hare and hounds

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The following day was fixed for the run, and promptly at two o'clock the hare and hounds assembled.

From Chatterbox, 1906 by Clarke, J. Erskine (John Erskine)

"Oh, it's much too hot for hare and hounds," said Edith King.

From A Bunch of Cherries A Story of Cherry Court School by Meade, L. T.

Here they found the trail very clearly marked, as in the old game of hare and hounds where the point of a new departure is marked by a bunch of cut paper.

From Frontier Boys in Frisco by Roosevelt, Wyn

Once those fellows come ashore they'll play hare and hounds with us to the king's taste.

From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Lynde, Francis

You never saw anything so cheerful and spontaneous as their gait; schoolboys do not look more eagerly at hare and hounds; and you would have thought it impossible to tire such willing marchers.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) by Lang, Andrew