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ANSWERS TO QUERIES. P. F. W., Cincinnati, O. Tremont was never beaten, starting in thirteen races and winning theiu all. J. J. C. Cleveland. O. Sceptre is a bay mare by Persimmon Ornament and was foaled in 1S00. She was one of the best mares of English racing history and was the property of K. S. Slevier when she won the Epsom Oaks. P. M. and M. S., Cincinnati, O. Tlie parlay lost. It was a bet that four horses would win. One was beaten and that settled the matter. The limit was another affair that had no bearing on the bet except in the way of prescribing how much could be won in the event of all four horses winning. E. R. 0... Chicago. There was no such thing as an "average price in the race won bv Mique OBrien November 4. 1010. That is a bookmaking term, whereas the betting on the Mique OBrien race wan In tlie mutuels. in which the only price Is that at which the horse wins. In that ease it was SU.35 to . G. W. B. J., Helena. Ark. Tho winner of tho Crescent City Derby at New Orleans In 1004 was tho colt Ostrich, by Ornament Plumage. So far as the records go, he ran as the property of G. L. Blch-ards. Its winner in 1007 was Montgomery, bv Pes-sara Montgomery Cooper, running as the property of Chiiin and Forsythe. The same year the City Park Derby was won by C. B. Ellisons filly, Yankee Girl, by Sir Dixon Breakwater.
