Taffy jumped from the slippery scaffolding pole and splashed knee-deep through the ice-flecked surface of the water-jump, clawing up the steep muddy bank on all-fours. ❋ La Plante, Lynda (1992)
I saw them coming and hollered at my old man as he went by, and he was leading by about a length and riding way out, and light as a monkey, and they were racing for the water-jump. ❋ Ernest Hemingway (1953)
They jumped the stone wall and came jammed down the stretch toward the big water-jump right in front of the stands. ❋ Ernest Hemingway (1953)
They took off over the big hedge of the water-jump in a pack and then there was a crash, and two horses pulled sideways out off it, and kept on going, and three others were piled up. ❋ Ernest Hemingway (1953)
III. was a good water-jump where one of the field had taken a toss right into the middle of a stream. ❋ Pat Beauchamp Washington (N/A)
'Now we'll go,' said Tom, 'and this time we will reach and fly the water-jump without stopping. ❋ Various (N/A)
It was not like her to keep her eyes turned away from the horses until some one quite close to her said, 'Well, they' re over the water-jump anyway, 'when she suddenly raised her field-glasses, with hands that were trembling a little, and kept her eyes fixed on the race. ❋ Unknown (N/A)
There was only half a hope left to Alcatraz and that was to turn and attempt to leave the wolf again at the water-jump; but now his renewed panic paralyzed all power of thinking. ❋ Max Brand (1918)
Over a hedge -- across a ditch, they race together till, as they approach the water-jump, behold! once more "The Terror" gallops half a length behind Sir Mortimer's gray. ❋ Jeffery Farnol (1915)
He learned how to gather himself for a sail through the air over a hurdle or a water-jump. ❋ Sewell Ford (1907)
To surrender to it was luxury, yet her hand on the rein held her own will ready at call; and twice, where Sweetwater brook meandered, she braced herself for the water-jump, judging the pace and the stride; and twice, with many feet to spare, Madcap sailed over the silver-grey riband. ❋ Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1903)
This should be the turning-post, and would give them a course well over half a mile, with a water-jump to be crossed twice. ❋ Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1903)
The last, widest water-jump was taken with one long, flying leap; and then, doffing his hat low to the Royal Box, the conqueror rode away in a storm of applause. ❋ Karl Anderson (1901)
He followed, taking the water-jump without effort; and after a second's hesitation ventured to praise her horse. ❋ Unknown (1899)
And so past the Stand to the broad water-jump, where three went down, in a tangle. ❋ William Alexander Fraser (1896)
And the run for the "Hunt Cup" was over three miles, with mud-wall and water-jump studded. ❋ William Alexander Fraser (1896)
Then Lord Rosshill related an anecdote concerning an enormous water-jump that he and Lord ❋ Unknown (1892)
Most of the fences are high posts-and-rails or "snake" fences, although there is an occasional stone wall, haha, or water-jump. ❋ Theodore Roosevelt (1888)
The field swept by the stands, most of them getting safely over the big water-jump, though several of the horses struck hard, and one of them went on his knees, pitching his rider over his head. ❋ Thomas Nelson Page (1887)
