Milford chronicle., 1892-12-02
PHILADELPHIA HIppopAAel.
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The Menu Prepared for Their First Din
ner, shortly to Occur.
a society has been formed to prom its
the eating Of horsefesh The headauarters
Of this unique association are in Philadel.
Phia, and its secretary is Charles Wilson
Montgomery. As yet the members are few
in number, but they make up for this de-
hciency by their enthusiastic fgndness x
cooked horse. Secretary Montgomery is q
comparatively young man, but his bronzed
complexion and numerous scars tell Of an
adventurous life by food and Geld. Speak
ing Of the horsefiesh society, he said:
Our organization is Made up OF men
who at some period of their lives were led
by necessity or curiosity to taste what is
vulgarly called mag beef" A liking for
horsehesh is as natural % man as a liking
for mutton or beef Cor, saeRently when
any one eats horsefesh ana 7ilis it tooth
some he wants to repeat the Experiment.
Gradually yearning for this kind Ct fooa
| springs up within him. and he longs
able once more to indulge his ta7te Il 4,
equine steak. But hnTsefesh is not deli
eacy that one finds IN many American
restaurants. It may figure largely in the
culinary department Of course, but It never
appears on the bill Of fare
About two months ago I happened tc
meet party Of gentlemen who, like my
self, had knocked about the world great
deal. Our conversation resulted in the
discovery that we had one particular taste
in common-namely, roast horse After
considerable discussion we agreed to in
terest other friends similarly minded and
to form a regular club. Thus began the |
Society for the Eating of Horsehesh. Since |
then we have secured twenty-three mem
bers, all Of whom are fairf55 prominent per-
sons in Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Cincin-
natl, Chicago and elsewhere. We have
agreed to have horsefesh dinner in one or
other Of these cities every three months
and the first dinner is to take place in
Philadelphia
Great difficulty was experienced by us
in inducing any restaurant keeper to serve
us with the dinner VIC want These men
fear that their business would be ruined If
it were to leak out that they cooked horse
flesh Finally however, a down town
caterer, who as soldier in the war ate
horse himself, agreed to crafty us on con
ditiOn that we keep his name secret.
The members Of the society have each
a story to tell of how they first came to
eat and like this unconventional article of
food. Clyde NJ. Allen, Of Cincinnati, one
Of our founders, added horse to his list of
dishes while wandering in the northwest
several years ago. Henry H. Fulton, Of
Chicago, q well known theatrical man.
was forced to eat it during the famous
siege Of Paris. As he himself said, 1T was
4 choice between horse and rats, and horse
vas chosen" A popular police officer of
his city first masticated horse while serv-
ng with detachment Of the United 5 .ates
,avalry against the Apaches. Capt. IN F.
[ Kelly, of Pittsburg, was on the "trak' in
south Africa at the outbreak Of ,e dia-
nOnd excitement, when starvation iIorced ~
lin and the men who were with him to
ill and eat two Of their horses. Ny own
for this much maligned food
ates from the breaking Of the engines be
onging to the steamer st. Kilda in the In
ian ocean ten years ago.
The ship was carrying a number Of .
7alers, or Australian horses, from Sydney
o Bombay when she met with the acci-
ent. l was one Of the crew, and when
ur provisions gave out without the small
st speck of land heaving in sight we just
lckled those horses. / tell you they beat
alt junk and weevilly biscuits all to fits,
nd when we were eventually taken in tow T
y friendly vessel we were fatter by sew O
raj inches in spite of our long drift 81
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