a . light-weight jockey with everything that is and, as a tine, a lad has only to be successful for his employers to make a per-, . feet fool, of him. Thanks to the discipline .of Heath House, the “kindness” of employers is a, quicksand from which Archer nas eacaped/ Archer has made 604 mounts ...this year, 172 of which has been winning ones.* For the >6/04: mounts he would receive three guineas, and two extra .. guineas, on each of the 172. -.The : riding fees are, however,, by no means •- :thesole earnings of a jockey. Fordharn received: a ; retainer of 1/1,000 per annum from > ■ , Machell, and sums in proportion, were paid fdrithe necond. and third claims on his services*;’■«: The riding'fees are, of course, oy'dr and'above the retainers, and there are ; <dkor heavy travelling expenses to be con- : what was . the ’ • > df AfOfieris dee lor-' ending Activity in the Liverpool, but Ido know that/in adelse that might have been %e r rocmvfefl bvdhp hand aaeine a Correa-
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Evening Star, Issue 4139, 2 June 1876, Page 4
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397A LUCKY JOCKEY. Evening Star, Issue 4139, 2 June 1876, Page 4
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