. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 140 %\xt grjefefe mid Jhp^rtetmttt. Mar 1 Every mail lately received from Albion lias something to say regarding the Archer-Wood- Walton muddle. The investigations of the English Jockey Club in the case of Charles Archer, the young ex-trainer, have developed a strange state of affairs, not the least singu- lar fact being the arrangement said to exist last season between Lord Ellesmere and his trainer. It seems that Charles Arcber and the "noble Lord" had mutually agreed that the plebian was to charge the aristocrat nothing whatever for his services as
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 140 %\xt grjefefe mid Jhp^rtetmttt. Mar 1 Every mail lately received from Albion lias something to say regarding the Archer-Wood- Walton muddle. The investigations of the English Jockey Club in the case of Charles Archer, the young ex-trainer, have developed a strange state of affairs, not the least singu- lar fact being the arrangement said to exist last season between Lord Ellesmere and his trainer. It seems that Charles Arcber and the "noble Lord" had mutually agreed that the plebian was to charge the aristocrat nothing whatever for his services as trainer, in consideration of whichâand here comes the pointâLord Ellesmere was to leave the entire management of the stable to Archer's discretion. After discharging stake accounts, etc., all responsibility of tbe owner as to ex- penses was to cease. Now, this contract is not particularly new. Other trainers have frequently been entrusted with full and entire powers for similar considerations. The late Joseph Dawson traiued Prince Charlie, Lord Gough, and many others with the same un- derstanding. But when trainer so entrusted is a mere lad in years, and with comparatively very little experience in his adopted profes- sion, criticisms cannot well be withheld on the impropriety of so injudicious a course. â » A mysterious disease has broken out among the horses in the Medina district of Texas. The horses when first taken seem to be drawn together, as if in loin distemper, and appear to suffer greatly, virtually walking on the tips of hind hoofs. Then they gradually pitch forward, fall to the ground, and never get up again. The affliction does not relate to the condition of the animals in any respect, as some of the fattest horses in the county have fallen prey to the malady. As Archiduc could not be declared a sound horse by the Messrs. Barrow of Newmarket, Baron Rothschild (of Paris) refused to take him. Whereupon the representative of the estate of tbe late Count Lagran
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