Concerning Cats 



some reason the show at Madison Square Garden in 

 March, 1896, catalogued only one hundred and 

 thirty-two cats and eighty-two owners. Since that 

 time there have been no large cat shows in New 

 York. 



There have been several cat shows in Boston since 

 i8g6, but these are so far only adjuncts to poultry 

 and pigeon shows. Great interest has been manifest 

 in them, however, and the entries have each year run 

 above a hundred. Some magnificent cats are exhibited, 

 although as a rule the animals shown are somewhat 

 small, many kittens being placed there for sale by 

 breeders. 



Several attempts to start successful cat clubs in 

 this country have been made. At the close of the 

 New York show in 1896, an American Cat Club was 

 organized for the purpose " of investigating, ascertain- 

 ing, and keeping a record of the pedigrees of cats, and 

 of instituting, maintaining, controlling, and publishing 

 a stud book, or book of registry of such kind of 

 domestic animals in the United States of America 

 and Canada, and of promoting and holding exhibi- 

 tions of such animals, and generally for the purpose of 

 improving the breed thereof, and educating the pub- 

 lic in its knowledge of the various breeds and varieties 

 of cats." 



The officers were as follows : — 



President. — "Rm^ S. Huidekoper, 154 E. 57th St., New York 

 City. 



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