Charles R. Grannan, Respondent v. Westchester Racing Association, New York Jockey Club and August Belmont…

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals reversed the Appellate Division's order and affirmed the Special Term's denial of an injunction, holding that the jockey club's ruling to exclude the plaintiff from races was lawful. The court reasoned that the statute expressly subjects racing associations and their patrons to the reasonable rules of the jockey club, and that those rules are presumed reasonable unless shown otherwise. Consequently, the association's exclusion of the plaintiff, who had been ruled off the turf, was justified.