hurdle-race

When the late lamented Lord Glenlivat, who broke his neck at a hurdle-race, at the premature age of twenty-four, was at the

The Book of Snobs 2006

Conseil-Général (handicap) at Lyons, and in September won at Vincennes the hurdle-race Prix de Charenton; the marquis de Caumont-Laforce, whose colors were first this summer at Moulins in the Prix du

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880 Various

Mammas and daughters agreed in looking upon us as undeniable partners in the ballroom, while the sporting men booked us as safe for getting up a creditable four-oar, with a strong probability of finding a light weight willing to risk his neck and reputation at a hurdle-race.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 Various

The hurdle-race was productive of some discomfort.

The Head of Kay's 1928

Then, just before the hurdle-race, fellows with "correct cards" hastily totted up the points each house had won up-to-date.

The Head of Kay's 1928

Neatly as the boy Pretty ever skimmed a hurdle in a hurdle-race, the boat skimmed the gulf of water.

The Dozen from Lakerim Rupert Hughes 1914

The scenario will lead up to these models for climaxes and hold them together in the celestial hurdle-race.

The Art of the Moving Picture Vachel Lindsay 1905

The plot of the Action Photoplay is literally or metaphorically a chase down the road or a hurdle-race.

The Art of the Moving Picture Vachel Lindsay 1905

` ` It's a choice between a hurdle-race through these gardens, a cat-walk along this wall, and a descent into the cutting, '' he reflected.

The Lunatic At Large 1905

It is no use for a lame man entering for a hurdle-race.

Red Pottage Mary Cholmondeley 1892