race ground

A race-course (q. v.). race-horse, s. I. Zool., .: A blood-horse, specially bred for racing or steeple-chasing. It appears from the first edition of the Stud Book (1791) that the first strain of Arab blood was derived from a horse bought by James I. of a Mr. Markham for 500 guineas, but since then many Arab, Barb, and Turkish sires and dams have contributed to form the breed of racehorses. Youatt ( The Horse , p. 44) notes as their chief points: A beautiful Arabian head, fine and finely set-on neck, oblique lengthened shoulders, well bent hinder legs, ample muscular quarters; flat legs, rather short from the knee downward, and long elastic pastern. 2. Ornith.: Micropterus brachypterus ( Oidemia pat a chon ich a ). Called also the Steamer-duck. Both names refer to the swiftne of its motion through the water.