NEW SEASON’S PERMITS.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1420, 12 July 1917, Page 7

NEW SEASON’S PERMITS.

DETAILS OF CURTAILMENT. At a meeting on Saturday morning last Cabinet dealt with the question of the curtailment of racing days. The final suggestions of the clubs have been agreed to as under:- — The present number of racing days has been reduced by one-third, as from August 1. This decision is final.

There will be 148 days as against 222 in the last racing year.

The trotting days have been reduced by 20, making the number 39, as against 59 last year. There were 19 trotting days in the North Island last year, and these have been reduced to 13. There were 40 days in the South Island, and the reduction there is to 26.

The reductions that have taken place in the final scheme are as follow: —Egmont Racing Club loses two days—two instead of four. Originally a reduction of three days was proposed The whole of Taranaki district will have seven racing days instead of 11. In other respects the recommendations of the conference will stand as under: —Auckland: last year 38 days, now 25. Canterbury: Last year 33, now 22. Greymouth: Last year, 15, now 10. Hawke’s Bay: Last year 34, now 23. Otago: Last year 41, now 27. Taranaki: Last year 11, now 7. Wanganui: Last year 26, now 18. Wellington: Last year 24, now 16. A total reduction of 74 days. The recommendations regarding Hunt Clubs have been accepted without alteration. In regard to trotting, Auckland has been reduced from 13 to eight; Wellington district from five to four; Wanganui from two to one; Marlborough, two to one; Kaikoura has been cut out; Nelson has reta’ned a day; Westland has been cut down from eight to four; Canterbury from 20 to 13; Otago from seven to five; Southland retains two days.