This is pretty fantastic, actually. I hope the horse had fun. (Courtesy of the Prelinger Archives.)
Diving Horses - Silent film showing horses with riders, diving from a high platform for racing carnival entertainment. Supposedly a common form of entertainment .
Diving Horse (from a 60ft platform), 1923, USA. A very cruel stunt and incredibly dangerous stunt. From the British Pathe online film archive, view 90000 retro .
I watched the movie "Wild Hearts Can't be Broken" and got really interested in diving horses. Hope you like it!
The mane attraction, 1920s-style: Incredible pictures show horses - and their brave riders - jumping off platforms twice the height of Olympic diving board into just .
