Originally, a racecard  was “a printed card giving information about the horse races scheduled for a particular race meeting.” Its first attested use was in 1836 (Oxford English Dictionary Online). The newer, two-word play on ‘racecard’, ‘race card’, came on the scene a century and a half later, around 1974, according to Merriam-Webster Dictionary Online. It has a different meaning, but one related to, and probably derived from, the original meaning. According to Merriam-Webster, a race card is “the issue of a person’s race as it relates to a particular contest (such as a political campaign or a court trial) —often used […]