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
