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THE AMERICAN SPORTING MANUAL. The American Sporting Manual of 1898 is on general sale. It is a record of the turf, billiards, pugilism, trotting, pacing and al the leading lines of SDort 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 Bacing Fokms 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 Beview 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.
