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ANSWERS TO QUERIES. Communications without names and addresses of senders will not be answered or noticed.l R. W. F., Chicago. The bet was a draw. F. C. 15., Chicago. The corrected odds should be paid. W. OM., Chicago. The Phantom wager was a loser. Scott, Toronto, Ont. The Picaroon price was ns sent by onr correspondent. Terrible Swede, Chicago. The parlay lost through Battleaxe running unplaced. He was even to show. Thorson, Chicago. Your query is not intelligible. Lord of the Forest and Daring have not met in a race. W. II. B., St. Louis, Mo. The St. Louis Derby of 1897 was won by Ornament, with Buckvidere second and Typhoon II third. Time, 2:51. Leonard, St. Louis, Mo. Had Sir Russell won. backers of the Hitchcock entry would have won their bets. An entry is one or more horses. R. G. and M. A., East Chicago, Ind. Had not racing been discontinued at Washington Park, five American Derbys would have been run since Robert Waddell won in 1901. Hawley, Chicago. The betting has heen investigated and was correctly reported. It was practically a four-horse race In which Daring was heavily backed for place and Miltlades had little support.
