RACING PERMITS
] THE MINISTER'S VIEWS. j By Telegraph—Press Association. I Dunedin, Last Night. J A deputation from the Otago Hunt ) Club waited on the Hon. G. Russell todiny. asking for favorable consideration of an application for a totalisator permit for a one-day meeting per annum. The Minister said that if the matter of the allocation of racing permits came into his hands next month, he intended to have a say, together with the racing clubs, with regard to programmes. He was of opinion that many sprinting events four and five furlong races should be swept off the programmes of ordinary racing clubs, and replaced by races in which weight-carriers and other horses fit for remounts were engaged. He would) use the permits for the purpose ) of raising the standard and breed of horses, so that the country might he able to supply remounts to the Old Land, and thoroughly equip its own soldiers with the best class of horses if war broke out.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 303, 19 June 1912, Page 5
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163RACING PERMITS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 303, 19 June 1912, Page 5
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