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1 . 1 1 1 • s 1 ANSWERS TO QUERIES. -[Communications without names and addressd* of senders will not be answered or noticed; nor will any answers lie sent by mail. I A. N. S.. Chicago. Tlie wager was in time. M. M. S., Chicago. Hulfords average Februnrv 11 was 12i to 1. Frank B., Chicago. Have no record of F. P. Basse owning or racing horses. Otto S., Milwaukee. Wis. Racing was carried on at Milwaukee in 1895 and 1888. P. F. T. L.. Chicago. Your query was fully answered in Daily Racing Form of March 5. I. M. G., Butte, Mont. Cannot say what time Metlakatla was scratched. Write or telegraph to secretary Percy W. Treat. C. P.. Peoria, 111. Such a horse would not be a maiden. According to the rules. "A maiden horse is one that has never in any country won a race on the flat other than a match ar private sweep stakes." M. K.. Chicago. Such an occurrence is not at all infrequent, and few meetings take place in which all the favorites of some day are not beaten. One chief contributing cause is that in racing niany of tlie favorites are not rightfully such. J. C. T., Detroit, Mich. If you make a stipulation that a track must be good or no bet. and the track turns out to be fast, every requirement of the stipulation is met and the bet stands. A fast track is a good track also. Any other conclusion would be absurd. The bets won. R. W.. St. Louis, Mo. All racing organizations usually have a clerical force sufficient to meet their requirements. A competent person right on the ground when a vacancy occurs might have a good chance to secure such employment as you BkSJSjest, but vacancies are not frequent.
