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Weight-for-age Race (A)

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A sort of handicap (q.v.), but the weights are apportioned according to certain conditions, and not according to the dictum of a “capper.” Horses of the same age carry similar weights cæteris paribus. (See Selling - race, Plate, Sweep-stakes.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Weeds
Weeping Brides
Weeping Cross
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Weigh Anchor
Weighed in the Balance, and found Wanting
Weight
Weight-for-age Race (A)
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Weld or Wold
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Well-founded Doctor
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