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Hello my dear students,
the Kentucky Derby is coming up. |
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Isn't the derby a hat?
-Yes. |
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So it's a bunch of people in Kentucky
wearing hats? |
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No no, it's a horse race.
-But you said a derby was a hat. |
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I did, ok let me explain. |
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Hot for words. |
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The derby is the American name
for a dome-shaped hat |
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that the British call a bowler
but it started out |
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as a name for a horse race.
The 12th Earl of Derby |
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back in the late 1700s
was married |
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but was more interested in
staying away from his wife... -Hey! |
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...so he took up an interest in horses,
interesting choice. |
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He started a horse race
and named it the Derby after himself. |
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The race became so popular
that when Kentucky |
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wanted to have a horse race
a hundred years later |
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they name it after Derby as well.
-Ok but what about the hats? |
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Well after the Civil War
some Americans were watching |
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the horse races back in England...
-Hello! |
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...and they noticed
the funny looking hats |
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the British wore there.
They took a couple back to New York |
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and copied them and then
they decided to call them derbies |
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after the race. -Ok cool,
so the Kentucky Derby |
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is a bunch of people
running around in derby hats. |
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No it's a horse race.
I give up. |
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For your homework
will you be watching |
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the Kentucky Derby
coming up on the second? |
