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    Thanks.

    Though I just noticed that when I asked about brown or black that I forgot to add I was asking about the accessories

    Brown or black sporrans, belts and shoes? Brass or silver? I got to admit this throws me. Get mixed messages through the posts. One of the difficult things about too much info.

    Jim

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    Doing some reading on the Derby's page and it looks like dress code is to where you sit.

    In the stands it is the fancier code. Down in the infield it seems to be slightly different. Seems to be a Mardi Gras like party on one end from their discription and a G-rated family picnic style on the other.

    Jim

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    No discussion about the Kentucky Derby would be complete without the Buckner Mint Julep Ceremony:

    http://www.thebucknerhome.com/julep/

    My dear General Connor,

    Your letter requesting my formula for mixing mint juleps leaves me in the same position in which Captain Barber found himself when asked how he was able to carve the image of an elephant from a block of wood. He replied that it was a simple process consisting merely of whittling off the part that didn't look like an elephant.

    The preparation of the quintessence of gentlemanly beverages can be described only in like terms. A mint julep is not the product of a FORMULA. It is a CEREMONY and must be performed by a gentleman possessing a true sense of the artistic, a deep reverence for the ingredients and a proper appreciation of the occasion. It is a rite that must not be entrusted to a novice, a statistician, nor a Yankee. It is a heritage of the old South, an emblem of hospitality and a vehicle in which noble minds can travel together upon the flower-strewn paths of happy and congenial thought.

    So far as the mere mechanics of the operation are concerned, the procedure, stripped of its ceremonial embellishments, can be described as follows:

    Go to a spring where cool, crystal-clear water bubbles from under a bank of dew-washed ferns. In a consecrated vessel, dip up a little water at the source. Follow the stream through its banks of green moss and wildflowers until it broadens and trickles through beds of mint growing in aromatic profusion and waving softly in the summer breezes. Gather the sweetest and tenderest shoots and gently carry them home. Go to the sideboard and select a decanter of Kentucky Bourbon, distilled by a master hand, mellowed with age yet still vigorous and inspiring. An ancestral sugar bowl, a row of silver goblets, some spoons and some ice and you are ready to start.

    In a canvas bag, pound twice as much ice as you think you will need. Make it fine as snow, keep it dry and do not allow it to degenerate into slush.

    In each goblet, put a slightly heaping teaspoonful of granulated sugar, barely cover this with spring water and slightly bruise one mint leaf into this, leaving the spoon in the goblet. Then pour elixir from the decanter until the goblets are about one-fourth full. Fill the goblets with snowy ice, sprinkling in a small amount of sugar as you fill. Wipe the outsides of the goblets dry and embellish copiously with mint.

    Then comes the important and delicate operation of frosting. By proper manipulation of the spoon, the ingredients are circulated and blended until Nature, wishing to take a further hand and add another of its beautiful phenomena, encrusts the whole in a glittering coat of white frost. Thus harmoniously blended by the deft touches of a skilled hand, you have a beverage eminently appropriate for honorable men and beautiful women.

    When all is ready, assemble your guests on the porch or in the garden, where the aroma of the juleps will rise Heavenward and make the birds sing. Propose a worthy toast, raise the goblet to your lips, bury your nose in the mint, inhale a deep breath of its fragrance and sip the nectar of the gods.

    Being overcome by thirst, I can write no further.

    Sincerely,
    S.B. Buckner, Jr.
    T.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cajunscot View Post
    No discussion about the Kentucky Derby would be complete without the Buckner Mint Julep Ceremony:

    T.
    Todd, if ever we meet in person, I intend to read this letter aloud to you. I think you'd get a kick out of it.
    --dbh

    When given a choice, most people will choose.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Drac View Post
    Doing some reading on the Derby's page and it looks like dress code is to where you sit.

    In the stands it is the fancier code. Down in the infield it seems to be slightly different. Seems to be a Mardi Gras like party on one end from their discription and a G-rated family picnic style on the other.

    Jim
    Having been schooled in Kentucky, which requires a deep knowledge of bourbon and horse racing, I can say that you are very much onto something with this comment.

    I am FAR from being afraid of a party but the Infield at Churchill Downs on Derby Day is wild in ways that can make Mardi Gras look like a kindergarten birthday party. On the other hand, the box seats are very classy. Drill down a bit on exactly where you will be seated and react accordingly. You can almost track the status of your dress with the face value of your admission ticket. When in doubt, go up in class rather than down.

    The Breeder's Cup is not on par with the Derby as far as attire. Derby is more dressed up across the board.

    Derby Day is a bit of a zoo around the track. LOTS of people and LOTS of drunk people. Making advance wagers on the Derby Day races is advisable. If you are going to the Oaks then you can place your Derby Day bets on Friday and I recommend doing so. By the way, the Oaks is a very very nice event without the same degree of crazy as the Derby.

    I may be at the Oaks this year but I have a Derby party that usually keeps me happy for the great day of racing on the first Saturday in May.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Drac View Post
    Thanks.

    Though I just noticed that when I asked about brown or black that I forgot to add I was asking about the accessories

    Brown or black sporrans, belts and shoes? Brass or silver? I got to admit this throws me. Get mixed messages through the posts. One of the difficult things about too much info.

    Jim
    Personally I am a matchy-matchy type in general, so I try to match leathers and metals as much as possible-------black with black, brown with brown (although shades may differ) usually only for daywear, gold-tone with gold-tone (not much in my closet), silver-tone with silvertone, etc.... I will probably be wearing non-ghillie brogues each day, possibly brown leathers the first day (Oaks) and definitely black the second (Derby) more dressy day. But for Jock Scot's sake I will not be wearing a flatcap, probably either a balmoral or tam in appropriate shade.

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