Bringloe was a six-time winner of Canada's most prestigious race, the King's Plate, four of which were for the Seagram Stables and two for another major distiller, Harry Hatch.
Custom Officials at the Buffalo, New York International Railway Bridge border crossing had discovered several cases of whiskey hidden in the railcars carrying fifteen racehorses owned by the Seagram Stable which were coming from Waterloo, Ontario to Maryland.
By virtue of a constitutional amendment, alcohol Prohibition was in effect throughout the United States and trainer William Bringloe was arrested.
Arraigned before a Federal Commissioner, the well-known trainer answered the indictment by declaring it was necessary to give a racehorse whisky while in training.
[9] All this support did little to alleviate the problem and in the end William Bringloe was fined $250 by a U.S. Federal judge for illegally importing liquor.
In its posthumous biography, the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame called Bringloe "one of Canada's most respected trainers during the 1920s and '30s."