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cantered, ran at an easy gait.
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his blazer, his light jacket, —usually of wool, or silk and of a bright color, for wear at tennis, cricket, or other sport.
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Achilles Club colors, the colors of the club of which he is a member, the Achilles Club.
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disheveled crop, disarranged or ruffled hair that is cut loose or short.
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on your marks, set, and then fire, the regular signals given at the start of races.
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tautness, tightness.
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scurry, hasten away.
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Mind out, be sure to get clear of the other runners.
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tentatively, experimentally.
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“Blinking fool,” big fool. Andrew realized that he had made a mistake and he was scolding himself.
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bad technique, not good style of performance; poor execution.
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cramping pain, a pain in the muscles in form of a cramp-spasmodic and painful involuntary contraction of a muscle or muscles.
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guts, that quality of being strong, powerful, and having a capacity for exertion and endurance, whether physical, intellectual, or moral.
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winded, put out of breath; rendered scant of wind by violent exertion.
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quarter-mile mark, the half-way mark of the half-mile race.
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punch, power; energy; “guts.”
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grueling, exhausting the capacity or endurance.
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mindless, out of one’s mind; heedless; not controlled by his mind or reason.
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taped, bettered; beaten.
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speed-spent, exhausted by running rapidly or at great speed.
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white wool, a piece of string, thread, or worsted stretched across the finishing line and broken by the first man to finish the race.
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haunches, the hind quarters.
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compartment, one of the parts into which an inclosed portion, or space is divided, as by partitions, or lines; next booth.
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beers, glasses of brewed liquor made with malted grain, with or without other starchy material, and with hop or other substances to give a bitter flavor; in Great Britain, and the United States, beer frequently signifies the lighter kinds and all the heavier kinds of malted liquors.
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