SUICIDE OF FRED ARCHER,

I The Famous Jockey's Ending. I

[8f MLMOTMIO TBhMQRAPB.~QOPYRIQm.I [Sfhciaii to Pbesb Association.] LONDON, Nov. 8. Fred Archer, the well-known jockey, shot himself dead at Newmarket to-day. The cause is said to have been delirium, occasioned by pneumonia. He is reported to be worth £250,000. [Rbtttbr'b Telbgbajkb.] LONDON, Not. 8. Fred Archer, the celebrated jockey, committed suicide yesterday while delirious from fever. [Fred Archer, whose name is famoua all over the civilised world as the greatest jockey that ever sat in a saddle, was born at Prestbury, near Cheltenham, on Jan. 11, 1857, and rode his first winner, Athol Daisy, at Chesterfield, in Sept., 1870. Since then he has ridden innumerable winners, and for many years has stood at the head of the list of winning jockeys, never, in fact, having been deposed from that position since he firafc attained it in 1872. His highest score was, however, in 1883, when he piloted no less than 232 winners, and even in this, his last season, with increasing weight, he was 15 ahead of his great rival, C. Wood, when the last mail left England, their number of winning mounts being 136 and 121 respectively. In the classic races — Derby, Oaks, St Leger, &c. — ho had a wonderful record, having won Eo gland's greatest race on Silvio in 1877, Bend Or 1880, Iroquoia 1881 j Melton 1885, and Ormonde 1886 ; the Oaks on Spinaway 1875, Jannette 1878, Wheel of Fortune 1879, and Lonely 1885 ; while in the St Leger he was on the back of Silvio 1877, Jannette 1878, Iroquois 1881, Dutch Oven 1882, Melton 1885, and Ormonde 1886, when they won. In the Grand Prix da Paris he was successful on Paradox in 1885 and Minting this year, while the list of his victories in races of importance would fill columns. F. Archer, who was originally apprenticed to Matthew Dawson, trainer to Lord Falmouth, a few years ago married a daughter of John Dawson, the Newmarket trainer, but she died after a very short illness, before she had been two years a wife. Archer then took a trip to America, and on his return it was reported that he would relinquish the profession of a jockey. He, however, took to riding again, and though he was reported, and no doubt was, a very wealthy man, he subjected himself for some .years to the greatest severities, in order to reach a requisite weight for racing. Only last year he appealed against the assessment of his income at .£IO,OOO a year, by the Income Tax Commissioners, but his application for a reduction was refused. Though distinctly an unpopular man amongst his fellow jockeys, he was a model to them in many ways, as he was honest, respectful, and sober. His death removes from the scene one of the most-talked-about men of the last decade/]