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Highflyer, as we have before noticed. He also 

 left an excellent business to his son, Mr. Edward 

 Tattersal. This gentleman died in January, 1810, 

 leaving the property and the business still further 

 increased to his two sons, the present proprietors, 

 who are generally respected by the sporting world 

 for their uniform good conduct. 



At these, its head-quarters, the betting-ring holds 

 its meetings twice a- week, and on the "setthng 

 day" after the decision of any great race, it is asto- 

 nishing to see the immense sums which change 

 hands — often, it is supposed, to the extent of up- 

 wards of £100,000. 



The most extensive operators in the betting mar- 

 ket, in addition to those we have before mentioned, 

 are Messrs. Theobald, J. Bland, Bond, Robinson 

 of Manchester, HolUday, Justice, Greatorex, 

 Wakefield, &c., all of whom are regular book- 

 makers on the great races. 



Besides these speculators, who may be said to 

 " do the thing" on a large scale, there is a more 

 numerous body consisting of gentlemen, farmers, 

 and even tradesmen, who make a practice of 

 always risking some money on the leading racing 

 events of the year. The rear is brought up by the 

 numerous adventurers who frequent what are 

 called " sporting public-houses," of which there 

 are many in the metropolis, and, indeed, one or 

 more in all great towns — in which much betting 

 for small amounts is constantly taking place. 



Many of these hangers on of the betting-ring 

 manage to make a living by the advantageous bets 

 they will pick up in these houses, chiefly made 

 with foolish tradespeople, ignorant of the subject 

 they are risking their money on, or, perhaps, under 



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