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subscribed by the tradesmen of the town, and 

 to which is added a handicap stakes of 20 sovs. 

 each h. ft. with only five if declared, &c. ; In 

 addition to these stakes, nearly £100 more is ge- 

 nerally given, to be run for out of the racing fund. 



Clitheroe. — In the same hundred, on the river 

 Bibble, 30 miles from Manchester, and 283 from 

 London, and containing about 5,600 inhabitants. 

 Races were established here in 1821. Two days very 

 inferior racing towards the end of August. — The 

 course is on Salt Hill moor. 



Heaton Park, near Bolton, the seat of the 

 Right Hon. the Earl of Wilton. — Heaton is in the 

 hundred of Salford, in the parish of Prestrich (4|- 

 miles N. W. by N. from Manchester). The pre- 

 sent mansion was erected after the design and 

 under the direction of Samuel Wyatt, Esq. and 

 is one of the finest seats in the county. The 

 park is about five miles in circumference, enclosed 

 with a wall, and adorned with abundance of fine 

 old timber trees, and plantations. On a high spot 

 of ground is a circular temple, from whence are 

 views over an immense tract of country, bounded 

 by the hills of Yorkshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire and 

 Staffordshire. Owing to the liberahty and atten- 

 tion of the noble owner, this park is now annually 

 the scene of three days' excellent racing, towards 

 the end of September. In addition to the liberal 

 donations of the Earl of Wilton, and the town of 



