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Horse Cents: Bureau of Land Management Adoption: Beggs girl adopts her black beauty.

Article from: Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK) Article date: April 7, 2007

Byline: Rhett Morgan

Apr. 7--CLAREMORE -- Wild about horses, 9-year-old Emily Reed said she wanted a mustang. The Beggs third-grader realized her wish Friday, paying $140 for a 4-year-old black gelding at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's wild horse and burro adoption at the Claremore Expo Center. "He had a stout body, and he was strong-boned," said Emily, justifying a bid made through her mother, Jeana Reed. The event featured about 100 adult and yearling horses and burros that once roamed free on ...

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