[General] going eyes out/ tearing at a mad pace/ ride at full speed

[vil]

Dear teachers,

Would you be kind enough to tell me whether I am right with my interpretation of the expressions in bold in the following sentences?

My horse turning too quickly while I was going eyes out, fell and rolled over.

go eyes out = rush along, ride at full speed, tear at a mad pace

May I paraphrase the sentence above by following manner?

My horse turning too quickly while I was tearing at a mad pace, fell and rolled over.

Thank you for your efforts.

Regards,

V

 

[Tullia]

Dear teachers,

Would you be kind enough to tell me whether I am right with my interpretation of the expressions in bold in the following sentences?

My horse turning too quickly while I was going eyes out, fell and rolled over.

go eyes out = rush along, ride at full speed, tear at a mad pace

May I paraphrase the sentence above by following manner?

My horse turning too quickly while I was tearing at a mad pace, fell and rolled over.

Thank you for your efforts.

Regards,

V

The phrase you mean is tearing along at a mad pace, not just tearing at.
Going eyes out is archaic and not used nowadays in Br Eng at least.

 

[vil]

or maybe the best in my humble opinion "tearing downhills at a mad pace";-)

V.

 

[Tullia]

downhill, not downhills

There is nothing in the original sentence you gave to suggest he was going downhill, but there is nothing grammatically wrong with "tearing downhill (at a mad pace)". Any adverb of direction would work, pretty much.