Diving horse

The diving horse at the Hanlan's Point Amusement Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, around 1907
A diving horse in Toronto
External videos
Diving Horses
video icon A 1923 video record of a horse diving from a 60 ft platform at the USA.
video icon A mid-1960s 8mm film of two mules diving from a platform.

A diving horse is an attraction that was popular in North America in the mid-1880s,[1] in which a horse would dive into a pool of water, sometimes from as high as 60 feet.[2]

  1. ^ The Great Carver Show, Jumper, Diving Horse, and Sonora Webster the Horse Jumper
  2. ^ Dedicated to The Diving Horses Archived April 21, 2006, at the Wayback Machine