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XHE AMERICAN SPORTING MANUAL The American Sporting Manual of 1899 li 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 the turf and track rseordi by Daily Raotno Fobmb staff, billiard figures, past and present by John Thatcher, the fights of 1898, with comments by George Slier harness records to date and of the past by John Kerrey, the statistician of The Horse Review and three handicap tableB, with directions for their application and expert comment. The Manual, in paper covers, sells at 80 cant, mad In soft morocco covers at 50 eants.