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THE AMERICAN SPORTING MANUAL The American Sporting Manual of 1899 is on general sale. It is a record of tbe turf, billiards, pugilism, trotting, pacing and all the leading lines of sport up to January 1, 1899. All the matter within its pagea have been compiled and edited by experts. It prints a list of all the turf and track records by Daily Baoing Forms staff, billiard figures, past and present by John Thatcher, the fights of 1898, with commentB by George Slier 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 papor covers, sells at 80 cents and in soft morocco covers at 50 cents.