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own sake, and for the sake of its customers, it secures 

 tlie best prices possible, wliile it leaves the plums also 

 for the buyers at its sales. The success of the house is 

 the best possible proof of the soundness of the principle. 

 The only agencies in existence of the original Tatter- 

 sails, of London, England, established in the United 

 States, are Tattersalls, of New York (Limited), founded in 



1890, and Tattersalls, of Chicago (Limited), founded in 



1891, which conduct their business under precisely the 

 same rules and methods as the parent house. \Vhether 

 by auction or at private sale the interests of these houses 

 is simply the commission, and every i)ossible effort is 

 made to prevent bidding up on the part of the owner, 

 a practice as unfair as it is frequent. Whenever an at- 

 tempt in this direction is detected it is promptly and 

 vigorously defeated, and so long as this system is main- 

 tained there can be no doubt of the complete success of 

 the new company. 



Mr. Wm. Easton, who has been for many years at the 

 head of a large and successful business of this character 

 in this country, but which is now merged in the busi- 

 ness above alluded to, is the managing director and 

 business head of this new house. He is a gentleman of 

 tireless activity, and of great experience in every branch 

 of this business, while as an auctioneer he possesses re- 

 markable qualities. Unlike the mere automatons who sim- 



