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STEEPLECHASE , a variety of See also:horse-racing not run on the See also:flat, but either across See also:country or on a made course with artificial fences, See also:water-jumps, &c. (see HORSE-RACING). The origin of the See also:sport and the name is due to matches run by owners of hunters, the See also:goal being some prominent landmark, such as a neighbouring See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church See also:steeple. There is an See also:early See also:record of such a match in 1752 in See also:Ireland, when the course was 41 m., " from the Church of Buttevaut to the See also:spire of St Leger Church." The name is sometimes used of See also:cross-country See also:running or of a See also:race on a made course over hurdles and other obstacles. It is also given to an See also:English variation of the old See also:French See also:game of See also:Goose (q.v.). It is played with two See also:dice on a See also:board, on which is depicted a race-course with hurdles, water-jumps and other obstacles. The course is marked in 6o compartments by means of radii, and the game is won by the player whose horse makes the See also:circuit in the fewest throws. Each player is provided with a marker, usually in the See also:form of a See also:jockey on horseback, which is moved forward after each throw to the space to which the number thrown entitles it.
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