Concerning Cats 



up on mantels and throwing down pictures and 

 other small objects, in the regular monkey spirit of 

 mischief. It has many queer attributes, and hops 

 about like a rabbit. She also owns Sapho, who was 

 bred by Ella Wheeler Wilcox from her Madame Ref 

 and Mr. Stevens's Ajax, an uncommonly handsome 

 white Angora. 



The sire of Topso and Sylvia was Musjah, owned 

 by Mr. Ferdinand Danton, a New York artist. He 

 was a magnificent creature, imported from Algiers 

 in 1894; a pure blue Persian of uncommon size and 

 beautiful coloring. Musjah was valued at two hun- 

 dred dollars, but has been stolen from Mr. Danton. 

 Probably his present owner will not exhibit him at 

 future cat shows. 



Ajax is one of the finest white Angoras in this 

 country. His owner, Mr. D. W. Stevens, of West- 

 field, Mass., has refused five hundred dollars for him, 

 and would not consider one thousand dollars as a 

 fair exchange for the majestic creature. He was 

 born in 1893, and is valued, not only for his fine 

 points, but because he is a family pet, with a fine 

 disposition and uncommon intelligence. At the New 

 York show in 1895, and at several other shows, he 

 has won first prizes. 



One of his sons bids fair to be as fine a cat as 

 Ajax. This is Sampson, bred by Ella Wheeler 

 Wilcox, from Madame Ref, and owned by Mrs. 

 Brian Brown. Mr. Stevens has a number of other 



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