"track record"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Generally, someone with "no track record" hasn't failed to accomplish
anything; he hasn't even done anything.  He has no record at all, good or
bad.

JL

On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 10:49 AM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:

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> This seems a step closer to the modern meaning. A man with no track
> record hasn't accomplished anything.
> DanG
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> On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 3:42 AM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>
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> > http://goo.gl/IpcYR
> > Outing. Vol. 10:2. May 1887
> > Answers to Correspondents. p. 193
> >> /G. A. Loomis, Andover, Mass./--Will you kindly inform me through the
> >> columns of your magazine what distinction Will S. Maltby has attained
> >> as a bicyclist ? W. S. Maltby is a trick bicyclist, a rink excibitor,
> >> and by competent judges is considered in the first rank of the /fancy
> >> riding/ wheelmen, although not the best man in the business. He is now
> >> in the West, has no track record, and is a professional, making his
> >> living by his fancy riding.
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