SECOND EDITION. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

Evening Star, Issue 3797, 26 April 1875, Page 3

SECOND EDITION. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

The Timaru J.O. having received no notice of disqualification from the Oamaru Club, have decided to allow Exile to run at their meeting, but have endorsed the D. J.C.’s action in disqualifying William M'Kay. The committee of the V.R.C. have framed programmes for the season of 1876-6. The stakes to be offered at the Spring Meeting have been Increased by L 325, the Melbourne Stakes being Ll5O instead of L 75, the Flying Stakes LIOO instead of LSO, the Steeplechase L3OO instead of L2OO, and the Fleminyton Plate has been increased to L3OO. But it is the New Year’s Day list that has received the lion’s share of the additional money, the stakes being increased from L 1,050 to L 2,490, the principal item being L 1,500 for a ('bampion Race. Entries for this and the Melbourne Cup close on the Ist June, and horses foaled north of the line are to be allowed 71b. The Steeplechase and Midsummer Handicap are increased to L2OO each, and in the autumn the first of the hurdle races is increased to L2OO, the Town Plate to LSOO, the Steeplechase to L3OO, and the Handicap for Three and Four Year Olds to L2OO. The Melbourne Clip still remains at L3OO, and what with the Hobar tTown, Wagga, andTattersall’s Cups, with their LSOO added money, the big handicap will in a year or two sink into comparative insignificance. The resumption of Champion races, however, is a step in the right direction, and with the prospect of so many good three year olds next season, the contests on New Year’s Day will be the most interesting, perhaps, that has ever taken place at Flemington. The Oaks and St. Leger of future years are to be increased to L3OO, and Mr Bagot’s suggestion that the Melbourne Cup Of 1875 should be run on Tuesday, the 9th of November, which is the Prince of Wales Birthday, has been adopted, the competitors at the meeting being allowed a day’s spell between each day’s racing, the third day being on Thursday, and the fourth on Saturday. CHRISTCHURCH AUTUMN MEETING. By Telegraph. Christchurch, April 24. Consolation Handicap of 40 sovs. One mile. Mr Stevenson’s hr c Guy Fawkes, by Eavensworth, dam Fidget, 3 yrs 7st 31b + Mr R. Ray’s b c Tadmor, 3 jrs, 7st + Mr J. H. Lunn’s b m Nectar, 4 yrs, fist (A. Lyford) 3 Mr Yeend’s b g Rory O’More, 6 yrs, 9st (Enderaon) 4 Mr Gilligan’s m f Princess Mary, 3 yrs, fist Tibs ... ... ... (Winteringham) 0 Betting: Even on the field. A capital race at the finish between Guy Gawkes and Tadmor, resulting in a dead heat. In the run off Guy Fawkes won by a neck. In the Flying Handicap, the Phoebe colt, which was the first to catch the judge’s eye, was protested against, on the ground that he had jostled Templeton. This was allowed bv the stewards, and the stakes consequently go to Mr Delamain. The jostle was purely accidental