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Horse race   /hɔrs reɪs/   Listen
Horse race

noun
1.
A contest of speed between horses; usually held for the purpose of betting.





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"Horse race" Quotes from Famous Books



... majority rule. What republics have most to fear is the rule of the boss, who is a tyrant without responsibility. He makes the nominations, he dickers and trades for the elections, and at the end he divides the spoils. The operation is more uncertain than a horse race, which is not decided by the speed of the horses, but by the state of the wagers and the manipulation of the jockeys. We strike directly at his power for mischief when we organize the entire civil service of the nation and of the States on capacity, integrity, experience, and not ...
— Baddeck and That Sort of Thing • Charles Dudley Warner
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... looks the old trader. I meant to have inserted other passages, that of the encampment at Yowanne, and the horse race to which he challenged them, to show how well he could convey in his garrulous fashion the whole presence of Indian life. That of Yowanne, especially, takes my fancy much, by its wild and subtle air, and the ...
— Summer on the Lakes, in 1843 • S.M. Fuller
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Words linked to "Horse race" :   harness race, selling race, harness racing, stake race, race, steeplechase, claiming race, thoroughbred race


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