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THF. AMERICAN SPORTING MANUAL. The American 8porting Manual of 1898 is on general sale. It is a record of the turf, billiards, pugilism, trotting, pacing and all the leading lines of snort np 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 flghts 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 1 and in soft morocco covers at 50 cents.
