REPORTS FROM EARLY BRITISH CAT SHOWS 1915

1915 ABERDEEN KENNEL ASSOCATION SHOW

ABERDEEN NEW YEAR'S DAY DOG [AND CAT] SHOW. Aberdeen Evening Express, 15th December 1914
The Aberdeen Kennel Association, an old-established society, holds its eighteenth annual open show of dogs and cats on New Year's Day as usual. The Skating Rink, where the show has been held for several years past, being no longer available, the committee have been fortunate securing for their show this year the and handsome Badminton Hall of the Aberdeen Dairy Company, 475 Union Street, where there is ample accommodation for really first-class show. . . Mr James Annand, Keith, will judge cats.

[ABERDEEN KENNEL ASSOCIATION] NEW YEAR’S DAY DOG AND CAT SHOW Aberdeen Evening Express, 24th December 1914
New Year’s Day Dog and Cat Show, Badminton Hall, 475 Union Street (opposite Rose Street). Entries close To-night. The Secretary’s Office at 7 Belmont Street will be open up to 10 p.m. to receive entries.

EXHIBITION BY ABERDEEN KENNEL ASSOCIATION. Aberdeen Press and Journal, 2nd January 1915
The eighteenth annual exhibition of dogs and cats, held under the auspices of the Aberdeen Kennel Association (Incorporated) yesterday in the Badminton Hall, Union Street, was an exceedingly attractive one, and was well patronised by the public . . . Cats were adjudicated by Mr James Annand, Keith . . . The section for cats attracted a good deal of interest, and there was a large number of entries. John McNab, Dufftown, led in long-haired males; Mr J. Beverley, Aberdeen, in long-haired females; Mr Robert Duncan, Aberdeen, in long-haired kittens; Miss Munro, Aberdeen, in long haired neuters; Mrs Latto, Aberdeen, in shorthaired neuters.
Long-haired males, any variety—1, John McNab; 2, Robert Duncan; 3, Mrs F. Taylor.
Long-haired females, any variety—1 and 2, Mrs Beverley; 3, John McNab.
Long haired neuters, any variety—1, Miss Munro; 2, John McNab; 3, John S. Moir.
Long haired kittens any variety (under six months) – 1, Robert Duncan; 2, Mrs Garden; 3, Mrs F. Doctor.
Short-haired neuters, any variety— Mrs Latto.
Short-haired kittens (under six months) —William Peters.

1915 EAST OF SCOTLAND KENNEL ASSOCATION SHOW

NEW YEAR DOG [AND CAT] SHOW Aberdeen Evening Express, 31st October 1914
The East of Scotland Kennel Association (Aberdeen) have made final arrangements for their annual New Year’s Day show, which will be held, as usual, in the Gymnasium Hall, Crown Street . . . Mr Colin Harrower will judge the cats. [It was announced that the Association’s Hon. Sec had been called away to war.]

EAST OF SCOTLAND KENNEL ASSOCIATION. Aberdeen Press and Journal, 2nd January 1915
Fanciers will have no reason to regret the admirable show in connection with the East Scotland Association, which was held yesterday in the Gymnasium, Crown Street, Aberdeen . . .[profits in aid of Red Cross] [ cat judge - Mr Mitchell]
Long hair, males—W. B. Dewar.
Long hair, females—1, Mrs A. Shearer; 2, W. Vogel.
Long hair, kittens, under six months—Mrs W. Dunn.
Long hair, geldings— 1, Mrs Davidson; 2 Mrs Louisa Howell; 3 James Cryle; vhc, Miss Isabella Wills and Mrs Jennie Troup.
Short hair, females—1,Miss Mary Stuart; 2, Mrs Mary Allan.
Short hair, kittens, under six months— 1, Miss Flora Stuart; 2, Miss Elsie Webster.
Short hair, geldings – 1, Mrs Still; 2, Mrs Murray.

1915 SOUTHERN COUNTIES (WESTMINSTER) CAT SHOW

[WESTMINSTER SHOW] Pall Mall Gazette, 14th January 1915
The annual show of the Southern Counties Cat Club was held at the Royal Horticultural Hall to-day. The proceeds are in aid of the St. John Ambulance Brigade. There not quite so many exhibitors as in previous years, but all types of cats, ranging from the tabby to the Siamese variety, were on view.

SOUTHERN COUNTIES CAT CLUB SHOW The Scotsman, 15th January 1915
The Southern Counties Cat Club Show opened yesterday in the Horticultural Hall, London, but though the specimens exhibited, including the Persians, were patriotically adorned with red, white, and blue ribbons, their number was sadly depleted owing to the war, the entries totalling about half of those in normal times. The show, which remains open today, is being held for the benefit of the St John Ambulance Brigade.

KHAKI CATS Manchester Evening News, 15th January 1915
Cats have been affected by the war. All their arrangements for their great annual gathering at the Southern Counties' Cat Club Show at the Horticultural Hall, yesterday, were interfered with by the fact that the railway companies could not guarantee to transport them. Even the new type of cat, the biscuit-coloured animal, rare and difficult to breed, found that his assumption of khaki did not give him preferential treatment on troop trains.

WESTMINSTER CAT SHOW.The Times, January 15th, 1915
The 13th annual show of the Southern Counties Cat Club was held yesterday at the Horticultural Hall, Westminster, in aid of the St. John Ambulance Brigade. The show remains open until 5 o’clock to-day. The best long-haired cat was Miss Fisher’s Princess Patricia of Hadley, a very striking young Queen, level in colour, shown in good condition. The best short-haired English type was Mrs. Shore’s Ch. Daybreak, priced at 50 guineas by the owner. The special for the best kitten in the show went to a long-haired tortoiseshell and white, Wynstay Wallflower, shown by Mrs. Western. Other striking cats that scored first prizes were Mrs. Singleton’s The Honourable Jimmy, a magnificent Smoke in grand coat; the Hon. Mrs. Clive-Behren’s Cream Male Swinton Ragtime Dancer, a well-known winner, and a charming cream kitten belonging to Mr. Hatfield; Mrs. Slingsby’s well-known though aged winner, Ch. Rosette of Thorpe – a cat very difficult to beat; a charming pair of sable tabby kittens shown by Mr. W.H. Powell; a handsome Abyssinian cat, Ch. Ras Dashan, belonging to Mrs. H.A. Clark; and Mrs. Western’s well-known red male, Ch. Eden Rufus.

[S.C.C.C.] TRICOLOUR CATS ON SHOW. RED, WHITE, AND BLUE. TABBIES STILL THE BEST MOUSERS. London Evening Standard, 15th January 1915
Several cats of a biscuit colour attracted attention at the annual show of the Southern Counties Cat Club, held at the Royal Horticultural Hall yesterday. This type of animal now appears to be fashionable, and breeders are doing their best to get them; but these biscuit cats are most difficult to breed, as it is far from easy to get rid of the tabby marks. Felines of high society hob-nobbed at the show, which was in aid of the St. John Ambulance Brigade. There were not quite so many exhibitors as in previous years, on account of the railway companies' refusal to accept responsibility, and many owners were shy of placing their precious pets on trains without an assurance from the companies. All types of cats, ranging from the tabby to the Siamese variety, which looked as if it would he more at home in the branches of a tree in the wilds, were on view.

Many of the exhibits were well-known animals. There was Champion Fulmer Remus, a handsome white male, which carried off several prises for Gertrude Lady Decies. Champion Eden Rufus, belonging to Mrs. F. W. Western, was another winner. Swinton Red Rover, the property of Mrs. McLaren Morrison, was the first in his class for self-red or shaded cats; and Swinton Ragtime Dancer, owned by Mrs. Behrens, was a winner in the class for cream males. Mrs. Slingsby's exhibits carried off a large number of awards, one of the best being a tortoiseshell and white cat, Champion Rosette of Thorpe. Wynstay Wallflower, belonging to Mrs. F. W. Western, is a well-known animal at cat shows, and met with the judge's approval.

The effort of cat breeders is to get a real red tabby with the markings clearly defined and not blended. Red tabbies used to have white chins, but that defect has gone, and some "reds" in the show, including Tiger of Isleworth, the property of Mrs. Simner, were very fair. The tortoiseshells are required to be "blotched" and with the colours unmixed. This effect is obtained more successfully in a tortoiseshell and white cat; where white is introduced it has the effect of causing the colours to stand out.

The so-called blue cats are really of a slate colour and there were some very fine specimens. These cats were originally imported from Russia. Many white cats come France, and the “red” cats are English, thus making up the colours of the Allies. The smoke-coloured cats are akin to the blue or slate. A peculiar trait of the wild-looking Siamese felines is that after they reach their third birthday they are generally useless for show. At that their light parts begin to darken and their dark parts to lighten. Levelness in shade is fatal to a Siamese. Other species shown included the Abyssinian brown and the Abyssinian silver, the Manx or tailless cat (with bent hindlegs like a hare), and the silver tabby.

Tabbies - the original English cats - were strong in numbers. This is the best mouse-catching breed; self-coloured cats are generally poor "mousers." It is a peculiar fact that breeding for show points eliminates the instinct for mouse catching but does not interfere with the feline fancy for bird catching. The show cat’s menu includes meat, figs, chocolates, jam, dog biscuits, raisins, and fish. As the cat's original home is the desert, the last mentioned an acquired taste.

The challenge cup for the best long haired cat in the show was won by Miss J. M. Fisher's Princess Patricia of Hadley, a fine blue Queen. Mrs. Shores's Champion Daybreak, a beautifully clearly marked silver tabby, won the challenge cup for the best short-haired cat in the show, and a tortoiseshell and white kitten, Wynnstay Wallflower, belonging to Mrs. F. W. Western, carried off the cup for the best kitten.

BISCUIT-COLOURED CATS. Daily Mirror, 15th January 1915
Pretty Feline Novelty at Striking Show of Domestic Pets. Biscuit-coloured cats are the latest novelty in the feline world. Several domestic pets of this rare colour were exhibited at the annual show of the [Southern] Counties' Cat Club at the Royal Horticultural Hall yesterday. Experts declare that pure biscuit cats are most difficult to breed. All types of cats, ranging from the tabby, reminiscent of comfortable English homes, to the Siamese variety, which looked as if it would be more at home in the branches of a tree in the wilds, were on view, and many of the exhibits were well-known animals. There was Champion Fulmer Remus, a handsome white. male, which carried off for Gertrude Lady Decies several prizes. Champion Eden Rufus, belonging to Mrs. F. W. Western, was another winner. Swinton Red Rover, the property of the Hon. Mrs. McLaren Morrison, was the first in his class for self-red or shaded [red] cats, and Swinton Ragtime Dancer, owned by the Hon. Mrs. Clive- Behrens, was a winner in the class for cream males. Mrs. Slingsby's exhibits carried off a large number of awards, one of the best being a tortoiseshell and white cat, Champion Rosette, of Thorpe. Wynstay Wallflower, belonging to Mrs. F. W. Western, is a well-known animal at cat shows, and met with the judge's approval.

SOUTHERN COUNTIES CAT SHOW Western Morning News, 15th January 1915
Several cream self cats, which were really of a biscuit colour, attracted attention at the annual show of the Southern Counties Cat Club, held in London yesterday. The challenge up for the best long-hair cat was won by Miss J.M. Fisher’s Princess Patricia of Hadley, a fine blue cat. Mrs Shore’s Champion Daybreak, a clearly marked silver tabby, won the challenge cup for the best short-hair cat, and a tortoiseshell and white kitten Wynstay Wallflower, belonging to Mrs F.W. Western, the cup for the best kitten.

DIGNIFIED CATS HOLD "AT HOME." HANDSOME FLUFFY PETS WHO TAKE LIFE SILENTLY AND EASILY. BLUES AND " KHAKIS." Daily Mirror, 16th January 1915
"Yes, sir," said the man at the door of the Horticultural Hall, Westminster, "there's cat show here all right. Prefer cats myself to either dogs or flowers. Dogs make such a row, and flowers are overpowering." He walked inside the hall and pointed with pride towards the cages. " Now, could anything be quieter than that?” he said to’ The Daily Mirror.’

It certainly was a scene of peace and quietude. It was just noon, and half the cats were not yet properly awake for their "at home." Some were still dreaming of their prizes, while others sleepily contemplated the possibility of scratching a judge's face the next time they were taken out of a cage. Around the cages sat a number of women, some knitting, some reading, and a few chatting in whispers. Snatches of their conversation could be caught by passers-by.
"Yes, my dear, blue eyes."
"The real blue?"
"Yes, the real blue."
"And the tail is very full?"
“Oh, perfect!"
A little further on two women kindly pulled aside the blanket covering a cage in which a big white, fluffy cat slept on a pale blue bed.
"I had her grandfather," said one woman to the other. "She takes wonderfully after her grandfather,"
"Meow," murmured the great descendant of a great ancestor as she rolled over on her back and yawned with luxuriant ease.

There are a lot of blue cats at the exhibition and some strange little creatures with white bodies, parti-coloured heads and pale blue eyes. There are amount of delicate biscuit-coloured cats—"khaki cats," as the man at the door called them—and cats with splashes of red in their coats. There is a whole colony of white cats like great balls of snowy fluff. Most of them rejoice in highly romantic names. These prize cats are not playful or affectionate. Their eyes are often cruel, but they seem dull-witted.

"Well," said the man at the door to ‘The Daily Mirror,’ "those cats are very nice and ornamental, and very handsome, but between you and me a mouse would be as safe in this hall as it would be in your coal-cellar."

[WESTMINSTER SHOW] Fleetwood Chronicle, 19th January 1915
Several cats of a biscuit colour attracted attention at the annual show of the Southern Counties Cat Club held at the Royal Horticultural Hall last Thursday.

[S.C.C.C.] AT THE CAT SHOW Maidenhead Advertiser, 20th January 1915
One result of the Cat Show at the Horticultural Hall, Westminster, held last week, is the establishment of the khaki cat as the favourite of the moment. This varies from a pretty biscuit colour through grades of brown, or brown and stone tint, more or less pleasing. Among the novelties were some extraordinary specimens. One of these varieties had a white body, head part black, part white, and strangely human eyes, the colour a faded blue, the expression distinctly querulous. This animal did not look healthy. It knew, perhaps, that it was an anomaly and may have sufficient intellect to wonder why it had been born. It is always a fascinating question as to how much our pet animals know about us, about themselves and each other. Cats are not supposed to be so intelligent as dogs, but there are exceptions. The intelligent cat is rather rare, but it has been noticed that intellect, in the case of felines, does not go with distinguished lineage.

A CHAMPIONSHIP CAT Western Gazette, 22nd January 1915
At the Grand Championship Cat Show of the Southern Counties Cat Club, held at the Royal Horticultural Society’s Hall, Westminster, on Thursday and Friday. Mrs A.B. Hewitt of St. Congan’s, Highfield, Lymington, won the following prizes with her Manx cat, “Holborn Queen,” bred by the owner:- First championship for best short-hair cat, either male of female, over nine months old; the Bogym Challenge Cup for the best Manx bred by exhibitor; the Championship Weybourne Henry Cup, for best Manx in show; special for the best Manx; and a reserve. By winning the above first championship which is the third successive first championship “Holborn Queen” has become also the fortunate winner of the ten guinea Manx Club Silver Challenge Rose Bowl.

[WESTMINSTER SHOW] West Sussex Gazette, 28th January 1915
The Hon Mrs McLaren Morrison, of Parkfield, was awarded a challenge cup at the Southern Counties Cat show at the Royal Horticultural Hall for Swinton Red Rover, a self-red long-hair, and gained awards for tortoiseshells and black longhaired.

1915 CATHCART FUR AND FEATHER SHOW (GLASGOW)

CATS AND CAT-OWNERS. The Queen, 6th February 1915
The Cat Section of Cathcart Fur and Feather Show was not the success which it ought to have been; but as it is only the second show promoted by the society, a little mere experience in organisation will no doubt help matters for another year, and make this fixture one of the foremost in the country. The show being held under G.C. licence, it was a great pity that the support was not greater. The quality was very high, the noted ch. Knowe Boy winning as best stud cat, also as best longhair; whilst the special prize for best black longhair went to Mrs McCowatt's glorious-eyed male. The judge was Mrs Allan McDonald, who made her début in a judicial capacity. The awards were as follows:
Shorthair male, first, Mr Child’s blue, good short coat, very dark in colour, poor head and eye; second, Mr C. Campbell’s glorious-eyed blue, better coat and colour than winner, a taking exhibit.
Longhair blue male, first, ris Martin Rienzi with a well-grown kitten, wonderful eye, nice length of coat, very sound, just a little weak in underjaw; second. Mrs Montgomery's male, of similar type to winner. but has not such good bone; third, Miss McNish with an older male, best head, good shape, coat of the right texture, but not yet through the moult.
Blue female, first, Messrs McNish with Dusk Vale Jewel, beautiful sound pale blue, wonderful length of coat and frill, charming face and cars, lovely eyes, won well; second, Mrs Martin’s Bernice, a good-eyed queen, colour pale, good length of coat, might be better in underjaw; third, Mr Montgomery’s noted Muirkirk Princess, wonderful structural properties, beaten in frill and eye on the day; fourth, Miss Jenning's Uno, good eyes, but not in coat.
Longhair any other colour, fist, Mrs Fauld’s noted ch. Knowe Boy, in good form; second, Mrs McCowatt's black, sweet head, nice colour, short in coat.
Kitten, first, Rienza; second, Miss Davies's chinchilla, slightly marked on face, but fairly free on legs and spine, good head, very cobby, if clears on face will turn out a good one.
Neuter long or short hair, first, to Miss Hepburn with her well-known longhair, looking wonderfully well, and adding another win to his long list; second, Miss Stevenson's nice shaded silver, fails size to winner; third, Miss Smeaton’s blue with green eyes, too Roman nosed, good colour and coat.

1915 SCOTTISH CAT CLUB SHOW (GLASGOW)

CATS AND CAT-OWNERS. The Queen, 6th February 1915

The Scottish Cat Club’s seventeenth championship show will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 9, under Governing Council rules, in the Union Halls, 104, West Nile-street, Glasgow. Sixty-one classes will be given, comprising every variety, and the Judges are Miss Simpson, Mr Colin Campbell, and Mr James Garrow. The show is to be held for the benefit of the Blue Cross Fund, so it is to be hoped all cat fanciers who can will attend, so that a really good sum may be handed over to this good cause. The society is receiving the support of the Newbury Cat Society, the National Cat Club, the Northern Counties Cat Club, the Southern Counties Cat Club, the Blue Persian Cat Society, and Our Dumb Friends League, all of which are offering valuable special prizes.

SCOTTISH CAT CLUB'S SHOW. Aberdeen Press and Journal - Wednesday 10 February 1915
The annual show under the auspices of the Scottish Cat Club was held in Glasgow yesterday. The entries numbered 250, which was quite up to former years. The profits the show, along with the proceeds from "the blue classes," inaugurated by Mr A. Macdonald, Tollcross, Glasgow, will go to swell the funds of the Blue Cross Society. The quality of the animals exhibited was very high and the medal for the best cat was won by Mrs George Wilson, London, with "Colleen of Arrandale," which created a championship, as the cat has already been champion at two different shows. One of the notable features of the show was a Siamese cat, entered by Mrs Macdonald, Tollcross.

[SCOTTISH CAT CLUB SHOW] Dumfries and Galloway Standard, 17th February 1915
At the Scottish Cat Club Show at Glasgow, Mrs Mather, Hastings Hall, Monaive, was second with her male Persian kitten “Rufus.”

1915 SOUTHERN COUNTIES CAT CLUB LOYALTY CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW, HOUNSLOW, LONDON

[LOYALTY CAT SHOW, HOUNSLOW] Shields Daily News, 13th October 1915
A Loyalty Cat Show, in aid of the Blue Cross Fund, will be held at the Public Baths at Hounslow to-day. War loan vouchers will be the prizes awarded by popular judges.

CAT SHOW. Dominion, 14 October 1915.
A chinchilla cat exhibited at a recent Southern Counties Cat Club show, was value at £1000.

CAT SHOW AT HOUNSLOW. London Evening Standard, 14th October 1915
There were no fewer than 420 entries for the Loyalty Championship Cat Show which was held yesterday at Hounslow, of which the proceeds were devoted to the Blue Cross Fund for horses wounded at the front. Among the 90 exhibitors who sent their pets were the Hon. Mrs. Clive Behrens, the Hon. Mrs. McLaren Morrison, and Gertrude Lady Decies, who was present at the show. The classes, in each of which prizes consisting of silver cups and War Loan vouchers - were awarded, included long-haired and short-haired cats and kittens, champions of all kinds, and special exhibits of working people “whose rent does not exceed 10s. per week.” Most of the were marked "not for sale." Others varied in price from £50 down to 50s. Miss F. Simpson, the honorary treasurer and show manager, pronounced the show a distinct success.

THE LOYALTY CAT SHOW. Middlesex Chronicle, 16th October 1915
The pets of many noted followers of the feline fancy were to be seen at the Baths Hall on Wednesday, when a Loyalty Championship Cat Show was held in aid of the Blue Cross Fund for wounded horses. The pens, arranged in the hall by Spratts Ltd., contained in all about 220 cats, and the difficult task of adjudicating upon these was carried out by Mrs. Paul Hardy, Mr. T. J. Ambrose and Mr. C. A. House. Mr. W. J. Wilson (the well-known feline expert) examined and passed the cats; the hon. treasurer and show manager was Miss F. Simpson; the show secretary Mrs. Bagster, and the hon. secretary Mr. Hy. Sinclair Webb, of Bulstrode-avenue.

There were 79 classes, and the entries totalled 409. The silver medal for the best cat in the show (presented by ‘‘Fur and Feather”) went to the Hon. Mrs. Clive Behrens, of Malton, Yorks, for the white male Swinton Apollo. Of the local exhibitors, Mr. H. Turner, of “Micasa.” Alexandra-road, was declared first in the brown tabby (3 to 9 months) class, with “Darkie Brown”; Mrs Sinclair Webb, of 34, Bulstrode-avenue, secured a third in the brown tabby female class, with “Bee Brunette,” which was very highly commended in another class; Mr. Wm. Taylor, of 180, High-street, was very highly commended in a working people’s class, for “Ginger”; Miss A. E. Jacob, of the Retreat, Lansdowne-road, was awarded second for a litter born on Sept. 5th this year, and was reserve in the class for cream female with “My Beauty”; and Mrs. Hilary Furness, of Trafalgar-road, Twickenham, carried off a first and second with “Tiddles.” The prizes consisted of war loan vouchers.

During the afternoon the show was honoured by the presence of Lady Smith Dorrien and Lady Decies, who expressed themselves as very pleased with the exhibits.

[LONDON CAT SHOW ] Hull Daily Mail, 18th October 1915
Amongst the successful exhibitors at the London Cat Show, held on the 14th inst, was Mrs W.J. Hatfield, of Barton-on-Humber (late of Elloughton, East Yorks), who carried off no less than three first prizes, two “open to all England” Championships, three challenge cups, and numerous “specials” with her lovely cream Persians. These cats (our contributor states) together with Mrs Hatfield, had a most exciting ride through London at the time of the air raid, being within a few hundred yards from where the fist bomb was dropped.

THE LOYALTY CAT SHOW. The Queen, 23rd October 1915
The Loyalty Cat Show was held at the end of last week in the Public Baths, Hounslow, under the patronage of the Ranee of Sarawak, and proved a great success. The capital entry of 409 was obtained, and most of the best cats in the country were on exhibition. Although the gate was good it would have been better had a more central hall been chosen; however, in these times, with so many halls in the hands of the military, the choice is limited. The glass roof over the baths was painted green, which made an exceedingly difficult light in which to criticise coats and eyes; hence if I have made any mistakes I crave the indulgence of my readers. The prizes took the form of War Loan vouchers, which was a capital idea, and the show was held in aid of the Blue Cross Fund which should benefit considerably. During the afternoon Lady Smith-Dorrien visited the exhibition, and Gertrude Lady Decies was also there, full of her experiences over in France, where she has been so long tending the wounded. The judges were Mrs Paul Hardy and Messrs Ambrose and House, all of whom carried out their duties satisfactorily, and the secretary was Mr Sinclair Webb, who won golden opinions for his management of the show. The following are the awards.

LONG-HAIRED CATS.
White male: First, championship, and special for best male in show to the Hon. Mrs Behrens with Swinton Apollo, a glorious male, grand head, good size, eye, and texture of coat, won well; second, Mr Currie’s Minley Pearl, another good winner, but on the day beaten in form; third also to Mr Currie with Minley Rock, also very good, but a trifle longer in face.
White female: First and championship to Lady Decies's ch. Fulmer White Satin, a well-known old winner; second, Mr Currie's Minley Flirt, lovely eyes, sweet face, and good coat; third, Mrs Robertson’s Sheela Bheag, on the small side but full of quality.
Black male: First and championship to Mrs Western's ch. Dirty Dick, the invincible champion looking tip top; second, Mrs Benest’s Midnight Mail, a grand cat, lovely eye and square face, must have pressed the winner, his sire, whom he excels in coat; third, Mrs Glenfield s Maharajah, nice head, glossy coat of sound colour.
Black female: First and championship to Mis Humphrey's ch. Homestead Ton Ton, a noted champion, her eyes are her great point, just sold to South Africa to Dr and Mrs Humphries; second, Mrs Fisher-White's Salambo of Highgate, better in coat but beaten in eye; third, Mrs Sinkins's Betty of Delamere, not so lustrous in coat, good eyes, and nice shape.
Blue Male: First and championship to Miss Clements's Glenvictor of Hawkhurst, lovely head, good bone, won on coat and condition; second, Miss Williams's Don Carlos, capital width of head, good skull, nice eye, and level colour; third, Mrs Fisher White's ch. Remus of Highgate, a veteran still good in colour and head.
Blue female: First and championship to Mrs Bergman with Gowans, wonderful eyes, grand brush, and sweet face, snub nose, and level in colour, a future champion; second, Mrs Stephen’s Pearl of Hyver, nice eyes, good colour, neat ears, and good coat, but beaten in head; third, Mrs Thornton's Pompey, out of her pen when these notes were made.
Chinchilla male: First and championship to Lady Decies with ch. Fulmer Don Silverando, good in head and pure in colour, but not in full coat; second, Mrs Lewis with Finningley Faith, beaten in size and bone, good eyes.
Chinchilla female: First and championship to Mrs Stephen's Patricia of Hyver, exquisite eyes, nice face and pale in colour; second also to Mrs Stephen with Maisie of Egypt, lovely coat and pure colour, good head, a massive cat who must have pressed the winner; third, Mons. Gougon’s Bella Donna, nice head and pure colour, but on the small side.
Brown tabby male: First and championship to Mrs Powell's Stanhope Loyal, good eyes and very massive; second to the same lady with Stanhope Laurel, good in ground colour and markings.
Brown tabby female: First and championship to Mrs Powell's Stanhope Brunette; second also to Mrs Powell with Stanhope Tabby, a good brace who excel in ground colour and markings; third, Mrs Sinclair Webb's Bee Brunette, one of the best coats in show, but rather pale in ground colour.
Silver tabby male: First and championship to Miss Roberts’s Sir Marnie, grand markings, but rather poor in coat.
Silver tabby female: First, championship, and special for best female to Mrs Fosbery’s Eastbury Souvenir, capital green eyes, good coat, and exquisite markings; second, Mr Leycester with ch. Toft Hall Alma, in nice coat but somewhat pale in markings; third also to Mr Leycester with Toft Hall Aster, better markings but not so good in coat.
Smoke female: First and championship to Mrs Delamere Bouth with Caterpillar of Delamere, who was alone in her glory, good eyes, will improve with time.
Red tabby male: First and championship to Mrs Western's ch. Eden Rufus, a noted champion, good colour and in capital coat; second, the Hon Mrs Behren's Swinton Royal Standard, a cheap cat at 3 guineas, the catalogue price, good colour and head; third, Mrs Cook’s Torrington Red Liner, a very nice cat, but beaten in coat.
Red tabby female: First and championship to Miss Lea's Ruckholt Autumn, good eyes and shape; second, Mrs Western’'s Wynnstay Fireball, deeper in colour and good markings; third also to Mrs Western with Wynnstay Fireaway, pretty head and good colour, but beaten in size.
Red self or shaded: First and championship to Mrs Western's Wynnstay Ruddiman, a lovely level self red who won well.
Cream male: First and championship to Mr Hatfleld with Cream Cracker, good coat, grand head and eyes, and level shade of colour; second, Mrs Cook's ch. Torrington Vanguard, capital head but beaten in eye and coat; third, Hon. Mrs Behren's Swinton Tango, level shade of colour and good head, but not the coat of winners.
Cream female: First and championship to Mr Hatfield's ch. Maiden Erlegh, grand eye and good coat of a level shade; second to the same winner with Bits of Biscuit, better head, and when in full coat will probably change places with the first.
Tortoiseshell: First, championship, and six specials to Miss Lea's Ruckholt Gaddesden Sunbeam, capital coat and nicely broken on face; second, Mrs Glenfield's Atalanta, nice head, good shape and colour, but a trifle mixed; third, Mrs Western’'s Wynnstay Brilliantine, a little dark and not yet in coat.
Tortoiseshell and white: First to Mrs Western’'s Wynnstay Arabella, who had a walk over; she is nicely broken in colour, but her patches should be deeper red. A.O.C.: First to Swinton Apollo.
Breeders’ Blue: First, Glenvictor of Hawkhurst; second, Gowans; third, Pompey.
Breeders’ A.O.C.: First, Swinton Apollo; second, Eastbury Souvenir; third, Stanhope Laurel.
Limit A.C. male: First, Swinton Apollo; second, Wynnstay Ruddiman; third, Stanhope Loyal.
Limit A.C. females First, Stanhope Brunette; second, Stanhope Tabby; third, Minley Flirt.
Novice blue: First, Glenvictor of Hawkhurst; second, Gowans; third, Don Carlos. Novice A.O.C. male: First, Wynnstay Ruddiman; second, Hon. Mrs Behren’s Swinton Tango; third, Miss Roberts’ Sir Marnie.
Novice A.O.C. female: First, Eastbury Souvenir; second, Stanhope Brunette; third, Miss Lea’s Ruckholt Gaddesden Sunbeam.
Neuter blue: First, Mr Smith’s Peckham Pet, a big, massive cat; second, Mrs Avery's Gaddesden Beauty, a little pale in eye, but good in coat and colour; third, Mrs Farrell’s Teddy Bear.
Neuter A.O.C.: First to Mrs Furness with Tiddles, a fine big tabby; second, Lady Decies's Kito, l was unable to locate; third, Mrs Ryan with Bogey, a good, sound black.

LONG-HAIRED KITTENS.
Blue male, 3 to 6 months: First, Mrs Ryan's Bluebeard of Tilecoat, beautiful head and excellent type; second, Miss Holmes's Lord Kitchener (going cheap at 2 guineas), a very promising kitten, very level shade; third, Mrs Brown’s Hallgarth Larky, fine eyes and good all round, but beaten on form, will do better when older.
Blue female, 3 to 6 months: First, Mrs Delamere Bouth with Dahlia of Delamere, promising eyes and level colour; second and third to Mrs Stephen with Squirrel and Koo Doo of Hyver, the former owns a pretty head, snub nose, nice shape, and promising eyes, the latter is a similar kitten but rather smaller. This was a fine class with seventeen entries, and many good kittens had to be content with a card.
Blue female, 6 to 9 months: Second, Miss Perkin’s Creina Cariad had a bloodless victory, a very promising kit, good bone, and home bred.
Black male, 3 to 9 months: First, Mrs Yeates’s Night Hawk, a grand-eyed black, sound glossy coat, good head and eyes; third, Mrs Fisher-White’s Pluto of Highgate, not so good in coat and eye, still very promising.
Black female, 3 to 9 months: First, Mrs Yeates's Dainty Duchess, sound in colour, nice eye and shape.
Chinchilla: First and second, Mrs Stephen with Chloros of Hyver and Fatima of Hyver, a fine brace with good eyes; third also to Mrs Stephen with Prince Cecil of Hyver, a sound-coloured pretty kitten with good head and eye, but on the small side.
Brown tabby, 3 to 9 months: First, Mr Turner’s Darkie Brown, nice head, but almost too young to criticise.
Silver tabby: First, Miss Roberts’s Melissa, excels in black markings; second and third to Miss Stubbs with Jan and Jean, a promising pair with nice markings and good silver.
Cream, 3 to 9 months: First and second, Mr Hat?eld with Creamery King and Primrose, two real Hatfield kittens with lovely bone, splendid colour, and nice eyes.
Smoke, 3 to 9 months: First, Mrs Brereton’s Joey; second also to this lady with Rona; a good pair, full of promise.
Orange, self or tabby,3 to 9 months: First and special for best long-haired kitten to Messrs Brown and Wilson with Hampstead Firebrand, a dream of beauty and perfect in points; second also to these exhibitors with Hampstead Redlight, another pretty kitten and worthy of second prize.
A.O.C., 3 to 9 months: First, Mr Currie’s Minley Star, a white, in lovely coat and condition, good bone and eye; second, Mr Dean’s Tootsie Wee-Wee. a tortie who wants more black, still a pretty kitten; third, Miss Bell Irving's Rokeby Patchwork Polly, a little tortie and white.
Breeders’ blue: First, Creina Cariad; second Dahlia of Delamere; third, Bluebeard of Tilecoat – a fine class.
Breeders’ A.O.C.: First, Hampstead Firebrand; second, Prince Cecil of Hyver; third, Night Hawk.
Novice A.C. male: First, Hampstead Firebrand; second, Minley Star; third, Prince Cecil of Hyver.
Novice A C female: First, Dainty Duchess; second, Dahlia of Delamere; third, Squirrel of Hyver.
Pairs, blue: First, Mrs Stephen; second, Mrs Delamere Bouth; third Miss Buddicom.
Pairs A.O.C.: First, Messrs Brown and Wilson; second, Miss Stubbs; third, Mrs Prideaux Budge.
Litters, blue: First, Mrs Mansell with five shapely kits; second, Mrs Bazeley with four very nice pale blues; third, Miss Buddicom with six pretty wee youngster's.
Litters, A.O.C.: second, Miss Jacobs with two orange, two torties, and a black, all in great form.
Litters, chinchilla, silver, tabby, and smoke: First, Miss Sutton with two very pretty smokes.

SHORT-HAIRED CATS.
Blue, English type: First and championship to Mrs Carew-Cox with Mameena, a typical Russian; second, the Hon. Mrs Behren’s Swinton Stefan, good head and eyes; third, Mrs Western's Wynnstay Jolly Jack Tar, good head and plush coat.
Blue, foreign type: First and championship to Mrs Carew-Cox with Prince Ivan, a typical cat in good coat; second to the same lady with Blue Hyacinth, very foreign in type and in nice form; third, Mrs Livesay's Petrograd, fine green eyes and good head and coat.
White: First and championship to Mrs Maturin’s Southampton Moonstone, a fine type of shorthair with good eyes; second, Lady Decies's Fulmer White Tulip, scores in eyes, but rather too open in coat.
Black: First, championship, and special for best short-haired female to Lady Decies with ch. Fulmer Negress, a grand queen, looking tip-top; third, Miss Leigh with Dieudonne Sparrow Johnson (what a name!), beaten in eye, all the same a fine black.
Tabby: First and championship to Mrs Western's Wynnstay Red Roland, good markings and colour, sound chin; second, Mr Naylor’'s Rombaldsmoor Red Jacket, better markings, but not so good in colour.
Tortoiseshell: First and championship to Mrs Fosbery’s ch. Fortuna's Favorite of Eastbury, whom I was unable to find, as not in pen when these notes were made; second, Mr Park’s Golden Dream, beautifully patched.
Tortoise and white: First and championship to Mrs Ansell with Gipsy, a well-known tortie and white, shown in lovely form, and well deserved her win.
Siamese male: First and championship to Mrs Behren’s Swinton Rajah, a fine cat, but on the dark side. I preferred reserve, Mrs Thomas’s Prince Soute, who is paler in colour and has a lovely eye.
Siamese female: First and championship to Mrs Hume Barker with Rusaka, nice front and mask, rather dark on back; in this class the judge seemed to overlook Mrs Maturin's Southampton Kit Kat, one of the best females we have.
Abyssinian: First, championship, and special for best short-haired male to Mrs Clark’s ch. Ras Dashan, a well-known winner, in great form; second, Mrs Nelson’s Sparks, a beautiful silver; third. Mrs Carew-Cox with Yasu, a promising one.
Novice: First, Wynnstay Red Roland; second. Mameena; third, Fulmer White Tulip.
Short-haired neuters: First to Mrs Thomas with Meesoo, a perfect Siamese (what a pity to neuter such a fine specimen!); second, Mrs Meller's Talmai the Eagle, a good-coloured red tabby; third. Mr Bex with Bannockburn, the well-known winning black.

SHORT-HAIRED KITTENS.
Self black, white, or blue; second, Mrs Livesay's Libau, a good-coated blue; third, Mrs Clark’s Russki, another nice blue, pale in colour, good shape and type.
Siamese: First, Mrs Maturin's Southampton Union Jack, an enormous kitten, good colour, and very typical: should make into a fine specimen of his breed.
Tabby: First, Mr Naylor’s Rombaldsmoor Goldmine, a red tabby, perfect colour and markings; second, Mr Shore’s Good Knight, a nicely marked silver tabby with good ground colour; third, Miss Bowtell's Linden Moira, rather heavily marked on back, good head and shave.
Litter: First, Mrs Hume Barker's Siamese, a lovely litter out of the winning queen; second, Mrs Western's red litter of four, full of promise; third, Mrs Slingsby’s torties and whites, well broken and patched.
WORKING PEOPLE’S CLASSES.
A.V. cat: First, Mrs Gutsole with My Queen; second, Rombaldsmoor Red Jacket; third, Mrs Cust’s Belgium Boy.
A.V. kitten: First, Mr Naylor's Rombaldsmoor Goldmine.

BLUE CROSS CLASSES.
Long-haired cat: First, Wynnstay Ruddiman; second, Eastbury Souvenir; third, Ruckholt Gaddesden Sunbeam.
Long-haired kitten: First, Night Hawk; second, Minley Star; third, Dainty Duchess.
Neuter: First, Peckham Pet; second, Tiddles; third, Kito.
Shorthaired cat: First, ch. Ras Dashan; second, Wynnstay Red Roland; third, Prince Soute.
Short-haired kitten: First, Rombaldsmoor Goldmine; second, Mrs Maturin's Southampton Union Jack; third, Mrs Livesay's Libau.
Shorthaired neuter: First, Meesoo; second, Talmai the Eagle; third, Belgium Boy.
- DICK WHITTINGTON.

1915 NEWBURY SHOW

NEWBURY CHAMPIONSHIP CAT SHOW Reading Mercury, 25th September 1915
The Newbury Championship Cat Show is advertised to take place at the Corn Exchange, Newbury, Wednesday, November 3rd. The profits will go entirely to charity.

NEWBURY CHAMPIONSHIP CAT SHOW Reading Mercury, 25th September 1915
Newbury Championship Cat Show, Wednesday, November 3rd, 1915, At the Corn Exchange. Newbury. Profits will be entirely devoted to charity—half going to Newbury District Hospital and remainder equally to the Blue Cross and R.S.P.C.A. Funds for Wounded Horses at the Front.—All persons wishing to help the Show by donations or special prizes are requested to communicate at once with Mrs. Fosbery, The Grange, Lambourn, from whom Schedules can be obtained.

CHAMPIONSHIP CAT SHOW. Reading Mercury, 9th October 1915
The Grand Championship Cat Show is to be held in the Corn Exchange, Newbury, on November 3rd. Schedules will be sent out to-day. Mrs. Fosbery will be glad if anyone who has not received one by Monday, October 11th, will write to her for one. The classification is most comprehensive, including local classes for persons living within 15 miles radius of Newbury Town Hall; also a novice exhibitors’ and working people's class. A large number of challenge cups and special prizes are being offered for competition. All profits are being given to charity - half to Newbury Hospital, a quarter to the R.S.P.C.A., and a quarter to the Blue Cross. It is hoped the public will support the show as generously as possible, as by doing so, besides helping three excellent charities, they will also help to sustain interest in the breeding of prize animals. Entries finally dose Friday, October 22nd. Mrs. Fosbery will be glad to supply all particulars to intending exhibitors.

NEWBURY CAT SHOW SOCIETY. Reading Mercury, 6th November 1915
The fifth annual exhibition under the auspices of this society—there was no show last year on account of the war—took place on Wednesday the Corn Exchange, and while successful from the exhibition point of view, failed to attract the interest of the general public to such extent as might have been anticipated. This was not due to any lack of effort on the part of the promoters, among whom Mrs. Fosbery, of Eastbury Grange, Lambourn, devoted an immense amount of time and energy in the discharge of the secretarial duties, a position she has occupied since the inauguration of the shows. There was an excellent entry of animals, both in quality and number, for while the local classes failed to fill so well as on other occasions, many of the best-known exhibits were shown. Gertrude Lady Decies, who has been a staunch supporter of the society, performed the opening ceremony in the presence of a select company. Among the principal prize-winners were Lady Decies, for the best cat in the show; Mr. B. Currie, for the best kitten; and Mrs. Fosbery, who in addition to securing a challenge cup for the best exhibit in the local classes, won a trophy for the best silver tabby female. Miss Ellen Wilson was the most successful local exhibitor, taking four first prizes with her 12-year-old cat, as well as a silver spoon for the best cat owned by a member of the Newbury Cat Club. The chief attraction of the afternoon was the judging of the ring classes, an item which is always watched with keen interest by the experts. Later in the day the prizes were distributedby Lady Decies, to whom hearty thanks were accorded. The proceeds of the exhibition are tobe divided between the Newbury District Hospital, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and the Blue Cross Funds.

NEWBURY CAT SHOW. The Queen, 13th November 1915
The Newbury Cat Club held the annual championship show in the Corn Exchange, Newbury, an ideal place, lofty and well lighted, with no green-painted glass roof to render difficult the task of criticising the cats’ eyes and coats, and plenty of space to move about between the pens. The entries totalled up to some 430 odd, a highly satisfactory total and largely owing to the energy and enterprise of the show secretary and manager, Mrs Fosbery. The show was declared open by Gertrude Lady Decies in a neat speech, and Miss Frances Simpson proposed a vote of thanks to her, and incidentally paid a tribute to Mrs Fosbery’s management, remarking how well she knew the difficulties in promoting a show in these times. By the way, I hear Miss Simpson will be able to hand over about £50 to the Blue Cross Fund as a result of her Loyalty Show; she is to be congratulated on the success of her efforts. At Newbury the judges were Miss Lea, Miss Simpson, and Mrs Robinson, and they seemed to give universal satisfaction. At any rate, the proverbial disappointed exhibitor did not seem to be en evidence.

LONG-HAIRED CATS AND KITTENS.
White male: First, championship to Lady Decies with ch. Fulmer Remus, who had the honour of winning the special prize for best cat in the show, whilst a kitten of his won the special for best kitten; Remus is a magnificent cat, scoring in head, bone, coat, and eye; second, the Hon. Mrs Behren’s Swinton Apollo, another really fine specimen; third, Mr Currie's Minley Rock, a good young cat close up to the others.
White female: First and championship to Lady Decies’s ch. Fulmer White Satin, penned in perfect bloom and wonderfully pure in colour; second, Mr Currie's Minley White Violet, sweet face, nice coat, and pure colour, with blue eyes; third to the same exhibitor with Minley Flirt, a pretty one, fine coat, and good bone.
White kitten: First and special for best kitten to Mr Currie’s Minley Star, a seven months’ youngster teeming with quality and a grand coat, bound to have a future.
Black male: First and championship to Mrs Benest’s Midnight Mail, beat his sire on the day in eyes and denseness of colour; second to Mrs Western's ch. Dirty Dick, the father of above, a grand old cat, but age had to give way to youth; third, Mrs Glenfield’s Maharajah, beaten in eyes and coat, still, useful.
Black female: First and championship to Mrs Western's Lady Card Sharper, nice round face and grand eyes; second to the same exhibitor's Her Majesty, good head and eyes, not so sound in colour; third, Mrs Fisher-White’s Salammbo of Highgate, grand colour and coat, nice head and small ears.
Black kitten male: First, Mrs Yeates's Night Hawk, glorious eyes, deep black and lovely head; second. Mrs Fisher White's Pluto of High gate, also good tufted ears, pretty head; third, Mrs Fosbery’s Eastbury Sikh, good bone, beaten in eye.
Black kitten female: First, Mrs Yeates's Dainty Duchess, sweet head and glorious eyes.
Black novice, adult or kitten: First, Midnight Mail; second, Pluto of Highgate; third, Her Majesty.
Chinchilla male: First and championship to Lady Decies’s ch. Fulmer Don Silverando, in lovely form, a glorious cat, broad head and good size, this latter such a necessary point in males of this variety; second to Mrs Lewis with Finningley Faith, beautiful eyes, beaten in coat and condition.
Chinchilla female; First and championship to Mrs Stephen’s Maisie of Egypt, a beautiful queen, wins in bone and coat; second also to Mrs Stephen with Patricia of Hyver, a sweet little thing, but on the fine side; third, Lady Decies's ch. Fulmer Lady Silver Petal, a veteran champion still retaining her sweet face.
Chinchilla kitten: First and second to Mrs Stephen with Chlores and Prince Cecil of Hyver, the former has lovely eyes and is quite unmarked on forehead but wants to grow on, the latter has the best eyes in the class but is a little brown between the ears, owns a good coat; third, Mrs Delamere Bouth's Dairymaid of Delamere, beautiful eyes, coat rather shaded on sides.
Smoke, male or female: First and championship to Mrs Saunders’s Donnington Peter, a lovely coated one, just fails in eye, his coat is rather an argument against the controversy recently raised that smokes could not be shown till December on account of their lack of coat; third, Mrs Delamere Bouth's Caterpillar of Delamere. nice eyes and useful all round.
Smoke kitten: First, Mrs Delamere Bouth’s Jasmine of Delamere. good bone and promising eyes. coat tinged with brown on the day; second, Mrs Sinkins's Dulcie, a sweet one with a promising head; third, Mrs Delamere Bouth's Jewel of Delamere, a similar kitten to winner, only smaller.
Silver tabby male: First and championship to Mrs Spofforth’s Orient Ali Baba, nice head and eye and good markings; second, Mrs Fosbery's Eastbury Sinbad, a lovely cat, excellent markings, not quite up in coat yet; third, Miss Roberts’s Sir Marnie, not so pure in silver, nice head and good markings.
Silver tabby female: First and championship to Mrs Fosbery's Eastbury Souvenir, last season’s sensational kitten in glorious form; second also to Mrs Fosbery with Eastbury Sylverine, out of pen when these notes were made; third, Miss Clarke's Lady Loveday, beaten in coat, nice head and markings.
Silver tabby Kitten; second to Mrs Fosbery's Selina, a well marked one.
C.S.S.N. Breeders, adult or kitten: First, Eastbury Souvenir; second, Prince Cecil of Hyver; third, Orient Ali Baba.
Brown tabby male: First, championship, and second to Mr Powell with Stanhope Laurel and Stanhope Loyal, the noted pair in fine form and winning wel.
Brown tabby female: First, championship, and second to Mr Powell’s Stanhope Tabby and Stanhope Brunette, the former a beautiful little female, extra good eyes. colour, and markings; the latter is beaten in eye, good round head, nice coat and frill.
Blue male: First and championship to Miss Clements with Glenvictor of Hawkhurst, the Loyalty Show winner, extra massive head, lovely pale shade of colour, a fine specimen; second, Mrs Stephen’s Toms of Hyver, extra good head and eyes, perhaps a trifle on the dark side; third, Mr Mann’s Judge Cutbarth, grand round head, nice eyes, level shade of colour and good hone.
Blue female: First and championship to Mrs Bergman’s Gowans, a beautiful queen almost beyond criticism and right up to standard; second, Miss Power's Watership Dinah, rather on the dark side, but good eyes and a big queen; third, Mrs Stephen’s Pearl of Hyver, nice pale blue, good round head,
Blue kitten male, over 6 and under 9 months: First, Mrs Beckett's Tony, a well-grown one; second, Mrs Fosbery’s Eastbury Sim, promising eyes, level shade of colour.
Blue kitten female, over 6 and under 9 months: First, Miss Fisher's Amabel of Hadley, level shade, gorgeous eyes, short face, and extra fine brush; second, Mrs Luke's Selvet, a promising kitten, nice eyes and colour, a trifle big in ear; third, Mrs Fosbery's Eastbury Moira.
Blue kitten under 6 months: First, Miss Savory’s Hepatica of Emberton, sweet face and eyes, lovely pale colour, a fine kitten; second also to Miss Savory with Bellona of Emberton, also a promising one, nice shade of colour and good eyes; third, Mrs Delamere Bouth with Dahlia of Delamere, sweet face and good shade of colour and nice coat; this class was one of the best in the show.
Blue Breeders: First, Glenvictor of Hawkhurst; equal seconds to Gowans and Amabel of Hadley; third, Watership Dinah.
Blue novice: First, Judge Cutbarth; second, Kimona of Delamere; third, Mrs Allen Maturin's Southampton Salonika, a nice pale blue, very good head and eyes and massive frame.
Red tabby male: First and championship to Mrs Cook’s Torrington Red Liner, good eyes, extra fine colour and markings; second, Mrs Western's ¢h. Eden Rufus, nice coat. and colour, but fails in eyes to winner; third, the Hon. Mrs Behren’s Swinton Royal Standard, a fine big cat. beaten in eye.
Red tabby female: First and championship to Mrs Western's Wynnstay Fireaway, put down in beautiful form, fair colour; second, Mr Mitchell’s Ashburton Primrose, a very good queen in colour and markings; third, Miss Fawcett’s Red Colleen, good eye, a trifle light in colour.
Red self or shaded male: First and championship to Mrs Western's Wynnstay Ruddiman, in good trim; second, the Hon. Mrs McLaren Morrison’s Swinton Red Rover, very even shade; third, Lady Decies’s Fulmer Rockweed, not so even in colour, still a fine cat.
Red self or shaded female: First and championship to the Hon. Mrs Behren’s Swinton Sportswoman, nice head and eye, fair shade of colour; second, Mrs Cook’s Torrington Red Cherry, grand eyes, nice head, not quite level; third, Mrs McLaren Morrison’s Red Tomato, beaten in head, but good in colour.
Red kitten: First, Messrs Brown and Wilson's Hampstead Firebrand, very short face and good colour; second to the same exhibitors Hampstead Red Light, magnificent markings, must have pressed the winner.
Cream male: First and championship to Mr Welcome Hatfield with Cream Cracker, a glorious cat, great head and coat; second, Mrs Cook’s ch. Torrincton Vanguard, broad head, a massive cat, beaten in evenness of colour; third. Hon. Mrs Morrison’s Captain Kharki not quite even in shade, good coat and eye.
Cream female: First and championship to Mr Hatfield with Bits o’Biscuit, lovely even shade and in glorious form; second, Miss Jacob's My Beauty, very nice level shade of colour, extra good head; third, Miss Naylor’s Wilful Witch of the Rocks, level shade, well beaten in eye.
Cream kitten: First and second to Mr Welcome Hatfield's Creamery King and Primrose, the former a perfect picture kitten with wonderful eyes, the latter also scoring in eyes and sold to the Hon. Mrs Morrison at catalogue price, £8 8s; third, Miss Naylor's Wilful of the Rocks, nice colour.
Tortoiseshell, first and championship to Mrs Harpur's Melody of Plaicy, beautiful butterfly ear, rich colour; second, Mrs Glenfields’s Atalanta, fine big queen, colour a little mixed on back; third, Mrs Western's Wynnstay Brilliantine, nicely broken but not in such good coat.
Tortoiseshell and white: First and championship to Mrs Western's Wynnstay Wallflower, last season’s sensational kitten, a beautiful queen not yet in in coat.
Blue neuter: First, Mrs Morton Stanford’s Rhoda Krishna.
Neuter: tabby cat or kitten: First, Miss Wilson's Bingo. a very fine cat. good colour and head, a pity to neuter such a rare variety; second, Lady Decies's Kito, a fine cat. beaten in colour; third, Mrs Corner’s Tuff of Eversley, the well-known red.
Neuter A.O.C. longhair: First. Mrs Shakerby's Rapunsal, well known and looking well; second, Mrs Corner’s Eversley Redwing of Thorpe. put down in beautiful condition; third, Mrs Spackman’s Joe, not up to the leaders.
Neuter A.C. shorthair: First. Miss Meller’s Talmar the Eagle, extra good in markings; second. Mr Oliver's Gainsborough Jacks, a nice red cat; third. Mice Chamberlayne’s Roger of Ravenor. a fine big cat beaten in colour.
Any variety kitten under 9 months: First, Hampstead Firebrand; second, Minley Star; third, Dainty Duchess.
Any variety breeders: First, Swinton Apollo; second, Minley Star; third, Eastbury Souvenir.
Any variety novice: First, Stanhope Laurel; second, Donnington Peter; third Hampstead Red Feather.

SHORT-HAIRED CATS AND KITTENS.
Siamese male: First and championship to Mrs Maturin’s Southampton Union Jack, a very fine youngster, extra pale colour, good eyes, dense points and mask; second also to the same exhibitor with Southampton Prince Phya, a similar cat, slightly darker; third, Miss Western's Swinton Rajah, nice blue eyes and good points.
Siamese female: first and championship to Mrs Hume Barker's ch. Rusaka, lovely blue eyes, dense points and good mask; second, Mrs Maturin's Southampton Kit Kat, beautiful dark mask and points, good eyes; third, Mr Shakespear’s Burnham Farzin, very dark one.
Siamese kitten: First, Mrs Hume Barker's Spice, a charming kit, should do well later on; second to the same exhibitor's Sugar, another good home-bred one; third, Mr Catlow's Mount Ash, very promising.
Siamese novice: first, Southampton Union Jack; second, Mrs Maturin’s Southampton Gipsy, a beautiful pale cat not quite dense enough in points; third, Spice.
Abyssinian: First and championship to Mrs Clark’s ch. Ras Dashan, a well-known winner, looking his best; second, Mrs Clark’s Queen of Sheba, a nice little queen.
Black: First and championship to Lady Decies’s ch. Fulmer Negress, the well known winning queen; second, Mrs Western's Wynnstay N*gger, nice cat, beaten in eye; third, Mr Reid’s ch. Brilliant Star, sound in colour, fair eye.
White: second, Mrs Maturin’s Southampton Moonstone, in perfect form and rather harshly treated.
Red tabby: First and championship to Mrs Western's Wynnstay Red Roland, nice markings, good eyes and shape.
Silver tabby female: First and championship to Mrs Maturin’s Southampton Princess Bazzie, a well-marked one of Mrs Downes-Martin's strain; second, Mrs Stamnford’s Peggoty, a nice one, but somewhat brown on nose.
Tortoiseshell: First and championship to Mrs Fosbery's ch. Fortune's Favourite of Eastbury, well broken; third, Mr Park’s Golden Dream, lacks red, too dark.
Tortoiseshell and white: First, championship, and special for best shorthair to Mrs Western's Wynnstay Crazypatch, beautifully broken in colour; second, Mrs Ansell’s Gipsv, nicely broken, must have pressed the winner; third, Mr Reid's Spotted Pansy, lacks white on face, otherwise good all round.
AV, shorthair: First, Wynnstay Crazypatch; second. ¢h. Ras Dashan; third, Fulmer Negress.
AV, self coloured kitten: second, Mr Reid’s May Star.
A.O.V, kitten except self and Siamese: First, Mrs Fosbery's Eastbury Charity, lovely head and eye, good colour; second. to the same lady’s Eastbury Tabitha, a promising silver tabby; third, Mrs Shore's Good Knight, lovely markings and colour.
Breeders: First, Southampton Union Jack; second, Good Knight; third, Spice.
Novice: First, Wynnstay Crazypatch; second, Wynnstay N*gger; third, Good Knight.
AV, brace: First, Lady Decies; second, Mrs Yeates; third, Mr Powell.
Team: First, Lady Decies; second, Mrs Fosbery; third, Mr Currie.
Litters: First, Miss Buddicom’s litter of six lovely level blues; second, Miss Roberts’s four promising silver tabbies; third, Mrs Fisher White's three good blues.
Novice exhibitors’ class: First, Mrs Saunders; second, Miss Buddicom; third, Mr Catlow.
Selling class under £5: First, the Hon. Mrs Behren's Pearl Adonis, a glorious white and very cheap, sire of the championship white winner; second, Donnington Peter; third, Minley Rock.
Members of Newbury Club: First, ch. Fulmer Remus; second, Swinton Apollo; third, ch. Fulmer White Satin.

LOCAL CLASSES.
A.C. longhair: First, Eastbury Souvenir; second, Eastbury Sinbad; third, Eastbury Silverine.
A.C. shorthair: First. Mrs Mildenhall's Patches; second, Peggoty; third, ch. Fortuna Favourite of Eastburv.
A.C. neuter: First, Bingo; second, Mrs Spackman’s Joe; third, Mrs Morton Stanford’s Rhada Krishna.
A.V. kitten: First, Eastbury Charity; second, Selvet; third, Eastbury Tabitha.
– DICK WHITTINGTON

1915 MIDLAND CAT CLUB SHOW (BEDFORD)

PATRIOTIC CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW OF CATS IN BEDFORD Bedfordshire Times and Independent, 26th November 1915
The Championship show of the Midland Cat Club was held the Town Hall. Bedford, on Thursday, and proved an extremely interesting exhibition. All profits were for the Soldiers’ Recreation Fund in the town, and the show was held under the patronage of the Mayor, Brig.-General Mainwaring, Col. Sir Walter Shakerley, Mrs. Sharpin, and Miss Wingfield, and others. Mrs. R. Forsyth Forrest, of Sheerness, was Hon. Secretary and Show Manager; Mrs. Spofforth, President of Committee. Miss G. Savery, Hion. Treasurer; Mrs. Savery, Miss E. Savery, and Mr. F.W. Western, Show Committee; Messrs. Croft and Son, Hon. Veterinary Surgeons. The judges were Mr. T. B Mason, Bradford, Yorks., and Mrs. Fosbery, Newbury. A good number of ladies occupied the gallery during the judging, and watched the proceedings with interest. The Midland Counties Club has held this show at Birmingham and several other towns, but this was the first visit to Bedford, and brought the town a good number of visitors, who expressed much pleasure in what they saw and with the accommodation provided.

At the show there were 130 actual exhibits representing 269 entries. The caging and staging were all that could be desired, the consecutive numbering making reference to the catalogue perfectly easy, and the ladies may be congratulated on the really business-like arrangements. The sanitation was perfect, and the mew-sic sweet and soothing. Pressure upon space will prevent our giving a full list of awards this week, especially as there were no fewer than 126 special prizes which were not all awarded until late in the afternoon, though the general judging was got through quite expeditiously in the morning. There were many very beautiful cats, of colours described as white, black, blue, silver, smoke, chinchilla, red, tabby, tortoiseshell, brown, and “any other colour.” We never knew before there were so many colours in cats. The championship cat was, we believe, Mrs. F.W. Western’s Wynnstay Wallflower, by Ch. Eden Rufus ex Wynnstay Arabella. This charming creature was born in June of last year, and has already won 18 silver cups, 23 prizes, and 80 specials. It is tortoiseshell and white. Yesterday it took at least three first prizes, and some specials. There were also some magnificent cats show by Mrs bennet and Mrs Slingsby, Mrs Spoffoth, Mrs Bouth, Mrs Preston Yorke, Mrs H. Cook, and Mr W. Hatfield, who were some of the more successful exhibitors in the leading classes.

1915 REGIONAL CAT SHOWS

BRAMPTON AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY Newcastle Journal, 21st May 1915
The committee of this society have decided to hold this year’s show on Thursday, September 23rd [cat classes were deleted] [Also reports that Society’s vice chairman had been killed in action].

AGRICULTURAL SHOW AT ORMSKIRK. Ormskirk Advertiser, 27th May 1915
The fifty-eighth annual show of the Ormskirk and Southport Agricultural Society was held at the Victoria Athletic Grounds, Ormskirk, on Whit-Monday . . . many good people somewhat adversely criticised the decision of the Society to hold the annual show under the present unfortunate national circumstances [horse sent to war, cattle sent to feed the troops, shortage of meat for domestic consumption etc] [Cat judge Mr T.B. Mason. Although cats, rabbits, cavies etc were listed in the adverts, reports state that seventy classes were removed from the fanciers’ sections, no results given for cat classes, possibly there were none]

HOLSWORTHY HORTICULTURAL AND POULTRY SHOW Western Times, 30th July 1915
Holsworthy and District Horticultural and Poultry Association held its fourteenth annual show in the Stanhope Park on Thursday. The proceeds were in aid of the British Blue Cross Fund.
Cats – Long-hair – 1, F. Heard; 2, W. Perkin; 3, T. French; 4, Chas. Edgar Ford.

PENISTONE AGRICULTURAL SHOW Sheffield Independent, 25th August 1915
To-morrow (Thursday), Penistone Agricultural Show . . . Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Dogs. Poultry, Pigeons, Rabbits, Cats, etc . . Proceeds will be devoted to the Royal Agricultural Relief of Allies Fund. From the 1914 Show Donations amounting to over £50 were given to Patriotic Funds. [I cannot find results for fanciers’ classes in later newspapers, but there were notes about numerous classes being cancelled due to few entries]

GRAND PATRIOTIC CAT SHOW Bedfordshire Times and Independent, 12th November 1915
A Grand Patriotic Cat Show under the Patronage of his Worship the Mayor of Bedford, Brigadier-General Mainwaring, Colonel Sir Walter Shakerley, etc., etc., will be held at Town Hall. Bedford on Thursday, November 25th, in aid the Bedford Borough Recreations Fund for Local Troops, Tickets (1s each) may obtained now from Mr. Wm. Machin, Corn Exchange, or can be had at the door on November 25th.

CARLUKE POULTRY SHOW Hamilton Advertiser, 4th December 1915
The annual show of the Carluke Poultry and Pigeon Association (open to all) was held in the Town Hall, Carluke, on Saturday last.
Cats – long-haired 1 and special, A. Forrest, Carluke.
Long-haired, under nine months – 1, Peter P. Connor, Coatbridge.
Short-haired – 1, Campbell, Glasgow.
Short-haired, under nine months – 1, Peter P. Connor.