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Horse Racing Summary

“Triple Crown” Winners in the United StatesKentucky DerbyPreakness StakesBelmont Stakes Ancient drawings on stone and bone prove that horse racing is at least 3,000 years old, but…

Brewer's: Parisienne

(La). A celebrated song by Casimir Delavigne, called the Marseillaise of 1830. Paris n'a plus qu'un cri de gloire; En avant marchons, Contre leurs canons. A travers le feu des battaillons…

Brewer's: Lantern Jaws

Cheeks so thin that one may see daylight through them, as light shows through the horn of a lantern. In French, “un visage si maigre que si on mettait une bougie allumée dans la bouche, la…

U.S. Amateur Golf Championship Winners

The following table lists the winners of the U.S. Amateur Championships in golf from 1895 to the present. The Merion Golf Club in Pennsylvania has hosted the U.S. Golf…

Musicians and Dancers

Adele Biographies ofNotable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists Athletes Businesswomen Comediennes Congresswomen Educators and Scholars Fashion Designers and Models Literary…

Louisville/Jefferson County, Ky.

Mayor: Greg Fischer (to Jan. 2019) 2010 census population (rank)1: 597,337 (27); % change: n.a.; Male: 289,236 (48.4%); Female: 308,101 (51.6%); White: 421,439 (70.6%); Black: 136,705 (22.9…

Brewer's: Cap

Black cap (See page 140, Black Cap.) Cater cap. A square cap or mortar-board. (French, quartier.) College cap. A trencher like the caps worn at the English Universities by students and…

Summer 2001

Summer 2001June 2Massachusetts HandicapSuffolk Downs11/8Include Jerry Bailey500,000June 8Acorn StakesBelmont1Forest SecretsChris McCarron200,000June 9Belmont StakesBelmont11/2Point GivenGary…