HORSE RACING IN BRITAIN
PROGRAMME TO BE ALLOWED. . (Eec. July 5, 11.20 p.m.) London, July i. The War Cabinet has decided to allow a limited amount of racing, in view of the national importance of horsebreeding. It is suggested that the'stewards of jockey clubs might arrange for approximately forty days of racing between the middle'of. July and the close of the flat racing season, at Newmarket and elsowhere, subject •to the approval of tho War Office, the Ministry of Munitions, and the Board of Trade. Tho railways will not provide special trains, and steps must be taken to prevent motor-cars and taxi-cabs carrying racegoers. If these conditions are ignored, licenses will bo withdrawn.
It has also been decided to allow a maximum number of twelve hundred horses to ho in training, with an allowance of 151bs. of oats per day.—Aus,N.Zj Cable Assn.-Eejiter.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3129, 6 July 1917, Page 5
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142HORSE RACING IN BRITAIN Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3129, 6 July 1917, Page 5
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