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MARYLAND JOCKEY CLUB VIEW Secretary W. P. Riggs Explains Clubs Stand in the Shilling Controversy. BALTIMORE, Md., November 12. W. P. Riggs, secretary of the Maryland Jockey Club, gave out the following statement today in reference to the Shilling case: "The Maryland Jockey Club is under no duty to intervene in any efforts of ex-jockey Shilling to secure reinstatement. "The autumn meeting was advertised to be held under the auspices of Ihe Maryland Racing Commission, The Jockey Club and National Steeplechase and Hunt Association and licensed with that understanding. Horse owners, trainers, jockeys, officials and others participated with that understanding. The Maryland Jockey Club was advised and believed it was bound to exhaust its powers to have that understanding fulfilled and. of course, will obey the rulings of the commission, unless to do so would violate obligations entered into with the approval of the commission. "Summarily, to reinstate Shilling at Pimlico would have constituted n violation of the rules of racing that threatened to involve all innocent participants in the meeting. In consequence the Maryland Jockey Club was bound to exhaust its lawful powers of resistance before submitting to superior force. "This is all the Maryland Jockey Club has done and constitutes its only interest in the controversy, which it deplores."
