152 THE HORSE. 



The repositories, generally, have fixed on different 

 days, so as not to interfere with each other. Although 

 horses of all kinds and carriages are to be found at 

 Tattersall's, it is peculiarly the chief mart for horses 

 of the highest description and price — racers, stallions, 

 brood mares, hunters, bred hackneys, and studs of 

 such species ; with dogs, and any animals appertain- 

 ing to the sporting class. Other cattle also of sup- 

 posed valuable breeds, British or foreign, are sent 

 thither for sale. There is a subscription room always 

 open on sale days, where the betters meet, and the 

 general business of the turf is transacted ; and where 

 the betting accounts are finally adjusted, after every 

 great meeting at Newmarket or elsewhere. The sub- 

 scription for this room is open to the public, at an 

 annual guinea. The Horse Bazaar seems to have 

 had the largest share of the lighter kind of horses 

 imported from the Continent, and also of Highland 

 ponies. It is the only repository where, beside car- 

 riages, sadlery, harness, and every kind of utensil or 

 necessary for the use of the horse, is ready for sale, 

 by hand. Dixon's, in Barbican, is the chief market 

 for horses out of coach work from the roads, and 

 many valuable bargains may be there found for coun- 

 try buyers; indeed, these horses are so numerous, 

 and so soon cast off, that most of the repositories ob- 

 tain a share. 



Repositories are, beyond a doubt, the best adapted 

 to the disposal of horses of high qualification, and 

 for which great prices are expected. Such however, 

 to obtain their fair chance, should remain a sufficient 

 length of time at the repository, thoir own grooms 



