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THE BOOK OF THE CAT. 



enough to pick up on the Pacific coast a fine ones, but the principal wins in the highest 



male in " Light of Asia," who was imported 

 from Asia. " Swampscott," another good cat, 

 makes his appearance every year, and usually 

 finds himself in the prize list, and he has the 

 most fascinating way of turning up in splendid 

 coat at most of the shows. This cat is a 

 pure Maine cat, if we may so call him ; but as 

 an example of vigour 

 and good health, year 

 after year, he stands 

 pre-eminent. Mrs. 

 Smith is now building 

 up a strain of silvers 

 of her own composing, 

 which may be very 

 valuable to the atten- 

 uated strains of the 

 ordinary breeder, who 

 is only too glad to 

 welcome something 

 that will be an out- 

 cross and will not 

 spoil the silver colour. 

 Mrs. C. E. S. Blinn 

 is another breeder who 

 is always present at 

 the shows, and whose 

 cats usuallv find their 



1 SILVER HAIR " AND " TIPTOE. 



OWNED BY MRS. PIERCE. 

 (Photo : Howland, Cincinnati.') 



way into the prize list. 



Mrs. Blinn is a consistent ' breeder who does 

 not always make herself very prominent, but 

 she obtains the results on the quiet. 



Mrs. Blanche Robinson has bred several of 

 her own prize-winners, and her black " Othello," 

 of which we spoke previously, is more than a 

 good one. The name of Mrs. McKenzie will 

 always be associated with " Prince of Orange," 

 whose name will designate his colour, and this 

 cat is a hard one to beat in any orange class, 

 for he is very rich and deep in tint. 



In 1902 there were two shows held in 

 Chicago by the Beresford Cat Club, one in 



of the specials were made by imported cats. 

 The advent of some nice new whites was 

 welcomed, as usual, and "Toddles" is an addi- 

 tion to our list of white males, and is a nice 

 cobby sort, bred from "Light of Asia." "Little 

 Miss Eiger," one of Mrs. Cratty's breeding 

 and own particular strain, won in the blue- 

 eyed white queens. 

 " Lupin " kept on his 

 winning career, and 

 took the prize for the 

 best in show once 

 more, and this, under 

 judges who had never 

 seen him before, seems 

 to endorse the esti- 

 mate made of him 

 heretofore. " Melrose 

 Lassie," shown this 

 year again for com- 

 petition, took the first, 

 prize in blue queens. 

 Blacks, taking the 

 open and novice to- 

 gether, came out 

 strongly, and black 

 seems to be one of our 

 strongest colours. 

 " Prince of Orange " 



is still invincible at this show in orange 

 males, and the orange queens are coming 

 along nicely. Mrs. Sarmiento's " John Bull," 

 in much better form than last year, again 

 sweeps the deck in the silver class. The 

 silver tabbies still continue to prosper. "Arling- 

 ton Hercules " went down, for the first time, 

 at this show, largely on a question of eye 

 colour. 



Smokes in the year gone by have not made 

 much advance in the West, and this year the 

 cream females outnumber the males, and a 

 descendant of " Kew Laddie " takes the eye 



December, 1902, or just a month earlier than of the public with colour, coat, and points. 



usual, really representing what would have 

 been, in the natural course, the 1903 show. 



Mrs. C. A. White, who in the spring bought 

 Lupin " and " Melrose Lassie," was most 



This show did not reveal to us any very successful at this show, and is probably des- 

 great changes ; there are a few new home-bred tined to be one of our successful breeders, 



