Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-12-20
DINED ON HORSE MEAT.
Unique Feast Attended by the
Best Citizens of Newark.
OBJECT LESSON OF DIR. HOPKINS
He Wanted tn Prove That the People OF
Foreign Countries Who Eat Harxefirsh
Know What's Good-animar Was a Vet
Gran. but No one Complained.

He Wanted tn Prove That the People Of
Foreign Countries Who Eat Harx.firsh
Know What's Good-animaI Was "a Vet
sran. but No one Complained.
NEWARK. y. J.. Dec. so.-Ono hundred
prominent men Of Newark snt down to N
dinner last evening which was different
from any other ever served in the city.
To outward Appearances the dinner was
like others Of n social nature, but every
guest who sat Mt the long tables knew he
was partnking of horscflcsh.
DIR. Richard Hopkins was the host.
When the horse slnughtering establish
mcnt was started in Harrison some months
ago, there was n great agitation over the
alleged fact that the meat was being dis
posed of I'm Newark and elsewhere in
stead of in Europe. rs the prOprictors of
the slaughter house claimed The bust
ness was finally broken M. At the time
there was n discussion hctwrrn the citi-
zens rs to the good and h,d qualities Of
horscflesh. and nlmuS: n ~ inc took
sides DIR. Hopkins wn> 49,, uf those who
claimed that horse Incat WIS as good II
not better than Chicag" dressed beef. The
dinner was the outcome of the agitation.
All Seemed to Relish It.
The horse was an old one. lie was, In
fact, veteran. as he had seen 20 years Of
service. For four years past he had been
the property of George W. Marshall Of
Newark. Mr.. Marshall was at the dinner
but refused to partake of the meat. He
said it was not that he had any repug-
nance to the flesh OF the horse, but he
cause he felt as though he would be ca
ing an old friend. He was the only man
in the crowd who did not eat the meat
All seemed to relish the dinner very much
al
ner of ways There Were horse steaks and
horse chops, horse pot roasts and baked
horse, horse rib roasts and horse hash.
horse liver and horse soup OF course
there were other things, but no other
meat entered into the menu. There was
no lack of liquids with which to wash the
dinner down. Chef Davis prepared the
dishes.
Five days ago the preparations began
The horse was led from the stable, where
he had been putting on few extra layers
of fat. and was slaughtered in the most
approved way. The carcass when dressed
was hung in an ice box and treated in
every manner the same as beef
Many Doctors Present.
When DIR. Hopkins sent out his invita-
tions, he wondered IL he would have to
sit down alone To enjoy the horse. and
vowed If such was the case he would cat
the whole dinner himself When the hour
came, the. crowd relieved DIR. Hopkins
from his vow to eat the whole dinner, as
the invitations were more generally ac-
cepted than was thought probable.
The doctors of the city had been invited
to a man, and almost to n man they We're
present. None of them appeared to have
their medicine cases with them.
Among those who sat down were Jus
tice W. \. Rapp. DR. Chester van der
Roest, DIR. J. W. Scales, Judge Rodrigo.
the Rev. L. \. CASTOR of the Franklin
Street Methodist church, the Hon. George
r. Gray, formerly treasurer of the state
of Now Jersey DIR. George w Marshall
DR.. {. Lawrence and County Clerk J. +
wrightson.
All pronounced the horse meat as good
as anything In the meat line they had ever
eaten. Considerable amusement was
caused during the dinner by DR. Hopkins
calling his dog. which had accompanied
him TO the feast The doctor wanted to
show that the dog would eat the meat
readily. The dog did not appear, and IL
was then charged that a trick had been
played by the introduction of the dog into
the dishes to give them a flavor