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Three years before Aaron Burr killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel, two Kentuckians fought an affair of honor near Bardstown. In that fight, John Rowan — whose home is now My Old Kentucky Home State Park — killed Dr. John Chambers.
While current disputes about the “fastest two minutes in sports” are ongoing, at least none of the jockeys in this year's Kentucky Derby had a brawl. That’s exactly what happened 86 years ago.