10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SACK RACING»
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sack racing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
sack racing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Dictionary of Sports Studies
sack racing A traditional form of racing at fairs and on sports days, in which the
contestant races in a sack, often jumping to make the most effective progress.
Joseph Strutt's Sports and Pastimes of the People of England (1801) identified
sack ...
2
The Old Farmer's Almanac for Kids
Sack racing was once a serious sport. It was a competition in the 1904 Olympic
Games. GET SET . . . Stand at the starting line. To keep your balance, put your left
arm around your teammate's shoulders and have your teammate put his right ...
3
Running Through the Ages
College track teams had sack-racing specialists who trained as diligently as any
other member of the team. There was no fixed distance for the race but it was
usually from 50 to 150 yards. The sack had a drawstring which was drawn
around ...
Edward Seldon Sears,
2008
4
Library of Congress Subject Headings
... racing Motorcycle racing Mud racing Off-road racing Personal watercraft racing
Pigeon racing Running races Sack racing Skating races Ski racing Soap box
derbies Speed skating Truck racing Racing automobiles USE Automobiles,
Racing ...
Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office,
2004
5
Hitler's First War: Adolf Hitler, the Men of the List ...
There the regiment celebrated a summer party with free beer and a competition '
in hand-grenade-throwing, sprinting, relay running, sack racing, [and] tug-of-war'.
No records have survived of a sack-racing Private Hitler. In his recollections in ...
You could support each other in ways no one else could, visit the shooting range
together on weekends after Starbucks, and maybe enter the Police Olympics in
doubles tennis or sack racing or something. You could probably wear each ...
7
Library of Congress Subject Headings
... racing Bicycle racing Bull racing Canoe racing Canoe racing, Marathon Dog
racing Horse-racing Hurdle-racing Motorboat racing Motorcycle racing Pigeon
racing Running races Sack racing Skating races Ski racing Soap box derbies
Speed ...
8
Grand Entree: The Birth of the Greatest Show on Earth, 1870-1875
Arnaud; closing with twenty minutes of The Lancaster Fair — grease pole
climbing, sack racing, donkey racing, wheel barrow racing, and a sequence of
folk dances and native pastimes, all within an approximate two-hours to two-and-
a-half ...
Stuart Thayer, William L. Slout,
2009
9
When All My Dreams Come True
“Then there are various games that everyone can participate in, like sack racing
and horse racing. There's even a greased pig for the kids to try to catch. That's
usually hilarious.” “They have a shooting contest that you ought to compete in, ...
10
Encyclopedia of Traditional British Rural Sports
... hurdling, hammer and stone throwing, together with more traditional activities
such as tilting at the ring, prisoner's base, sack racing, pole climbing and archery.
Football, cricket, quoits and shooting were also staged, although the programme
...
Tony Collins, John Martin, Wray Vamplew,
2005
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SACK RACING»
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sack racing is used in the context of the following news items.
If bridge is an Summer Olympics sport, can sack racing and marbles …
Has the time come for sack racing, marbles and Go Fish to become Olympic sports? While the very suggestion that such pastimes might be part of the Olympic ... «Yahoo Sports, Jun 15»
Just when you thought Mick won sack race along comes Tetbury
Talking sack racing and Origin, it really was a bad week for any team ... Mal was asked: “It's just been announced that the Blues have sacked their coach. «The Australian, May 15»
London Sack Race Says Balls To Cancer
A ballsy bunch of Londoners will be sack racing round the city on 7 April for the Everyman male cancer campaign, in memory of the right testicle of their friend, ... «Londonist, Mar 12»