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  2. Diving horse - Wikipedia

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    A horse-diving show was an in-residence act held at New Jersey's Steel Pier. Pressure from animal-rights activists and declining demand led to the act being shuttered in the 1970s. Although there was a brief resumption of the act at the pier in 1993, it was again shut down amid opposition.

  3. William Frank Carver - Wikipedia

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    A short time later he signed a contract for a season's engagement at Atlantic City's Steel Pier, and the diving horse act became a permanent fixture there for several years. Sonora Webster Carver lost her eyesight in 1931 when her horse "Red Lips" dove into the tank off-balance, causing her to hit the water face first. She failed to close her ...

  4. Sonora Webster Carver - Wikipedia

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    Sonora's sister Arnette Webster French followed in her footsteps, becoming a horse diver and joining the show in 1928. [2] In 1931, Sonora was blinded by retinal detachment, due to hitting the water off balance with her eyes open, while diving her horse, Red Lips, on Atlantic City's Steel Pier, [2] the act's permanent home since 1929. [2]

  5. The strange, cruel spectacle of horse diving once drew big ...

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    Jan. 10—At the Maine State Fair in 1925, Dr. Carver's Diving Horses made a splash. People flocked to the fairgrounds in Lewiston to see "The Girl in Red" make a "suicide jump" clinging to the ...

  6. Aquafair - Wikipedia

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    When visitors first entered the park, a baby chimp named Jay J. was there to greet them. [3] Aquafair featured "Russ Dodson and his Diving Collegians" [1] and Hamid's own signature diving horse act, in which a horse ridden by a young woman dives from a 40-foot concrete platform into a 12-foot tank of water. [4]

  7. Mamie Francis Hafley - Wikipedia

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    In the second occurrence, the horse fell on Mamie, breaking her arm. [32] After a third accident, she continued diving with a broken foot 24 September 1908. [33] In June 1909, she nearly met her death when she was knocked unconscious and pinned under her horse in the water at Bayonne Park in Jersey City. [34]

  8. A Girl and Five Brave Horses - Wikipedia

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    A Girl and Five Brave Horses is a memoir by Sonora Webster Carver published in 1961. [1] At the age of 20, Sonora Webster Carver joined William Frank Carver's Wild West Show which featured diving horses and performed at Atlantic City's Steel Pier. Although Carver was blinded in a diving accident seven years later, she continued to dive ...

  9. Boys swimming & diving: Horseheads, Maine-Endwell ... - AOL

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    A pair of repeat champions joined Watkins Glen/Odessa-Montour as Section 4 champs in boys swimming & diving. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800 ...