DCHP-3

snowsnake racing

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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an Indian game played with a straight wooden rod having a weighted head resembling that of a snake, this rod being slid over a smooth field of snow or down specially constructed runways.

See: snowsnake (def. 1)

Quotations

1932
. . . it is very probable that within a few years the pastime of snowsnake racing will be a rival to skiing or snowshoeing.