Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-02-25
BiRD-EATIEG wAGER.
a QuSst Fay for Thirty DAYS.

TIE Partridge Ec..T Sets TISoOb lis Tort aud
WIS S50O-Re Loses FVt.e3 Pounds ia W.isht,
ID; Regions SIR Pounds.
oB The 18th OF January last a wager was made
for eco side between ". H. Scott and Mr.. B.
Trau-man, who has been known in the wager
a. - Henderson, that the latter could not eat
one partridge each morning between the hours
OF Q and 10 O'Clock for thirty successive DAYS
The dffcnlty in performing this gastronomic
;ea-, which AZ first thought looks too easy to he
seriously considered, is, as We explained some
days since, in the fact that though q single
partridge IS very good eating, IL becomes most
repulslye article OF food when repeated daily for
any length Of time. In Europe X is a somew rat
common wager TO bet against the perform auce
OF pigeon-eaung Of this kinds and come i've or
slA years ago narrative written by a French
l,an =, ~. p.islcsl s9feriDgs-the nausea, fever
add prostTation-endured in undertaking the
experiment attracted considerable attention
from the medical fraternity. MilleTe Kloman
Restaurant was designated as the place, and
the money Isl COO having been placed in the
hands Of Mr.. Miller; Trantmsn entered on his
takk on the 9TH of last month-Mr. James NJ
Towers being the referee. Each n6rning Mr.
~. kaufman has promptly come TO time and eaten
gave at the close OF each eating a certifr..e "a
mat effect. This morning TTautman
,hirteth partridge, and won the money, ~ ~
nSs oeeh known heretofore as
HEARTY ---z-
eS,. sscially in oysters, green corn and esgs,
having succeeded on one occasion in eating at
single setting - dozen raw oysters dozen
eaIs OF green corn and dozen raw eggs. Ac-
coTdlng 10 the terms Of this wager he could eat
anything else he liked, bat il appears that
during the eating he has been rather fiuical as
to his diet. This wager has not only excited
much attention here but in other places, an 4
uuring the carnival quite a number of persons
rom distance we're Inquiring where they
could see the man who was winning $50 nv
tang PaTtrIdges for breakfast, but until TO -dav
when the thirtieth bird went the way of lis
twenty nine predecessors, only the parties in
terested were allowed behinI the screen, where
the eating was done. This morning Miller Ia al
ranging from = to 500, as well a. numerous
bets Of hats and suits OF clothes on the result
some OF whom est estimated that at least
$1,000 CHANGED HANDS.
lTaufInan making 10 objection 10 any one see.
ing nam operate bis Jaws this morning, about
ten spectators were admitted to see him eat
THE LAST ONE THIRTY.
he took his seat az the table about 915, and the
steWed bird, with bread and coffee, being set
before him, he commenced work. IL was no
ucec during the meal that he was quite nerv-
Gus, his hands trembling some, but he ate
SLOW ly, and at 9:i5 rose from. the table, wiped
his mouth, and received the congratulations of
a number o. friends. Mr.. Towers Immediately
MED up the certificate that the thirtieth bird
had been eaten 10 his satisfaction, aud gave the
following order 10 MIR. Trautman.
MT. Chas. Miller will please pay over TO b.
Irautman the sum of II 900. being the money
deposited as stakes on the bet to eat 80 auails
ID. NJ. TOWERS. Referee"
WI milier Immediately handed over the
sIake> and took Nr. Trautmans receipt there
y Representative of the STAR had
Al INTERVIEW WITH TIE PATRIDGE-EArHR
Is soon a. he accomplished the task; when the
following conversation took place:
Reporter.-'Well you've done what has n yer
been done before, and l must congratulate
yOu."
THANK you; I've been told il has never
been done. but can do IT again.
How has II aifectsd you?''
II lost more than l. pounds OF esb owing
10 0lenng myself. | made il q rule TO come to
breakfast hungry, but have since changed NV
dlet somewhat. and gained some, leaving nv
welsht now Isl pounds against 100 when COM
R.-"Did YOU feel any nausea
I-"NO, nave been very careful not 10 allow
people 10 talk 10 me about it, for fear il would
affect me, and physicians having SAID that it
conlu not be done, have kept them away
I,-"tp to the thirteenth had them bro led.
and the remaining seventeen stewed.v
Il on were nervous to-day"
Ives, somewhat, for 1t was the irving
nouI. ! can eat thirty more if any one wishes
10 Pay for them"
K-"You'ye eaten pickles with them towards
Ton yes, hike them, and they neutralize
R.-"Was souT Imagination affected anyor
20 he aiisSctadH
X. ito Mr.. Towers J-0Is that an ~
Nf. IoWers-'It is, indeed, they grew in nv
81 HDtiI they looked like TURKEYS
The COMPANY At this point took "a smile all
round UPON the result, and, as they were pass
ing out OF the door, the reWark was made ana
S aD lsrae!;e, and OF course he could eat the
As the chosen people had them A. a
steady Diet for forty days in their wanderings
n TIE wilderness