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ANSWERS TO QUERIES. Communications without names nnd addresses of senders will not be answered or notieed.J W. I!., Toronto, Out. The bet lost. Charles A., Toronto, Out. The sunt due was 8.75. P.ridger, Kansas City, Mo. The liookniaker should pay the Fountalnblue bet promptly. J. J. A., Chicago. The Laurel bet was a draw. The bookmaker has no right to keep your money. W. it. M., Louisville, Ky. This newspaper always holds that such bets are losers and that if the horse is scratched tlie bet is a draw" regardless of where the stable mate finished. Some bookmakers pay such bets, but do not allow the draw. Inquirer, Chicago. 1 The time of Big Bens winning nice at Washington Park, July 2-1, 1003. was 1:13;; distance, one mile; track heavy. 2 The order at the finish of the Harlem National of .1003, was McCliesney, 127, first; Grigor K., 101, second; llargls, 103, third. II. II. Cincinnati, O. There is no such thing as a "worlds" record In running. Timing Is accurately done in Australia, The United States and Canada. The American record for a tulle over an oval course Is 1:37s. and is jointly held by Dick Welles anil Klainosha. Over a straight course it is 1:351, made by Salvator. J. P. K., Chicago. 1 The main course at Saratoga is of the ordinary oval outlines, but there are several courses and chutes. 2 The horses would take for its first number the Index number of the first race in which It started over a recog- nlzed track. 3 The small figures -indicate tlie track record at tlie distance, tlie age of the horse making it and the weight It carried.
