slacken speed, but he maintained the same pace and beat the favourite by a few yards. We can say with confidence that he won this race by his knowledge of pace.

Fred. Archer gave a grand performance by winning the Grand Prix of Paris on Paradox. He did not fail for an instant in fine horsemanship, coolness and cleverness. At first he remained behind his field, but towards the end he drew up alongside Reluisant, who had won the Chantilly Derby, and was his only formidable opponent. He stuck close to him, and although he saw that Reluisant could go no faster, he kept with him until close to the winning-post, and then won by a neck. This victory shows us only a part of Archer's talent. The thing which was best about him and which made him a great master, was his seat. He sat well into the saddle, and rode with long stirrups. When he raised himself on his stirrups, his seat grazed the saddle.

His seat had no resemblance to the strange, if not ridiculous position which many jockeys adopt, and which some of them exaggerate to such a degree that we could place a hat between them and the saddle.^[1] Archer always sat like a horseman, with his horse enclosed between his hands and legs.

In short distance races, he was unjustly said to be tricky at getting off first. At the moment when the starter lowers his flag, the majority of jockeys are content to slacken the reins and let the horses go off as they like or as they can. Archer left nothing to chance, and he ruled his horse like the true horseman that he was. Having always his legs close to the horse's sides, he surprised the animal at the moment of starting by a vigorous pressure of the legs, and instantly put