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ANSWERS TO QUERIES. [Communications without names and addresses of senders will not be answered or noticed; nor will any answers be sent by mail.] E. B., Chicago. Prices were correct as published. Stapp, Louisville, Ky. Average odds is computed on the opening and closing prices. A. J. B., Chicago. The wager on Anne McGee was a draw, there being no separate place price. Owens, Memphis, Tenn. A. Walsh rode Bannock Bob. being substituted for Gilbert just before going to post. Ed. F. W., Chicago. There is always a time limit after which horses cannot be scratched. Different racing organizations have differing regulations on the subject. Horses cannot be added in purse races, but in stake races can be added up to a time that varies between thirty minutes and forty minutes prior to the time for the race.
