A Girl and Five Brave Horses

2011 Reprint edition of 1961. Full facsimile of the original edition not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Sonora Carver was an American entertainer most notable as one of the first female horse divers. Carver answered an ad placed by Doc William Frank Carver in 1923 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 forty-foot (sometimes sixty-foot) tower and sail down along the animals back as it plunged into a deep pool of water directly below. Sonora was a sensation and soon became the lead diving girl for Doc Carvers act as they traveled the country. In 1931 Sonora was blinded a retinal detachment due to hitting the water off-balance with her eyes open.while diving her horse Red Lips on New Jerseys Steel Pier the acts permanent home since 1929. After her accident Sonora continued to dive horses until 1942.