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THE AMERICAN SPORTING MANUAL. T he American Sporting Manual of 1898 will be on general sale January 12, 1899, It is a record of the tnrf, billiards, pugilism, trotting, pacing and all the leading lines of sport up to January 1, 1899. All the matter within its pages have been compiled and edited by experts. It prints a list of all the turf and track records by Daily Racing Forms staff, billiard figures, past and present by John Thatcher, the fights of 1898, with comments by George Siler, harness records to date and of the past by John Hervey, the statistician of The Horse Review and three handicap tables, with directions for their application and expert comment. The Manual, in paper covers, sells at 30 cents and in soft morocco covers at 50 cents.
