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ANSWERS TO QUERIES. O. It., Kenosha, Wis. The correct name of the two-year-old heretofore printed Paiemoa is Paleuion. K. F. W.. Chicago. A bet on the Griffin entry in race 0005S was a draw. Griffin starting no horses. M. M. 1., Chicago. Bemay straight paid half of the sum obtained by adding the prices together. Place bets were draws. W. II. M., Havana, ill. There is no "contradiction" in the two cases you cite. In each case the person bet on Bemay and while winning so far as the horse was concerned lost money by doing so. The payment to you was correct. For an Investment of the same sum on Frank Lord the return would have been 5, whereas as had he won outright it would have been 50. J. W., Chicago. Parlay No. 2 was dead as soon as Dennis Sullivan was beaten in the first race of the day and could no more be considered. After that parlay No. 1 was the only one on which there could lie action and since it won you should be paid its full value, which was 2.40. There could be nothing coming" until the last horse in it had won, so there was nothing to apply toward an increase.
