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terred by the inhabitants of Chester with all pomp 

 and solemnity, and a large stone was placed over the 

 grave with this inscription : 



The Jewes theire God dide crucifie, 



The Harderners theires dide drowne, 

 'Cause with theire wantes she'd not complye ; 



And lyes under thys colde stone. * 



Referring to Doncaster races temp. Queen Anne, the 

 Rev. Joseph Hunter tells us that " there had been 

 public races on the same ground loner before „ , ,. 



^ & & Yorkshire : 



this time. Ralph Rokeby, in his memoir Doncaster. 



r -i • r '^ • 1 1 • Gaterly. 



01 his own lamily, mentions that his ^^^^^^ Moor. 

 uncle, Thomas Rokeby, of Morton, was as- Hambieton. 



, ., York. 



saulted and wounded by Christopher Nevil, 

 brother to the Earl of Westmoreland, at the races 

 at Gaterly. This was in the middle of the sixteenth 

 century. Acombe Moor, near York, was another 

 scene of these amusements in the reign of Charles L 

 The Black Hamilton Hills were long celebrated for 

 such meetings, and the Knavesmire, near York, is only 

 nozv (1828) giving place to the course at Doncaster." — 

 " South Yorkshire," p. 29. 



As a curious commentary on the age, we must not 

 omit to refer to the predilection for the Turf manifested 

 by an English nobleman during his exile at 



T-\ 1 Metz. 



Metz, in Lorraine, at this period. The Duke 

 of Suffolk,^^ although banished, and far from the scene of 

 his national sports and pastimes, nevertheless attempted 

 to participate in the pleasures of racing ; and the two 

 matches in question are novel events in their way. 

 The surroundings will raise a smile, particularly the 



* Bingley, " Executions in North Wales," p. 241. 



