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GOSSIP OF THE TfJRF. The English Jockey Club has decided that geldings are eligible in the Epsom Derby. The following appeared in the English Calendar: "A meeting of the Jockey Club was held at Newmarket on July 18, those present beintc Lord Crewe, Lord Falmouth and Mr. H. W. Fitzwilliam, stewards; Mr. H. T. Barclay. Due de la Force. Lord Harewood. Mr. Houldsworth. Mr. Arthur James, Mr. J. W. Lar-noch. Mr. Lowther, Sir E. Paget and Prince Soltykoff. Mr. Fitzwilliam said that the stewards had been asked if a gelding could be entered for the Epsom Derby, and acting on precedent, if the club saw no objection to that course, they intended to reply in the affirmative. This was agreed to. W. K. Vanderbilt, Sr.. has maintained a racing stud near Paris for some time. The mares that he bought some years ago from Pierre Lor-illard were the beginning of it. It has for some time been hoped that he would either transfer his stud to this country or start another one here, and his acceptance of the presidency of the Coney Island Jockey Club on the death of Colonel Kip gave some color to the report that he intended doing so. Up to the present time no definite plans have been formed, though the rumor has sprung up again that he is seriously thinking about it. Mr. Vanderbilt attended the races at Sheepshead Bay once or twice during the June meeting, but he nearly always manages to do this every year, though he is very seldom seen at any of the other metropolitan race courses.— New York-Herald.
