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ANSWERS TO QUERIES I Dave, St Louis, Mo. No. The horse ridden must win when backing a jockeys mounts. L. D. B., Louisville, Ky. Layers do not pay on field horses in the mutuels unless they run to the places for which they were backed. Martin F., Cincinnati, O. In the first race at Empire City October 21 Lady Monmouth was the C. A. Applegate entry. Faithful Girl had belonged to Applegate, but had been bought by another owner prior to the race. M. G. E., Chicago, 111. In the last race at Hamilton of Friday; August 4, won by Claymore, with Frank Fogarty second, Topmast third and Darnay fourth, the horses went to the post at 5 :33 p. m., were at post one minute and ran the race of a mile and a sixteenth in 1:47 b. J. M., Detroit, Mich. In bookmaking of the "oral" style money wagered on two horses which run a dead heat is added together and divided equally between the backer and layer. Thus if one of the dead-heaters was at 4 to 1 and the other 2 to 1 their combined sum would be 6 to 1, which divided would give each party to the transaction 3 to 1. R. G., Chicago, 111. In the dead-Heat race between Fantoche and Sway, Paris Maid only ran third, consequently could win no more than a "show" bet. Fantoche and Sway both beat her and monopolized the place bets, just as they would have done if one of them had beaten the other by a few inches instead of running a dead heat. The prices quoted were the prices paid at the track and given elsewhere. The calculations of the dividend were necessarily made there, in order to pay the holders of winning tickets.
