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Sunday, December 30. 2012

Trotting Cracks on the Snow

Not sure what "cracks" refers to. Looks like fun though. Jingle Bells.


 


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Not that I know this for sure, but I believe that "cracks" refers to the hoof problem horses have and running on soft surfaces like grass or snow. I've seen the term "pacing cracks" which refers to the same.

Just a guess you understand - I'm not at all sure about that.
#1 Tom Francis on 2012-12-30 08:03 (Reply)
A crack is an old fashioned term for a good racing horse.
#2 MissyW on 2012-12-30 08:38 (Reply)
Great. Thanks.
#2.1 Bird Dog on 2012-12-30 08:50 (Reply)
"Crack" is an old term for "good". You may have heard a person referred to (WWII) a "crack shot", or of people having a "cracking good time". That latter term you'll still hear in Australia.
#3 Richard Quigley (Link) on 2012-12-30 09:09 (Reply)
I thought it meant a trotting race that goes off at a fast speed. They were / are called cracking races.
#4 rbm411 on 2012-12-30 09:57 (Reply)
Hey all you cross country skiers out there--just a thought: you know how skinny those runners (blades) are on those old fashioned buggies? Welll, how about this? did they have to line up those runners with the tracks in the snow the same way cross country skiers do?
#5 apple pie on 2012-12-30 10:45 (Reply)
This is interesting: Le crack

See the third definition....
#6 Jephnol (Link) on 2012-12-30 13:08 (Reply)
The names of the cracks, or trotters, are beneath the print: Pocohontas, Lancet, Prince, Grey Eddy, General Darcy, Flora Temple, Lantern, Lady Woodruff, Brown Dick, Alice Grey, and Stella.
#7 Jephnol (Link) on 2012-12-30 13:31 (Reply)
See? Learn something new everyday.
#8 Tom Francis on 2012-12-31 07:51 (Reply)
"Cracking on" means to move quickly or speed up, especially in bad surroundings. More British slang than American, maybe equivalent to American expression "power through it"? Think it originally had something to do with putting on more sails, rather than less, on a ship in a storm.
#9 Jim on 2012-12-31 14:33 (Reply)

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