Swallow was a better stayer; as fast as a sprinter.
"Garrison's Finish A Romance of the Race-Course"
W. B. M. Ferguson
If a sprinter with a light weight up can get away first, she may never be headed till the finish.
"Garrison's Finish A Romance of the Race-Course"
W. B. M. Ferguson
"Dat crazy cannibal," grumbled Rad, "got it in his haid dat he's gwine to he'p Massa Tom by walkin' out o' nights like he was dis here Western, de great sprinter, Ma lawsy me!
"Tom Swift and his Electric Locomotive or, Two Miles a Minute on the Rails"
Victor Appleton