chase-the-fairs

Updated: May 18, 2025

An irresistible hankering to get a nearer sniff of the sawdust, to mix with the old crowd, induced Buck to send a card to a sporting paper, advertising for correspondence from bareback riders, tumblers, specialty people and privilege speculators, who wanted to join a "one-ring, chase-the-fairs road show no first-raters."

Various - Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905