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THE MODERN SYSTEM 



Horses are bought in, the owner will have to 

 pay three and sixpence per night for their 

 keep, and six shillings for the offering them 

 for sale : if they are sold, he will be charged 

 with five per cent, for the auction-duty, five 

 per cent, for commission, and the keep ; and 

 the balance may be received the day after the 

 period of trial expires. 



One of the regulations at the Bazaar is ex- 

 ceedingly fair, both with regard to the previous 

 owner and the purchaser: viz. 



" When a Hor.^e, having been warranted 

 sound, shall be returned within the prescribed 

 period, on account of unsoundness, a certifi- 

 cate from a veterinary surgeon, particularly 

 describing the unsoundness, must accompany 

 the Horse so returned ; when, if it be agreed 

 to by the veterinary surgeon of the establish- 

 ment, the amount received for the Horse shall 

 be immediately paid back ; but if the veteri- 

 nary surgeon of the establishment sliould not 

 confirm the certificate, then, in order to avoid 

 further dispute, one of the veterinary surgeons 

 of the college shall be called in, and his 

 decision shall be final, and the expense of 

 such umpire shall be borne by the party in 

 error." 



Mr. John Lawrence, in speaking of the use- 

 fulness of these repositories, both to buyer and 

 seller, has given us their history. He says : I 



" It was perhaps about the year 1740, or 

 somewhat later, that Beavor, supposed to 

 have first introduced the plan of sale in this 

 mode, opened the Horse repository in Little 

 Saint Martin's Lane, London ; he was suc- 

 ceeded by Aldridge, father of Mr. Aid ridge, 

 who has within the last two or three years, 

 retired, parting with the concern to the pre- 

 sent proprietor, Mr. Morris. Tattersall's re- 

 pository at Hyde Park Corner, was opened 

 about the year 1760, by Mr. Tattersail, who 

 had previously resided at Worcester, and was 

 proprietor of the stallion. Young Traveller ; 

 he was also engaged awhile in London, with 

 Beavor. After the then Duke of Cumber- 

 land's decease, his stud was sold at Tatter- 

 sall's in 1765. Old Tat, as he was in due 

 time familiarly called, was so fortunate at his 

 very outset, as to obtain the countenance and 

 patronage of persons of the highest distinction, 

 who took an interest in Horses; and that 

 important advantage has continued undimin- 

 ished to his successors of the present day. I 

 first knew old Mr. Tattersail iu 1773, he was 

 a shrewd, assiduous, and observant man, pre- 

 cisely one of those qualified by nature to Lte 

 faher fortiuKS, the maker of his own fortune ; 

 and he achieved it, becoming the founder of 

 an opulent and respectable house." 



