NOTES TO THE 



Note i6, p. lo. 

 T)ie Cestrian chestnut. 

 The property of Sir Philip Egerton. 



Note 17, p. 10. 



Where now is Dollgosh 1 Where the Racer from Da'enham 1 



" Dollgosh " belonged to Mr. Ford, and the " Racer " to Mr. James 

 Tomkinson, of Davenham. 



Note 18, p. 11. 



Save at the Swan. 



The Swan is the name of the Inn at which the Hunt Meeting is 

 held. 



Note 19, p. 11. 



France! ten to one. 



The Half-bred Stakes at Tarporley had for the ten years previous 

 to 1834, with but two exceptions, been won by Mr. France of Bostock. 



Note 20, p. 17. 



Brown Forest of Mara I whose bounds ivere of yore 

 From Kellsborrow's Castle outstretch' d to the shore. 



"The district extending from the banks of the Mersey to the 

 South boundary of the late Forest, was designated as the Forest of 

 Mara, whilst that of Mondrem stretched in the direction of Nantwich. 



" It appears from Doomsday, that the attention of the Earls of 

 Chester, in the taste of the sovereigns of the time, had been directed at 

 that early period to forming chaces for their diversion. The Earl's 

 Forest is noticed in several instances, and it likewise appears that it 

 was not only formed of lands then found waste, but that several vills 

 had been afforested for the express purpose of adding to its limits." 

 — Ormerod's History of Cheshire, vol. ii. p. 50. 



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