Concerning Cats in England 



of sex or nationality. Besides the prize given by the 

 Prince, Patrick Blue was the proud winner of the 

 Beresford Challenge Cup for the best blue long- 

 haired cat, and the India Silver Bowl for the best 

 Persian. He also was born on St. Patrick's Day, 

 hence his name. He was bred by Mrs. Blair Maco- 

 nochie, his father. Blue Ruin I, being a celebrated 

 gold medallist. His mother, Sylvia, who belongs to 

 Mrs. Maconochie, has never been shown, her strong 

 point being her lovely color, which is most happily 

 reproduced in her perfect son. Patrick Blue has all 

 the many charms of a petted cat, and was undoubt- 

 edly one of the prominent attractions of the first 

 Championship Show of the National Cat Club in 

 1896. 



Silver Lambkin is another very famous English 

 cat, owned by Miss Gresham, of Surrey. Princess 

 Ranee, owned by Miss Freeland, of Mottisfont, near 

 Romney ; Champion Southsea Hector, owned by Miss 

 Sangster, at Southsea ; champions Prince Victor and 

 Shelly, of Kingswood (both of whom have taken no 

 end of prizes), are other famous English cats. 



Topso, a magnificent silver tabby male, belonging 

 to Miss Anderson Leake, of Dingley Hill, was at one 

 time the best long-haired silver tabby in England, 

 and took the prize on that account in 1887; his sons, 

 daughters, grandsons, and granddaughters, have all 

 taken prizes at Crystal Palace in the silver tabby 

 classes, since that time. 



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