verb (university).—To defeat: in a match, a fight, an examination, a race, &c. We CARTED them home = we gave them an awful licking.
IN THE CART, or CARTED, phr. (racing).—1. An employee is said to put an owner IN THE CART when, by some trick or fraud, his horse is prevented from winning. Also IN THE BOX.
1889. Evening Standard, 25 June. [Sir Chas. Russell’s speech in Durham-Chetwynd case.] It was alleged that in two races run by Fullerton in 1887, Sir George Chetwynd—to use a vulgarism—had been put IN THE CART by his Jockey.
2. (common).—‘In the know’; ‘in the hunt.’
1883. Referee, 1 April, p. 1, col. 1. No one, not even the previously most authoritative—and most IN THE CART—seems at all astonished at the success of Knight of Burghley.
3. (gaming).—The lowest scorer at any point is said to be IN THE CART; sometimes ON THE TAILBOARD.
TO WALK THE CART, phr. (racing).—To walk over the course.
TO CART OFF or OUT, or AWAY, phr. (colloquial).—To remove.
