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AMERICAN SPORTING MANUAL The American Sporting Manual of 1902 contains all racing records at large revised and complete up to the end of 1901 four handicapping systema with directions for their practical application a table showing how to compute bookmaking per ¬ centages track records of all the recognized tracks of the country the western and eastern scales of weights tables showing the comparative speed of tracks a complete list of pugilistic contests of 1901 of any consequence trottingand pacing records at all distances and a list of the new 215 trotters of 1901 Also a complete record of performances at all styles of billiards
