EXHIBITING, 



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light-marked heads and white lips. 

 These defects, in my opinion, ought to 

 put out of the money those that possess 

 them in good competition. I perfectly 

 agree with Mr. House about the stand- 

 ards. They are useful both to the breeder 

 and judge ; but for the judge to take the 

 standards and try to judge by them at 

 any show would be foolish indeed. All 

 judges are expected to know the varieties 

 they are called upon to judge, and to 

 have the faculty to weigh up the good 

 points and defects of the specimens be- 

 fore them, and place them accordingly." 



MANAGEMENT OF SHOWS. 



Now to turn our attention to the manage- 

 ment of shows, and upon this question I feel 

 I am fairly competent to give an opinion, as I 

 have acted as show manager and as show 

 secretary to some of our largest exhibitions 

 in London and at Brighton. The office is 

 indeed no sinecure, and very few fanciers, 

 exhibitors, or visitors have any idea of the 

 enormous amount of forethought required, to 

 say nothing of physical and secretarial labours, 

 to make a big show run smoothly. The re- 

 sponsibility also is great, for a conscientious 



KITS WITH A TASTE FOK FLOWERS. 

 (Photo : Mrs. S. F. Clarke.) 



TWO KITTKXS BRED BY MISS WILLIAMS. 

 (I'lwto : H. Jenkins, Lovesto/t.) 



manager feels he has valuable live stock in his 

 temporary possession, of which he has, so to 

 speak, to render up account. There are many 

 mixed shows held throughout the country 

 where a cat section is given, and it is to be 

 regretted that in most, if not all cases the 

 poor pussies are badly provided for and 

 generally go to the wall. At a dog and cat 

 show everything goes to the dogs ! Secre- 

 taries wishing to promote successful cat sec- 

 tions at their mixed shows should secure 

 some well-qualified person to have entire 

 control of this department. It is certainly 

 true that, of all live stock, cats require the 

 most consideration and supervision, and yet 

 to the masculine mind of a show secretary 

 it would appear that the cats can look after 

 themselves. There is no doubt that the first 

 step towards making a show successful is to 

 engage the services of a competent, 

 energetic, and painstaking manager 

 and secretary. It is also very de- 

 sirable to appoint a really good 

 working show committee, the 

 members of which should 

 each undertake some partic- 

 ular duty in connection with 

 the show. For instance, one 

 member might superintend 

 the feeding, another could 

 be responsible for obtaining 

 promises of special prizes, 



