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THE BOOK OF THE CAT. 



consequence of the date clashing with that of accept with pleasure the scheme submitted to 



the Sandy Show, held also on August 28th. the public by the secretary of the S.S.P.C.S." 



On this occasion the Hon. Mrs. McLaren The Scottish Cat Club, which has Lady 



Morrison was advertised as judge, but owing to Marcus Beresford for its President, holds its 



ill-health her place was taken by Mrs. Stennard annual show during the winter months, and 



Robinson, and Mr. J. B. Townend, of the its exhibition follows closely on that of the 



National Cat Club, undertook the manage- Midland Counties. 



ment. The Midland Counties Cat Club held Under the list of winter shows mention 

 its first show in Birmingham. The classifica- may be made of the following, where, in 

 tion was on a liberal scale, and several of connection with other live stock, cats play 

 the classes were guaranteed. Several of the a more or less important part : Peter- 

 specialist clubs supported this first venture of borough, Sheffield. Hounslow, Kendal, Bedford, 



the Midland Counties 

 Cat Club. A new 

 departure in the 

 matter of shows 

 may shortly be 

 attempted, and a 

 scheme has been 

 submitted to the cat 

 world by the Hon. 

 Sec. of the Silver 

 and Smoke Persian 

 Cat Society, that the 

 specialist societies 

 should combine and 

 hold a show in the 

 West of England. 



SANDY STEALING THE MILK. 



THE PROPERTY OF Miss HARPER. 

 (Photo: B. Tugwcll, Haywards Heatlt.) 



Caterham, Hinck- 

 ley. Hamilton, Don- 

 caster, Yarmouth, 

 Stratford -on- Avon, 

 Bristol, Haverford- 

 west, Stockton, 

 Cheltenham, Taun- 

 ton, Epsom, Hex- 

 ham, Lark hall. 

 Stirling. 



In this list I have 

 made no mention of 

 the great champion- 

 ship show of the 

 National Cat Club, 

 held annually at the 

 Crystal Palace in 

 October, to which 

 the whole of cat 

 creation looks for- 



Each society is to 

 be asked to bear a 

 part in the expenses, 

 and secretaries will 



probably hold a meeting to consider the best ward with awe and longing. This is one 



ways and means of carrying out such an of the greatest events in the cat world, 



undertaking. It is not intended that such a and is always eagerly looked forward to by 

 show should be in any opposition to those . fanciers in all parts of the British Isles, 



held by the parent clubs, and registration in In the schedule for the exhibition in 1902 



either of these clubs will be enforced ; but, to no fewer than 216 special prizes were offered, 



quote the words of a well-known fancier and Many of these were given by the following 



supporter of the specialist societies, "It is specialist clubs, who generously supported 



simply a way of escape from the enforced this annual fixture : The Blue Persian Cat 



division of interests, and a means for permit- Society, the Silver and Smoke Persian Cat 



ting the cats of all club persuasions to meet Society, the Chinchilla Cat Club, the Orange, 



on equal ground. As matters now stand, Cream and Tortoiseshell Society, the Siamese 



open competition is a thing of the past, Cat Club, the Manx Cat Club, and the British 



and the sooner it becomes a possibility again Cat Club. 



the better for the cat fancy. On this ground, The names of the judges acting on this 



therefore, we think all unbiassed minds will occasion were as follow : Mrs. Greenwood, 



