The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-25

beat the other out of their dates by one
| subterfuGe or another.
For instance. the new Worth track is said
to have been constructed by stockholders in
one OF the existing Chicago courses for the
purpose of securing additional dates for
racing. Principal stockholders in the
| of the Windsor course.
To revert to Ed Corrigan. 1t may be men,
toned that his most noteworthy disagree
ment with a race course and one in which
he got decidedly the worst of the argu-
ment was his celebrated tilt with the man-
agement Of the Coney Island Jockey Club.
The argument started over the eligibility
of Corrigan's colt Huron. which he claimed
was entered in the Futurity Of 1891. while
the Coney Island Jockey Club management
claimed that the horse had been declared
out.
C~orriGnn Gets nm Injunction.
Corrigan declared that he would start the
colt anyhow, and by going before a court
and displaying receipts for the frs, pay
ments on the colt at the time of the entry.
he secured an injunc;itotn against the
Coney Island Jockey Club. which restrained
the officials from keeping the colt out of
the race.
The injunction was not sufficiently sweep
ing in its nature. however. and when Cor
risan ~triumphantly brought his colt to the
paddock the next day he found that 10
unpleasantness was offered him, nor was
there any objection to the starting of the
colt. but that there was a subdued air of
something doing" in the judges stand.
His colt was allowed to start. but that is
all the benefit that Corrigan received from
his Injunction.
To begin. the management had not had
the colts number printed on the programme,
nor did his jockeys name appear on the
jockey board: No odds were posted against
the colt in betting ring and no attention
whatever was paid to him at the post. He
finished second in the race. but the numbers
of the third and fourth horse were hung
up as finishing second and third. the In
Junction having failed to state that colt
must be placed where he finished and given
the money he won Second money was ac-
cordingly turned over to the owner of the
horse which finished behind Huron.
To put q finishing touch on the matter
the MANAGEMENT then ruled Corrigan of the
course. this ruling barring him from other
Eastern tracks. Corrigan entered suit TO
obtain second money in the race. and TO
decided that the Jockey Club had a right
to manage its own affairs and upheld its
rulings.
Made War on Jockey Club.
-Corrigan then decided to make war on the
Jockey Club in its own territory. He was
a principal ~etockho!der in the Saratoga
track at Saratoga. n. Y. and he Immediate
American Turf Congress, although II was
IN Jockey Club territory. He endeaypred
to conduct a fight against the other tracks
OF the Jockey Club. but without avail. ard
he eventually sold out his interests in the
track to the Walbaum element, which in
turn sold the track TO W C. Whitney and
bis associates last spring.
Corrigan sold ont his interests in the Haw-
tnorne track q year ago. and since that time
mas had no opportunity to take part in the
various turf wars.
Club OF the East and his horses are now IN
good standing over its courses. As an own
er Ed Corrigan has always been prominent.
he having won the first American Derby
with his fIly Modesty. and having owncd
such horses as Riley, Golden Rule. ct An
thony and Geyser.