Related Clues:

• Competed politically
• Superintended
• Sought public office
• Depended (on)
• Took a golf cart
• Went by horse
• Bled, like dyes
• Traveled on horseback
• Flew the coop
• Traveled by bus
• Made (off)
• Absconded
• Had charge of
• If it follows also, it's a failure
• Competed at Belmont