“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…
Dramatis PersonaeRumour, the Presenter.King Henry, the Fourth. Sons of King Henry.Prince Henry of Wales afterwards King Henry V.Thomas, Duke OF, ClarencePrince Humphrey, of GloucesterOthers.…
(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…
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…
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…
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…
