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ANSWERS TO QUERIES. Communications without names and addresses . of senders will not be answered or noticed. Fox, Chicago, Bets stood. T. B. and B. A., South Bend, Ind. See reply to F. A. P. in issue of October 12. E. 0. S., Chicago. When a horse is disqualified for fouling another, it is placed last in the race and bets on the disqualified horse are lost. Jack OB., Chicago. In the first case named by you the horse closing at 2 to 1 would be the favorite. In the second case the bet would be a draw. C. A. S., Chicago. A length means the length of a horse. The ordinary guess is that it means ten feet, but as a matter of fact it is an indefinite space of between six and seven feet. H. D. L., Toronto, Out. Your bet was a draw. It was made on the sixth race from which your horse was scratched and could not apply to a substituted race of which- neither party to the bet had knowledge. J. Ii. S., Milwaukee, Wis. If the rule that added starters run for the book Is not in use, the bet on Belle of Jessamine should be paid, but at a greatly reduced price because the odds against Belmere must be deducted. 13 to 5, 4 to 5 and 2 to 5 would be about right. F. F. V., New Iberia, La. Hermis best performance at a mile was done at Brighton Beach, July C, 1904 1:38, with 133 pounds up. Sysonby had no specially fast record at a mile, having only run that distance once. That was when he ran a dead heat with Race King for the Metropolitan Handicap one mile in 1:41J.
