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in the female division ; but 

 she was not put down for 

 competition, as her owner 

 does not approve of a four 

 days' show. Mrs. Mallorie 

 had a big strong silver 

 "Silver Glen" second to 

 "Argent Moonbeam II." 

 The silver tabbies are coming 

 along well, and so are the 

 smokes, and one "TheDusky 

 Pilgrim," a son of " The Pas- 

 sionate Pilgrim," who has 

 been altered was sold for 

 50. " The Passionate Pil- 

 grim," a very light and mas- 

 sively built cat, promises to 

 be a great loss to breeders, as 

 he is an almost complete out A RECEPTION ROOM IN A CHICAGO CATTERY. 



cross, but he has left severa (Photo-, s. E. wngu, Chicago.) 



good kittens. Mrs. Mix, who 

 was judging, brought out some beautiful not placed second as a matter of its import- 



Jack Frost " ance, but simply comes in in chronological 

 order. The first show to be held there was 



silvers, and her home-bred 

 was a notable cat. 



" Arlington Hercules," the brown tabby, three years after the first in New York, and 



made his first appearance in New York, and was promoted and managed by Mrs. Leland 



was very much admired. Prices ran high for Norton ; and this show was such a decided 



good cats, especially smokes and silvers, as success that a club was formed, called the 



these are new to Americans. The blue colour Chicago Cat Club, which held together for 



they are more familiar with from the long some years, but was in the end dwarfed by its 



acquaintance with the short-haired blues or rival the Beresford Cat Club. This came into 



Maltese ; but there is no denying the fact being in 1899, and grew to such dimensions 



that the blues are always dangerous when it that the club soon numbered over 300 members, 



comes to judging for specials, for in their all- and reached in January, 1902, to the highest 



round quality they show the care that has place by far of any American cat club, having 



been bestowed upon them in England. 



at the show in Chicago over 250 cats, which 



Old " Tortie Diana Fawe " is still our best was at least 100 in excess of any show ever 



tortoiseshell, without much apparent chance held up to that time in America, 



of being deposed. Not the least important work done by this 



Mr. H. T. Draper an old Londoner, who club was the inauguration of a stud book, 



has exhibited short-hairs steadily since 1895 which has now three volumes, and contains 



is still with us, and taking prizes as a record of nearly all of the cats that have 



before ; he has been a very steady supporter been factors in the development of the fancy 



of the short-hairs for years. 



DISTRICT NO. 2. 



District No. 2, that we shall consider next, 

 is the city and region of Chicago, which is secretary (Miss L. C. Johnstone), and it is 

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in America. No doubt a greater part of the 

 success of the Beresford Club has been brought 

 about by the energy and management of Mrs. 

 Clinton Locke, aided by the corresponding 



