HighrBred Cats in America 



ten years old and weighs twenty-three pounds, which 

 is a remarkable weight in a male cat, only gelded ones 

 ordinarily running above fifteen pounds. Napoleon 

 was bred by a French nobleman, and was bom at the 

 ChUteau Fontainebleau, near Paris, in 1888. He is a 

 pure French Angora, which is shown by his long 

 crinkly hair — so long that it has to be frequently 

 clipped to preserve the health and comfort of the beau- 

 tiful creature. This clipping is what causes the un- 

 even quaUty of fur which appears in his picture. His 

 mother was a famous cat, and his grandmother was 

 one of the grandest dams of France (no pun in- 

 tended). The latter lived to be nineteen years old, 

 and consequently Napoleon the Great is regarded by 

 his owners as a mere youth. He has taken first prizes 

 and medals wherever he has been exhibited, and 

 at Boston, 1897, won the silver cup offered for the 

 best cat in the exhibition. 



Another fine cat belonging to Mrs. Weed, is Mar- 

 guerite, mother of Le Noir, a beautiful black An- 

 gora, sired by Napoleon the Great and owned by 

 Mrs. Weed. Juno is Napoleon's daughter, bom in 

 1894, and is valued at fifteen hundred dollars. When 

 she was seven months old her owners refused two 

 hundred dollars for her. She is a tortoise-shell and 

 white French Angora, and a remarkably beautiful 

 creature. All these cats are great pets, and are al- 

 lowed the freedom of the house and barns, although 

 when they run about the grounds there is always a 



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