THE LADIES' FIELD "CAT GOSSIP" COLUMNS - 1909

During 1909, the Cat Column was taken over by "Spider." Without Dick Whittington, the Cat Gossip column became increasingly sporadic, and the Answers to Correspondents became terse.

CAT GOSSIP. The Ladies' Field, January 2, 1909.

ANSWER TO CAT CORRESPONDENT.
IN reply to "Kit" re partly Persian black neuter cat. Your cat is suffering from fur in the stomach or worms. Feel if the stomach is very hard. If so this will show there is a ball of fur. Give a teaspoonful of salad oil and feed on cornflour, the consistency of cream, and beef tea. If this is not the case. it must be worms. Give, after fasting fifteen hours, as much areca nut as will go on a threepenny-piece made into a bread pill. Feed the cat at 6 p.m., and at 9 a.m. give the pill, and twenty minutes after a teaspoonful and a-half of warm castor oil with four drops of brandy in it. Give warm milk as soon as you can get the cat to take it. Keep very warm for a day or two. When well the diet of the cat should be thin cornflour for breakfast with a little sugar in it, half a pound of finely cut up raw beef for dinner, boiled hake for supper and boiled milk to drink. Shut the cat up before dark and he will not be able to stray. Give a bone to keep him quiet. - SPIDER.
[Note: this is very different to the advice DICK WHITTINGTON would give!]

CAT GOSSIP. The Ladies' Field, January 9, 1909.

A SHOW pioneered by the Midland and Southern Counties Clubs, and under the auspices of the newly-formed Cat Fanciers' Association, will be held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, Westminster, on the 14th and 15th inst. There are ninety-seven classes and fifty-four challenge cups for competition.

THERE seems to be a certain amount of friction, not to say strife, between the newly-formed association and the National Cat Club. "Pity ‘tis ‘tis true," and the N.C.C. have issued the decree of disqualification against all cats shown at the above-named show. But the N.C.C. are right in upholding their supremacy.

CAT GOSSIP. The Ladies' Field, January 23, 1909, pg 313.

ANSWER TO CAT CORRESPONDENT.
DICK WHITTINGTON will be pleased to give advice on all matters concerning cats and their ailments, and will be glad to receive for insertion any interesting items of cat news that her readers may send. Queries must be written on one side of a separate sheet of paper, and must be signed with a pseudonym only for publication, but a letter giving full name and address of sender must accompany each query. A postal reply will be sent if the fee of 2s. 6d. is enclosed.. Letters should be addressed, "DICK WHITTINGTON, care of Editor, THE LADIES' FIELD."
PENELOPE. - Yes, this is a very curious occurrence, but it is not unprecedented and is due to very long retention. They become more or less mummified at a very early stage of development, and were not parted with at the usual term, partly for this reason and partly because there was i9nertia of the organs concerned. The miniature perfection that naturally struck you is a feature of such cases where animals area concerned. In the Museum at Cambridge there is, or was, a most beautiful preparation exploiting the appearances in the case of the horse, which illustrates this and would interest you if you are ever in that town. Your letter is very interesting, and shows that you possess expert powers of observation - a great source of interest where one's pets are concerned, as with other things. You would like Gambier Bolton's book on the cat, I think. There are more teratological instances where these animals are concerned than with any of the other mammalia, which is very curious.
[This appears to be the last advice column given by Dick Whittington.]

CAT GOSSIP. The Ladies' Field, January 30, 1909.

MIDLAND AND SOUTHERN COUNTIES CAT CLUB'S SHOW.
THIS Show, which was held in the Royal Horticultural Hall, Vincent Square, Westminster, drew an entry of nearly 400, but the general public was not greatly in evidence. The catalogue began with long-hairs. The white male class had only one entry, Master E. Currie's Romulus of Kensington, who won first prize. In the female section the winner was Miss E. Harper's White Princess; Miss Cope won first in blacks with Roiall Annora, Miss Sharp being second with Blackbird, and Mrs. Dyson third with Snatcher. Blues were large classes. In males Miss Ayre won with Struwwelpeter of Hessel, Mrs. Hardy being second with Bonnie Marcello, and Miss Jay third with Holmwood Ray; in females the winner was Mrs. Fisher White's Honoria of Highgate, Miss Hutchinson being third with Rosecroft Peggy. In the blue adult class Mrs. Bergman won, as she did in the novice class, with MacCullum Mhor, second going to Mrs. Crowther's Tennyson Remus and third to Miss von Steiglitz's John. Third in the novice class was taken by Miss Soans's Hark Forward. In the brace class Miss Jay won with Holmwood Ray and Holmwood Molly. In the smoke male class Mrs. Singleton was second with Liverpool Ratler, and in the female class Miss N. Tiddeman won second with Warby Biddy, Mrs. Sinkins being third with Minouche. In silver tabbies (male) Miss T. Cochrane won with Garry Owen, a finely-marked cat, her Glen Lyon being second and Mrs. Spofforth's Orient Brutus third. In females the winner was Mrs. Sharland's Brosie Lass, her Silver Yolande coming second and Miss Cochrane's Dorothy Perkins third.

In chinchilla males Mrs. Millar's Regal Hermes was first, Miss Chamberlayne's Silver Elfin of Radnor second and Mrs. Wellbye's Milord Baron third. The winner in females was Mrs. Sedgwick's Thelma Leonore. She also took the special for the best female and that for the best cat in the show, a very good chinchilla; second went to Miss Ford's Roosalka and third to Miss Bartlett's Holmesdale Silverine. Miss Chamberlayne won first and third in male brown tabbies with Russett Prince and the Erl King. In females the winner was Mrs. Drury's Miss Tabby her Miss Wuzzer being second. First and second in orange male was taken by Mrs. Norris with Ch. Kew Red Comyn and Ch. Kew Red Spider, both fine cats, with Miss Cornish Bowden's Red Admiral third. The females were not so good, Mrs. Kennaway winning with Garboldisham Goldie Locks, Miss Twigg's La Dame D'Or being second. In creams Mrs. Kennaway won with Garboldisham Junker, Mrs. Elbourn being second with Garboldisham Joe and Mrs. Norris third with Ch. Kew Ronald. Miss Lea's Sunflower won in the female class, with Miss K. Sangster's Royal Dactylis third. In the tortoiseshells Mrs. Hersey's Gipsy Queen of Cowes won, Miss von Steiglitz being second with Minella. Mrs. Norris's pair Ch. Kew Red Spider and Ch. Kew Red Comyn won in the brace class, and with the addition of Ch. Kew Ronald they won in the team class. In the kitten class for males from four to seven month's old, first was won by Miss A. Beatson's Abdulla, Mrs. W. L. Wynn being second with Lord Tommy of Castlethorpe. In the female class Miss Clements won with Clementina. In the blue male seven to nine months old second went to the Misses Ayres' Chili of Hessel, a nice cat with good golden eyes; Mrs. Britton was second in the female with Blue Beauty. In the brace class the winners were the Misses Ayres' Chili of Hessel and Peru of Hessel. In smokes Mrs. Filby won with Salome, Mrs. Sinkins being second with Shartan.

The winner in chinchilla males was Mrs. Boyce's Duke of Gloucester, Miss White-Atkins being second with Mario and Mrs. Sedgwick third with Eric Bright Eyes; in females Mrs. Sedgwick won with The Lady Lilian. In silver tabbies the first and second were Mrs. Davies's Cheriton Romeo and Dennis Darling; in brown tabbies Miss Whitney took first and second with Brayfort Rajah and Brayfort Ranee; in orange first went to Mrs. Corner's Zia of Eversley, second to Mrs. Maxwell's Phoebe; Miss K. Sangster won first in creams with Royal Pompey and Miss McCheane second with Adel Adam; Miss Whitney won in the brace class with the above-mentioned pair.

The short-haired classes were poor and but sparsely filled, the blues being best, when Mrs. Carew Cox won with Songa.

A CHAMPIONSHIP show is announced for January 27th at Harrogate, under N.C.C. Rules. The judges will be Miss Simpson, Mr. Byrce and Mr. T. B. Mason. There will also be a show at Swindon on the 28th and 29th.

The Ladies' Field, February 6, 1909, pg 393.

BARON LUFF is a cat of which his owner, the Rev. John Napleton, is justly proud, for not only was he a second-prize kitten at the 1907 S.C.C. Show, but he has a wonderful gift for collecting money for charitable purposes, a feat which, everyone knows, calls for tact and savoir faire in a high degree. He collects specially for Our Dumb Friends' League, and is now booked as one of the attractions for a bazaar in Herefordshire

CAT GOSSIP. The Ladies' Field, February 13, 1909.

ANSWERS TO CAT CORRESPONDENTS
BIMBO. - Write to Lady Alexander, Faygate, Surrey.
ANXIOUS OWNER. - Your cat has probably got a splintered bone in the abscess, and your vet. Should ascertain I such is the case.
TIMOTHY. - Give the santonin in a teaspoonful of castor oil for wo or three days.

CAT GOSSIP. The Ladies' Field, March 6, 1909.

CAT ADVICE.
MRS. M. STUKEY. - We do not publish regular lists of cat shows. I think your best plan is to get rid of the cat. I fear there is no cure.
POACHER. - I have not heard of the legend. Naturally a neuter cat does not wander so far afield from the family fireside as his brethren. I hardly fancy, however, that puss, being a predatory animal, would draw a fine distinction between the common or garden mouse and a nice, sleek bunny if within easy reach of him.

CAT GOSSIP. The Ladies' Field, April 10, 1909.

ANSWERS TO CAT CORRESPONDENTS.
PETER. - I can only say briefly that you should take the cat to a veterinary surgeon, who will perform a slight operation, and charge 2s. 6d. or perhaps 5s. This will put matters perfectly right, but if it is not done you will probably be unable to keep it as a pet; at any rate, this is the common experience. If you wish for a more detailed reply will you send the fee a postal answer.
MISS M. D. - Apply to Lady Alexander, Faygate Wood, Sussex.

CAT GOSSIP. The Ladies' Field, April 24, 1909, pg 311.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
SILKO (Cats). - It is probably canker. Syringe the ear with warm water, asepticised with permanganate of potash or chinosol, pour into it a few drops of sweet oil, then a pinch of oxide of zinc, and gently work together by manipulating the ear externally with the thumb and finger. Feed as usual.

CAT GOSSIP. The Ladies' Field, June 5, 1909, pg 36.

RICHMOND SHOW is fixed for July 6th. Schedules can be procured from Mr. C. F. Cox, 65, Chancery Lane, London.

MR. LOUIS WAIN, the celebrated cat artist, is still in New York, where he has been for some months painting his clever cat pictures.

H.H. PRINCESS VICTORIA OF SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN has been compelled to part with her lovely cats and cat-houses, and has now only two cats unsold, Kim III. and Blue Bobsey.

MRS. CLIVE BEHRENS is very pleased, as she has a lovely litter of white kittens. The sire is her celebrated Swinton Merschaum.

THE National Cat Club are contemplating a monster cat show at the Crystal Palace next October. Several new cups and specials have been promised. The club is making rapid strides under their new secretary, Mr. C. F. Cox, and plenty of new members are being elected and the Club is now being worked in a thoroughly business-like way.

A FANCY FAIR is to be held at the Botanical Gardens, June 25th and June 26th by the Dumb Friends' League. There will be a stall held by some of the members of the committee for the Cat Shelter Fund. This institution takes in poor starving cats and finds homes for many; the rest are painlessly destroyed in a lethal chamber. There are now several shelters in London and Bournemouth, which have done good work, removing from the streets homeless animals, which used to be a serious nocturnal worry to many.

LADY DECIES has two very promising silver tabby kittens by her Ch. Fulmer Tabby Boy and Fulmer Juliette. Juliette, it will be remembered, took special for best long or short hair cat at Harrogate show last January.

THERE are to be cat shows held at Bury on June 12th; Newchurch, June 19th; Redruth, June 30th; Malton, July 15th, Rochdale, July 17th; Carlisle, July 24th; Bishop Auckland, July 31st; and at Newport Pagnell, August 4th.

MRs. MARRIOTT has sustained a sad loss, losing her cat, Lady Freda, and her four chinchilla kittens; the kittens were by Miss Florence E. Frowd's Keymer Sir Patrick. Mrs. William Singleton's Kitty Gray has four kittens by Mrs. Gregory's Silver Dandy.

THE Northern Counties' Cat Club has now started again, with Miss Burton as hon. secretary and Dr. Prior as hon. treasurer. The annual subscription is only 5s.

ANYONE wanting a good book on cats should get Mrs. Bailey's. It only costs 1s. 8d. post free, and is devoted to the ailments of cats and the remedies to use. It also gives the breeding and rearing of same. Mrs. Bailey's address is Thornfalcon Rectory, Taunton.

A GREAT loss to the fancy has occurred in the death of Ch. Fulmer Black Bobbie. This beautiful black cat succumbed to an internal abscess. He had taken innumerable championships, firsts and cups at the principal shows. He was noted for his colour, which was jet black, and his great size, head and bone.

MRS. GRAHAM MENZIES is giving up white cats and going in for blues. Miss Chamberlayne also is giving up her cats, as she is very busy over her music and cannot afford to devote the time to them.

EVERYONE who has a cattery is busy looking after their cats this time of year, as numerous families of kittens are daily arriving. Care should be taken to see that the queens have a clean, dry bed to lie on, in a non-draughty corner. I find a wooden box large enough for the queen to turn round in is the best. Put the opening on a board and cut a hole in the side of the box for the cat to go in and out. Give some wood-wool shavings for bedding. The box should be kept in a fairly dark corner, so that when the kittens open their eyes they will not suffer from bad eyes from the light. Should the yes be at all stuck, bathe with a weak solution of Pond's Extract - four drops to half a tumbler of water A piece of cotton-wool is the best thing to use, dab and do not rub. - SPIDER.

ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENT.
FEBRUARY. - 1. It is probably eczema, and may be inherited. On no account must it be washed or fomented. Dress with equal parts of vaseline, sweet oil and sulphur. Give medicinally a little magnesia, and salt must be prohibited. 2. Canker. Syringe the ear with warm water aseptised with permanganate of potash. Pour in a few drops of sweet oil, and gently manipulate if ulceration has not taken place.

CAT GOSSIP. The Ladies' Field, June 19, 1909, pg 91.

THE MARCHIONESS OF DONEGALL on the 22nd ult. opened a shelter for lost, stray and starving cats, which has been established in Etherley Road, West Green, Tottenham, by Our Dumb Friends' League.

THE date of the Southern Counties' Cat Club's Cat and Kitten Show at Bournemouth has been altered and put forward to July 23rd.

MRS. SINGLETON has lost her little cat, Miss Michu Grey, a sad loss, as she was a great house-pet, and used to retrieve a ball of paper like a dog. Mrs. William Singleton's black, Norah Slaney, has four black kittens by owner's Liverpool Rattler. Miss Grundy has a litter of kittens by Moonstone II. and a young queen who won second prize out of a class of twenty-two at Altrincham Show. The Hon. Mrs. Beren's Swinton Minehaha has four kittens by her Swinton Meerschaum; also her Swinton Sunlight has three kittens by Swinton Daffodil. Mrs. Allan's Cherry has four blue kittens by Messrs. Brown and Wilson's Hampstead Sir. Miss Billett's Mersine has five kittens - four blacks and one blue - by Mr. Wilkin's Black Jacket. Messrs. Brown and Wilson's Lady Hampstead has six grand blue kittens by Mrs. Hardy's Bonnie Marcello.

OUR CATS publishes an interesting story of a friendship between a cat and a lamb. Mr. Sol Swales of Stokesley. North Yorkshire, has on his farm a fine lamb which was recently forsaken by its mother, and also a cat who was delivered of some kittens. On these being drowned, the cat struck up a friendship with the lamb, and for some time the two have been inseparable. The lamb is being reared on the bottle. The cat and lamb sleep together in an outhouse, the former putting its paws around the neck of the lamb. Should the cat be absent for a few minutes the lamb bleats pitifully until it returns. During the day the two roam about in the meadows, and when called by name - Jennie and Tiger - they trot together back to the outhouse at night. While the lamb is being fed pussy sits by and purrs contentedly.

MR. JOHN MELLISH judges cats at Largo on August 14th, and Mr. G. H. Billett judges them at Crowthorne on September 1st. Mrs. Slingsby judges cats at Idle Carnival Show on August 7th and at Bingley on September Ist. Cambridge Mammoth Show takes place on August 2nd (Bank Holiday), and the secretary, Mr. Walter Driver, writes: "It is my ambition to establish a cat section in connection with this show, which, I feel sure, should be as successful as our dog section. Miss Hill Shaw judges, and the prizes to be offered are 12s. 6d., 7s. 6d. and 5s. per class, with a fee of 2s. 6d. per entry. Judging commences at 12.30 a.m., and the show closes at 6 p.m. the same day. The proposed classification is as follows: 1, long-hair, adult male; 2, female; 3, kitten, male or female; 4, short-hair, adult male or female; 5, kitten; 6, neuter, any variety; 7, novice class, any variety, not having won three first prizes at any open show; 8, selling class, any variety, price not to exceed £3 3s. Exhibits entered in Classes 7 and 8 may also be entered in any other classes in which they are eligible to compete. Members classes: 9, long-hair, adult male or female; 10, short-hair; 11, kitten, any variety or sex. A handsome challenge cup, value £7 7s, and several valuable cash and other special prizes are for competition at this show, confined to members only. Anyone wishing to become a member can do so by remitting 2s. 6d. to Mr. Walter Driver, 17, Sussex Street, Cambridge."

ANYONE wishing to join the National Cat Club can do so by applying to Mr. Edward Cox, secretary, 65 and 66, Chancery Lane, London, W.C. Annual subscription, 1 guinea. - SPIDER.

CAT GOSSIP. The Ladies' Field, July 3, 1909, pg 195.

MR. T. B. Mason, the celebrated cat judge, is engaged to be married to Miss Kate Sangster. Miss Sangster has been a breeder and exhibitor of cats for twenty years. She is treasurer of the S.C.C.C., and has been an active worker in that society since its formation. The marriage is fixed for August 5th.

SCHEDULES of Richmond Show are now out and can be had from the secretary, Mr. Edward Cox, 65 and 66, Chancery Lane, London. The judges are Miss Joy, Miss Simpson and Mr. T. Mason. There will be a local class for residents within ten miles of Richmond Town Hall. The show is to be held in the Athletic Ground. Entrance fee for each separate cat or kitten, 2s. 6d.; entrance fee to members of the Richmond Cat Club, 2s.; prize money, 10s., 5s. and 2s. The London and South Western Railway Company have arranged to issue cheap return tickets, available for the day of show, from the following places, viz., Southampton, Salisbury, Weymouth and intermediate stations by all trains starting before noon.

CAT GOSSIP. The Ladies' Field, July 10, 1909, pg 235.

H.H. PRINCESS VICTORIA OF SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN has sold her last two remaining cats. Mrs. Burstall has bought Kim III. This fine blue is a winner and sires lovely kittens. Blue Bobsey has gone to Mrs. Sanders of Moreton Hampstead.

MRS. GREGORY'S Lonsdale Maritana has three kittens by owner's Kew Perfection. Mrs. Campbell Fraser's blue queen, Withdean Blue Pearl has seven lovely blues by Sir Archie II. of Arrandale. Mr. H. Walker of Idle has purchased Kew Blue Peter, the splendid young San Toy male, and has placed him at stud. Mrs. Snow's Queen Silver has ive kittens by Mrs. Urch's Prince Charlemont. Mrs. French's Blakenham's Bluebell has four kittens by Miss Frances Simpson's Blue Baron. Mrs. Cecil Mackenzie's Chin-Chin has two kittens by Mrs. Louis Maxwell's Aldeboran.

OSSET CAT SHOW was held on June 12th. Messrs. J. H. Roberts, T. B. Mason and G. A. Townsend were the judges. This year the classes were increased from twelve to sixteen, most of which were guaranteed. Owing to the bad season we have been having, the entries only numbered eighty-one against seventy-eight of last year. The quality, however, was excellent. The Hon. Mrs. Berens penned a grand team, her lovely white long-hair Day Dream winning the special for the best in the show. Mrs. Fletcher, Miss Burton and Mr. Atkinson all took prizes. The weather was delightful, and the cat tent was always full of visitors.

Blues, long-haired: First, Mr. Atkinson's noted winning male; second, Mr. Hollings; third, Mr. Mann; fourth. Mr. Atkinson: reserve, Dr. Prior.
Long-hair tabby, male or female: First, Mrs: Kitchen's Norton Baby; second, Miss Burton; third, Mrs. Kitchen; reserve, Mrs Moore.
Long-hair any other colour male: First, the Hon. Mrs. C. Behrens second, Mrs. Behrens; third, Mrs. Greenwood.
Long-hair female any other colour: First, the Hon. Mrs. Behrens; second, Mrs. Behrens; third Mrs. East; fourth, Mrs. Fletcher.
Long-hair kitten any colour, eight months: First, Cariss; second, Mrs. Moore; third, Mrs. Behrens; fourth, Mrs. Kitchin.
Short-haired silver tabby: Mrs. Fletcher; second, absent when reporting; third, ditto.
Short-hair tabby male or female: First, Dr. Prior; second, Mr. Hough; third, Mrs. Greenwood.
Short-hair blue male or female: Mrs. Towlerton; second, Mr. Mann; third, Miss Burton.
Short-hair white: Miss Burton; second, Mrs. Behrens; third, Miss Burton.
Short-hair any other colour: First, Mrs. Horton.
Short-hair any other colour female: First, Mrs. Fletcher; second, Dr. Prior; third, Mrs. Barrett.
Shorthair kitten: First and third, Miss Burton.
Neuter long-hair or short-hair: First, Miss Burton; second, Mrs. Fletcher; third, Mr. Atkinson.
Selling 30s. limit: First, Mr. Horton; second, Mr. Mann; third, Mr. Barrett.
Litter class: First, Miss Atkinson; second, Mrs. Fisher; third, Mr. Mann.

MR. C. PLATT will judge cats at Carlisle on July 24th. Mr. Wilson, Ashford, Middlesex, has a sanatorium for sick cats. His telephone number is 41 Ashford. Mr. Wilson also has a very good book on "Discases and Cure of Cats," post free on application; and he gives advice free by post. In all cases age and breed, with small kittens' weight, must be stated. - SPIDER,

CAT GOSSIP. The Ladies' Field, July 31, 1909, pg 330.

THE awards at Richmond Show were: Long-haired kittens, blue male: 1, Miss May's Gay Gordon; 2, Miss Hine's Winchmore Teddy Bear; 3, Mrs. Scharb's Shah; r., Mrs. Cunningham; v.h.c.; Mrs. White.
Blue female: 1, Miss Hine's Wilhemina; 2, Mrs. Watson's Barry Zona; 3, Dr. Woodcock's Blue Bell; r., Mrs. Tabb; v.h.c., Miss Hine; h.c., Miss Forsyth's Forrest.
Silver male: 1, Miss Clegg's Robin Gray; 2, Mrs. Denyer's Silver Emperor II.; 3, Mrs. Oliver's Sampson; h.c., Mrs. Clark.
Silver female: 1, Mrs. Judge's Silver Belle, the only one in the class, but fit to win in strongest competition.
Silver tabby: 1, Miss Bowtell's Bonny Doon; 2, Miss Wood's Prince Corona; 3, Miss Bowtell's Bonnie Leslie.
Brown tabby: 1 and 2, Miss Hotson's Chris and Peter; 3, Miss Raven's Annie Laurie.
Orange or cream: 1, 2 and 3, Mrs. F. Norris's Spider II., Buttercup II. and Mimi.
Any other colour: 1, The Hon. Mrs. Behrens's Swinton Butterfly; 2 Miss Comer's Coosha; 3, Mrs. Hodge's Thornhill Swinton Tortie Sunflower.
Black or white pairs: 1, Master B. Currie's Ranger and Rose; 2, Mrs. Dee's Nero and Brutus.
Blue pairs: 1, withheld; 2, Mrs. Dee's Belle and Princess; 3, Miss King's Mickey Free and Nancy Lee.
Silver pairs: No entry.
Silver tabby pairs: 1, Mrs. Bowtell's, previously mentioned; 2, Mrs. Wood's Corono and Orsino; 3, Mrs. Radford's Angelica and Dulcibella.
Brown tabby pairs: 1, Miss Hotson's Peter and Chris; absent. Mrs. Bird.
Orange or cream pairs: 1, Mrs. Morris's pair.
Any other colour pairs: 1, Master B. Currie's pair.
Silver litters: 1, withheld; 2, Mrs. Bird; 3, Miss Clegg.
Silver tabby litters: No entries.
Blue litters: 1, Miss Clements; 2, Mr. Turner; extra 2, Mrs. May; 3. Miss Sargent; extra 3, Miss White; r., Mrs. Carew Cox; v.h.c., Mrs. Chown Cochrane; h.c., Mrs. Gill; c., Mrs. White.
Brown tabby litters: 1, Mrs. Bird; 2, Miss Chamberlayne.
Any other colour litters: 1, Master Currie; 2, Mrs. Denyer; 3, Mrs. Bowen; v.h.c., Mrs. Bowtell.
Kitten any variety over six and under nine months: 1, Miss Comer's Coosha; 2, Mrs. Collin's Bounder; 3, Mrs. Forsyth's Forrest Twilight; v.h.c., Mrs. Watson.
Long-hair adult blue male: 1, Miss Lea's Ruckholt Blue Laddie; 2, withheld; 3, Mrs. Pouder's Bognor Prawn; r., Mrs. Coble.
Blue female: 1, Miss Clements's Clementina; 2, Mrs. Tabb's Lady Blue II.; 3, Mrs. Stephen's Hyver Blue Belle; r., Mr. Gage; v.h.c. Mrs. Sargent.
Silver male: 1, Mrs. Denyer's Silver Petal; 2, Miss Pierssene's Silver Elfin; 3, Miss Chamberlayne's Silver Elfin; [must be error - 2 cats with same name] r., Mr. Burt; h.c., Mrs. Denyer; c., Mrs. Judge.
Silver tabby: 3, Miss Chochrane's Little Katenka; no first or second awarded in this class.
Brown tabby: 1, Mrs. Webb's Brown Sally Sim; 2, Miss Chamberlayne's The Earl King; 3, Russet Prince.
Any other colour: 1, The Hon. Mrs. Behrens's Swinton Day Dream; 2, Mrs. F. W. Western's Pompey; 3, Miss Tabb's Emperor; extra 3, Miss Lea's Ruckholt Algy.
Any other colour neuter: 1, Miss Chamberlayne's Buzzwig; 2, Mrs. Newton's Fluffy; 3, Mrs. Hanbury's Monarch; wrong class, Mrs. Palmer's Tintara; absent, Mrs, Fletcher.
Self neuter: 1, Mrs, Palmer's Oscar; 2, Mrs. White's Attila; 3, Mrs. Nelson's Dusky King; v.h.c., Mrs. Hutchison; c., Mrs. Hopkins.
Short-hair adult black: 1, Mrs. McDonald's Glenfern Jean.
Blue: 1, Miss Hawkins's Bluebelle; 2, Mrs. Carew Cox's Movina; 3, withheld; r., Miss Hill Shaw; absent, Mrs. Emmett.
Abyssinian: 1, Mrs. Clark's Silver Fairy; 2, Mrs. Pitkin's Ch. Princess Alice; 3, Mrs. Patman's Ras Dashan; r., Mrs. Davis; v.h.c., Mrs. Clark; h.c., Mrs. Pitkin; absent, Mrs. Emmett's Frederick.
Siamese (over two years): 1, Mrs. Kennaway's Rachel; 2, Mrs. Smith's Chota; absent, Mrs. De Vere Brook.
Siamese (under two years): 1, Princess; 2, Miss Johnson's Siracha; 3, Miss Johnson's Keo Fah; r., Mrs. Robinson.
Silver tabby: 1., Mr. Woodward's Tiger; 2, Miss Rose's Zebra; absent, Mrs. Fletcher.
Tortoise and white: Mrs. Fletcher.
Manx: 1, Miss Hill Shaw's Laxey; 2, Mrs. Hodges's Cleopatra; absent, Mrs. Fletcher, Miss Samuel.
Any other colour: 1, Dr Prior's Drusilla; 2, Miss Rose; 3, miss Brown's Snowball.
Neuter: 1, Mr Oliver's Jacko; 2 Mrs. Western's Wynnstay Beppo; absent, Miss Chamberlayne.
Shorthair kitten (Siamese): 1 and 3, Mrs Kennaway's Sabrina; 2, Mrs. Ritchie's Mars; r., Mrs. Smith.
Any other colour: 1, Mrs. Western's Wynnstay Thora; 2, Miss Hill Shaw; 3, Mr. Oliver's Teddy Bear.
Litter: 1, Miss Hawkins; 2, Mrs. Collins; 3, Miss Rose.
Varieties, long or short haired, blue breeders: 1, Miss Clements's Clementina; 2, Mrs. Tabb's Lady Blue II.
Blue kitten breeders: 1 and 3, Miss Hine's Wilhelmina and Teddy Bear; Miss May's Gay Gordon.
Silver breeders: 1, Mr. Judge's Silver Belle; 2, Mrs. Pierssene's Silver Sullee; 3, Mrs. Judge's Sunshine.
Any other colour breeders: 1, Miss Robinson's Siracha: 2, Mrs. Robinson's Ming; 3, Mr. Spong's Mulberry.
Brace: Mrs. Robinson's Siamese; 2, Mrs. Radford.
Team: 1, Miss Hine; 2, Miss Chamberlayne.
Local classes, any variety: 1, Mrs. Robinson's Ming; 2, Miss Chamberlayne's Star Dreamer; 3, Mrs. Macpherson's Bluecoat Sunnysides; v.h.c., Mrs. Newton; h.c., Mrs. Hanbury; c., Mrs. Nelson.
Members' classes, any variety adults: 1, The Hon. Mrs. Behrens's Swinton Day Dream: 2, Miss Lea's Ruckholt Algy; 3, Miss Lea's Ruckholt Blue Laddie; r., Master Currie; h.c., Miss Chamberlayne. - SPIDER.

CAT GOSSIP. The Ladies' Field, August 7, 1909, pg 388.

MR. G. H. BILLETT of Reading has been asked to judge the cats at Woodstock Show, to be held on September 14th in Blenheim Park.

I LEARN that Mrs, Sinkins, the enthusiastic president of the Southern Counties Cat Club, has finally retired from the cat fancy.

I HEAR on good authority that Lady Decies has decided to sell nearly all her cats. Her celebrated short-haired blues are for sale, also Ch. Fulmer Tabby Boy, winner of many first prizes. Lady Decies will continue on the committee of the National Cat Club, as both she and Lord Decies take a great interest in the welfare of the club.

MISS FRANCES SIMPSON has received a prepaid cablegram from America asking her terms for judging cats at four of the principal fixtures over there.

MISS ALICE MARY SWIFTE of Earlsfort Mansions, Dublin, has left more than one-half of her entire estate to various homes for forsaken and starving cats. The chief bequest is one of £4,000 in Consols to the Dublin Home for Forsaken and Starving Cats, for maintenance of the home and for a special lethal chamber where they may be painlessly destroyed. Miss Swifte's opposition to vivisection was well known, and a clause in her will states that should any of the cats be used for vivisection or anatomical purposes the £4,000 bequest is to be void. Miss Swifte left £110 to the Irish Constabulary, the income to be distributed in grants of two guineas each to persons prosecuting inyone for cruelty to a cat or cats.

THERE is to be a big championship show under National Cat Club rules held at Bradford by the Northern Counties' Cat Club in November. Lady Decies has consented to open the show. - SPIDER.

CAT GOSSIP. The Ladies' Field, August 14, 1909, pg 433.

For cat correspondence please address "Spider," care of THE LADlES' FIELD.

MR. E. J. FELL judged the four classes of cats at Padiham Agricultural Society Show held on Friday. Lady Decies judges cats at Hassocks on November 4th. All letters for Mr. Mason must be sent to Lincoln House, 128, Bensham Manor Road, Thornton Heath, Surrey. Mr. G. H. Billett will judge the cats at Jersey on December 8th. Mr. Wilson is making arrangements to hold another cat show at Hounslow this year. The date is not yet definitely fixed, but it will be either December 4th or 6th.

MISS WHITNEY had a great success at the Bournemouth Kitten Show with her brown tabby kitten, Brayfort Viceroy. It took first in brown tabbies, first in any colour except blue, second prize in tabby brace, also the gold medal for the best long-haired kitten bred by the exhibitor, and the challenge cup, which was the third and final win, with three different kittens.

LADY DECIES is bringing out shortly a very useful card called "First Aid for Cats and a Few Simple Remedies for Them." The card can be hung on the wall of the cattery and will be of great service to novices. It will cost 2s., and orders for it can now be booked.

A GENERAL MEETING of the National Cat Club was held at 2, New Court, Lincoln's Inn, on Friday, July 16th, present Mr. Barnet (in the chair), Lady Decies, Hon. Mrs. MacLaren Morrison, Mrs. H. Lea, Mrs. A. M. Tabb, Dr. Shaw, Mrs. M. Robinson, Mrs. Slingsby, Mrs. C. Vallance, Lord Decies, Dr. Clement Godson, Mr. W. Homfray, and the secretary, Mr. Cox.

BOURNEMOUTH SHOW took place on Friday, July 23rd. The entry was very small, but the weather was good. Among those present were Mrs. and Miss Hastings Lees, Mr. and Mrs. Corner, Mrs. Dyke, Miss Fleming, Mr. Gibbons, Miss Sturley, Miss Sargent, Miss Harter, Mrs. Hill and Mrs. Maturin. The judges were Mrs. Paul Hardy, Mr. Mason and Mr. Gambier Bolton. The amalgamation of some classes caused a little confusion in the pen numbers, and a great deal of bewilderment among the reporters. Adult cats were few in number, but some of the kitten classes brought out good quality in blues, chinchillas and brown tabbies. The opportunity was taken by the S.C.C.C. of making a presentation to Mr. Mason and Miss Sangster, on the occasion of their marriage, of a very handsome bowl as a wedding present from the club.

TADCASTER SHOW took place on Wednesday, July 21st. Two classes were provided for cats. Mr. George Townsend was the judge.

THE Northern Counties' Cat Club Show takes place at Bradford on November 25th.

MR. READ'S Fanny has four kittens by Mrs. Singleton's Dannyman. Miss Harvey's Lady Jane has two kittens by Mrs. George Wilson's Ch. Rob Roy II. Miss Simon's The Silver Lily has two chinchilla kittens by the Misses Elliott's Silver Robin. Miss Bartlett's Holmesdale Peep-Peep has three kittens by owner's Silver Gift.

WE hear that Mrs. Maxwell has just refused a very large sum for her cat Phoebe to go to America.

CH. ROB ROYII. has been sold to Mrs. Lynas by Mrs. Wilson for £100 to go to America. This is a large sum for a cat. Ladv Decies refused the sum of £1,100 some years ago for Ch. Fulmer Zaida to go to America. This we believe is the largest sum of money that has ever been offered for a cat.

SANDY SHOW is fixed for August 26th. The judges are Miss Simpson, Mr. Norris and Mr. Mason. The show will be held in its "old home" and not in the grounds of the last two years. The cat section is under the patronage of most of the Clubs and specialist societies.

HALLAM AND ECCLESALL SHOW is fixed for Thursday, August 19th. Mrs. Tom Fletcher will attend to the feeding of the exhibits, so fanciers may be sure that their pets will be well taken care of.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
LE LEL. - The best food for a kitten nine weeks old is Benger's, cornflour and Allenburys made the consistency of cream and sweetened, a little finely scraped raw meat (about a dessertspoonful once a day) and a little warm milk to drink. When suffering from diarrhoea give a milky diet - arrowroot, etc. - and no meat. Lady Decies, Sefton Park, Slough, is bringing out a very good card on diet and ailments of cats, price 2s.
WORRIED. - Your kitten should be given Homeopathic Chamomilla 12; if from teething give a tabloid four times a day. This can be had from Corfield and Corfield, 26, Bennett's Hill, Birmingham. Diet: Cornflour, arrowroot and Benger's Food made about the consistency of cream. Rice water with a third of boiling milk added is a speedy remedy. When well, feed on raw meat finely chopped. - SPIDER.

CAT GOSSIP. The Ladies' Field, August 21, 1909. - No Cat Gossip.

CAT GOSSIP. The Ladies' Field, August 28, 1909, pg 506.

A FAMOUS AMERICAN CATTERY.
THERE is probably no better known cat fancier in America than Mrs. Champion of West New Brighton, the owner of the noted "Argent" strain of silver Persians. Mrs. Champion, who is English, has lived in the States for many years, now making her home at Manor Hurst, a beautiful country place on Staten Island. Here she has, with the assistance of her two daughters, both enthusiastic amateur cat fanciers, built a model cattery which in size and appointment has few equals in the cat world. At the time of writing, the Manor Hurst kennels contained half a hundred silver Persians, perhaps the most beautiful and healthy collection of prize-winning cats ever brought together under one roof.

Mrs. Champion is also a noted Pomeranian fancier, and the Poms and the Persians live together in this ideal home in perfect harmony - no fighting, no scratching, no "caterwauling," no barking; save, perhaps, when one or other of the fair owners enters for the purpose of feeding the beautiful creatures, when a welcome is accorded the visitor sufficient to distract any but the most ardent fancier.

One of the most striking characteristics noticeable in the Champion cattery is the wonderfully healthy condition of the inmates. Illness appears to be unknown, and, although the Persians shed their coats at certain times of the year like all well-conducted cats, the pretty creatures never appear to be really out of condition. This is doubtless due to the size of the kennels and their perfect sanitary condition. The animals have plenty of exercise, which is quite as essential as correct food, and the temperature is always kept normal, for Mrs. Champion has long since come to the conclusion that, although a cat may, and probably does, love warmth, it is not always wise to give it her through the medium of the steam-pipe. The cats have plenty of toys to play with, and their blood is kept in circulation by chasing the elusive golf ball. There are also trees to climb - an excellent exercise for cats - besides many other means of diversion.

The animals are not "allowanced" as regards food but are permitted to eat as much as they need, for, unlike some human creatures, a cat will give its jaws a rest just as soon as she is convinced that she has had sufficient. There is always an abundant supply of fresh drinking water, which is as necessary to the health of a cat as it is to that of a horse or any other animal, although there are still many people who think that to offer a cat a drink of water in lieu of milk is something of an insult.

Some time ago we published a portrait of Mrs. Champion's shaded silver male, Argent Glorious, which so distinguished himself at a show held in New York. This wonderful creature simply romped away with the first open, first novice and several specials, including the Hofstra Challenge Cup for the best American bred cat, a special for the best long-haired male in the show, and a special for the best brace of cats (with Marvellous), aged eighteen months. As a consequence Argent Glorious is looked upon as a very important member of the Champion cattery.

Mrs. Champion's Lord Argent is, of course, well-known to everyone who has ever taken any interest at all in cats, and we now publish his portrait, taken at the patriarchal age of thirteen years. Lord Argent is the sire of over 100 winners in England and grandsire of all the Argent cats in the Manor Hurst cattery. The signal successes won by his descendants must be ascribed to the phenomenal perfection of Lord Argent and the fact that he was able to transmit his qualities to his descendants. This pathetic [i.e. full of pathos] photograph which his mistress has taken of him suggests that he was already gazing afar off towards the land of "Never-never."

Silver Flash, a remarkably beautiful shaded silver male, is the sire of he English winner, Silver Milord, and has won a great number of prizes, including firsts at New York and Chicago. He has a wonderful coat and a phenomenal head. His eyes are of the purest green, and the animal is an invaluable outcross for the Argent strain and inbred silvers. Besides being the sire of Silver Milord he is also grandsire of Argent King of Arrandale, the sensational winning chinchilla of England. Argent Laddie and Argent Patsy are also some of his first prize-winning offspring.

Another noted inmate of the Manor Hurst cattery is the winning chinchilla male, Ch. Argent Splendour, the winner of over thirty prizes, including best cat in shows at Chicago and New York in 1905. Splendour is a very pale, pure-coloured chinchilla, absolutely free from any cream tinge, has large, deep blue-green eyes, a good head, tiny ears and a deep chest. He is extremely low on the legs, and possesses a perfect coat. There is no shadow of doubt but that Splendour is the most perfect cat of his kind yet bred. The cups that he has won would outweight him many times, while his medals would make a chain generous enough to become the stoutest Lord Mayor that ever sat in the Guildhall.

At the 1907 New York Show Mohican Chief was acknowledged to be the best kitten shown, and this was not surprising when it was pointed out that his sire was the famous Ch. Argent Splendour. Besides possessing every point of beauty that it is possible for any earthly chinchilla to have, Splendour is a most lovable animal, with the temper of a saint and manners which would become the angels. Although Mrs. Champion would probably deny the fact, it is apparent to most visitors that Splendour is first favourite in the Manor Hurst cattery.

Argent Moonbeam II., one of the few cats in the establishment who likes having his portrait taken, and who will sit still for two seconds while the shutter is being snapped, is a male, which perhaps accounts for his patience and easy-going nature. In 903 he was awarded the prize for being the best cat in the show, and since then he has won more blue ribbons than Mrs. Champion can remember. He is the sire of Ch. Argent Splendour, and a grandson of Lord Argent, so his blood matches well the ribbons he has won.

Argent Marvellous has been mentioned as having assisted Argent Glorious to win a prize for the best brace of cats at a New York Show. Argent Marvellous is a daughter of Ch. Lord Sylvester and grand daughter of Argent Moonbeam II. She is a shaded silver, and, at only nine months old had won two firsts and four specials.

To mention all the noted inmates of the Manor Hurst Kenncls would be impossible in a limited space, although we cannot leave out Fairy, a daughter of Silver Flash, a grandchild of Argent Moonbeam, and a half-sister to the English winner, Silver Milord, who has bunches of blue ribbons to her credit as well as strings of medals. Argent Beauty Eyes, who won first and four specials for the best kitten in the 1907 New York Show, was also bred in the Argent kennels.

Mrs. Champion's great success with her chinchillas is due to several things. First and foremost, she does not "coddle" them. She allows them to romp around and enjoy themselves like normal animals. The kennels are not over-heated, all kept scrupulously clean and supplied with an abundance of fresh water. To these and a few other simple rules which she adopted when first commencing to keep chinchillas Mrs. Champion ascribes the success which has been hers since the founding of the Argent kennels. - F. A J.

A FEW HINTS ON THE MANAGEMENT OF CATS.
I HAVE kept cats ever since I was seven years old. I started with the ordinary short-haired variety, and succeeded in breeding a ticked silver tabby, which won several prizes at some of the small shows. Then I started the long-haired cats, my first long-hair being Fulmer Champion Zaida, the most celebrated cat and the greatest prize-winner there has ever been. Ch. Zaida was only shown at the most important shows, and won over 500 first prizes, cups and medals. I refused £1,100 for her to go to America five years ago. Zaida died on November 10th, 1907, and has left a blank in my cattery that can never be filled.

I find blues, blacks, brown tabbies and silver tabbies the hardiest cats. Chinchillas are the most delicate. For shows the most competition is in blues. A blue should be of a good sound colour to the roots of the hair, not rusty on the top of the coat or shaded, but a slate blue throughout the coat, eyes of as deep an orange as possible, little ears, short nose and round, chubby face. All cats should have plenty of bone, cobby bodies, short bushy tails and be low on the legs. Blacks should be of a jet black colour, eyes deep orange. Brown tabbies and silver tabbies are the most difficult cats to breed show specimens. They should have black bars on a rich sable ground for the brown tabbies, and for silver tabbies a pale silver ground is necessary. I prefer the eyes to be of a yellow colour. Chinchillas should be of the palest shade of silver, with large, round, green eyes. There should be no marks, bars or shading in coat; to breed such an animal is very difficult. I have never seen one like Zaida for pureness of colour, but I am still hoping to see one on the show bench. Smokes should be light in under coat; the face and paws must be quite black, and there must be no suspicion of bars, shadings or marks of any kind; frill and ear-tufts silver. Whites should be the colour of snow, with deep blue eyes. Orange should be deep in colour, eyes like a Tangerine orange. The orange, brown tabby and silver tabby should be of a sound colour under the chin and lips, as so many of this variety have white in the parts indicated. Creams should be of a sound colour of cream or pale fawn; eyes the same as the orange. Tortoiseshells want to be well broken up in colour; no bars or markings are allowed on the show bench; a tortoiseshell tom is a great rarity seldom met with; if anyone succeeds in breeding one it can be sold for a large sum of money.

In short-hairs, Siamese are very popular, but they are very delicate, and difficult to rear as kittens. These cats should be of a pale biscuit colour with dark chocolate points on ears, paws and tail, eyes of a deep blue, ears rather pointed, and face longer than the ordinary English cat. The Siamese have a peculiar cry, which no other cat has; they are most affectionate animals.

Abyssinians are another fascinating variety, These should be ticked all over like a rabbit; in fact, some people call them bunnies. There are two varieties of colour in Abyssinians - brown and silver. These latter are very rare, and have only been in existence the last few years. Then there are blue short-hairs. These are supposed originally to have come from Russia. There is a diversity of opinion about this breed, and at some of the shows classes have been given for Russian type and other classes for British type. In my opinion they are all the same sort of cat, the long-faced ones they call Russians being an inferior blue. The eyes of the blue cat should be as deep an orange as possible. Then there are the Manx cats; these come from the Isle of Man; they are of almost every colour and should have no tail, not even a stump. There are white shorthairs, blacks, browns, silver tabbies and orange tabbies, and a very few creams.

The short-haired variety of cat is the easiest to keep; the longhaired require such a lot of grooming; they require brushing daily, and, when changing their coats, twice daily - a brush with long bristles should be used for full-grown cats. For kittens over three months a soft baby-brush should be used very gently, or more harm than good may be done by spoiling the coat. Cats sometimes get fleas in the hot weather. A good thing is to dust underneath the bedding with antiseptic powder. This should be done always before a cat is going to have kittens. Wood-wool makes the best bedding, which should be changed at least once a week. Cats cannot be kept too clean. When in confinement they should have access to a tin with sawdust in it, which should be changed directly it is soiled. Cats require fresh grass every day when shut up, as this acts as an emetic and helps to bring up the fur they swallow when licking themselves. Cats need never smell if kept clean, as they are naturally a clean animal. Damp is bad for cats, so are draughts; dry cold does not hurt them. If the cats sleep out of doors the houses should be raised at least 2ft. off the ground. The sleeping boxes should be square, with a lid at the top of the box to open and shut for cleaning purposes, and a hole cut in the box the reverse side of the door for the cat to go in and out. This box ought to be scrubbed out once a week, so two boxes are required, in order that while one is in use the other can be drying, as a damp bed for the cat is very bad.

Drinking water should always be left where the cat can get it; this should be changed daily. Food should never be left about, as it becomes stale and the animal gets tired of seeing it always there. It is best to have regular times for feeding; let the cat eat what it wants, and throw the rest away to the chickens if there are any. Cats do not require rich food; I consider raw meat diet the best, varied with cooked meat and fish, which should be well boned. I lost a valuable cat some years ago through a fish-bone sticking in its jaw; an abscess formed and necrosis took place, and the poor cat had to be destroyed. Rice pudding is good, but very little milk should be given to drink, and this always fresh, and boiled scraps from the table. Rabbits they are very fond of, also liver. This should only be given once a week; it should be well boiled, and given when quite cold and all grease removed. The more liberty it gets the better for the cat, and on no account should the poor things be turned out of the house at night in the cold and wet. My views on all anima's are - if you cannot keep an animal properly do not keep it at all. - M. G. DECIES.

CAT GOSSIP. The Ladies' Field, September 4, 1909, pg 33.

MRS. HERRING has removed to Lestock, Gloucester Villas, Whytecliffe Roud, Purley. Surrey. We are glad to hear that she is a little better in health. Mrs. Herring has still a few cats left, which are kept for pets.

MISS HILL SHAW judged cats at Cambridge on August 2nd, Mrs. Slingsby judged at Bingley on September 1st, Mrs. Herbert Ransome Judged at Prestwich on August 21st, Miss Mellish will judge at Beith on October 2nd and Mr. House at Torquay on December 2nd.

THE HON. MRS. BEHRENS'S Swinton Joy had three kittens by Mrs. Greenwood's Rex; unfortunately, all have died. Mrs. Stepple's Niresia has four kittens by Mrs. George Wilson's Rob Roy, and Mrs. Carew Cox's Blue Bunch has five kittens by Mrs. Clarke's Barrymore Blue Lion. Miss Cope's Lord of the Manor has now quite recovered from his accident; he has been spending the summer with Mrs. Sharland, 35, Exeter Road, Exmouth, leaving there at the end of August. Mrs. Sinkins's Silverine has two kittens by her Aldermoor Don. Lady Decies's short-haired blue, Blue Iris, has three blue kittens by her Fulmer Blue Tom; also Fulmer Cracker has three cream kittens by owner's Fulmer Dick.

IT IS with deep regret we hear of the sudden death of that most popular lady, Mrs. Wyndham, from heart failure after influenza. This lady was the owner of the celebrated cat, Neilla Billie, now owned by Mrs. W. Slingsby. Mrs. Wyndham was beloved by all who knew her, and through her death the fancy have lost not only a keen cat-fancier, but one of the kindest and gentlest of women.

MR. W. H. TAYLOR, the secretary of Newport-Pagnell Show, who is a well-known fancier, died on August 13th under very sad circumstances. His remains were discovered by a driver of a goods train on the line near Darley Dale Station. Mr. Taylor had been at Matlock for some weeks for his health, and was having hydropathic treatment. Great sympathy is felt for his relatives and friends in their sad loss.

MR. WALKER'S Benton Pride has three kittens by Messrs. Brown and Wilson's Hampstead Sir. Miss Samuels's Manx, Bunnie, has three stumpless kittens by owner's Dick Elysee.

MISS R. WHITNEY left Bray for the Continent on Monday, August 9th, and does not expect to be back in Ireland till October 15th.

WOODSTOCK SHOW is to be held in Blenheim Park on September 14th. There are to be seven classes for cats. Mr. G. H. Billett will judge.

WE are pleased to hear that Mr. W. Strick is slightly better, and we hope it will not be very long before his numerous friends can see him completely restored to health again. Though unable at present to take an active part in the animal world, Mr. Strick takes a keen interest in all animal news.

IN hot weather cats require a good deal of water; a bowl of this should always be kept at hand where the cat can get at it. Grass should be given fresh every day, as this, when swallowed, causes cats to vomit and bring up the fur they have consumed while licking their coats.

THE National Cat Club is now in a flourishing condition and, we hear, has a good balance in the bank.

A cOMMITTEE mecting of the Northern Counties' Cat Club was held recently at Bradford, and arrangements for the forthcoming show were discussed. The judges are to be Mrs. Ransome, Miss Simpson, Mr. Western and Mr. Mason. Nearly seventy classes are provided, a good many of these being guaranteed. The show is to be held under National Cat Club rules. Among the supporters of the show guaranteeing classes and giving specials are Lady Decies, Mrs. Chilcott, Mrs. H. V. James, Miss R. Whitney, Miss Samuels, Miss Soans, Miss Chamberlayne, Miss Elliott, Dr. Prior, and Mr. Kitchen. - SPIDER.

ALBERT EDWARD, the handsome blue Persian whose photograph appears on this page, is the winner of many prizes at Toronto and Detroit. He is the son of Darius III. Ex Dawn, very large, and of beautiful shadeless colour with orange eyes.

MISS TWIGG has purchased Rollicker, Miss Chamberlayne's well-known orange. He has already won several prizes.

MRS. SINKINS asks us to state that she is NOT finally retiring from the cat fancy.

CAT GOSSIP. The Ladies' Field, September 11, 1909, pg 70.

PADIHAM held a show on August 12th, the weather being all that could be desired, which was fortunate, as the show was held under canvas. Mr. E. J. Fell made the awards and many noted cats were present.
English short-hair, any age: First and third, Mrs. F. Pratt, nice red tabbies; second, Mrs. H. Baldwin. fine silver tabby, chest markings too weak.
Short-haired English kittens, few in number but good in quality: First and second, Mrs. Sugden, two nice silvers, markings well defined on a lovely pale silver ground.
Foreign, a good class: First, Mrs. Seed, a fine red Persian, beautiful coat and colour; second, Mrs. Catlow, a nice Siamese, good eyes and sound body, mask might be better; third, Mrs. Wilson, a black Persian, in good condition, a very sound colour and deep orange eyes; reserve, Mrs. Thompson, blue Persian, nice coat and frill; very highly commended, Mrs. Walmsey; highly commended, Mrs. Dean; commended, Mrs. Lowe.
Foreign kittens: First, Mrs. Hardman, a brown tabby Persian, good shape, coat and eyes; second, Mrs. Crowther, a pretty little silver tabby, very young; third, Mr. Mann, a capital blue, nice colour, coat wants a little time to become a good one; reserve and highly commended, Mrs. Dean, pretty brown tabbies; very highly commended, Mrs. Price.

MRS. HURLEY'S Bunch has two kittens by Miss F. Simpson's Silver Thistle. Miss Bartlett's Holmesdale Silverine has five kittens by her Silver Gift. Mrs. Rock's Mona has six kittens by Mrs. Sharpe's orange-eyed Blackbird. Mrs. Dunderdale wishes to exchange a pale chinchilla male kitten of prize pedigree for a pale female kitten over four months of prize pedigree; it must have green eyes. Mrs. Dunderdale's address is Springfield Road, Altrincham.

FOLKESTONE SHOW is fixed for October 20th and 2lst. The secretary (Mr. J. W. Gambull, 156, Cheriton Road) will be pleased to hear from any exhibitors who want special classes.

CAT GOSSIP. The Ladies' Field, September 18, 1909, pg 118.

MRS. WATSON has been induced to part with her blue stud cat Barry Sir Wiiliam, which will shortly sail for Melbourne, Australia, He is expected to make a name for himself in the show world in Melbourne. Miss Lawford has just bought Mrs. Pettit's Piquant Pearl II. She is the mother, I believe, of several prize-winners, and I wish Miss Lawford every success with her new purchase.

A CURIOUS story is told by a contemporary. A dog is to be seen with a mixed litter of puppies and kittens at a cafe at Chamagnieu, in the Isere, France. Their mother having been poisoned, the kittens mewed piteously and aroused the maternal instincts of a dog in an adjoining loft, who thereupon fetched the kittens in her jaws one by one and laid them among her recently born pups, and since then has fed both families. All are thriving and play freely together.

OUR CATS publishes this funny tale: Upon emptying a pillar-box on the Lytham promenade a postman was surprised to find a live kitten among the letters. He has since adopted it, naming it "G.P.O."

MRS. HORACE COOK'S Humming Bird has two self red kittens and two self orange kittens by Mrs. Maxwell's Aldeboran, born on August 9th. Her Diana has two very dark red selfs by Mrs. Hardy's and Mrs. Slingsby's Osprey of Thorpe. Mr. Frederick W. Horton's Chocolate Cream has two kittens by Mrs. Brown's Regal of Ivydene.

MISS HUTCHINSON has been very unlucky lately with her cats, having lost on August 18th her cream neuter, Tramp, who died of jaundice (he was only eighteen months old), and on August 19th her cream female, Polyanthus, died.

THERE were some nice cats at Bingley Show, which took place on September 1st. Miss Burton was the judge.
Long-hair blue: First, Messrs. Davidson; second, Dr. Prior; third, Mr. Mann; r., Mr. Shaw; v.h.c,, Mrs. Crowther..
Any other colour long-hair: First, Mrs. Harris; second and v.h.c., Mrs, Kitchen; third, Mrs. Noble Wilson; extra third, Mr. and Miss Walsh; r., Miss Beal; h.c., Miss Shaw.
Blue (under six months): First, Mrs. P. A, Fisher; second, Mrs. Hollings; third, Miss Atkins; r., Miss Shaw; v.h.c., Mrs. Mann; h.c., Mrs. Mitchell and Mrs. Atchinson; c., Mrs. Crowther.
Any other colour under six months: First, Mrs. Hardman; second, Mrs. Haydock; third, Miss Bell Irvine; r., Mrs. Hatch.
Short-hair tabby: First, Mrs. Fletcher; second, Mr. Prior; third, Mrs. Illingworth; r., Mrs. Kershaw; h.c., Mrs. Towlerton.
Any other colour: First, Dr. Prior; second, Mrs. Fletcher; third, Mrs. Towlerton; r., Mrs. Banett.
Short-hair (under six months): First, Dr. Prior; second, Mrs. Towlerton; third, Messrs. Rhodes Brothers; v.h.c., Miss Summerhill.

THE secretary of the National Cat Club wishes us to state that the official register of cats is kept at the offices of the club, 65 and 66, Chancery Lane, London. Only National Cat Club registrations are accepted by the United States and other Governments for the purpose of admitting cats duty free, Applications for championships or other support should be made to the secretary, Mr. Edward Cox. Registration forms free. Members' subscription, 21s.; associates' subscription, 5s.

ANYONE wishing to belong to the Northern Counties' Cat Club can do so by writing to the hon. secretary, Miss Burton, Flushdyke, Osset. Annual subscription, 5s.

MISS HOTSON has sold her brown tabbies Cris and Peter to Mr. Western. They are rechristened Wynnstay Invincible and Wynnstay Monarch. They took five firsts, two seconds and one third at Sandy last week. - SPIDER.

IN a recent issue two obvious errors crept into an article on cats by Lady Decies. In the first instance she does not recommend the use of "antiseptic" but of "insect" powder for use in connection with cats' bedding. Also, when speaking of brown tabbies: They should have black bars on a rich sable ground. For the brown tabbies and for the silver tabbies a pale silver ground is necessary," should read: " They should have black bars on a rich sable ground for the brown tabbies, and for silver tabbies a pale silver ground is necessary."

CAT GOSSIP. The Ladies' Field, September 25, 1909, pg 151.

MRS. CLARKE has just lost one of her beautiful short-haired blue Russian stud cats, the Muscovite, from jaundice. He was bred in 1904 by Mrs. Bailey of Thornfalcon Rectory, Taunton, from a blue queen of her own and Mrs. Clarke's well-known Peter the Great, and was given as a present from Mrs. Bailey to Mrs. Clarke.

MRS. CAREW COX has had the great misfortune to lose her blue Russian male, Prince Olaf, from dropsy. He was a son of her late Bayard and the sire of several winners. He is succeeded (as a stud cat) by his brother, Michu, who was born in September, 1907.

LADY DECIES has also had very bad luck with her cats, having had ptomaine poisoning in her cattery, owing to some fish which looked quite fresh. The fish, according to the diagnosis of the vet, having eaten something bad, many very promising kittens have succumbed, but, fortunately, the older cats are recovering. There was not enough fish for all the cats, so the valuable white Persians had meat and luckily escaped.

MISS FRANCES SIMPSON is not going out to America to judge this year, so will be able to fulfil her engagements at Hounslow, Bradford, Caterham and Westminster.

MISS A. MACPHERSON'S The Imp has four tortoiseshell kittens by Mrs. Louis Maxwell's Aldeboran.

MISS ANNESLEY PHAYRE has lost her favourite chinchilla stud cat, Lord Victor of Ormond, from pneumonia. He was bred by Miss Phayre, who owns the mother, and the sire was the well-known Absent-minded Beggar.

OUR CATS publishes a very interesting article on the education of cats. There is only one piece of evidence that in ancient times the cat was trained, an Egyptian painting showing a cat bringing wildfowl to its master from a papyrus bed, and very few instances are on record even of its being trained to retrieve in our day. A visitor to one of the monasteries on Mount Carmel states that when several of the monks went out, gun on shoulder, to shoot game for the pot, he saw their cats marching after them to aid as retrievers, but he did not witness the sport. There is no doubt that the cats can be trained to follow like dogs. A working man in the North Midlands recently owned a small cat which followed him all day, and when tired was carried in a large pocket in its master's coat. So, also, a navvy some years ago owned a cat which had followed or accompanied him to work in most parts of North and Western England, sometimes following him on foot and sometimes carried in the white washable bag in which navvies keep their Sunday clothes. But, as a rule, it is much easier to teach them not to do things than to do them. - SPIDER.

CAT GOSSIP. The Ladies' Field, October 2, 1909, pg 182.

LADY DECIES'S new card, entitled "Principal Ailments and a Few Simple Remedies for Cats," is now out. The card is very well got up, with a life-like picture of Ch. Zaida on the top. It treats of the principal ailments to which cats are subject and gives very useful instructions on first aid to same. It can be hung on the cattery wall and, besides being useful, is ornamental. The price is 2s. 6d., and it can be bought from the Housekeeper, care of Lady Decies, Sefton Park, near Slough.

THE first annual show was held in the Drill Hall, Hastings, on September 8th and 9th. Mrs. Pettit judged the cat section. I am sorry to say that the open cat classes had to be cancelled, as there were not enough entries.
Local long-haired (male or female): First, Mrs. Cleaver's blue male, in lovely condition, fine coat, good colour, yellow eyes; second, a blue female, but I could not discover to whom this belonged, sound colour, good shape, but pale in eyes; third, Miss Andrew's very large blue male, in good condition, rusty in colour; reserve, Miss Mardon. Pen 368 was empty.
Short-hair: No first card awarded in this class; second, Miss Ward, a black, good sound colour and good shape, but too pale in eye; third, Mrs. Fuller, a tabby and white male.
Any variety neuter: First, Mrs. Coles, grand-coloured black, of immense size, lovely eyes and good head; second, Miss Lane, a black and white, a beautiful cobby-shaped cat, capital coat and evenly marked; third, Miss Macdonald, a white Persian with a wonderful coat, and a very large cat; r., Mrs. Steers; h.c., Miss Woodcock.
Kitten: r., Mrs. Cleaver; v.h.c., Miss Autin, Miss Cutt, Miss Garsides and Mrs. Steers; h.c., Miss Woodcock.
Kitten, any variety: First, Mrs. Jenner, a lovely blue Persian, good cobby shape, capital eye and a beautiful coat; second, Miss Ward, a black short-hair, good colour, shape and nice orange eyes; third, Mrs. Dormer, a medium blue kitter:; r., Miss Eap. Nos. 386a and 386b were empty pens.

MESSRS. WILSON, LIMITED, cat specialists, Ashford, Middlesex, have, after much trouble, produced a concentrated dry fish powder. This can be mixed with the cat food, and makes a good fish dinner for cats or kittens at a moment's notice.

A FIRE broke out at a cotton warehouse in Liverpool on September 20th, and on inspecting the premises salvage men found that some bricks had been taken from the wall facing the street. Through the hole thus made a cat had been pushed with a piece of string fastened to its tail. Attached to the string was a bundle of blazing paper.

MISS HEALY'S Squeak has three kittens by Mrs. Louis Maxwell's Aldeboran, Miss Ford's Marietta has five kittens by Mrs. Denyer's Lord Silvercote and Mrs. Frank Owen's Queenie has seven kittens by owner's Dunstan Don.

AT Beith Show, to be held on October 2nd, nine classes are provided for cats. Miss McNish has kindly consented to judge. The prize money is to be 10s., 6s. and 3s. for an entry fee of 1s. 6d., and there will be specials given in every class.

AN effort is being made to make October 1st "Every Cats' Day." The idea is that all lovers of cats should on that day specially remember the "strays," and back up their sympathy by sending a shilling to any home or shelter for cats. The movement is being promoted by the Animals' Friend, which in its current issue shows that in the first eight months of this year one of the homes in London received over 10,000 cats. What this means in the relief of suffering may well be imagined.

MISS ETHEL SEYMOUR is exporting from England to San Franciso a very fine blue queen from the Thorpe cattery. Mrs. Seymour also hopes to import a very pale silver stud in the autumn. - SPIDER.

SPORTSWOMEN throughout England will hear with regret that Mrs. Penn Sherbrooke, the wife of the joint-master and gentleman huntsman of the Sinnington Hounds, and one of the best-known sportswomen in England, will not be able to hunt this season . . . Mr. Sherbrooke and one or two others were with her one September evening about six o'clock near the house in Douthwaite Dale, Yorks. They were walking quietly along, when some some cubs were seen playing on the hillside; they were on a narrow ride, and suddenly a black cat appeared chasing one cub, while another chased it - all evidently quite in a friendly spirit. Presently the cat came down into a field with a cub trotting after him towards the house, when the cub saw somebody and turned back. The cat was a black Persian of Mrs. Sherbrooke's, which often went on the moor. As Mrs. Sherbrooke adds, "I should think very few people have seen a tame cat play with wild foxes in that manner."

CAT GOSSIP. The Ladies' Field, October 9, 1909, pg 195.

WARDLE SHOW took place recently. Mr. F. Pratt was the judge.
English male or female: First and second, Mrs. Tomlinson; the first prize-winner a well-marked silver tabby, the second one a tortoiseshell, a good colour, but dark on the head; third, Miss Isherwood, a red tabby female, markings not good but a nice colour; reserve, Mrs. Tomlinson; v.h.c., Mrs. Rhodes.
Foreign, male or female: First and special, best cat in show, Mrs. Connor, a beautiful shaded silver; second, Mrs. Parker's blue, rather small but a nice one; third, Mrs. Hollings's blue, wonderful eyes, short of body coat.
Kitten, any variety, six months: First, Mrs. Hardman's orange Persian, good coat and condition; second, Mrs. Pickles, a red tabby short-hair, a snipy face but well marked; third, Mrs. Parker's blue Persian, in medium coat, nice eyes; reserve, Mrs. Connor.

THE first show of the Heywood Agricultural Society was a great success in every way. The entry was splendid, and a great many people attended the show. Mr. G. E. Trickett judged.
Long-hair: First, Mrs. Grundy's blue. in lovely coat, good head and eye and good sound colour; second, Mrs. Connor; third, Mrs. Wilson's black, a nice cat with lovely eyes, bad coat; reserve, Mrs. Seed.
Shorthair: First and third, Mrs. Pratt, the well-known orange tabbies; second, Mrs. Tomlinson's silver, nicely marked and a good colour, but small; reserve, Mrs. Houghton; v.h.c., Mrs. Hancock; h.c, Mrs. Bates.

MRS. NEVIS of London, Canada, has bought from Miss Whitney her brown tabby kitten, Brayfort Viceroy, the winning kitten which did so well at Bournemouth.

CAT GOSSIP. The Ladies' Field, October 16, 1909, pg 234 & supplement.

MISS LAURA GOULD-HOPKINS AND HER PRIZE CATS.
IT is among the rarest things in the world for a breeder of prize animals to make it an unalterable rule to limit her possessions to only one or two specimens. This is the more remarkable when these animals are used for bench purposes and the winning of prizes. That, however, is the rule of Miss Laura Gould-Hopkins, the Treasurer of the Atlantic Cat Club of New York, and one of the most enthusiastic cat-fanciers to be found in the United States, and, in spite of her rule, one of the most successful, for her pet animal is a perfect creature. Her fondness for cats began when she was a very small child, her sympathy in their favour being aroused through being told she must have nothing to do with them, for it was supposed in her family that her mother had acquired consumption from a pet cat. It was not until she was ten that she had a cat of her own, and then only through finding one with a litter of kittens which she fed and befriended. For several years her knowledge of the species was confined to such common specimens, for it was not until she was well on to womanhood that she even heard there were such things as Persian cats. Even then, her acquaintance with them was purely theoretical, and came through reading a story in a popular magazine of a woman gifted with such lithe grace and wonderful blue eyes, and given to a peculiar love of prowling about at night, in her unlighted rooms, that the author worked out the interesting theory that she was a re-incarnated blue-eyed Persian cat.

That started Miss Gould-Hopkins's desire for Persian cats. She, therefore, tried to obtain one by putting into practice the first stage of breeding an ordinary house cat with a Persian, hoping to accomplish her desire in the course of a few generations by breeding the resultant kittens with other pure Persian stock. Unfortunately, the venture failed at the very outset of the ingenious experiment, for the first litter were killed by some small boys playing a hose on them. Shortly after this a friend gave Miss Gould-Hopkins a white, yellow-eyed Persian cat. It was a thin, frail creature with tiny bones and no teeth, the result of continuous inbreeding. Breeding from her resulted in a litter of lamentably decrepit kittens, with enormous hearts and no stomachs, which only lived two or three weeks. These untoward experiences would probably have discouraged most people, followed immediately, as they were, by the death of the mother cat, but they only urged the young fancier on. An orphan, compelled to earn her own living, she had no large amount of money to spend on cats which, according to her experience, did not seem a remunerative field of enterprise. Eventually, Miss Gould-Hopkins bought what is known in America as a "coon cat." It comes from Maine, and is supposed to have descended from a species of wild cat and some Persian cats taken to that State by sailors who landed there. These cats are coarse animals, of uncertain colouring, but possessed of a great wealth of coat. From this cat Miss Gould-Hopkins obtained a litter of four kittens, which she sold at nominal sums as pets. In the meantime, she had studied much about cats and observed more, so that she was well-informed on their points. A wealthy man, with no knowledge of cats, went to buy one of these kittens. After a long talk with him Miss Gould-Hopkins told him, to his obvious amazement, that she was sure he did not want one of her cats, but something better. When he asked if she had anything better, she frankly replied that she had not, but added with characteristic confidence that "if she worked and waited long enough she would have the best in America."

The result of her frankness induced the gentleman to give her a commission to buy as good a cat as he wanted, the only stipulation being that the purchase price was not to exceed forty pounds. Miss Gould-Hopkins knew of a very fine young white Persian which had been shown once, but she had always understood that it was not for sale. Having ever believed that what is not worth asking for is not worth having, she determined to find out if there was a possibility of buying it. The owner said there was, for thirty-five pounds. Miss Gould-Hopkins closed the bargain and delivered the cat to her client. He was so pleased that he commissioned her to breed it for him. This she did to Oberon, a young white Persian which had just been imported from England. In due course, a family of four pink-nosed, pink-toed kittens arrived, from which Miss Gould-Hopkins was allowed to select one for her very own. That one is her wonderful White Aigrette whose photographs illustrate this article, and White Aigrette is acknowledged to be the most perfect specimen of a white Persian in the whole of the United States at the present time. Eventually, the owner of the mother of the litter insisted that she should be turned over to him with the three kittens. Miss Gould-Hopkins protested, but in vain. He was resolute and she had to comply with his request. In a month the mother and the three kittens were dead, while White Aigrette was flourishing under the care of a foster-mother. She developed into a "love of a kitten," as everyone said, and seemed never to reach the lanky stage, through which most cats go. She was always round and fluffy with a pair of great, round, blue eyes and a remarkably beautiful face. At that time, Miss Gould- Hopkins often took her pet out shopping with her, packed up in a small plush bag with the string drawn round its pretty head. Then, it was no unusual thing to see a portion of a large shop deserted, while all the people clustered round the white, blue-eyed, wondering kitten in her bag.

It was during these early days that White Aigrette learned to motor. Miss Gould-Hopkins was calling one day on some friends, who offered to take her home in their motor-car. She hesitated at first, thinking it would frighten the kitten, but it sat up and enjoyed the experience so much that Miss Gould-Hopkins decided to teach her to wear motor goggles by putting them on for a few moments at a time. Now, her goggles are made of red leather, and she wears them with great comfort whenever she goes out for a long drive, her coat on these occasions being of heavily-lined crimson plush.

White Aigrette made her debut on the show bench at the age of seven months in New York, when she took first best white kitten in the show, being defeated for best kitten in show by a male animal with a marvellous wealth of coat. The next time she appeared, again in New York, she was about eighteen months old. She competed in the best class of whites ever benched in America, and took the medal for the best type white Persian, defeating the famous American champions Puritana, White Monk, Sousa, Princess of Paris, Lady Eiger, and the great English champion, Y Brenin Gwyn. Her first litter, composed of The Crusader, The Matador and Superba, took the prize for the best litter in the show, while The Crusader took that for the best kitten. Up to this time White Aigrette, who has now a coloured maid specially devoted to her service, had only been defeated once, by Princess of Paris. This defeat and its decision caused much comment, and it was accordingly agreed between Miss Gould-Hopkins and Mrs. H. G. Dykhouse, the owner of Princess of Paris and one of the most famous American fanciers, that they should meet at the earliest opportunity. This occurred in Chicago, where White Aigrette proved her own worth and her owner's confidence by taking the blue ribbon over Princess of Puris, a feat she repeated in Hartford in September of last year, when she also took the prize for the best American-bred cat in the show, and in Boston and Chicago she took firsts. At the Hartford Show her daughter Superba took the prize for the best American-bred white novice, incidentally winning the White Aigrette Cup offered for the best American-bred white novice.

Last January White Aigrette was entered in the open class at Madison Square Garden Cat Show. Her daughter Lady Friar, the only living survivor of that litter, was originally entered for the novice class, but, realising that competition against a known winner is certain not to be keen, Miss Gould-Hopkins determined to enter the younger female against her mother, and put Lady Friar in the open as well. To the amazement of everyone she took first prize, actually defeating her famous dam, and winning in addition the prize for the best white cat in the show. In doing this she repeated her mother's former experience of beating the English champion, Y Brenin Gwyn.

Lady Friar also took the prize for the best solid-coloured cat in the show, defeating the lately arrived English blue Miss Mid, and winning as well the prize for the best female in the show, competing with all colours. She was then less than nine months old, and her record was phenomenal, for she took eighteen ribbons, ten medals, and a number of cups, including the White Aigrette Cup. From the time she was a tiny kitten, Lady Friar has always been an exceedingly bright animal. Evidence of this is furnished by the goldfish globe photograph, which is unquestionably one of the most ‘c harming cat photographs ever taken. She quickly learned to leap a hurdle, beginning by stepping over her owner's hands when scarcely six weeks old. With each lesson the hands were raised a little higher from the ground, until, at length, a hoop was used. By the time she was mine months old she could take a 4 ft. hurdle with consummate ease and grace, but her action is so quick that, in spite of many attempts, it has been found impossible to photograph her in a room.

Like White Aigrette, she has been perfectly bird trained, a matter of no little importance in the pleasure of keeping a household pet cat. She has already developed so great a coat with such a wealth of ruffle as to be compelled to wear a bib round her neck, drawn back and pinned, to enable her to eat with any comfort, another particular in which she resembles her dam. It is a curious trait in her character that she would at all times rather steal the food of another cat than eat what was given to her. She now no longer belongs to Miss Gould-Hopkins, for, on the arrival of White Aigrette's third litter a short time ago, she was sold for a very high price. This is in accordance with Miss Gould-Hopkins's policy, which was instituted as soon as White Aigrette developed her great promise. Then she gave away all her other cats, and now merely keeps one female descendant of White Aigrette until the next litter arrives.

White Aigrette has certain strong peculiarities. She absolutely refuses to nurse her offspring, which have to be brought up by a foster-mother. At such times she lies about within a few feet of the kitten-basket, into which she looks every now and then, as if to see that all is well. When the young ones are big enough to play about, she plays with them like one of themselves, but she declines to mother them in any way whatever. She also insists on having her meals served on a china plate, and will refuse even the most tempting tit-bit if offered from the tin tray which Miss Gould-Hopkins uses for feeding the kittens. Moreover, she will never drink water from a basin, but only when it is running from the tap. Whenever she is thirsty she calls her mistress by a peculiar meow. That her mistress is devoted to her need hardly be said. Evidence of this feeling is furnished by the lavish care bestowed on her, and by the way in which her pen is made. Its lining consists of frames made to fit inside a regulation show pen. These frames are covered with heavy crimson silk plush, in the centre of the back of which is embroidered an Empire wreath some 18 in. in diameter encircling the monogram "W, A." in heavy white silk. The pen never fails to attract the attention of visitors to the shows, but they soon turn from it to the beautiful and highly successful cat which occupies it.

ANSWER TO CAT CORRESPONDENT.
MISS GRACE BRUEN'S neuter is evidently suffering from small insects, which are often seen in cats, but which never leave the cats or get on to human beings. Remedy: Take a small piece of wadding dipped in spirits of wine, part the coat, and wherever dust is to be seen dab with spirit It is a tedious operation, but effectual. Brush the cat well every morning with a long bristled brush, and take care it does not go near a light or the fire till the spirit has evaporated. Diet on raw meat, rabbit and plenty of nourishing foods, as the insects suck the blood of the cat and weaken the constitution. Do not turn the cat out of doors at night, but keep it in a warm dry place, with plenty of air but without draughts. - SPIDER.

CAT GOSSIP. The Ladies' Field, October 23, 1909, pg 300.

THIS time of year is dangerous to cats owing to the damp, and owners of cats should be careful to get them in early at night and to see that they have warm, dry beds to sleep in. Their houses should be at least 2 ft. off the ground. The cats' coats should be well brushed with a soft brush every day so as to remove the loose hairs, as cats at this time of the year are mostly shedding their coats. This grooming will help to prepare them for the coming shows and prevent them swallowing a good deal of hair, which is very injurious, as it forms a hard ball in the stomach of the cat and sometimes is difficult to remove. Grass should be given daily, but this must be fresh.

AT the Milnathort Show cats had eight open classes. There were fifty-two cats and Mr. J. Money was the judge.
Long-hair male: First and special, Mrs. Walker's Admiral Togo, a nice blue-eyed white; second, Mrs. McDonald's blue; third, Mrs. Barclay's Scottish Chief, the well-known blue; v.h.c., Mrs. Greig; c., Mr. Ballantyne.
Long-hair female: First and special, best long-hair in the show, Mrs. A MacDonald, the celebrated Purity; second, Mrs. Grant, a nice blue; third, Mrs. Greig's chinchilla, Silver Jean; v.h.c., Michie; h.c., Mr. Ballantyne; c., Mrs. Connachie.
Kitten, six months: First, special and second, Messrs. Blythe and Knox's Poplar Princess and Poplar Duchess, two nice whites; third, Mrs. Barclay, a nice blue, wants a little time to make into a good one; v.h.c, Mrs. Anderson; h.c, Miss Dow; c., Mrs. White.
Short-hair male: First and special, Mrs. Simpson, a silver tabby; second. Mrs. Walker's red tabby.
Short- hair female: First, Mrs. Macdonald's Siamese, good blue eyes, but points not dark enough; second, third and h.c., Mrs. Simpson's, the second a blue Russian queen, third and h.c. Miss Charlotte.
Kitten, six months old: First, Mrs. Nichol; second, Mrs. Lawrence; only two in the class.
Gelding, any variety: First and special, Mrs. Walker; second, Mrs. Richardson; third, Mrs. Legge; v.h.c. and h.c., Mrs. Cation.
Litter, any variety: First and special, Mrs. Grant, some nice blues; second, Mrs. Barclay, promising blues; third, Mrs. Simpson, silver tabby short-hairs; v.h.c., Michie; h.c., Mrs. Dalrymple; c., Mrs. Nichol.

THE following have been added to the classification of the Northern Counties' Cat Club Show, to be held at Bradford on November 25th: Long-hair litter class, not less than three: short-hair ditto; long-hair limit, exhibit not to have won more than three first prizes; short-hair ditto. The National Cat Club have granted championships for each variety for which separate classes are provided, and two championships to those varieties which have separate cases for each sex, providing there are not less than five entries in each class. Three National Cat Club Cat Club challenge salvers are offered for competition, together with the associates' diploma in each section that has a championship for the best cat exhibited by an associate of the National Cat Club; also National Cat Club bronze medal for best cat exhibited by a member or associate of the National Cat Club. Mrs. Slingsby has kindly promised nine specials, and the Hon. H Behrens eight specials. Lady Decies will open the show and will give specials. Mrs. Clive Behrens is also guaranteeing the white long-hair males and white long-hair female classes, while the S.-H.C.S. of Great Britain is also supporting the show with medals, etc. Mrs. Morrish and Mrs. Hardman have been elected members of the Northern Counties Cat Club. Miss A. M. Burton, hon. secretary, will be pleased if all members who have not already paid their subscription will do so as soon as possible.

FUR AND FEATHER publishes a very useful card on "First-Aid and a Few Simple Remedies for Cats," which we hear is in great request. It is written by Lady Decies. - SPIDER.

CAT GOSSIP. The Ladies' Field, October 30, 1909, pg 335.

THE sixty-first annual show of the Beith Ornithological Society was held in the Templars' and Star Halls on October 2nd. Competition in all the cat classes was very keen, and the quality of the stock quite above the average. The management of the show was excellent, and the exhibitors got away at five o'clock to catch the fast trains. Miss McNish was the judge.
Longhaired, blue: First and special, Mrs. Barclay's, a lovely light, sound-coloured blue, good head and coat; second, Mrs. MacDonald's, massive-headed blue, wonderful eyes, better eye than the winner, good bone, but rusty in colour; third, Mrs. Mitchell's, out of coat, but good head and eyes; v.h.c., Mrs. Young's; h.c., Mrs. Braidwood's.
Longhaired, any other colour: First, special and second, Mrs. Cassell's, the first a well-marked silver tabby, good colour, massive head, nice length of coat and good eyes, but rusty down the spine; second, a level-coloured cream, not in full coat, good head and eyes; third, Mrs. James Thomas's, a chinchilla, dark on the spine, lovely head and expression; v.h.c., Miss Beal's; h.c., Miss Waugh's.
Long-haired kitten, under six months: First and special, Mrs. Brown's, a beautiful little chinchilla, very clear in colour, sweet head and nice eyes; second, Mrs. Barclay's, a sound-coloured blue, with good head and eyes; third, Mrs. Mackintosh's, a sweet tortoiseshell, nice eyes, not quite rich enough in colour; v.h.c., Mrs. J. Thomas's; h.c., Mrs. Muckintosh's; c., Mrs. Mitchell's.
Short hair, any colour: First and special, Miss Martin's, a beautiful black with a grand head, in splendid show form, nice eyes; second and third, Mrs. Reid's, two tortoiseshell and whites, the second evenly patched, but patches too large, nice eyes and pretty expression, but fails in condition to winner; third, Mrs. Honeysuckle's, should not have been shown, as she is heavy in kitten; v.h.c., Mrs. Simpson's.
Short-haired kitten: First, special and medal, Miss Livingstone's brown tabby, beautifully marked, the markings could not be better were they painted, good head and eyes; second, Mrs. Baldry's, a pale-coloured Siamese in lovely condition, points not dense enough, good mask, in good condition; third, Mrs. Campbell's, a typical Russian, but shows tabby markings: v.h.c, Mrs. Pickies's; c., Mrs. Reid's.
Gelding: First, special and medal, Mr. Ballantyne's, a lovely little cream, grand head, level colour, a little too large in ears, and in a bad temper; second and h.c., Miss Livingstone's, the celebrated red, in his usual good form, fails in frill to winner; third, Mrs. Graham Coltart's, a massive-headed blue, out of coat; v.h.c., Mrs. Richardson's; c., Mrs. Leadbetter's.
Novice: Equal firsts, Mrs Brown's and Mrs. Barclay's chinchilla and blue, each first in their own class; second, Miss Livingstone's winning short-hair kitten, hard to choose between these three; third, Mrs. Brown's, also a chinchilla, same type as the winner, a very promising kitten; v.h.c,, Miss Livingstone's; h.c. Mrs. Kippen's; c., Mrs. Reid's.

THE Northern Counties' Cat Club Show to be held on November 25th has the patronage of the Scottish Cat Club, and the following specials, confined to Scottish Cat Club members, will be competed for. These specials are the Long-haired Eleven Guinea Cup for most points in longhaired classes at shows held under the S.C.C. patronage, to be won four times before becoming the property of the winner, one exhibit belonging to each exhibitor to count points at each show. The Finnie Young Memorial Challenge Trophy, given for most points gained from March 30th to April 1st the following year, in single kitten and cat classes at shows held under S.C.C. patronage. Exhibits must be bred by exhibitor. Only one exhibit to count points at each show for each exhibitor. Bronze medal for best long-haired male. Bronze medal for best long-haired female. Bronze medal for best long and short-hair gelding. Bronze medal for best short-hair male. Bronze medal for best short-hair female. Bronze medal for best long or short-hair kitten. Particulars of membership and registration forms can be had from the hon. secretary of the Scottish Cat Club, Mr. McNish, West Kilbride, N.B.

THE committee of the Oxford Fanciers' Society provided six classes for cats at their annual show, which was held in the Corn Exchange on October 7th. There were fifty-eight entries. The quality of the exhibits was excellent, and there were several well-known cats competing in every class. In the selling class, a nice blue female with two kittens won, and was speedily claimed at the catalogue price. Mr. T. B. Mason was the judge.
Long-hair, any colour: First, Mrs. Western's fine chinchilla, much improved; second, Mrs. Fosberry's silver tabby, a very nice one, ran the winner close, good head, eyes and body colour, nice markings; third, Mrs. Manuel's blue, rather small, and a little rusty on sides, evidently caused by the weather, but has lovely eyes and long coat; fourth, pen 1266B: We could not discover to whom it belonged, as there was no name - it was a nice blue, eyes too light in colour; reserve, Mrs. Revnold's. a nice tortoiseshell and white, well patched on body but too mixed on head; v.h.c., pen 1265, no name; h.c., Mrs. Mallam's; c., pen 1266A, no name.
Shorthair: First, Mrs. Western's noted black, in fine form; second, Mrs. Woodward's, bad tempered and would not be handled; third, Mrs. Wilcox's, tail too thick and open in coat, nice eye and expression; fourth Mr. Rhodes's, a red tabby, nice markings and fair colour, had a slight cold in eyes or would have been third; reserve, Miss Shaw's, a nice shaped blue, tail a bad colour, but a nice one, when fit will win; v.h.c., Miss Mellor's; h.c., Mrs. Cockburn's.
Blue kitten, under six months: First, Mrs. Baverstock's, rather narrow in skull, but the best in the class, good eyes, coat and frill; second, Mrs. Avery's, a much younger kitten, lovely eyes, neat ears, beaten in coat and frill, a good sound colour; third, pen 1285A, no name, a most charming baby, rather too young to show, very good head and cars, the eyes not changed colour yet, if they come the right colour will make a good one; fourth, Mrs. Fosberry's, rusty in coat, fair eye and head; reserve, Mrs. Western's, nice head and eyes, a little rusty in colour; v.h.c., Mrs. Marshall's; h.c., Mrs. Mallam's.
Long-hairs, any other colour, under six months: First, Mrs. Western's, the well-known brown tabby, a clear win; second, Mrs. Wilkins's, a black, nice head and eyes, very promising; third, Mrs. Reynolds's, a tortoiseshell and white, nice shape, eyes and patches, a good one, and runs winner close, a little pale in the orange colour; fourth, Mrs. Tomlinson's, an orange tabby, too solid in back markings, nice eyes and good round head; reserve, Miss Moxon's orange, splendid eyes, too long in the face, not good in saddle marks, medium colour; v.h.c., Mrs. Mallam's; h.c., and c., Miss Mellor's.
Selling (20s.): First, Mrs. Phelp's; second, Messrs. Rhodes Brothers'; third, pen 1305B, no name; fourth, Mrs. Manuel's; reserve, Mrs. Western's.
Gift class: First, Mrs. Western's; second, Mrs. Woodford's; third, Mrs. Manuel's

CAT GOSSIP. The Ladies' Field, November 6, 1909, pg 350.

THE MARCHIONESS OF DONEGALL opened a show of home pets at Plaistow last week, the pets including 135 babies,[!] 108 cats, ponies, donkeys, dogs, mice, rats, rabbits, guinea-pigs, tortoises, frogs, toads, geese, ducks, turkeys, chickens, pigeons, doves, parrots, cockatoos, love-birds, linnets, blackbirds, redpolls, chaffinches, thrushes and a hedgehog. The Plaistow Home is organised to inculcate kindness to dumb animals among the children of the parish, and many of the pets have been kept by very poor children.

A SHOW took place at Caterham last month. The cat section was much better than last year. Three long-haired classes, unfortunately, had to be cancelled, which caused a good deal of disappointment to several intending exhibitors. This year a separate class was given for blue cats and one for kittens. There were nine entries in the adult class and thirteen entries in kittens. Mrs. Chilcott's prize for the best blue kitten bred by exhibitor was won by Mrs. Fisher White's lovely exhibit. The same lady also won Miss Frances Simpson's prize for the best blue kitten, Mrs. George Wilson the special for best long-haired cat with her blue Sir Archie of Arrandale, and Mr. Oliver the special for the best long-haired or short-haired cat with his beautiful little red tabby. He also won a cake for the best local exhibit. Miss Frances Simpson was the judge.
Long-haired blue: First, Mrs. George Wilson's well-known Sir Archie of Arrandale, rather out of coat, but in nice condition, good colour and glorious eyes; second, Mrs. Stephen's Northfield Cyni, a splendid type of cat, fine broad head, small, well-placed ears, large orange eyes and nice coat; third, Mrs. Chilcott's kitten, a very sound-coloured blue, grand eyes, lovely head and perfect shape; reserve, Mrs. Hale's, a female with some pretty kittens; v.h.c. and h.c., Mrs. Wilson's; c., Mrs. Bevan's and Mrs. Marshall's.
Blue kitten: First, Mrs. Fisher White's Remus of Highgate, a most lovely kitten, exquisite head and well-placed ears, a most fascinating exhibit; second, Mrs. Chilcott's; third, Mrs. Hale's, a nice male, not so good in head and eyes as the others; reserve, Mrs. Turner's, a beautiful cat, which would have taken a prize had it not had a cold and a bad sneezing attack at the time of judging; v.h.c., Mrs. Bevan's; h.c., Mrs. Fisher White's and Mrs. Wilson's.
Kitten A.O.C.: First, Mrs. Spong's, a most lovely black male, with deep orange eyes, nice head and in fine coat; second, Mrs. Jackmann's white, with lovely deep blue eyes, out of coat; third, Miss Gow's Lasca, a nice, pale chinchilla female, almost unmarked, but with yellow eyes and a slight brown tinge on nose and tail; reserve, Mrs. Watkins's; v.h.c., Mrs. Ambrose's and Mrs. Hurley's; absent, Mrs. Wilson's.
Short-haired: First, Mr. Oliver's Red Jacket, a gem, the under colour free from ticking, a lovely deep red, amber eyes, a very promising kitten; second, Mrs. MacNaughton's orange tabby, not nearly as good as winner; third, Mrs. Robbins's tortoiseshell, a fair specimen, but too much black about it; reserve, Miss H. Shaw's; h.c., Mrs. Stead's.
Short-haired kittens: First, Mr. Oliver's Red Jacket; second, Miss K. Oliver's orange tabby; third, Mr. Oliver's, a well-marked littlee brown tabby; reserve, Mrs. Bell's.
Neuter, long or short hair: First, Mrs. Kirby's blue, a very good specimen, but small; second, Miss Voule's Tipso, a pale orange, the best coat in the class, in lovely condition; third, Miss Voule's Bobolink, a massive blue, with nice head and orange eyes, but in bad coat; extra third, Mr. Oliver's well-known orange short-hair; reserve, Mrs. Fisher White's; v.h.c., Miss Gow's; h.c., Mrs. Lee's; c., Mrs. Watt's.

Mr C. House judges cats at Falmouth on December 3rd. Mr. D. Simpson judges cats at Cupar, Fife, on December 4th. Mr. Billett judges at Jersey on December 8th. The National Cat Club Show takes place at the Crystal Palace on December 14th and 15th; it is a championship show.

MR. W, SUMMERFIELD has just purchased from Miss Alianora Chevers the pale blue Persian kitten, Ulster Blue Bellairs, a son of Kew Blue Peter and Ulster Blue Bellarina. This kitten is of a beautiful pale blue colour, with lovely orange eyes and good coat. Mrs. Campbell Fraser's Withdean Blue Pearl has six pure blue kittens by owner's Blue Peru of Hessle, born October 7th. Miss Miller's Cindy has six kittens by Miss H. Lea's Ruckholt Blue Laddie. Mrs. Dougan's Falls Fairy has three kittens by Mr. J. Flitt's Silvester. Mrs. Chilcott has just had the misfortune to lose her Siamese cat, Hiraja, from pneumonia.

MRS. BARRASFORD'S Dobbie has four silver kittens by Miss Well's Peter. Mrs. Boyd's Beauty has four kittens by Miss Well's Peter. Miss Chamberlayne's Midnight Sun has six kittens by Messrs. Gill and Son's Blackburn Romper. Mrs. Carew Cox's Blue Bunch has five kittens, three males and two females, by Mrs. Clarke's Barrymore Blue Lion.

WE have received the following communication from Mr. Cox, the secretary of the National Cat Club: "I am desired by my committee to ask that you will give special prominence to the National Cat Club rule on the subject of registration, namely, ‘That all cats and kittens registered elsewhere in England than at the National Cat Club shall be debarred from winning a prize at a show held under National Cat Club rules.' Those exhibitors who have inadvertently registered elsewhere in ignorance of the National Cat Club rules on the subject, and who are desirous of rectifying the error, should communicate with the secretary of the National Cat Club, who will advise them as to the course to be pursued. Arrangements are being made for the annual show at the Crystal Palace, of which I will let you have further particulars as soon as possible. The committee have granted diplomas and medals confined to associates of the club. The annual subscription of 5s. will take those who are elected now to December 31st, 1910."

MRS. M. PARKER has sold her blue female cat Winwick Lady to Mrs. Seddon Hughes of Norley, Cheshire. This pretty little cat was fourth in the long-haired kitten class at the last Altrincham Show.

MRS. ALLHUSEN's Tita has four smokes by Mrs. Sinkin's Shaitan, born September 9th. Mrs. Orange's Lady Babs has four kittens (one since dead) by the Misses Elliott's Lord Thurlow, born September 28th. Mr. W. J. Fisher's Belle of Ulster has seven kittens, blues, by owner's Yorkshire Tyke, born September 29th. Mrs. Spencer has sustained a sad loss, her two well-known cats, Royal Siam and Princess Maimoune, having died within a few weeks of one another.

HASSOCKS SHOW is to be held on November 4th. Lady Decies will again judge the cat classes and Miss F. Frowd will be in charge of the cats.

MRS. DAVIS'S Bogie has two fine kittens by Mrs. Hatch's Cerulean II. Mrs. Hodgkins's Titmouse has three kittens by Mrs. Hatch's Cerulean II. Mrs. Downe's Queenie has three kittens by Miss Grundy's Heywood Blue Beau. Miss R. Millar-Bowman's Rusty has four kittens by Mrs. Maxwell's Aldeboran.

A MAN in Dorset has a great novelty. A rabbit, having lost its young, has fostered two kittens, which are well and seem quite happy.

LADY DECIES has sustained a sad loss, her beautiful blue-eyed white Ch. Fulmer White Snow Queen having died from ptomaine poisoning. This lovely cat had the deepest of blue eyes and won more firsts cups and medals than any other white long-haired cat.

MRS. SOANS has lost hre little cat Binks at the of six years old. Mrs. Leigh's Russian Queen Ritza has seven kittens born August 20th, by Mrs. Clark's (late) The Muscovite. Mrs. Scott Russell's Siamese Susan has six kittens, born September 3rd, by owner's Wee Winkles.. Mrs. Scott Russell Siamese Hantux has six kittens by owner's Wee Winkles. Mrs. E. Oliver's Gainsborough Silvie has six silver tabby kittens, by Miss Cochrane's Garry Owen.

MISS FRANCES SIMPSON relates in FUR AND FEATHER some amusing anecdotes about cats. "A novice in the fancy having a nice blue queen wrote to me asking if she might send her queen to one of my stud cats, and also she would like one of my books to read up the points of blue cats. The book was forwarded, and in due course the queen arrived, and, having mated, was returned. Later on I heard that four blue kittens had been born, and the owner wrote: ‘They are all a very pretty colour; the only disappointment is there is not a trace of an orange eye about them. They are all deep grey-blue. This, I know, will make them less valuable.' Everyone knows that all kittens are born with grey-blue eyes, and that they do not change to the colour they will eventually be until they are three or four months old."

ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENT.
MAUDIE should write to Miss Burton, hon. secretary, Flushdyke, Ossett,. stating she wishes to become a member of the N.C C.C. and enclose 5s., which is the annual subscription. - SPIDER.

CAUSERIE DE PARIS, The Ladies' Field, November 6, 1909, pg. 360:
Every woman wants fur, both the one who can afford it and the one who cannot. M. Felix Duquesnel says that in order to satisfy the latter class there is, far off in the Pacific Ocean, an island where colonies of cats of a special kind are being raised, so that fur to suit all purses may be had. You must take this story with a grain of salt to tone down the imagination of the conteur. But really it must be admitted that one can spend a small fortune in furs without very much to show for it. A sable mantle is easily worth over £3,000, and any woman who wishes to treat herself to a chinchilla cloak can hardly do so without paying a trifle like £1,000 at least. Muffs alone cost between £20 und £40, and as every woman must have fur, even if it is only imitation, it is not surprising that poor pussy must be sacrificed to fit the purse of the poorer devotee. It is not a little singular to observe that we who form leagues for the protection of animals, and shed bitter tears over the sufferings of helpless horses, cats and dogs, and subscribe to provide them with country retreats, should have animals destroyed in order that we may wear their skins, but no woman really desires to have them skinned alive or destroyed unborn because the pelt has a better gloss when it has been torn from the living animal!

CAT GOSSIP. The Ladies' Field, November 13, 1909, pg 416.

THE Feline Defence League is holding a meeting at the Caxton Hall, Westminster, this week. Miss Kate Cording is the foundress of this league, which has been formed to take in, free of charge, lost and starving cats found in the streets of London. At the meeting the speakers will be Lady Pender, Mrs. Albert Bradshaw, Mr. Edward Fairholme (secretary to the R.S.P.C.A.), the Rev. A. Allan Barratt, M.A,, and Mr. A. R. Keating.

MISS KATE CORDING has just brought out a very interesting book, called "London's Lost Legions." The price is only 1s., and it treats of what takes place at "Fellowship Cottage," the shelter of the poor homeless cats which are daily found in cellars and attics, left by their late owners to starve, to be stoned to death by boys or worried by dogs. The attendants of the home, which is at 31, Trinity Street, Liverpool Road, Islington, N., hunt out and bring the poor cats to the home, and those for whom homes cannot be found are painlessly destroyed in a lethal chamber.

ARRANGEMENTS for the National Cat Club Show, to be held at the Crystal Palace on December 14th and 15th, are now nearly complete. Among the items of interest are the decision to thoroughly cleanse and disinfect all the pens and tabling with methylated spirits before the cats arrive. The best beef will be used for feeding. Water will be given to all cats and kittens unless exhibitors want milk to be supplied. The judges who have accepted up to now are Mrs. Fosberry, Mrs. Bennett, Mr. Mason, Mr. Billett and Mr. L. Astley. The classification will be similar to last year, but a great many of the classes the kittens are in will be divided into three to six months and six to twelve months. The age for kittens is from three to twelve entries. Full prize-money will be paid whatever the number of entries are in the class.

AT Eastbourne Show, held on October 20th and 21st, Mr. George Townsend judged the cats.
Rough or smooth: First and special, Miss Crowden's Siamese, of sound colour and nice dense points, good head, eyes and in good coat; second and v.h.c., Miss Florence Frowd's, a clear-coloured chinchilla, good head, eyes and bone, but out of coat; third, Mrs. Hopkins's tortoiseshell Persian, good bone, head and colour, good eyes, but short of coat; reserve, Mr. Gate's; h.c., Mrs. Hammond's.
Neuter, any colour or variety: First, Nurse Tooley's, a brown tabby in lovely coat, nice head and bone; second, Mrs. Carpenter's red tabby, of a nice rich colour, but unfortunately has a small white patch on its chest; third, Mrs. Partridge's brown tabby Persian, a nice little cat not in full coat; reserve, Mrs. Burnett's; v.h.c, Mrs. Easton's; h.c., Miss Stonehewer's and Mrs. Hallas's.

A VERY nice show was held at Tunbridge Wells on October 21st and 22nd. Two classes were given for cats. The show was confined to the counties of Kent, Sussex and Surrey. Mr. C. House was the judge.
Cats: First, withheld; second, Mrs. Frances's, a large, good-coated black; third and reserve, Mrs. Ovenden's, a shaded silver rather out of coat, but a nice shape; fourth, Mrs. Hollingsbee's, an orange and white of a good colour.
Kitten: First and special, Mrs. Wood's, a blue, good colour and coat, splendid shape, bone, head and good eyes; second, Mrs. Clark's, a large brown tabby, beautifully marked, nice colour and in fine coat; fourth, Mrs. Hicks's, two very young light blue Persians; reserve, Mrs. Blunt's; v.h.c. and h.c., Mrs. Ovenden's.

MISS BEAL judges the cat classes at Whitby on November 24th. The Evesham Chrysanthemum Society give four classes for cats at their annual show; Mr. Billett will judge. The Halifax Fanciers' Association will hold an open cat show on December 3rd. Four classes are provided and the prize-money guaranteed and specials promised; Mr. G. Townsend will judge.

MRS. GREGORY has a very lovely pair of pale chinchilla kittens by Aldemoor Don and Roiall Atossa; they are so pale and unmarked, with splendid heads. Mrs. Stork's Lady Shelah has five kittens by Mrs. Clark's Whitehall Monarch. Mrs. Chillingworth's Silver Filigree has three kittens by Miss Bartlett's Silver Gift. Mrs. Dauney, 8, Upper Westbourne Terrace, W., has a black half-grown kitten named Dolly she would give to anyone who will promise to give it a kind country home.

I HAD a visitor from Belgium to see me the other day who wished to take back a very fine white cat to his native land. He thought £1 1s. a monstrous price for such an animal. He was very insistent on its being a cat to "grow quite large" with "the long hair." I said I would bring him my Big Ben to give him some idea of the size to which a fine young male should grow. When he saw Ben's huge broad head got quite excited, and said: "But I don't want an ugly head like that so wide; I only like a little pretty head. He is like a lion." Ben and his mistress felt amused but not dismayed, although Ben has yet nearly two years before him in which to broaden out. A lady called to choose a blue kitten and, having made her selection, paid for it and carried away a really lovely little female. Two days afterwards, when I was out, this lady returned and told the maid that a friend of hers had seen the kitten and assured her it had distemper and was a poor specimen, so she had brought it back and would I return the money. In vain the maid said her orders were not to take in cats or kittens in my absence and without instructions. The kitten was left on the doormat and the lady departed. -SPIDER.

ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENT.
BEATRICE. - The cat seems hardly remarkable enough to stand a very good chance at a show, but there is no reason why you should not send her as you have such a very great desire to see how she compares with others of her kind. As regards the "treatment" for cats when taking them to a new home, the best advice I can give is to take care that they are not frightened on their arrival, and to let them have a good meal as soon as possible.

CAT GOSSIP. The Ladies' Field, November 20, 1909.

BRISTOL CAT SHOW.
THE Bristol Fanciers' Association held their show on Wednesday and Thursday, October 27th and 28th. The show was held in the Drill Hall. Mrs. Sedgwick's chinchilla cat, Thelma Lenore, was awarded the special for best cat in the show. The awards were as follows:

Mr. H. V. James's classes
Long-hairs, any other colour (breeders): First, Miss Cope's Roiall Annora, a lovely black, good eyes; second, Mrs. Gibson Fleming's Strathclyde Enid, a nice brown tabby; third, Mrs. Norris's Ch. Kew Red Comyn, the celebrated orange, in good condition except in tail, which is not at present well furnished.
Any other colour (brace): First, Mrs. Norris's Ch. Kew Comyn and Kew Miriam, a beautiful pair; third, Miss Cope's Roiall Annora and Carol, two nice blacks; h.c., Mrs. Kennaway's.
Limit, any colour, male or female: First, Mrs. Davies's Cheriton Romeo, a nice silver tabby, in lovely condition, good markings and body colour; second, Mrs. Norris's Kew Miriam, a lovely cream, which afterwards took the special for best cat in the show; extra second, Miss Banks's Miss Madge, a white female full of quality, beautiful head, ears and the deepest of blue eyes, a little out of coat; reserve, Mrs. Horton's Lincoln Prince, a nice smoke; v.h.c., Miss Chamberlayne's and Mrs. H. C. James's; h.c, Mrs. Spofforth's; c., Mrs. Manuel's, a good strong class.
Junior, any colour, male or female: First, Mrs. Norris's Kew Miriam; second, Mrs. Davies's Cheriton Romeo; third, Mrs. Sedgwick's Eric Brighteyes; reserve, Mrs. Horton's Lincoln Prince; v.h.c., Mrs. Corner's and Miss Henderson's; h.c., Miss Fleming's; c., Mrs. Manuel's.
Stud, any colour: First, Mrs. Norris's Kew Red Spider, the winning orange; second, Mrs. Kennaway's Garboldisham Junker, the winning cream; third, Mrs. Walton's Blue Premier, the winning blue; fourth, Mrs. Norris's Ch., Kew Red Comyn, the second red; reserve, Mrs. Hardy's; v.h.c., Mrs. Maxwell's; h.c.,, Mrs. Spofforth's; c, Miss Cavendish Brown's.
Team: First, Mrs. Norris's Ch. Kew Red Spider, Ch. Kew Red Comyn and Kew Miriam.
Neuter: First, Miss Henderson's Silver Laddie, a large chinchilla, rather out of coat; second, Mrs. Corner's Red Roy of Eversley, a rich orange, but not quite so good in bone as the first prize winner; third, Miss Greenwood's Puck, a fine smoke, the best-coated cat in the class; reserve, Mrs. Boulter's Peter Pan.
Selling, £5: First, Miss Beatson's Deborah, the second blue female; second, Mrs. Spofforth's Orient Koko, the second prize kitten; third, Mrs. Horton's Lincoln Imp; reserve, Mrs. Chamberlayne's; v.h.c., Mrs. Horace Cook's; h.c., Mrs. Kennaway's.
Any other colour (novice): First, Mrs. Singleton's Dannyboy; second, Mr. Powell's Stanhope Brown Mack; third, Mrs. Sedgwick's Lady Ivonne, the winning chinchilla kitten; reserve, Mrs. James's.
Any other colour (breeders): First, Mrs. Sinkins's Bettina, the winning smoke kitten; second, Mrs. Singleton's Dannyboy, another smoke winner; third, Mrs. Sedgwick's Lady Ivonne, the winning chinchilla kitten; reserve, Mrs. Maxwell's Frederica; absent, Mrs. Sinkins's Betta.
Pairs, any other colour: First, Mrs. Spofforth''s Orient Koko and Orient Mirando; second, Mrs. H. B. Palmer's; third, Miss Kerswill's Attila of Kensington and Averil of Kensington, the winning whites; reserve, Mrs. Corner's brown tabbies.
Short-hairs, black: First, Miss Joy's Tiddles, in fair coat, lovely eyes, but out of condition.
Neuter: Third, Miss Chamberlayne's Tibbo Tibs, a brown tabby. The first and second prizes were withheld.
Tabby kittens: Third, Miss Chamberlayne's Orange Bobby, suffering from a slight cold, only a moderate specimen.
Locals, long-hair female: First and second withheld; third, Mrs. Screen's, a smoke.
Neuter: First, Miss Henderson's Silver Laddie, the open prize winner; second, Miss Greenwood's Puck; third, Mrs. Harris's Blue Boy, a very nice exhibit in good condition; reserve, Madame Mayor's; v.h.c., Mrs. Boulter's; h.c., Mrs. King's; c, Madame Mayor's.
Novice: First, Miss Henderson's Silver Laddie, the first open neuter; second, Mrs. Harris's Blue Boy; third, Madame Mayor's Chilla, a fair smoke; reserve, Mrs, Boulter's; h.c., Mrs. King's; c., Mrs. Dunkins.
Kittens: First withheld: second. Mrs. Symes's Prince, a moderate silver; third, Mrs. Edolls's Dinah, a blue; reserve, Mrs. Dunkin's.
Selling class, 30s.: First, Mrs. Screen's, a nice silver tabby, well shown; second, Mrs. Symes's Bridge, a fair chinchilla; third, Mrs. Screen's; reserve, Mrs. Symes's; c., Mrs. Rickard's.

Mr. Western's classes
Long-hairs, blue male: First, Mrs. Walton's Blue Premier, in very good show form, a grand head, nice level colour and a good bold eye, not quite in full coat; second, Mrs. Hardy's Bonnie Marcello, in very good coat, good bone and head, but eyes too pale in colour and coat a little rusty; third, Mrs. Palmer's Clifton Boy, best-conditioned cat in the class, but not so level in colour nor as good in eyes and head as winner's; reserve, Mrs. H. B. Palmer's Blue Chappie, somewhat pinched in face and rather rusty in coat; absent, Mrs. Kennaway's Garboldisham Tatius.
Blue females: First, Mrs. T. W. Hardy's Bettina, a very pleasing blue, but nose too long, has a lovely head with neat little ears, fails slightly in eees; second, Mrs, Beatson's Deborah, level colour, best eyes in the class, but ears too long; third, Mrs. Norris's Kew Blue Pearl, lovely deep orange eyes, but at present a little rusty in colour; reserve, Mrs. Kennaway's Chandra Nil; v.h.c., Mrs. Manuel's.
Blue (novice): First, Miss Beatson's Deborah, the second prize winning kitten; second, Mrs. Norris's Kew Blue Pearl; third, Mrs. Kennaway's Chandra Nil; reserve, Mrs. Manuel's; absent, Mrs. Kennaway's Garboldisham Tatius.
Blue (breeders): First, withheld; second, Mrs. Norris's Kew Blue Pearl; third, Mrs. Manuel's Maid Marion; reserve, no name.
Brown tabby, male or female: First, withheld; second, Mrs. Gibson Fleming's Strathclyde Enid, fairly sound in chin, fails in body colour, but the best in the class; third, Miss Chamberlayne's Russet Prince, very much out of coat, good colour, but not quite in show form; reserve, Mrs. Cavendish Browne's Camello, too dense on the back and pale in body colour, good head markings and the best chin in the class; v.h.c., Mrs. Powell.
Orange, male or female: First, M:s. Norris's Ch. Kew Red Spider; second, Mrs. Norris's Ch. Kew Red Comyn - both these well-known cats were in lovely colour and in good condition, but out of coat; third, Mrs. Cook's Diana, a rich-coloured female, rather small, but good eyes and a nice little cat; reserve, Mrs. Corner's Zia of Eversley, a deep orange, good eyes, but shows white on the tail; v.h.c., Mrs. Maxwell's.
Cream, male or female: First, Mrs. Kennaway's Garboldisham Junker, a beautiful cream, well deserved his place, in perfect form, big bone and a good level colour; second, Mrs. Norris's Kew Miriam, a lovely large female with an immense coat of rare quality, a little pale in colour on her flanks and underneath, or might easily have been placed first; absent, Mrs. F. Norris's Ch. Kew Ronald.
Tortoiseshell: First, Mrs. Hersey's Gipsy Queen, magnificent colour, about as perfect a specimen of this variety as we have ever seen, not yet in full coat, but was miles ahead of the other cats; second, Mrs. T. B. Mason's Royal Queenie, another nice cat, with lovely head and eyes, the black not enough distributed over the body; third, Mrs. Maxwell's Mah Chool, good in body colour, but too black on head and face, in nice condition; reserve, Mrs. Cook's Merrie Pheasant, too dark and has two cream feet; v.h.c., Mrs. Kennaway's; h.c., no name; also c., no name. This was one of the best long-haired classes in the show.
Tortoiseshell and white: First, withheld; second, Mrs. Spofforth's Orient Ruby, out of condition, nice patches on body and on fore legs, fails in depth of red colouring; third, Miss Brawn's Rough, the Sandy winner, black not enough distributed, and plain in fore quarters.
Kittens, blue male: First, Mrs. Baverstock's Tom Bowling, with lovely copper eyes, nice level colour, and the best-coated kitten in the show; second, Miss Beatson's Blue John, huge limbs, rather dark in colour and not so deep in eyes as first prize winner; third, Mrs. Palmer's Blue Imp, another good one, rather dark and a trifle rusty on head.
Blue female: First, Mrs. Brewer's Miss Bill, a very nice one and the best colour in the class, has a good head and well-placed ears, pale in eyes; second, Mrs. Spofforth's Orient Mirando, good eyes, but short in coat - still, a very pleasing exhibit; third, Mrs. Palmer's Clifton Darling, dark in colour, lovely eyes, rusty in colour and shaded on hind quarters, just shedding her old coat.
Blue male, under seven months: Second, Mrs. Hurdy's Marcello, the only one in the class, but has lovely eyes, not very level in colour and rough on the ears - this evidently kept him from first prize.
Blue female, under seven months: First, Mrs. Brewer's Miss Bill, described in the previous female class; second, Mrs. Spofforth's Orient Koko. another good-eyed cat, but out of coat; third, Miss Grindley's Lady Molly Douglas, nice head and good eyes, but too dark in colour; reserve, Mrs. Palmer's Clifton Dearie, beaten in head and eyes, not in good coat.
Blue novice: First, Mrs. Brewer's Miss Bill; second, Mrs. Palmer's Clifton Darling; third, Miss Grindley's Lady Molly; reserve, Mrs. Palmer's Blue Imp.
Blue (breeders): First, Mrs. Baverstock's Tom Bowling; second, Mrs. Brewer's Miss Bill; third, Mrs. Palmer's Clifton Darling; reserve, Miss Grindley's Molly Douglas; v.h.c., Mrs. Palmer's Blue Imp, all winners in previous classes.
Brown tabby: First, Mrs. Powell's Stanhope Brown Mick, quite a promising kitten, nice markings on head, but fails in body colour; second and third, Mrs. Corner's Minom and Robin of Eversley, the first-named better in body colour than the first prize winner, nearly' sound on the lip, but both were rough on their cars; reserve, Miss Chamberlayne's Netta; v.h.c., Mrs. Powell's.
Siamese, male or female: First, Mrs. Scott Russell's Christabel, nice colour, but fails in eyes; second, Mrs. Victor Bosanquet's Maimmah, too dark in body, fails in shape of head to the first prize winner; third, Mrs. Bourne's Juno, weak in colour of eyes, mask not dense enough.
Abyssinian: First, Mrs, E. A, Clark's Isama, a fine brown, good close coat, nicely ticked, and altogether a typical exhibit, won special for best shorthaired cat in show; second, same owner's Silver Fairy, a nice silver, not in such good condition, longer in coat and slightly rusty on the back and ears.
Any colour, novice: First, Mrs. Scott Russell's Christabel, the winning Siamese; third, Mrs. Bourne's Juno, the third prize Siamese.
Breeders (only one entry): First, Miss Joy's Tiddles, the winning black female.
Siamese kitten: First, Mrs. Maturin's Light of Asia, a beautiful Siamese, very pale in body colour and lovely blue eyes; second, Mrs, Aubertin's Ma Karma, loses in body colour to winner, very good eyes, a little pale on mask and legs; third, same owner's Ali Karma, best body colour in class, but eyes too pale and mask not dense enough; reserve, Mrs. Maturin's Belle of the Orient; v.h.c., Mrs. Scott Russell's Rajah Mudah.
Any other colour kitten: First, Miss Chamberlayne's African Queen, a nice little brown Abyssinian, lovely colour and tickings; second, Mrs. Livesey's Kooska, a blue of good level colour, tail a little marked; third, Mrs. Livesey's Meeska, another blue ringed on tail; reserve, Mrs. E. A. Clark's Young Belle of the Ball, rusty in coat and fails in tail; v.h.c., Mrs. Maxwell's.

Miss White Atkin's classes
Long-hairs, white: Second, Mrs. Knapman's Myrtle, wonderful head and shape, good eyes, not in good coat; third, Miss Kerswill's Perla Preciosa, a good-coated cat, beaten in head; reserve, Miss B. Banks's Miss Madge, a nice young queen, but wants time to fill out; absent, Miss Kerswill's Edelweiss of Kensington.
Black: First and championship, Miss Corc's Roiall Annora, a beautiful cat, deep orange eyes and of a good jet black; third, Mrs. Norris's Champion My Pet II., not in full coat, splendid head, not such deep eyes as winner; reserve, Miss Cope's Nois Carol.
Smoke male: Second, Mrs. Horton's Lincoln Prince, a small cat, would not be handled; third, Mrs. Singleton's Wernlas Hero, a large cat with plenty of bone, good head, but out of coat.
Smoke female: First, Mrs. Horton's Lincoln Imp, fine head and eyes but out of coat; second, Mrs. James's Backwell Jean, short of coat; third, Mrs. James's BackwelI Jay; reserve, Mrs. Singleton's Marcella, best coat, but bad head and green eyes; v.h.c., Mrs. Screen. The rest of the show with criticisms will be continued next week. - SPIDER.

CAT GOSSIP., pg 482.

BRISTOL SHOW. (Continued.) The Ladies' Field, November 27, 1909
SILVER TABBY: First and championship, Miss Cope's Roiall Quessa, a real beauty, short, round face, good orange eyes, lovely markings; second, Mrs. Davies's Cheriton Romeo, a large cat, fine markings, but fails in eyes to winner; third, Miss Cope's Roiall Queena, not quite so good in colour; reserve, Mrs. Spofforth's Orient Brutus.
Chinchilla male: First, Mrs. Sedgwick's Eric Brighteyes, a lovely chinchilla, rather out of coat, but a good colour, splendid green eyes and a good head; second, Miss Chamberlayne's, not so pure in colour as the winner, had a cold in eyes, fine head; reserve, Mrs. Palmer's Sweet Love, nice colour, but out of coat, and has rather long ears.
Chinchilla female: First, championship and challenge cur for best cat in show, Mrs. Sedgwick's Thelma Lenore, a nice chinchilla, in good coat, nice head and eyes; second, Mrs. Denyer's Lady Silver Petal, very pale, but not so sound in colour as winner; third, Mrs. Palmer's Otto Girl, a very pale chinchilla, fair eyes; reserve, Mrs. Fleming's Strathclyde Squire.
Novice, C. and S.S.S.: First, Mrs. Sedgwick's Eric Brighteyes; second, Mrs. Horton's Lincoln Prince; third, Mrs. Davies's Cheriton Romeo; reserve, Mrs. James's Backwell Jean.
Breeders, C. and S.S.S.: First, Mrs. Sedgwick's Thelma Lenore; second, Miss Cope's Roiall Quessa; third, Mrs. Sedgwick's Eric Brighteyes; reserve, Mrs. Horton's Lincoln Prince.
Brace, C. and S.S.S.: First, Mrs. Sedgwick's Eric Brighteyes and Ch. Thelma Lenore; second, Miss Cope's Roiall Quessa and Roiall Queena; third, Mrs. Horton's Lincoln Imp and Lincoln Prince; reserve, Mrs. James's Backwell Jean and Backwell Jay.
Kittens (white): First, Miss N. J. Kerswill's Averil of Kensington, a beautiful-coated kitten, nice eyes and well shown; second, Miss N. G. Kerswill's Attila of Kensington, a nice young queen, of good shape; third, Miss M. Jackson's Blanco Prince, best eyes in class.
Smoke: First and gold medal for best longhaired kitten other than blue, Mrs. Sinkins's Bettina, a wonderful young smoke, in lovely coat, quite unmarked, fine ruffle and eyes; second, Mrs. Singleton's Dannyboy, another good one, not so deep in eyes as winner; third, Mrs. H. James's Backwell Joalah, a well-grown kitten, out of coat, good head and splendid eyes; absent, Mrs. Sinkins's Betta.
Silver tabby: First, Miss Cope's Roiall Cedric, a fine male, good markings, not in full coat; second, Mrs. Clark's Fashion's Daughter, fails to winner in head and markings; reserve, Mrs. Powell's Stanhope Beauty Barts.
Chinchilla kitten: First, Mrs. Sedgwick's Lady Ivonne, a nice head, not in coat, of a very pale colour; second, Mrs. Sinkins's Rose, also out of coat, very pure colour, but not so pale as winner; third, Mrs. Tyrwhitt-Drake's Lincolnshire Minoru, a big-boned kitten, a good head, but rather shaded; reserve, Mr. Symes's Seafoam.
Novice any other colour: First, Mrs. Singleton's Dannyboy; second, Mrs. Powell's Stanhope Brown Mick; third, Mrs. Sedgwick's Lady Ivonne; reserve, Mrs. James's Backwell Jaala.
Breeders, any other colour: First, Mrs. Sinkins's Bettina; second, Mrs. Singleton's Dannyboy; third, Mrs. Sedgwick's Lady Ivonne; reserve, Mrs. Louis Maxwell's Frederica; absent, Mrs. Sinkins's Betta.
Pairs, any colour: First, Mrs. Spofforth's Orient Koko and Orient Miranda; second, name not in catalogue; third, Miss Kerswill's Attila of Kensington and Averil of Kensington; reserve, Mrs. Corner's Robin and Minoru of Eversley.

Messrs. F. Odel and Son have purchased the short-haired tabby, Speculation, from Mr. Edwards. This cat has won a good many prizes, including first at Kirby Moorside, first and special and special for best cat in show at Glasgow, second and special at Crystal Palace, first at Stockton, first at Alston, and first at Hexham.

A MAGNIFICENT show was held at Hassocks on November 4th. The classes were well filled and the quality was splendid. The exhibits were comfortably benched in large pens, and Miss Frowd looked after the cats well. The long-haired blues were a lovely lot, all three classes containing exhibits of great merit. In the males, Mirs. Wilson's Sir Archie of Arrandale was easily first, and he annexed the cup for the best exhibit in the fur section and also the special for the best cat in the show. In the queens and kittens the competition was very close, and Mrs. White deservedly won with her lovely blue kitten. Lady Decies was the judge, and came from Sefton Park to officiate.
Long-hairs, blue: First, cup and special best cat in show, special best copper eyes and two other specials, Mrs. George Wilson's Sir Archie II. of Arrandale, lovely head and shape, gorgeous orange eyes, not in full coat, but a lovely cat; second, Miss Shaw's, another well-known cat, has a good head, splendid bone and colour, and will go on improving; third, Mrs. H. Marshall's, a very fine exhibit, lovely quality and coat, nice head and shape; reserve, Mrs. Marshall's.
Female, a capital class, very difficult to judge: First and special, Mrs. White's, a good shape, nice eyes, plenty of coat, a lovely cat; second, Mrs. George Wilson's, a good round head, nice eyes, but out of coat; third, Mrs. Elbourne's, capital shape, nice head and colour, but pale eyes; reserve and special, Mrs. Watson's, a nice cat, good round head, lovely colour and eyes; v.h.c., Mrs. Tabb's; c., Mrs. Thackeray's.
Any other colour: First and two specials, Miss Chamberlayne's well-known Silver Elfin, beautiful head and eyes, nice level colour, in good coat; second and third, Mrs. Wilson's chinchilla, out of coat but nice pale colour; third, a rich coloured orange, good head, with a sound chin and lovely orange eyes; reserve, Mrs. Elbourne's; h.c. and special best smoke, Mrs. Geal's.
Female: First, Mrs. Harper's, a very fine white, grand shape, lovely coat and glorious deep blue eyes, a magnificent exhibit; second and special, Miss Frowd's, a chinchilla, nice head, good shape, eyes wrong colour; third, Mrs. Wilson's chinchilla, out of coat, nice head and eyes; reserve and special, Miss Gow's, a very handsome-headed chinchilla, rather dark on back; v.h.c., Miss Shaw's' c, Miss Holland's.
Kitten, blue: First and special, Mrs. White's, the Caterham winner, beautiful even colour, nice eyes, shown in lovely condition; second, Mrs. Wilson's, good head and deep copper eyes, out of coat; third, Mrs. Tabb's, a nice stamp of kitten, good colour, nice eyes, ears a little too pointed; reserve, Mrs. Elbourne's, a well-grown shapely kitten, good colour and coat, rather long in face; v.h.c., Mrs. Knight's.
Any other colour: First, Mrs. Bisset's, a very nice black, good jet colour, splendid shape, coat and eyes; second, Mrs. Wilson's, a baby chinchilla, a most promising exhibit; third and special, Mrs. Judge's, a lovely-headed chinchilla, nice shape and coat; extra third (presented by Lady Decies), Mrs. Walking's blue tabby, a most charming kitten, wonderful shape and coat, a regular picture; v.h.c. and special, Mrs. Hopkins's; v.h.c., Miss Marriott's.
Short-hair, any other colour: First and special, Mr. E. Oliver's, the Caterham winner, a splendid red, beautiful eyes and a nice shape; second, Miss Chamberlayne's, a well-ticked Abyssinian; third, Mr. Oliver's, a rich-coloured tortoiseshell, good shape; reserve, Mr. G. Oliver's; v.h.c., Mrs. Bonny's noted Ch. Dame Fortune, showing age and not looking so clear in markings as usual; h.c., Mrs. Kaye's and Mrs. Barclay's; c., Mrs. Taylor's.
Siamese: First and special, Miss Shaw's, a nice shape, coat and colour, splendid eyes, a lovely exhibit; second, Mrs, Kennaway's, a good coat, dense points and good body colour; third, Miss Crowden's, a nice shape and colour, not so good in eyes.
Neuters: First and special, Mr. Oliver's, a rich-coloured red; second, Miss Tongle's, a huge smoke, lovely coat and under-colour, grand eyes; third, Mrs. Trotter's, a very nice white; extra third, Mrs. Clark's; reserve, Mrs. Shaw's.

ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENT.
In answer to COCKIE, Siamese seldom kill mice, but are great pets; they have a peculiar cry and are delicate. A neuter would not wander. A good Siamese costs a good deal, but a full-grown cat not fit for show can be procured for about £4 or £5, Siamese can be procured through advertisement in our Sale and Exchange Columns. - SPIDER.

THE BIRMINGHAM CATS' HOME AND HOSPITAL
The Birmingham Cats' Home and Hospital is situated at 495 Moseley Road, and was taken over by Mrs. Rose Walker five years ago to prevent its being closed, and up to now a great deal of good has been done by her in the cate and attention she has given to the cats placed at the home to be looked after, also in the destroying of maimed, starving and stray cats sent into the home for this purpose, and she feels that the great amount of work and anxiety it has entailed upon her has been a great tax upon her strength and has undermined her health considerably, and it would be a great pity and grief to her if after five years' hard work and labour with such good results the home should have to be closed for the want of funds to carry it on.

The demands made upon the resources of the old home have necessitated larger premises being taken with more extensive rear accommodation, and it is to meet the expenses of removing into and fitting up the new home that she is anxious to obtain funds, as more lethal chambers, cages and other fitments are required and a mortuary-room to be erected in the grounds away from the main building; also help is desired towards the necessary increasing expenses incidental to the rapid extension of this most humane and useful work, not the least of which is its sanitary effect in the clearance of dead animals from our streets. Since March 1906, upwards of 8,900 lost, starving, and not wanted cats have been received and attended to and good homes found for many of the healthy ones. Over 100 dogs have been taken in temporarily and then sent to the dogs' home, in addition to many received helplessly injured and their sufferings accordingly mercifully and painlessly ended in the lethal chambers free of charge.

The words of our great Queen Victoria, whose regard for animals was only a little less than her proverbial love of children, might well be taken as the motto for any institution like the one in question: "No civilisation is complete which does not include within its sphere of charity and mercy the dumb and defenceless of God's creatures." One is frequently inclined to wonder what has become of the charity and mercy of human beings who go away from home leaving their unfortunate pets totally unprovided for, utterly oblivious of the fact that animals who have led the somewhat artificial existence of house cats are unfit to fend for themselves in the manner of those whose life is perfectly natural. A great deal has been written on this subject from time to time, and much good has thereby been effected, but there is still room for further improvement, and it would be pleasant to think that no town existed that did no possess an institution like the Birmingham Cats' Home and Hospital, where, in addition to the facilities for having the ailments of animals properly treated, there should be ample accommodation for temporarily housing cat whose owners are away from home. Mrs. Rose Walker's establishment at Moseley Road contains a special room set apart for the accommodation of stray cats picked up in the streets and brought to the hospitable refuge. Round the walls of this room are ranged faultlessly clean cages screened with wire net-work. Here, among a good supply of sweet-smelling hay, the cats have their sleeping quarters, except in very cold weather, when to each is accorded the luxury of a warm basket placed before the fire. In showing us this part of her home Mrs. Walker said that all the cats present had been rescued, and that the majority of those taken in were suffering from injuries or reduced to such a state of want and discase that the only merciful course to adopt was to put an end to their existence. An innocent-looking glass-topped box was shown, in which the unfortunate creatures who have to be destroyed are enabled to sleep to death under the influence of chloroform or carbonic acid gas. Between twenty and thirty cats on an average are taken from this home every week by the Corporation of Birmingham to be cremated.

Mrs. Walker, as might be expected from the line she has taken up, finds cats a most interesting study, pronouncing them to be extremely faithful animals, who never forget a kind action shown them. She says: "I have seen cats when at the point of death lift up their heads and endeavour to thank you in their own language. When they are ill we give them special treatment in the hospital. Cats are subject to all sorts of diseases, such as congestion of the lungs, distemper, indigestion, dysentery and gastritis, the latter being very frequently fatal. Damp means death to cats after they have been kept warm and dry in the house." In the hospital the atmosphere is kept at an even temperature and the patients are as much cared for as if they were human.

The home is carried on entirely by voluntary subscriptions and donations, and the object Mrs. Walker has in view is to raise a sum of about £250, to cover the heavy expenses of removing into and fitting up the new home, by making an appeal to all lovers of animals with a view to obtaining the sympathy of some of the above named to raise this amount by heading a list of donations and so inducing others equally fond of our dumb friends to contribute towards it, also in obtaining an additional number of annual subscribers.

CAT GOSSIP. The Ladies' Field, December 11, 1909, pg 74.

MRS. MEDDINGS of Stamford has bought from America the winning Bournemouth sable tabby kitten, Brayfort Viceroy. This kitten was bred by Miss Rosamond Whitney and sold to Dr. Niven of London, Ontario, a noted Canadian fancier. Mrs. Meddings, we hear, is going to place Brayfort Viceroy at stud for the benefit of the brown tabby fancy. Mrs. Meddings is also the owner of Russet Princess, the winner at the last Crystal Palace Show.

SCHEDULES for the Crystal Palace Show are now out, and can be obtained from the secretary. Mr. Edward T. Cox, 65, Chancery Lane, W.C.

MRS. WELLBYE has moved to 18, Grange Road, Thornton Heath.

MRS. BALDRY has taken Rose Villa, Whittington, near Corbridge-on Tyne, Northumberland, for six months.

BELFAST SHOW was held on November 16th and 17th in the St. George's Market hall. Only four classes were provided for cats. Mr. J. Woods was the judge.
Long-haired (male or female): First, Ms. McCann's Sandford Boy, a nice-coloured blue, has a good head and fine orange eyes; second, Miss Von Steiglitz's Minella, a well-broken tortoiseshell, good in patchings, but not in full coat; third, Miss Von Steiglitz's blue, colour unsound and head too narrow.
Short-haired (male or female): First and second and two specials: Mrs. Dougan's Falls Beauty and Falls Fairy, two splendid silver tabbies, the first prize winner finer markings on the sides and chest; third, a fine-coloured black, a great pity he fails in head and eyes.
Neuter (any variety): Only one in this class. First, Miss Von Steiglitz's, a nice blue, in fine coat.
Kittens (any variety, under eight months): First, Miss Von Steiglitz's tortoiseshell, a beautiful cat, not yet quite bright enough in colour, but a good-headed cat, lovely eyes; second and special, Master Ford's blue, not sound in colour and fails in eyes, but has a nice head; third, Mrs. Gaussen's Paddy, a very dark cat.

SHOWS take place at Wetherby, December 16th; judge, Mr. G. W. Rhodes. Edinburgh, January 1st; judge, Mr. A. L. Mackintosh. Wishaw, January 1st; judge, Mr. W. Bryson. Greenock, January 1st; judge, Mr. James Money. Tredegar, January 20th; judge, Mr. C. A. House.

A SPLENDID cat show was held by the Northern Counties' Cat Club at Bradford on November 25th. It was held under the National Cat Club Rules and was opened by Lady Decies. A great many of the principal exhibitors were present and all the best cats in the country were exhibited. Lady Decies took the medal for the best short-hair in the show with her sable tabby, Ch. Fulmer Flash Jack. Miss Rosamond Whitney gained the medal for the best long-hair in the show with a new sable tabby Persian she showed for the first time. Lady Decies also took the Northern Counties' Cat Club Breeders' Cup for the best short-haired female cat in the show with Ch. Fulmer Copper Queen. Lady Priestly, in the absence of Sir William Priestly, introduced Lady Decies, and said this was the first time she had been to a cat show and how pleased she was with all the arrangements. Sir William much regretted he was prevented from coming, and only very important business had kept him from doing so. Lady Decies, after saying a few words, then declared the show open. Mr. T. B. Mason in a short speech thanked Lady Decies and Lady Priestly for coming. Miss Frances Simpson then proposed a vote of thanks to Dr. Prior, the hon. treasurer and the secretary and committee for the splendid management of the show. Among those present at the show were the Hon. Mrs. Clive Behrens, Mr. Henry Behrens, Miss Behrens, Mrs. Slingsby, Miss Burton, Mrs. Durham, Mrs. Dunderdale, Mrs. Fosbery, Mrs. Wilson, Mr. Ambrose, Mr. Fisher, Mr. Kitching and others.
Long-haired white males: First, Lady Decies's Fulmer White Prince, a lovely white with the deepest of blue eyes, the best we have ever seen on the show bench, a little out of coat, good round head and small ears; second, Mrs. Behrens's Swinton Meerschaum, a nice-coated cat, fails in eye to winner; third, the Hon. Mrs. Behrens's Swinton Pierrot, a nice white, pale in eye, and a little longer in face than the two former cats; reserve, Mrs. Behrens's Swinton Merry Andrew.
Long-haired white female: First, the Hon. Mrs. Behrens's Swinton Day Dream, a beauty, in lovely coat, a little small in head and eyes might be darker in colour; second, Mrs. Slingsby's White Rose of Thorpe, a nice little cat with a pretty face, a little out of coat; third, Mrs. Kitching's Norton Snowball, a nice exhibit, good eves; reserve, Mrs. Herbert Greenwood's Ella II.; h.c., Miss Clara Thursby's Phrosso.
Lady Decies's white cat took the championship for the best long-haired male, and Mrs. Behrens's Swinton Day Dream secured the championship for the best female in the white class.
There were only two entries in black long-hair (male or female); Mrs. Noble's Bess took the first prize, which was a nice-coloured black with good orange eyes; second, Miss Greta Wrigit's Persephone of Highgate, a medium black, eyes too pale.
Long-haired blue male: First, Miss Gladys Savory's Billy Button, a beautiful blue, good head and ears, glorious eyes and shape; second, the Misses Ayre's, another good blue, eyes not so deep as the winner; third, Miss Grundy's Moonstone II., a nice, sound-coloured cat, in good coat, a nice shape; reserve, Mrs. George Wilson's Sir Archie II. of Arrandale, a beautiful cat, ought to have been higher; h.c, Mr. H. Walker's Kew Blue Peter.
Long-haired blue female: First, Miss Gladys Savory's Regina, a fine blue cat, good ears, short face, snub nose and nice eyes, wins well; second, Mrs. Brereton's Chummie, deep orange eyes, nice head, ears and shape; third, Miss Greta Wright's Sprite of Highgate, sound in colour, eyes not so deep as previous winners, but a nice specimen; reserve, Mr. Walter Booth's Newcastle Blue Feather; v.h.c., Mrs Medding's Sealby Belle; h.c., Mrs. E.H. Thomson's Blue Carlosa. The criticisms of the rest of the show will be continued next week. - SPIDER.

WE published a few weeks ago an account of the admirable Cats' Home and Hospital situated in Moseley Road, Birmingham, which during the last five years has been so ably managed by Mrs. Rose Walker. The value of such institutions as this, where the ailments of favourite animals can be properly treated and the sufferings of poor neglected creatures happily put an end to, is so obvious that no further words are necessary on this score. But it must be remembered that until the benefit of such places becomes thoroughly and practically realised they are not self-supporting. The home at 495, Moseley Road, is carried on entirely by voluntary subscriptions, and unless the sum of £250 can be raised the heavy expenses of the enlargement and improvements mentioned in the above-named article will not be covered. It is earnestly hoped that this statement may be the means of obtaining donations for the present emergency as well as securing additional annual subscribers.

CAT GOSSIP. The Ladies' Field, December 18, 1909, pg 133.

CATS AT BRADFORD. (continued)
BLACK, male or female; First, Mrs. Noble Wilson's Bess, good head and colour, deep orange eyes; second, Miss Wright's Persephone, not such good eyes as winner and out of condition,
Chinchilla, male or female: First, the Misses Elliott's, out of coat, nice pale colour, eyes rather small; second, Mrs. George Wilson's Silver Ariel of Arrandale, a lovely pale shade, out of coat and fails in head to winner; third, Mes, Dunderdale's, a nice young cat, wants time; reserve, Miss Florence Frowd's h.c., Mrs. George Wilson's; absent, Miss Chamberlayne's.
Smoke, long-hair male or female: First, Dr. Priot's, a fine-coated female, in nice coat, eyes unfortunately wrong colour; no second awarded; third, Mrs. Singleton's, a medium smoke; absent, Mrs, J. Hay's.
Silver tabby, male or female . First, Mrs. Slingsby's Ch. Don Pasquale of Thorpe, a glorious cat, magnificent markings, head and huge limbs, an easy win; second, Mrs. Fosbery's, a nice little cat, nice markings and colour; third, the Misses Elliott's, a brown tinge on coat, best eyes in class; reserve, Miss Braithwaite's; v.h.c., Mrs. Godsal's; h.c., Mr. Fleming's.
Chinchilla, silver tabby, Novice: First, Mrs, George Wilson's, a nice pale cat, nice eyes, but not quite green enough; second, Mrs. Dunderdale's, not so pale in colour as winner, but better in eyes; third, the Misses Elliott's, too dark in colour, nice coat; reserve, Miss Florence Frowd's; absent, Mrs, Treweeks's.
Breeders, any other colour: First, Mrs. Slingsby's, a nice-coloured orange female: second, Mrs, Slingsby's, a fine tortoiseshell, a good cat, wants more black patches on its body; third, Miss Elliott's Silver Robin, a nice chinchilla; reserve, Mrs, George Wilson's; v.h.c., Mrs. Dunderdale's.
Stud cat, long-hair: First, Mrs. Slingsby's silver tabby; second, Mrs. George Wilson's blue, Sir Archie of Arrandale; third, Miss Savory's Billy Button, a blue; reserve, Mrs. Slingsby's orange, Aquila of Thorpe; v.h.c., Mrs. Slingsby's Wilful of Thorpe, Mrs. Fosbery's Eastbury Tiger Boy and Miss Ayre's Struwwelpeter: h.c. Mr. Helmer's Ch. Wildon Wily.
Blacj ad with kittens: First, Miss Soan's black female, a very fine colour gorgeous orange eyes second, Mr. J. Reid's white, deep blue eyes, but out of coat; third, Mrs, Goodrick's, a good black; reserve, Miss G. and Miss D. Cheetham's.
Chinchilla kittens, male or female, three to eight months: No first prize awarded; second, Mrs. Slingsby's Silver Alder of Thorpe, beautiful eyes, a nice pale colour; third, Mrs. Head's Wylde Green Lily, nice eyes, but much darker in colour; reserve, Mrs. Soames's Sir Radford, had a bad cold.
Smoke, male: Miss Burton's Smoke, a gem, lovely orange eyes and a beautiful white under-coat, well shown; second, Mrs. Singleton's, a nice cat, in good coat; third, Dr. Prior's Ruskie, bad-coloured eyes and not good in under-coat. The other three exhibits entered in wrong class.
Shorthair, tortoiseshell and white: First, Mrs. Slingsby's Ch. Cretonne of Thorpe, needs no description, too well known; second, Mrs. T. Fletcher's, not so well patched as winner; third, Mrs. T. Fletcher's, very little to choose between this pair; reserve, Mr. J. Reid's Sweet Honeysuckle.
Abyssinian, silver: First, Mrs. A. E. Clarke's Silver Fairy, a very dark cat, not clear enough in silver and marked on legs: second, Mrs. Slingsby's Platinum of Thorpe, a small cat, also too dark; third, Lady Decies's Menelik, of a lovely colour, might have been first.
Black, white and blue kittens, three to eight months: First, Mr. J. Reid's Flourish On, a very fine white, unfortunately blackened from the pen being dirty, beautiful blue eyes; second, Mrs. Durham's, a nice blue, good orange eyes; third, Mr. Reid's, another nice blue; reserve, Mr. Durham's.
Any other variety, foreign: Mrs. Forsyth's Forest Sabrina, good dense mask and points, nice blue eyes; third, Mr. H. Catlow's Scrubb, pale eyes and not dense enough in points.
Blue, male or female: First, Lady Decies's Fulmer Copper Queen; second, Lady Decies's Fulmer Love-in-a- Mist, very little between these two cats, the former excels in eyes, both Iovely blues.
These classes were judged by Miss Simpson.

Mr. T.B. Mason's classes.
Black, long-hair: First, Mrs. Noble Wilson's Bess, nice in colour, copper eyes and a fine head; second, Miss Wright's Persephone, not in good coat and eyes too pale.
Silver tabby: First, Mrs. Slingsby's Ch. Don Pasquale of Thorpe, too well known to need describing; second, Mrs. Fosbery's Tiger Boy, very good in body colour good in markings; third, Miss Elliott's Princess Sonia, a good female reserve, Miss Braithwaite's; v.h.c., Mrs. Godsal's; h.c., Mr. Fleming's.
Brown tabby, male: First, Miss R. Whitney's Brayfort Victory, a beautiful exhibit, the best sable tabby cat yet exhibited; second, Mrs. Medding's Bayfort Viceroy, good colour and markings; third, Mrs. Kitching's Norton Prince, not so rich a sable as the other two, weak in head.
Brown tabby, female: First and third, Miss Whitney's Tip Topper and Jewel, the first a beauty, the third's markings on back and saddle not so good as winner; second, Mrs. Kitching's Russet Princess, a lovely sable, markings inferior on sides; v.h.c., Mrs, Kitching's; h.c., Mrs. Ripley's.
Blue, novice: First, Mrs. Bennett's Newcastle Monarch, a nice pale blue, needs time to make up; second, Mrs. Brereton's Chummie; third, Mrs, Slingsby's Vanity, both previously mentioned; reserve, Mrs. Slingsby's; v.h.c. and h.c., Mrs. Slingsby's; absent, Mrs. Holling's.
Blue, breeders: First and second, Miss Savory's Billie Button and Regina; third, Mrs. Brereton's Chummie, all previously mentioned; reserve and v.h.c., Mrs. Slingsby's; v.h.c., Mrs. George Wilson's, Miss Wright's and Mrs. Thomson's.
Any colour tabby, breeders: First, Miss Whitney's Brayfort Victory; second, Mrs. Slingsby's Ch. Don Pasquale of Thorpe; third, Mrs. Hardman's; v.h.c., Miss Whitney's; h.c., Mrs. Kitching's.
Blue, male kittens under nine months: First, Miss Savory's, the winning kitten at Tring, a beauty; second, Mrs, Brereton's Billy Burke, another lovely cat, not quite so good in colour and shape as the first: third, Mrs. Pears. Bennett's Newcastle Monarch; reserve, Mrs. Slingsby's; v.h.c., Mrs. Slingsby's, Mrs. Parker's, Mr. Fisher's, Miss Wright's and Mrs. Atkinson's; absent, Mrs. George Wilson's.
Blue female, kitten: First, Mrs, Wynn's Sapphire, another Tring winner, a perfect dream, in lovely coat, good bone, nice texture of coat and lovely head and shape - an easy win; second, Mrs. Atkinson's Lady Watton, another good one, fails in head to winner, in good coat; extra second, Mrs. Slingsby's Petronelle. A lovely colour and fine head; third, Mrs. Forrest's Moonlight, a nice one, but dark in colour; v.h.c., Mrs. Slingsby's, Miss Ayre's, Mrs. Brereton's and Mrs, McDonald's.
Blue male, kittens under six months: First, Mrs. Hughes's Peter the Hermit, a beautiful kitten, good round head, nice colour, splendid eyes and bone; no second awarded; third, Miss Elliott's Pop Off, not so sound in colour; v.h.c., Mrs. Thomson's.
Blue female kitten, under six months: First, Miss Grundy's Jewel, beautiful colour, deep orange eyes; second, her litter sister Opal, not so deep in eyes as the winner; third, Mrs. Fletcher's Zit, another nice cat, good colour, but fails in eyes; reserve, Miss Grundy's; v.h.c., Mrs. Gregory and Mrs. Wright's.
Silver tabby kitten: First, Mrs. Slingsby's Donna Giovanna, a fine coloured cat, good markings; second, Mrs Harris's Dinah, out of coat, which makes the markings not so clear; third Mrs. Moor's Pickwick, a large cat, but too heavy in markings; reserve Mrs. Phillips's; absent, Miss Burton's.
Brown tabby kitten: First Mrs. Kitching's Norton Queenie, nice colour and markings, unfortunately has a white chin; v.h.c., Mrs. Kitching's; only two in this class.
Blue pairs: First, Miss Grundy's; second, Mrs. Slingsby's; third, Mrs. Forrest's; v.h.c., Mrs, Slingsby's; h.c., Mrs. Ayres's.
Brown tabby pairs: First, Mrs. Kitching's.
Litter: First, Mrs. Weston's, a litter of blues and one cream, a very pretty lot; second, Mrs. Fletcher's, all blues, not of much merit.
White male short-hair: First, Master Mann's Snow, a nice one, in good condition, fine blue eyes; second, Hon. Mrs. Behrens's White Heather, also a nice one, rather rough in coat, and tail bare; third, Miss Burton's Model Lad, eyes too pale, and head weak.
White, female short-hair: First, Mr. Williamson's Snowflight, a beauty, deep blue eyes, and lovely quality of coat, bare patch on ear; second, Hon. Mrs. Behrens's Snow Lassie, also a nice one, but a little long in coat; third, Lady Decies's Ch. Snowstorm, the deepest blue eyes in the class and the roundest head, we could not follow this award; v.h.c., Hon. Mrs. Behrens's.
Red tabby, male or female: First, Dr. Prior's Euphranor, a huge red cat, nice markings; second, Mr. Reid's Everbright, a good colour and markings, but small; third, Mrs. Greenwood's Don Care, too blurred on back, but a nice cat: v.h.c., Mrs. Illingworth's; h.c., Mrs. Odell's.
Tortoiseshell: First, Dr. Prior's Drusilla, an easy win, lovely rich colour, a beauty; second, Mrs. Heslop's Kitty Gray, white hairs on chest, but a nice one: v.he, Mrs. MacDowell's.

Mrs. Ransome's classes.
Long-hairs (neuter, black, white, blue or cream): First, Miss Greta Wright's Attila of Highgate, a large cat with plenty of coat, eyes not so good as second prize cat: second, Mrs. Slingsby's Lubin of Thorpe, a good one, not in full coat; v.h.c., Mrs. Medding's and Mrs. Cobble's.
Neuter, any other colour: First, Miss Elliott's Sprig of Nobility, a nice silver, good in colour and good green eyes; second, Mrs. Fletcher's Brunswick Whisk, a large orange of a rich colour, head a little weak.
Limit: First, Lady Decies's Fulmer Sefton White Prince, a beauty, lovely deep blue eyes, good head and shape; second, Mrs. Slingsby's White Rose of Thorpe, another good white, nice eyes; third, Miss Gladys Savory's Regina, a fine blue, good colour and shape; reserve, Hon. Mrs. Behrens's and Mrs. Brereton's; v.h.c,, Mrs. Slingsby's and Mrs. Greenwood's; h.c., Mrs. Slingsby's, Mrs. Fosbery's and Mrs. Taylor's.
Black, white or cream novice: First, Lady Decies's Fulmer Sefton White Prince; second, Mrs. Slingsby's White Rose of Thorpe, both previously mentioned; third, the Misses Cheetham's Bennie, a nice black with good eyes; c., Miss Burton's.
Any other colour, novice: First, Mrs. Slingsby's Minoru of Thorpe, a good, level-coloured cream with good eyes; second, Mrs. Singleton's Cigarette of the Cottage, a smoke, a pretty face and head, not pale enough in undercoat; only two in this class.
Any other pairs, kittens: First, Mrs. Slingsby's Wisdom and Welcome, winners in the cream kitten class; second, Miss Spittall's Bruin and Miss Peggy, nice-coated smokes.
Silver tabbies, short-hairs: First, Mrs. Fletcher's Brunswick Tabs, good green eyes, nice colour and markings; second, Lady Decies's Juliette, the noted winner, out of coat, and looked ragged; third, Mrs. Fletcher's Brunswick Kurotu, a nicely-marked cat, a trifle marked on nose; h.c., Dr. Prior's.
Siamese: First, Mr. Steven's Brynland Mimosa, a fair specimen.
Self Manx, male: First, Miss Samuel's Ch. Boygym, well known, and looking well; second, Mrs. Fletcher's Brunswick Deemster, not so good in hind-quarters as winner, but a nice cat.
Self Manx, female: First and second, Miss Samuels Mona Elysee and Miss Polarite, two lovely whites; third, Mr. T. Furze's Miss Clucus, an old winner.
Tabby Manx, male or female: First and second, Mrs. Fletcher's Billy Brown and Rip, the latter a silver, but not such a good shape as the winner.
Neuter: First, Miss Chamberlayne's Tibbo Tibs, a fine rich-coloured tabby; second, Miss Burton's Heath Ronald, the well-known white; v.h.c., Mrs. Elliott.
Any colour, novice: First, Mr. James's Everbright, a nice red tabby; second, Miss Burton's Money Maker, a black, with good eyes; third, Mrs. A, Clark's Silver Fairy, the Abyssinian.
Any other colour English kitten: Second, Dr. Prior's Gloria, a nice tortoiseshell; third, Miss Alice Heslop's Liza Brown, a sweet little tabby Manx; v.h.c., Mrs. Heslop's.

Mr. F. Western's classes.
Orange, male: First, Mrs. Hardman's Rossendale Hero, a splendid coloured cat, good head and eyes; second, Hon. Mrs. Clive Behrens's Swinton Usquebaugh, out of coat, a little light at tip of tail and not such a good head as winner; third, Mrs. Slingsby's Aquilla of Thorpe, much better coat and head than either, not quite so deep in colour; reserve, Miss V. Beal's Romaldkirk Ringdove.
Orange female: First, Lady Decies's Fulmer Tangerine, good shape, head and colour, very fine eyes; second, Mrs. Slingsby's Oriflamme of Thorpe, good colour and eyes; third, Mrs. Slingsby's Aigrette of Thorpe, a beautiful colour, but weak in eyes; reserve, Mrs. Forsyth Forrest's Orange Marmalade, in lovely condition but too pale in colour.
Cream, male or female. First, Mr. F. Helmer's Ch. Wildon Wily, too well-known to need description, looking well; second, Hon. Mrs. Behrens's Swinton Datfodil, out of coat, but a nice exhibit; third, Mrs, Slmgah‘-'a Wildon Wilful, deep copper eyes and in lovely condition; reserve, Mr. H. Maden's Rockliffe Buttermilk; v.h.c. Mrs. Slingsby's.
Tortoiseshell, male or female: First, Mrs. Slingsby's Sunrose of Thorpe very rich in colouring, a lovely little queen; second, Miss W. Beal's Romaldkirk Pattas II., out of condition, good red colour; third, Mrs. Behrens's Ch Harbledown Tortie Fawe, weak in colour; absent, Miss Heslop's.
Tortoiseshell and white: First, Mrs. Slingsby's Ch. Rosette of Thorpe, a lovely colour. not quite in coat; second, Miss Heslop's, also out of coat; no third awarded.
Orange or brown tabby, novice: First, Miss Whitney's Brayfort Victory, the winner in the brown tabby class; second, Mrs, Slingshy's Aquilla of Thorpe, the third prize-winning orange: third, Lady Decies's Tangerine, the first prize orange female; reserve, Miss Whitney's.
Any colour, brace First, Miss Savory's Billy Button and Regina, the winning blue male and female; second, Mrs. Slingsby's Ch. Rosette of Thorpe and White Rose of Thorpe: third, Mrs. Slingsby's Oriflamme of Thorpe and Wilful of Thorpe; reserve, Mrs. Slingsby's.
Team: Mrs, Slingsby's, only one entry.
Orange kittens: First, Mrs. Slingsby's Minoru of Thorpe, a beauty, a little pale in eyes; second, Mrs. Hall's Orange King, a good kitten, but had a cold in the eyes: third, Mrs. Slingsby's Bandanna of Thorpe, fair eyes and not so good in colour as the two other winners; reserve, Miss Bell Irving's.
Cream kittens: First and second, Mrs. Slingsby's Wisdom and Welcome of Thorpe, the first-named a beauty, splendid eyes and coat, the second has paler eyes and colour not so good; third, Mrs. Forsyth Forrest's Flashlight, a promising female kitten, nice eyes and colour.
Any other variety: First, Mrs. Hodges's Sunlight, a rich-coloured tortoiseshell, has a long tail; absent, Mrs. Behrens's.
Orange or silver, pairs: First, Mrs. Slingsby's Redcoat and Carmen, a pair of oranges, nice colour; second, Mr. Cowan's Redcoat and Redgown, a moderate pair of oranges; absent, Miss Burton's.
Short-hair, brown tabby: First, Lady Decies's Ch. Flash Jack, a well-known cat, beautiful colour and markings, lovely round head; third, Miss Burton's Gipsy Jack, fails all round to winner.
Short-hair, limit: First and second, Lady Decies's Ch. Fulmer Copper Queen and Fulmer Love-in-a-Mist, the winning blues already mentioned; third, Mr. Reid's Everbright, a fine red tabby; reserve, Mrs. Fletcher's.
Short-hair, brace; First, Lady Decies's Ch. Copper Queen and Love-in-a- Mist; second, Dr. Prior's Euphranor and Drusilla; third, Mr. Reid's Everbright and Honeysuckle; reserve, Mrs. Behrens's Swinton White Heather and Swinton Una.
Short-hair, team: First, Dr. Prior's; second Mrs. Behrens's; third, Miss Samuel's.
Tabby, kittens: First, Mrs: Kershaw's Glenlena, a beautiful-headed red tabby; second, Dr. Prior's Celtic Lass, another good red; third, Mrs. Greenwood's Don Caro II., a nice one, but small; reserve, Miss Summerhill's Don't Care.
Shorthair kittens, pairs: First, Dr. Prior's Celtic Lass and Gloria; second, Mr. Reid's Flourish On and Blossom On; third, Miss Heslop's Trixie and Liza Brown; reserve, Mrs. Durham's.

MR. EDWARD COX, secretary of the National Cat Club, wishes me to draw special attention to the following: By special request Class 17 (orange, self or shaded), at the N.C.C.'s show at the Crystal Palace is divided into Class 17 (male) and Class 17A (female). The following additional specials have been offered since the schedule was issued: Lady Decies, a clock for the best white long-haired queen and a special for palest silver Abyssinian; donor not competing. Miss F. Frowd offers a special for the best male and one for the best female. Mrs. Harry Watkins gives 5s. for the best chinchilla male, winner to be a member or associate of the N.C.C., but not of any specialist club; Mrs. Stepple, a special for the best chinchilla kitten, same conditions; Mrs. George Wilson, a special for the best novice chinchilla queen, same conditions; Mrs. George Wilson, special for palest chinchilla male, must be unmarked on forelegs and head, same conditions; Miss Muriel Wilson, for deepest copper eyes in blue male class, winner to be a member or associate of N.C.C,, but not of any blue specialist club; and Mrs. Hansen, for best blue male, same conditions. I hear that the total number of fresh registrations with the N.C.C. for the month of November totalled 215. I have reason to know that novices and those who have not a chance of carrying off the biggest prizes much appreciate the club's diploma, which is offered in every variety, for competition by associates only. This means that full members may not compete, and so an award which will carry great weight throughout the year is within the reach of those whose catteries are not peopled with champions. Mrs. Herbert Ransome will be grateful if those ladies and gentlemen who rendered such valuable help in the capacity of stewards, and also new workers, will send in their names to her again this year. Will they also kindly specify at what hour they will be able to give their services?

TWO additional specials have been offered for the cat section at Uddingston Show: one of 5s., for the most points, by a friend; the other for the best eyes in the neuter class, given by Miss Sikes. Mrs. Mackintosh has kindly consented to manage the cat section. - SPIDER.

CAT GOSSIP. The Ladies' Field, December 25, 1909, pg 152.

OWING to the Christmas Holidays, which necessitate our going to press a day sooner than usual, our account of the recent Cat Show at the Crystal Palace must be postponed until next week. The Editor will be glad to receive information and cat photographs from all readers interested in cats.

AT the Newark Show there were two classes provided for cats, but the short-haired class had to be cancelled.
Long-hair: First and third, Mrs. Wellstead's, a nice blue, in good coat, good short face, deep copper eyes and tiny ears; second, Mrs. Horton's, another blue, with a bad temper, has very good eyes; reserve, Mrs. Smith's; v.h.c., Mrs. Littler's, Mrs. Horton's and Mrs. Bradwell's.

WE are pleased to be able to announce that a championship show, under the N.C.C. rules, will be held early in February at Newbury, A great many of the classes are already guaranteed, and many specials are promised.

OUR CATS publishes a wonderful account of the sagacity of a cat. A beautiful chinchilla queen, Ashbrittle Pearl (daughter of the late His Majesty of Whitehall), recently had a family, by Whitehall Monarch, snugly kennelled in the room known as the "cat kitchen," where the food for the animals is prepared. The other day, when these kittens were nearly three weeks old, loud cries of distress were heard proceeding from Pearl and her progeny, and, on hastening to the door, the room was found to be full of dense smoke, with a most disagreeable and alarming smell of burning; so thick, indeed, was the smoke that it was difficult to cross the room to open the window. Pearl flew forward with a cry of joy, and brought out a kitten soaking wet, and when the smoke cleared slightly the other kittens (for whom Pearl returned) were all found to have been placed by their mother in the milk bowl, as she evidently considered they were less likely to be burnt or smothered there. The cause of the fracas was the attendant having been called away and detained, during which time the food on the fire had burnt dry, the bottom of the pan being burnt out and the food reduced to cinders. Of course the little things were carefully dried and warmed at the fire, and happily suffered no ill effects from their milk bath.

GOOLE FANCIERS' SOCIETY held their fourth show on November 25th. There were six classes provided for cats. The Northern Counties' Cat Club unfortunately held their show at Bradford the same day and entries suffered in consequence, three classes having to be cancelled. There were thirty-four cats and Mr. Rhodes officiated as judge.
Long-hair female: First and special, Mr. Townson's blue kitten, a good level colour, nice head, lovely eyes, shown in good condition: second, Mr. Lewis's, a nice shaped chinchilla, a little too marked on head; third, Mr. Fisher's, also a blue, nice eyes but out of coat; fourth, Mrs. Moore's silver tabby, good eyes but not in good coat; fifth, Mrs. Atkinson's, a nice blue, but weak in head and a thin brush; h.c, Mrs. A. Brown's: c.. Mrs. Minty's.
Kitten (any variety, eight months): First, Mr. Townson's blue, winner in adult class; second and two specials, Mrs. Curtis's, a beautiful red tabby short-hair, a female of a deep red, splendid markings; third, Mr. Fisher's blue, previously described; fourth, Messrs. Mitchell and Ellis's short-haired red tabby, markings inferior to second prize winner, a fair head; fifth Mrs. Brown's silver tabby short-hair, too young for the show pen, nice colour and markings, ears too long; v.h.c., Messrs. Dalby's white short-hair; h.c., Mrs. Shilton's; c., Mrs. Moore's.
Selling class (not more than 30s.): First, Mrs. Horton's shaded silver, in lovely coat, nice head and eyes; second, Mrs. Hallas's sable tabby short-hair, a very Iarge cat with beautiful markings, but fails in head and muzzle; third, Mr. J. Fisher's silver tabby short-hair, a good silver, but markings not deep enough and has a brown nose; fourth, Mrs. Hardman's brown tabby long-hair, has a good head, but white lips, good markings; fifth, Mrs. Brown's blue; v.h.c., Mrs. Horton's; h.c., Mrs. Kennaway's; c., Mr. Lewis's.

THE Wandsworth and District Fanciers' Association held their annual show at the Public Baths, High Street, on November 30th and December 1st. The section for cats was opened on the second day. There were about fifty exhibits and some very fine specimens were penned.
Long-hair (male class): First, Mrs. Bergman's well-known McCullum Melrose - this lovely cat also won the special for the best cat in the show; second, Mrs. Dee's black, a good raven colour, but pale in eyes.
Long-hair (female class): In this class there were nine exhibits, and the first prize went to Mr. Turner's Tris; she was a little out of coat, but has good head and eyes; second, Mrs. Watson's blue Queen, in very good coat, but does not show well in the pen.
Kittens: First, Mrs. Davidson's, a very nice blue kitten, with a good head; second, Mrs. Bevan's blue, also a pretty kitten with nice little cars; third, Miss Jay's orange Manx, a gorgeous orange, a lovely exhibit.
Short-hair (males): First, Mr. Oliver's well-known red tabby; second Miss Hill Shaw's blue, a most lovely colour and texture of coat; third a nice orange - we could not find out to whom it belonged.
Short-hair (females): First, Dr. Hodson's, a good Siamese, with nice blue eyes and good coat.
Short-hair (kitten class): This class must have been most difficult to judge, as it contained good specimens of blue, orange, Manx and Siamese. The blue was first, the orange second and the Siamese third.
Neuter class: First, Miss Voult's, a grand blue, in beautiful coat, gorgeous copper eyes; second, Miss Voult's orange, a fine large animal.

Unfortunately, the weather was very bad and so interfered with the "gate" at this show. - SPIDER.

IN a previous issue we related an anecdote told originally by Miss Frances Simpson in FUR AND FEATHER, and inadvertently omitted a preceding paragraph which acknowledged its source. Consequently it appeared that the experiences in question were claimed by our correspondent "Spider." Such is not the case, and we desire to give full credit where it is due.