In order to get more speed, the front wheels of these early
hobby-horses kept growing bigger, resulting in the "high-wheelers" that gained such popularity by the late 1880s.
The great American bicycle craze
The problem would seem to involve three questions: (i) why is the
hobby-horse associated with things forgotten?
A 'Hamlet' crux
And, admittedly a
hobby-horse of my own, their public and press relations is almost non-existent.
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Sir, - I see Mr Green is on his misguided
hobby-horse again.
Letter: Realities of traffic management
But Brzezinski contents himself with mounting his favorite
hobby-horse and decrying the "degree to which the most popular programs devised for young audiences ...
Out of Control
Stunts included ten
hobby-horse Grand Nationals, a space-hopper race for jockeys at Newmarket - won by Brooke supporter Kevin Darley - and camel racing at Musselburgh.
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They are accompanied by a Jester, a
Hobby-Horse, a Maid Marion (a man dressed as a woman) and a Bowman.
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Richard McGrath won a
hobby-horse Grand National staged as part of a day's fundraising on behalf of the Brooke equine welfare charity
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A REGULAR
hobby-horse of mine reared its head again last Friday at Knowsley Road.
Football: Rule needs changing
And the people will not forgive any hardliners or
hobby-horse class warriors who blow Labour's chances - again.
Record View; Why Tony has to be tough
The Triple Crown has been a great
hobby-horse of mine since I saw Nijinsky achieve
LETTER: Derby is being greatly undersold
"This has always been a
hobby-horse of mine and it's something I would love to see achieved.
Spence calls for parade shake-up; Horses appearing in card order `would aid racegoers'
A spokesman said: "There is a huge consensus that reading is best taught using a mixture of methods, but the Government ignores the evidence in favour of its outdated
hobby-horses. After all its talk of setting teachers free, it now wants to chain them further with another high-stakes test."
Can children of six spell words like Cat?
"There is a huge consensus that reading is best taught using a mixture of methods, but the Government ignores the evidence in favour of its outdated
hobby-horses," Martin Johnson, of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, added.
Teachers in UK to bring back traditional reading tests
'Back in time the knights lanced on horseback, so here we will have children on wooden
hobby-horses, and then they have to pick up hoops and things with mini-lances, so they learn a bit about the technique.
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