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ANSWERS TO QUERIES. Communications without names and addresses will not be noticed nor answered. No. answers will bo sent by mail and none by wire unless reply pre-payment is made at time of wiring query. f E. T. A., St. Louis Mo. Suggestion as to the M mark iu past performances is accepted and will be followed. C. H. B., Evanston, 111. Because of the stipulation the affair was "void on the Goodman entry and became a single transaction on Bcrmudian. C. S. R., Louisville. Ky. The show price on Zlnkand in race 30843 should have been 3 to 2 instead of 2 to 3. It was a telegraphic error during the storm periods. Price was verified today. H. K., Evanston, 111. If one was to back a horse to show and it turned out that there was no show price against it at the track, the backer would be entitled to the return of -his money, no matter where the horse finished. G. p. F., Havana, Cuba. 1 A handicapper should study last few races, then the horses general form and, particularly, best races at any time. 2 An older horse would have the best of a three-year-old at equal weights when "their last recent form is exactly the same." 3 Horses six years bid and older generally lose some measure of their speed, but: there are notable exceptions. 4 The handicapper must not depend on theory, Instead of the facts of the horses actual performances in racing.
