Dark Horse
(A). A racing term for a horse of good pretensions, but
of which nothing is positively known by the general public. Its merits
are kept dark from betters and book-makers.
“At last a Liberal candidate has entered the field at Croydon. The
Conservatives have kept their candidate back, as a dark horse.” —Newspaper paragraph, January, 1886.
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