The City Tattersalls Club is a social club located in Sydney, New South Wales. The club was formed in 1895 by a group of bookmakers disgruntled with a judge's decision on a race at Kensington, New South Wales. The club named itself after the Tattersalls Club, Sydney, which was founded in 1858 and represented the horse racing establishment. The club is located in the heart of the central business district at Pitt Street between Market and Park Streets. History 'City Tattersalls Club started in 1895 with only 25 members, all bookmakers. The club began with only 50 guineas in the bank. On 26 April 1895, Merry Girl – at 6/1 - was the first horse past the post at Kensington. Although the five-year-old mare appeared to have triumphed, the stewards disqualified her because she turned the scales two pounds overweight and her jockey weighed in with his whip. Thus, Pearl Powder, a four-year-old mare who ran second at 5/2 was declared the winner. Standing to lose substantially on such a heavily backed winner, and believing Merry Girl's connections should have appealed, the paddock bookmakers refused to pay out. It was the last race of the day and then they turned up at Kensington the following Thursday, their leader refused an official request to settle. As a result, all the paddock bookmakers were escorted from the course. No doubt whooping with joy, the St Leger bookmakers were invited to take their places where the serious money was wagered. These banished bookmakers were members of the Australian Bookmakers' Association with headquarters at the Tattersalls Club at 202-204 Pitt Street, which had considerable control over racing in New South Wales. Founded in 1858, Tattersall's took its name from Richard Tattersall, the English horse dealer who established the modern concept of horseracing with fair betting rules. It likely also took the name from the Tattersalls Club in Sydney. The Pearl Powder dispute dragged on for several weeks. While profiting from the situation, members of the St Leger bookmakers Association felt they should now have their own club to go to with their new-found respectability. On 30 August 1895, one of their enterprising leaders, George Langley, convened a meeting at Her Majesty's Hotel at which it was resolved that all present form themselves into a club, to be called City Tattersalls Club. The 25 men at the meeting started the financial ball rolling by subscribing