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THE BOOK OF THE CAT. 



MRS. COLBURN AND HER WHITE PERSIAN " PARIS." 

 (Photo: F. Schnabd, Chicago.) 



Miss Lincoln, of Worcester, Massachusetts, 

 has done quite a little work for the good of 

 the majority ; but has not had the best of 

 luck with her cats so far, and Mrs. A. G. Brown, 

 of Melrose, Massachusetts, -is a steady breeder 

 of whites and other colours, and she has in her 

 cattery " His Majesty," the white that has 

 won many prizes and is the sire of winners. 



Mrs. Neel, at Urbana, New York, estab- 

 lished a cattery, and has been a very hard 

 worker in the cause, doing good from her 

 experience in a medical way, by writing 

 for the papers, by upholding the shows 

 often a good distance from home and by 

 the general support she has afforded to all 

 who made use of the help she was willing to 

 give. 



Whilst in this direction I must not forget 

 Mr. C. H. Jones, who commenced as a breeder 

 and exhibitor, though his business kept him 

 away from home a great deal ; yet the fever 

 grew upon him until he started a newspaper 



called The Cat Journal, which, no doubt, 

 is one of the principal factors in keeping up 

 the interest in the cat in general. Though on 

 account of Mr. Jones's other business engage- 

 ments it is not possible for him to report shows, 

 he brings out this paper monthly at great 

 personal cost to himself and with little chance 

 of profit on anything like a fitting scale at 

 present ; so that we may say that, consider- 

 ing the work of the paper is done after busi- 

 ness hours and is largely supported by his own 

 purse, we cannot help but think that it is 

 most probable the cat family never found a 

 more enthusiastic and disinterested devotee 

 in the whole course of its history. Mr. Jones 

 gave up his exhibition cats, and yet for sheer 

 love of the race and from motives of pure 

 humanity he still continues to move heaven 

 and earth for their support, and must always 

 be reckoned one of the foremost exponents of 

 the cat in America, and one of the staunchest 

 friends the cat ever had. 



Among fanciers in the vicinity of New York 

 must be enumerated Miss A. L. Pollard, who 

 has imported and bred a few good cats, and 

 has made a name for herself with " Omar," 

 by " St. Anthony." Miss Pollard's place is 

 situated at Elizabeth, New Jersey, about fifteen 

 miles from New York, and so is practically in 

 the metropolitan district. " Purity," the white 

 which was so successful in England, and the 

 tortoiseshell " Woodbine," are factors in this 

 cattery, which is quite a large one, and very 

 well arranged. The crops of kittens have 

 been most successfully reared and distributed, 

 in fact with more success than many of our 

 fanciers have been able to show. 



Mrs. W. S. Hofstra, the president of the 

 Atlantic Cat Club, lives on Long Island, the 

 other side of New York, and devotes herself 

 to her Siamese and Persians, and has had a 

 very decided influence in the development of 

 the club over which she so ably presides. 



The Lindenhurst Cattery at Ridgefield, New 

 Jersey, is also becoming prominent, and in 

 Brooklyn the Misses Ward have done very 

 good work and have reared some fine cats and 

 kittens. The keynote of this establishment 



