The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-08-20
OLD DAVE IS
1.-THE SAGE Of
HORSE HOME
He Proves That Il 10 Worth
While for City to Take
Care Of Her Old Stand
Bys.

II you believe In tranamlgratlon
and II you come Into this world aa
a horse some time In the flture,
do your durndert To be an employe
OF tha city You1l appreciate II
thon.
old Dave Is an exfire horse. He
spent the days OF his youth at fire
headquarters, whore he learned al.
most everything but higher algebra.
and now he lives on his reputation
in big, comfortable stall down at
the city barns, at Fourth ay, aud
Lane u.
Dave feeds on the best grain
thore 10, aud he has things Just
about his own way down there
Whom he wants water no goes and
gets Il. turns on the hydrant with
his nose and shuts Il of again
when he gata through. He's way up
In hit teens now. but he never FOR
gets his friends
bsstowa SMILES on Friends.
II one Of his old drivers happens
down that way Dave greeta him
with pfioked ears and smiling eyes.
aud puts bis cold old noao over hlH
shoulder and asks about tho family
II a visitor happens around. Dave
waits 10 be introduced juat now
he has lung fever, and this morning
he want feeling very we'll, hut
when Superintendent l. h Youngs.
Of tho street and water department.
oamc Up to his stall. Dave came out
u his corner 10 entertain. lust "A
II II was his day at home. and he
vas feeling at his best lie put his
nose 10 Mr Younga ear and whla.
pared that he was feeling better
than he was yesterday, and that
he'd like some milk toast
Moat FIRE horsen stay IN the haf
ness until they get too old to run
Il In tcnfiai. until thoy become
wind broken or until they meet with
accident In the first two cases
they are then taken out Of the fire
department and turned over to the
street or water department After
serving therc for a while they arc
pcnsloned off on full pay II a
good. kind looking farmer wants
4 worthy horse the probability ia
lhn, the city vii sell him one Of
its old trustworthica. II IA better
than standing In stall all the time
or going out 10 pasture, for Qn q
farm the work Isn't 40 awfully hard
and the ground 10 poft In pasture
tho hofses are bothered great
deal BY flicH. and "a consequence
they hose weight because they
spend all their tins fishting the
little pests, and do little eating
Babe Died.
Babe, another old Trustworthy
that nAx years Of service In the fire
department. died not long ago. and
most Of the stable men wore mourn
Ing for hsF, for she surely vas a
fine old girl babe worked In the
aANN't NflhN AuffAt HhEf Uft AH'tN
days were over and then she acted
n day watchman Of the bArnA. max
ina the rounds, haiieriess. around
the place while children climbed on
her back and rode. When she got
sick babe went TO the hospital.
big boa stall. where there Ia plenty
OF room 10 set up and lie down
without scratching. Babe made her
last rounds and kissed tham al
Goodbye and then she lay down
and died.
There are hundreds Of interest
Ing experiences that Superintendent
Younss has had with horses and de
lights In relating. lie loves the
horses and they love him. and they
show II. too, In their dumb way
II you arc going to be quadfu.
ped some day. Try TO be n fire horse.
and thlnes won't be a. hard az
they misht be by a LONG Ways.