iG'I ON PURCHASE AND SALE. 



clothed at home, they ought to be fent with 

 their clothes, left the accidental roughnefs of 

 their coats fliould hurt their market. The price 

 may be limited, or a perfon may attend to bid. 

 Thofe fent from the country^ fhould arrive 

 fome days before the fale ; and if horfes of high 

 price, it is common for them to continue fome 

 time at the Repofitory, their own grooms at- 

 tending them. 



There are frequently printed catalogues, and 

 the expence of inferting a horfe is one (hilling ; 

 horfes are alfo particularly advertifed at the 

 option and expence of the proprietor. 



Repofitories, I think, are the beft places for 

 the difpofai of horfes of high qualification and , 

 great value, either by au6lion or private con- 

 traft ; but the worft poffible, for low priced 

 ones, fmce the duty and charges muft eat deep 

 into their fmall value; fuch are beft got rid 

 of at Smithfield, where the feller incurs no 

 charge but the price of a halter ; and buyers of 

 ordinary horfes are commonly either to be 

 found, or heard of, at Smithfield. The market 

 prices of horfes, although fupported by the mi- 

 litary demand, were extremely low during the ' 

 earlier part of the war, with the exception of thofe 

 of great intrinfic value, from uncommon powders. 

 Such have been fold at high rates. Mr. Tat- 

 terfal refufed two-hundred guineas for his Nor- 

 folk chefnut Gelding, got by Foy ; but a few 

 7 weeks. 



