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— by hoisting the number. Kempton Park also has 

 a trying turn, by reason of which many calculations 

 are upset. When horses are heavily weighted, their 

 jockeys are not seldom greatly perplexed as to the 

 best method of proceeding. Unless they race for the 

 turn, so as to get a good place there, they are in con- 

 siderable danger of being shut in ; but on a horse that 

 carries a heavy burden it is usually good policy to wait. 

 Gatwick is on the lines of Sandown and Kempton, and 

 like them is undoubtedly well managed. The draw- 

 back to the place lies in the nature of the soil ; the clay 

 forms deep and holding mud in very wet weather, and 

 in very dry weather becomes extremely hard. Credit 

 for orood management must also be extended to Hurst 

 Park and Lingfield. The former is at Moulsey Hurst, 

 where once the old Hampton Races, the great Cockney 

 carnival, used to be held. Great pains have been 

 taken with the ground, and the going here is almost 

 always good. Lingfield, too, is in all respects a plea- 

 sant and picturesque meeting, though the stands are, as 

 on so many other courses, placed so that it is difficult 

 for a majority of their occupants to obtain a good view 

 of the sport. There is also a racing club at Derby 

 and a very good flat oval course with moderately easy 

 turns, rather more than a mile and a quarter round. 

 The racing here is notably popular with all classes. 

 Manchester and Liverpool (the latter, to be strictly 

 accurate, at Aintree, some five miles from the city), 

 are leading homes of racing. Newcastle is served by 



