LIST OF PLATES 



FACING PAGE 



The Meet of the Cheshire Hounds at Hooton . . i 



From a painting iy J. E. Ferneley 



The Classical Qujesitum and the President's Hard 

 Chair .......... 5 



The Swan Inn, Tarporley . . . . . .11 



The Cheshire Hunt 47 



From an eii^ravitig by C. G. Lewis, after the painting by Henry Calvert 



Hugh, Duke of Westminster, K.G 96 



From a painting by Sir J. E. Millais, R.A. 



We are all of us Tailors in Turn . . . .116 



From an etching by Hablot K. Browne (" Phiz ") 



A Word ere we Start . . . . . . .119 



From an etching bv Hablot K. Browne ("Phi:") 



Hard-riding Dick 120 



From an etching by Hablot K. Browne (" Phis ") 



Sir Charles Slingsby and his Horse " Saltfish " . . 135 



From a photograph 



Wellington H. Stapleton Cotton, 2nd Viscount Com- 

 bermere 142 



From a painting by H. G. Herkomer 



Beeston Castle . . . . . . . -153 



H. Reginald Corbet 157 



From a painting by \V. Carter 



Charles Cholmondeley ....... 161 



From a painting by Henry Cahert, 1840 



The Way to the Stables — Arley Hall . . . 206 



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