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AMERICAN SPORTING MANUAL. The American Sporting Manual of 1902 contains all the racing at large, revised and complete up to the end of 1902; five handicapping systems with directions for their practical application, a table showing how to compute bookmaking percentages, track4 records of all the recognized tracks of tho country, the western and eastern scale of weights, tables showing the comparative speed of tracks, the racing statistics of 1902, giving amounts won by owners and horses and jockey record, a complete list of pugilistic contests of 1902 of any consequence, trotting and pacing records at all distances and a list of the new 2:15 trotters of 1902. Also, a complete record of performances at all styles of billiards.
