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THE BOOK OF THE CAT. 



MRS. WELLBYE S 



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beautiful cats own him as sire, notably Miss 

 Leake's ' Seraph,' Mrs. Bluhm's ' Silver Sultan,' 

 Mrs. Neild's ' Absent-minded Beggar,' Miss 

 White Atkins' ' Tintagel,' Mrs. Tyrwhitt 

 Drake's ' Musa,' Mrs. Rickett's ' Empress 

 Josephine,' Mrs. Earwaker's ' Buxton Cloud.' 

 Mrs. Geo. Walk- 

 er's 'Woodheys 

 Fitzroy,' Mrs. 

 Barnes' ' Nour- 

 mahal,' winner 

 of the Chinchilla 

 Club challenge 

 for the best kit- 

 ten, 1899, and a 

 daughter of 

 ' Champion Ful- 

 mer Zaida,' 

 shown by Lady 

 Decies at the 

 Crystal Palace 

 in 1901, also 

 ' Green - eyed 

 Monster.' 



" Whilst speaking of ' Tintagel ' it may be 

 remembered that he sired a charming, litter 

 exhibited by Mrs. Poole, which were first at the 

 National Cat Club show at the Crystal Palace, 

 and one of which won as a single kitten at 

 the Botanic Gardens in 1902. 



" Other famous progeny of ' Silver Lambkin ' 

 are ' Silver Mist,' ' Watership Caesar ' (who won 

 the gold medal at Boston, U.S.A., for the best 

 cat in the show, 1902), ' Silver Tod Sloan,' 

 'Silver Owl,' Mrs. Bluhm's 'Silver Lily,' 

 ' Silver Squire,' and ' Mowgli,' the last named 

 bred by Mrs. Dunderdale, but later the property 

 of Mrs. Smyth, of Forest Hill, one of the 

 most enthusiastic admirers of chinchillas, who 

 has in her possession the stuffed figure of 

 ' Beauty.' 



" A chinchilla that gained a considerable 

 notoriety was ' Sweet Lavender,' the property 

 of Mr. Hawkins. This was a beautiful speci- 

 men, very light in colour. The latter was 

 also a distinctive feature of the Hon. Mrs. 

 McLaren Morrison's ' Ameer,' a son of ' Lamb- 

 kin Queen,' who stands prominently forward 



SILVER " DOSSIE. 

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as one of the most perfect of his kind. Mrs. 

 Martin's ' St. Anthony,' whose name appears 

 in the pedigrees of several winners, is a brother 

 of ' Ameer.' 



" As the sire of Lady Decies' ' Champion 

 Fulmer Zaida,' the most lovely chinchilla 



* female that 

 has ever been 

 seen, 'Silver 

 Laddie,' who is 

 now unfortun- 

 ately gone to his 

 happy hunting- 

 grounds, can 

 claim to have 

 been one of the 

 most noted of 

 sires, more par- 

 ticularly as he 

 was also the 

 father of many 

 others of great 

 value, promi- 

 nent amongst 

 which were Miss Horsman's 'Aramis,' Miss 

 Snell's ' Starlight,' ' Silver Cherub,' ' Lady of 

 Quality ' (one of the most perfect chinchillas 

 ever bred), 'Charterhouse Pixie' (the dam of 

 'Tod Sloan'), and numberless others. 



" Not only as a chinchilla, but when com- 

 peting with all breeds of cats, both long and 

 short haired, ' Champion Fulmer Zaida ' has 

 proved her excellence, and has on more than 

 one occasion secured the cup at the Crystal 

 Palace for the best cat in the whole show. 

 She was bred by Mrs. Bluhm, one of the pioneers 

 of chinchillas, and, it is stated, has now won 

 136 first and special prizes, and that Lord 

 Decies has refused 90 for her. 



" ' Zaida ' has also produced some first-class 

 kittens, amongst which was Miss Stisted's 

 ' Pearl,' the owner of the latter pretty queen 

 being a most devoted admirer of the chin- 

 chilla and sparing no expense to further its 

 interests. 



" Mrs. Bluhm's strain of chinchillas are all 

 very light in colour, and show great quality, 

 which may also be said of those of Mrs. Wellbye, 



