STICAK-EATING CONTEST.
City C!e;k Scully. Ta:u:nai;y le;ider of ■the Twelfth Assembly District, who <;av<> a dinner, acu<i y.s taiu , keeper at xh-:- :h. i-siesk-eating contest. ;'.:id t-aw thai everyone had f,:ir p:;>y. Kx-Aklerrnsn Farl.'y "as the. li:>t. to i>c- pu; lo the test, but, tiutw up Li« >hi:-r.-tLr* att.r eating 4ih of the juicy Nte.il:. "'1 nj>. boy i>," ]u< said. "I dcu'r. wav.t to be taken L'Miiv in an aiiibul.-;iiw." r.x-ANSv:iib!ynw-n Sanders was rex:, to try it. ! He failed when lie had retched the fifta pound. Warden Sullivan thought he would cOTrf out as uhaiupioa. because be had nude many laps around Toinpkjna park in order i<> work uu an uppetite, and altogether had walbtd about tm miles. "Let it come aloiiif." ii- said ouetivjlly. "Tve eaten - nothio/ for cwsive hcuis. and I've worked , up a «t*l«:did miipetite for the ]f ] dem't «-at 101b I'll «.<tt. my liat.*' But. ;i!as! SulLivan was coiiipil!<»j, tj irjve up it the pounJ. Ks-AldL-:iii.in SiniUi, who stands inoic tliuu 6fi -h-iyli. iiiid wiiv claiuiM tlia« lit- has a woiiiUrlally htomach, g(Jt away with* 6!b va.sily and also 71b. but- \vhe;i it tame to t,lu-\-iglith ])oui;d lie \h-v-\n to ill ml in the face. He linally gavo ;■- ru:u t.lie buttons of hi.s waistcoat llev. apiut. he exclaimed. 'I'm afiafd I'll bujit it' I cat any more." Ahh3ti o h ox-Aldenn:tii Sniith pot tho jnize for X\-.v cvfx.iiv,-. he had nr.i beaten the record of 10!l>. which WV.S maJu by the late i'a.trick Divvor.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 11547, 1 April 1903, Page 7
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