Telegram-herald., 1891-09-07
HAS BAD DREAMS.
Hoor Fanny. the Ftre-aorse Runs Z,
fires tn Her Sleep.


Poor Fanny. the rire-norss Ru,s to
Fires In Her sleep.
There are those who scoff at the In
telligence and mental capacity OF the
horse, but probably they have never
visited the Stevenson-st. barn of the
fire patrol IN the small hours OF the
morning. says the San Francisco Ex-
amlner.
II it ts granted that it takes brains
To dream, all who have seen the bay
mare Fanny in n somnambulistic feat
must admit that she has a head like
q statesman.
Fanny was 10 years old Thursday.
There Is no guessing about this or
any OF the other statements made
about her, for be it known that the
Hremen watch over her like fathers,
and know her good qualities and her
iue-story as a mother knows OF her
child.
She II Is 1-2 hands high. Her mark.
in9s are four white legs and a white
srnpe in the face She has been five
years In the service OF the underwrit-
ers, and knows the rules and the
streets almost as well az Capt. White
himself.
Everybody IN San Francisco that is
ob<ervant has seen Fanny. for hun
dreds OF times in the year the big
patrol-cart thunders over the down
town pavcments with the plucky mare
On the off side I'm the traces. She runs
with such wonderful energy and seems
to take such interest in the work that
40 one who looks at the team fails to
notice her.
The men on duty in the patrol house
60 to bed At IL O'Clock at night, leay-
ing one man on watch n there are
no alarms the man on guard has a
lonesome time OF it, for not even the
horses keep him company. They lie
down in their stalls as quick as the
clock strikes IL. and never miss it by
as much as n quarter of an hour.
Shortly after 1 o'clock Fanny CON-
nences to show her mind She dreams
over what she has done during the
day.
Usually she first breaks the silence
with q snort. Then. while lying on
her right side with her head on the
noor. she begins To paw the air with
her fore feet. inst as she would n going
to fire. She paws more and more
rapidly. her nostrils become dilated.
and she breathes fast and hard.
The dream lasts but few minutes
hut during that time Fanny's eyes will
b- wide open and giaring. and in every
respect she will look Just as horses do
when m great excitement.
For the last year scarcely q night
Passed that the mare has not had
hsr imaginary run to a blaze. The
singular part OF IL il that while dream
ing Fanny's eyes VIII ne wide open and
yet SHE viii not appear to see any
thing about her Any one of the fire.
n~n can tiptoe up TO the stall and
watch her. but an unfamiliar step
will wake her at once.
Lately the dreams have been getting
more exciting. The mare kicked %
hard In her sleep that the men were
afraid she would hurt herself and
wi6ened her stall Capt. White be-
iieves the nightmare really does the
animal an injury by overstrsininx
her nerves. and he looks upon 10 az a
disease.
But whether disease or habit. or the
rcsxit Of 4 peculiarly active intellect.
certain II h that the spells are getting
svor~r Whenever Fanny works hard
er~<r-. usual during the day she is
sure 30 De tortured for a longer tsme
shan usual at night.
Yesterday morning the attack was
wor~p than ever before During Fri
day ere patrol had four hard runs.
and Fanny went hack from the last
one very slowly indeed. when tae
kour arrived for her dream 70 came
soon her ~ usual. bus I'D not. "a
usual. In dep sleep
wnile painting and snnrtinx IN the
asxssmsre Fsnny jumped go her feet
srd ran ont und~r her harness Be
ysssa all doubt ft was a ea>e o' animal
osuun m hultsm. ~ The mare did not
cuss r.cr&inx sven when the watch.
ussn ran up and caught hsr BY TIE
49,.
eh~ sid not wake until The other
ho~-<~ ran osff-e~ they dlf when they
saw Der staining beneath the harness
--s--s sk~n she esfn~ 80 her snsss ~ifs
a sfaFf.
Fsanv ep~m~d 20 r~alfss What had
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s~r .zrs ar>sr>-e, sod sbe asiskls
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