Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-08-15

From An the Year Round.
On . fine Monday morning, the season 3ust
fairly started, the country people mp in town
for EPSON, for Ascot, for 6oodwood, for all
the delights and pleasures Of the opening sum.
mer what peasanter resort than Tattenall's.
under the great span roof with the glazed OPEN
inss. with the soft gravel under the feet. horses
tramping and curvetting about, and general
sound Of voices, more than q murmur, and yet
not amounting to roar; voices Of every pitch
and cadence, from the husky morotone OF the
country boniface TO the aristocrstic concert
pitch OF Lady We're de We're. And while goodly
making its roof resoand with animated talk
Row OF the events OF the last hunting sea-
son, now OF what may be expected In the
through the stables and stalls, where al the
horses that are on sale to-day may be seen
s sn, criticised By the public Here Is the good
that cranes his neck and views fnom the corner
OF his eyes bis accustomed visitors. Here is
Ieen stone and has carried q lady, and Black
strap toys carelessly vita aioose hind leg and
seems 20 measure distance carefully as he sees
line end box after box, chestuuts. browns and
roans, bay geldings and black mares. temperate
ana clever, good action aid manners, good
iencer and fast quiet - ride and drive, and so
on through the 16-stall stable and along the IA
stall stable, and getting quite bewilicred
munching their hay and corn. and ali indiffer-
entto the change OF masters the next few hours
Right IN the center OF the great hall is the
palladium of the establishment without which
IL would not be Tattersalls a. al, and would
necessarily t come to grief and that Is q rather
pretty little temple OF classic model with a bust
OF the once Prince OF Wales the future Adonis.
on the top, and within the well-kaown efiigy O.
u fox that has occupied the same position So
long tie memory of man eau testify. All
around is light, handsome gallery occupied
oy carriages OF every description sent here for
on, and corner l. occupied by a substantial
pulpit. with sounding board overhead.
ct II Is some way past II O'Clock. and the sert-
GUS feeling OF the moment is increased as you
see an attendant horse-keeper fecking the last
specks Of dust from the pulpit-desk, while q
Merd as
the minister makes his appearance. And before
the great clock in the hail shows the halfhour
mysterious whisper has passed among all the
neutrality-suspicious. men I'm blue cricket
Ing caps-with here and there one with q whip,
used for cracking purposes only, like the little
But one says to the other, DIS it lock up yetgH
And the other replies eau siously, "Not vet"
But the word is passed before long, Lock up
ana from every side resounds the slammng of
doors and turning of keys, while those who
have been taking last lingering look al their
fancies hasten forth join the rest of the crow
in the hall. One lively youth las fingered TOO
long and been locked in, and is helped out
through window. And while our attention IA
pulpit Is now occupied, and that business has
commenced. why, they've got the two-year-
old out today" observes a wheezy voice close
OF the firm that meets the eye, but the fresh,
youthful face of the latest of the Tattersals, the
Tattersall Of the future he may be called, who,
In due course, may see out another generation
or sportsmen from the present; who may see
the Old faces fade away and many new one
is quite a melancholy appropriateness about
the words as you look round and think what
changes; another twenty years will make In the
But up and down goes a horse walking, or
rather dancing, upon his hind legs; the biddIngs
60 on q knOwinglooking dealer plunges under
the rails, and makes q hasty survey Of the an
inal's mouth in spite of its evident objection to
the process. To the outside spectator there is
always degree OF mystery about the auction
veyed by wink, perhaps. or an imperceptible
movement Of the chin, by some sign anyhow
which the keenest attention of the observer fails
to detect. But young Mr.. Richard seems TO take
to IT all as naturally as possible. The greatest
OF the auctioneers rarely indulge in eloquence.
about an old frying pan asTattersall would about
a 1000 guinea yearling; but there Is a manner
that is more eloquent than words, and there is
out on great occasions.
But here everything is sharp and decisive;
the hammer comes down sharply upon the
last bidding. Another turn" to the groom,
VINO hangs on to the halter, and flies up and
down the track, while bystanders recede
Tie uOISes neelS. "A nun.
dred and ffty-nny -nve-to be sold; and
sixty-asainst you.,sixty-fve-any advance
going" bang! And by this time another
animal Is prancing along towards the ros-
trum, when the process Of extracting the
last bid and knocking down, metaphor
cally, the horse is gone through with the
same expedition. Meantim' from the gal
lery above, the number of lie lot has been
shown on large placard, dealers mark OFF
the prices with stumpy pencils, and amateurs
cr.ticise the appearance and action of the
animal under the hammer.
And thus the sale goes on, hour after hour:
and before nightfall some $4,000 or go 600
worth Of horsefesh will have changed owners
and tomorrow they will march away In
strings {" their new quarters-some back TO
the shires 20 summer pastures and lightsome
frolics, others to carry youth and beauty to
truddle stately old dowagers hther and
thither, while here and there one-a good
fencer and fast-having seen its best days
will be consigned to the shafts Of q rafting
hanson, and so end Its career upon the arid
stones Of this London wilderness.