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ANSWERS TO QUERIES. [Communications without names and addresses of senders will not be answered or noticed; nor will uny answers be sent by mail. I W. C. S., Cincinnati. O. The wager on Stanley Fay lost. J. II. C. Chicago. Track was good, wet on top. witli hard bottom. W. D.. Cincinnati. O. Straight on Donau lost, place and show were draws. J. J. D.. Chicago. Brancas has been the property of William Gerst throughout his racing career. II. I. H.. Chicago. Parlays are decided strictly by the running of the horses named in the bet. Ed W., St. Louis. Mo. The transaction ended with Boggs. for fhe reason that the sum named to go on the other horse was not "coming." L. and others. Chicago. Your authorities are wrong. Chicago and Jacksonville racing time are tin- same. This office checks clocks with Jacksonville nightly. J. J. B.. New Albany. Ind. When Flavigny was scratched the parlay became a single bet on Sere nade anil necessarily could win no more than the limit of 8 to 1 place. E. O. B.. Chicago. In equity such bets should be paid and nianv bookmakers do pay them promptly, but where one aaamiep under the rule that adde-l starters run for ins hook tney are held to be losers. W. V. W.. Chicago. The straight bet on Azo won. as also did the place and show bets oil Miss officious, tlie straight bet on the latter losing. It is not unusual to back more than one horse in the same race.
