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ANSWERS TO QUERIES. Communications without luiincs and addresses I will not be noticed nor answered. No answers will I I l»- s, nt bv mail and none bv wire unless repot pre-I payment is made at time of wiring nuery. I A. B.. Toronto. Ont. The bet lost. See reply to D. E. . II.. Cincinnati, O. The parlay lost on the Hamilton race. K. T. L.. St. Josepb. Mo. It was a draw for the reason that there was no separate place price tigainst him. G. II.. Middh town. O. The parlay won on Belle-view and Merrick and should be paid on the two. being void on the other horse because there was no separate place or show price against hiin. II. I-.. Chicago. This newspaper has long and many times held that When one backs a single horse of a coupled entry his wager is decided by the running of that borne, and Hint if it chances to be scratched he has a draw whether the other horse of tlie entry wins or loses. Some liookinakers pay when any one of a coupled entry wins, but do not allow ■ draw if the named horse is scratched and the entry is bAaten. D. W. V.. Memphis. Tenn. When a horse is in two races and one hacks it without naming a race, his bet attaches to the horse in whichever race it starts. In your case had vou said "Ragman in the first race." vou would have had a draw when ho •was scratched from that race, and your iwrlav would have won on Carew and Thomas Calhoun, but failing to do this the parlay lost when Ragman was beaten in the seventh race.
