SPANISH LAKE, Mo. (AP) – Horses near an elementary school in northeast Missouri
caused a brief shutdown at the school after deciding to go on a short romp.
Six or seven of horses from the Division Cavalry Brigade barn in north St.
Louis County wandered the campus of Larimore Elementary School Tuesday, causing
officials to keep children and staff inside for about an hour.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the 14 horses of the Division Cavalry
Brigade are used to teach Civil War history and serve children and veterans with
special needs. Their owner, Terry Crowder, says the horses had visited the
school before.
Police were able to coax the horses back to their home, which is about 300
yards from the school.
Crowder believes someone accidentally left a gate to a pasture open.
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