While I was perusing the article ‘Cross off two Wainwrights’ (Walk, January 26) in the latest Gazette, my attention was caught by the name ‘Racecourse Hill’ leading to High Street.

For many years I have had a collection of old prints of the Lake District and one of them, from 1835, shows a horse race on that hill.

It is clearly quite an event as there is a crowd of spectators.

I have been curious about this event but so far I have not got round to finding out about it.

I wonder if any reader knows anything about it.

Peter Howard

Grange-over-Sands