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ANSWERS TO QUERIES. II. B. S., St. Louis, Mo. Do not know of any such-Rice, Cincinnati, O. Have no Miss Star in our records. A. A. U., Chicago. Your bet on Goma was a draw, the horse not having been entered. Wm. M., Chicago. As far back as ISC.", Captain McGowan trotted twenty miles in r8 minutes and 25 seconds. In 1878 Controller trotted the same distance to wagon in 58:57. "Billie and Lou," Cincinnati, O. Blsping rode Dick Dwver in a steeplechase1 at St. Louis Fair Grounds June 21. 1002. The horse was pulled up and did not finish. The race was supposed to1 be fraudulent and bets were declared off. Tbos. M.. Chicago. If your statement of the case is correct the wager should lie paid. Nothing but a well founded suspicion that the bettor had knowledge of the result before betting would justify any other course. Such foreknowledge was alleged in at least one of the cases.
