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See also:TATTA, or TIIATO , an See also:ancient See also:town of See also:British See also:India, in the See also:Sind See also:province of Bombay, 7 M. from the right See also:bank of the See also:main channel of the See also:Indus and 13 M. from a station on the See also:North-Western railway: pop. (1901) 10,783. Tatta was the See also:capital of the Samma See also:dynasty in See also:Lower Sind in the 16th See also:century, and See also:long continued to be the centre of See also:trade in the See also:country, to which it sometimes gave its name in See also:early See also:European travels. An See also:English factory was established here in 1758, but with-See also:drawn after a few years. There are two old mosques, decorated with the coloured tiles characteristic of Sind. TATTERSALL'S, the See also:London See also:horse See also:auction mart, founded in 1766 by See also:Richard Tattersall (1724-1795), who had been See also:stud See also:groom to the second See also:duke of See also:Kingston. The first premises occupied were near See also:Hyde See also:Park Corner, in what was then the outskirts of London. Two " Subscription rooms " were re-served for members of the See also:Jockey See also:Club, and they became the See also:rendezvous for sporting and betting men. Among the famous dispersal sales conducted by " Old Tatt" were those of the duke of Kingston's stud in 1774 and of the stud of the See also:Prince of See also:Wales (afterwards See also:George IV.) in 1786. The prince often visited Richard Tattersall, and was See also:joint proprietor with him of the See also:Morning See also:Post for several years. He was succeeded by his son, See also:Edmund Tattersall (1758-181o), who extended the business of the See also:firm to See also:France. The third of the dynasty, Richard Tattersall (1785-1859), the eldest of Edmund's three sons, became See also:head of the firm at his See also:father's See also:death. He had his grandfather's ability and tact, and was the intimate of the best sporting men of his See also:time. Another Richard Tattersall (1812-187o), son of the last, then took command of the business. His See also:great-grandfather's 99-See also:year See also:lease having expired, he moved the business to Knightsbridge. Richard was followed by his See also:cousin, Edmund Tattersall (1816-1898), and he by his eldest son, Edmund See also:Somerville Tattersall (b. 1863).
A son of the second Richard Tattersall, George Tattersall (1817-1849), was a well-known sporting artist. In 1836 he compiled a See also:guide to The Lakes of See also:England illustrated with See also:forty-three charming See also:line drawings, and he showed skill as an architect by See also:building the Tattersall stud stables at See also:Willesden. His experience in this and similar undertakings led him to publish Sporting See also:Architecture (1841). In the same year, under the See also:pseudonym " Wildrake," he published Cracks of the See also:Day, describing and illustrating sixty-five See also:race-horses. He also contributed illustrations to the See also:Hunting Reminiscences of See also:Nimrod (See also: Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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