Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-21

Pie.
All sorts Of queer feats have been per-
formed by men il the settlement OK wagers,
and for the glory which may be associated
with the title Of champion" Of this or that
In this way records have been established for
C. lot Of curious contests, some Of which might
be considered, perhaps, legitimate compe-
titio-s. These novel undertakings arr con-
stanBty occurring il various fparus q the
country, and not few have funny features
connected with them One occurred only
recently II Omaha, when T. J. Mcguire and
Samuel S. Reu9er engaged in 4 contest to de-
ter1nine which could strip the hide OF beef
In the quickest time for a stake Of 500.
Several hundred people gathered to see the
thing. moved by sheer curiosity. II took
Mcguire Just An SIS. to do it, and ReIner
five seconds longer. This should not be con-
side-ed a championship performance, how
ever: John Malone Of Chicago Oh Aug. IS,
1885 dressed a bullock il SIN 40s., 60 es you
please style. Something in the same line was
tie dressing OF 200 chickens for market on
Auz. l., 1885 in n Inin. by George A Fisher,
Of Detroit, Mich
a pipe smoking match is indeed an IN
II Chicago IN February, 1883, between John
Anderson and Philip Cunnif, both veteran
users u the weed TIE winner of the match
was to be the che WHO smoked the largest
number Of pipefuis Of tobacco in twelve
hours. Anderson selected u French clay pipe,
while Cunnff chose a IT. .. =" and dark cut
laaf tobacco. When CUnDif had consumed
tweuty-sIx PipefUis OF tobacco 10 was forced
30 give Up OF account u his badly swollen
toz1--s and mouth. bots OF which were fairly
raw with biisrers Anderson, however, kept
or for the twelve hours, and succeeded IN
smoking Thirty piPefuls. : somewhat similar
competition was a cigarette smoking match
which took place at OIL City, Pa, IN 1855,
when the winner smoked fifty cigarettes IN
al hour and the loser forVy-fTe. Some re-
marGabIs feats have 6een performed il the
eating line The public is quite familiar
with quail eating contests, as number have
taken plaza Mr.. ". s. WaIcott, of New York
is tie champion quail eater q the world,
having defeated his stomach IN match from
Jan 7 to Feb. 3, 1888, By eating two qualls
day for thirty consecutive days. de was
assisted in this by gas5riae, pepsln and other
digestive aids. How many eggs can person
eaEf Is question that few could answer.
OF course a good deal would depend IN an
swering this question whether the eggs we're
raw or boiled Several egg eating contests
have occurred On April 10 Of this year
Michael Began, q fat New Haven liquor
dealer, and James Brennan farmer OF An
SOFIA. Coun. engaged il raw egg eating
match for 80 side. Began gave up on the
twentieth egg. bat Brennan got away with
iftv-three egss, it is stated, although that
number seems Co be almost incredible. Bren-
nan offered 10 bet that DC could eat sixty
e,z-s IL an hour and half. George Williams
and Ebenezoc Green, both colOred, ate hard
boiled eggs IL Chicago, May, 1857, on wager
Of $40 Each was to shell his own eggs and
eat them without the aid Of liquid. Green
stoned on his seventeenth egg, and Will
ianns won by getting away with eighteen
eggs In tventy-fOur minutes
The CHAMPION Pie EGyer Of America is
Samuel Dryer, Of S4S Jefferson avenue,
Chicago His record II pie biting, as given
By himself. viii show what can be done IL
that hne II IS as follows:
i ate one Decent rhubarb pie in March,
1888, at Lafayette, Ind, for $50 against time
and won IL 2Ss In MY next contest l defeated
the famous Joe Rosenzvyeing, Of Lafayette,
Ind. He downed his pie m SIS, but got away
with mine IL 27s. Ny next match was with
Clarence Baker, April Q, 1855, at Fowler
Ind. six pies on a SIDE. tie stakes being SEQ
and 4 gold medal Baker disposed Of his
pies in AZ. 3gs. but finished my last pie IN
5In. sc, beating him nearly minute. Ny
last match was with James krOw, of St
Louis, for $50 a side o. Alexander Matthews
saloon, Franklin avenue l eat my pie II
sl]sS, and Go swallowed his IL 9is.
Ask a younS lady how quick she can eat a
pint Of ice cream and she VII be apt 70 reply:
Invite me 20 try and II see" We're this
question asked Of Henry A Logan, OF Gin
clznati, O., be would answer ct once:
Twelve and one-haIf seconGS.H de is the
boss ice cream destroyer Of America. having
won that title IN q contest With Edward
Speer, Of the same city, On May II loo1. In
Germany the one who can drink the greatest
number OF glasses Of beer is crowned king"
and his picture Is hung up IN the store WIN
doEss fo- the people 10 gaze upon The cham
pio1 beer guzzlsr of this country IS unknown,
slthoczh there are probably many local
chauptxls Peter \. Anderson, o. Terre
Eaute, Ind. claims 70 be the champion
water drinker and maintains that be L. able
10 drink five gallons Of AQUA II five hours.
In England novel contests are very popular.
To Such 81 extent are these freaSIsa
faats carried that some OF them have
coEne 20 be recognized sports, Is, for
Instance, that Of bottle carrying" These
coE1est-nS ks game carry two gallon
stone boCtle filed with water, standing Eeck
dOwnwG-dS o. their beads, and endeavor to
cover . certain number OF miles, either run
ming or walking. without dropping the bot
tie On Aug. 10 Of this year, L Bass, Of
Gresn~lch, ran for hours. 16 minutes and
secoC6s without dropping the bottle. Another
popukcr competition il London Is shaving
c.-airse tir1e. On Oct, u. 1887. Teddy Wick
shaved sc~entyScvea men in 50 minutes and
Is seconds This Is aEthen.lcated- Black
S-itkin- competitions were craze IL De-
troir, Mich. for several r-oI.ths II 1887. O,
April Of that year, John Turrev. Of Chi
caSo. Won the distinctive oppellasfou Of
champion Horseshoe turner CT America
He contested AGAINST Mark Walls. fer $50 a
side and wen easily, .>cTeaslnSa aid '-pritchel-
ing 100 shoes in hour. L minutes nd Is
seconds, heating Walsh by four shoes At
Buffalo, \. Y, April %, 1857, JOAN Camp
bell. With the assistance Of Eve helpers.
turned 20 slCe5 il ao1rs ana - minutes il
tde presence of !, go peopie-
Among TIE may curious confess which
have rake1 place the following stand IS
records. Barney Mar-uo-e dug vel 50 f.
ceep End e. 8 = in diameter IN five hours,
f. zatch fer SiGo SIDE. z. Toledo, o., July
u. EsS, AZ, J, BsAsr sss six Bounds C