Sisson v. Janssen

Prior to September 12, 1948, plaintiff, of Swing, Nebraska, owned a string of eleven race horses. lie was racing them at the Playfair Race Association grounds in Spokane, Washington. One of them, “Our Sponsor”, had won a race and been disqualified by the judges when it was found (after a hearing) that the horse had been “blocked” or “needled”, meaning, in race-track parlance, injected with “dope” to stimulate it artificially. The judges issued and caused to be posted an order that plaintiff be, as he testifies, “ruled off, suspended for the balance of the meet, until the 11th of October, I…