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Steeplechasing   Listen
noun
Steeplechasing  n.  The act of riding steeple chases.






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"Steeplechasing" Quotes from Famous Books



... 'Is it steeplechasing ye are, or what fool's game is it ye are playing?' demanded Sergeant O'Brien, while the rest ...
— On Land And Sea At The Dardanelles • Thomas Charles Bridges

... in the days when I used to be carried into the boats on the good old ship Waipa that within a couple of years I would once again be enjoying playing polo, following the hounds and steeplechasing, I would not have believed them. Yet so it was. The hunting season coming on, I at once set to work to get a couple of good mounts. Good Mother Luck was, as usual, again on my side. A friend of mine, ...
— The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon • Jose Maria Gordon

... attempted to cultivate the graces of the beau sabreur. His short square figure did not look well on horseback and probably never will. But he was admitted to be a capable horseman and to have "good hands." Although not keen on polo he was very fond of steeplechasing. Of his love for that sport there is ample proof in the fact that he trained ...
— Sir John French - An Authentic Biography • Cecil Chisholm

... needed shutting—this beautiful summer morning. None of us was to be outdone in politeness by Penny; and all rushed to the coveted handles so as to be first in shutting the remaining windows. The element of competition and the steeplechasing methods necessary, if we were to surmount the intervening desks, made it all rather exciting. Several boys, converging from different directions, arrived at the handles at the same time. It was natural, then, that a certain amount of discussion ...
— Tell England - A Study in a Generation • Ernest Raymond



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