BUSY RIDERS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2862, 20 January 1909, Page 62

BUSY RIDERS.

A popular jockey, particularly if he is a htrht-woight, is An extremely busy mdiyLdual during the English racing season, as apart from riding woi;k and trials hi-s time i« =o occupied that he practically lives in the saddle. During the past -ca-son W. Hi<iv> had 686 rides, and hi R record was hi'Mior than that of any othor jockov. Next \u him come- C. Tritrg, with 670, and then ihv ai.cnilc Australian, F. Wcotton. rankr-d thud wirh 602 mounts. Thrse oLher= in () Madden (563, who had 702 nde.s in 190 Si, \V. (iriis,", (528), and W. Halsey (500) had plenty of riding. '•nil U. Malier. who ha<l +91 rides and 159 v.ms, wa« anotho.r w ho=e ivoro in groat, requ^-t. Half a dozen ofhor ridoi^ liac'i from 300 lo 400 rulfs during the y^ l "^ and over a doz-cn had more than 2uO appearance* in the »addle. From this an idea can Lc gloaned as to what a, capable hsht-wcMghr can earn at Home, and Hewitt, with 290 r.d'-s and 21 win-,, would <jei> thioufrh the soar with njoi.' mo'i^si; -or- ,. P ., than (;old = mirh\ cl^rpMiian, who wa« '•pa-.! 1 <> l'ch on £40 a voar." It i^ of interest to noif that \V. Hiptgs, with 6 6 mount-,, had more ride? !d.-t year tha>» Aici-er did at tho -umtnir of Ins succe*. Of toiiivp Archer frequently had frreat <lifficult% in '/etnnpr down to th-r dcired ridniff woi^ht and hi, Spartan etfoits in that direction teiminat-ed the career of the Dostknown hor«pman in our turf history. Better lior-enn-n than Aioher have been known, but no horseman ever made his name so familiar with the racing public. In 1885 Aicher had 667 rides, and in that year he was on 246 winners, an achievementwhich has never been approached since. Tliia was Archer's busiptst season, but, as pieviout'.v mentioned, his weight frequently caused lum to refuse mounts, and Q. Madden (702 in 1905) has probably a record. Archer topped the Hat from 1874 to 1886, and dm ing- that period his s'uecetss in the saddle was simply phenomenal. la 187$

he roc?e 101 winners, and record read : — from 1874 L UIS Bides. 1874 .. .. 530 1575 .. .. l>os 1576 .. .. 662 1877 .. .. 602 1878 .. .. 610 1879 .. .. 570 18S0 .. .. 362 ISSI .. -. 532 18S2 .. .. 564 1883 .. .. 631 1884 .. .. 577 ISBS .. .. 667 1886 .. .. 513 Wins. 140 172 207 218 229 197 120 220 210 232 241 246170