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Bootlegger Horse and Will Rogers Career Spotlight
The article recounts Bootlegger’s ownership arc from Carter to Will Rogers, noting Rogers refused offers, rode him to acclaim, and Bootlegger’s later fate in California. It repeats Rogers’s praise for Bootlegger and lists other Rogers mounts, with context on their Oklahoma roots and Rogers’s life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers
Will
Carter
Oklahoma
Fort Worth
Pawhuska
New York
Madison Square Garden
Tommy Kearen
Will Rogers
Kearen
California
Arctic
San Ferando Valley
Herb McSpadden
Oologah
Claremore
de Yong
Bootlegger