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阿尔萨兰 发表于 2015-3-22 00:45:37 [显示全部楼层] 回帖奖励 倒序浏览 阅读模式 5 1906

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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 12 feet of water
  • Horse diving developed in America in the early part of the 20th century
  • Stunt saw a woman launching her horse off a 40 or 60 foot platform
  • The horse and the rider would then land in a pool of water just 12 feet deep
  • Became one of the most popular attractions in Atlantic City in the 1920s
  • Amazingly, despite animal welfare concerns, stunt continued until 1978
    Unbelievable: The horses plummeted off 40 or 60 foot high platforms into 12 feet of water

    Death-defying: The stunt had gained popularity in the state circuses which traveled America

    Star attraction: But it was when it arrived in Atlantic City in the late 1920s that the stunt really took off
    The amazing act was just one of the shows on offer at Atlantic City's Steel Pier, which opened in 1898 and was once America's most famous amusement attraction.
    Diving horse arrived on the pier in the 1920s, having become a fixture of travelling circuses previously.
    It would go on to become the star attraction at Steel Pier, with crowds gathering to marvel at the dangerous feat as the horse flew off the end of 40 and 60 foot platforms.

      Incredible footage shows horses diving into 12 feet of water


      Glamorous: The rider would don a swimming costume before jumping the horse off the platform

      Safe: Those who dove horses maintain it was safe - with only a few broken bones a year

      Well-kept: Horse diver Annette French said the animals 'lived the life of Riley' and it was not cruel

      Fame: The best-known horse diver was Sonora Webster Carver, who had a Disney film made about her life

      History: Amazingly, you could still see horse diving as recently as 1978


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会骑马的鱼儿 发表于 2015-3-22 11:50:52
这是什么比赛吗?还是什么啊?

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龍太子 发表于 2015-3-22 15:25:52
哪个神经病设计的这种游戏~

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美国菜 发表于 2015-3-22 17:00:30
The Diving Horse was not a competition.  It was a major attraction to the tourists in Atlantic City.   It was terminated in the late seventies last century due to safety concern.  Quite some divers hurt their eyes from jumping too high into the water and some even became blind.  

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顿河 发表于 2015-3-23 08:50:50
看过一部美国电影《凌云之志》,反映的就是骑马高台跳水的事。非常励志,值得一看!

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奥翔运马车 发表于 2015-9-24 10:06:54
好残忍

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