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JOE MARR0NE LOSES HIS DAMAGE SUIT. Washington, D. C. December 21. The case of Joseph Marronc. the New York horseman, against the Washington Jockey Club and its stewards. S. S. Howl and. Henry J. Morris and Samuel Boss, for S50.000 damages, was tried in the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia today "before Chief Justice Clitbaugh. The suit is the outcome of Marrone being ejected from the Benning track and the assertion of the stewards that his horse. St. Joscuh. was "doped." Chief Justice Clabaugh late this afternoon directed a verdict in favor of the Jockey Club and the stewards, holding that no evidence of the alleged conspiracy had been shown. He held that the ticket purchased by Marrone on which he was denied admission ufter his trainers badge had bcfii taken nwa.v was a mere license, revocable at will of the ulub on a proffer of the price paid.
