hare and hounds

Example Sentences

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So they immediately began to play at hare and hounds.

From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm

Is this a marathon or hare and hounds?

From The Huntress by Footner, Hulbert

As we know, Sam was an excellent runner, and hare and hounds just suited him.

From The Rover Boys at School by Stratemeyer, Edward

Several of the colleges, notably Harvard and Yale, have hare and hounds in the fall—although I do not believe there were ever any inter-collegiate contests in that branch of sport.

From Harper's Round Table, July 16, 1895 by Various

But it's good fun; it's like a paper chase, or hare and hounds.

From Under Fire For Servia by Fiske, Colonel James