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back-mark, v. Sporting slang.
[Cf. next.]
trans. To put (a competitor) back at the start of a race. Hence, to leave far behind in a contest.
1890Farmer Slang s.v., To be backmarked..(pedestrian), in handicapping to receive less start from ‘scratch’ than previously given—even to being put back to ‘scratch’. 1895Field 24 Aug. 315/3 Jersey men eagerly awaited the issue of the race between the amateur champion of the world and their own island champions, not that they ever expected them to back mark Tyers. 1928Sunday Express 17 June 20/3, I venture the opinion that he would readily back-mark any man in Scotland over a mile course. |