Caption:
Richard Tattersall - Old Tatt - ( 1724 - 1795 ) painting by Thomas Beach . He started Tattersall ' s a horse auction market in 1766 near Hyde Park corner and his honesty and business sense soon attracted the nobility and the Jockey Club . He died as the head of the world 's first and greatest bloodstock auctioneers and owner of Highflyer , the champion racehorse of his day ( seen in the picture behind him )