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ANSWERS TO OUERIES. Communications without names and addresses will not be noticed nor answered. No answers will be sent by mail and none by wire unless reply pre-paynient is made at time of wiring query. f E. B.. Hamilton, Ont. Stanley Fays best record at a mile and a quarter is 2:04J. Tlios. SL, Hamilton, Ont. Vox Populls best time at a mile and an eighth is 1:50, which is the record at the distance. Green Seals best time for the same distance is 1:502. James A.. Toronto, Out. The Slaryland Jockey Club only has authority over Its own affairs and races on dates allotted to it by the Jockey Club, which has its headquarters in New York and governs racing in the eastern states. C. 1. P., Chicago. If a horse is named in a parlay that is not in the race selected, a bookmaker should not change the name without the knowledge and consent of the bettor, thus leaving the responsibility for the mistake where it belongs. It follows that the parlay would be void as to that race. J. J. SIcK., Toronto. Ont. There are several ruling turf bodies in the United States. The Jockey Club rules in the eastern states, the Western Joekey Club and American Turf Association in the central west and south, and the Pacific Jockey Club in the states of the Pacific coast. Texas has a ruling body of its own and so has Kentucky.