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c r * in 1 s I* s s I * I j f J ! ! j J || I ] J | 1 i , 1 I ; , . : ; | t ANSWERS TO QUERIES Communication* 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. Betting papers will not be calculated. A. K.. Chicago. 111. Tlie wager of March 14 on I : u l an Rouge won because he was coupled with the winner. J. L. G.. I os Angeles, Cal. The backer of Kentucky CardinaJ against Princess Doreen the Coffroth Handicap won. Formerly it was the rule that horse against horse bets were draws when both ran unplaced. In some cases that rule would still govern, but in the Coffroth Handicap there was a sum of money for the horse finishing fourth and since Kentucky Cardinal was placed fourth and given that money, he was officially placed before Princess Doreen in the race. J. K. N.. Bedford, Ohio. 1 The wager was a draw, because it was Kverglade to go or no bet and Kverglade was scratched. 2 Nan McKinney has probably been retired from racing. Her last start was at Reno, ijuly 31, 1925. J. H. M., Chicago. 111. It lost. Backing ■ jockeys mounts is backing the horse lie rides. H. K. I*. Chicago. 111. If it was mutuel betting at the track when the dead heat was run. A would receive whatever was paid at the track. If it was booking, he would re- ceive in return for his bet of at I to 1. Frank B.. Chicago, III. The wager on Redwood was a draw. It was Red Weed that was entered in the race and won. Red Weed is a five-year-old gelding by Wrack — Fox Trot. Redwood is a six-year-old by Manager Waite— Kbony. S. K.. Cleveland, Ohio. Do not possess his address, but suggest you write to him at the I*imlieo race track. Baltimore. W. J. F., I ouisviIle. Ky. This year Marvin May has started in two races and won them both. In his previous years he ran in 127 races, of which he won thirty -seven. wa second in twenty-four and third in seventeen. G. R. N.. Hast St. Louis, 111. Those having the matter in charge select the pre-j sumed best horses for the single tickets and bunch the others in the field, some times being sadly astray as to which are the best horses, a not uncommon occurrence in connection with racing.