The Last Diving Horse in America: Rescuing Gamal and Other Animals Health and Lameness 10 illustrations

10 illustrations

Far from being the star of Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West show for 32 years

Riding…and not riding (but still having horses in your life)

” the horseman other trainers seek to help resolve a problem or get a young horse off to a good start

A place for horse-people

The Last Diving Horse in America: Rescuing Gamal and Other Animals Health and Lameness 10 illustrationsAuthor: t was the signature of Atlantic Citys Steel Pier in the golden age of Americas Favorite Playground: Doc Carvers High Diving Horses. Beginning in 1929, four times a day, seven days a week, a trained horse wearing only a harness ran up a ramp, a diving girl in a bathing suit and helmet jumped onto its mighty bare back, and together they sailed forty feet through the air, plunging, to thunderous applause, into a ten foot deep tank of water.