A commemoration of the jockey Fred Archer produced after his suicide in 1886, in the form of a horse's hoof converted as an inkwell in silver plate, t
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Start a valuationA commemoration of the jockey Fred Archer produced after his suicide in 1886, in the form of a horse's hoof converted as an inkwell in silver plate, the cover inscribed MEMOIR OF FRED ARCHER'S MOUNT ORMONDE, 1886, FROM SYD TO DICK It is plausible that Dick could be Richard Chapman, the Duke of Westminster's long time Eaton Stud groom where Ormonde had been foaled in 1883. Ormonde won the Triple Crown in 1886 providing Archer with the final major successes of his career.

