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FAMOUS JOCKEY FRED WES3 IS DEAD. Rodo Dor.caster to Victory in the Epcr.i Derby and Ranked, as a Great Rider. The death on urn d at Eastbourne March 27 of Fled Webb, one of the greatest jockey- ,-f the era during which each tine horsemen as Archer. Tom Cannon, Weed and Fordhnm also flourished. The deceased was in hi. sixty-third year, lb- gained hi. first experience of race riding at Newmarket, and so long ag as 1886 rode as lightweight and second jockey to Matthew Dawsons staile. Successes quickly came his way, as during that season he wen the st wards Cap on Fichu, and the Cesarewitca on Cherie. In tic iatter race 1:1s weight was only 77 pounds, bin when lie won the aaaae race twenty gtte years later on She. 11 it was ls pounds. In his later ye;. is in tin- saddle he had. indeed, the greatest difii-eutty in keping his weight down. During one winter his weight went up to 134 pound-, but ha v. as nolo to go to scale at the Lincoln Spring meeting ?:t ii:2 p-iumF. Webb was a remarkably powerful jockey, and was generally acknowledged to be the strongest finisher of : i day. In ls73 he von the Derby 011 .[nines Merrys Doncaster. It was a "chance mount," Bobert Peck engaging hhu on the Beaming of the race, owing to tie- stables Jockey not having tarinid ap • • ri le tiie horse nt morning exorcise. Curiously enough ,. I b had dreamed the previous aight that he had ridden the winner, though at the time ho had not a mount in the race net apparently the prospect of one. Came Near V/inning the Derby Again. On three other areaaiaui Webb came near to winning the great race. In 1861 Archer. 011 the American-bred Ireajuola, beat him a half length on Peregrine, and two years fatter C. Wood on st. Blaise just got the better of him oil Highland Chief. Webb was always of the opinion, however, that he realty WOU the race on that occasion by about a lie.., I. In 1888 Webb again participated in a tbrandling finish t,,r the race. Archer on Melton beating him a load en ti.- Twa Thousand Guineas winner Paradox. Webb won the Twa Thousand 011 Peregrine, and Important handicap successes, apart from aheae already aeeutoaed, included the City and Suburban 011 liigw Brand, the Cambridgeshire en Florence. the "Jubilee" on Minting, and the Stewards Cup on Lowland Chief. The aaaae year hi won the Guineas on Ieregrine Webb also finished fourth in the Brand a i ional on The Soot. When later lie turned his attention to training Webb also met with considerable success. Ha succeeded S. B. Pickering as trainer to Mrs. Lnngtry now Rudy da Bathe, and won several inipor-uit races with the horses the celebrated actress im-perted from the antipodes. He prepared Merman to will the Ceserewiteh, Ascot Gold Cup ami Boad wood Cap, and 1rayhead the Liverpool Summer Cup. BabaeqUtBtly Webb went abroad, and trained at Alag, in Hungary, for several years, returning to Kngland about eighteen months began the war broke out. Webb was also a capable all-round athlete. — Loudon Sporting Life.
