Wild-goose chase

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A wild-goose chase or wild goose chase may refer to:

• A pursuit of something unattainable or non-existent, such as in a snipe hunt
• An erratic type of horse race
• The Wild Goose Chase, a comedy stage play written by John Fletcher and first published in 1621
• The Wild Goose Chase (film), a 1915 American comedy-drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille
• Wycliffe's Wild Goose Chase, a crime novel by W. J. Burley
• The Wild Goose Chase (cartoon), a 1932 Van Beuren cartoon