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ANSWERS TO QUERIES. I Communications without names and addresses I will not be noticed nor answered. No answers will i be sent by mail and none by wire unless reply pre-I payment is made at time of wiring query. Alex. S.. Chicago. Ella Bryson was the winner of the third race at Columbia, S. C, December 11. Louis B., Cincinnati, O. If Dareingtou and Shap-dale are to be raced this winter it will most probably be at Juarez. J. E. I!., Amherstburg, Out. A mistake as to the distance of a race does not invalidate bets, being classed with such other accidents of racing as are at the bettors risk. W. W. S., Ixmisville, Ivy. The dispatch from A to B was so worded as to justify each of the differing interpretations of its meaning advanced by A and B. People making wagers should say plainly what they mean. There is nothing distinct upon which to base an opinion. Victim, Louisville, Ky. All the points you raise are governed by turf law and rule. You can refer them to the Racing Commission of your own state or to Chas. F. Price, presiding official at Louisville, or Ed. Jasper, secretary at Louisville. Both the latter can Ik; reached at El Paso, Tex. After such reference you will be letter Informed and qualified as a critic. M. J., Des Moines, la. Ballot did not win the Brooklyn Handicap of any year. He did win the Suburban Handicap of 100S. Celt won the Brooklyn Handicap of lMS, King James in 1900. The last Brooklyn Handicap was run for May 31. 1010, at Gravesend and won by Fitz Herbert under 130 pounds, ridden by E. Dugau in 2:05J. Olambala, 110, -was second, and Prince Imperial, 07, was third.