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A biography of Abraham Lincoln claims that "In jumping, foot-racing, throwing the maul, pitching the crowbar, he [...] usually won" - what were those last two sports, and what was their history? Were they popular in rural Kentucky?

by /u/aescolanus in /r/AskHistorians

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