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GOSSIP OF THE TURF. The San Francisco Examiner of Docember 11, has this to Bay about Wyomings recent second to Bedeck: "Instead of becoming a decrepit with age, Wyoming, which, half a dozen years ago whs thought to be a hopeless cripplo, keeps on running magnificent races. He has moro speed now than he ever had. Yesterday, in the teven-fnrlong race ho went out and killed off tbe flaet Eonic, and notwithstanding the great effort required to do that, he stood a long, hard drive through the stretch, and was beaten but a head by Bedeck. If Woods had not Bent the old horse along quite so fast the first part he would no doubt have won. Eonic and Bedock were the favorites for the race, but the OOWTIMDBD OH FOUBTH VAAH. GOSSIP OF THE TUBF. CcniinnQ Ircm First Pago. filly, baeides having up more weight than she likeB, has had a conpla of hard races in the mad which have dolled her speed and staled her. Bedecks race may seem like a sadden improvement over his performance of Saturday, bat a light boy rode him then and could scarcely make him gallop. He is a heavy-headed colt who needB a very vigorous jockey." W. E. Applogate Jr. has left San Francisco for New Orleans to book. He haB been doing Dullness at Oakland, bnt is loser to the extent of 0,000, which has soured him on the game. Besides Applegate has a grievance which he is airing fully, because he was aBksd by the managers of the track to instruct his cashier to act civily to customers and patrons of the track. In fact, it became necessary to call a meeting of all the cashiers so that Mr. WilliamB could tell them that they must act in a gentlemanly way when dealing with the men back of their boxes. The President told them all plainly that if any of them were complained of they would not be ptrmitted to do business at the track. This hit Applegate as hard as his money losses, and he makes no secret of being dead sore on " the West. Word comes from the east that in order to enable a number of wealthy horsemen of Brooklyn and New York City, who are behind a big racing syndicate, for the purpose, it is said, of organizing a new jockey club to be present, the sale of the Empire race track, under the foreclosure of a mortgage for 00,000, held by the Washington Life Insurance Company, which was scheduled to take place December 12, was postponed until Decembor 26. The head of the syndisate is said to be W. C. Whitney, the Dwyera and Senator McCarren. Dieudonne, the six-year-old chestnut son of Amphion, and Mon Droit, by Isonomy and Gree-nan, bay horse, six, by Bt. Simon Sunrise, by Springfield, owned by J. B. Haggin, have arrived at Lexington, Ey. and are at G. D. Wilsons stable in this city, Buffering from car fever. They were recently purchased in England and shipped to this country. They have not been well enough to ship to Mr. Haggins Elmendorf Farm, near Lexington.
