The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-10-25
EDWARD CORRIGAN BEATEN.
TIE GENERAL TERM DECIDES THAI
HURON VA JUSTLY
FROM TIE

The Decision 10 . Great Victory TOR ths
Board OF Controi-Corrieru Had sam'
paiEu OF venxesnce Marked Out In Case
or vietsry-Ag gent Carriers Testimony
Tho Superior Court. General Term. has de-
cided that the mandatory Injunction by when
the horse Huron was permitted to run on the
Coney Island Jockey Club track on Aug. ~.
1891. was improperly granted. The opinion
is written by Judge Gildersleeve. and JUDGES
Dugro and Freedman demur.
Huron was bought by Edward Corrigan In
April. 1890. at an auction sale OF horses at
Gen. Jackson's Belle Meade Stud Farm. HUI
ron had been entered for the Futurity. and the
catalogue OF sale contained tho words ellgi-
bic to Coney Island Futurity. 1891" The
General Term holds that these words are not
to DO construed as q condition Oh the
sale. but as "a description OF tho DOS.
sibilities that the purchaser might realize. =.
Tho Executive Committee OF the club decided
that Huron was not eligible. and Corrigan got
the writ. Huron ran second. but tho place
money has been withheld.
"The executive committees OF jockey clubs
and social clubs" says the Court, are SUI
promo when In the scope OF their recognized
authority. and whore there is any evidence
and the party concerned has an opportunity to
DO heard. In tho absence Of fraud. courts
ohouAo hob I WhSh stNA
The plaintiff. having rested quietly for over q
year. and after hundreds had acted upon the
situation IS 1t then existed. came forward at
tho last moment aud demanded an entrance
for his horse. His demands could not have
been granted without doing grea Injustice to
other competitors and to patron, OF the turf
personally. We arc OF the opinion that the
Executive Committee Of the defendant corpo.
fSsS nS MsrS in!ly warranted in the course that
The purpose Of the appeal by the club was
to prevent the case being q precedent w.,
Of Control. and places that body upon a ilrmer
Of winning his case, and had already planned
Control. the repeal q the Ives Pool bill and
the establishment Of an opposition course at
s sistS yen 1s1s%S se' %Ss 1IpI' txS Of Fl Tss d' dssislon
reached yesterday is . warning to Mi liz hdT ,ant
In this country cannot be bulldozed., Had Cor
rigan won his suit. the future OF the turf would
Mr.. JohnI. Carter. who was the agent OF the
Belle Meade STUD when Corrigan bought Hq-
ron. was the chic, witness IN the ease. He
ankles having been cut in some fashion. the
scars OF which Gan be seen to this day. and
seseaiasio bought in th .sf hope ysus Ext lie % %safd Stand ss 1
training. Mr.. Carter says he ask ed Corrigan
whether he wanted the colt with or WITHOUT
ne cukhk 0mcuts NulCul uCluucu Tx Ivy.
This was a stereotyped question. AMI Corrigan
said to strike him out. as 1t was only a chance
that he would train. Huron turned out to be
Q great race horse. and soon rumors came
East that the Western turfman had his eye
on the Fnturity; which tha. year would be
office Of the Coney Island Jockey Club showed
that Huron had been declared out Of the stake.
Huron continued to improve. and his owner
insisted that nobody had authority to declare
the colt out but himself. and that he had not
done 50. The readers Of THE Sun are familiar
with the rest OF tho case. which is certainly
the turf.