SPORTING.

Globe, Volume V, Issue 599, 20 May 1876, Page 3

SPORTING.

A LUCKY JOCKEY. (Glasgow News Correspondent.) Only five years ago F. Archer was a mere stable lad, apprentice to Matthew Dawson ; now lie is a young gentleman of some repute in the world, and earning more than some of the Bishops. During the short time he hrv been a recognised jockey he has twice headed the poll, and on 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 plucky feat ho did with a horse at exercise one morning, when he, without the slightest hesitation, j umped a three-year-old over a hedge and ditch and back again. At that time he did not weigh much more than 4st. It is this resolution and courage that has got 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 rapid 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 when he was earning his thousand a year (he was not out of his apprenticeship at the time) amongst the lads in the evening school, presided over by the wife of the excellent trainer. We usually associate a light-weight jockey with everything that is impish, and as a rule 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 has escaped. Archer has made 604 mounts this year, 172 of which have been winning ones. For the 604 mounts he would receive three guineas, and two guineas extra on each of the 172. The riding fees are, however, by no means the sole earnings of a jockey. Fordham received a retainer of £IOOO per annum from Captain Machell, and sums in proportion were paid for the second and third claims on his servioes. The riding fees are, of course, over and above the retainers, and there are also heavy travelling expenses to be considered. Ido not know what was the amount of Archer's fee for riding Activity in the Liverpool, but I do know that, in addition to anything else that might have been paid to him, he received in one hand alone a present of £SOO. {From English Exchanges ) Petrarch, the winter Derby favourite, has been eold to Lord Dupplin for a large sum. The French Jockey Club has rejected an offer by M. Oiler to pay a sum of £4,000 ayear for ten years, or a total of £IO,OOO, to be allowed to erect offices on the racecourses cf Paris and Chantilly for ready money betting by himself or by persons to whom he might sub-let places. Stanton has reads a match with Messenge*, the American long distance bicyclist, to ride 1000 miles for 600 dole. aside at the Royal Skating RiDk, New York. At Williamsburg John de Witt and John Goulding were walking against each other 1000 miles in 1000 consecutive hours. They walk a mile alternately. De Witt is 54 years of age, Goulding 40, and the betting is in favour of the latter. Messrs Blackburne and Steinitz are to play a chess match for £6O a side, the victor to win the first seven games without a draw. The Maharajah Dhuleep Sing, whose place near Sand'ingham rivals the splendid country seat of the Prince of Wales, has offered to take the immense wager of £IOO,OOO to £SOOO that within thret. years he will kill a thousand brace of partridges to his own gun, on his own estate, in a single day. Mr Hercules Ros 3, the champion rifle shot of India, carried off the Viceroy's prize cup with the wonderful score of 1-il i'- 30 shots at 800, 900, and 1000 yards. The following is the exact scote, the first two shots at each range being sighting shots:—Boo yards, 55 5545554555—48 ; JK.O yards, 55, 555555.;5 55-50; 1000 yards, 54,5525355535—43: total, 141. A remarkable female athlete lives at Louioburg, on the Susquehanna. Her name i 3 Emma Rritton. but she is better known as "Johtny." She is above the medium height, fleshy, well-foimed, and weighs 1 101 b. She can outstrip the fleetest men in the neighbourhood at skating; throws a heavy base ball with great force, swiftness, and regularity ; can jump fifteeu feet on skates and execute the most difficult figures ; has run 100 yards in 13 seconds ; is an expert rider and driver! a fine marksman with rifle or pistol, as an off-hand shot her skill being marvellous ; shows to advantage at quoit-pitching ; and can swim half a mile very easily.