英语词汇“horse-race”造句子简单的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

Loomis obtained other patents, including one for a mechanical horse-race toy, but he was proudest of the Aberdeen Chronograph, which became standard field equipment for the army and the navy. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

At this point in the election cycle, some would rather set their hair on fire than continue engaging with the horse-race aspects of the campaign. What You Should Watch This Weekend: ‘The Night Of’ and ‘The Circus’ 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z

But that often leads to more horse-race coverage, rather than a deeper understanding of communities. Perspective | Joe Biden and the ‘electability’ delusion — and why the media keep making the same mistake 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z

It’s not easy to find a compelling, immediate angle to compete with palace intrigue or horse-race politics. Perspective | The planet is on a fast path to destruction. The media must cover this like it’s the only story that matters. 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z

Instead, news organizations are obsessed, as always, with horse-race coverage. Perspective | The media is blowing its chance to head off an Election Day debacle 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z

"Secretariat" will have to break big in the homestretch to reach similar turf; interest in the horse-race film still looked light in Thursday's tracking data. "Life" a favorite to top weekend box office 2010-10-08T02:13:00Z

Still, if “The Circus” is horse-race journalism, it’s a far better-produced racing form than most others at the track. Review: ‘The Circus’ Is Reality TV for a Reality-TV Presidential Race 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z

As network political coverage became more prevalent and more competitive, it was sometimes criticized for being too focused on the horse-race aspect of campaigns. Marty Plissner, 87, Is Dead; Led Political Coverage at CBS 2014-02-11T23:45:20Z

Is it the “horse-race” model that attempts to say who’s ahead and who will ultimately win the nomination and the presidency? Perspective | Beto, Biden and Bernie: The B-Boys and the media’s dangerous, self-fulfilling prophecy 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z

By downplaying the horse-race setting, some of their drama and raison d'etre is lost. Brighton Rock ? review 2011-02-03T15:00:01Z

The horse-race model seems, as usual, to be out ahead by more than a few furlongs. Perspective | Beto, Biden and Bernie: The B-Boys and the media’s dangerous, self-fulfilling prophecy 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z

If spoken and written language can horse-race from the same starting gate on the same learning track, then early literacy needn’t rely as much on parental vocabulary, motivation, or time on task. Can babies read? 2012-09-12T16:08:00Z

But just as the political horse-race coverage is sometimes criticized for being myopic, there’s a danger in paying too much attention to these figures. What the weekend box-office numbers leave out 2011-08-17T20:30:00Z

The documentary buys into this horse-race aspect of the Jimmys, to its detriment. Television Review: ‘Broadway or Bust,’ a Documentary on PBS 2012-09-07T23:52:09Z

And they interpret them to create a dramatic — preferably surprising — horse-race story. Perspective | Trump won, and Northam crushed Gillespie. Why believe polls ever again? 2017-11-11T05:00:00Z

The center does top-notch work, focusing on broader trends and attitudes, not the usual horse-race stuff. Column: Overwhelmed? Confused? Here's what to make of all those presidential polls 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z

As for the media: While I abhor the horse-race politics-as-usual both-sides approach of the supposedly “liberal” major media, I don’t think that they are the root of the trouble. The GOP's surrender to Donald Trump is now complete 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z

This conventional approach inevitably leads to stories on campaign tactics and horse-race coverage. Opinion: How not to cover Donald Trump's bizarre 2024 campaign for president 2023-10-07T04:00:00Z

Mr. Huntsman said American media and voters have become too focused on horse-race politics rather than “common sense” bipartisan policies like those promoted by No Labels. Manchin vows not to ‘spoil’ Biden’s reelection with potential third-party run 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z

The final version also authorizes separate licenses for horse-race gambling operators to offer thoroughbred racing and would authorize the commission to set rules for live horse racing in the state. North Carolina lawmakers approve sports and horse-race gambling, bill now heading to governor 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z

One of the great attractions to horse-race journalism is that it permits reporters and pundits to play up their detachment. The media's biggest addiction: Trump voters in diners 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z

One frame focuses almost entirely on political personalities, horse-race coverage, gossip and on the admittedly intriguing political drama embodied by the seemingly endless rounds of voting in which Kevin McCarthy fell short. Put the popcorn away, folks: Kevin McCarthy is speaker of the House, and that's no joke 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z

Reputable pollsters like Gallup and Pew have phased out “horse-race” polling entirely; others have cut back. The ‘Red Wave’ Washout: How Skewed Polls Fed a False Election Narrative 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z

Online bookmakers can generate horse-race probabilities by selling contracts tied to election outcomes. Opinion | Why don’t Biden’s regulators want you betting on the 2024 election? 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z

In horse-race coverage, modern journalists analyze campaigns and blunders or the overall race, rather than interviewing the candidates or discussing their issue positions. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z

“I feel confident that you are not going to feel that this is a horse-race politics show at 9 p.m.,” she said. Alex Wagner’s challenge at MSNBC: Keeping the Rachel Maddow superfans 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z

“Everyone was focused on the horse-race politics, and nobody was focused on how clean our map was,” he said. How a Mapmaker Became New York’s Most Unexpected Power Broker 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z

And the news media have reverted to our usual horse-race speculation about how it will affect the midterms. Opinion | Roe’s impending reversal is a 9/11 attack on America’s social fabric 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z

It’s all part of the horse-race coverage that journalists are addicted to, but that doesn’t serve the public. Perspective | The media is failing the public on the good news about jobs 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z

The press now provides horse-race coverage on the campaigns rather than in-depth coverage on candidates and their positions, forcing voters to look for other sources, like social media, for information. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z

Here the Democrats are at another disadvantage: The mainstream news media is a de facto ally and enabler of the Trump movement, having consistently normalized its excesses through chronic both-sides-ism and cynical horse-race journalism. Investigative reporter David Neiwert: Rittenhouse verdict a "green light for right-wing extremists" 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z

This is also a significant failure of a press fixated on the horse-race aspects of policy-making, perhaps because there’s no intellectual heavy lifting involved. Column: Election day shows that the Democratic Party should make sure voters know how it's helping them 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z

But others drifted into horse-race territory that didn’t seem nearly as pressing two months into a presidency. Four take-aways from Biden’s first news conference 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z

The horse-race polling that occupies so much of their attention has once again proved deeply flawed. Opinion | Horse-race political analysis is important — and flawed. We need more moral journalism. 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z

But mostly, our newsroom leaders knew that “horse-race” reporting on polls, while easy, diverted our readers’ attention from what really matters in our elections and did little to promote a functioning democracy and well-informed citizenry. Opinion | Whether the polls were right or wrong, they did show a country that is changing 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z

In addition to those concerns is the matter of “likability,” a nebulous word that has become ingrained in the parlance of horse-race politics. Christine Jahnke, speech coach who elevated the voices of women in politics, dies at 57 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z

We see this with much of the horse-race journalism regarding the 2020 election. Ruth Ben-Ghiat on Trump and the bitter American truth: "We do not have a real democracy" 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z

There will of course be uninspired horse-race reporting about the polls. Trump looked weak in Tulsa — but the political vulture fed his faithful more toxic lies 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z

Maybe there should be less focus on the horse-race aspect of politics and more on the issues facing the country. Opinion | Horse-race political analysis is important — and flawed. We need more moral journalism. 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z

She said the simple question of ballot access should take precedence over any horse-race predictions. ‘The Future Is Blue, Not Purple’: Is This the Year Georgia Flips? 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z

Three reasons: First, political reporters need data to give seeming substance to horse-race stories. Opinion | In the battle of Biden vs. Trump, money may be less important than ever 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z

“This is a great opportunity to move away from horse-race coverage,” she said. Reporters Grounded by Pandemic Lose ‘That Window Into the Campaign’ 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z

Watching this horse-race coverage of the 2020 presidential season, what are some of the biggest errors you see from the news media and pundit class? Political savant Rachel Bitecofer: Democrats face "major disadvantage" going with Biden 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z

This is not to argue against the importance of horse-race journalism or issues journalism, both of which will always have their place. Opinion | Horse-race political analysis is important — and flawed. We need more moral journalism. 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z

The news media is, of course, focused on horse-race journalism and the 2020 election. Former Bush White House lawyer Richard Painter: "Trump will grab as much power as he possibly can" 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z

But instead, it's all horse-race coverage all the time. What should Trump do about coronavirus? Elizabeth Warren has a plan for that 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z

And the odds were mostly in favor of horse-race pundits, rather than undecided voters with real questions. Perspective | Judging by recent debates, men might be too emotional to be president 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z

I've been exploring problem practices like false equivalence and horse-race journalism. After Nevada: Wake-up calls for the somnolent, shambling media establishment 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z

But this is also the moment when even those of us who claim to disdain the "horse-race narrative" will suddenly become obsessed by it. Zero hour for Democrats: At long last the voters will speak — if we can hear them 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z

He expressed almost no remorse for all the horse-race coverage. Press Watch: Dean Baquet interview makes clear New York Times still ruled by both-sides-ism 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z

While horse-race coverage predominated, some exceptional reports attempted to gauge the accuracy of Biden’s attacks on Medicare for All proponents by explaining their proposals. Biden invokes family tragedy to campaign against Medicare for All — and the media plays along 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z

There is so much going on beneath the surface, beyond horse-race politics and the 24/7 news cycle. Welcome to "Kochland": We all live in the brothers' libertarian utopia 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z

He and I have had some success in this event, winning the whole shebang twice since 2011 and making the horse-race finale several other times. 11 keys to enjoying a member-guest - Golf Digest 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z

Will we get coverage of actual policy proposals, as opposed to horse-race analysis that only asks how those proposals seem to be playing? The S word, the F word and the ballot 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z

Before we get into a couple examples, I’d like to repeat something Andrew O’Hehir, Salon’s executive editor, wrote this week: “Let’s make the ritual pronouncement that it’s way too early for horse-race punditry.” Democrats: It's time to step up and own your positions. Warren and Gillibrand are leading the way 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z

Mrs. Clinton’s pollster, Joel Benenson, expressed frustration that coverage of noisy horse-race polls last time around obscured broader trends. How to Cover 2020: Assume Nothing and Beware of Twitter 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z

But the results of his campaign defied all conventional horse-race logic. It's Bernie's world. The Democratic party is just living in it | Kate Aronoff 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z

OK, yeah: It’s much too early to start talking confidently about frontrunners and contenders or defaulting to inane horse-race coverage. First wave of 2020 panic: Is Biden vs. Bernie really the best Democrats can do? 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z

Viewed through the lens of horse-race politics, where everything is about media spin and electoral calculus, the GOP's unwillingness to swap out Kavanaugh for someone else looks baffling. GOP will still confirm Brett Kavanaugh — because of allegations, not in spite of them 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z

Fresh off the Alabama defeat of his chosen candidate to replace Jeff Sessions, Trump is again wading into southern, horse-race politics. After Alabama loss, Trump tests endorsement in S. Carolina 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z

The pathologies of American journalism are by now clichés: aversion to policy analysis; addiction to horse-race politics; smashing of walls that once separated news, opinion and advertising; an ideology that mistakes evenhandedness for objectivity. My meeting with Donald Trump: A damaged, pathetic personality — whose obvious impairment has only gotten worse 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z

It’s how most public pollsters rationalize the cost of horse-race polling. Affirmative Action, and Why Polls on Issues Are Often Misleading 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z

Electoral surprises around the globe — from Trump to Brexit — show that we may be overly reliant on horse-race polling. How to recover from the polling disaster of 2016? Look beyond polls. 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z

There is much the press should do differently: Ditch the horse-race coverage, the discredited data journalism and the tendency among news reporters to express their opinions in social media. Journalists shouldn’t try to win a popularity contest with Trump 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z

Scott, the Associated Press: I think we all need to look at the role of horse-race polling. Accomplices or antagonists: how the media handled the Trump phenomenon 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z

Four years ago, Gallup endured its third polling defeat in four cycles and walked away from presidential horse-race polling altogether. ‘Epic fails’ in election polling just the latest high-profile mistaken prediction 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z

Those top-line horse-race figures are important, but they ignore two groups of voters: the undecideds and those who plan on voting for a third candidate. America's undecided voters: could they swing the whole 2016 election? 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z

But there’s also a long and deeply held view that horse-race polling is superficial and doesn’t do much to promote our understanding of the election or of the American public. Fewer Polls This Year, but They Point in Same Direction: A Clear Clinton Lead 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z

While we’re probably stuck with the shallow partisan bickering and horse-race coverage this election season, though, there’s hope. A nontraditional approach to STEM in Fairfax 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z

One of the most recent pieces, “Democrats step up pursuit of House Republicans left limping by Donald Trump,” by Alexander Burns and Jonathan Martin, is a masterful collection of blinkered horse-race half-truths. The real New York Times scandal: Ignoring why Democrats can’t win the House 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z

They talked about tactics and horse-race and that was it. Trump’s convention a gathering of angry, pessimistic white people 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z

Airheads need not apply, nor personalities whose idea of “coverage” consists of horse-race questions, dueling sound bites, gotchas, and the whole wooden marionette ritual of false equivalency. CNN can’t sink any lower: Corey Lewandowski’s hiring is an affront to our very democracy 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z

This helped to bring some sense of the difficult realities of life in America today into the horse-race of the presidential contest. Has Bernie Sanders changed American politics? Reviewing a 'political revolution' 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z

A president’s popularity, combined with strong U.S. economic data, historically have proved better predictors than horse-race polls this far from the general election. Popularity of sitting president linked to choice of successor 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z

That is, he was a horse-race handicapper long before horse-race coverage became the dominant form of political journalism. Donald Trump is a serial liar. More upsetting is that no one seems to care 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z

Trump's campaign begins while the media focuses on horse-race style reporting on endorsements and money raised. How Trump Trumped the TV Networks 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z

But if there’s a discussion underway about the general-election viability of national candidates, horse-race snapshots from early March only show us part of a bigger picture. The missing details from Bernie Sanders' general-election pitch 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z

News organizations apply to him the same type of horse-race reporting that they do to conventional candidates: driven by polls, defining who’s up and who’s down, who won the news cycle and who lost. Republicans should blame themselves — not the media — for Trump 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z

The horse-race numbers, or candidate match-ups, are then weighted based on those estimates. Here's why political pros are scratching their heads over Nevada 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z

Sanders made history even by the metrics of horse-race journalism. The Clintons really don’t get it: False attacks and failed strategies as Hillary repeats 2008 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z

The horse-race questions will be important tonight: Does Cruz do well enough to continue as a real threat to Trump? Iowa and the Birth of a New Republican Party 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z

But if there’s a discussion underway about the general-election viability of national candidates, horse-race snapshots from early January only tell us part of the story. Sanders, Clinton make the same pitch on electability 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z

Gallup isn’t doing horse-race polling, at least not yet, but it is publishing data on the candidate’s favorability, and the longtime pollster published this report last week: The problem Jeb Bush doesn't know how to solve 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z

Savvy lottery players picked lucky combinations from the Daily News horse-race charts. Trial of Vincent Asaro Highlights Loss of Mafia’s Code of Silence 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z

An argument could be made that such horse-race questions are a waste of valuable airtime. The GOP’s deranged list of debate demands 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z

It is a truism of modern political horse-race coverage that reporters are not really interested in accurately explaining a candidate’s positions and policies to the audience. The raging disgrace of the Benghazi show trial: Today’s Hillary Clinton-Trey Gowdy showdown is theater for suckers 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z

Gallup has been the country’s gold standard for horse-race election polling ever since its legendary founder, George Gallup, predicted Franklin Roosevelt’s landslide reelection in 1936. The Daily 202: Longtime Hillary speechwriter says she should be less scripted 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z

At this stage, he isn’t merely leading in the horse-race polls, which can change rapidly. Donald Trump Is Crushing the G.O.P. Lilliputians 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z

America’s greatest buzzkills, political science bloggers, have a theory for why Donald Trump is surging to the top of horse-race polls nationally and in early states: because the media spends so much time covering him. Trump’s “classy” presidency: One amazing focus group demonstrates The Donald’s staying power 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z

There’s plenty to chew on in the new, national NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, and we’ll get to some of the horse-race results a little later. Center-left economic ideas dominate 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z

Caught up in horse-race politics, we neglect other vital duties. We must not fear old white men: Here’s how we get past the John McCain/Fox News problem 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z

These are the things politicians and horse-race reporters talk about. Why Mitt Romney Won't Win (Again) 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z

So of course the weekend I write a piece decrying the horse-race mentality of box office reporting sees what amounts to a dead-heat/virtual tie at the top of the box office charts. Weekend Box Office: 'Gone Girl' Scores $38M And 'Annabelle' Opens To $37.2M 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z

High-minded journalists have been complaining about horse-race politics for my entire professional life, but our 2016 obsession is without precedent this long before the first primaries – and it’s destructive to the country. Go away, 2016 presidential obsession! 2013-05-13T11:45:00Z

So there are autobiographical sections; historical descriptions of Kentucky; colour passages about trips to the Derby and horse-race sales; and brief accounts of the evolution and history of equus ferus caballus. Blood Horses by John Jeremiah Sullivan – review 2013-03-21T10:01:01Z

It won a partial victory in 2005 when the WTO ruled a U.S. law allowing only domestic companies to provide online horse-race gambling services discriminated against foreign companies. U.S. warns Antigua against "government-authorized piracy" 2013-01-28T21:13:04Z

“It reinforces that horse-race theme of a campaign — the idea that two people are fighting it out, that you have to pick one and oppose the other.” Networks Like Split-Screens in Debates, Even if Candidates Don’t 2012-10-10T03:52:54Z

Media commentators have long bemoaned a style of campaign coverage known as "horse-race journalism," in which the contest becomes everything - although a better description might be "play-by-play journalism." The shared language of sport and politics 2012-09-27T23:59:27Z

To me, the atomic hubbub suggests another meaning for the horse-race metaphor. Quantum Horse Races and Crystals of Light 2012-06-25T17:45:03.767Z

Their devotion to the state is generally confined to betting on the elections; the returns of which they watch with the same interest as the results of a horse-race. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z

A real horse-race round the old track out in the field. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z

It's none of your get-away sprints; it's a horse-race, from start to finish. Loaded Dice 2012-01-04T03:00:36.343Z

Given the hurtling pace of modern-day news, and the demands for rapid response online analysis, horse-race journalism has, if anything, got worse. The shared language of sport and politics 2012-09-27T23:59:27Z

I warn them plainly that they have no right to shut their eyes to facts which every intelligent person knows, for the mere pleasure of seeing a horse-race, or listening to good actors or actresses. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z

Suppose there was a great horse-race here to-day, free to every horse in the world, and to all the mules, and all the scrubs, and all the donkeys. Ingersollia Gems of Thought from the Lectures, Speeches, and Conversations of Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, Representative of His Opinions and Beliefs 2011-11-24T03:00:41.267Z

At the unveiling of a sign for a new retirement village in Christchurch, Key worked the crowd, chatting to laborers about the New Zealand Cup, a popular annual horse-race event. Key’s Beer-at-the-Barbie Appeal Trumps N.Z. Woes in Campaign 2011-11-23T19:12:45Z

As soon as this shadowy host had landed, they went to the green, where they arranged a horse-race. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z

It was his first horse-race, and his first glimpse of Paris into the bargain. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z

My father once lost over four hundred pounds on a horse-race. Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z

If the visitor braves the heat of August, she can show him the very best survival of medi�val times in her celebrated Palio, or horse-race, that takes place every year in the great piazza. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z

I think if I had ever seen a horse-race while I was ill, could such a thing have happened, I would have died. Mavis of Green Hill 2011-10-12T02:00:41.317Z

There was to be a grand horse-race a few miles off. Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z

The amusements began with a horse-race, which made some noise in the world in consequence of an article in the Journal des Débats. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z

The horse-race was now on, and meanwhile a pair of silk stockings, of one pistol’s value, was yet to be conferred. Erskine Dale?Pioneer 2011-06-13T02:00:32.327Z

While the political world obsesses with day-by-day controversies and the media can't see farther than the latest horse-race development, so the theory goes, Obama is supposedly keeping his focus on the long run. How will bin Laden's death affect the economy? 2011-05-02T08:05:00Z

Derby-day, the great annual London holiday, on which is run the horse-race for the stakes instituted by Lord Derby in 1780. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z

“What you find in the head-to-head, horse-race kinds of polls, when you ask people who they prefer, women are a little more likely to support the Democratic candidate,” Walsh said today in a telephone interview. Christie as Popular as Obama, Less Among Women, Poll Says 2011-03-07T20:24:01Z

A Sacramento paper speaking of a school festival in that city said: “No bull-fight, horse-race or card-table ever gave so much pleasure to the spectators.” The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z

He is a professional political analyst, yet he often seems to be completely, 100 percent wrong about even the horse-race aspects of politics that he specializes in. No. 2: Mark Halperin 2010-11-24T18:01:00Z

Readying for a radio hit on another Senate contest, he added that he thinks Americans really are interested only in horse-race polling. Pollster Scott Rasmussen's numbers are firing up Republicans and Democrats 2010-06-17T04:00:00Z

On the following day," he continued, "there was to be a horse-race in the neighborhood. The Progressionists, and Angela.

"Hello, Gray Wolf, you old sardine; want to try another horse-race?" The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop

On the 31st of January, 1890, we took part in a horse-race. Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu

He found that instead of being bound for a religious gathering, he was on his way to a horse-race. Moody's Stories Incidents and Illustrations

"Ah, yes, yes," returned the hostess, puzzled, while Schmidt smiled, and the talk fell upon mild gossip and the last horse-race—and so on to more perilous ground. The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington

One of Boone's party, in retaliation, afterwards slew an Indian at a horse-race on the frontier, in spite of the interposition of the by-standers. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia

It was frightfully exciting, like a horse-race or a hunt after wild animals. What Happened to Inger Johanne As Told by Herself

But after all, Bob, whether the game be war, or marriage, or a horse-race, one's skill has very little to say to it Make the wisest combinations that ever were fashioned, and you'll lose sometimes. A Rent In A Cloud

A little excitement in camp, caused by a horse-race for one hundred dollars a side. Our Battery The Journal of Company B, 1st O.V.A.

When they could not get to a horse-race, a petty-ball, or a strolling play, with some company as idle and as smart as themselves, they were driven for amusement to the circulating library. The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales

At five o'clock a mounted troop of soldiers, in close rank, galloped at full speed up the Corso, in order to clear the street, for now the horse-race was to begin. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century

“A couple of days!” cried Morris, who was beginning to get angry and controlled himself with difficulty; 246 “why, you would do more to win five pounds on a horse-race!” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25)

They had simply come to see Buffalo, whose reputation had risen after the horse-race. A Danish Parsonage

It is in the dishonesty of the race, for horsemen believe that "there never was an honest horse-race," and the followers of the prize ring are constantly suspicious that the fight will be "fixed." The Evolution of the Country Community A Study in Religious Sociology

Lou had lost money on the July horse-race, and was quite ready to play the white man's game. The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country

To own the truth, it takes more than one visit before a regular New England young lady can understand the inns and outs of a horse-race. Phemie Frost's Experiences

Of course you have felt the excitement of a horse-race, Miss Newville?” Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance

The chase for the Sovereign was very exciting,—more so than any horse-race I ever saw. My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field

Farmers will attend an auction, and go a long way to a horse-race, or gather at a fair, without any intention of buying or selling. The Evolution of the Country Community A Study in Religious Sociology

He did not drink or horse-race or torture pioneers till the white man taught him; but gamble he always did. The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country

The other exercises were adapted to private soldiers and horsemen, as wrestling, running, and the single horse-race; but the use of chariots in the field was always reserved to princes, and generals of armies. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6)

There was to be a horse-race on Banstead Downs, to draw the people together, and he was to lead them. Highways and Byways in Surrey

In a trial at York that arose from a horse-race, it was stated in evidence that one of the conditions of the race required that "each horse should be ridden by a gentleman." A Book About Lawyers

On 10 May, 1676, Samuel Morris aged 27 years, deposed in Court about a horse-race run at Rappahannock Church. Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century

The horse-race habit is, we suppose, difficult to shed. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, August 26th, 1914

This was said with as much bravado as if he was offering to bet upon a horse-race. The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages

Your illustration of the horse-race does not clear the matter a particle. Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated

The prizes for the victors in the musical contest consist of silver and gold, for the victors in manly vigour, of shields, and for the victors in the gymnastic contest and the horse-race, of oil. The Athenian Constitution

He engaged in a horse-race and a controversy over it in 1678, and the following year he ran his horse against that of Alexander Womack, the wager being 300 pounds of tobacco. Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century

I remember the day you won the horse-race and I said, 'The devil's got the kid now sure.' The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras

We had a horse-race, and Jeff beat them all, and wherever I went the crowd would cheer the chaplain. How Private George W. Peck Put Down The Rebellion or, The Funny Experiences of a Raw Recruit - 1887

And now, after lunch, the grand stand had been quickly filled, for the fame of the great race had spread up and down the valley, and the valley dearly loved a horse-race. The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills

At Vire there was a print of a horse-race, with the horses in a cantering attitude, and a large dog running and barking by their side. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866

This was as straight a tip as was ever given to a waiter or at a horse-race. A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel

It's the biggest thing out—beats a horse-race! The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras

"You could hardly," he answered, raising his hat, "have been more surprised than I was to see a horse-race." Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes

I and other two miners like myself went to a horse-race a few weeks ago. Six Years in the Prisons of England

I never witnessed a French horse-race, but I am told that they enjoy it moult tristement, as they say we English enjoy all our amusements. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866

The walls are nearly bare of ornament; the exceptions being a highly-coloured print of a horse-race, and a sampler worked by Betty, rendered almost invisible by dust. Frank Oldfield Lost and Found

The story of the horse-race and escapades of the reckless days of old were rehearsed by hosts of witnesses. The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras

Very often, too, heavy bets on the issue of the event were offered and taken, just as if it were a horse-race or a coursing-match. A Hungarian Nabob

Generals Wood and Crittenden, of the Twenty-first Army Corps, claimed that I did not beat Wagner fairly in the horse-race the other day. The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer

He is then taken to a supposed pool-room and gives up his money for the purpose of having it placed as a wager on a horse-race already won. The Confessions of Artemas Quibble

It is better than going to a horse-race. Rural Architecture Being a Complete Description of Farm Houses, Cottages, and Out Buildings

Often when a charge was ordered, a genuine horse-race followed, the swiftest steeds leading the way. Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War

You have a young ward—a girl whom Abellino persecutes, and Abellino's associates lay bets with each other as to who shall win her first, as if it were a horse-race. A Hungarian Nabob

I am going to have a horse-race in the morning with Major McDowell, of Rousseau's staff. The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer

If there was anything he loved, it was a horse-race for money, chalk, marbles or fun. The Pride of Palomar

Whoever has witnessed a horse-race can understand the ardor, vehemence, and struggle for victory, which excite the energies of both horses and men. The Nursery, No. 106, October, 1875. Vol. XVIII. A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers

Now and then some youths emerged from the crowd and indulged in an impromptu horse-race, only to return and receive a chiding from their elders for wasting their horses’ strength unnecessarily. With the Boer Forces

I have been shewed, at the horse-race, the theatre, &c. the unfortunate grandson of King James the Second. Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany, Vol. I

Wood persisted that the Twenty-first Corps could not be beaten in a horse-race, and that Wagner's long-legged white was the most wonderful pacer he ever saw. The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer

This ancient writer continues a minute description, and, perhaps, gives the earliest one of a horse-race in this country. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2

I never said nor implied that Mr Nanjivell had won his money on a horse-race. Nicky-Nan, Reservist

Then it was a horse-race for the river, and I wasn't certain of the roads. The Militants Stories of Some Parsons, Soldiers, and Other Fighters in the World

"Yes; and I might cap your cup-and-lip proverb with another as to the effect of money as a stimulus in a horse-race." Success A Novel

A Scottish gentleman on a trip to New Orleans went to see his first horse-race. More Toasts

We should like to see a horse-race in the Albany avenue! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 13, 1841

He evidently loved a horse-race, but he need not have given us the startling information, "their chief aim is to prevent a competitor getting before them." Vanishing England

We resolved, therefore, with the boy, to run her down; so, by the way of making an animated start, we slung the pail at the horse's head, and put out on a Sunday morning horse-race. Around The Tea-Table

He had followed the horse-race gamblers to town on a purely selfish undertaking. Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West

When a horse-race was on, a meadow in Virginia sufficed. Audrey

The shearers heard of the affair, and paused in the arrangement of a horse-race. Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885

Then, the officers improvised a horse-race; and once they even got up a circus, in which all look part. The Nameless Castle

Or—no, you don't and I've got to be square with you if it spoils the prettiest horse-race ever seen in old Kentucky. In Old Kentucky

What singular genius introduced the horse-race into a crowded street, I am yet to learn. An History of Birmingham (1783)

They met him again at a fair and horse-race at Scalp Point, and found their liking for him increased. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 33, December, 1873

They create a vivid enthusiasm for literature that affects many people who might not otherwise know that to read a fine book is as exciting an experience as going to a horse-race. The Art of Letters

He might as well have tried to distract the attention of the grand stand from the finish of a horse-race. The Last Shot

This fine cast counted one point in the game, which is of eleven points, and the Indian braves among the spectators howled like civilized young men at a horse-race. The Frontiersmen

Another was the horse-race, 'till a few years ago a person being killed, rather slackened the entertainment. An History of Birmingham (1783)

It is said that an important horse-race took place. The Pleasures of Ignorance

Not far from Bouináki, a considerable village of Northern Daghestán, the young Tartars were assembled for their national exercise called "djigítering;" that is, the horse-race accompanied by various trials of boldness and strength. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 329, March, 1843

Not merely had he never seen a horse-race on a Sunday—he had never seen a horse-race at all. The Roll-Call

After these preliminary instructions, Mr. Punch offers his Third Example.—Event to be described: A horse-race. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, September 20, 1890

Hence the Romans once at a horse-race uttered this among other cries: "We are destroying the living in order to bury the dead." Dio's Rome, Volume 6 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus And Alexander Severus

Offer no opposition when he wants to see a good horse-race. A Woman of the World Her Counsel to Other People's Sons and Daughters

In it he provided an entertainment consisting of music and gymnastic contests, and in the hippodrome a horse-race and the slaughter of many beasts of all kinds. Dio's Rome, Volume 2 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus; and Now Presented in English Form. Second Volume Extant Books 36-44 (B.C. 69-44).

Toros's neck had been broken at a horse-race and he was dead. Armenian Literature

In one of these excursions, she, to her intense indignation, found a beggar boy endeavouring to draw, with a piece of charcoal, an illustration of a horse-race upon her so recently cleaned door-steps. The Garies and Their Friends

At a horse-race Heirocles fell out of his chariot just opposite the seat of Sardanapalus, losing his helmet in his fall. Dio's Rome, Volume 6 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus And Alexander Severus

Presidents, Senators, Honorables, Judges, Generals, Commodores, Governors, and the Ex's of all these, congregate here as thick as pick-pockets at a horse-race or women at a wedding in church. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861

If these three great events had been mere spectacles and nothing else—such as, for instance, that great horse-race known as "The Derby"—this chapter would never have been written. The Mastery of the Air

A modern horse-race, with its skill, daring and picturesqueness, is the only modern entertainment comparable to the gorgeous races of the Romans. America, through the spectacles of an Oriental diplomat

It is impossible to read of a first performance at a theatre, or of a horse-race, without finding your name coupled with that of Jenny Fancy, or Cora Pearl, or Ninette Simplon. Baron Trigault's Vengeance

During that time I have not attended or betted upon a horse-race, or a fight, or any public exhibition of that nature. The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims Volume II (of II)

He said you couldn't place a kangaroo-dog second in a horse-race. Three Elephant Power and Other Stories

But I acquit it of this sin now; for the interest of a chase, in reasonably good weather, is quite equal to that of a horse-race, which is a thing I delight in. Homeward Bound or, the Chase

At the exact spot where the grandstand formerly stood at the finish of the horse-race, where the King, surrounded by courtiers, watched the whirling chariots, now remains motionless, breathless, a yellow-haired girl. Robert Browning: How to Know Him

The travellers had one day the gratification of witnessing an African horse-race. Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa

A horse-race is pretty tame and colorless in comparison. Life on the Mississippi, Part 9.

I've explained everything to you, my Lord, that I can explain, and about that horse-race, too. The Fourth Watch

"I never knew her before to take such an interest in a horse-race." Esther Waters

Where the work of the spirit comes in, it effects such a difference between the two peoples as lies between an Eisteddfod and a horse-race. Seven English Cities

The stables were connected with the salons by a long, carpeted gallery, at the end of which was a huge fresco on the walls, representing a horse-race in a very lifelike manner. In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters

Still, a horse-race might be well enough, in its way, perhaps, if it were not for the tiresome false starts. Life on the Mississippi, Part 9.

The horse-race is performed by horses without riders, generally five or six at a time. After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819

On the second day there was a horse-race, and on the third a naval battle involving three thousand men. Dio's Rome, Volume 5, Books 61-76 (A.D. 54-211) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form By Herbert Baldwin Foster

Now this was done, like everything else, in pursuance of a decree: privately the ædiles had a horse-race and slaughter of wild beasts on the birthday of Augustus.—These were the occurrences in the City. Dio's Rome, Volume 4 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form

Again, at one class of theatre, the author of a sporting play--is bound to exhibit a horse-race on the stage, or he is held to have shirked his obligatory scene. Play-Making A Manual of Craftsmanship

At least, nobody was ever killed when I was at a horse-race. Life on the Mississippi, Part 9.

The men might be seen amusing themselves at various games, while the officers actually got up an impromptu horse-race. A Narrative of the Siege of Delhi With an Account of the Mutiny at Ferozepore in 1857

The very expression was itself ominous, since it occurred at the last horse-race that year, and immediately after it the sovereignty passed to Pertinax. Dio's Rome, Volume 5, Books 61-76 (A.D. 54-211) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form By Herbert Baldwin Foster

Augustus himself did not wish to hold it, but obtained the privilege of a horse-race perpetually upon his birthday. Dio's Rome, Volume 4 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form

Speaking of Tattersall's reminds me of many things, amongst them of the way in which, happily, I came to the resolution never to bet on a horse-race. The Reminiscences of Sir Henry Hawkins (Baron Brampton)

All your lexicographers agree that "kind" means a "race," which is absurd, because a horse-race, for instance, is anything but kind. Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 31, October 29, 1870

The shame of it--she, in a horse-race, and with Rupert Joyce! Across the Years

It was at the last horse-race before the Saturnalia, and a countless throng of people flocked to it. Dio's Rome, Volume 5, Books 61-76 (A.D. 54-211) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form By Herbert Baldwin Foster

And he celebrated in company with Agrippa the festival in honor of the victory won at Actium, which had been voted: in it he had the horse-race between boys and between men of the nobility. Dio's Rome, Volume 4 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form

When I went to a horse-race I used to fasten my mind on the signal, and tried to see beforehand the number of the winner. You Never Know Your Luck; being the story of a matrimonial deserter. Complete

His ball is the ball of balls, and his countenance makes the horse-race thrive. Following the Equator, Part 2

A dangerous time for a robbery, when many persons are on the road, on account of a horse-race, fair, or some other public meeting. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

There was a horse-race on, and as the horses were about to contend for the seventh time a crowd of children ran into the race course, at their head a tall and sturdy maiden. Dio's Rome, Volume 5, Books 61-76 (A.D. 54-211) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form By Herbert Baldwin Foster

Later Claudius fell sick, and Nero entered the senate to promise a horse-race in case Claudius should regain his health. Dio's Rome, Volume 4 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form

Their father, Mr Vawdrey of Champion Hill, had recently lost his wife through an illness contracted at a horse-race, where the lady sat in wind and rain for some hours. In the Year of Jubilee

We saw a place they have made for a famous horse-race to-morrow, where the Queen will come. The Journal to Stella

Others derive it from a horse-race, or other rural contentions, where bells were frequently given as prizes. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

No horse-race or prize-fight could go on without him, and he himself never left one of these last-mentioned gatherings without finding some one to try conclusions with him. Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn

Claudius became convalescent and Nero conducted the horse-race in a sumptuous manner; now, too, he married Octavia, a new circumstance to cause him a feeling of manly dignity. Dio's Rome, Volume 4 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form

Through the open gates opposite, Roldan could see a spirited horse-race, a crowd of Indians betting at the top of their voices. The Valiant Runaways

Take, for instance, a wager on a past horse-race. The Common Law

There is just as much jockeying at a Kaskado coursing as at a Kaskado horse-race, just as many attempts at fraud, and it is just as necessary to have the judge and slipper beyond suspicion. Animal Heroes

In the horse-race, the Duke of Wellington and Lord Uxbridge ride against each other; the Duke is victorious, and is rewarded with twelve opera-girls. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 1

They, too, directed the horse-race on this occasion, and their brother Agrippa took part with the children of the leading families in the so-called "Troy" equestrian games. Dio's Rome, Volume 4 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form

He might be called upon to act as judge in a horse-race, or to make a speech upon the Constitution! The Boys' Life of Abraham Lincoln

Some of the fellows would bet the shirt off their backs on a horse-race! Cow-Country

To-day’s newspaper contains a yard or so of reading about a spring horse-race. The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft

The old Yorkshire men liked a good, honest horse-race, and fox-hunting was a favorite sport with them. The Chignecto Isthmus and its first settlers

When the famine at last had subsided, he conducted a horse-race in the name of Germanicus, who was son of Drusus, and in the name of his brother. Dio's Rome, Volume 4 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form

If he made a few pounds now and then he'd drop it on a horse-race before he'd had it a week. Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields

To hear that story would please me more than any description of the most splendid gymnastic contest or horse-race you could give me. The Economist

The Feast of Mars, because the Tiber had previously occupied the hipprodrome, was this time held in the forum of Augustus and honored by a kind of horse-race and by the slaughter of wild beasts. Dio's Rome, Volume 4 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form

He enjoyed a good honest horse-race, and was always ready to bet a beaver hat on any test question that gave a chance of settlement in that way. The Chignecto Isthmus and its first settlers

These officials conducted everything as had been the custom, wearing the triumphal costume at the horse-race; they did not, however, ascend the chariot. Dio's Rome, Volume 4 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form

Still other conflicts took place in connection with the horse-race that was in honor of Augustus's birthday; indeed, a few beasts were slain. Dio's Rome, Volume 4 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form

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例句	horse-race Loomis obtained other patents, including one for a mechanical horse-race toy, but he was proudest of the Aberdeen Chronograph, which became standard field equipment for the army and the navy. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z At this point in the election cycle, some would rather set their hair on fire than continue engaging with the horse-race aspects of the campaign. What You Should Watch This Weekend: ‘The Night Of’ and ‘The Circus’ 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z But that often leads to more horse-race coverage, rather than a deeper understanding of communities. Perspective \| Joe Biden and the ‘electability’ delusion — and why the media keep making the same mistake 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z It’s not easy to find a compelling, immediate angle to compete with palace intrigue or horse-race politics. Perspective \| The planet is on a fast path to destruction. The media must cover this like it’s the only story that matters. 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z Instead, news organizations are obsessed, as always, with horse-race coverage. Perspective \| The media is blowing its chance to head off an Election Day debacle 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z "Secretariat" will have to break big in the homestretch to reach similar turf; interest in the horse-race film still looked light in Thursday's tracking data. "Life" a favorite to top weekend box office 2010-10-08T02:13:00Z Still, if “The Circus” is horse-race journalism, it’s a far better-produced racing form than most others at the track. Review: ‘The Circus’ Is Reality TV for a Reality-TV Presidential Race 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z As network political coverage became more prevalent and more competitive, it was sometimes criticized for being too focused on the horse-race aspect of campaigns. Marty Plissner, 87, Is Dead; Led Political Coverage at CBS 2014-02-11T23:45:20Z Is it the “horse-race” model that attempts to say who’s ahead and who will ultimately win the nomination and the presidency? Perspective \| Beto, Biden and Bernie: The B-Boys and the media’s dangerous, self-fulfilling prophecy 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z By downplaying the horse-race setting, some of their drama and raison d'etre is lost. Brighton Rock ? review 2011-02-03T15:00:01Z The horse-race model seems, as usual, to be out ahead by more than a few furlongs. Perspective \| Beto, Biden and Bernie: The B-Boys and the media’s dangerous, self-fulfilling prophecy 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z If spoken and written language can horse-race from the same starting gate on the same learning track, then early literacy needn’t rely as much on parental vocabulary, motivation, or time on task. Can babies read? 2012-09-12T16:08:00Z But just as the political horse-race coverage is sometimes criticized for being myopic, there’s a danger in paying too much attention to these figures. What the weekend box-office numbers leave out 2011-08-17T20:30:00Z The documentary buys into this horse-race aspect of the Jimmys, to its detriment. Television Review: ‘Broadway or Bust,’ a Documentary on PBS 2012-09-07T23:52:09Z And they interpret them to create a dramatic — preferably surprising — horse-race story. Perspective \| Trump won, and Northam crushed Gillespie. Why believe polls ever again? 2017-11-11T05:00:00Z The center does top-notch work, focusing on broader trends and attitudes, not the usual horse-race stuff. Column: Overwhelmed? Confused? Here's what to make of all those presidential polls 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z As for the media: While I abhor the horse-race politics-as-usual both-sides approach of the supposedly “liberal” major media, I don’t think that they are the root of the trouble. The GOP's surrender to Donald Trump is now complete 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z This conventional approach inevitably leads to stories on campaign tactics and horse-race coverage. Opinion: How not to cover Donald Trump's bizarre 2024 campaign for president 2023-10-07T04:00:00Z Mr. Huntsman said American media and voters have become too focused on horse-race politics rather than “common sense” bipartisan policies like those promoted by No Labels. Manchin vows not to ‘spoil’ Biden’s reelection with potential third-party run 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z The final version also authorizes separate licenses for horse-race gambling operators to offer thoroughbred racing and would authorize the commission to set rules for live horse racing in the state. North Carolina lawmakers approve sports and horse-race gambling, bill now heading to governor 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z One of the great attractions to horse-race journalism is that it permits reporters and pundits to play up their detachment. The media's biggest addiction: Trump voters in diners 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z One frame focuses almost entirely on political personalities, horse-race coverage, gossip and on the admittedly intriguing political drama embodied by the seemingly endless rounds of voting in which Kevin McCarthy fell short. Put the popcorn away, folks: Kevin McCarthy is speaker of the House, and that's no joke 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z Reputable pollsters like Gallup and Pew have phased out “horse-race” polling entirely; others have cut back. The ‘Red Wave’ Washout: How Skewed Polls Fed a False Election Narrative 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z Online bookmakers can generate horse-race probabilities by selling contracts tied to election outcomes. Opinion \| Why don’t Biden’s regulators want you betting on the 2024 election? 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z In horse-race coverage, modern journalists analyze campaigns and blunders or the overall race, rather than interviewing the candidates or discussing their issue positions. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z “I feel confident that you are not going to feel that this is a horse-race politics show at 9 p.m.,” she said. Alex Wagner’s challenge at MSNBC: Keeping the Rachel Maddow superfans 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z “Everyone was focused on the horse-race politics, and nobody was focused on how clean our map was,” he said. How a Mapmaker Became New York’s Most Unexpected Power Broker 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z And the news media have reverted to our usual horse-race speculation about how it will affect the midterms. Opinion \| Roe’s impending reversal is a 9/11 attack on America’s social fabric 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z It’s all part of the horse-race coverage that journalists are addicted to, but that doesn’t serve the public. Perspective \| The media is failing the public on the good news about jobs 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z The press now provides horse-race coverage on the campaigns rather than in-depth coverage on candidates and their positions, forcing voters to look for other sources, like social media, for information. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z Here the Democrats are at another disadvantage: The mainstream news media is a de facto ally and enabler of the Trump movement, having consistently normalized its excesses through chronic both-sides-ism and cynical horse-race journalism. Investigative reporter David Neiwert: Rittenhouse verdict a "green light for right-wing extremists" 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z This is also a significant failure of a press fixated on the horse-race aspects of policy-making, perhaps because there’s no intellectual heavy lifting involved. Column: Election day shows that the Democratic Party should make sure voters know how it's helping them 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z But others drifted into horse-race territory that didn’t seem nearly as pressing two months into a presidency. Four take-aways from Biden’s first news conference 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z The horse-race polling that occupies so much of their attention has once again proved deeply flawed. Opinion \| Horse-race political analysis is important — and flawed. We need more moral journalism. 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z But mostly, our newsroom leaders knew that “horse-race” reporting on polls, while easy, diverted our readers’ attention from what really matters in our elections and did little to promote a functioning democracy and well-informed citizenry. Opinion \| Whether the polls were right or wrong, they did show a country that is changing 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z In addition to those concerns is the matter of “likability,” a nebulous word that has become ingrained in the parlance of horse-race politics. Christine Jahnke, speech coach who elevated the voices of women in politics, dies at 57 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z We see this with much of the horse-race journalism regarding the 2020 election. Ruth Ben-Ghiat on Trump and the bitter American truth: "We do not have a real democracy" 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z There will of course be uninspired horse-race reporting about the polls. Trump looked weak in Tulsa — but the political vulture fed his faithful more toxic lies 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z Maybe there should be less focus on the horse-race aspect of politics and more on the issues facing the country. Opinion \| Horse-race political analysis is important — and flawed. We need more moral journalism. 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z She said the simple question of ballot access should take precedence over any horse-race predictions. ‘The Future Is Blue, Not Purple’: Is This the Year Georgia Flips? 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z Three reasons: First, political reporters need data to give seeming substance to horse-race stories. Opinion \| In the battle of Biden vs. Trump, money may be less important than ever 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z “This is a great opportunity to move away from horse-race coverage,” she said. Reporters Grounded by Pandemic Lose ‘That Window Into the Campaign’ 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z Watching this horse-race coverage of the 2020 presidential season, what are some of the biggest errors you see from the news media and pundit class? Political savant Rachel Bitecofer: Democrats face "major disadvantage" going with Biden 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z This is not to argue against the importance of horse-race journalism or issues journalism, both of which will always have their place. Opinion \| Horse-race political analysis is important — and flawed. We need more moral journalism. 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z The news media is, of course, focused on horse-race journalism and the 2020 election. Former Bush White House lawyer Richard Painter: "Trump will grab as much power as he possibly can" 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z But instead, it's all horse-race coverage all the time. What should Trump do about coronavirus? Elizabeth Warren has a plan for that 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z And the odds were mostly in favor of horse-race pundits, rather than undecided voters with real questions. Perspective \| Judging by recent debates, men might be too emotional to be president 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z I've been exploring problem practices like false equivalence and horse-race journalism. After Nevada: Wake-up calls for the somnolent, shambling media establishment 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z But this is also the moment when even those of us who claim to disdain the "horse-race narrative" will suddenly become obsessed by it. Zero hour for Democrats: At long last the voters will speak — if we can hear them 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z He expressed almost no remorse for all the horse-race coverage. Press Watch: Dean Baquet interview makes clear New York Times still ruled by both-sides-ism 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z While horse-race coverage predominated, some exceptional reports attempted to gauge the accuracy of Biden’s attacks on Medicare for All proponents by explaining their proposals. Biden invokes family tragedy to campaign against Medicare for All — and the media plays along 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z There is so much going on beneath the surface, beyond horse-race politics and the 24/7 news cycle. Welcome to "Kochland": We all live in the brothers' libertarian utopia 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z He and I have had some success in this event, winning the whole shebang twice since 2011 and making the horse-race finale several other times. 11 keys to enjoying a member-guest - Golf Digest 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z Will we get coverage of actual policy proposals, as opposed to horse-race analysis that only asks how those proposals seem to be playing? The S word, the F word and the ballot 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z Before we get into a couple examples, I’d like to repeat something Andrew O’Hehir, Salon’s executive editor, wrote this week: “Let’s make the ritual pronouncement that it’s way too early for horse-race punditry.” Democrats: It's time to step up and own your positions. Warren and Gillibrand are leading the way 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z Mrs. Clinton’s pollster, Joel Benenson, expressed frustration that coverage of noisy horse-race polls last time around obscured broader trends. How to Cover 2020: Assume Nothing and Beware of Twitter 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z But the results of his campaign defied all conventional horse-race logic. It's Bernie's world. The Democratic party is just living in it \| Kate Aronoff 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z OK, yeah: It’s much too early to start talking confidently about frontrunners and contenders or defaulting to inane horse-race coverage. First wave of 2020 panic: Is Biden vs. Bernie really the best Democrats can do? 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z Viewed through the lens of horse-race politics, where everything is about media spin and electoral calculus, the GOP's unwillingness to swap out Kavanaugh for someone else looks baffling. GOP will still confirm Brett Kavanaugh — because of allegations, not in spite of them 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Fresh off the Alabama defeat of his chosen candidate to replace Jeff Sessions, Trump is again wading into southern, horse-race politics. After Alabama loss, Trump tests endorsement in S. Carolina 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z The pathologies of American journalism are by now clichés: aversion to policy analysis; addiction to horse-race politics; smashing of walls that once separated news, opinion and advertising; an ideology that mistakes evenhandedness for objectivity. My meeting with Donald Trump: A damaged, pathetic personality — whose obvious impairment has only gotten worse 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z It’s how most public pollsters rationalize the cost of horse-race polling. Affirmative Action, and Why Polls on Issues Are Often Misleading 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z Electoral surprises around the globe — from Trump to Brexit — show that we may be overly reliant on horse-race polling. How to recover from the polling disaster of 2016? Look beyond polls. 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z There is much the press should do differently: Ditch the horse-race coverage, the discredited data journalism and the tendency among news reporters to express their opinions in social media. Journalists shouldn’t try to win a popularity contest with Trump 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z Scott, the Associated Press: I think we all need to look at the role of horse-race polling. Accomplices or antagonists: how the media handled the Trump phenomenon 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z Four years ago, Gallup endured its third polling defeat in four cycles and walked away from presidential horse-race polling altogether. ‘Epic fails’ in election polling just the latest high-profile mistaken prediction 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z Those top-line horse-race figures are important, but they ignore two groups of voters: the undecideds and those who plan on voting for a third candidate. America's undecided voters: could they swing the whole 2016 election? 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z But there’s also a long and deeply held view that horse-race polling is superficial and doesn’t do much to promote our understanding of the election or of the American public. Fewer Polls This Year, but They Point in Same Direction: A Clear Clinton Lead 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z While we’re probably stuck with the shallow partisan bickering and horse-race coverage this election season, though, there’s hope. A nontraditional approach to STEM in Fairfax 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z One of the most recent pieces, “Democrats step up pursuit of House Republicans left limping by Donald Trump,” by Alexander Burns and Jonathan Martin, is a masterful collection of blinkered horse-race half-truths. The real New York Times scandal: Ignoring why Democrats can’t win the House 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z They talked about tactics and horse-race and that was it. Trump’s convention a gathering of angry, pessimistic white people 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z Airheads need not apply, nor personalities whose idea of “coverage” consists of horse-race questions, dueling sound bites, gotchas, and the whole wooden marionette ritual of false equivalency. CNN can’t sink any lower: Corey Lewandowski’s hiring is an affront to our very democracy 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z This helped to bring some sense of the difficult realities of life in America today into the horse-race of the presidential contest. Has Bernie Sanders changed American politics? Reviewing a 'political revolution' 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z A president’s popularity, combined with strong U.S. economic data, historically have proved better predictors than horse-race polls this far from the general election. Popularity of sitting president linked to choice of successor 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z That is, he was a horse-race handicapper long before horse-race coverage became the dominant form of political journalism. Donald Trump is a serial liar. More upsetting is that no one seems to care 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z Trump's campaign begins while the media focuses on horse-race style reporting on endorsements and money raised. How Trump Trumped the TV Networks 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z But if there’s a discussion underway about the general-election viability of national candidates, horse-race snapshots from early March only show us part of a bigger picture. The missing details from Bernie Sanders' general-election pitch 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z News organizations apply to him the same type of horse-race reporting that they do to conventional candidates: driven by polls, defining who’s up and who’s down, who won the news cycle and who lost. Republicans should blame themselves — not the media — for Trump 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z A president’s popularity, combined with strong U.S. economic data, historically have proved better predictors than horse-race polls this far from the general election. Popularity of sitting president linked to choice of successor 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z The horse-race numbers, or candidate match-ups, are then weighted based on those estimates. Here's why political pros are scratching their heads over Nevada 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z Sanders made history even by the metrics of horse-race journalism. The Clintons really don’t get it: False attacks and failed strategies as Hillary repeats 2008 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z The horse-race questions will be important tonight: Does Cruz do well enough to continue as a real threat to Trump? Iowa and the Birth of a New Republican Party 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z But if there’s a discussion underway about the general-election viability of national candidates, horse-race snapshots from early January only tell us part of the story. Sanders, Clinton make the same pitch on electability 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z Gallup isn’t doing horse-race polling, at least not yet, but it is publishing data on the candidate’s favorability, and the longtime pollster published this report last week: The problem Jeb Bush doesn't know how to solve 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z Savvy lottery players picked lucky combinations from the Daily News horse-race charts. Trial of Vincent Asaro Highlights Loss of Mafia’s Code of Silence 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z An argument could be made that such horse-race questions are a waste of valuable airtime. The GOP’s deranged list of debate demands 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z It is a truism of modern political horse-race coverage that reporters are not really interested in accurately explaining a candidate’s positions and policies to the audience. The raging disgrace of the Benghazi show trial: Today’s Hillary Clinton-Trey Gowdy showdown is theater for suckers 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Gallup has been the country’s gold standard for horse-race election polling ever since its legendary founder, George Gallup, predicted Franklin Roosevelt’s landslide reelection in 1936. The Daily 202: Longtime Hillary speechwriter says she should be less scripted 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z At this stage, he isn’t merely leading in the horse-race polls, which can change rapidly. Donald Trump Is Crushing the G.O.P. Lilliputians 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z America’s greatest buzzkills, political science bloggers, have a theory for why Donald Trump is surging to the top of horse-race polls nationally and in early states: because the media spends so much time covering him. Trump’s “classy” presidency: One amazing focus group demonstrates The Donald’s staying power 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z There’s plenty to chew on in the new, national NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, and we’ll get to some of the horse-race results a little later. Center-left economic ideas dominate 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z Caught up in horse-race politics, we neglect other vital duties. We must not fear old white men: Here’s how we get past the John McCain/Fox News problem 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z These are the things politicians and horse-race reporters talk about. Why Mitt Romney Won't Win (Again) 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z So of course the weekend I write a piece decrying the horse-race mentality of box office reporting sees what amounts to a dead-heat/virtual tie at the top of the box office charts. Weekend Box Office: 'Gone Girl' Scores $38M And 'Annabelle' Opens To $37.2M 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z High-minded journalists have been complaining about horse-race politics for my entire professional life, but our 2016 obsession is without precedent this long before the first primaries – and it’s destructive to the country. Go away, 2016 presidential obsession! 2013-05-13T11:45:00Z So there are autobiographical sections; historical descriptions of Kentucky; colour passages about trips to the Derby and horse-race sales; and brief accounts of the evolution and history of equus ferus caballus. Blood Horses by John Jeremiah Sullivan – review 2013-03-21T10:01:01Z It won a partial victory in 2005 when the WTO ruled a U.S. law allowing only domestic companies to provide online horse-race gambling services discriminated against foreign companies. U.S. warns Antigua against "government-authorized piracy" 2013-01-28T21:13:04Z “It reinforces that horse-race theme of a campaign — the idea that two people are fighting it out, that you have to pick one and oppose the other.” Networks Like Split-Screens in Debates, Even if Candidates Don’t 2012-10-10T03:52:54Z Media commentators have long bemoaned a style of campaign coverage known as "horse-race journalism," in which the contest becomes everything - although a better description might be "play-by-play journalism." The shared language of sport and politics 2012-09-27T23:59:27Z To me, the atomic hubbub suggests another meaning for the horse-race metaphor. Quantum Horse Races and Crystals of Light 2012-06-25T17:45:03.767Z Their devotion to the state is generally confined to betting on the elections; the returns of which they watch with the same interest as the results of a horse-race. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z A real horse-race round the old track out in the field. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z It's none of your get-away sprints; it's a horse-race, from start to finish. Loaded Dice 2012-01-04T03:00:36.343Z Given the hurtling pace of modern-day news, and the demands for rapid response online analysis, horse-race journalism has, if anything, got worse. The shared language of sport and politics 2012-09-27T23:59:27Z I warn them plainly that they have no right to shut their eyes to facts which every intelligent person knows, for the mere pleasure of seeing a horse-race, or listening to good actors or actresses. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z Suppose there was a great horse-race here to-day, free to every horse in the world, and to all the mules, and all the scrubs, and all the donkeys. Ingersollia Gems of Thought from the Lectures, Speeches, and Conversations of Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, Representative of His Opinions and Beliefs 2011-11-24T03:00:41.267Z At the unveiling of a sign for a new retirement village in Christchurch, Key worked the crowd, chatting to laborers about the New Zealand Cup, a popular annual horse-race event. Key’s Beer-at-the-Barbie Appeal Trumps N.Z. Woes in Campaign 2011-11-23T19:12:45Z As soon as this shadowy host had landed, they went to the green, where they arranged a horse-race. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z It was his first horse-race, and his first glimpse of Paris into the bargain. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z My father once lost over four hundred pounds on a horse-race. Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z If the visitor braves the heat of August, she can show him the very best survival of medi�val times in her celebrated Palio, or horse-race, that takes place every year in the great piazza. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z I think if I had ever seen a horse-race while I was ill, could such a thing have happened, I would have died. Mavis of Green Hill 2011-10-12T02:00:41.317Z There was to be a grand horse-race a few miles off. Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z The amusements began with a horse-race, which made some noise in the world in consequence of an article in the Journal des Débats. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z The horse-race was now on, and meanwhile a pair of silk stockings, of one pistol’s value, was yet to be conferred. Erskine Dale?Pioneer 2011-06-13T02:00:32.327Z While the political world obsesses with day-by-day controversies and the media can't see farther than the latest horse-race development, so the theory goes, Obama is supposedly keeping his focus on the long run. How will bin Laden's death affect the economy? 2011-05-02T08:05:00Z Derby-day, the great annual London holiday, on which is run the horse-race for the stakes instituted by Lord Derby in 1780. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z “What you find in the head-to-head, horse-race kinds of polls, when you ask people who they prefer, women are a little more likely to support the Democratic candidate,” Walsh said today in a telephone interview. Christie as Popular as Obama, Less Among Women, Poll Says 2011-03-07T20:24:01Z A Sacramento paper speaking of a school festival in that city said: “No bull-fight, horse-race or card-table ever gave so much pleasure to the spectators.” The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z He is a professional political analyst, yet he often seems to be completely, 100 percent wrong about even the horse-race aspects of politics that he specializes in. No. 2: Mark Halperin 2010-11-24T18:01:00Z Readying for a radio hit on another Senate contest, he added that he thinks Americans really are interested only in horse-race polling. Pollster Scott Rasmussen's numbers are firing up Republicans and Democrats 2010-06-17T04:00:00Z On the following day," he continued, "there was to be a horse-race in the neighborhood. The Progressionists, and Angela. "Hello, Gray Wolf, you old sardine; want to try another horse-race?" The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop On the 31st of January, 1890, we took part in a horse-race. Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu He found that instead of being bound for a religious gathering, he was on his way to a horse-race. Moody's Stories Incidents and Illustrations "Ah, yes, yes," returned the hostess, puzzled, while Schmidt smiled, and the talk fell upon mild gossip and the last horse-race—and so on to more perilous ground. The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington One of Boone's party, in retaliation, afterwards slew an Indian at a horse-race on the frontier, in spite of the interposition of the by-standers. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia It was frightfully exciting, like a horse-race or a hunt after wild animals. What Happened to Inger Johanne As Told by Herself But after all, Bob, whether the game be war, or marriage, or a horse-race, one's skill has very little to say to it Make the wisest combinations that ever were fashioned, and you'll lose sometimes. A Rent In A Cloud A little excitement in camp, caused by a horse-race for one hundred dollars a side. Our Battery The Journal of Company B, 1st O.V.A. When they could not get to a horse-race, a petty-ball, or a strolling play, with some company as idle and as smart as themselves, they were driven for amusement to the circulating library. The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales At five o'clock a mounted troop of soldiers, in close rank, galloped at full speed up the Corso, in order to clear the street, for now the horse-race was to begin. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century “A couple of days!” cried Morris, who was beginning to get angry and controlled himself with difficulty; 246 “why, you would do more to win five pounds on a horse-race!” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) They had simply come to see Buffalo, whose reputation had risen after the horse-race. A Danish Parsonage It is in the dishonesty of the race, for horsemen believe that "there never was an honest horse-race," and the followers of the prize ring are constantly suspicious that the fight will be "fixed." The Evolution of the Country Community A Study in Religious Sociology Lou had lost money on the July horse-race, and was quite ready to play the white man's game. The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country To own the truth, it takes more than one visit before a regular New England young lady can understand the inns and outs of a horse-race. Phemie Frost's Experiences Of course you have felt the excitement of a horse-race, Miss Newville?” Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance The chase for the Sovereign was very exciting,—more so than any horse-race I ever saw. My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field Farmers will attend an auction, and go a long way to a horse-race, or gather at a fair, without any intention of buying or selling. The Evolution of the Country Community A Study in Religious Sociology He did not drink or horse-race or torture pioneers till the white man taught him; but gamble he always did. The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country The other exercises were adapted to private soldiers and horsemen, as wrestling, running, and the single horse-race; but the use of chariots in the field was always reserved to princes, and generals of armies. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) There was to be a horse-race on Banstead Downs, to draw the people together, and he was to lead them. Highways and Byways in Surrey In a trial at York that arose from a horse-race, it was stated in evidence that one of the conditions of the race required that "each horse should be ridden by a gentleman." A Book About Lawyers On 10 May, 1676, Samuel Morris aged 27 years, deposed in Court about a horse-race run at Rappahannock Church. Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century The horse-race habit is, we suppose, difficult to shed. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, August 26th, 1914 This was said with as much bravado as if he was offering to bet upon a horse-race. The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages Your illustration of the horse-race does not clear the matter a particle. Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated The prizes for the victors in the musical contest consist of silver and gold, for the victors in manly vigour, of shields, and for the victors in the gymnastic contest and the horse-race, of oil. The Athenian Constitution He engaged in a horse-race and a controversy over it in 1678, and the following year he ran his horse against that of Alexander Womack, the wager being 300 pounds of tobacco. Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century I remember the day you won the horse-race and I said, 'The devil's got the kid now sure.' The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras We had a horse-race, and Jeff beat them all, and wherever I went the crowd would cheer the chaplain. How Private George W. Peck Put Down The Rebellion or, The Funny Experiences of a Raw Recruit - 1887 And now, after lunch, the grand stand had been quickly filled, for the fame of the great race had spread up and down the valley, and the valley dearly loved a horse-race. The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills At Vire there was a print of a horse-race, with the horses in a cantering attitude, and a large dog running and barking by their side. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 This was as straight a tip as was ever given to a waiter or at a horse-race. A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel It's the biggest thing out—beats a horse-race! The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras "You could hardly," he answered, raising his hat, "have been more surprised than I was to see a horse-race." Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes I and other two miners like myself went to a horse-race a few weeks ago. Six Years in the Prisons of England I never witnessed a French horse-race, but I am told that they enjoy it moult tristement, as they say we English enjoy all our amusements. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 The walls are nearly bare of ornament; the exceptions being a highly-coloured print of a horse-race, and a sampler worked by Betty, rendered almost invisible by dust. Frank Oldfield Lost and Found The story of the horse-race and escapades of the reckless days of old were rehearsed by hosts of witnesses. The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras Very often, too, heavy bets on the issue of the event were offered and taken, just as if it were a horse-race or a coursing-match. A Hungarian Nabob Generals Wood and Crittenden, of the Twenty-first Army Corps, claimed that I did not beat Wagner fairly in the horse-race the other day. The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer He is then taken to a supposed pool-room and gives up his money for the purpose of having it placed as a wager on a horse-race already won. The Confessions of Artemas Quibble It is better than going to a horse-race. Rural Architecture Being a Complete Description of Farm Houses, Cottages, and Out Buildings Often when a charge was ordered, a genuine horse-race followed, the swiftest steeds leading the way. Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War You have a young ward—a girl whom Abellino persecutes, and Abellino's associates lay bets with each other as to who shall win her first, as if it were a horse-race. A Hungarian Nabob I am going to have a horse-race in the morning with Major McDowell, of Rousseau's staff. The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer If there was anything he loved, it was a horse-race for money, chalk, marbles or fun. The Pride of Palomar Whoever has witnessed a horse-race can understand the ardor, vehemence, and struggle for victory, which excite the energies of both horses and men. The Nursery, No. 106, October, 1875. Vol. XVIII. A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers Now and then some youths emerged from the crowd and indulged in an impromptu horse-race, only to return and receive a chiding from their elders for wasting their horses’ strength unnecessarily. With the Boer Forces I have been shewed, at the horse-race, the theatre, &c. the unfortunate grandson of King James the Second. Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany, Vol. I Wood persisted that the Twenty-first Corps could not be beaten in a horse-race, and that Wagner's long-legged white was the most wonderful pacer he ever saw. The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer This ancient writer continues a minute description, and, perhaps, gives the earliest one of a horse-race in this country. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 I never said nor implied that Mr Nanjivell had won his money on a horse-race. Nicky-Nan, Reservist Then it was a horse-race for the river, and I wasn't certain of the roads. The Militants Stories of Some Parsons, Soldiers, and Other Fighters in the World "Yes; and I might cap your cup-and-lip proverb with another as to the effect of money as a stimulus in a horse-race." Success A Novel A Scottish gentleman on a trip to New Orleans went to see his first horse-race. More Toasts We should like to see a horse-race in the Albany avenue! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 13, 1841 He evidently loved a horse-race, but he need not have given us the startling information, "their chief aim is to prevent a competitor getting before them." Vanishing England We resolved, therefore, with the boy, to run her down; so, by the way of making an animated start, we slung the pail at the horse's head, and put out on a Sunday morning horse-race. Around The Tea-Table He had followed the horse-race gamblers to town on a purely selfish undertaking. Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West When a horse-race was on, a meadow in Virginia sufficed. Audrey The shearers heard of the affair, and paused in the arrangement of a horse-race. Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 Then, the officers improvised a horse-race; and once they even got up a circus, in which all look part. The Nameless Castle Or—no, you don't and I've got to be square with you if it spoils the prettiest horse-race ever seen in old Kentucky. In Old Kentucky What singular genius introduced the horse-race into a crowded street, I am yet to learn. An History of Birmingham (1783) They met him again at a fair and horse-race at Scalp Point, and found their liking for him increased. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 33, December, 1873 They create a vivid enthusiasm for literature that affects many people who might not otherwise know that to read a fine book is as exciting an experience as going to a horse-race. The Art of Letters He might as well have tried to distract the attention of the grand stand from the finish of a horse-race. The Last Shot This fine cast counted one point in the game, which is of eleven points, and the Indian braves among the spectators howled like civilized young men at a horse-race. The Frontiersmen Another was the horse-race, 'till a few years ago a person being killed, rather slackened the entertainment. An History of Birmingham (1783) It is said that an important horse-race took place. The Pleasures of Ignorance Not far from Bouináki, a considerable village of Northern Daghestán, the young Tartars were assembled for their national exercise called "djigítering;" that is, the horse-race accompanied by various trials of boldness and strength. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 329, March, 1843 Not merely had he never seen a horse-race on a Sunday—he had never seen a horse-race at all. The Roll-Call After these preliminary instructions, Mr. Punch offers his Third Example.—Event to be described: A horse-race. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, September 20, 1890 Hence the Romans once at a horse-race uttered this among other cries: "We are destroying the living in order to bury the dead." Dio's Rome, Volume 6 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus And Alexander Severus Offer no opposition when he wants to see a good horse-race. A Woman of the World Her Counsel to Other People's Sons and Daughters In it he provided an entertainment consisting of music and gymnastic contests, and in the hippodrome a horse-race and the slaughter of many beasts of all kinds. Dio's Rome, Volume 2 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus; and Now Presented in English Form. Second Volume Extant Books 36-44 (B.C. 69-44). Toros's neck had been broken at a horse-race and he was dead. Armenian Literature In one of these excursions, she, to her intense indignation, found a beggar boy endeavouring to draw, with a piece of charcoal, an illustration of a horse-race upon her so recently cleaned door-steps. The Garies and Their Friends At a horse-race Heirocles fell out of his chariot just opposite the seat of Sardanapalus, losing his helmet in his fall. Dio's Rome, Volume 6 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus And Alexander Severus Presidents, Senators, Honorables, Judges, Generals, Commodores, Governors, and the Ex's of all these, congregate here as thick as pick-pockets at a horse-race or women at a wedding in church. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861 If these three great events had been mere spectacles and nothing else—such as, for instance, that great horse-race known as "The Derby"—this chapter would never have been written. The Mastery of the Air A modern horse-race, with its skill, daring and picturesqueness, is the only modern entertainment comparable to the gorgeous races of the Romans. America, through the spectacles of an Oriental diplomat It is impossible to read of a first performance at a theatre, or of a horse-race, without finding your name coupled with that of Jenny Fancy, or Cora Pearl, or Ninette Simplon. Baron Trigault's Vengeance During that time I have not attended or betted upon a horse-race, or a fight, or any public exhibition of that nature. The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims Volume II (of II) He said you couldn't place a kangaroo-dog second in a horse-race. Three Elephant Power and Other Stories But I acquit it of this sin now; for the interest of a chase, in reasonably good weather, is quite equal to that of a horse-race, which is a thing I delight in. Homeward Bound or, the Chase At the exact spot where the grandstand formerly stood at the finish of the horse-race, where the King, surrounded by courtiers, watched the whirling chariots, now remains motionless, breathless, a yellow-haired girl. Robert Browning: How to Know Him The travellers had one day the gratification of witnessing an African horse-race. Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa A horse-race is pretty tame and colorless in comparison. Life on the Mississippi, Part 9. I've explained everything to you, my Lord, that I can explain, and about that horse-race, too. The Fourth Watch "I never knew her before to take such an interest in a horse-race." Esther Waters Where the work of the spirit comes in, it effects such a difference between the two peoples as lies between an Eisteddfod and a horse-race. Seven English Cities The stables were connected with the salons by a long, carpeted gallery, at the end of which was a huge fresco on the walls, representing a horse-race in a very lifelike manner. In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters Still, a horse-race might be well enough, in its way, perhaps, if it were not for the tiresome false starts. Life on the Mississippi, Part 9. The horse-race is performed by horses without riders, generally five or six at a time. After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 On the second day there was a horse-race, and on the third a naval battle involving three thousand men. Dio's Rome, Volume 5, Books 61-76 (A.D. 54-211) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form By Herbert Baldwin Foster Now this was done, like everything else, in pursuance of a decree: privately the ædiles had a horse-race and slaughter of wild beasts on the birthday of Augustus.—These were the occurrences in the City. Dio's Rome, Volume 4 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form Again, at one class of theatre, the author of a sporting play--is bound to exhibit a horse-race on the stage, or he is held to have shirked his obligatory scene. Play-Making A Manual of Craftsmanship At least, nobody was ever killed when I was at a horse-race. Life on the Mississippi, Part 9. The men might be seen amusing themselves at various games, while the officers actually got up an impromptu horse-race. A Narrative of the Siege of Delhi With an Account of the Mutiny at Ferozepore in 1857 The very expression was itself ominous, since it occurred at the last horse-race that year, and immediately after it the sovereignty passed to Pertinax. Dio's Rome, Volume 5, Books 61-76 (A.D. 54-211) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form By Herbert Baldwin Foster Augustus himself did not wish to hold it, but obtained the privilege of a horse-race perpetually upon his birthday. Dio's Rome, Volume 4 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form Speaking of Tattersall's reminds me of many things, amongst them of the way in which, happily, I came to the resolution never to bet on a horse-race. The Reminiscences of Sir Henry Hawkins (Baron Brampton) All your lexicographers agree that "kind" means a "race," which is absurd, because a horse-race, for instance, is anything but kind. Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 31, October 29, 1870 The shame of it--she, in a horse-race, and with Rupert Joyce! Across the Years It was at the last horse-race before the Saturnalia, and a countless throng of people flocked to it. Dio's Rome, Volume 5, Books 61-76 (A.D. 54-211) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form By Herbert Baldwin Foster And he celebrated in company with Agrippa the festival in honor of the victory won at Actium, which had been voted: in it he had the horse-race between boys and between men of the nobility. Dio's Rome, Volume 4 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form When I went to a horse-race I used to fasten my mind on the signal, and tried to see beforehand the number of the winner. You Never Know Your Luck; being the story of a matrimonial deserter. Complete His ball is the ball of balls, and his countenance makes the horse-race thrive. Following the Equator, Part 2 A dangerous time for a robbery, when many persons are on the road, on account of a horse-race, fair, or some other public meeting. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue There was a horse-race on, and as the horses were about to contend for the seventh time a crowd of children ran into the race course, at their head a tall and sturdy maiden. Dio's Rome, Volume 5, Books 61-76 (A.D. 54-211) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form By Herbert Baldwin Foster Later Claudius fell sick, and Nero entered the senate to promise a horse-race in case Claudius should regain his health. Dio's Rome, Volume 4 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form Their father, Mr Vawdrey of Champion Hill, had recently lost his wife through an illness contracted at a horse-race, where the lady sat in wind and rain for some hours. In the Year of Jubilee We saw a place they have made for a famous horse-race to-morrow, where the Queen will come. The Journal to Stella Others derive it from a horse-race, or other rural contentions, where bells were frequently given as prizes. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue No horse-race or prize-fight could go on without him, and he himself never left one of these last-mentioned gatherings without finding some one to try conclusions with him. Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn Claudius became convalescent and Nero conducted the horse-race in a sumptuous manner; now, too, he married Octavia, a new circumstance to cause him a feeling of manly dignity. Dio's Rome, Volume 4 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form Through the open gates opposite, Roldan could see a spirited horse-race, a crowd of Indians betting at the top of their voices. The Valiant Runaways Take, for instance, a wager on a past horse-race. The Common Law There is just as much jockeying at a Kaskado coursing as at a Kaskado horse-race, just as many attempts at fraud, and it is just as necessary to have the judge and slipper beyond suspicion. Animal Heroes In the horse-race, the Duke of Wellington and Lord Uxbridge ride against each other; the Duke is victorious, and is rewarded with twelve opera-girls. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 1 They, too, directed the horse-race on this occasion, and their brother Agrippa took part with the children of the leading families in the so-called "Troy" equestrian games. Dio's Rome, Volume 4 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form He might be called upon to act as judge in a horse-race, or to make a speech upon the Constitution! The Boys' Life of Abraham Lincoln Some of the fellows would bet the shirt off their backs on a horse-race! Cow-Country To-day’s newspaper contains a yard or so of reading about a spring horse-race. The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft The old Yorkshire men liked a good, honest horse-race, and fox-hunting was a favorite sport with them. The Chignecto Isthmus and its first settlers When the famine at last had subsided, he conducted a horse-race in the name of Germanicus, who was son of Drusus, and in the name of his brother. Dio's Rome, Volume 4 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form If he made a few pounds now and then he'd drop it on a horse-race before he'd had it a week. Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields To hear that story would please me more than any description of the most splendid gymnastic contest or horse-race you could give me. The Economist The Feast of Mars, because the Tiber had previously occupied the hipprodrome, was this time held in the forum of Augustus and honored by a kind of horse-race and by the slaughter of wild beasts. Dio's Rome, Volume 4 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form He enjoyed a good honest horse-race, and was always ready to bet a beaver hat on any test question that gave a chance of settlement in that way. The Chignecto Isthmus and its first settlers These officials conducted everything as had been the custom, wearing the triumphal costume at the horse-race; they did not, however, ascend the chariot. Dio's Rome, Volume 4 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form Still other conflicts took place in connection with the horse-race that was in honor of Augustus's birthday; indeed, a few beasts were slain. Dio's Rome, Volume 4 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form
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