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THE AMERICAN RACING MANUAL OF 1914. The American Racing Manual for 1911 is now in process of preparation and will lie issued early in January. It will contain all the features that have appeared in past editions. This publication, which is annually in great demand among those interested in the turf, is an excellent and low-priced liook of nearly 509 pages, holding information obtainable in no other publication. It is simply a mine of records. One of the new features of this book is a tabulated compilation of the great races of England, France and Australia, which covers tlie winners and other details from their institution. This is a feature that - i is more comprehensive than ever before attempted by any turf publication in the world. Other features are: Record for 1913 of Every Horse That Raced in North America During tlie Year. Exposition of Method for Calculating Pari-Mutucl Prices, with Examples. Record Prices in tlie Pari-Mutuels. English Racing Records to Date. Three Handicap Systems with Examples. Records of All Distances of the Tracks or the United States, Canada and Mexico. American Yearling Sales of 1913. jk American Racing Records at All Distances. Canadian Racing Records. English Racing Records. Australian Racing Records. The Great Money Winners of tlie American and English Tnrf. Tabulation of Winning Two-Year-olds of 1913 Arranged Under Their Respective Sires. Officials and Location of Racing Organizations of the United States. Canada and Mexico. List of Horses That Have Sold for Great PriccSt The leading Winning Two-Year-Olds Since 1S70. Remarkable Keats of Jockeyship. Leading American Sires Since- 1S70. Twenty leading Sires of 1913. Table of Comparative Speed of tlie Tracks at Various Distances. The- Scales of Weights of the Jockey Club, Kentucky State Racing Commission, Western Jockey Club, Pacific Jockey Club, Canadian Racing Associations, Jockey Club Juarez, American Turf Association, Mexican Jockey Club and of England. Tables of the Speed of All Tracks. The English Betting Rules. Tlie First. Second and Third Horses. Jockeys, Weights. Values and Times of American Stakes. Winners of All Stakes of 1913. Racing Statistics of 1913. Horses Disqualified in 1913. Dead Heats in 1913. Horses Which Died in 1913. Horses Bid Up in 1913. Records of Miles Run in 1:39 or Retter. etc. etc. 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 reg- istration. I With tliis eminently handy book in his pocket any 1 admirer of racing can readily answer almost any query that may come up concerning facts of racing in the past. Its equal has neve- been printed and. considering the topics it covers, it is an extremely low-priced hook. Orders for it should lie sent to Bail Racing Form Publishing Company, 411 Plymouth Court, Chicago, III., and will be promptly tilled as sewn as issued.
