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I ANSWERS TO QUERIES i j Communications without names and addresses I will not be noticed nor answered. No answers j I will be sent by mail and none by wire unless re- j I Ily prepayment is made at time of wiring query, j Betting papers will not be calculated. R. H. C. Chicago, 111. See reply to J. H. H. The place price should have read 540 to 100, as anyone could tell from the ticket price. It was the straight price that was wrong, it being ?23.40 for . H. L. C... Vincennes, Ind. Not unless there was an arrangement for credit to cover deficiencies. An "if coming" wager does not go on unless there is enough money due to make it in its entirety. W. B. R.. Lexington, Ky. The condition of a track is not matter of guesswork ; it is a matter of fact When much rain falls the average track becomes deep in mud and is called heavy. When fair weather returns it improves into slow, then into good and finally into fast. There are gradations between these conditions that are sometimes used. The time of a race is also a matter of fact and in the case of each race it is the time consumed by the horses from start to finish as shown on the watches of the official timers.
