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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 prepayment is made at time of wiring query. letting papers will not be calculated. S. F.V., Mfiomb, Miss. — Ability of a horse to run well in mud is largely a matter of ! ! conformation and manner of striding. Then-is no breeding to produce a mud runner, or j ■ fast track runner, exclusively. At the MUM time, it is a matter of notoriety that the horses of certain lines of breeding race well in muddy going, whereas horses belonging to certain others do not. "A Bonnie Scotland in the mud" was at one time a regular war cry of betting followers of racing, that was well borne out by the facts of racing. His descendants, through the line of Bramble and Ben Brush, carry out this e:haracteristic to this day. Hastings warn a great mud runner. So was his son. Fair Play. The sons and daughters of Fair Play race well in mud, generally. E. S., Chicago. — The Pathan line has been corrected. Its continuance was a clerical error, which could not alter the facts of an ownership. W. B. M., Cleveland, Ohio. — The place bets on Carlaris and Kentucky Cardinal won. tho latter be-cause, according to custom, it went on the Croissant entry. J. F. B., Chicago — Gilfain, 2, under SO pounds, defeated McChesney, 3, under 123 pounds, at Worth Nov. 1, 1902, at a mile in 1 :*: *,. Ed McD., Chicago. — Index numbers, workout index or race intlex, refer back to tho last previous workout or race of the horse to which they attach. James T, Chicago. — Your e pinion of Carlaris is justly founded, but invincibles in racing are rare. There are usually others, and then, other others. Carlaris is now nearly 2.500 miles away from Churchill l ons, and that long trip Itself is froimht with peril to the well doing of the colt. Carlarin is a fast, young horse, but tike Kentucky Derby will be sure to bring other fast young horses to the post, and you may ba sure that there will be a price against Carlaris on Derby day.
