Scarpa's shoes for curing club feet, etc. Devised by Antonio Scarpa, an Italian anatomist. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894ShoemakersShoe the Wild Colt A B…
Director: Mel StuartCast: Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum, Roy Kinnear and Aubrey Woods Wonka's guided tour through the mysterious Chocolate Factory is as enduring as, well, an…
(Ang.-Sax, ende, verb endian.) At my wits' end. At a standstill how to proceed farther; at a non-plus. He is no end of a fellow. A capital chap; a most agreeable companion; an A 1 [A one…
The Juniper-Tree Long, long ago, some two thousand years or so, there lived a rich man with a good and beautiful wife. They loved each other dearly, but sorrowed much that they had no…
Belmont Park; 3-year-olds; 11/2 mi Run at Jerome Park 1867 to 1890; at Morris Park 1890-94; at Belmont Park 1905-62; at Aqueduct 1963-67. Distance 15/8 mi…
by Ambrose Bierce LAPLAUGHTERLAST -n. A shoemaker's implement, named by a frowning Providence as opportunity to the maker of puns. Ah, punster, would my lot were cast,
Where the…
jockeyDied: Nov. 26, 2007 (Texas) Best Known as: champion jockey who won five Kentucky Derbys A champion jockey who won the Kentucky Derby five times during…
SCOTT John , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born at Marsh Creek, near Gettysburg, Pa.,
December 25, 1784; moved to Alexandria, Pa., in 1806; engaged as tanner and shoemaker; served
as…
SHEFFEY Daniel , a Representative from Virginia; born in Frederick, Frederick County,
Md., in 1770; pursued classical studies; apprenticed as a shoemaker in his
father's shop; moved to Wytheville…
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