Indian relay

English

Etymology

From Indian (“Amerindian”) +‎ relay (“relay race”).

Noun

Indian relay (countable and uncountable, plural Indian relays)

1. (uncountable) A sport developed by the Prairie Amerinds / Great Plains Indians, where competitors race thrice around a horsetrack bareback on horses, where the racer must jump off one horse and onto another at the end of each lap.
2. (countable) A race of that sport.