TIMARU RACES.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XXV, Issue 1613, 14 February 1866, Page 2

TIMARU RACES.

February 9. The second day's racing af Timaru presented aslight improvement on the first, as the finishes in some of the races were pretty close and the course waa perhaps slightly better kept. The weather was beautiful and as the inhabitants seemed satisfied with the sport, we perhaps have no right to grumble. We must however call the attention of the Jockey Club at Timaru to a most glaring error in the programme The Queen's Plate, is advertised as a Plate of 100 sovs. 5 sovs. entrance, (winner of the Innkeepers'purse to carry 7lbs extra.) Now we do not know whether the 100 sovs, is given by the Canterbury Government or not, but if it is, then the making any horse carry a penalty is unlawful, as the money for Queen's-plates is always given for a weight for age, with no penalties, the last clause being an express stipulation. If the money is not. given by the Government then it is nonsense calling it a Queen's plate. We trust this mistake will be rectified next year. Nourmahal had nothing to do in the race in question except to canter away from Zohrab who was most brutally punished by his jockey, who ought never to be allowed a whip if he uses it as he did in almost every race we saw him ride in. Every sportsman on the course was loud in his expression of disgust at the exhibition Peckham made, and in England he would have heard considerably more about it than he did at Timaru. The Levels Cup was won easily enough by Nebula, and as if Zohrab (as game and as honest a little horse as we ever saw) had not had enough in the three mile race just before; he was started again, and consequently was this time beaten by Idle Boy for places. The Selling Stakes was popularly supposed to be a gift to Strongbow, but ridden without wjppor spur, the brute would not make an effort when victory was in his power, aud Candidate a big long striding colt won a good race by a neck, ihe Consolation was won easily euough by Coronella, and the Candidate beat Idle boy at even weights for the Forced Handicap, confirming the opinion we formed of Idle Boy at Christchurch, viz., that his condition won him the Tyro Stakes, and that the horse is not really a racehorse. The day's sport wound up with a match in which Strongbow nearly jumped inside a post at starting, and lost a hundred yards or so, which he never recovered, and Lady Ellen won hands down by ten lengths. This finished the Timaru meeting of 1866, and there is great room tor improvement in it. We would advise the worthy secretary to get some one, who really understands racing, to help him to revise the whole programme, and then we have hopes of seeing good races on the Timaru course ; but, if the present state of things is to go on, the sooner the Timaru meeting is a thing of the past the better. Derby, of £100, added to a sweepstakes of £10 each, h. f. One mile and a quarter. To carry Bst. 9lb. Mr. Studholme's b. g. Strongbow, by Malton 3 yrs, Bst. 51b. [Fuller] w.o. Qukkn's Plate, £ 100. Maiden Plate weights. The winner of the Innkeeper's Purse to carry 71b. extra. Entrance, £10. Three miles. Mr. L. Walker's bk. m. Nourmahal, 6 yrs, lOst. 61b. [F. Gay] 1 Mr. Macpherson'n b. g. Zohrab, 6 yrs, lOst. 31b. [Peckham] 2 JUetting 5 to 1 on Nourmahal. Nourmahal made the running from the start, Until she had cut down Zotirab, when Peckham commenced punishing, and kept it up all the way home, Nourmahal winning at her leisure by 10 lengths. Lhvkls Cup (presented by George Gray iiussell and Co.) Ope* to all horses, i Value seventy guineas, £5 entrance added. Maiden Plate weights. Distance, one mile and a half. Mr. Lance's oh. f. Nebula, 3 yrs, Bst. 51b [Fuller] ... 1 Mr. Harris's oh. g. Idle Boy, 4 yrs, 9st. 91b. [F. Gayl 2 Mr. Maopnerson's b. g. Zohrab, 6 yrs, lOst. 31b. [Feokhaua] 8 Mr. Keiia's gr. f. Shepherdess, 4 yrs, 9st 91b [Gardener] 0 Mr. Tuoker's br. g. Jim Crow, 3 yrs, Bst. 61b. 0 Betting.—2 to 1 ou Nebula, 4 to 1 ugainst Idle Boy. This race requires little or no description, as Nebula had it all her own way from start to fiuißh, and won as she pleased ; Idle Boy beating Zohrab by four lengths for second place. Seli.ino Stakks of £25. Entrance, £2. T.J.C.P. weights. Winner to bo sold for £100. If entered to be sold for £90, allowed 7lb.j if for £80, allowed Ulb.; if for £60, allowed 281b.j if for £60, allowed 351b. Mr. Gammook's br. g. Candidate, 4 yrs, Oat 91b. [100 sow.] [Peokbaua] 1 Mr. Studliulrao's b. g. Strongbow, 3 yrs, 6at 121b. [60 sovs.] [Goodyear] 2 Mr. Massey's br. g. ltitluman, 9 yrs, 7st. 21b. [60 sovs.] 0 Mr. Thomson's cli, f. Lady Ellen, 4 yrs, Oat. 91b. [100 sovs.] [Guinness] 0 Mr. Hassell's bk.m. Coronella, aged, Bst. 61b.... 0 Betting.—Even against Strongbow ; no other mentioned. Candidate, Strongbow, and Coronella lay in front throughout, Strongbow appearing to have the best of it at the bottom of the rails, but Candidate au'swering to his rider's usual unsparing application of the whip, won a close race by a neck. Consolation Stakes of £20, added to a sweepstakes of £2 each. For all beaten horses in the previous races. J,C. weights. Once round. Mr. Hasjcll's bk. in. Coronella, aged [Guinness] 1 Mr. Williamson's b. in. Nelly, aged 2 Mr. Melton's b. f. Miss Lime, 3 yrs 0

Coronella won all the way, the other hortee belog eren worse specimen* than herself. Fobckd Handicap of 10 per cent; of the winnings. Half forfeit. Compulicfy for; all winnera of any race of the meeting; except the Hack Race and GoiWolation Stakes. Any other home allowed to ran on paying £5. The weights to be declared! half an hour after the last race. One mile. Mr. Gammook's br. g. Candidate, 4 yrs. 9st. 61b. [Guinness] ... 1 Mr. Harris's ch. g. Idle Boy, 4 yrs, 9st. 51b., |F. Gay] 2 Major White's b. f. by the Peer—Alice Lee, 8 yrs, Sat. 61b. [Fuller] 3 Mr. Harris's b. f. Gaiety, 4 yrs, 9st., [Peckham] 4 Betting.—Even against Idle Boy. Candidate and Idle Boy ran together all the way, Candidate eventually winning pretty easily by a length; the Alice Lee filly three lengths from the second. Match, 20 sovs. each. P.P. One mile. Mr. Thompson's ch. f. Lady Ellen, 3 yrs, 9st. 131bs. [Guinness] 1 Mr. Stuaholme's b. g. Strongbow, 3 yrs, Bst. 261b. [P. Gay] ... ... 2 Even betting. Strongbow lost a hundred yards at the start, and Lady Ellen keeping going, she won easily by ten lengths.