ILLUSTRATIONS 



1. COVER. Design by Mrs. Paul Hardy 



2. FRONTISPIECE. Miss Frances Simpson and her Silver male 



Carabyses 



FACING 



PACK 



3. GENTIAN. A lovely Blue female, owned by Lady Marcus 



Beresford, and bred by Mrs. O'Brien Clarke. Her sire 

 was Goliath, a superb cat for size and colour. Gentian 

 was a prize-winner at Westminster in 1899, when her 

 marvellous coat excited general admiration ... 17 



4. IMPERIAL BLUE was bred by Rev. P. L. Cosway, his present 



owner, from Angela and Blue Noble. This youngster 

 has already made a name for himself in the show pen. 

 He was born August soth, 1900, and took prizes at 

 Castleford and Wakefield. At Slough, 1901, he carried 

 off the special for the soundest coloured Blue, and has 

 since gained high distinction at Manchester. Imperial 

 Blue is now placed at stud in our advertisements for the 

 first time 20 



5. ROYAL BOBS. This fine Blue male was bred by H.H. 



Princess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein from Lady 

 Marcus Beresford's Blue Boy II. and Duschar. He 

 was purchased when a kitten by Mrs. Collingwood, 

 and at his first appearance at the Botanical Gardens, 

 in 1901, he took ist in the Cat and ist in the Kittten 

 Class. Since then he has taken four other ist prizes 

 and two championships, besides many specials. Royal 

 Bobs is a dark Slate Blue, but very sound in colour, 

 with a beautifully shaped head and fine eyes ... 24 



6. OTHELLO, as his name denotes, is a Black Persian, and 



claims such noted cats as Beauty Boy, Lord Albemarle 



