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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.
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 ...
Following Carver's death, the diving horse show continued with Al Carver at the helm. In October 1928 Al Carver and Sonora Webster were married. 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.
Webster answered an ad placed by William "Doc" Carver in 1923 [2] for a diving girl and soon earned a place in circus history. Her job was to mount a running horse as it reached the top of a 40-foot (12 m) - sometimes 60-foot (18 m) - tower and sail down on its back as it plunged into an 11-foot (3.4 m) pool of water directly below.
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.
Social media users are calling for a boycott of Jimmy John's after controversial photos of the fast-food sandwich chain's CEO resurfaced online Friday.
The Rockefeller File offers a critical look into the lives -- and secrets -- of the controversial family behind the colossal fortune. The shocking, true story was written by Gary Allen almost 30 ...
It was described as "An Amusement City at Sea" and "A Vacation in Itself." It also was once called the "Showplace of the Nation" and included such acts as the High Diving horse; Rex the Wonder Dog, the Human Cannonball, a water-skiing canine in the 1930s; the diving bell; and musicians, including Frank Sinatra and Al Jolson, among others.