Was Horse Diving a Thing?
This Bizarre Spectacle of Horse Diving Became Popular in Atlantic City in the 1920S―With Horses Forced to Walk up to the End of an Elevated Platform, Which...
This bizarre spectacle of horse diving became popular in Atlantic City in the 1920s―with horses forced to walk up to the end of an elevated platform, which then drops and sends the frightened animals plummeting 30 to 40 feet into a tank of water.
Did diving horses get hurt?
The amusement park considered bringing back the show again in 2012, but animal rights activists didn't even let them take one equestrian dive. Official reports always stated that, although the riders got the snot beat out of them when diving horses, the animals were miraculously never harmed at all.
Was horse diving really a thing?
A diving horse is an attraction that was popular in the mid-1880s, in which a horse would dive into a pool of water, sometimes from as high as 60 feet.
Alexander Ross has covered the video game industry for a decade, writing deep dives on game design, esports tournaments, VR developments, and gaming culture.
