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GOSSIP OF THE TURF. The present meeting at Bennings has provided the best racing and has been the most successful financially of any since the early days, when the sport was patronized by the civil and political dignitaries of the Capital, and was the equal of that held anywhere in the country. Of lete years, however, racing at this point has been a dead letter, and Mr. Howland and his esscciates cf the Washington Jockey Cinb htve fonnd it no easy task to interest the local inblic in the stiurgles of the thoroughbreds. But more or less well directed efforts are gradually meetirg with success, and the attend-arce this fell has been tetter then at any time since the new Jcckoy Cinb began the work of buildirg up the sport. The crowds have averaged right alorg clcse to two thousand a day, an average cf about thirty-five books have transacted business in the ring, end the revenue from this latter eource and from the gate, as well as the privileges, has no doubt been large enough to give the cinb a very comfortable profit over all expenses. The new electric road to the track has been a potent factor in increasing the attendance, as it has enabled department clerks and business men who might be detained in town in the early afternoon to get out in time to see the running of tie last two or three evtnts. This they ccnl3 not formerly co by rail, as steam cara only run on a schedule up to 1 or 1.30 oclock. Morning Telegraph. Judging from the long list of applications made by riders fcr admission badgoa to the race track, there will be more jockeys here thiB year than eTer before. Of course, there are a great many of the high-class riders whoee names are not included among this list, but these riders are still at Bennings and will not reach here until later in tie week. The list" to date is as follows : H Kelly, F FiEtfher, O Wondley, W Caywood, C Johnson, J J MtCafferty, James Boland, H Wikon. W Btev-art, G BIcck, Jr, L Thompson, A Johnson, C Mitchell, V Trotter, J Boland, E Jones, E McKeacd, A B Nicholson, G Stevens, E Foe cod, E Ames. G Holden, J Brochart, Ed Dominick, B Benson, W Wilson, A O Sparger, CGiahsm, Y Ballentine, W Weed, H Patterson, C Yandussn, W Watson. H Granger, F J Landry, T Easly, E Vititoe, K Wicgfleld, T Keller, J Irving. J Bradford, B Silvers, G Gordon, B Hylend, C Wedderstrand, B Mnrpby, C WapBhire, J Thompson, H Telley, O Kennedy, J Bichards, J Lamle. C Knhn, T Lynch, L Bose and L LineB. N. O. Picayune. Bromley and Co.b Typhoon II., by Top Gallant, who came out with Algol three years ago last spring and was one of the best two-year-olds of his season, will race again next year. Typhoon II. has enjoyed a long rest at Bromley and Co.s farm in Kentucky and has grown to be a magnificent horse. He has been treated for the trouble which caused most of his cowardice, and Julius Baner expects him to win most of the high-weight sprints in which he starts next season. Typhoon II. may start in the Metropolitan Handicap. TypLoon II. is the horse that J. G. Cahn, of St. Louis, sold .to Bromley and Co. for 2,000. At a special meeting of the Coney Island Jockey Clubs Executive Committee Monday William K. Vanderbilt was elected president to succeed the Jate Colonel Lawrence Kip. Mr, Vanderbilt had filled several tarmB as vice-president of the organization and a more satisfactory choice ronld not well ba made. Horsemen are hoping that the new president may be induced to transfer his racing interests from France to this country or establish a separate stable here. Hitherto he has shown marked interest in the sport furnished at the pic-turesQuo Sheepshead Bay course and rarely missed any of the stellar events. The appearance of his colors on the track would be bailed as a sort of climax io the healthy bocm established by the advent of W. C. Whitney and other prominent citizenB as candidates for equine honors New York 8un.
