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ANSWERS TO QUERIES. I. F., Buffalo, N. Y. The bet on Onager lost. A. K.. Buffalo, N. Y. You should have been paid 0.15. L. M. P., Cleveland, 0. Under the stipulation for oven money or better, the parlay was void as to J. II. Houghton ami should be paid as a single bet on Lad of Langden. A. DeM., Detroit. Mich. Had Merman won you would properly have asked and no doubt have received payment. According to your own statement you bet on Merman aud since he was beaten the bet lost. Hays, Cincinnati, O. When one makes a parlay he bets that two or more named horses will run to certain named places and the bet is not decided until there lias been action in the case of every horse named in the wager. The fact that the bookmaker limits Ids possibility of loss has nothing to do witli the matter other than to deilnc the amount that can be won if the backer Is right in his Selections.
