electric hare

British

noun

(in greyhound racing) a model of a hare, mounted on an electrified rail, which the dogs chase

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It was a swift, and fortunate, transformation for a racing greyhound who never distinguished himself in 97 outings over 20 months under the Rollo moniker, yet always seemed to enjoy the thrill of chasing an electric hare around the track at the Daytona Beach Racing and Card Club.

From The Guardian

Wandering city streets with his folding chair, "I was up and off like a greyhound after an electric hare," says Hugh.

From Time Magazine Archive

During the exposition of my plans for his happiness a certain animation had crept into this round-and-round-the mulberry-bush jamboree of ours—so much so, indeed, that for the last few minutes we might have been a rather oversized greyhound and a somewhat slimmer electric hare doing their stuff on a circular track for the entertainment of the many-headed.

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