hand-gallop

At the same time they must have seen us, for a muffled cry reached my ears, and now I could see the mass was indeed made up of separate pieces - a whole troop of them, coming on at a steady hand-gallop, and even as I watched they lengthened their stride, closing the distance.

The Sky Writer Geoff Barbanell 2010

Men of science, like young colts in a fresh pasture, are apt to be exhilarated on being turned into a new field of inquiry, to go off at a hand-gallop, in total disregard of hedges and ditches, losing sight of the real limitation of their inquiries, and to forget the extreme imperfection of what is really known.

Essays 2007

When we were within five miles of Harlowe-place, I put on a hand-gallop.

Clarissa Harlowe 2006

He went off at a hand-gallop, and then pulled back into a long darting kind of canter, which Bilbah thought was quite the thing for a journey — anyhow, he never seemed to think of stopping it — went on mile after mile as if he was not going to pull up this side of sundown.

Robbery Under Arms 2004

Podsnap, at a hand-gallop, he descends upon Boots and Brewer, who enthusiastically rally round him by at once bolting off in cabs, taking opposite directions.

Our Mutual Friend 2004

We rode hardish (some people would have called it a hand-gallop) most of the way; up hill and down, across the rocky creeks, through thick timber.

Robbery Under Arms 2004

The hackney-coachmen make their horses smoke, and the pavement shakes under them; and I have actually seen a waggon pass through Piccadilly at the hand-gallop.

The Expedition of Humphry Clinker 2004

Ambleteuse road, and came at hand-gallop towards him.

Springhaven Richard Doddridge 2004

We were soon in a pretty fair hand-gallop, and we kept it up.

Robbery Under Arms 2004

A lad was started to fetch these articles; and he set off at a hand-gallop, making me certain that behind the first corner he would subside into a saunter, and lie down to rest on reaching the huts.

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003