Though often omitted from modern anthologies of American humor, the work of George Derby achieved tremendous popularity in the nineteenth century. Phoenixiana (1856) was reprinted at least eleven times in the year of its publication and was...

I remember watching the Kentucky Derby on television as a child and being awestruck. I often wondered what it would be like to attend such a prestigious event -- and then, last year, I had the opportunity to experience the grandeur of the occasion....

THE DERBY ram held up the Suffolk tractor for no time at all last night and was sent back along the A14 with tail between legs after suffering a more emphatic mauling than a margin of 3-1 suggests. There was a dazzling home debut...