"Sprinter" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Harold was a swift sprinter, and was called "Harefoot" by those who were intimate enough to exchange calls and coarse ...
— Comic History of England • Bill Nye
... the camp, flaunting the red parasol, Dick was followed closely by the bellowing bull. For a short distance, anyway, the sprinter could run as ...
— The High School Boys in Summer Camp • H. Irving Hancock
... girls do," Fresno smiled, sourly. "My taste runs more to music." After a moment's meditation, he observed: "Speed doesn't look like a sprinter to me. I—I'll wager he can't do a hundred ...
— Going Some • Rex Beach
... horse travelling in such splendid loneliness asked, "Runnin' horse?" and I (to cover my folly) replied evasively, "He can run a little for good money." This satisfied every one that he was a sprinter and quite explained his ...
— The Trail of the Goldseekers - A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse • Hamlin Garland
... the barge yawed, the reefs kept sliding by. The passenger stole a look at the pump-man, and ventured: "Kieran, there used to be, a few years ago, a sprinter, pole-vaulter, and jumper, competing under the name of Campbell in the Hibernian and Caledonian games up north, and you're a ...
— Wide Courses • James Brendan Connolly |
