starting post

For some of the events the Opposition did not appear at starting-post; Government walked over.

Half an hour's rest brought them again to the starting-post, where Mac repeated his old tactics, and with similar bad success.

All eyes were turned on them as they cantered down the course to the starting post.

Her conjectures ran around a baffling circle marked only by the starting post, "what?"

We cantered up to the starting post, and there was some delay while Renny got her stirrups right.