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Definition of Steeplechasing
1. n. The act of riding steeple chases.
Definition of Steeplechasing
1. Noun. the racing of horses over open country, or over fences ¹
2. Noun. athletics over hurdles and a water jump ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Steeplechasing
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Steeplechasing
Literary usage of Steeplechasing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the British Turf, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day by James Rice (1879)
"steeplechasing — DUKE OF NEWCASTLE—LORD ST. VINCENT—MR. ... The popular sport of
steeplechasing is of much more modern origin than flat-racing. ..."
2. History of the British Turf, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day by James Rice (1879)
"steeplechasing—DUKE OF NEWCASTLE—LORD ST. VINCENT—MR. ... The popular sport of
steeplechasing is of much more modern origin than flat-racing. ..."
3. Memoirs of Sir Claude Champion de Crespigny, Bart. by Claude Champion de Crespigny (1896)
"SHORTLY after the Wiltshire period, I was enabled to return once again to my old
love, steeplechasing, and from 1880 to the present time have been almost ..."
4. The American Turf by John H. Davis (1906)
"Origin of steeplechasing. The origin of steeplechasing is absolutely a creature
of Irish adventure. The Irish gentlemen, who were not only fond of following ..."
5. A History of Steeple-chasing by William Charles Arlington Blew (1901)
"Two of them, at any rate, members of the New Farley Hunt, in Hampshire, proved
their liking for steeplechasing by making a match to ride a sixteen-mile race ..."
6. Riding and Hunting by Matthew Horace Hayes (1901)
"steeplechasing. Steeplechase riding—Grand National Steeplechase Course.
STEEPLECHASE RIDING. BEFORE riding a chase, the jockey should go round and carefully ..."
7. Riding and Hunting by Matthew Horace Hayes (1901)
"steeplechasing. Steeplechase riding—Grand National Steeplechase Course.
STEEPLECHASE RIDING. BEFORE riding a chase, the jockey should go round and carefully ..."
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