New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28
SPEAKING OF SAUSAGE
irwin Cobb and Conan Doyle IN
Controversy Over Species.

Irwin S. Cobb says there are 1856
kinds Of sausage. Of which only three
are edible. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
admits Mr.. Cobb's count is correct, but
holds the opinion that only two can
be eaten Edward Brennan, soldier Of
fortune. author and actor. goes even
further than Conan DOYLE in dISputlng
the American author and holds that
only one kind of sausage is eatable.
Inasmuch as all three men are globe
trOtters Of renown and have eaten
sausage all over the world. it may fair
ly be presumed that they are sausage
experts.
The controversy started in this way:
Cobb sat in the garden of "Our Mutual
Girls" house recently. recounting to
Miss Phillips and Naym Kelso his ad-
ventures abroad. Mr. Cobb told how
he had annotated, connotated, anal
wed and even eaten every known form
Of sausage Soon after Miss Phillips
related Cobb's sausage statements to
Edward Brennan, leading man in Our
Mutual Girl" serial. Mr.. Brennan ad-
mitted that Cobb had made a correct
tabulation Of the different varieties,
but held that only one kind Of sausage
is edible the kind that the diner pre-
fers at the time he has his meal.
When Sir Arthur and Lady Doyle ar
rived in New York they were met by
Mr. Brennan. Brennan told Sir Ar
thur of SIR. Cobb's plunge into motion
picture work and incidentally repeated
the Paducah humorist's rash statement
in regard 10 sausage.
"If you have the opportunity said
Z Sir Arthur. 81 wish you would tell
him that in my travels through Ger
many | found all the kinds of sausage
he did. But, whereas he found three
varieties which were eatable, | found
only two. Tell him that / have made
exhaustive experiments with the genus
bologna, frankfurter and wienerwurst
and found that only two Of the species
can be digested."
Brennan promised to convey the
English authors message 10 Cobb. anC
at the first opportunity wrote Cobb OF
Sir Arthur's criticism. Cobb wa.
rompng with his little twin dachs
hunde on the lawn Of his summer
home, at North Hatley, Quebec, wher
he received the letter. Paiastakinl
as he is in securing historical anC
other data for his books, Mr.. Cobb al
/ first was displeased at Sir Arthur.
criticism
Gathering Wieny and Wurst. hi.
dachshunde, TO his lap (Cobb's lar
really is ample :, he sat down and, il
the heat Of passion. dictated the fol
lowing reply to Sir Arthur:
"De gustibus non disputandum. Per
sonally / prefer knackwurst to Ger.
velatwurst and krautwurst to brat
wurst. On occasion am fond of tafel
wurst and bauernwurst. If really hun.
cry / will eat pinkelwurst and Lu
becker saucischen just as readily as
will down a highly spiced ligature oil
bologna OF a Coney Island hot dog
/ However, none of these can compare
with blutwurst as it is served ir Co
/ lopne or with immaculate leberwurst
J and Juicy wienerwurst as they roll out
J of the sausage filters in Vienna.
"The ffty-seyen or more varieties Of
the genus saucischen of Saxony were
/ quite unfit to cat, principally because
[ the license tags and collar plates OF
/ the ingredients were not properly
/ ground The dogs in Schneeburg are
called golf dogs because always they
are bound for the links.
ain some instances the hydraulic
pressure used in COMPRISING the ra'
gout within the outer envelope was not
sufficient to insure compact product
and the rafting Of what once were
I leather collars between the walls OF
] the surrounding capsule gave forth 2
hollow sound which family resemole'
the bark of a canine wrath. Reason
ING from these premises, surmlsed-
and rightly. think you Will now agree
I with me-that these species Oh .lh'