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Hello all dear friends:
What does the "box seat" mean?

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a) [廂座]; [看台正面的座位]; [劇院包廂]
- A special seat in a theater or grandstand box. (= A seat in a box at a public place of entertainment, such as a theater or stadium.)

b) [馬車駕駛負的座位]
- The driver's seat on a coach.
- A storage box on a coach, the lid of which serves as a seat for the driver.

Posted on: 2006/12/12 0:34
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[馬車駕駛"負"的座位] -->> "員"
(Sorry for the typo.)

Posted on: 2006/12/12 22:22
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BOX SEAT also means in third position in a race that is still running.

Here is a make-up horse racing commentary on how the term BOX SEAT is used:

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They are all set. Green flag’s up. Gates spring open and they are racing. MISC missed the jump. TOMATO SAUCE 454 was a little slow to begin.

DRAGON COMMAND got up to a great start. Showing a keen pair of heels, leads the pack with PRIMOJIE following closely about a length and the half away. Tugging in nicely three lengths further away is TAURIFIK in the ‘BOX SEAT’ third. Then STAR PRINCE, SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY, PATRIACH and MAGNA CHARTER. Six lengths behind is MISC. TOMATOSAUCE 454 brings up the field another four lengths behind.

On settling down, it is DRAGON COMMAND from STAR PRINCE. Next is PRIMOJIE follow by TAURIFIK, MAGNA CHARTER, PATRIACH and SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY. MISC brings up the rest.

As they cruise pass the pines, this one, STAR PRINCE goes to the front, two and the half lengths clear of DRAGON COMMAND. TAURIFIK racing pass PRIMOJIE to the join the leaders third. As they round the bend with 600 meters to go, STAR PRINCE surges ahead, DRAGON COMMAND not giving up. TAURIFIK brings up the rest.

At the top of the straight STAR PRINCE hits the front, DRAGON COMMAND throws in the challenge, PRIMOJIE on the outside not giving up. They come down in the final two hundred meters. STAR PRINCE on the inside, DRAGON COMMAND on the outside, DRAGON COMMAND, STAR PRINCE. PRIMOJIE surges ahead, STAR PRINCE fighting back hard. STAR PRINCE, PRIMOJIE, PRIMOJIE, STAR PRINCE. Nothing between them. They are racing stride-for-stride, neck-and-neck.

Holy smoke! Look at TAURIFIK from the outside flying home with big bounding strides! Jockey ZZZ brings out his whip ... riding hands and heels! You can queue up and collect your money. It’s TAURIFIK by two and the half lengths from STAR PRINCE. Third, a head away is DRAGON COMMAND. PRIMOJIE drops back to fourth follow by …..

Last one home is TOMATO SAUCE 454.
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Ha ha! Do you know why the horse TOMATO SAUCE 454 was the last one home?

Posted on: 2006/12/13 0:03
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cause The tomato sauce needs to catch up. i win.

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The term "box seat" in horse racing sport means ==> "A position in a race which is one horse off the fence and one horse behind the leaders."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_and_New_Zealand_punting_glossary

Posted on: 2006/12/13 1:51
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TO bukAir: Indeed! Tomato Sauce 454 could not 'ketchup' with the field. Excellent attempt!

TO Futari: It is certainly what the glossary shows. It is also a situation where a particular horse is third in position but trapped by other horses in the field. More often than not, a trapped horse is closer to the fence. I should have elaborated. That makes me a rotten commentator. haha!

However, having said this, I have never in my life heard a racehorse commentator in his commentary saying ‘box seat 2nd’ or ‘box seat 4th'.

Posted on: 2006/12/13 10:19
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