Summary
THE ivory-handled walking stick seen here is expected to fetch between Pounds 700 to Pounds 1,000 on Thursday. The reason? That's no ordinary jockey whose head is carved on the handle, but the tragic Victorian sporting legend Fred Archer.
Archer was a champion flat jockey in 13 successive seasons until 1886. But when his wife Helen died, he turned a gun on himself, aged just 29.See the full content of this document
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Tragic Tale of Jockey Archer
The tragedy spawned a wa...
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