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not before) there was established an institution called 

 ' Palmer's New Betting Eooms ' (at Paris), whereof the 

 moving and owning spirit is supposed to have been 

 identical with the Mr. Palmer who filled the office of stud 

 groom (or something of the kind) to M. Eieussec and 

 used to exhibit the stud horse Eainbow (for a ' considera- 

 tion ') to admiring Parisians and provincials on the 

 festive Sundays. But in 1849 or thereabouts there was 

 founded by M. Cheri-Salvador (related by marriage to 

 the celebrated breeders MM. Cremieux) an establish- 

 ment for the transaction of sales by auction such as had 

 taken place in England for generations at ' the Corner,' 

 which is ' Tattersall's.' Whether M. Cheri-Salvador 

 offered facilities for the betting which has become the 

 chief feature of the English ' Tattersall's ' is not quite 

 clear, but it is certain that the success of his enterprise 

 (which was developed and is still in lively existence at 

 49 Eue de Ponthieu) led to speedy rivalry and to the 

 institution of what is titularly called ' Le Tattersall 

 Frangais' (at 24 Eue Beaujon, Champs Elysees), which 

 has flourished for many years and still flourishes under 

 the fostering care of M. Ch. Grossmann. But tlie 

 French is not a complete ' Tattersall's,' inasmuch as the 

 headquarters of betting are not there, but at wliat is 

 called the ' Salon des Courses ' (established under the 

 auspices of the late Viscount P. Darn), which the deve- 

 lopment of regular and professional betting in France 

 rendered necessary and to which the annual subscription 

 was originally 40 francs (increased to 50 francs from 

 May 1, 1872, and perhaps to a higher sum since 

 then). It seems to have had various sites (in Eue 

 Basse du Eempart and elsewhere) before it was settled 

 at its present situation, 20 Boulevard des Capucines. 

 How England contributed to the formation of a per- 



