Concerning Cats in England 



Crystal Palace given for the best pair of kittens in 

 the show, and the next year the Beresford Challenge 

 Cup at Croft's Show, for the best long-haired cat, 

 besides taking many other honors. Among other 

 well-known prize winners are the champions Snow- 

 ball and Forget-me-not, both pure white, with lovely 

 turquc'se-blue eyes. Of Champion Nizam (now 

 dead) that well-known English authority on cats, 

 Mr. A. A. Clark, said his was the grandest head 

 of any cat he had ever seen. Nizam was a perfect 

 specimen of that rare and delicate breed of cats, 

 a pure chinchilla. The numberless kittens sporting 

 all day long are worthy of the art of Madame Henri- 

 ette Ronner, and one could linger for hours in these 

 delightful and most comfortable catteries watching 

 their gambols. The gentle mistress of this fair and 

 most interesting domain, the Hon. Mrs. McLaren 

 Morrison herself, is one of the most attractive and 

 fascinating women of the day — one who adds to 

 great personal beauty all the charm of mental culture 

 and much traveL She has made Kepwick Park a 

 veritable House Beautiful with the rare curios and 

 art treasures collected with her perfect taste in the 

 many lands she has ^-isited, and it is as interesting 

 and enjoyable to a virtuoso as it is to an animal lover. 

 Mrs. McLaren Morrison exhibits at all the cat shows, 

 often entering as many as twenty-five cats. Other 

 English ladies who exhibit largely are Mrs. Herring, 

 of Lestock House, and Miss Cockbum Dickinson, of 



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