JOCKEYS’ ASSOCIATION

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18541, 29 April 1922, Page 13

JOCKEYS’ ASSOCIATION

APPEAL AGAINST MAGISTRATE’S DECISION, (Per United Pbkss Association.) CHRISTCHURCH. April 28. _ An appeal by the New Zealand Jockeys Association against the decision of Mr J. K. Wilson, S.M., in its. claim against Geo. ifoung, a jockey, for £4l membership fees was heard by Mr Justice Herdman in the Supreme Court to-day. It was stated that the magistrate dismissed the claim on the grounds that as defendant was a minor the only contracts enforceable against him were for necessaries and membership of the plaintiff association was not necessary to him. Argument ensued as to whether a contract was of benefit to a minor. Counsel for respondent said the rule providing for payment of 5 per cent, on riding fees was a penalty because the more successful a jockey was the worse off he was financially. His Honor asked what the obligations of the association were. Counsel replied that there were none. There were only a number of pious objects, which if achieved would result in a kind of Utopia. Counsel for the association said the objects must bo read as a contract, and the members had a legal remedy in case of no attempt being made to carry them out. He denied that the scale of contribution was a penalty, saying a jockey contributed according to his earnings. His Honor (smiling): That is not taking into consideration what he got from the bookmakers. Judgment was reserved.