THE BOOK OF THE CAT. 



orange-and-tortoiseshells, with and without 

 white, and I must say I watch this lady's 

 career with interest, for she has brought out 

 several winners in her specialities, and is 

 probably destined to make things interesting 

 in the short-haired division. 



Mrs. N. C. Ellis is another of the Detroit 

 breeders likely to be heard of at show times, 

 and Mr. and Mrs. Franklin have both made a 

 name for themselves with cats of their own 

 breeding. We must not. forget Mrs. Hemen- 

 way, who was the owner of " Royal Bengal," 



" Queenie " was the sensation of the Cleveland 

 show in 1902, and is destined to win a great 

 deal more in the future. 



Mrs. Ferris has developed a faculty for 

 bringing out good orange and brown tabby 

 cats. Mrs. C. F. Russell, Mount Pleasant, 

 Michigan, is also well known. Mr. G. G. 

 Brown, of East Cleveland, Ohio, deserves more 

 than a passing mention, for though not a 

 cat breeder, he has made it his business for 

 two years to organise and carry through two 

 of the best shows in the country at Cleveland, 



THREE LITTLE GRANDCHILDREN OK ' 

 OWNED BY MRS. HOFSTRA. 

 (Photo: Maiceau, New York.) 



PERSIMMON. 



a fine brown tabby, and several good orange 

 cats bred by herself. 



Cincinnati is our next point of interest, 

 though I have not had the opportunity of 

 meeting so many of the Ohio breeders as I 

 should like, but this is destined, I feel sure, 

 to be one of the prominent fancier sections in 

 the future. In passing through Ohio we must 

 never forget that Ohio has the two important 

 shows of Cleveland and Cincinnati, and holds 

 within her gates Mrs. E. R. Pierce, whose 

 tastes run to orange and creams ; Mrs. Chas. 

 McCloud, of Marysville, Ohio ; and Mrs. Wag- 

 ner, of Sandusky, who brought a very fine lot 

 of long-haired cats to Cleveland this year. 

 Mrs. Wagner is well known, and has been for 

 some time a breeder of blacks ; her silver tabby 



which have been of material help to the 

 fancy, and did a great deal of good. What 

 cats are kept at the Brown homestead are 

 short-hairs and some nice Manx, but in other 

 lines, such as poultry and dogs, Mr. Brown is 

 hard to beat. 



Mrs. D. E. Peters, of North Baltimore, 

 Ohio, has owned quite a few good cats, in- 

 cluding some that came from Romaldkirk, 

 but of late she has signified her intention of 

 selling out. 



Indianapolis, though rather south-westerly, 

 is more in this division, and contains a good 

 many cats and some breeders, though they 

 have not been able up to now to come to shows 

 and meet the more northern and eastern cats. 

 Miss N. H. Wilson, whose prefix is " Spokane," 



