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ANSWERS TO QUERIES Communications without names and addresses will not be noticed nor answered No answers will be sent by mail and none by wire unless reply pre ¬ payment is made at time of wiring query H A Chicago 111 There are 1700 yards in a mile mileG G L Louisville Ky Wagers on Dan in the race won by N K Beal were draws drawsF F E W St Louis Mo E Sande rode Canso in race 39229 at Saratoga last Thursday ThursdayI I K San Francisco Oal It was a losing trans ¬ action See other replies in tiiis edition editionWm Wm L St Louis Mo You are right Cheyenne rating time 230 y m Chicago time 330 p m mReader Reader Detroit Mich Cannot say positively whether messenger service is provided on Maryland ucks or not but presume that it is isG G W Chicago 111 Because it ivas stipulated that either Nan Knoehr or Dahinda must be scratched and both ran the matter was a draw drawJ J S Chicago III Parlays are decided by the running of the horses named A stipulation that a certain one was to go would pertain to it alone aloneJ J K New Orleans La R was correct in his views A wager on a horse at a price laid and accepted at tin time is not affected by added starters At track prices it is quite different differentC C A Mc Terre Haute Ind Misinformation as to Mormon having been scratched from race 39250 could not overrule the fact that he was not scratched All that could be won on Sundial H was place and show wagers if payment was to be at track prices pricesJ J J W New Orleans La No replies by telp aph If the layer does not operate under the rule that added starters run for him a wager on Billy Kelly would be payable at such odds as would re ¬ sult from the deduction Star Hamptons prices and the readjustment of the other prices accordingly accordinglyF F L I Chicago III Such yariations as you refer to are due solely to the weight of money at the track Some horses for instance are well backed place and show Naturally the bookmakers reduce their prices Others are scantily backed or not at all It results that their prices are not cut and may be raised The t nly concern of this newspaper is to correctly state the prices as they actually were at the track trackG G G 11 Chicago 111 and others Added start ¬ ers only occur in stake races The added starters are of horses duly entered and having all the rights of those sent out overnight as the probable starters In such cases owners have the privilege of deciding whether or not to add their horses up to a specified time say forty minutes before the race It is all proper and in accordance with the rules of racing People away from the track who bet on such races do so of their own accord and nec ¬ essarily take their chances in regard to added start ¬ ers If they wish to escape the occasional bother of such occurrences they can do so by avoiding the stake races
