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THE AMERICAN SPORTING MANUAL The American Sporting Manual of 1899 is on goneral sale. It is a record of the turf, billiards, pugilism, trotting, pacing and all the leading lines of sport up to January 1, 1899. All the matter within its pages have been compilod and edited by experts. It prints a list of all the turf and track records by Daily Racing Forms staff, billiard fig. ires, paBt and present by John Thatcher, the flghtB of 1898, with comments by George Slier larnsss records to date and of the past by John Hervey, the statistician of The Hone Review and three handicap tables, with directions for their application and expert comment. The Manual, in paper covers, sells at SO cants tnd in 10ft morocco covers at 50 cents,