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Definition of Potato race
1. Noun. A novelty race in which competitors move potatoes from one place to another one at a time.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Potato Race
Literary usage of Potato race
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Playground Book by Harry Sperling (1916)
"potato race. Players. Boys or girls; any age; any number. Apparatus. ... B.
In this way the potato race may also be used for relay racing. ..."
2. Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium by Jessie Hubbell Bancroft (1909)
"potato raceS Four forms of potato race are here given as follows: — POTATO ...
potato race II. Team competition. One player places the potatoes on spots; ..."
3. Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium by Jessie Hubbell Bancroft (1909)
"potato raceS Pour forms of potato race are here given as follows:— POTATO ...
potato race II. Team competition. One player places the potatoes on spots; ..."
4. Games & Dances: A Selected Collection of Games, Song-games and Dances by William Albin Stecher (1912)
"potato race. (Potato Planting and Picking.) Divide the players into six ranks of
equal numbers. Have twenty-four potatoes (erasers, stones, handkerchiefs, ..."
5. The Church at Play: A Manual for Directors of Social and Recreational Life by Norman Egbert Richardson (1922)
"potato race. 31. Spin the Platter. 32. Cobbler, Cobbler, Mend My Shoe. 33.
Baste the Beetle (Bear). 34. Two Deep. 35. Trades (New Orleans). 36. ..."
6. New Rational Athletics for Boys and Girls by Frederick Joseph Reilly (1917)
"potato race We use the potato race as our standard running event because it can
be conducted indoors or out, depending on the weather, and because it has a ..."
7. Manual of Physical Training: Games and Mass Competitions by Charles Herbert Keene (1914)
"This continues until all have run. The team first completing the circuit wins.
56. potato race (7, 8). All are acquainted with the old- fashioned potato ..."
8. The Encyclopedia of Sunday Schools and Religious Education: Giving a World by John Thomas McFarland, Benjamin Severance Winchester (1915)
"These tests are as follows : Boys twelve to fourteen years of age—70 yards potato
race, 25 seconds; pull-up, 6 times; broad jump, 5 feet 6 inches. ..."
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