High-Bred Cats in America 



cent cat, while her Smerdis is the son of the greatest 

 chinchillas in the world. Rosalys II, now owned by 

 Mr. C. H. Jones, of Palmyra, N. Y., was once her 

 cat, and was the daughter of Rosalys (owned by 

 Miss Nichols, of Waterbury, Ct.), who was a grand- 

 daughter of the famous Bluebeard, of England. 

 These, with the beautiful brown tabby, Crystal, 

 owned by Mr. Jones, have all been prize winners. 

 Lucy Claire is a recent importation, who won second 

 and third prizes in England under the name of 

 Baby Flossie. She is the daughter of Duke of Kent 

 and Topso, of Merevale. Her paternal grandparents 

 are Mrs. Herring's well-known champion. Blue Jack, 

 and Mamey. The maternal grandparents are King 

 Harry, a prize winner at Clifton and Brighton, and 

 Fluff. 



Mrs. Locke's cats are all imported. She has some- 

 times purchased cats from Maine or elsewhere for 

 people who did not care to pay the price demanded 

 for her fine kittens, but she has never had in her own 

 cattery any cats of American origin. Her stock, 

 therefore, is probably the choicest in America. She 

 always has from twenty to twenty-five cats, and the 

 cat-lover who obtains one of her kittens is fortunate 

 indeed. A beautiful pair of blacks in Mrs. Locke's 

 cattery have the most desirable shade of amber eyes, 

 and are named " Blackbird " and " St. Tudno " ; she 

 has also a choice pair of Siamese cats called "Siam" 

 and " Sally Ward." 



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