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; POSSIBLE TROUBLE AHEAD ; Attempt to Reinstate Shilling Fraught with Danger. ; . Maryland Action Not in Accord with Universally Respected Turf Procedure. : NEW YORK. N. Y., November 11. Tho Maryland State Racine Commission met yesterday at Baltimore and reinstated Carroll Shilling, the jockey who has, for eight years, been refused relief by the Jockey Club. Strong influences used with the latter organization have steadily been checked. They were successfully used in Maryland, however. Commander J. K. L. Ross and Guy Redwell, his trainer, have spared nothing to have Shilling reinstated and have succeeded, so far as Maryland turf legislation is concerned. The news was received at The Jockey Club yesterday and assistant secretary Daingerfield at once left for Baltimore to get at the true state of affairs and to report to the clubs stewards. Upon the surface it looks like a serious difference between the Maryland commission and The Jockey Club. There linve been indications of such a conflict for some time. The Maryland commission has hardly been in accord with- the older organization since its inception early this year, . though its officials have declared their intention of working harmoniously with The Jockey Club, while giving tip nothing of their claim to" rule their own territory--as to racing laws. An open conflict may be averted at this time, though one ispretty likely not likely to allow Shilling to ride on tracks under its jurisdiction. The Kentucky turf rulers are likely to side with The Jockey Club should such a conflict ensue. The Canadian Racing Associations may take the same stand, even against the influence of Commander Ross and his friends. The conflict is not likely to be beneficial to the American turf. Should the Jockey Club retaliate, . one of its first probable acts would be to close all official records, such as registration, ,to those out of joint with its authority, if such a closure could be legally instituted It is to be regretted that the cause of a quarrel between the two turf bodies should come over such a matter as Shillings license. It is too trivial a cause for the disturbance of turf law and government. Shilling was suspended at Havre dc Grace September 25, 1012, for grasping the bridle of Jacque-llna. in a race. A dozen applications for a license subsequently were refused by The Jockey Club. Other reasons for the refusal were hinted, but never made public. For some years- Shilling has assisted Bedwell in training the Ross horses and has been promised reinstatement for good work performed. LEXINGTON, Ky., November 11. It develops that an unsuccessful effort was made in September to have the Kentucky State Racing Commission grant Carroll Shilling a license to ride regardless of the New York Jockey Clubs denial of that privilege just as the Maryland State Racing Commission has done. A prominent local lawyer appeared in the offices of the state racing commission, here on September IS with an application for a license for Shilling, stating that he had been requested to do so by a prominent lawyer and politician in Louisville. A member of the state racing commission, which at the time was not in session, informed the lawyer that Shilling had been repeatedly denied a license by The Jockey Club to ride, but that that body had granted him a license to train. "There evidently is good reason for that action on the part of the governing authority in New York, and I am constrained to believe that the state racing commission would respect the ruling of The Jockey Club," said he, adding, "My advice to you would be to not present that application." The advice was taken and the application did not have the Kentucky State Racing Commissions consideration, but it since has been stated that it would have . been unanimously rejected had it come to a vote. The Kentucky commission has been in force since 1900 and it has always respected the rulings of The Jockey Club, Just as The Jockey Club has respected the Kentucky rulings, except in the case of the horse Jack Stuart last summer, which was due to a misread telegram. It is expected in turf circles here that the Shilling case will be made the basis for a reciprocal agreement between turf governing bodies on this continent that cannot be misunderstood. BALTIMORE, Md., November 11. Shilling did not ride in the seventh race. Ho has the assurance of the Maryland Racing Commission that it will support him, even to the extreme of closing the Pimlico meeting and revoking the license of the Maryland Jockey Club, if the latter interferes with him whenever he has a mount. Shilling went to the jockeys room today, but came back out by the seventh. Rumor has it that he will wear the Ross colors tomorrow. Messrs. Ross, Daingerfield.Riggs and all hands refuse to make statements.
