REPORTS FROM EARLY CAT SHOWS IN BUFFALO, NEW YORK STATE

1906 BUFFALO CAT SHOW

CAT SHOW WILL BE BIGGEST EVER Buffalo Evening News, 5th October 1906
The regular monthly meeting of the Buffalo Cat Club was held Monday. Oct. 1, at the home of Mrs. Gelinaes, Johnson Park. There was a large attendance and it was a most enthusiastic meeting. It was decided to have Mr. Joshua Cowpland, Jr., and Mr. A. E. Field-Marehal) as judges for the coming Buffalo Cat Show, to be held Dec. 4, 5 and 6 at German-American Hall, under Cat Fanciers' Association Rules. Lavender was selected as the club color, and this beautiful shade will be the prevailing decoration at the show. Offers of cups, medals, specials, etc., are pouring in every day, and the show now has the promise of being the largest ever held in this country. Many innovations not generally found at shows of this kind will be introduced to make it pleasant both for visitor and exhibitor. Catters wishing to enter their pussies at this show will kindly send in their names and addresses to Mrs. Taylor, 2326 Main street, Buffalo, N. Y.. upon receipt of which entry blanks, premium lists, etc., will be forwarded. A special meeting of the club is called for Oct. 15 at the home of the president.

[PREPARING FOR BUFFALO SHOW] CAT CLUB MEET TODAY Democrat and Chronicle, 20th October, 1906
A special meeting of the Lockehaven Cat Club will be held this afternoon at 2.30 o'clock, at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth L. Brace, No. 42 Grieg street. Mrs. Brace has been in Buffalo this week, attending to preparation for the cat show to be held there in December by the Lockehaven and Buffalo clubs. It is believed that at least 300 cats will be shown.

GREAT CAT SHOW WILL BE HELD HERE IN DECEMBER. Felines from All Parts of the State to Be Honored Guests of the City - Rochester Cats Greatly Excited Over It The Buffalo Enquirer, 12th November 1906

Buffalo is to have a great cat show. There will be cats from all parts of the State and some lively contests are promised. The show will be held from December 5th to 6th. Many Rochester cats whose records justify expectations of their winning prizes, and other cats, as yet to fame and fortune unknown, are looking forward to the Buffalo event. Twenty have already been entered. These cats are taking the best care possible of their fur and their health, that they may make a fine appearance and thereby shed glory on their owners. Rochester fanciers who have made entries are Mrs. Alfred Jackson, president of the Lockhaven Cat Club; Mrs. Andrew Ludolph, the Misses Perrin, Mrs. J. C. Urquhart, Mrs. Mary S. Sage, Mrs. Florence Brockway, Mrs. William Alband, Miss Louise Griswold, Mrs. C. J. Browning, Mrs. E. W. Miller, Mrs. P. T. Lieutweiler, Mrs. William Banker, Lawrence La Cava, Mrs. Elizabeth I. Brace and Mrs. R. L. Stoddard. Mrs. Jackson will show Princess Claro, a smoke, and St. Cecelia; Mrs. Brace, Gentian, a blue; Mrs. Lieutweller, Peter Pan, a silver Persian. All will exhibit Persian or long-haired cats excepting Mrs. Sage, who will show Peterkin, an imported Russian blue; Mrs. Ludolph, who will exhibit an orange tabby kitten; Mrs. Alband and Mrs. Miller.

Members of the Lockehaven Club will work with the Buffalo Club for the success of the show, as if it were to be their own, and in a way it will be a partnership affair, but the name Lockehaven will not appear in announcements of the show, and the club will not give premiums, etc. The Buffalo Club will return the favors next year, it is expected, when the Lockehaven club will hold an exhibition in Rochester. Mrs. Brace, who is secretary for the latter club, is spending part of each week in Buffalo. She is to superintend the show.

Miss Jane R. Cathcart of Oradell, N.J., enters twenty-one cats, all short-haired. In about one month Miss Cathcart will go to Paris to remain all winter, probably until June. Mrs. Brace, who has recently been to visit her, will have charge of the exhibiting of all Miss Cathcart's show cats in her absence. The twenty-one on the list for Buffalo are the cats that will probably be shown all the season, provided their health remains good. The expenses of showing these pets will be not less than $600 or $700. Their entrance fees alone in the exhibition amount to $21. Mrs. Brace will go with them to all the cities where they are shown.

The Lockehaven Club is to conduct an apron sale. The proceeds will be used for paying off the club's indebtedness.

CATS PREPARING FOR BUFFALO EXHIBITION Democrat and Chronicle, 12th November, 1906
About Twenty Rochester Cats to be Shown.
Many Rochester cats whose records justify expectations of their winning more prizes, and other cats, as yet to fame and fortune unknown, are looking forward to the Buffalo Cat Show to be held December 4th, 5th and 6th. Twenty have already been entered. These cats are taking the best care possible of their fur and their health, that they may make a fine appearance in the neighboring city and thereby shed glory on their owners. Fanciers who have made entries are Mrs. Alfred Jackson, president of the Lockehaven Club; Mrs. Andrew Ludolph, the Misses Perrin, Mrs J.C. Urquhart, Mrs. Mary S. Sage, Mrs. Florence Brockway, Mrs. William Alband, Miss Louise Griswold, Mrs. C. J. Browning, Mrs. E.W. Miller, Mrs. P. T. Luitweiler, Mrs. William Banker, Lawrence La Cava, Mrs. Elizabeth L. Brace and Mrs. R.L. Stoddard. Mrs. Jackson will show Princess Claro, a smoke, and St. Cecilia; Mrs Brace, Gentian, a blue; Mrs Lutweiler, Peter Pan a silver Persian. All will exhibit Persian or long-haired cats excepting Mrs. Sage, who will show Peterkin, an imported Russian blue; Mrs Ludolph, who will exhibit an orange tabby kitten; Mrs Alband and Mrs Miller.

Members of the Lockehaven Club will work with the Buffalo Club for the success of the show, as if it were to be their own, and in a way it will be a partnership affair, but the name Lockehaven will not appear in announcements of the show, and the club will not give premiums, etc. The Buffalo club will return the favors next year, it is expected, when the Lockehaven club will hold an exhibition in Rochester. Mrs Brace, who is secretary for the latter club, is spending part of each week in Buffalo. She is to superintend the show.

Miss Jane R. Cathcart, or Oradell, N.J., enters twenty-one cats, all short-haired. In about one month Miss Cathcart will go to Paris to remain all winter, probably until June. Mrs Brace, who has recently been to visit her, will have charge of the exhibiting of all Miss Cathcart's show cats in her absence. The twenty-one on the list for Buffalo are the cats that will probably be shown all the season, provided their health remains good. The expense of showing these pets will be not less than six or seven hundred dollars. Their entrance fees alone in the Buffalo exhibition amount to $21. Mrs Brace will go with them to all the cities where they are shown.

The Lockehaven Club is to conduct an apron sale to-day, to-morrow and Wednesday, at the home of Mrs. Walter R. Stone, No. 101 South Fitzhugh street. The proceeds will be used for paying off the club's indebtedness. The club will hold its November meeting to-morrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, with Mrs Jackson, No. 143 Meigs street.

ROCHESTER TO EXHIBIT AT CAT SHOW HERE The Buffalo Times, 15th November 1906
Rochester cat fanciers have become interested in the cat show which will be held in Buffalo on December 4th, 5th and 6th, and up to the present time 20 entries have been received from owners of cats in the Flower City. Of course, the Rochester fanciers expect that their entries will carry off the best prizes, and with this end in view, the animals have been trained up to meet all the requirements in competition at the show. The Lockehaven Club of Rochester is working with the local club for the success of the show. Mrs. Brace, secretary of that association, spends much time in Buffalo making preparations for the exhibit of the Rochester members.

MEOUW, MARIAR! BOW, WOW, WOW! FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP CAT SHOW COMING AND IT'LL BE A YOWLING SUCCESS. ALL SORTS AND DEGREES. ONLY FELINES BARRED ARE THOSE BEAERING MARKS OF BOOTJACKS AND BARBED-WIRE FENCES Buffalo Morning Express, 18th November 1906
If a black cat should follow you between now and December 4th don't consider it an ill omen and chase it away. On that date a cat show begins. Among the prizes will be prizes for black cats. How do you know but what your black pursuer might be a prize-winner? That would be luck, instead of ill-luck. The exhibition that's coming is called the first championship cat show. It will be given by the Buffalo Cat Club, under the rules of the Cat Fanciers' Association. It may surprise some folk to learn that Buffalo has a cat club. The club is incorporated. Its officers are all women, and so are most of its members. The officers are Mrs. F.L. Taylor, president; Mrs. James Conlisk, vice president; mrs. m.H. Buvinger, treasurer; Mrs. W.B. Frye, secretary.

The show is expected to be a yowling success. German-American hall at Main and high streets on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, December 4th, 5th and 6th, will be filled with all sorts and conditions of cats except, of course, cats not qualified for show purposes. Naturally, all cats bearing the scars of bootjacks or barbed-wire fences will be barred. There is no restriction as to voice, however, and those who attend may expect to hear anything from a poetic purr or a musical meouw to the soul-splitting screech of the cellar scrap.

There will be much to interest the eye as well as the ear. There will be long-haired cats and short-haired cats, but bald cats, if any appear, will be disqualified. In this cage you see the white Tom with the blue eye, and in the next the white Maria with the blue eye. There'll be the white fellow with the yellow eye (the catalogue classically describes it as golden). Next you'll run across the black cats, next the blue cats, then the cream or fawn cats, then the orange cats and the smoke cats and the silver, shaded silver and masked silver cats, then the chinchilla cats, and the silver tabbies and the orange tabbies, the brown tabbies and the tortoiseshell. All these you'll see in the long-haired class, and then you'll pass along and see the same colours duplicated in the short-haired kind.

Some of you will be surprised to learn that the term tabby is technically applied to colour instead of sex, and then you'll look up an encyclopedia and discover that the tabby cat got its name from a kind of watered silk, and that in cats it means the kind that are gray, with a streaking or other markings of black or yellow. If you've never attend[ed] a cat show and don't know much about cats anyhow, you will come away with a lot of instruction that will be useful when conversation lags at some dull gathering. One small item of useful knowledge you will gain from the association's rules is contained in these definitions.

"The word cat is used in these rules to indicate a domesticated feline of either sex, or a neuter, or adult age."
"A kitten is an immature cat under the age of eight months."

Aside from the types mentioned, which come under three distinct divisions the solid-color division, the silver division and the tabby division there'll be room for many other mixed colors. A general catch-all class known as the any-other-color class, will take them in. For example, say the rules, a black cat with a white spot on its neck is not entitled to entry in the black-and-white class, but should go in the A.O.C. class. Scores and scores of prizes, medals, money, ribbons, cut-glass ware and various other things are offered and cats from many parts of this country and Canada are expected to compete.

GREAT INTEREST IN THE CAT SHOW. OTHER CITIES WILL BE WELL REPRESENTED AT THE COMING EXHIBITION Buffalo Courier, 22nd November 1906
The cat show to be held in this city on December 6th, under the auspices of the Buffalo Cat Club, is attracting considerable interest, and the clubs of Rochester, Syracuse and Cleveland will be represented at the show. Many new entries have been received by the women in charge of the exhibition and they are putting forth their best efforts toward making the show a success.

CAT SHOW WILL SOON BE HERE Buffalo Evening News, 24th November 1906
[. . .] Some of the most famous cats in the country will be numbered among those exhibited in connection with the show. Miss Cathcart, known as one of the leading cat fanciers in America, will be on hand with the pick of her cattery at Oradell, N.J. Every one of her entries have won prizes at various shows.

PUSSIES AND KITTIES. Buffalo Morning Express, 24th November 1906
[. . .] The cats in the show will be selected from among the finest in the country, some of them being entered from such far-away places as San Francisco and cities in Tennessee. Miss Cathcart of Oradell, N.J., has entered many of her champion animals, which will attract considerable attention among fanciers.

NO BACKYARD HOWLERS IN THIS COLLECTION. ALL FELINES ENTERED FOR CAT SHOW, WHICH OPENS DECEMBER 4TH, ARE HIGHLY BRED AND HAVE NEVER SEEN A BOOTJACK OR CLIMBED A BACK FENCE. The Buffalo Times, 25th November 1906
The entries for the Cat Show which will be held in German-American Hall on December 4th, 5th and 6th, having all been received, the officers are now busily engaged in arranging for a suitable display of the animals in the hall. The large dance hall has been allotted to the local club for the exhibition and they are making the best of it by arranging for one of the finest shows ever held in this State. A number of entries were received yesterday, some of them being cats of pedigree and prize winners, but Mrs. Taylor found it necessary to refuse them. Profound interest is being shown in the coming exhibition because of the fact that the animals to be exhibited are the finest in the country, some of them being entered from such far away places as San Francisco and other cities.

The Buffalo Sunday Morning News, 25th November 1906 added: Among the prominent exhibitors will be Mrs. James Conlisk of Gowanda, with her celebrated Persian silver grays from her cattery on Catteraugus Creek. Mrs. Conlisk's cats have won many prizes.

PREPARATIONS FOR BUFFALO SHOW Democrat and Chronicle, 25th November, 1906

Mrs. Elizabeth L. Brace, secretary for the Lockehaven club, who is superintending preparations for the Buffalo show, has been in Buffalo recently. Mrs. Norton, of Canisteo, also a member of the Lockehaven club, will show sixteen pets, among them, Robina, an orange tabby, at present stopping with Miss Fannie Ellis, of Court street. Mrs. Alfred Jackson's three kittens, of which her queen, St. Cecelia, recently became the mother, have been named Silver Heels, Mercury and Lady Lou.

CAT SHOW WILL BE A BIG ONE Buffalo Evening News, 26th November 1906
Buffalonians are a little in the dark as yet as to what a cat show means, hut it is hoped that they will turn out in numbers to the coming cat show to be held In the German-American Hall, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 4, 5 and 6, and become enlightened as to the possibilities in the breeding of cats and the perfection to which they may be brought. One who has never visited a show of this kind at first off is at a loss to know how such perfection is reached. But any cat fancier will tell you that it takes constant care and eternal vigilance to attain the results desired. The entries for the Buffalo show made a grand finish, making the show a four-point championship show, something almost unheard of in America.

WILL GO TO BUFFALO SHOW Democrat and Chronicle, 26th November 1906
It is not yet known exactly how many members of the Lockehaven Cat Club will go to the cat show to be held by the Ruffalo Cat Club from Tuesday to Friday of next week, but Mrs. Alfred Jackson, Mrs. F.C. Whitney, Mrs. J. C, Urquhart, Mrs. W. A. Petas, Mrs. Mary S. Sage, Mrs. P. T. Luitwieler, Mrs. C. J. Browning, Mrs. Charlee Mann, Miss Katherine Klein and Mrs. Elisabeth L. Brace. who is to superintend the exhibit, will be among the Rochester fanciers.

MRS. BRAES [BRACE] HERE IN CONNECTION WITH THE COMING CAT SHOW The Buffalo Times, 26th November 1906
As the time for the opening of the Cat Show approaches, Buffalonians are showing added interest In the affair, which will be held in German-American Hall on December 4th, 5th and 6th. A cat show is a decided novelty to the people of Buffalo and for that reasons hundreds have expressed a desire to see just what sort of an exhibition. the coming one will be. There is every reason to believe that the show arranged for next week will be one of the finest ever held in this State. The entries have all been received by Mrs. F. L. Taylor, president of the local club, who is in charge of the show. and from the number of them on hand it can be readily concluded that the exhibition will be thoroughly complete and successful. Mrs. Braes [Brace], of the Lockhaven Club of Rochester, is in town at the present time and is working hand in hand with Mrs. Taylor for the success of the show. The Lockhaven Club is well represented in the entries and the various clubs from other cities have contributed their share.

CAT SHOW LIKELY TO DRAW CROWDS The Buffalo Enquirer, 27th November 1906
The cat show is almost here and arrangements are being made forthwith to make it the real thing: far above anything in that line ever held in this portion of New York State. Cats of fame in America and foreign climes will be exhibited and will surely attract the attention of all lovers of the beautiful animals. At any rate the management of the affair intends to prepare for large crowds and accordingly the largest hallroom in German-American Hall has been secured and it is expected that on all three days, December 4th, 5th and 6th, the place will be filled.

Among the more famous cats to be exhibited will be Miss Pollard's Puritana. Miss Pollard is the best known breeder of white cats in the country, and she will exhibit three white long-haired species at the coming show. Puritana is a year and one-half old and has won several ribbons and medals. Her best win was the defeat of her mother, Champion Purity, an imported English cat, who died last year. In addition to Miss Pollard, there will be Miss Cathcart of Oradell, N. J., Mrs. Brace of Rochester, Mrs. A. H. Baker, Dr. Ottolengui of New York, Mrs. Hardy of Detroit, who will show Strongheart: Mrs. Joshua Cowpland, Jr., of Ward, Pa., and Mr. Field-Marthal of Beansville, Ont.

FAMOUS FELINES WILL BE EXHIBITED AT CAT SHOW Buffalo Courier, 27th November 1906
The most famous cats in the United States are being sent to Buffalo to participate in the cat show, which will he held in German-American Hall on December 4th, 5th and 6th. The exhibition will surely be the finest ever held in this part of the country. The tabbies, of course, have been selected from among the best breeds in the country, which assures Buffalonians the opportunity of seeing some fine animals. The coming show is the first to be held in this city and for that reason considerable extra interest is manifested in the affair. The work of decorating the hall appropriately has begun and arrangements have been under way for some time for exhibiting the various classes, selecting judges, arranging for their keeping, etc. Mrs. F. Taylor, president of the local club, who has charge of the show, reports that in all there are over 300 entries, which is an indication of a successful show.

JUDGES FOR THE CAT SHOW SELECTED The Buffalo Times, 30th November 1906 [and versions in various other Buffalo papers]
The management of the Cat Show which opens at German-American Hall on Tuesday, has selected the judges to act at the affair. They are Joshua Cowpland, Jr., of Ward, Pa., and Mr. Field-Marshal of Beansville. Ont.. two of the best known and most enthusiastic cat fanciers in the country. Both have acted in a similar capacity in connection with every show ever held in America and they are considered thoroughly competent. Everything is practically in readiness for the show, The hall has been decorated for the occasion and it only remains to get the remainder of the cats there and place them properly. Mrs. Brace of Rochester, a member of the Lockhaven Club, will probably take charge of this branch of the work. She has benched many shows and understands the work thoroughly. Mrs. F. L. Taylor, president of the Buffalo Cat Club, who is in charge of the show here, is one of the busiest women in town at the present time. All her time is devoted to the interests of the cat show and under her guidance it promises to be a great success.

BUFFALO'S FIRST CAT SHOW The Buffalo Times, 2nd December 1906
Pictures of a number of the finest cats, representative of the army of beautiful felines to be exhibited at the Cat Show which is to be held in Buffalo on December 4th, 5th and 6th, are published on pages 8 and 9 today. The pictures clearly show to what state of perfection that "animal of the home" has been reared. They show, too, that with their beauty, intelligence and natural cleanliness, the cat must be figured among the animals to win laurels on the bench. They command the attention of the general public because of their beauty. Their intelligence encourages one towards employing energy to make the cat a prize-winner and their cleanliness makes it possible to run the show and take care of the animals under the tender guidance of the women. The cat is naturally an animal of frailty and appreciates tender care. This is administered by the careful and untiring management of the feminine sex. Neither is the cat unmindful of its own care for it bestows upon itself much attention that the human mind does not appreciate as being necessary.

A hundred and one things are necessary to make a cat show a success and it might be said that the management in charge of the coming event has not forgotten these facts but has worked unceasingly towards encouraging the public to show the same interest in the cat show that they would were it a horse show, a dog show or an automobile show. Mrs. F. L. Taylor of Buffalo, president of the Buffalo Cat Club, is in charge of the arrangements. However, a good deal of the work has been done by Mrs. Brace of the Lockhaven Club of Rochester, one of the most enthusiastic cat owners in the country. Together they have insured the public an excellent exhibition when the show opens on Tuesday. They have secured entries from owners of the most famous tabbies in the United States and Canada, many of which are of foreign breeding and noted for their beauty, intelligence, etc.

The show will last three days and will give every one who has never attended a show of this kind the opportunity of seeing some of the most famous and beautiful cats that can be seen anywhere. The show is instructive, too, and well repays the trouble of a visit to the hall. It is the first to be held in Buffalo and it is hoped that it will become a regular event in this city.

HIGH SOPRANOS TO BE ON SHOW. THE BUFFALO CAT CLUB WILL HOLD AN EXHIBITION. CATS WITH LONG HAIR, CATS WITH SHORT HAIR, CATS WITHOUT TAILS, AND OTHER CATS. The Illustrated Buffalo Express, 2nd December 1906
By L. E. Moss
Nearly every household has its cat or two. There is something about the soft, insinuating, selfish little anima! that makes a place for itself in civilized society that cannot be disputed. Mme. Cat has a way of imparting an air of comfort to her surroundings. Personal comfort is her sole aid and end in life, and where it is not she will not stay. But aside from the people who keep cats, who tolerate them and take them for granted, there are folks who actually make a hobby of the cat. It is these people who band themselves together in cat clubs.

Rochester has a cat club and so has New York, as well as many other cities. Buffalo has just organized one - at least the Buffalo club is in the first year of its existence. The club has for its object the encouragement of cat culture. This sounds somewhat appalling, but as a matter of fact, the object refers not to the augmentation of the number of back-fence linguists, but to the education of people to know a good cat when they see it, and to take proper care of their cats and thus insure a finer quality of the race. Acting from a humane point of view, too, the Buffalo cat club hopes to make a home for destitute felines where pussies without homes may be rescued and made happy until somebody in need of a cat comes along to give her a permanent home.

Most people know how to appreciate a good Persian or other rare species of cat, but many people do not know that the short-haired, common or garden American variety may be just as valuable and beautiful as any foreign kind. A well shaped, well groomed (and the healthy cat is always well groomed), short-haired cat is indeed somewhat rare. The well-bred cat should have broad head, small ears and widely set eyes. This physiognomy nearly always goes with superior intelligence and sweetness of disposition. A soft, well-marked coat and that lithe grace of the tiger species should accompany these characteristics, and puss may then well inspire pride in the heart of her owner.

The German-American Hall on Main street is being made ready for the first cat show that Buffalo has ever held. The show will open on Tuesday at noon and will end on Thursday evening. The hall will be decorated with bunting and palms and many pretty booths will be provided with small saleables for the cats and their owners. And everywhere will be either a cat or family of cats. There will be no making friends across the hall between the animals, nor scraping acquaintance over the backs of benches, as is always the case at a dog show. The cat is strictly non-social. When cats meet together they are highly offended, and a frigid reserve prevails. Hisses and growls are their greetings, for they have not even the grace to purr for politeness's sake. The mother cat loves her children with a devotion truly beautiful - as long as they are dependent on her and she can consider them a strictly personal matter. But afterward . . .

There will be one entry, a family of chinchillas, an old mother with her babes, and the cage is to be decorated every day with fresh flowers. This family belongs to the president of the Lockhaven Cat Club of Rochester. There will be a large gathering of Manx cats, the kind that never have tails. There are many of these in Buffalo, and some good ones. Then there are the smoke cats - black ones with pure white undercoat, giving a smoky appearance. These cats are found among both the long and the short-haired kinds. Really fine specimens are somewhat rare, too. The blue cat, which was formerly called the maltese, is another favorite. The reason for the change of name is that people have cultivated the kind so assiduously that the coat has become truly blue and very light, perhaps a sign of blue blood among felines. The Siamese cat is very beautiful at its best. With the coloring and points of the Jersey cow, this cat has a coat of short soft hair. The Persian and the Angora species have become so intermingled that there is no longer any distinction between them.

The big congress of cats will contain over 300 animals. Great attention has been paid to the sanitary arrangements of the hall and cages. There is this in pussy's favor - she is naturally clean and neat in her ways. A man has been hired to look after the cats - a kind of specialist. He has always been used to cats and knows just what to do for them. Twice a day, and no more, he will go through the hall with a basin of finely chopped, raw, round steak and deal it out to the pussies according to size, age and general capacity. When the judging time comes around there will be an order to clear the hall of all visitors. Then the pussies will be carefully looked at and judged according to points; so many for the color, the expression, the shape of head and eyes, the coat and condition, the brush and some other points according to species. A tabby, for instance must be a clearly marked tabby, neither spotted nor otherwise marked, bet just like the tiger. There is a common notion that tabby means a female cat, this is quite wrong, for tabby refers only to color and markings.

Many and beautiful are the prizes offered in the show. There are vases, loving cups, cut glass drinking dishes - supposed to typify the regality of the winners. There are pictures of cats, medals and lockets. But speaking of pictures - one young cat in Detroit puts up his own picture as a prize to the finest young woman cat of his own kind at the show. It is a somewhat flirtatious proceeding, but the officials of the club have decided to let it pass.

The show bids fair to be the largest one ever held in this country. There are 100 paid members in the club already besides many prospective ones. Every year Buffalo and Rochester will alternate in holding a cat show. It remains to be seen what a difference will ensue in the appearance of the cat, and in the matter of its general usefulness. The club members claim that the cat is useful in two respects, as a pet to advance the happiness of humanity by its cunning ways and - to catch mice. For since the days of Dick Whittington, the cat has been acknowledged the surest mouse and rat trap in existence. There is much controversy about the intelligence of the cat. Certain it is though, that where her own comfort is concerned the cat never lacks for resourcefulness and ready wit. A member of the Buffalo Cat Club tells how she was accustomed to sleep with her cat in the room. One night she was awakened by puss pawing her face, and found that she could hardly breathe.

Probably nobody among the club members would mention another use for which the cat seems specially adapted. Since fashion demands that living creatures be skinned to adorn the human race, and since the cat is most overwhelmingly prolific, and since there are many cats that come to horrible endings, and since the tendency seems to improve the quality of cats' fur, and since fur can now be dyed to look like almost any kind of skin, and since many other things - is there no conclusion despite a tender regard for the cat!

The pictures on the front page of The Express today present some of the cats which will be seen at the show. Strongheart, the black Persian, belonging to Mrs. Richard Hardy of Detroit, expects to rival any cat of his kind. Roly Poly, a short-haired blue cat, Is the property of Mrs. Mary Sage of Rochester. The Red Baby comes from the Pine Grove Cattery of Plattsville, Wis. and is owned by Miss E. Smith. The Baby is just ten weeks old, a red and white Persian. Then there is the attractive picture of a whole barrowful of pussies, owned by Mrs. N. H. Sherman of Worcester, Mass., and a basketful, the property of Dr. Church of New York. From the refuge of stray cats in Palmyra comes the picture of Papa and Brother. Dixie and Tom Blue is owned by Carl K. Frey of Utica. Mrs. H. E. Rice of Chicago sends the picture of Dandelion, the big five-year-old cat, with the spot on his rose. The Honorable Peter Sterling does credit to his namesake. He's owned by C. H. Jones of Rochester. The fine blue Persian, Regal Backus, belongs to Joshua Cowpland, Ward, Pa.

NO SICK CATS IN BUFFALO SHOW. CAT FANCIERS' RULES PROVIDE FOR HEALTH AND SANITATION. WILL BE A BIG AFFAIR. The Buffalo Sunday Morning News, 2nd December 1906
Prospects for the Ruffalo Cat Show which is to be held in German-American Hall Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week are promising, In fact the assurances are that it will undoubtedly be the best cat show yet held. Cats are coming from all parts of the country. Miss Cathcart of Oradell, N.J, has made thirty-two entries. Mr. Jones of the Cat Journal, Rochester, proposes to bring his cat, the Hon. Peter Stirling, a long haired white Persian, the value of which is $1000. In fact Mr. Jones has already been offered that amount and declined it. There will be Silvers, Chinchillas, Blacks, and Oranges in both long and short haired varieties. Among the best entries are those of Mrs. James Conlisk, of Gowanda, who has some wonderful silver grays. Pictures of some of them will be found in the illustrated supplement of today's Sunday News.

There will be no sick cats at this show. The Cat Fanciers' Association show rules, under which the exhibition is to be held, provide against that by prescribing in the eligibility rules that only cats of sound health may be entered. It is promised that the felines exhibited at this event will be about the most wholesome and handsome lot of "mousers" that were ever assembled together in Western New York. In fact many of the cats which have won Championship honors in similar shows heldiGn other large cities will be exhibited here in hopes of their winning further championships.

To ensure the perfect health of every cat exhibited there will be an examination of each by a properly qualified veterinarian prior to the beginning of the judging on the first day of the show and any cat found to have any form of disease will be disqualified and removed. The others will be given cards to be attached to their necks certifying their good health. Several famous American catteries, where only blue-blooded felines are propagated, will have exhibits of their finest products and will also have some of their choicest stock for sale, principally home kittens, which may be educated by their purchasers in the ways that they should go.

Mrs. F. L. Taylor, president of the newly-organized Buffalo Cat Club, who has had charge of the entries for the show, will have a leading part in its direction, being assisted by Mrs. James Conlisk, vice-president; Mrs. M. H. Buvinger, treasurer, and Mrs. W. B. Frye, secretary. The Judges will be Joshua Cowpland, Jr., of Ward, Pa, and A. E. Field-Marshal of Beamsville, Ont. H.E. Carlisle, with an assistant, will be in charge of the cats and the hall night and day.

COMING CAT SHOW TO BE GREATEST EVER HELD HERE The Buffalo Times, 2nd December 1906
Amidst the purring of hundreds of the most stylish feline beauties of Buffalo, Rochester, Toronto and several other cities, the first championship cat show Buffalo ever saw will open on Tuesday next at noon. It will continue until Thursday night at 10 o'clock and thousands of human eyes will in the meantime view and admire the exhibited pussies, Toms and Tabs. That it will be one of the most popular and successful exhibition of pet stock ever held is evident from the wide interest aroused in it and the large number and variety of entries. The "Blue" cats, anent which there has been much speculation as to what they might be, will be on hand to convince the doubtful of their reality. Then there will be Siamese, Manx and Russian cats; Silver, Chinchilla, Smoke, Orange, Tortoiseshell and other rare colors of domestic felines, as well as the more ordinary house-cats of the common colors. There will be cats with beautiful long silken hair and others with little or no hatir at all. Arranged to the best advantage in their temporary exhibition cages at German-American Hall, all these petted and pampered kings and queens of Catdom will doubtless enter into the spirit of the occasion and pose their prettiest or caper in their most fetching 4ittenish manner to win the approbation of the public and the judges who are to award the coveted blue ribbons.
[The reminder of the article duplicates The Buffalo Sunday Morning News, 2nd December 1906]

ROCHESTER CATS TO BE EXHIBITED Democrat and Chronicle, 4th December, 1906
Famous cats and cats aspiring to become famous are to be taken to Buffalo this morning, to be exhibited in the show that will be opened there today, to continue through Thursday, by the Buffalo Cat Club. Although its name does not appear in the advertisements of the show, the Lockehaven Club does what it can to promote the success of the exhibition. It is expected that the Buffalo Club will do the same for the Lockehaven Club in Rochester next year.

Some of the local fanciers were not sure last night whether they would go this morning or wait until to-morrow, because of the weather, but it is probable that about twenty cats from Rochester will contend for honors. Among the persons likely to go are Mrs. Alfred Jackson, president of the Lockehaven Club; Mrs. Andrew Ludolph, vice-president; Mrs. Mary S. Sage, treasurer; Mrs. P. T. Luitwieler, Mrs. C. T. Browning, Mrs. F. C. Whitney, Mrs. E. W. Miller, Mrs. William Alband, Mrs. Charles Mann, Mrs. Brockway, M ss Katherin Klein, the Misses Perrin and Miss Louise Griswold.

The secretary, Mrs. Elizabeth L. Brace, who is supervising the show, went yesterday afternoon. She enters her blue cat Gentian. Mrs. Jackson is to show St. Cecelia, Princess Claro, a smoke, and Lady Joy Fawe. Quix Imeprial will be shown by Mrs. Brockway, Floss by Mrs. Miller, Miss Griswold will take her brown tabby with white, Jack; the Misses Perrin, Prince Imperial, potentae and three others; Mrs, Luitwieler, Peter Pan, a shaded silver, and Mrs. Klein, Babe, a short- haired neuter weighing thirty-two pounds. Babe has never failed to win the prize for being the largest cat, wherever she has been exhibited.

Mrs. Sage will show Peterkin, an imported short-haired Russian blue. Mrs. Whitney enters Ginger, a short haired orange tabby that has won a number of prizes. Probably the most expensive cats from Rochester will be those shown by the Misses Perrin. C. H. Jones, editor of the Cat Journal, shows Peter Sterling.

BUFFALO CAT SHOW - various
Toms and Tabbies Are Now on Exhibition in That City
Buffalo, N. Y., Dec.. 4. Sleek, aristocratic Toms and Tabbies filled the exhibition hall today and looked their prettiest before the crowds that attended the opening of the Buffalo cat show. The exhibits number several hundred and include prize-winning specimens of nearly all known breeds. The entries come from Rochester, Pittsburg, Cleveland, Toronto and a number of other cities. The show will continue for three days.

CAT SHOW TODAY. FIRST BUFFALO EXHIBITION OF THE KIND WILL OPEN IN GERMAN AMERICAN-HALL Buffalo Morning Express, 4th December 1906
The Cat Show, Buffalo's first will open to-day and Buffalonians have shown such interest in the affair up to the present time that it cannot fail to be one of the greatest successes of the year. The show lasts until Thursday night at 10 o'clock and is to be held at German-American Hall, corner of Main and High Streets. There is no question but what the show will prove one of the biggest of its kind ever held for the management declares that the list of entries is longer than at any previous show held anywhere. An army of felines in the country will be shown, beginning this afternoon early. The cats have been sent here from all over the country, even from as far as San Francisco. Exhibitors or owners themselves are showing unusual interest in the affair, believing it to be the biggest show ever held.

BUFFALO CAT SHOW The Parsons Daily, 4th December, 1906
Sleek aristocratic Toms and Tabbies filled the exhibition hall today and looked their prettiest before the crowds that attended the opening of the Buffalo cat show. The exhibits number several hundred and include prize-winning specimens of nearly all known breeds. The entries come from Rochester, Pittsburg, Cleveland, Toronto and a number of other cities. The show will continue for three days.

ROCHESTER CATS TO BE EXHIBITED. BUFFALO SHOW DRAWS MANY FROM LOCKEHAVEN CLUB Democrat and Chronicle, 4th December 1906
Famous cats and cats aspiring to become famous are to be taken to Buffalo this morning, to be exhibited in the show that will be opened there to-day, to continue through Thursday, by the Buffalo Cat Club. Although its name does not appear in the advertisements of the show, the Lockehaven Club does what it can to promote the success of the exhibition. It is expected that the Buffalo Club will do the same for the Lockehaven Club in Rochester next year.

Some of the local fanciers were not sure last night whether they would go this morning or wait until to-morrow, because of the weather, but it is probable that about twenty cats from Rochester will contest for honors. Among the persons likely to go are Mrs. Alfred Jackson, president of the Lockehaven Club; Mrs. Andrew Ludolph, vice-president; Mrs. Mary S. Sage, treasurer; Mrs. P. T. Luitwieler, Mrs. C. J. Browning, Mrs. F. C. Whitney, Mrs. E. W. Miller, Mrs. William Alband, Mrs. Charles Mann, Mrs. Brockway, Miss Katherin Klein, the Misses Perrin and Miss Louise Griswold.

The secretary, Mrs. Elizabeth L. Brace, who is supervising the show, went yesterday afternoon. She enters her blue cat Gentian. Mrs. Jackson is to show St. Cecelia, Princess Claro, a smoke, and Lady Joy Fawe. Quix Imperial will be shown by Mrs. Brockway, Floss by Mrs. Miller. Miss Griswold will take her brown tabby with white, Jack; the Misses Perrin, Prince Imperial, Potentate and three others; Mrs. Luitwieler, Peter Pan, a shaded silver, and Miss Klein, Babe, a short-haired neuter weighing thirty-two pounds. Babe has never failed to win the prize for being the largest cat, wherever she has been exhibited. Mrs. Sage will show Petekin, an imported short-haired Russian blue. Mrs. Whitney enters Ginger, a short-haired orange tabby that has won a number of prizes. Probably the most expensive cats from Rochester will be those shown by the Misses Perrin. C. H. Jones, editor of the Cat Journal, shows Peter Sterling.

GREAT CHAMPION CAT SHOW AT BUFFALO Albuquerque Citizen, 5th December, 1906
Buffalo today saw an influx of felines such as no part of the country ever witnessed before. But light sleepers need have no fear of alarm for the cats which have visited our city are not of the backyard variety. Their "songs" are of a refined nature entirely dissimilar to the discordant notes emitted by the familiar Tom and Tabby in their spoon time concerts. Our present visitors are mostly all champions and are being exhibited in the German American Hall under auspices of the American Cat Fanciers association. There are a number of Persians, short haired and hairless cats on exhibition, also some fine masked silver, chinchilla and smoke specimens. Besides the premiums numerous cups and special prizes will be awarded. There are over 700 exhibits.

ARRIVAL OF KITTY MARKED BY QUIET. CAT SHOW ANIMALS ALL WELL BEHAVED AND SO THERE WERE NO RAGTIME CONCERTS AT THE OPENING. WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE FOND OF CATS, FROM LARGE PROPORTION OF VISITORS TO THE EXHIBITION, Buffalo Courier, 5th December 1906
There is no Thomas Orchestra. The midnight vocalists who bring down on their heads maledictions and shoe brushes are only wandering minstrels, who are now and then joined by house cats of Bohemian tendencies, who break away from home ties to revel by night. For their rag-time melody your house cat who has had generations of high-class ancestors has no use, but prefers the joys of domesticity, and stays curled by the fire or in the easy chair. This explains why there was an absence of feline music at the arrival of Kitty yesterday. Kitty arrived at the German-American Hall. for the cat show quietly - Kitty and all the other Kitties and Tommies, and Caesars, and there they will receive visitors until tomorrow evening, when the first annual cat show under the auspices of the Buffalo Cat Club will close.

When the cats reached the place of exhibition and were being put on the benches there was some sputtering and scratching, for the cats were all in a strange garret, and of course were uncomfortable. As the day advanced they grew more used to their surroundings and to the people who filed past them curiously, and some of them curled up for a nap, and others calmly blinked at the people. The judging began as soon as the 276 cats were in place. Before this time there were no decorations in any of the compartments occupied by the cats, for every cat had to stand on merit, without any stage settings, but after the blue and red tags had been tied on the cages, some of the cat fanciers draped the cages with pretty colors, which made the cats look a hundredfold more attractive, and put soft cushions in for puss to enjoy.

The opening of the show was most gratifying to its promoters. There were many visitors in the afternoon, including mostly women and children, and the crowd was much greater in the evening. The show is next to the largest of its kind that has ever been held in this country, Chicago having the honor of having been the place of the largest show.

There has always been a tendency to believe that the strongest cat admirers were maiden aunts, and spinster sisters, and when the Cat Show was first spoken of, it was imagined that the spinster would be in evidence at the show. But the most prominent figure in charge of the show is a motherly looking woman with a jolly face who looks as though she knew how to make, mince pies. She has a husband at home who also likes cats. There isn't a spinster on the list of officers of the Buffalo Cat Club. It's the same in Rochester, say the show people, and Rochester has the largest cat club In the country. Last year however, there was an exhibition in Rochester, and it was planned to have the daughters of cat club members sell programmes, but there weren't any daughters available. The truth must be confessed that most of the cat admirers are childrenless wives, or mothers whose children have grown up and married.

The Cat Club had an object in forming in Buffalo last January. There are so many cats in the world that puss gets little attention. People take cats as they come, and make room for them in the house or the woodshed when a new one happens along. If the Cat Club sentiment spreads, there will be less work for the S. P. C. A.'s deadly gas tank for Kitties. By giving the show the club hopes to arouse interest in the house pet, so that people will be educated up to cat breeding. What cats there will be when the superfluous cat population is prevented will be well cared for and prized. The club also hopes some time to establish a refuge for the cats who may be deserted by selfish people before the revolution in cat matters arrives.

The gathering of aristocratic cats at the show is interesting. There are all varieties, many of them exhibited by the owners of catteries, and many others shown by individual owners. What is called the most perfect white cat in the country "Puritana" is exhibited by Miss Pollard of New Jersey. "Chiffon" exhibited by Mrs. Conlisk of Gowanda, famed as the most beautiful cat in America is on exhibition. "Matthew of the Durhams" the most famous cream cat in the country and "Strongheart," belonging to Mrs. Hardy of Detroit, the king of black cats are also in the company. Then there is "Caesar" a splendid chinchilla cat that belongs in Buffalo. Every cat in the exhibit had to have a clean bill of health from Dr. John Wende.

There are certain qualities that a cat must possess to be classed in cat aristocracy, and the judges at the show name the essentials thus: Large round head, large eyes set far apart, short nose, short tail and legs, a short body and a fine thick coat of fur. Mrs. Elizabeth L. Brace of Rochester is active manager of the show. This is her seventh cat show. The officers of the Buffalo Cat Club are: president, Mrs. F. L Taylor; vice president, Mrs. James Conlisk of Gowanda; secretary, Mrs. W. B. Frye; treasurer, Mrs. M. Bouvinger. The club has one hundred members.

BUFFALO'S CAT SHOW NOW OPEN. GOOD ATTENDANCE MARKED THE FIRST DAY BUFFALO OWNERS AMONG THE WINNERS The Buffalo Times, 5th December 1906
The judging of the high bred and cultured felines which are being exhibited at Buffalo's first annual Cat Show being held in German American Hall under the auspices of the Buffalo Cat Club will continue today and before the day is over it will, in all probability have been completed and the best cat in the show selected. The show will continue through tomorrow. Yesterday was a busy day at the cat show. It was also the opening day. The cats are arranged in cages on long tables with wide aisles between the exhibits and many attended the show and admired the blue-blooded creatures. There are about 250 on exhibition.

The prize list for the winners of the different classes includes 25 cups eight medals, fourteen special prizes twenty offered by the Canadian Cat Club, five by the Detroit Cat Club and 24 special prizes, numbering in all 140. The number of Buffalo exhibiters is 66. The Buffalonians who won prizes yesterday with their tabbies were Mrs. F. L. Taylor, Dr. H. B. Brownell and Mrs. K. C. Spencer

The judges are Joshua Cowpland. Jr., of Ward, Pa., and. A. E. Field Marshall of Beamsville, Can. Mrs. F. L. Taylor, is the active manager of the show and a major portion of the credit for the success of the show goes to her.

ALL COLORS AND TEMPERS. BOSS CHAMPION OF THEM ALL WILL BE SELECTED TODAY BY TWO COURAGEOUS MEN JUDGES Buffalo Morning Express, 5th December 1905
Kings and queens and aristocrats of the cat world are being exhibited at the first champion cat show given by the Buffalo Cat Club in German-American Hall. In real cat language, this is a four-point show, which means that more than 250 thomas cats and tabby cats are dozing on silken-scented pillows and drinking from cups of silver, when not munching chicken and other delicacies. White cats, silver cats, yellow cats, black cats, brown cats, blue cats, gray cats, mamma cats, papa cats, baby cats, just learning their a b c's, and even wee baby kittens are admired and petted In their cages, which are ranged in long rows upon tables. Each cage is numbered and by referring to a catalogue you can learn just what particular kind of a cat each is, who its parents were, and how much it is worth in the estimation of its owner.

A small boy with an armful of catalogues persuades you that his wares are a necessity and you pay ten cents for one and start in to do the cat show. The aisles between the cages are crowded with cooing and purring admirers of the cats. A poor man worms his way through the maze and this is what he hears:

"Oh, dear, just look. This horrid cage is dusty and Poor Queen Fedora has a dirty nose. Horrors! Ah, poor dear, whimsey bimsey quimsey swimsey, didum getum nose dirty on um old cage? Come right out here to mother's arms, sweetheart. Um-um-um-um-swish, swish and smack, smack!" and Queen has her nose massaged with great care to remove the troublesome dust.

"There, isn't that just awful. That judge is perfectly horrid. The very idea of giving first prize to that awful creature and giving my darling second. He's prejudiced, that's all there is to it. The next time I enter my cat in a show she won't be judged by that horrid man."

Here comes a bustling woman from Connecticut. She's a judge of cats, both practical and scientific. "What'll you take for that cat?" she is asked.

"Wouldn't sell him." she replies, "because he's the best moneymaking cat I have in my cattery. In the last few months he's made just $104 in herd cash for me."

Just then there is a series of squeals and hisses, quickly followed by a succession of feminine screams and there is a rush to cage No. 16, where Jocco is having a fit. Jocco is the son of Radium and Blackie and is owned by F. R. Chappelle of Buffalo. After Jocco threw the fit, he was sent home in disgrace. A photographer who blew off a pan of flashlight powder was nearly mobbed by owners who protested that the smell of the smoke would make the cats ill. Some indiscreet admirer of cats came to the show with his fox terrier. He assured the door-tender that his dog was very fond of cats. The terrier was much excited at the sight of so many cats and showed his excitement so quickly that an army of owners cornered the terrier with screens formed of skirts impromptu. The pup and his owner were put out.

A look at the list of prizes will show that the Buffalo cat show is no exhibition of fireside tabbies. Cats of real blood are exhibited. There are 25 cups, eight medals, fourteen special prices, twenty more prizes offered by the Royal Canadian Cat Club, 41 prizes offered by the Buffalo Cat. Club, five prizes by the Detroit Cat Club and 34 other special prizes. Out of this array of 140 prizes there ought to be enough to let every pussy in on something. There are 66 Buffalo exhibitors there. Those of them who took prizes in the judging yesterday were Mrs. F. L Taylor. Dr. H. B. Brownell and Mrs. K. C. Spencer.

Mrs. Frederick Mathis of Norton Heights, Ct. exhibits her Petie K. in class No. 9. with the cream and fawn females. Petie took second prize yesterday. Mathew of the Durhams, owned by Mrs. L. A. Woodward of Chicago, took first again in spite of the fact that he was so ugly [bad-tempered] that the Judge could not get him out of the cage to examine him. Petie K. was very amiable, but the judge gave first to Mathew.

Mrs F. L. Taylor, the active manager of the cat show, is the busiest woman between Lake Erie and the city line. As a manager of a cat show she has made an unparalleled success. Joshua Cowpland, Jr., an authority on cats, is one judge. He lives in Ward, Pa. A. E. Field-Marshall of Beamsville, Canada, is the other judge. The judging will be finished today and the champion cat of the show will be selected then. The show will run today and tomorrow.

CAT SHOW STARTS WITH BIG RUSH. LARGE CROWD ATTEND FIRST EXHIBIT OF BLOODED FELINES IN THIS CITY. EXHIBIT A COMPLETE ONE. LACK OF ROOM ONLY DRAWBACK TO THE SHOW. MANY FAMOUS CATS HERE. Buffalo Courier, 5th December 1906
Buffalo's first cat show opened in German-American Hall yesterday, With the exception of the Chicago show, the Buffalo affair was pronounced by those in a position to talk as being the largest ever held in this country. There was just one drawback to the affair and that was the lack of space. Over 250 cats were exhibited and the small hall in the German-American Building was altogether too small to accommodate the exhibits and allow breathing room for the spectators. However, the members of the Buffalo Cat Club, under whose auspices the show is given, were pleased at the interest taken in the event. The exhibit is a good one. Cat fanciers say so and the public seems to be of the same opinion. Cats of all sizes, pedigrees and colors are exhibited at the show. Buffalo is well represented, there being several fine exhibits registered from thig city. The out-of-town people contributed liberally toward the collection also.

Many fine specimens of the cat are on exhibition. A number of cat fanciers in this country do not ship to all of the shows, picking out only the leading ones. Buffalo was fortunate in securing many of the big fanciers to exhibit their cats here. One of the most famous collections of white cats in the world is on exhibition at the show. The collection is the property of Miss Ava L. Pollard of Elizabeth, N. J., and includes four white cats, three of the long-haired variety and one short-haired cat. Mrs. [Miss] Cathcart of Oradell, N.J., is showing her world-famous collection of black short-haired cats. She owns the famous cattery at Oradell and has had many queer experiences in breeding felines. She paid $150 for an imported cat about a year ago and a few days later picked up a tramp cat near her home. The latter feline has won many prizes, while the famous imported animal has done nothing sensational.

Mrs. Elizabeth Brace, formerly of Buffalo, but now of Rochester, has two fine specimens at the show. Mrs. Brace is show secretary, and yesterday won two firsts with Gentian and Bon Bon. Mrs. Bixby of Chicago has an interesting exhibit, as has Mrs. Hardy of Detroit. The famous Honorable Peter Sterling is on exhibit at the show and attracted no little attention yesterday afternoon and evening. This cat is valued at $2,000. He is a white Persian with blue eyes, being a rare specimen of this breed.

The following Buffalonians won prizes yesterday: Mrs. William B. Frye, Mrs. T. L. Taylor, Mrs. John Reinhard, Dr. Clara E. Bowen, Mrs. A.J. Wright, Dr. Brownell, Mrs. I. Ossoski, Mrs. K. Spencer, Mrs. and Miss Morgan, and many others. The judges finished a number of the classes, but skipped a few yesterday, owing to the fact that some of the exhibits did not arrive until late in the afternoon. The judges are Mr. Joshua Cowpland, Jr., Ward, Pa.; Mr. A. E. Field-Marshall, Beamsville, Ont.

Mrs. F. L. Taylor of Buffalo is president of the Buffalo Cat Club, Mrs. James Conlisk, vice president, Mrs. M.H. Buvinger, treasurer, and Mrs. W. B. Frye, secretary. The show will run two more days, afternoon and evening. The list of awards made to date follows:

OPEN CLASS FOR LONG HAIRS.
Class No. 2 - White, blue eyed (female), Mrs. Pollard's Puritana, 1; Mrs. Dykhouse's Blue Eyed Coral, 2; Mrs. Clark's Sis, 3.
Class No. 3 - White, golden eyes (male), Mrs. Pollard's White Monk, 1; Mrs. Cox's Rhino, 2
Class No. 6 - Black female), Mrs. Hardy's 3 Navajo, 1; Mr. Taylors Thornita, 2.
Class No. 7 - Blue (male), Mrs. Bixby's Authos of Thorpe, 1; Dr. Niven's Albert Edward, 2.
Class No. 8 - Blue (female), Mrs. Brace's Lady Gentian, 1; Mrs. Cox's Mitcham Tiddle, 2; Dr. Niven's Mrs, Wiggs, 3.
Class No. 9 - Cream (male), r. Woodward's Imp Matthis of the Durham, 1; Mrs. Matthis' Petie Kay, 2.
Class No. 14 - Mrs. Jackson's Princess Clara, 1.
Masked silver (male), Mrs. Hodge's Abdel Moto, 1.
Class No. 17 - Silver and shaded silver (male), Mrs. Conlisk's Bitterne Chieftain II., 1; Dr. Bower's Radium, 2
Class 18 - Silver and silver shaded (female), Mrs. Dykhouse's Lady Thelma, 1; Dr. Bowen's Gloria 2; Mrs. Murphy's Tootsie Murphy, 3.
Class No. 15 - Chinchilla (male), Mr. Dosch''s Al Tarek, 1; Mrs. Frye's Caesar, 2.
Class No. 20 - Chinchilla (female), Mrs. Conlisk's Lou Dillon, 1; Mrs. Wright's Sweet Marie, 2; Mrs. Jackson's St. Cecelia, 3.
Class 24 - Orange tabby (female), Mrs. Dykhouse's Princess Goldie, 1; Dr. Brownell's Trouble, 2
Class 25 - Mrs. Hardie's Rajah, 1; Mrs. Brockway''s Queen's Imperator, 3: Mrs. Bell's David Copperfield, 3.
Class No, 26 - Mrs. Bell's Madame Bovary, 1; Mrs. J. B. Smith's Irene, 2; Mrs. Arnold's Dolly Varden, 3.
Class No. 27 - Tortoise shell (female) - Mrs. Dykhouse's Gavetta, 1; Mrs. Jenkin's Limit, 2.
Class No. 28 - Mrs. Spencer's Mother, 1; Pussy, 2, same owner.
Class No. 29 - any other color (female) - Mrs. Brace's Bon Bon, 1.
Class No. 30 A - Any color tabbie with white (female) - Mrs. Frye's Lady Wilmont, 1; Mrs. King's Midget, 2; Mrs. Morgan's Juna, 3.
Class No. 31 - Any other color with white (male or female) - Mrs. Wells' Colburne Wells, 1; Mrs. Spencer's Lassie, 2.
Class No. 31 - Any color tabby (neuter) - Mrs. Spencer's Bird Store Tom, 1; Master Kenneth Stoddard's Hermes, 2.
Class No. 35 Any color tabby with white (neuter) - Mrs. Griswold's Jock, 1.
Class No. 36 - Any other color with white (neuter) - Mrs. Gelinea's Perro, 1; Mrs. Baker's Titus, 2.
Class 36 A - Any other color without white (neuter) - Mrs. Buvinger's Pinkins, 1; Mrs. Bell's Golden Rod, 2.

LONG-HAIRED NOVICE CLASSES
Class No. 37 - White (male) Mrs. Clark's Romeo II., 1.
Class No. 39 Black (male) Mrs. Wood's King Jet, 1; Miss Bordwell's Othello, 2.
Class No. 42 Blue (female) Dr. Niven's Mrs. Wiggs, 1,
Class No. 43 Cream (male) Mrs. Smith's Paul Revere, 1.
Class No. 48 Smoke (female) Mrs Jackson's Truscers Claro, 1.
Class No. 50 Maske silver (female) Mrs. Hodges' Romonoa, 1.
Class No. 52 Silver or shaded silver (male) - Mr. Luitwieler's Peter Pan 1.
Class No. 54 - Chinchilla (male) - Mrs. Frye's Caesar, 1.
Class No. 55 Chinchilla (female) Mrs. Hodge's Silver Cricket, 1.
Class No. 57 Silver Tabby (female) - Mrs. Spencer's Blanche II., 1.
Class No. 59 - Orange Tabby (female) Dr. Brownell's Trouble, 1.
Class No. 60 Brown Tabby (male) - Mrs. Brockway's Queen's Imperator, 1; Miss Young's Buster 2.
Class No. 61 - Brown Tabby (female) - Miss Arnold's Dolly Varden, 1; Miss Morden's Jap, 2: Mrs Ossoski's Trouble, 3.
Class No. 62 Any colour with white (male) Mrs. Reinhard's Deck, 1.
Class No. 63 Any color with white (female) Mrs. Frye's Lady Wilma, 1; Miss Bissell's Constance, 2; Mrs. Wicker's Cleopatra, 3.

OPEN CLASS SHORT HAIRS.
Class No. 72 White (male) Miss Cathcart's Combo, 1.
Class No. 73 White (female) Miss Pollard's Breeze, 1; Miss Wells' Kit, 2.
Class No. 74 Black (male) Master Tomie's Dick, 1.
Class No. 75 - Black (female), Miss Cathcart's Bissy, 1.
Class 77 - Blue (female), Miss Cathcart's Mouse, 1; Mrs. Alband's Daisy, 2
Class No. 78 - Orange tabby (male), Miss Cathcart's Imp. Bell of Bradford.
Class No. 82 - Smoke (male), Miss Cathcart's Buster Brown, 1.
Class No. 85- Gray tabby (female), Dr. Bowen's Tibbins, 1.

[BUFFALO CAT SHOW] The Charlotte news, 6th December 1906
Buffalo, New York, Dec. 4. Sleek, aristocratic Toms and Tabbies filled the exhibition hall to-day and looked their prettiest before the crowds that attended the Show. The exhibits number several hundreds and include prize-winners of nearly all known breeds. The entries come from Rochester, Pittsburg, Cleveland, Toronto and a number of other cities. The show ill continue for three days.

GREAT CROWDS AT BUFFALO'S CAT SHOW. LOCAL EXHIBITORS CONTINUE TO CARRY OFF A GOOD PORTION OF THE PRIZES. The Buffalo Times, 6th December 1906
The cat show at German-American Hall will close tonight at 10 o'clock. Large numbers have already taken in the show and been greatly interested by the unexpectedly large and varied exhibition of blue-blooded felines, in all more than 250 tabbies occupying the cages. The Cat Fanciers' Association, under whose rules the Buffalo show is being held, has required in its regulations that no unregistered cat can compete for certain very desirable prizes. This would have barred out practically all of the pussies shown here had the executive committee of the association not met yesterday and suspended the rule for this season.

The judges finished most of their work yesterday and Buffalo exhibitors fared well. Miss Fletcher's Lady Buful took the cup for being the finest silver-haired cat in the show. Mrs. A. E. Dean and Dr. Clara Bowen took second and third prizes in this class. Miss Alice Van Arsdale's Johnneen won first prize for the finest white cat with golden eyes. Mrs. F. L. Taylor, president of the Buffalo Cat Club; Mrs. G. J. Wright, Mrs. George. Murphy, Miss Clara Young, Mrs. W. H. Jenkins, Mrs. K. C. Spencer, Mrs. l. Ossoski, Mrs. Helen F. Morgan, Mrs. S. R. King, Mrs. Charles A. Libolt, Mrs. W. B. Frye, Mrs. M. H. Buvinger, Mrs. C. N. Leonard, Mrs. A. E. Dean, Chester E. Noble, Miss Pearl A. Donaldson, Mrs. M. M. Sloan, Mrs. George F. Reach, Miss Bertha O. Wells, Master Henry Tonnies, Miss Helen Kent, Mrs. D. W. Cherrier, Mrs. N. M. Constantine, Dr. N. P. Hinkley, Edward?enge, W. Z. Joyce, Mrs. William Sanders, C. McLaren, Mrs. C. W. Curtis and Mrs. R. V. Clark were other Buffalo people who won prizes with their pussies. Many of the cats will be sold at auction this afternoon.

CAT SHOW DRAWS LARGE CROWDS. GERMAN-AMERICAN HALL FOUND TO BE TOO SMALL TO ACCOMMODATE VISITORS. JUDGES FINISH WORK. DISPOSE OF ALL CLASSES AND PICK THE WINNERS EXHIBITION CLOSES TONIGHT. Buffalo Courier, 6th December 1906
Members of the Buffalo Cat Club regret that German-American Hall is not three times as large as it is. Last night the crowd at the exhibition was so big that it was with difficulty that the spectators were able to pass along the aisles and view the felines. The judges completed their work yesterday, every class being judged. Buffalo fanciers received a good share of the prizes. Last night the members and friends of the club attended a banquet. The show will end tonight.

Following is a list of the prize winners of yesterday:
Class No. 86 Silver tabby (male), Miss Cathcart's Pretty Cat, 1.
Class No. 87- Silver tabby (female), Mrs. E. Kelcher's Silverheels, 1.
Classes No. 88, 89, 90, 91 Absent.
Class No. 92 Manx (female), Mrs. C. G. Waycott's Mrs. Dooley, 1.
Class No. 93 Miss Florence S. Bird's Spottie Bitman, 1; Miss K. Finnegan's Ikey, 2.
Class No. 94 Absent.
Class No. 95 Any color, with or without white (female), Miss Helen Kent's Kitty Kent, 1; Miss Cathcart's Mamma, 2.
Class No. 97 White or black (Neuter), Mrs. L. E. Vanterian's N*gger, 1; Mr. More's Baby Van Horn, 2; Miss Cathcart's Toby, 3.
Class No. 97 A Blue (Neuter), Mrs. D. W. Cherrier's Muff, 1; Mrs. L. E, Vanterian's Smokey, 2; Mrs. M. H. Constantine's Fitzsimmons, 3.
Class No. 98 Silver, orange and blue tabby (Neuter), Mrs. George E. Shaw's Toby, 1; Mrs. George E. Shaw's Punch, 2; Mrs. F. C. Whitney's Ginger, 3.
Class No. 98 A Gray tabby (Neuter), Dr. N. Pe Hinkley's Doctor, 1: Mr. J. L. Vosburg's Thomas V., 2: Mr. W. A. Joyce's Zoo Teddie, 3
Class No. 98 B Brown tabby (Neuter), Mrs. James Ross' Jack Ross, 1; Miss Josephine Sutton's Winkle, 2.
Class No. 100 Any color, with or without whit, (Neuter), Mrs. E. W. Miller's Fluff Miller, 1; Mrs. Frey's Dewey, 2.

SHORTHAIRED KITTENS.
Class No. 101 Absent.
Class No. 101 A Black, Mrs. W. B. Alband's Prince Chubb Daisy, 1; Buster Brown (same owner), 2.
Class No. 101 B Blue, Mrs. Mary. S. Sages Fametta, 1; Miss Cathcart's Blue Bell, 2; Miss Cathcart's Forget-me-Not, 3.
Class No. 102 Cream, Mrs. Fred Clark's Peter Pan, 1.
Class No. 103 Any color tabby, Mrs. C. W. Curtis' W. C. May, 1; Buster C. (same Owner), 2; Mrs. C. C. Faust's Nellie, 3.
Classes No. 104, 105 Did not fill.
Class No. 106 - Any color, with white, Mr. C. McLaren's N*gger, 1; Mrs. Fred Clark's Ophelia, 2.
Class No. 107 Did not fill.
Class No. 108 Manx, Mrs. Ray V. Clark's Bobby, 1; Miss Elanor G Bissell's Louis Napoleon, 2; Miss Carrie Cavan's Queen of Night, 3.

BUFFALO CAT SHOW TO END TONIGHT The Buffalo Enquirer, 6th December 1906
The Cat Show, which has been going on at the German-American Hall for the past few days, will end to-night. More than 220 cats have been on exhibition, made up of all classes and grades. There was a meeting of the executive committee of the Cat Fanciers' Association at the hall yesterday afternoon and some rules regarding the registering of cats were amended. Several cats, the property of Buffalo people, were awarded beautiful prizes yesterday.

Miss Fletcher's silver tabby, Lady Beautiful, was awarded the first prize in her class. It was a beautiful silver cup. Other Buffalo people whose cats won prizes were: Mrs. F. L. Taylor, Mrs. George Murphy, Mrs. A. J. Wright, Miss Clara Young, Mrs. I. Ossoski, Mrs. W. H. Jenkins, Mrs. K. C. Spencer, Mrs. Helen F. Morgan, Mrs. S. R. King, Mrs. W. B. Frye, Mrs. Charles A. Libolt, Mrs. Gelineas, Mrs. M. H. Buvinger, Mrs. C. N. Leonard, Mrs. A. E. Dean, Miss M. M. Sloan, Chester E. Noble, Miss Pearl A. Donaldson, Mrs. George F. Reach, Miss Bertha O. Wells, Master Henry Tonnies, Miss Helen Kent, Moore Van Horn, Mrs. D. W. Cherrier, Mrs. N. M. Constantine, Dr. N. P. Hinkley, W. A. Joyce, Edward Menge, Mrs. Frey, Mrs. William Sanders, Mrs. C. W. Curtis, C. McLaren and Mrs. Ray V. Clark.

LAST CHANCE TO VISIT CAT SHOW. FINE EXHIBIT OF THE FELINE ARISTOCRACY AT GERMAN-AMERICAN HALL. JUDGES AWARD PRIZES. MISS FLETCHER'S LADY BUFUL WINS FIRST IN SILVER CLASS - OTHER BUFFALO WINNERS. Buffalo Morning Express, 6th December 1906
This is the last day of the vat show. If you would see the champion cats of the world, it behooves you to hie quickly to German-American Hall, where you will behold more cats in a bunch than you ever dreamed existed. All classes of cats, too, full bloods with a long lineage. There are 250 of them being exhibited there under the auspices of the Buffalo Cat Club.

The most important proceeding of yesterday was a meeting of the executive committee of the Cat Fanciers' Association. There is a rule which says no unregistered cat can compete for certain prizes in a show. If that rule had been enforced at Buffalo, most of the cats would have been barred out. The association yesterday decided to suspend the rule for the season as well as for the Buffalo show, so that will let in the unregistered tabbies at other places.

Most of the judging was finished yesterday. Some beautiful cups were won by Buffalo owners. Miss Fletcher's Lady Buful was adjudged the finest silver tabby in the show and took the cup in her class. Lady Buful was, perhaps, the most admired cat in the exhibition. Mrs. A. E. Dean and Dr. Clara Bowen won second and third prizes in the same class. The first prize for the best white female with golden eyes, was won by Johnneen, owned by Miss Alice Van Arsdale of Buffalo. Other Buffalo owners who won prizes with their pets were Mrs. F. L. Taylor, Mrs. George Murphy, Mrs. A. J. Wright, Miss Clara Young. Mrs. I. Ossoski, Mrs. W. H. Jenkins, Mrs. K. C. Spencer, Mrs. Helen F. Morgan, Mrs. S. R. King, Mrs. W. B. Frye, Mrs. Charles A. Libolt, Mrs. Gelineas, Mrs. M. H. Buvinger, Mrs. C. N. Leonard, Mrs. A. E. Dean, Miss M. M. Sloan, Chester E. Noble, Miss Pearl A. Donaldson, Mrs. George F. Reach, Miss Bertha O. Wells, Master Henry Tonnies, Miss Helen Kent, Moore Van Horn, Mrs. D. W. Cherrier, Mrs. N. M. Constantine, Dr. N. P. Hinkley, W. A Joyce, Edward Menge, Mrs. Frey, Mrs. William Sanders, Mrs C. W. Curtis, C. McLaren and Mrs. Ray V. Clark.

One of the novel exhibits is Babe, a Rochester cat which weighs 28pounds. He is eight years old and is as large as a French bulldog. Smokey, exhibited by Mrs. L. K. Vanterlaus of San Francisco, took first prize in the class of blue neuters. He is four years old and went through the fire and earthquake at San Francisco. When the fire broke out, his owner put him in a parrot cage, in which he was kept eight days. The Conlisk Cattery of Gowanda has several exhibits at the show. Conlisk cats took first prizes in the shaded silver and chinchilla classes. Some of the Conlisk cats were simply exhibited and not entered for prize or cup. Bitterne Chiffon, the famous champion several times over, was withdrawn to give Lou Dillon, also from the Conlisk Cattery, a chance in the chinchilla female class. Lou Dillon took first in that class and Mrs. A. J. Wright's Sweet Marie took second.

Yesterday brought the largest crowd the show has seen so far. There were scores of children in the afternoon. The grownups came at night. Today will close the exhibition and the cats will go back to their home catteries. This afternoon many of the cats and some of their wearing apparel will come under the auctioneer's hammer. Many of the cats have been sold during the show.

CAT SHOW OVER Buffalo Evening News, 7th December 1906
The first show of the Buffalo Cat Club is a thing of the past, and was so successful that it has already been decided to have another one in a larger hall that the German-American one in 1907. Last night the crowd was a big one. Anthos of Thorpe, a blue-eyed male, was judged the champion cat of the show. He is owned by Mrs. L.H. Bixby of Chicago. The champion female cat was judged to be Puritana, owned by Miss Alva L. Pollard of Elizabeth, N.J. This winner is white with blue eyes.

[BUFFALO CAT SHOW] Buffalo Evening News, 7th December 1906
Quite a number of our well-known young women are rejoicing today over the prizes which their Persian pets have brought home from the cat show. Among the number are Miss Alice Van Arsdale, Miss Matilda M. Sloan, Miss Florence Bird, Mrs. A. J. Wright and Miss Jennie Cottle.

CATS DEMAND A BIGGER HALL NEXT YEAR The Buffalo Enquirer, 7th December 1906
"Meow!?' Plaintively.
"Meow!" irritably.
"Meow!" at a pitch heard clear down the: street.
Then there followed a perfect chorus of meows'' a reminder of the backyard orchestra one sometimes hears along about midnight. But it was a one-minute chorus, and then all was quiet as a mouse. Not a sound was to be heard for several seconds, Finally a woman's voice broke the stillness:
"Merciful heavens what caused all that racket," the owner of the voice queried.
"R-a-c-k-e-t! Well, what do you think of that for an insult, Tom," snarled a big Manx at the questioner's left.
"Can't expect anything else of a crowd like this," answered a soft-eyed Persian across the aisle, who was sitting on her haunches demurely washing her face. I've been watching the bunch for an hour or more and I made up my mind long ago that if these two-legged animals weren't of an aristocratic breed there'd be a rough house here before 10 o'clock. Never saw anything like it. Every ten minutes there's a gorge in front of my cage and it takes another ten to get it broken up and the line to moving. And then they just move and that's all. Nobody gets half a chance to size us up.''
"No, you bet they don't, and this fact makes me mad," snarled an Abyssinian from his cushion opposite. What's the good in holding a cat show in a room too small to half accommodate the people who attend. I've stood here tonight and seen dresses torn and men's hats knocked off and . . ."
"I guess you did the tearing," interrupted a little Siamese, with a sly wink at the Manx.
"Never on your life," spit back the Abyssinian. "I'll admit that I've raised hob with a good many hat feathers and plumes that came dangerously near these wires, but nobody has complained. Everybody takes my little jokes in the best of humor. If I didn't get some exercise I'd . . . "
"Never mind what you'd do," growled the big twenty-eight-pounder who hails from Rochester. "I suggested that we voice our protests while the representatives of the press were here, and there was a general response to my suggestion. We outside cats have made it known that we don't propose coming to Buffalo next year unless this exhibition is held in Convention Hall, where spectators can get a chance to study our good points. This is no place for an exhibition."
It is no wonder these aristocratic felines held an indignation meeting last night. German-American Hall was packed with such a crowd last night that it was with the greatest difficulty the spectators managed to get around, and it is safe to say that a good percentage of them didn't see half the animals on exhibition. There are about 250 in all, from the waif cat up to the high-bred feline. One of the latter, the Hon. Peter Sterling, is valued at $2,000. That the show is proving a great success there is no denying. Last night's crowd was composed of men as well as women, and the former included many who are prominent in business and professional circles of the city.

BUFFALO CATS ON EXHIBITION. CAT SHOW ASSEMBLES COUNTRY'S MOST VALUABLE TABBIES FOR A GREAT VARIETY OF PRIZES The Buffalo Sunday News, 9th December 1906
Dog shows, horse shows and automobile shows are a rather common occurrence, but a cat show is as yet a novelty. The home-loving Tabby or the belligerent Tom of the back fence have never basked much in the limelight of publicity. But times have changed, and pussy has been appreciated more since it has been found to what perfection she can be brought when carefully bred. Cat clubs have been formed all over the country, and when it was learned that the organization from Buffalo had secured the show for this city this year local lovers of the feline tribe spared no effort to make Buffalo's first cat show an unqualified success.

German-American Hall at the corner of Main and High streets was chosen as the place for the exhibition. Of course Buffalo had the lion's share of felines on display, but there were cats from all over the country and some from as far as San Francisco. There were long-haired cats and short haired cats, smooth cats and fluffy cats, white cats and black cats, maltese cats and tortoiseshell cats, Persian, Manx and Angora cats, and in fact every kind of cat worthy of a place in the annals of catdom. Some of the most beautiful specimens of this domestic animal in the world were numbered among the pussies in the little wicker cages.

At a dog show there is usually a great deal of barking and yowling from the canines, so it was but fair to suppose that their feline brethren would raise up their voices even as they do at various hideous hours of the night. But no, they lie in their stalls, lazily blinking at the passersby, lose themselves in sleep or explore the mysteries of the food placed before them. An occasion "meouw" is heard, but the aristocratic tabbies disdain to betray their feelings to the world, and maintain an air of indifference to the proceedings about them.

The cats were placed in cages, ranged in long rows. German-American Hall proved to be inadequate to hold them all comfortably, with the result that some crowding ensued. No attempt was made to place cats of the same class together, and they were all judged separately. Thus, the common short haired tabby, pet of the household, had as much chance at one of the coveted first prizes in her own class as did the high bred Angora, pride and champion of many exhibitions. Mrs. James Conlisk of Gowanda presented some beautiful silver grey Persian kittens that attracted much attention, and also a few prizes. Among others who captured a few firsts and seconds were: Mrs. Willlam B. Frye, Mrs. T. L. Taylor, Mrs. John Reinhard, Dr. Clara E. Bowen, Mrs. A. J. Wright, Dr. Brownell, Mrs. I. Ossoski of Buffalo, Mrs. Elizabeth Brese [Brace] of Rochester, Miss Bixby of Chicago and Mrs. Hardy of Detroit.

THE SUCCESSFUL CAT SHOW Buffalo Morning Express, 9th December 1906
Jostling crowds were the order of the day at the Cat Show in German-American Hall last week. Pussies of every size, color and degree were up for inspection and their admirers were without number. Exclamations of approval and delight welcomed each cat at the show and the soft fur, big eyes and attractive feline ways made glad the heart of the spectators. Women were in the majority at the show. On Thursday, the closing day, the cats were auctioned off and many a pretty pussy found a cozy home and a loving mistress in fair Buffalo. [Note: the cats would not all have been auctioned off as the article seems to suggest.]

[BUFFALO CAT SHOW] Star Gazette, 19th December 1906
Ithaca. Mrs. E.H. Rhodes of the Forest City Cattery at 123 Park Place, had two Angora cats at the cat show in Buffalo on December 3, 4 and 5, which won a first and second prize in an exhibit of 264 cats. One of the feline exhibits was a yellow tiger which captured first prize. The other was a white Persian, which carried off second honors in this class. It was a candidate for first prize but owing to its tail being a trifle too long the mark disqualified it for first honors.

1908 BUFFALO CAT SHOW

CATS OF MANY KINDS COMING. Buffalo Morning Express, 5th January 1908
First of the big Shows to be held in Buffalo this Year will be a Cat Show. Will open next Tuesday. Animals with long Hair and Animals with short Hair, even the common Pussy, will be there.
Probably every cat lover has pondered the stores of Dick Whittington and the Fortune he made for himself by simply letting loose a good mouser on the King's table where the rats were devouring the tasty viands. Well, Puss is going to make a furore here in Buffalo within a few days now - just as big a one as that in the time of the good Bow Bells Boy. And whisper it not within hearing of the Cat Club - probably every member who has a cat fit to be seen has visions of a fortune in glory to be achieved when the big event is over. For there is to be a cat show here, and the biggest one the city has ever seen. Last-year there was a cat show here, and it was very good in itself as to number and quality of the cats displayed. The managers had much to learn. for it was their first venture, but they are sensible women who can take a lesson, and make use of experience, so the show this year promises to remedy all the defects of management noticed last year.

To begin with, there will be no crowding into too small a space, as last year. This time the club has engaged the whole third floor of the Oppenheim-Collins building, which, everybody will remember, is lighted by a whole row of great windows looking down into the street. The ventilation is good, and another nice thing, there will not be other events crowding upon the show, and forcing the owners of the precious pussies to wait until the morning of the very day on which the show opens to bring their pets into the hall - and fancy a cat having just an hour or so to get acquainted with her quarters and make himself at home.

For days before the show the owners began looking over the room. There was much leisurely preparation, for there is not, this year, the haunting bugbear that the poor weary cats and their mistresses (weary and cross probably) will have to pack up and vacate the room before midnight of the same day. Days of grace will be granted after the show to allow the pussies to withdraw gracefully.

You enter the room - cats and women, cats and women, you will see and hear them everywhere. But, then, the cats are the very pick of their kind, and the women - they are sensible people who are making a fad of the raising of good cats, and encouraging competition. Since a fad of some sort is good for most people, to keep alive their enthusiasm and take them out of themselves, let pussy take credit to herself for doing that much good.

"Look at her baby face," says one enthusiast, with a beautiful chinchilla lady cat, and at the approach of the two the puss languidly turns her head, conscious of the grace and dignity with which Nature endows the tribe. And surely enough, she has a "baby face," foolish as the thing may sound. For the little features are bunched close, with the tip-tilted nose, the great melting eyes and short upper lip that one has grown to associate with the pretty little soubrette in human kind. Surely there is a resemblance between a cat and a woman, in features as well as in disposition. And, nevertheless, a woman's pet is the cat, and the average man dislikes her.

Then there is the great, strong limbed man cat, lithe and fierce in spite of thousands of years of domestication. His face is suspicious, for he has not his mate's craft in covering his distrust of his benefactor. He is a mere incidental in the cattery, and ever longs be free to forage and fight and destroy. The club has placed the male cat in a class by himself, the female in another, and the kitten, from four to eight months old, in a third.

Cage after cage ang row after row they will appear - an, endless series of delights to the cat lover. Here are the white pussies, with heavenly blue eyes (and the type, so rare a few years ago, is now common enough for the judges to criticise the precise shade of blue in the eye and the purity of the white in the coat), and mostly with blue or pink ribbons on their necks. Another group are chinchillas, and it takes an expert to appreciate to the full the value of the chinchilla. You may have a perfect specimen of the type, palest grey, soft coat, and eyes of just the right tint, as Mamma cat, and a Papa cat of equal perfection; and still baby cat may develop into a streaky darkish color with muddy eyes and no good points. In fact, the chinchilla of purest tone is hard to secure. There are silvers, darker than the chinchillas, and there are silver tabbies and shaded silvers, all different. There are a whole set of orange cats, tabbies and plain colors, and there are the black cats. Black cats have had an ill name for many a generation, but this is offset by the extremely good powers attributed to the same black cat in other superstitions. But for some reason or other, the black Persian, with his inky coat that shows no other tinge, even when you blow the fur apart, is not at present in great favor. There are odd kinds of cats, little known, for instance, the Mexican hairless cat, a queer little thing, pale mouse colored and flesh tinted beneath. His skin was very loose on his body and his face had an expression of great gentleness and intelligence. This cat is said to be extinct, although there may be a few stray ones among the Mexican Indians. From the Far East come many varieties of strange cats. The Siamese cat is cream colored with seal brown mask and paws. His face is long and his limbs are slender. Altogether, he has more the look of the wild animal than the ordinary domestic cat. Watch out for him at the show, for rare as he is in Buffalo, a few are to be on view.

But besides the long-haired pussies on view, there will be some fine specimens of the common American shorthaired cat. Whoever has a big, well-formed puss, with glossy hair; that lies flat and thick and sleek, whose forehead is broad and flat, whose eyes are large and set far apart, whose legs are proportionately short and thick, whose spine is sinuous and rippling - and a thousand other points - well, the place for him is at the show, for the object of the association is to encourage the production of perfect specimens of that common breed. For sure it is that the short-haired, common. kind tends to overrun the others in this country.

Some people contend that the shorthaired cat is more intelligent than the other. A cat Is not a student, and resents any interference with her habits of thought, or the imposition of a task. She takes no pride in pleasing as the dog does, and when forced to do tricks does them with a grudge and an ill grace that no dog would ever exhibit. But there is this about the cat she is naturally clean and dainty, and thus makes a good pet for the house. Besides, there is something likable about a cat, with his boneless, purring ways. And the cat is the best and surest mouse-trap in the world.

There have been admirers of the cat from the days when the Egyptians worshiped her. They saw a resemblance between the strange moon-like pupils of the cat's eye, and the real moon, and we inferred a connection between puss and the goddess Pasht, or the moon. So was puss honored in life and entombed with kings after death.

There are many good cats in Buffalo. Some will appear at the show. Most of them, in fact, for the owner of a cat with any points at all is like the owner of a baby - she sees only perfection in every characteristic. She takes it to a show, and if a defect Is noticed, it is dire injustice, that's all. So pity the poor judges, who must bear the blame. These judges this year are a pair of English women, the Misses Champion of New York, who are famed as cat fanciers on both sides of the ocean. Louis Wain has given a half promise to be a third, but that is not certain yet. He is one of the men who know something about cats.

Speaking of men cat fanciers, at every show in this country there appears a huge cat, called Petie. He has his cage near the door, and over it is the inscription, $2,000. And people stand and stare, and wonder why they cannot raise such a cat and reap a golden price Ike that. They fall to staring at him and pointing at him in awe that so small an object can represent such a sum. He's worth it, though, to his owner a man. The owner is the editor of the Cat Journal, and where he goes, Pete goes. Pete has his basket, is taken aboard the train, and, when fairly settled in the seat, the basket is opened, and out comes the cat, right at home beside his master. He is never disconcerted, and seems to have almost lost the cat instinct to become attached to a place rather than a person.

Mrs. Conlisk of Gowanda is going to show some fine cats all of the different kinds of silvers and greys. Mrs. Frye of Main street has a couple of beautiful chinchillas. Sweet Marie, whose picture appears in The Express, is a beautiful puss, and Caesar is a conqueror from tip to tip. But alas for this Caesar, as with his namesake, he has fallen into misfortune. Last summer, when Caesar's coat was long and thick and silky, his mistress took pity on his panting and sweltering, and with infinite pains to herself and the conqueror she cut his hair as close as she could. He appeared a creature of odd aspect, for he was one bundle of ridges and furrows. Then his fur came out and began to grow again. It will be fine when it is grown, but, alas for the show time, he is now quite out of coat and must forego all claim to a prize. Mr. Desbecker is going to show a fine cat of his. Mr. Sloan, whose cats are so familiar on Main street, is likewise booked to exhibit his. Mr. More will take his store cat to the show. And the pussies will have something to amuse them this year a chattering monkey will be kept near the door for everybody to speak to.

The show this year is under the management of Mrs. Brace of Rochester. There will be a splendid array of medals, gold, silver and bronze, as well as special prizes. It is to be a show of four points that means. To the cat lover that a championship won at this show will count four points to its winner should the owner exhibit him elsewhere. Fifty cats make a one point show. A cat may win a prize in such a show, and then be exhibited at a show of say 150 cats, take a prize again, and count three points toward his championship. Another cat has won say six points at different shows, and the two are judged for championship. The one with the largest number of points necessarily has the advantage. Two hundred cats make a three point show, and 250 a four point. There are to be at least 250, more likely 300, cats in the room at the Oppenheim-Collins corner the coming week.

CATS OF HIGH PEDIGREE WIN MANY PRIZES. SECOND ANNUAL CONVENTION, OPENED YESTERDAY, PROVES FAR MORE ATTRACTIVE THAN THAT OF YEAR AGO - VOTED HUGE SUCCESS. MRS. W. B. FRYE WINS TWO FIRST PRIZES MRS. DYKEHOUSE ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL EXHIBITOR - TWO RARE SIAMESE CATS WITH SEAL-LIKE FUR ATTRACT ATTENTION - PRIZE WINNERS IN FULL. Buffalo Courier, 8th January 1908
Going to the dogs isn't half as interesting as going to the cats just now, provided the cats are those exhibited at the second cat show opened yesterday in the hall at Main and Huron streets. There are all sorts and degrees of cats, from the stray waif to the one valued at $2,000. And in several instances the waif bested the pedigreed animal and won the coveted prizes. Exhibitors came from all parts of the country and the judges, Miss E. R. B. Champion and Miss Dorothy Champion, made the trip from Staten Island, New York City. So far as exhibitors were concerned, one of the most successful was Mrs. W. B. Frye, secretary of the Buffalo Cat Club, who won two firsts with her own exhibits and several firsts and seconds with the progeny of her Caesar, said to be the finest male Chinchilla in the country.

The show will be continued today and tomorrow. The prize winners in all save the special classes are:
[Class 1] Long haired, white males, blue eyed - First, Romeo, owned by Mrs. H. G. Dykehouse; second, Harmony, Mrs. A. Wolf; third, Sousa II., Mrs. C. H. Phillips.
Class: 2 - White female, blue eyed - First, Romeo Princess of Paris, Mrs. Dykhouse: second, Romeo Ena, Mrs. Dykhouse; third, Romeo Fantine, Mrs. Dykhouse.
Class 3. - White male, yellow eyes - First, Wooly, Fred L. Kramer; second, Rhino, Miss S. Cox.
Class 4. - White female, yellow eyes First, Princess Ena, Miss Annie L. Woods; second, The White Lady, Mrs. L. A. Woodward.
Class 5 - Black male - First, King Jet, Miss A. L. Woods: second, Menalowan Strongheart, Mrs. Richard Hardy.
Class 6 - Black Female - First, Menalowan Navajo, Mrs. R. Hardy; second, Thonrita, Mrs. F. L. Taylor.
Class 7 - Blue male First, Albert Edward, Dr. J. S. Niven; second, Blue Boy, Mrs. C. J. Browning.
Class 8 - Blue female - First, Alice A., Mrs. C. J. Browning.
Class 9 - Cream or fawn male - First, Matthew of the Durhams, Mrs. L. A. Woodward.
Class 10 - Cream or fawn females - First, The Cream Lady of Gladisfen, Mrs. L. A. Woodward.
Class 11 - Orange male - First, Red Prince, Mrs. Woodward (valued ai $1,000); second, Mandarin, Mrs. F. L. Norton.
Clase 12 - Orange female - First, Goldenrod, Mrs. F. L. Norton: second, Istar of Galdisfenn II., Mrs. J. H. Reinhard.
Class 13 - Smoke male - First, Kewlocke II., Mrs. Otto Nagel.
Class 14 - Smoke female First, Honey, Mrs. Haywood; second, Argent Bunny, Mrs. E. B. Cridler.
Class 15 - Chinchilla male -First, Caesar, Mrs W. B. Frye; second, Al-Tarek II., Mrs. O. L. Dosch; third, Silver Phantom, Mrs. James Conlisk.
Class 16 - Chinchilla female - First, Sweet Marie, Mrs. W. B. Frye.
Class 17 - Silver male - First, Jock of Daybreak, Mrs. E. B. Cridier; second, Bitterne Silver Chieftain II., Mrs. Conlisk.
Class 18 - Silver female - Third, Silver Cricket, Dr. Clara E. Bowen.
Class 19 - Masked silver male - First, Roseben, Mrs. Conlisk.
Class 20 - Masked silver female - No verdict.
Class 21 - Silver tabby, male - First, The Dingley Potentate, Miss Elizabeth Perrin; second, Tristan, Miss Josef Otten.
Class 22, silver tabby female - First, Queen Irene, Mrs. Alfred Jackson; second, Lady Buful, Miss Gwendolyn Fletcher.
Class 23, orange tabby male -First, King Alfonso, Thomas C. Knott; second, Cusic Wolverine, Mrs. W. M. Chapman.
Class 24, orange tabby female - First, Lucy M., Mrs. John Malcolm; second, Trouble, Mrs. W. C. Pinkel.
Class 25, brown tabby male - First, Inquisitive, G. E. Rowland; second, Menalowen Jamshid, Mrs. Hardy.
Class 26, brown tabby female - First, Chiffon, G. E. Rowland; second, Madame Bowery (breeding unknown), Mrs. W. C. Bell.
Class 27, tortoise shell - First, Minuett, Mrs F. Y. Mathis; second, Smut (imported), Mrs. W. H. Jenkins.
Class 28, black and white male - First, Useless, Mary T. Grant.
Class 31 - Peter Pan, Mrs. C. R. Neher; second, Prince Imperial, Miss Elizabeth Perrin.
Class 31 A - First, Nuisance. H. B. Phillips; second, Lady Wilma, Mrs. George Herzog.
Class 32 First, Golden Rod (breeding unknown), Mrs. H. B. Peel; second, Parsifal Mrs. Otten.
Class 33, white neuter - First, Puff Charming, Miss Jessie P. Christie; second, Teddy, Mrs. K. C. Spencer.
Class 33 A, black neuter - First, Belmere, Edward Menge; second, Prince Jet, Miss A. L. Woods.
Class 34, blue or smoke neuter - No decision.
Class 35, any color tabby, neuter - First, Daffodil Mixer Sloan, Miss M. M. Sloan; second, Prince Chub, Miss Helen Klug; third, Hermes, Master Kenneth Stoddard.
Class 36, any color tabby, with white, neuter - First, Colonel, G. F. Reach; second, Tom, R. J. Reidpath.
Class 37, cream or orange - First, Pinkins, Mrs. M. H. Buvinger; second, Tatters (breeding unknown), Miss Ella M. Braids.
Class 37 A, any color without white First, Toby Claude, Miss Marion Spice; second, The Gingerbread Man, Lawrence La Cava.
Novice Classes.
The following were first prize winners in the novice classes:
Class 38, Harmony. Mrs. A. Wolf; 39, Romeo Fantine, Mrs. Dykhouse; 40, Wooly, F. L. Kramer; 41, Princess Ena, Miss Woods; 43, Jet, Mrs. C. J. Browning; 44. Daniel, Dr. Niven; 45, Countess, Dr. Niven; 46 ,Prince Charming. Mrs. L. A. Woodward; 47, Lady Primrose, Mrs. Woodward; 48, Oh Chick, Mrs. E. . Mullett; 49, Istar Il. of Gladisfenn, Mrs. Reinhard; 50, Plummy Jocks, Mary T. Grant; 51, Orphan Annie, Alice Olivia Moore; 54, Jock of Daybreak, Mrs. Cridler; 55, Gloria, Mary T. Grant; 57, Honey, Mrs. E. D. Heywood; 58, Timey, Pascal Jones; 59, Lady Buful, Gwendolyn Fletcher; 61, Lady Melba, J. M. Alexander; 62, Caliph, Mrs. C. R. Neher; 63,Patsy (breeding unknown), Mrs. Neher; 64, Miss Bee, Mrs. W. H. Jenkins; 66A, Toots, Mrs. Frances Johnson.

In the kitten classes the winners and owners were:
Class 66, Edelweiss, Mrs. Heywood; 66A, Ursula Dunbar, Mrs. F. E. Hewitt; 67, Mencara, Miss S. Cox; 68, Ginger, Miss Starr; 70, Cedric Errol, Mrs. E. L. Brace; 71, Teddy, Jr., J. F. Armstrong; 72, Lord Gobelin, Mrs. L. E. Fuller; 72A, Fluffy Ruffles, Mrs. I. H. Quinby; 72B, Bobby, Mrs. E. A. Smith.
Open Class Winners.
The open class winners and their owners were:
Class 73, Kombo, Miss Cathcart; 74, Caroline (breeding and age unknown), Robert Scully; 77 Black Florio (breeding unknown), Miss Cathcart; 78, Lady Ann, Miss Cathcart; 79, Pete, Mrs. C. B. Grahling; 80, Puss, G. J. Welch; 85 Smokeofsky (a waif), Miss Friederich; 88, The Buzzing Silver. Mrs. J. C. Michelson; 90, Maud, Jack Neff; 91, Mickey, Murray Coe.

Mrs. Dykhouse's two Siamese cats, male and female, said to be the finest specimens of this peculiar breed, with fur like sealskin, won first prices in classes 92 ang 93. Louis Napoleon won the Manx male prize for its owner, Miss Eleanor G. Bissell.

Winners in classes not to compete for championships were:
Class 96, Spottie Ritman. Miss Friederich; 97A, Negar, W. G. Folger; 99, Billie C., Mrs. C. W. Curtis; 99A, Ginger, Miss Woods; 99B, Winkle, Miss Josephine Sutton; 99C, Tige (waif cat), Mrs. Scott; 100, Fiuff Miller, Mrs. E. W. Miller; 100A, Bobby, Mrs. C. A. Libolt.

The kitten class winners not to compete for championships were:
Class 101, Snowball (second prize), Mrs. John Klipfel; 103, Dolce, Mrs. J.C. Urquhart; 104, Polly Pinder, Mrs Klipfel; 106, Stubby, Mrs. Frey.

1909 BUFFALO CAT SHOW