1915 ‘Tod Sloan’ Tod Sloan by Himself 293: A well-balanced horse getting away last or nearly last has frequently the ‘bulge’ on the others from the very beginning.at have the bulge on (v.) under bulge, n.
1915 ‘Tod Sloan’ Tod Sloan by Himself 241: All the time a lot of backbiters, who would abuse the friendship of anyone, gave me ‘the knock’.at knock, v.
1915 ‘Tod Sloan’ Tod Sloan by Himself 3: How to get up on the saddle was a licker to me.at licker, n.1
1915 ‘Tod Sloan’ Tod Sloan by Himself 149: I could never see [Tom Loates, a jockey] in the same street as his brother Sam.at not in the same street (adj.) under same, adj.
1915 ‘Tod Sloan’ Tod Sloan by Himself 141: Lord William and Huggins had hopes of Caiman proving a top-sawyer, but [...] I never held any view about him except that he was a good class selling plater.at top sawyer, n.
1915 ‘Tod Sloan’ Tod Sloan by Himself 28: For fifteen years he was always plunging, and in his time he pulled off the biggest strokes in the country, betting as much sometimes as fifty thousand dollars on a race.at pull (off) a stroke (v.) under stroke, n.2