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Show Many Gastronomic Records Established i THIO gnstronomle feats performed In Now York during the last threo months of hot weather, othorwlso known as the "silly season," seoni almost al-most Incredible. Nearly ovory record for tho consumption of various kinds of food has been broken. Enrly In tho summer "Ueefstcnk Pete," a Howery churacter, consumed 17 pounds of tho meat from which ho takes h'ls cognomen nt ono sitting, and llvo days later ho raised this flguro to 24 pounds, thus making n totnl of 41 pounds of meat consumed In two days. A 1 ' 1 1 o Inter tho champion pie cater of Urooklyn, who also claims tho pin championship of the world, consumed CI uIoj in 91 minutes, n record whlefr no ono hns yet disputed. Following this enmo In rapid order tho feats of "Lamby" Smith, who con suinod 70 Iamb chops at one meal, and tho nchlovoment of tho vyatormolor. champion of consuming 17 Juicy sped i mens of his favorite fruit In ono day Another mnn nto C3 hnrdbolled eggi In nn hour, as a result of which Ik I died, whllo tho champion groencort 1 cater has raised his record by con I sinning at ono sitting such n nuniboi J ot cars of corn that (bo length of the ' cobs laid, ond to end aggregated 21 foot Boveti Inches. Tho latest feat in this lino was ao ' compllshed a fow days ago when "Lit-' tlo Neck Silos" of Statoii Island, nftoi eating COO clams a day for threo successive suc-cessive days, choked on tho flvo hundred hun-dred and ninety-eighth clam on the fourth day, Just falling to establish tho record of 2,100 In four dnys which ho wau seeking. In vUw of thoso records New Yorh may rtasonnbly lay claim to havlmj tho blAtost caters In tho world. ( |