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ANSWERS TO QUERIES. 1. W.. Wilmington, 111. B. lost his bet. II. L., St. Louis, Mo. The horse was 10 to 1 and no mistake was made. Stewart, Chicago. There is little difference In the speed of the Oakland and Ascot Park tracks. Oakland being slightly the faster. Fractional time Is that taken by the official timers. D. W. S., Danville, 111. The Burns Handicap has never lieen won by a three-year-old. In the first year of its running, it was called the Spreckels Handicap and was won by Lissak, then a two-year-old and the race being run In December. Indian, Muskogee, I. T. If a dead heat is not run off the dead heaters divide first and second money. In betting the straight money Is added together and divided equally the bookmaker taking half aud the bettor half. Place and show money are not affected unless the dead heat Is for second or third place. If the dead heat is run off the winning dead heater takes first place and the beaten one second, the result so far as betting is concerned being the same as if no dead heat had been run.
