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THE BOOK OF THE CAT. 



sticks " and " Kangaroo," two noted winners, 

 are owned by her. In former days Miss 

 Bugden's " Gorrie," Mr. Woodiwiss's " Manx 

 King," "Pickles," "Belle," and "Beauty," 

 all good cats, accounted for most of the prizes. 

 Miss Jay, whose name is more familiarly known 

 in connection with blue Persians, has always 

 been partial to Manx cats, and used to exhibit 

 at the Crystal Palace. The last time I visited 

 the Holmwood cattery I was much struck with 

 the number of tortoiseshell Manx cats running 

 about the stable yard. Miss Jay has quite a 

 family of these ; but, needless to say, they 

 are all of the female sex ! Mrs. Herring has 

 not been unmindful of this breed, and has 

 exhibited some good 

 specimens. Miss 

 Dresser has owned 

 Manx cats for many 

 years and shown 

 some good ones. 

 Her "Belle Mahone" 

 and " Moonlight " 

 were nice tabbies, 

 free from tail, and 

 " Bonhaki Junior" 

 was a very fine- 

 shaped silver tabby- 

 and-white ; but, un- 

 fortunately, he had 

 a stump which al- 

 ways kept him back. 

 Mrs. Mosely has ex- 

 hibited some good 

 blacks. Lady Alex- 

 ander owned several 

 prize-winning Manx, 

 but these have 

 passed into the 

 hands of Miss Hester 

 Cochran. The best of 

 these are " Balloch- 

 myle Bell Stump," 



a curiously spotted tabby, absolutely tailless. 

 " Bell Spitz " and " Strathcona " are also 

 good specimens in Miss Cochran's possession. 

 Mr. Gambier Bolton owned and bred some 

 fine cats. " Manx Primrose," a black, and 



ORANGE 

 OWNED BY MRS. 

 (rlwto : S. S. F 



" D-Tail," a silver tabby, won respectively 

 first and second at the Westminster show in 

 1902. It is so usual to see " Breeder and pedi- 

 gree unknown " after almost all the entries in 

 the Manx classes that these two cats were dis- 

 tinguished by having a certified pedigree. It 

 was a grievous loss when " D-Tail " disappeared 

 very mysteriously from his home in St. John's 

 Wood. " Manx Silverwing " passed from Mr. 

 Bolton's possession to that of Mr. Foulstonc's, 

 and was later purchased by Mr. A. Ward, the 

 well-known cat specialist. As will be seen 

 from the illustration on page 251, this puss is 

 almost a spotted tabby. 



Lady Marcus Beresford has lately shown a 



great partiality for 

 Manx. I think I am 

 right in stating that 

 the first one that in- 

 habited the Bishops- 

 gate a>tlery was a 

 beautiful white called 

 "Mona,' ; that I 

 procured lor her. 

 This fine specimen 

 was brought from 

 the island direct, 

 and proved herself 

 a splendid ratter ; 

 but, alas ! she did 

 not live long to en- 

 joy the luxuries of 

 her new home. 

 There are, however, 

 no fewer than five 

 Manx now at 

 Bishopsgat c 

 "Jack," a silver 

 tabby; "Patch," a 

 tortoiseshell; 

 "Satanella." a 

 black female ; and 

 " Stumps," a brown 

 tabby male. The most recent addition is 

 " King Clinkie," whom I Inve before men- 

 tioned as being owned by Mrs. H. C. Brooke. 

 Does he ever think of his former struggling 

 existence, now that his ways are those of 



MANX. 



CLINTON LOCKE. 

 inley, Chicago.) 



