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AT LAW OVER STARTING MACHINES MACHINESSAN MACHINES SAN FRANCISCO Cal June 1 The starting gate war is now on as the suit brought by E Corrigan last Saturday against Thomas H Williams Jr R B Milroy Milo Henry Ashe Asher and others shows Mr Corrigan is at the head of the company recently formed in this city that con ¬ trols trolls both the Forbes and Gray starting machine patents These machines have the outward and upward1 movements Mr Corrigan claims the gate operated at the Bay District track several times and invented by a fifteen year old boy named Wildomuth Wilderment is an infringement on the patents he controls The Wildemuth Wilderment barrier describes a halfcircle halfcocked before reaching its destination above the horses heads The suit will be watched with great interest by race ¬ goers all over the country
