hare and hounds

Example Sentences

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Here they found the trail very clearly marked, as in the old game of hare and hounds where the point of a new departure is marked by a bunch of cut paper.

From Frontier Boys in Frisco by Roosevelt, Wyn

The Rover boys had come to Putnam Hall in the fall, and now summer sports were cast aside among the pupils, and football and hare and hounds became the rage.

From The Rover Boys at School by Stratemeyer, Edward

I felt as if I were taking part in a schoolboy game of hare and hounds.

From The Thirty-Nine Steps by Buchan, John

It was an all-day tournament, and it always embraced swimming, rowing and paddling for prizes, as well as fun in the shape of "bunting," water-polo, marine hare and hounds, and other games.

From The Girls of Central High on Lake Luna or, The Crew That Won by Morrison, Gertrude W.

We had met him once in the park, a horde of children dashing through the shrubbery with loud hurrahs; catch, and hare and hounds, were our favorite games.

From The Children of the World by Heyse, Paul