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THE AMERICAN SPORTING MANUAL The American Bporting Manual of 1899 is on general 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 compiled and edited by experts. It prints a list of all tha turf and track records by Daily Raging Foems staff, billiard fig-urea, past and present by John Thatcher, the fights of 1898, with comments by George Bilar harness records to date and of the past by John Hervey, the statistician of The Horas Beview and three handicap tables, with directions for their application and expert comment, The Manual, in paper cove, sells at 30 canti and in soft morocco covers at 50 cents.