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JOCKEY TRUEBELS CASE ON TRIAL Toronto Ont May 31 The Canadian Racing As ¬ sociations was made a joint defendant with the On ¬ tario Jockey Club by a motion before Mr Justice Latchford in the Weekly Court in an action broueht by John K Truebcl a jockey who claims unstated damages because he alleges defendants refused him the license required to ride on tracks within the jurisdiction of the aforementioned association associationHe He was training to ride Heresy the winner of the Kings Plate Mr John G White his counsel told Justice Latchford Before the race came on he was refused a license licenseI I suppose there was a reason commented the judge judgeWe We have been given none answered Mr White WhiteAnd And so you claim that his reputation has been ruined for life and that his prospects have been blasted confininw the judge reading from the writ Had the plaintiff a reputation he acquired elsewhere J JMost Most assuredly answered counsel and th J stand the Ontario Jockey Club takes is that the Caifadian Racing Associations is responsible for thu nonissuance of his license The C R A is a body of gentlemen who meet and form rules but tlioy are not incorporated and so cannot be sued as a cor ¬ porate body There are live or six members how ¬ ever and some of them reside in New York and Michigan and so to sue them individually would also be difficult difficultHis His Lordship then granted the motion naming J E Seagram as defendant for the Canadian Rac ¬ ing Associations as well as the Ontario Jockey Club unless Mr W P Fraser the secretary of the asso ¬ ciation gives his consent in writing to becoming defendant instead representations having been made that Mr Seagram Is not well
