THE SHORT-HAIRED CAT 173 



Laurel Queen, who had the grace and style of her mother, 

 Jenny, that came to me from the late Herbert Young of 

 Harrogate, who was quite an enthusiast about cats, and 

 a very skilful breeder of them, and he told me he had 

 her from Mr Sugden of Withnell, near Chorley, Yorkshire, 

 and her beautiful colour and clear markings she took from 

 her sire, Champion King of the Fancy, of whose off- 

 spring I never saw a bad specimen, but I think he was 

 seldom shown. Laurel Prince, Laurel Silvie and Silver 

 Star were others of high quality, who took numbers of 

 prizes, but with three champions of the variety well to the 

 fore, and all often shown, they had not that chance of 

 getting to the top of the tree which has been afforded 

 since. I hope to give, with this sketch, reproductions of 

 the portraits of Champions Jimmy and Laurel Queen, 

 brother and sister, and Champion Laurel King, son of 

 last named, as representative specimens of the variety. 



I believe it is not only unique in the fact that the 

 three champions were closely related, brother, sister, 

 nephew, and had taken more and better prizes than any 

 three short-haired cats living or ever seen, but that it 

 was the only instance on record where there were three 

 champions in existence at the same time of any variety 

 of short-haired cat ; and I do not remember a case since, 

 but I am not positive about this. 



I have owned and seen many Silver Tabbies since, but 

 none quite as good as those three, in all of which it 

 was much easier to point out a beauty than to find a 

 defect. 



There is nearly always much difference in the sizes 



