THE RACING SPORT

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 16, 18 July 1936, Page 14

THE RACING SPORT

EXHAUSTIVE INQUIRY

NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW

(By Telegraph—Press Association.)

HAMILTON, July 17.

"I can tell you that I intend to have an exhaustive inquiry into the entire sport of racing in the Dominion in all its ramifications to see what is best from the national point of view," said the- Minister of Internal Affairs (the Hon. W. E. Parry) to a deputation from the Waikato Trotting Club at Hamilton last night. "As far as I can see, there has been no basis on which to work the allocation of dates for racing or trotting meetings, and before legislation can be passed I want to have a basis on which to work."

The Minister stated that although it appeared to him that the Waikato Club could easily do with four days of racing, there were a lot of things to consider. Besides protests from antiracing people, there were complaints from other sporting bodies, who stated that the racing and trotting clubs had the best dates available throughout the year in every part of the Dominion and that they had no chance of providing anything on a public holiday without the opposition of a race meeting.

"There is one thing I will add, and that is that I will not sign any transfer'permits from country clubs to city clubs," Mr. Parry said. "In the past some country clubs have found it difficult to carry on and have gone to race in the cities, with the city clubs clearing their liabilities and taking over their permits. This leaves the country clubs without a permit, and I am determined to see that people in the country have as many facilities for sport and recreation as the people in the cities."