HISTORY OF THE 



Gain on the twenty years being an average of £90 13 per annum. 



The betting-rooms of Tattersal's and at New- 

 market are the principal betting marts ; there are, 

 however, appropriate rooms set apart for this pur- 

 pose in many of the principal towns in England, 

 such as Liverpool, York, Doncaster, &c. 



Tattersal's which may be called the " Stock Ex- 

 change" of betting, is situated on the right-hand 

 side of Hyde Park Corner, as you enter London 

 from Knightsbridge, and is also the principal horse 

 mart of the metropolis. The betting-room is an 

 exceedingly small apartment, when the number of 

 subscribers to it, which exceed 300, are taken into 

 consideration. The subscription is one guinea 

 annually. 



This celebrated establishment was founded by 

 Mr. Richard Tattersal, who died in February, 

 1795, leaving a considerable property, acquired 

 by honest industry, and through his famous horse 



