selling race
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of selling race
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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Robert Harlan made considerable money buying and selling race horses.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 by Various
"Running second is always bad business, except in a selling race," retorted his master.
From Thoroughbreds by Fraser, William Alexander
It will readily be seen that this system discourages the practice of entering a two-thousand-dollar horse in a five-hundred-dollar selling race, but it also permits a disgruntled owner to revenge himself upon a rival.
From Old Man Curry Race Track Stories by Van Loan, Charles E. (Charles Emmett)
Now the "selling race" is an institution devised and created for the protection of owners against owners, the theory being to prevent the running of horses out of their proper class.
From Old Man Curry Race Track Stories by Van Loan, Charles E. (Charles Emmett)
An owner, entering a selling race, must set a price upon his horse—let us say five hundred dollars.
From Old Man Curry Race Track Stories by Van Loan, Charles E. (Charles Emmett)
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