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Circus Krone Pushball on Horseback Billboard Poster. [Berlin: Beigat, early twentieth century]. Very large color lithograph billboard poster advertising pushball on horseback at Circus Krone. Pushball is an obscure sport invented in the 1890s that involves pushing a ball 6 feet in diameter and weighing 50 pounds to either end of a field. Germany hosted one of the first variations of the game played on horseback. Equestrian pushball in Europe peaked in popularity around 1923. ?Der Neueste Sport In Der 1400 am Grossen Arena / Pushball.? In six sheets, all together approximately 75 x 168?. Some surface scuffs. Edgewear and marginal stains. A-.