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altogether lost, and their bodies and their bodies in the most emaciated state..." "When the battle was decided, nature had left
Molineaux and Crib could not have stayed much longer, but gameness bore him out". The term was also used in describing race horses, normally those that come from behind to win such as the March 1929 Stanley Steeple Chase: "the tactics succeeded, though only the gameness of the horse, and the resolute riding of W. Stephenson, brought about the victory". The term was always used with terriers used for "terrier work" which is the same a hound but below ground, to locate the quarry and bark, for either "bolt" (make it run out) or bark loud enough for men to dig down to the terrier, and catch the quarry. A terrier that stays at the quarry for extreme periods of time is considered game.
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The term gameness was first used to describe fighters in Boxing matches in the early 1800's. One such Boxing match was
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