Racing. [Of obscure origin: ? identical with STOTER.] A heavy stake.
1860. Sporting Mag., Nov., 306. Owners back their horses for such ‘stoaters,’ … that [etc.]. Ibid. (1861), Dec., 448. We did not back her for ‘a stoater,’ or get ‘on’ for ‘a monkey,’ or ‘a century,’ or even wager that one ‘pony’ would win us another.
1862. Baily’s Mag., Aug., 96. When it was known before starting the sum Lord Portsmouth stood on his filly, there was a perfect furore to back her, as a pony would be ‘a perfect stoater’ for him.
