ON PURCHASE AND SALE. l6l 



At Langhorne's the bulk of the fales confifts 

 of hacks, journey -horfes, machiners, ftage-wag- 

 gon and cart-horfes. 



Smithfield Market is for the refufe of all 

 kinds, including fuch as are intended for flaugh- 

 ter, which too often exhibit a pitiable fight. 

 Some few frefh horfes are there expofed to fale, 

 particularly of the cart-kind, and it may be 

 noted, that the principal dealers in cart-horfes 

 refide in that neighbourhood^ and are to be met 

 with at market. 



The CHARGES at repofitories are as follow : 

 Keep, half-a-crown ^(^^r night; duty, on fale by 

 auftion, ten-pence in the pound ; commifTion, 

 one fhilling j^^r pound. If the horfe be put up, 

 and not fold, the expence is half-a-crown ; if 

 fold by private contraft, no duty attaches. A 

 particular day of payment for horfes fold, is 

 fixed at each Repofitory ; a neceflary meafure 

 with regard to warranted horfes, as they are 

 liable to be returned, if not anfwerable, within 

 the three days. I have been told, that at Rfe- 

 pofitories, particularly Tatterfal's, open accounts 

 are kept with conftant purchafers, and confider- 

 able credit given ; but I fpeak barely from 

 report. 



Horfes intended for fale by auftion, fnould 

 be fent, at lateft, on the morning preceding the 

 fale-day, that they may go out m good place ; 

 and if they have been accuftomed to ftand 



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