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ANSWERS TO QUERIES. 1 Communications without names and addresses I will not be noticed nor answered. No answers wlii I be sent, by mail and none by wire unless reply pro- payment is made at time of wiring query. I L. C, Cincinnati, O. It was a winning transaction. R. A. W., Chicago. 1 How many pounds would slow up a horse up to the extent of a second in a mih! is so purely a matter of guesswork that it could not be accurately calculated. The fact is that a good, sound race -horse can run practically as fast with heavy weight as with light, weight. 2 Bow many lengths a horse can cover in a second depends upon the rate of speed at which it is running. In going a mile in 1:40 a horse travels 52.80 feet per second, for instance.