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whom were to be found some of the most distinguished 

 names in the roll of the English nobility, the mem- 

 bership being kept for a time exceedingly select. 



It may be taken for granted that the career of such 

 a person as Mr. Tattersall will be surveyed with in- 

 terest even in this bald sketch. The name of Tatter- 

 sall is known wherever there is a horse. Richard 

 Tattersall was the architect of his own fortune, and 

 of the fortunes of his descendants; but he could 

 never, seeing that he died on February 21st, 17D5, 

 have foreseen the extent to which the business he 

 had begun w^ould grow, or the enormous prices Avhich 

 many of the horses sold under the hammer of his 

 grandson would bring. 



The owner of the great horse and the fine Hall 

 which was named after it was an eminently social 

 and hospitable man, and drew around his fireside a 

 select circle of the choicest spirits of the age. ]\len of 

 high position did not disdain to partake of his fine old 

 port. It was a proverbial saying among his friends 

 that everything which old Mr. Tattersall touched 

 turned to gold. He even became successful as a 

 newspaper proprietor, being at one time a part 

 proprietor of the Morning Post; but although that 

 journal yielded .what was at the time considered a 

 large profit, he became dissatisfied with its manage- 

 ment, and started the Morning Herald in opposition. 



In his capacity of newspaper proprietor, Mr. Tatter- 

 sall did not escape without a little taste of the d(Is- 

 agrdmens of that risky position : being convicted of a 

 libel on the Duke of Richmond, he was imprisoned for 

 a period of three months in the King's Bench. After 



