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Just in time for Halloween
10-30-2015, 10:23 AM
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Just in time for Halloween
Stumbled across this online this morning about a very familiar photograph. Make sure you click on the video.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/natio.../74841948/
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10-31-2015, 07:37 PM
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RE: Just in time for Halloween
Raking up leaves, the world series on, and the always enjoyable leadup to the Holidays. I'm already half way exhausted on my candy supply to trick or treaters.
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11-01-2015, 01:56 AM (This post was last modified: 11-01-2015 02:29 AM by Eva Elisabeth.)
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I think the Lincoln boys (except for Robert) would have been great at trick- or treating, especially at tricking. (This and Halloween in all forms of expression has become en-vogue here, too, but was unknown when I was a child.) As for Robert, I can only remember he pranked once in school or at college, together with classmates, but he was the (only) one to be caught and blamed.
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11-01-2015, 05:07 AM
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I think I had Tad and his brothers come to my door last night. Gave them a handful of candy and they ran off screaming to the next house, candy wrappers flying.
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11-01-2015, 12:53 PM
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The story is all over Face Book too. I've had four people bring the story to my attention this weekend.

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11-01-2015, 03:02 PM
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Didn't see this until today, as I was involved in the Breeders Cup and American Pharoah!

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11-01-2015, 06:53 PM (This post was last modified: 11-01-2015 06:57 PM by L Verge.)
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So, Thomas, did you win anything on The Pharoah?

What's the story on Mr. Lincoln and race tracks? Did he enjoy or ever attend horse races? Lord knows, while in the White House, he should have had plenty of opportunities to visit tracks that abounded in Maryland (the home of Thoroughbred racing). It was very popular just outside the city gates in Prince George's County. He might also have seen jousting matches in the area - a sport that no one thinks about today, but is still the official sport of the State of Maryland.
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11-02-2015, 05:38 AM
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(11-01-2015 06:53 PM)L Verge Wrote:  What's the story on Mr. Lincoln and race tracks? Did he enjoy or ever attend horse races?

Laurie, I read somewhere that they had occasional horse races at New Salem, and Lincoln was chosen as the steward who enforced the rules and determined the winner. I am sure the New Salem "race track" itself was extremely informal; I highly doubt the officials at Keeneland would recognize its legitimacy!
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11-02-2015, 01:24 PM
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(11-01-2015 06:53 PM)L Verge Wrote:  So, Thomas, did you win anything on The Pharoah?

What's the story on Mr. Lincoln and race tracks? Did he enjoy or ever attend horse races? Lord knows, while in the White House, he should have had plenty of opportunities to visit tracks that abounded in Maryland (the home of Thoroughbred racing). It was very popular just outside the city gates in Prince George's County. He might also have seen jousting matches in the area - a sport that no one thinks about today, but is still the official sport of the State of Maryland.

I don't bet that often, Laurie.

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