Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1910-04-21
DR.. Carver's
Great Show
Fair Grounds, Mineral Point
May I8 and 10.
Awful, Awe Inspiring, Involving Every
Dangerous Feat on Record Gam.
bling with Fate in Mid-Air The
Absolute Limit and Frenzied
Fury Climax to all
Sensations.

ally by amusement caterers IN search
Of startling sensations. Hundreds of
men are employed to search the re-
hottest parts of the earth in hopes of
finding something that viii eclipse the
widest ideas Of imagination. Each
year adds one more hair raising, death
defying scramble. The nearer the new
act comes to shaking hands with eter-
nifty the more valuable it is as a com
mercia proposition. Looping the loop
and jumping the gap were mechanical;
the danger was reduced to minimum,
the only chance for an accident was in
a slip Of a mechanical appliance. One
of the greatest sensation furnishers
was the high diving horses, animals
that were taught to risk their lives and
dive head first from platform eighty
five feet high, where a mistake meant
death. Most anyone would think this
was sensation enough, but when the
wild and woolly frenzied fury girl rider
was introduced to the public, sensation
alism reached the limits of hair raising,
death defying dips of death.
All other stunts of dangerous ma
ture disappeared and the high diving
girl on horseback holds the center of
the stage as the most daring, nervy,
fearless, flirting with death proposition
ever looked upon by human beings.
Men in search Of realistic and danger
Gus propositions to entertain the public
simply lift their hats to Carver, his high
diving horses and the Girl in Red. In
this, the greatest of all sensational
stunts. two lives instead of one are at
stake; a girl risks her life on the intel
lgence of a dumb animal. The horse.
true to his training, shows human intel
ligence in his preparation for the DIP OF
DEATH. No other words describe this.
the greatest of all daring sensations, so
perfectly; it is the dip of the death with
a vengeance. The noble animal stands
on a platform up in the air looking
down through forty feet Of space into
a tank of twelve feet of water: on his
back sits a white faced girl. a sweet
smile Of composure on her lips. She 81
lentIy watches the horse prepare for
the plunge that may end in eternity for
them both; she shows no sign of fear
but chngs to the horses name with a
firm determination to do or die. To the
spectators she looks as if she is hanging
on to the fringe of the beautiful uncer-
tainty. The horse puts his feet over
the edge of the platform and for an in
slant stands on his head in the air.
This is most trying moment for the
girl. To slip now means to go over the
horses head and strike the water under
his feet. Twice this has happened and
on both occasions the horse has turned
in the air just enough to miss the rid
er's head by a fraction Of an inch, the
horse by his intelligence saving the
girls life.
The girl holds her position, the horse
makes most beautiful dive and flash
OF red lightning on a brown cloud dis
appeas beneath twelve feet of water.
Five seconds of breathless silence. then
the muzzle of the horse appears. fol-
lowed by the white face Of the Girl in
Red, still clinging to his back. A swim
Of forty feet and the two land together.
Sitting on the horses back. bowling her
Acknowledgements to the people, with
water flowing from her costume, she
looks a picture Of fairyland. The flash
ing drops Of water shine like a shower
Of diamonds respondent in the sunshine
Of her girlish innocence. The specta-
tors greet this act with thunderous APP
olause, the horse receiving as much
'redit as the rider Her reward is a
pig salary and the horses a big handful
# sugar, and both are happy. The
lorse shows by every action mat he
owes the Girl in Red. To accomplish
his, the most daring Of all sensations,
he two must work in harmony. Only
wo accidents in the last eight months
S proof If ne great ability they both |
POSSESS. The diving wonder is the most |
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