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ANSWERS TO QUERIES I Communications without names and addresses will not be noticed nor answered No answers will be sent by mail and noneby wire unless reply pre ¬ payment is made at time of Sviring query Bet ting papers will not be calculated 1 Sam J Chicago 111 May Bodine and Black Hackle were not coupled in the betting on race 55148 55148L L H Emeryville Cal Hamburgs racing days were long past in 1902 He was foaled in 1895 His last race was when he won the Brighton Cup in 1S98 1S98J J B T Cincinnati O Lady Luxurys place and show prices when she ran second to Diadi at Blue Bonnets June 10 were 700 to 100 place and 152 Mi to 100 show showII II N G Hamilton Ont Do mt know the present location of A F Dayton owner of Harp of the North Has not appeared in racing since the Wheeling meeting meetingJ J L St Louis Mo No examination is required Application for a license is made to the proper authority and granted on compliance vith any con ¬ ditions that may be submitted to him himF F L P Chicago HI A show parlay June 22 on Jim O and Cormoran won as a single show wager on Cormoran at 170 to 100 being void on Jim 0 because there was no show piice against him himWm Wm P Chicago HI That race an actual one that took place at the date named was selected for the Manual years ago as highly illustrative of the method of applying the handicap table It is just as applicable now as it was when first printed hence has been continued in use useW W L B Akron Ohio and others elsewhere There was no coupled Jones and Mihim entry in race 5514S won by May Bodine with Black Hackle second May Bodine belongs to and is trained by J C Milam Black Hackle is trained by Kay Speiice sothere was no reason for a coupling couplingJ J E B Lexington Ky This newspaper has frequently advanced the opinion that when a mutuel field horse wins or runs to a place every other field horse in the race wins accordingly But as a rule in present day practice layers do not pay on field horses unless they run to the place for which they were backed backedEd Ed M Chicago 111 Races of a mile and an eighth at Aqueduct begin in a chute which runs straight into the back stretch and only makes the one big turn beginning on the far turn and ending with the stretch turn The American Racing Man ¬ ual contains diagrams of all the big tracks show ¬ ing their chutes and other peculiarities