DCHP-3

chuckwagon race

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a type of race popular at the stampedes and rodeos of Western Canada. See 1950 quote.

Quotations

1950
In a chuck wagon race the entrants are required at a given signal to break an entire camp--including a burning stove--load all the paraphernalia in a wagon, do a series of figure eights around barrels, and then ride once around the track.
1962
A special feature of the Kingston Harness Horsemen's final meet of the season was a chuck wagon race at the Memorial Centre Monday.