Just off the Press, Daily Racing Form, 1914-01-24

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JUST OFF THE PRESS. The American Racing Manual for 1914, just off the press, is now offered to the racing public. It contains all the features that have appeared in past editions. This publieation, which is annually in great demand among those interested in the turf, is an excellent and low-priced book of nearly 50O pages, holding information obtainable in no other publieation. It is simply a mine of records. One of the new features of this book is a tabulated compilation of Hie great races of England, France and Australia, which covers the winners and other details from their institution. This is a feature that 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 the Year. Exposition of Method for Calculating Pari-Mutuei Prices, with Examples. Record 1 rices in the Pari-Mutuels. English Racing Records to Date. Three Handicap Systems with Examples. Records of All Distances of the Tracks of the United States. Canada and Mexico. American Yearling Sales in 1913. American Racing Records at All Distances. Canadian Racing Records. English Racing Records. Australian Racing Records. The Great Money Winners of the American and English Turf. 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 Prices. The Leading Winning Two-Year-Olds Since 1S70. Remarkable Feats of Jockeyship. Leading American Sires Since 1S70. Twenty Leading Sires of 1913. Table of Comparative Speed of the 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. The First. Second and Third Horses, Jockeys, Weights, Values and Times of American Stakes. Winners of All Stakes of Ill::. Racing Statistics of l!i::. Horses Disqualified in P.R!. Dead Heats in 1913. Horses Which Died in 1913. Horses Bid ITp in 101". Records of Miles Run in 1:39 or Better, 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 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. Orders for it should be. sent to Daily Racing Form Publishing Company, 441 Plymouth Court, Chicago, 111., and will be promptly tilled.


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