Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-15
TWO KEGS A DAY,
NEW YoRK's CHAMPION BEEI
DRINKER, FRANK BoUq EFT,
Whose Daily Average is b TO go
GIasses-A Devotee of iam-
prinus Whose oapa
Seems to Know
No Limit.


New York World
Though the question has orren come up
in the courts, it has never yet been de
cded how many glasses OF beer man
may drink and still be legally sober.
The clerk who will get real gay aud wake
up the entire clearinghouse when on a
jag. whose constituents are six beers
and d cigarette Of course is not in it
with the brewery employe, who drinks
two or three glasses of beer every hour
Of the working day. and keeps his little
boy busy rushing the growler on sun
day.
II becomes of great interest to the an.
thropOlOdst, therefore, to learn just what
is the limit Of the human stomach in this
crosses Of the thoughtful men, who agree
with Pope that "the study Of mankind
is man. do not devote much attention
to this important question, II remains
for the Sunday World TO enlightcn the
public.
What Is the beer drinking record in
this town. Ii is an important question
for more than one renson. 1t is alwuys
important to know the champion In any
line of sport or endurance and this mat.
ter belongs to both of these classes
The absorption of vast quantities of
beer certainly calls for extraordinary en-
durance on the part of the human stom-
Hch, aud everybody who drinks beer at
an must admit that there is a good deal
Of sport In the pastime after the seventh
The World Almanac. which contains
ey-H kuuN rrcdi in nruHry iue. D.
silent on this point of beer drinking
II was therefore. n matter Of some
difficulty to locate the man who really
holds the record and who is entitled to
the champion belt Three or four years
ago. before Fred Fnhrbach reformed and
reduced his weight In one year from over
400 pounds to something like 200
pounds, IL was no trouble to find the
champion. Everybody in New Yorl,
knew that Capt Fred had taken his
200 glasses ON a wager, and then, to top
It of. had helped TO drink M d case of
champagne. that constituted the stakes
ceeded to his title and the honors thar
accompany e? II seems to be generally
agreed that Frank Bouquet is the man.
Mr. Bouquet is MS Indifferent in APP
pcarauce from the typical beer consumer
as can well be imagined. In the first
place. lte can hardly be called a German,
though his father was born In Bavaria,
He Il not large or fat but, on the con-
trnrv. ia short and well built and very
energetic IN manner. lc wears q high
silk lat all the time and his little bright
blue eyes peep at you through glasses
He was born IN france ana ana business
IN this country for several years before
he thought It worth while TO learn the
English language. lie regrets this now,
A very interesting man IS Mr.. Rou-
Ouet in more ways than one. As beer
drinkcr he Is star His record is 100
4 schooner" is tail glass that Is sup
posed 10 hold a pint Of beer, In the
places that Mr.. Bouquet frequents tho
schooners really do hold a pint. There
are thirty-two gallons IN a barrel of
beer and, therefore, 2a6 scho0ners, MIR
Bouquet's record Of 100 schooncrs in ten
hours means that he drank considerably
moro than half barrel OF beer in an
ordinary working day.
And wasn't drunk, either says Mr..
4 great many medical men will say
gravoly that IL Is impossible for a man
to drink " half barrel of beer without
feeling III effects. Mr.. Bouquet is IN the
position Of the prisoner In the Jail who
had committed some trivial oifensc. His
friends came TO see him and snid, with
great indignation. when they had heard
his story;
"liut, couiowud IL. | am In jail. replied
Tho nri-aner qr1 fN, forro ~ HIS 1~-r.
ment was irresistible, of course. Now.
Alr Bouquet lls uNt uul 4ayrr tpou
aiN IL, bf' iies luis - s,a N-.1 te ,., *
years old and the father of six children.
Without losing any ul his activity op IN
tellectual brightness And his ordinary
allowance of beer is fifty or sixty glasses
a day.
lIc is what is called the outside sales
agent for the John Kress Brewing com.
pany. One day last week. when re-
porter met him In Fred Fahrbach's Hole
Ia the Wall" on East Fifty-fourih street.
Mr., Bouquet was complaining that he
had not had his luncheon aud that his
meals had all gone wrong that day
Il went 10 work early" he said. and
my breakfast was two hours late. |
drank twenty-ninc sohooners Of hror he
fore breakfast. and that is too much.
Now, / haven't had any luncheon, aad
here / am drinking more beer. / ought
TO get away from this bar and gel
something 20 eat A man onvht to be
regular with his eating and drinking"
Mr.. Bouquets breakfast Is usallly a
Nsher Of bacon and half dozen eggs
fried medium" This, with some strong
coffee, makes n good foundation for the
mornings libations Of beer, ne says. At
noon-tlme he wants about tonr pounds
of portcrhouse steak. with plcnty Of
onions and potatoes Then he can 20
ont and drink beer until the cows come
home.
The champion Il not at al adverse 10
talking about his prowess In his particn-
lar line, though be modestly admits
that his achievements arc nothing COM
pared with what Fred Fahrhach could DO
when that genial gentleman was In con
diti0n. lSahrbach, by the way, drinks
nothing but lihein wine. and he gets