The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-08
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The Difficulty of Rescuing Horsas From
 Running Building.

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 Burning Building.
 From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.l
 The panic that is inspired in the minds of horses by, phenomenon so strange as .fre.c can be understood only. by those who have witnessed a fire in a large stable where numbers of horses are kept, The scene. that .ensues is one of the most frightfpl that can be con- ceived. The horses are, rescued from the burning building with the utmost difficulty, and only with most serious peril to the lives and limbs of the resT cuers. The animals go mad with .fFlghts rear, kick and dash from side. to side lso wildly as to make an attempt at rescue as per!lous as an advance on q hostile battery. When rescued they will often break away from those who lolG them and charge back at full speed into the burning building, there to- per- fish in the James, They resist every at tempt to take them out They have been known to tear tleir rescuers with their teeth, to throw,them to the ground and trample onythem, to kick out their brains. As the fury! of the flames in ,creases so does the panic of the unfor7 tunate animals. Theyn scream out n agony as the fire. reaches their bodiesr yet they will not, for all that, seek safety in the open air. They are orazed. with fear, and yet remain to be burned to death when 8 .ten-seoands run would carry them to liberty. But they never make the run, and, sa q rule, are burn ed alive in the stalls, where alone they seem to fancy they can find security.
 There is but one way to get them out. and that is to blind them with some convenient cover, such as coat or a, blanket, and thus, unable to see the dangers about hem, trembling in every limb, apparently ready. to fall to the earth with fear, they may be led out. But the cover must not be too quickly removed from the eyes, in, fact it should not be taken off until the animals are. out of sight of the burning building, otherwise they will break away from the persons leading them and, in spite of the stoutest efforts, will dash back to perish in the, flames.
 For cows a burning building does not seem to have the same fascination that it possesses for horses. It is said that when a COW stable is burning the ani- mals may be led out without serious difficulty, save that which may result from. their frightrand the use they may make of their horns in their own fran tic efforts to escape. It is a singular fact, however, that has often been no- ticed along the lines of railroads. that the headlight of a locomotive exercises on calves, and sometimes on their moth- CTS also, a species of fascination nearly akin to hypnotism. Engineers tell many stories of this peculiar fact. Not long ago. on railroad running out of this city toward the south, the engineer of night train noticed something ahead of him on the track Always ap- prehensive of danger he blew his whls- tle,, put on his brakes, and guardedly approached the spot where the obstacle was observed It was soon seen to be calf that stood in the centre of the track, staring with wide open eyes at, the headlight The whistle screamed a shrill alarm, the calf did not move, the bell was violently rung, but the animal needed 1t not. With some difficulty the train was brought to d malt within few feet of the fascinated calf, that stood with head erect gazing at the light as though petrihed, The fireman jumped down from the cab, seized the calf by the ears to drag it from the track, when instantly, the moment it's eyes were taken from the light, the full possession of every faculty seemed to return. and, with a below of fright, the calf broke from his hands and ran away at full speed. The animal had undoubt- edly been the victim of a species of hypnotism, and the moment its gaze was diverted from the object that fas- cinated it the spell was broken and the calf ran away.