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TH1 AMERICAN SPORTING MANUAL The American Sporting Manual of 1869 it 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 srinta a list of all the turf and traek records by Daily Racing Foiuig staff, billiard figures, past and present by John Thatcher, the fights of 189S, with comments by George Siler harness records to date and of the past by John Harvey, the statistician of The Hons Review and three handicap tables, with directions for their application and expert comment. Tb Manual, in paper covers, sells at SO cente and in soft morocco covers at 50 cents.
