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procured for her a sable, almost unmarked and 

 very rich in colour, a white with limpid sea- 

 green eyes, and a Siamese with perfect points. 

 Miss Cochran's " Patpaw " (now in the posses- 

 sion of Viscountess Esher), a son of the cele- 

 brated tortoiseshell " Tawney," is rather small 

 for a neuter, but full of quality, with wonderful 

 orange eyes. " Persimmon Laddie," owned by 

 Miss Whitney, is, perhaps, the most perfect 

 specimen that has been seen in the pen of the 

 neuter classes. He is not a brown and not a 

 tabby, but a sable ; and, having the blood of 

 the " Birkdale Ruffies " and " Champion Per- 

 simmon " in his veins, it is no wonder he 

 carries all before him. No photograph can 

 do him justice. 



Mrs. Boyce's " Fur " could beat any male 

 chinchilla now on the show bench ; for in 

 colour, shape, and head he is well-nigh per- 

 fect. Mrs. Millar's " Lord Bute " is a 

 monstrous black, and in spite of his green 

 eyes is generally in the prize list ; but in 



honours, and Miss Chamberlayne's " Tiger " is 

 a handsomely marked brown tabby. Miss 

 Meeson's " Fluff Duvals," another brownie, 

 won first at the Crystal Palace and Brighton, 

 and after a second at Westminster came home 

 to die ! Miss Averay Jones has a splendid 

 chinchilla neuter " King Cy," a possession too 

 precious to be risked at any exhibition. 



So much for the long-haired pet pussies, and 

 we will take a glance at past and present short- 

 haired neuters. A lovely coated cat was 

 " Tiger of-K-epwick," owned by Mrs. MacLaren 

 Morrison, a brown tabby, as his name denotes. 

 Then Mrs. Butler's orange, which for many 

 years won at the Crystal Palace and Brighton. 

 Mr. Lane had a good yellow-eyed white, 

 " Leonidas." Mrs. Herring owned a well- 

 marked brown tabby in " Sir Peter Teazle." 

 Of late years the most remarkable short-haired 

 neuters have been Miss Cartwright's really 

 lovely Siamese " Chote " and Lady Alex- 

 ander's blues, " Brother Gamp " and " Tom 



" NIGEL THE RAVEN." 



MRS. MELLER'S SHORT-HAIRED BLACK NEUTER. 



Mrs. Curtis's " Baron Bonelli " he met Gamp," who are rarely, if ever, defeated, 



more than his match at the Crystal Palace in A richly coloured orange tabby neuter, 



1902. This black cat (a son of " Johnnie " Red" Eagle," also hailed from the same cat- 



Fawe ") has all the good points of " Patpaw," tery. 



including his gorgeous eyes, and he is very large. In judging neuters, I think it is rather a 



Miss Holmes' " Blue Tut " has won many mistake to go too much by points. I consider 

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