Concerning Cat Clubs and Cat Shows 



Vice-presidents. — W. D. Mann, 208 Fifth Ave^ New York 

 City : Mrs. E. N. Barker, Newburgh, N. Y. 



Secretary-treasurer. — James T. Hyde, 16 E. 23d St., New 

 York City. 



Executive Committee. — T. Farrar Rackham, E. Orange, N. J. ; 

 Miss Edith Newbold, Southampton, L. I. ; Mrs. Harriet C. Clarke, 

 154 W. 82d St., New York City; Charles R. Pratt, St. James 

 Hotel, New York City; Joseph W. Stray, 229 Division St., 

 Brooklyn, N. Y. 



More successful than this club, however, is the 

 Beresford Cat Club formed in Chicago in the winter 

 of 1899. The president is Mrs. Clinton Locke, who 

 is a member of the English cat clubs, and whose 

 kennel in Chicago contains some of the finest cats in 

 America. The Beresford Cat Club has the sanction 

 of John G. Shortall, of the American Humane Society, 

 and on its honorary Hst are Miss Agnes Repplier, 

 Madame Ronner, Lady Marcus Beresford, Miss Helen 

 Winslow, and Mr. Louis Wain. 



At their cat shows, which are held annually, prizes 

 are offered for all classes of cats, from the common 

 feline of the back alley up to the aristocratic resident 

 of milady's boudoir. 



The Beresford Club Cat shows are the most suc- 

 cessful of any yet given in America, One hundred 

 and seventy-eight prizes were awarded in the show 

 of January, 1900, and some magnificent cats were 

 shown. It is said by those who are in a position to 

 know that there are no better cats shown in England 

 now than can be seen at the Beresford Show in 



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