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ANSWERS TO QUERIES. Communications without names and addresses of senders will not be answered or noticed. H. II. and others. No replies unless names and ; addresses are sent. Novice, Chicago. 1 As far as we know. 2 That Is our rule. 3 Yes. It is possible, but the sheets on file here show the horses claimed. F. .13. II., Mobile, Ala. The matter was Investigated at the time and the prices as published were correct 11 to 2 opening would not .fit well with 5 to 2 high. W. S. K., Indianapolis. Ind. The money bet by the" liacker and the bookmaker is added together and divided equally when a dead heat occurs. In the case of Dolinda a net loss accrued to his backers so that for each dollar bet on him they were entitled to but seventy-six cents back at average odds. Webb and others. Chicago and elsewhere. Coupling King Cole and Van Ness as an entry was an error. They did not run as a coupled entry In the cast, although they would do so in the west. In the case of the race of August 2, all straight ami place bets were lost in any event and the only practical question that could be raised is whether a Hildreth entry bet to show won or lost. As a matter of fact and on the ground that an entry is one or more horses, one Hildreth entry did show and one did not. Apparently this situation points to a draw for show bets.
