Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Anyone down for a friendly game of horse?

I assure you, the horses are real, the players are real and yes, that man's moustache is the really real deal.



I can provide you with little to no actual information about these photographs. So instead, I'm just going to present a bunch of statements that may or may not be (but definitely are) true facts.

  • These photos were taken in 1908. FACT
  • Horseketball was a real sport. FACT
  • Letting go of your horse's reigns while going after the ball was considered traveling. FACT
  • That man has a better moustache than you or Phil Jackson could ever even dream of growing. FACT
  • Horseketball is one thousand times more badass than polo. FACT
  • Both teams wore identical outfits, so sides were determined by horse color. FACT
  • Like in chess, white goes first. FACT


  • A ghostly white aura appeared, invisible to the naked eye, but captured here on film, around each player who scored a point in Horseketball. FACT
  • John Stossel's beloved "20/20" segment "Give Me a Break" was regularly filmed in the same exact space nearly 100 years after these photographs were taken. FACT
  • Horsketball referees were so formidable they didn't even need whistles. Instead, they brought gameplay to a screeching halt with only their lofty pointer fingers. FACT
  • Breaches in the rules were not fouls, but foals. FACT
  • That was punny. FACT
  • Horses smell bad. FACT

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