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Officials kick up fuss over horse and rider trademark By Ilene Olson rep3@wyomingnews.com Published in the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle CHEYENNE - A battle over rights to Wyoming's bucking horse and rider trademark is brewing between the Secretary of State's Office and a Texas organization. Pat Arp, deputy secretary of state, told the Joint Appropriations Interim Committee earlier this month that office will need money to fight a challenge of Wyoming's right to the trademark. The challenge came from the Texas Stampede, an organization benefiting two medical centers that care for children in Dallas. That organization has been using the bucking horse...