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    What amazing feat did Dr. William F. Carver accomplish in 1888?

    Question #107296. Asked by serpa. (Jul 22 09 12:58 AM)


    unclerick

    Dr. Carver was involved with 'Wild West" shows. Although he was a sharp shooter he is best known for developing an act called "horse diving".

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_diving

    Jul 22 09, 4:43 AM
    rb6359

    In 1885, Carver shot 60,016 wooden blocks tossed in the air out of 64,881 shots fired over six days in New Haven i.e. 4865 misses.

    In 1888, Carver broke his own 60,000 block record, in Minneapolis, with only 650 misses.

    B.A. Bartlett of Buffalo beat the 60,000 record shortly after with only 280 misses but the record was completely shattered when Adolph T. Topperwein shot 72,500 blocks with nine misses!

    See:
    http://books.google.com.au/books?id=1qvU4Lq8NAcC&pg=PA294&lpg=PA294&dq=Dr.+W.+F.+Carver+1888&source=bl&ots=4XyGMFuXve&sig=BC51eO9Jc2qJqUZdO96aa61Uk9U&hl=en&ei=1fdmSp3CH4PwsQP9ypTdDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3

    Jul 22 09, 5:36 AM
    star_gazer

    Here is a video clip of a horse dive:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl2wnsRyIl8

    Jul 22 09, 5:12 PM


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