About Alexis Lapointe
Alexis Lapointe, known as Alexis le Trotteur was a Quebec athlete in the early 20th century who has become a legendary character of québécois folklore. Written in first person narrative, Alexis Lapointe is one of several anecdotal portraits of artists and athletes appearing on Seamus Cater & Viljam Nybacka's 2012 album The Anecdotes. He is said to have raced against several horses, against whom he supposedly always won, including the prize stallion of Seigneur Duggan de La Malbaie. Races were organized in which Alexis raced against trains and the very first cars to appear in the region (he beat them all, of course.) Félix-Antoine Savard, an author of the time, also described him as an able woodstove builder.
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