The diving horses performed at Atlantic City's Steel Pier in the 1920s and 1930s. The horse would jump into a tank of water, typically with a young woman riding on its back.
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Some dove with their front legs straight out, while others tucked up their legs as if they were going over a jump. One horse would twist in the air and land on his side, making it dangerous for his rider.
‘The riders (all women) would suffer one or two broken bones a year. Most of the injuries came from getting out of the pool of paddling hooves. They made it look easy, but it wasn’t. Years ago a rider by the name of Sonora Carver (in the late 1920’s) went blind from a bad impact with the water. The jump was sixty feet at that time, but was then lowered to forty.
‘Another horse, I think his name was Patches, drew quite an audience. After making so many jumps he no longer waited for his rider. He would charge up the ramp to the tower and take a running jump off the diving board, leaving the rider behind. A couple of the girls tried to leap on him as he flew by, only to be left sailing through the air mount-less.
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Horses are pretty smart. I recall General Meade's horse, Old Baldy, was wounded 7 times during the Americn Civil War, including at Gettysburg. One day Old Baldy refused to go into battle. Meade retired Old Baldy and both Old Baldy and Traveller, General Robert E Lee's horse, out lived both Generals. Don't cut horses short. After all, where do you think the phrase, "Horse Sense" came from?
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This is no different in humans.
(Well, except being older than 3... and I'm guessing most humans would not steal children.)
My dog will hump pillows, legs, male dogs, you name it.
Does that make him gay too?
I love the new politically correct world. It makes reality a lot more funny.
The last thing I am is PC. However, there are roughly 900 species that engage in clear homosexual and bisexual behavior.
As for your dog, humping is a dominance behavior for them, and not a gay one. They do not fall in with Bonobo apes, certain species of birds (including penguins), dolphins, etc...
It isn't PC to accept homosexuality. PC is an ugly concept that encourages hypocrisy. It's just a matter of not treating others as though they are somehow second class citizens for living their life in a way that doesn't conform to your world view.
Homosexuality has always been, and should always be, considered immoral! God made Adam and Eve, not Adam and steve!
For the record, I am not gay, nor do I kill babies, but neither do I feel that my beliefs, lifestyle, or morality is the only one that matters, which is exactly what is wrong with this supposedly moral anti-homosexual stance, which I am starting to believe comes from an overwhelming secret desire to see what goes on behind someone else's closed door and direct the action. Believe what you want, it's your right, but don't force it on others. That's what Iran is there for.
It doesn't matter what they "THINK"...It matters what IS moral or not!
Infanticide is immoral. Homosexuality is immoral. Murder is immoral. All are "natural".
I think your God hates bigots more than he does a couple of boys or girls in love.
LOL. Well put.
Bigots chap my hide, especially when they hide behind religion.
And putting homosexuality on the same level as infanticide truly exposes the ignorance.
i'm sorry. there just arent.
i suppose this would be a universal moral value (that there arent any), but im okay with that flaw in my logic.