Article: VOLUNTEER GROUP RIDES TO CONDEMNED HORSES' RESCUE.(News)

Byline: MARY SWIFT P-I columnist

CRAIGSLIST.

That's where Kathryn Lowry found her new passion - and realized a childhood dream.

Lowry, 24, who divides her time between Renton and Seattle, was browsing the online classified Web site when she spotted a "Riders Wanted" ad.

That's when the self-proclaimed "city girl from Atlanta," embarked on a horse-loving adventure that has landed her solidly on her duff more times than she likes to admit.

The ad was for the Cowgirl Spirit Rescue Drill Team, a group of volunteers who rescue horses headed for the slaughterhouse. The Humane Society estimates that nearly 100,000 horses are slaughtered each year in the U.S. ...

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