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Four horses pulled against his resistance
Strongman Louis Cyr’s performances included resisting the pull of four draft horses, two on each side. Accounts describe such a display in Montreal in 1891. The act showed strength through resistance rather than simply lifting a weight.
The performance’s task was to withstand movement.
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