Pre-War Players Who Were Incredible Athletes - Non-HOFers

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Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

if the horse was within the base paths, just inside of Lobert rounding second, and therefore not cheating, then logically the horse was in the lead at that point.

Logically speaking a horse cannot get into the path of someone who is in front of him.

Maybe Lobert managed to pass the horse back again on the way to third and around the bag, but the account simply doesn't make a ton of sense.

Lobert touched second base and rounded the bag normally. The rider steered the horse to the home plate side of the bag instead, not touching the bag, but going into Lobert’s path as the rider then started cutting towards third base. It makes a lot of sense if someone behind you in a race doesn’t take the same path that they could interfere with you when you are in the lead. I’m just passing along a detailed account of what happened because I wanted to know after seeing the back and forth. Everything he says is plausible, including the horse out-sprinting him from third to home. Lobert said afterwards that it was too dangerous to try again