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RACING MANUAL NOW READY. The American Racing Manual for 1912 is now ready for distribution. It is unquestionably a better book than any of Its predecessors, having been enriched by the addition of new features, while at the same time all the old features are retained. This publication, which is annually in great demand among those interested in the turf, is an excellent and low-priced book of 440 pages, holding information obtainable in no other publication. It is simply a mine of records. Among its features are: Exposition of Method for Calculating Pari-mutuel Prices, with Examples. English Racing Records to Date. Three Handicap Systems with Examples. Records at All Distances of the Tracks of the United States. Canada and Mexico. Yearling Sales of 1911. American Racing Records at All Distances. Australian Racing Records. The Great Money Winners of the American and English Turf. The Leading Winning Two-year-olds Since 1S70. List of Horses that Have Sold for Great Prices. Remarkable Feats of Jockeyshlp. Leading American Sires Since 1870. Twenty Leading Sires of 1911. A Table of Comparative Speed of the Tracks at All Distances. The Scales of Weights of the Jockey Club, Kentucky State Racing Commission, Western Jockey Club, Pacific Jockey Club. Canadian Racing Associations. Southern Jockey Club, American Turf Association. Mexican Jockey Club, and of England. A Table of the Mile Speed of All Tracks. The Winners of the Two Thousand. One Thousand, Epsom Derby, Oaks and St. Leger from Their Foundation. The English Betting Rules. The First. Second and Third Horses, Jockeys, Weights, Values and Times of American Stakes. Winners of All Stakes of 1911. Racing Statistics of 1911. Horses Disqualified in 1911. Dead Heats in 1911. Horses Which Died in 1911. Horses Bid Up in 1911. What the Running Horses Did in 1911. Records of Miles Run in 1:39 or Better, etc.. etc. Tabulation of Winning Two-year-olds of 1911 Arranged Under Their Respective Sires. Officials and Locations of Racing Organizations of the United States. Canada and Mexico. The book costs only 50 cents in paper binding and 75 cents in leather covers. Single copies by mail must be sent as registered mail, with an extra charge of 10 cents for registration. Not responsible for books mailed without registration. With this eminently handy book in his pocket any admirer of racing can readily answer almost any query that may come up concerning facts of racing in the past. Its equal has never been printed and. considering the topics it covers, it is an extremely low-priced book.
