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ANSWERS TO QUERIES TT r P Cincinnati O The wager on China Bhoi lost lostW W I Chicago Fair Play at 11 to 10 would be u fnlr price F E M Chicago You should have been paid W70 in all W Cincinnati O See replies to W H W and W YB McLaughlin Lexington Ky Settlement should be on the basis of the 5 mutuels Geo G Chicago J Lee rode at the Empire City meeting at Yonkers last year yearR R I W nnd others Chicago The price of Please should have read 0 to 10 0 to 20 and 1 to 4 4H H B C Grand Rapids Mich That reply was erroneous It should have read 440 and 040 040Edw Edw M Cincinnati 0 If it was a place parlay ionJohnny Lyons High Gun and Glorio only It cer ¬ tainly won wonJ J P Chicago The parlay was void as to Inter ¬ vene because there was no separate place price gainst him himJ J K Cincinnati O Settlement would be on the basis of the 5 auutuels Of course you arc familiar with the confusion that existed existedA A I S Cincinnati O The straight bet on W T Qverton lost the show bet was a draw there be ¬ ing no separate price against him himF F W S Chicago Had Spencer Reiff won and Bye Bye II been scratched tbe backer would have b eu entitled to 1525 for a 5 bet betJ J E L Chicago An owner does not have to de ¬ clare to win with a particular horse of his entry It is of his own will if he does so and no penalty attaches If the horse is beaten beatenC C S H Chicago The four and a half furlongs record at Santa Anita is 54 seconds made by Para ¬ dise Queen February 115 of this jear No race at that distance took place there prior to January 1 1S S JK West Toronto Ont Under the circum ¬ stances mentioned by you tiie backer of the second horse should be paid at such reduced odds as would lesult from deducting the price laid against the winner winnerW W Y B Cincinnati O Sec reply to W II AV You could not very well expect a bookmaker to pay on every horse bunched in a licld ticket IKV rausc one of the field horses chances to win or run toa place J H Toronto Ont Five dollars to show on Rich ¬ ard Reed returned 040 that is tbe 5 won 140 Of course a bet of 1 would win one fifth of 140 or twentyeight cents The same method applies to any other cases casesW W H W Louisville Ky The wager on T M Greene lost because the horse did not run to a place In buying a field ticket in mutuels one does not back a particular horse but the chances of all thatinay be lumped in the field In bookmaking lie backs a particular horse and that horse decides his bet for him himA A G H Waterloo Ont What you say about the peeming unfairness of the operation of a limit is true but does not offset the fact that when you make a parlay bet you wager that certain horses will run to certain positions and In order for you to win the horses mast all do what you bet they will do The money accumulating is merely inci ¬ dental to the governing principle principleG G H R Birmingham Ala 1 The mutnels and auction pools are entirely different and there is no connection between them In the latter choice of the horses is regularly auctioned and the highest bidder gets first choice Second choice is then auc ¬ tioned and so on until all are sold The collective sum is a pool all of which goes to the buyer of the winner Pool after pool is sold in this way 2 No prices arc posted at Latonia o Yes Write to the business office and specify what you waiit
