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THE YARDARM-FLYtSG JIB CASK. A correspondent, J. A. G submits tho following proposition: "I bot, third race Saratoga, on Belmont entry to win, giving tho name of horses Yard-arm and Flying Jib as Belmont entry, intonding to play Yardarm at first, but finding I had another horse in entry took the entry. Also told the bookmaker I was playing Yardarm. Bookmaker claims I lost my bet and money. Is this right or not?" An entry is one or more horses. Belmonts entry in this case was Flying Jib, and anyone bettiag on Belmonts entry without qualification would necessarily have lost. Yardarm, prior to this race, had belonged to Mr. Belmont but, it seems, had been sold to John E. Madden, no notice of the sale having been given publicity. Supposing both horses to be still the property of Mr. Belmont Daily Racing Form erroneously coupled them as an entry. J. A. G. bet on them as an entry. The bookmaker accepted the wager on tho two horses as a coupled entry, knowing if J. A. G.s statement is correct, that the latter relied on Yardarm to win for him. For this reason it does not seem that the bookmaker can equitably claim to have won J. A. G.s money, and as Yardarm was not a part of the Belmont entry the wager should be considered a draw.
