RACING DAYS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3131, 9 July 1917, Page 4

RACING DAYS

DECISION OF CABINET.

The recommendations of the combined racing and trotting conferences were, be£oro the Cabinet for review and final approval on'Satnrßw. ™rmug. Geneially the recommendations of the confeifcnce were accepted l>j the Government. One exception affected th, Epnon t ttab. It had been proposed that tni cl w should give up one of its. four days in the year It will now retain two days. iVthe coming racing ™»*s™™* lie 148 days of racing against 222 last yeai. &e number of trotting days has ben reduced bv twenty, making the total number 39 instead of 59. The decision of the .hole country will be distributed anions the racing districts Last year'3B days, now 25. Canterbury: Last year 33, now 22. Greymoufh: Last year 10, now 10. Hawke's Bay: Last year 34. now -J. Otago: Last year 41, now 2<. _ Taranaki: Last year 11. now i. Wanganui: Last year 2G, now w. Wellington: Last year 24. now lb. ■V total reduction of 74 days. The recommendations regarding Jluni; Clubs have been accepted without altera'in' regard to trotting, Auckland has leen reduced from 18 to 8; Wellington district from 5 to 4; Waneanui from 2 to 1; Marllwrough 2 to 1; Kaikoura has been cut out; Nelson has retained a clay; Wetland has been cut down from 8 to i, Canterbury from 20 to 13; Otacofrom / to 5; Southland retains two days.