ˈsteepleˌchaser

A steeple-chaser now generally stands on his own merits; a change for which sportsmen may be thankful.

To put the Happy Thought straight at the obstruction, like a steeple-chaser at a hurdle—it was a slim chance, but the only one.

Indeed, nothing but the flattest of saddles is safe to the steeple-chaser.

Whether the steeple-chaser on his thoroughbred, or the Indian on his mustang is the better rider, cannot well be decided.

The steeple-chaser, or cross-country rider, for perfectly satisfactory reasons, has a much shorter stirrup.