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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 ]
[4] [18] Sonora remembered that Carver was a stern and taciturn man but loved his horses and insisted that they be given the best of care. 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.
His horse fell/dived into the waters below, inspiring Carver to develop the diving horse act. Carver trained various animals and went on tour. His son, Al Floyd Carver, constructed the ramp and tower and Lorena Carver was the first rider. Sonora Webster joined the show in 1924. She later married Al Floyd Carver.
Upon the film's release, Sonora Webster Carver and her sister, Arnette French, watched it together. Sonora was dissatisfied with its embellishments and felt that it bore little resemblance to her life. [4] She told Arnette that "the only thing true in it was that I rode diving horses, I went blind, and I continued to ride for another 11 years."
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 ...
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Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken (1991) – romantic drama film concerning Sonora Webster Carver, a rider of diving horses [153] Without Warning: The James Brady Story (1991) – drama television film focuses on James Brady, the press secretary to Ronald Reagan who was severely injured in an attempt on the president's life in 1981 [154]