Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-27
ALL OVER.
John A. Dooner Finishes Task Of Eat
ing = Quail . Day for 30 Days.

New York. Dec. 26.-JOhn A. Dooner
of New York City. has finished the task
Of eating quail a day for month
and he sits back. waiting for other
birds TO conquer On the Goth day he
""und VI, ~ cutting ave cara quail
last TO show how easy il was.
Rut Do"rer did not get chat $1,000
from james Fillcpigue. TIE race track
cHtcrer The understanding was that
Mv. Dooner was not I" begin the job
until after New Years day and that
tle money Was L. be 3ut up then Mr.
NtlleuiGur hol Is ti,at the contract in
GUIDED the privileges ~ each side of
r"oedtag before Jan. l. Whe,. he heard
how triumphantly pooner was going
through his preliminary test he sent
congratulations and word. that there
was nothing doing.
so the publication of nv humble
effort has cost me Il lot of money"
says Doorer. Next time 1 suppose
will have to be more heavily handicap
ped, but ] am willing. Ii there is any
one person who nurses the notion that
cant eat four quail day for 80 days
wish he would step forward with
$500 or more"
How do YOU account for the fact
that many persons have failed to do
the 80 quail stunt" Dooner WAS asked
Il think they Wee jobbed" said the
Dig contractor. Perhaps the negative
side put foolish powder or some-
thlng on the quail about the 25th day.
mat couldn't be done to me- for no.
DodE KNOWS where / am going to eat
my next quail until ] go to the table.
ate these 30 birds at my house and at
SIX different hotels, making sure that
l would have fair play"
During the last days Of boomers PEI
formance, admirers began tending tri-
butes He received a wild turkey, four
ducks. a dozen cartridges and a fat
goose. Dooner looks at them longingly
and then sent them to a Charitable in.
stltution in his parish.
I'm going back to the simpler life
Tor a while he said. Il shall pursue
MY ordinary diet until after the holt
days.
Mr.. Dconer fares in the most simple
fashion. His breakfast consists simply
or two quarts of soft ice cream. which
he eats. or rather drinks. as soon as he
rises. Then he sallies forth to look
over his various contracts. smoking
sever or eight simple black cigars be-
fore noon.
While resting from the heat of mid
day, he is likely to drink a pint or two
OF champagne. but this is not a hard
and fast rule of his life
He is kept alive by light dinner.
which he eats sometimes in the bosom
of his large family and sometimes at
a restaurant He begins with an appe-
tier of four dozen oysters, following
them with three of four plates of soup
or terrapin and then goes to fish. of
which he is quite fond. He tried to curb
this liking, however. and usually can
content himself with three black bass
or SO. Then comes an entree, quickly
disposed of, and Mr.. Dooner is ready
for Il few pounds of roast beef or duck. |
Ii he still feels faint he may eat a
couple of Holsters and he winds up with |
a quart of ice cream and a cold bottle |
or two. This suffices until the mid
night lunch, which is proportionately |
light.
Once upon a time Mr.. Dooner went
to Baltimore with brother Eagles to
attend a convention. He and Col. Mike
Padden and others found place which
made a speciality Of terrapin. Mr..
Dooner asked the head waiter how the
terrapin were.
Very nice" said the waiter. 1--WE got |
300 in today"
Bring them ALL" said Mr.. Dooner,
there are 10 of us in the party
Whether they were all brought or
not, it is solemnly averred by Col. Mike
and others that while they were eating
two plates of the terrapin Mr.. Dooner
ate II and after they stopped eating he
ate six plates more Half an hour lat
err they happened into another restau-
rant and Dooner ate three plates OF
crab meat.
I'm very fond of terrapin and fsh.
says Mr.. Dooner II once yielded to
my appetite to the extent of eating 10
pounds OF Holsters at a sitting"
Mr.. Dooner limits his drinking to
champagne and usually confines him.
self to three quarts a day.