The Sporting Dictionary and Rural Repository, Volume 2 (of 2): Of General Information upon Every Subject Appertaining to the Sports of the FieldTaplin, William
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The Sporting Dictionary and Rural Repository, Volume 2 (of 2): Of General Information upon Every Subject Appertaining to the Sports of the Field
Taplin, William
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REINS PILLAR.—Those affixed to the centrical pillars of a RIDING SCHOOL
are so called; as are those likewise, by which the horse is kept
confined ready for his rider, when saddled, bridled, and turned round in
his stall.
RELAY.—A relay of HORSES is a supply of fresh ones fixed at some
particular spot, to exchange either upon a journey, or during the chase.
A relay of HOUNDS more particularly applies to hunting excursions, where
a part of the pack is alternately detached to a certain place of
destination, that, by a relay of both HORSES and HOUNDS, the sport may
be continued daily, without intermission, during the week.
REPOSITORIES—are placed in the metropolis, where horses are received for
PUBLIC or PRIVATE sale, and where they are regularly _bought_ and _sold_
by AUCTION, on certain days in every week. This is an accommodation of
so much convenience and utility to those who have occasion either to BUY
or to SELL suddenly, that the succession of horses is incessant, and the
PROPRIETORS never feel a want of public patronage. The three
long-established repositories are TATTERSAL'S, near HYDE PARK CORNER;
ALDRIDGE'S, in ST. MARTIN'S LANE; and LANGHORN'S, (called the City
Repository,) in BARBICAN. The days of sale at the first are MONDAYS and
THURSDAYS; at the second, on WEDNESDAYS; and at the latter, on FRIDAYS.
TATTERSAL'S is the principal receptacle for horses in high estimation,
as running horses, stallions, brood mares, hunters, and the superior
kind of hacknies. CARRIAGES and HARNESS may be deposited here for sale
by auction, or private contract; as may also HOUNDS, POINTERS, SPANIELS,
GREYHOUNDS, or any sporting stock whatever.
ALDRIDGE'S was the original as a repository, and the first institution
of the kind in the kingdom. It was opened upon speculation by a MR.
BEAVER, in which he acquired fame and fortune. This is principally
appropriated to the sale of hunters, light carriage horses, famous
trotters, sporting-like hacknies, and others of every description; from
which universality of accommodation (notwithstanding the great extent of
the premises) there is but very seldom a single stall to spare. The
sales at LANGHORN'S principally consist of stage-coach, waggon and cart
horses, hacks, and occasionally government horses of the dismounted
cavalry.
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