4:1 1:)R1VING AS i POUNl> IT. 



doin as if visiting a dry-goods store, and they also attend 

 the sales in large numbers, finding comfortable chairs 

 in the carpeted galleries. Each morning a printed cata- 

 logue of all the horses in the place, whether for public 

 or private sale, is provided for visitors, who are thus 

 able to select and inspect such as they are seeking, with- 

 out tedious delays, and in a score of similar ways provi- 

 sion is made for the convenience of customers. 



I have just learned that Tattersalls (of New York) 

 have purchased an entire block in Chicago, upon which 

 it will erect a mammoth building, to be devoted to its 

 business. Chicago, and the vast horse-producing regions 

 tributary to it, are to be congratulated on the fact, as 

 they will thus secure the benefits of the admirable Tat- 

 ersall methods. 



Another point of interest, in referring to this branch 

 of my subject, is the manner of warranty as to soundness. 

 Such warranty is a very fruitful source of business vexa- 

 tion, and in some ways of absolute fraud. It is the fixed 

 rule of Tattersalls, of London, not to allow a horse to be 

 sold from their premises so warranted. For three days 

 before a sale every animal can be exannned, and intending 

 purchasers can have their own Veterinary Surgeons re- 

 port on them and thus come to the sale prepared to bid 

 intelligently. If, for instance, the catalogue describes an 

 animal as quiet to ride and drive and it p,roves fractious, 



