REPORTS FROM EARLY BRITISH CAT SHOWS 1930

1930 MIDLAND COUNTIES (WORCESTER) CAT SHOW

CAT SHOW IN WORCESTER. MIDLAND COUNTIES’ CLUB EVENT. Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer, 11th January 1930
Exceptional Number of Entries. A Championship Cat Show, held under the auspices of the Midland Counties’ Cat Club (one of the oldest Clubs in the country) was opened at the Corn Exchange on Thursday. It is the custom of the Club to hold an annual show, but this one is certainly the best that the Midland Counties’ Club have yet held. The number of entries this year exceeded 600; the Chinchillas and Siamese cats were well represented and the blacks, whites, blues and reds also showed good exhibits. The keen competition can be gathered from the fact that the exhibits came from all over England, and from as far north as Scotland, and all the winners in the recent Crystal Palace Cat Show were entered to fight again for the coveted leading positions.

The judges were: Mrs Forsyth Forrest, Mrs Slingsby (Yorkshire), Mr Ambrose (London), Mr House (Bedford), and Mr Western (Leicester). The Hon. Secretary of the Midland Counties Cat Club is Mrs F. Aubrey, of Worcester; and the Hon. Show Secretary and Manager was Mr H.J. Aubrey, Worcester. The local prize winners were:-
LONG HAIR (Over 9 Months)
Blue, male – Mrs Yeend, Cropthorne, Pershore, Ch. Mischief of Bredon, 1; Miss George, The Hermitage, Malvern, Bunkered of Balbedie, 2.
Blue, female – Nurse Nicholls, The Cottage, Callow End, Worcester, Dawn of Hope, 2.
Blue, breeders - Miss George, Malvern, Bunkered of Balbedie, 3.
Blue, novice – Nurse Nicholls, Callow End, Dawn of Hope, 2.
Blue, limit – Mr B. Holloway, Prince of Wales, Shrub Hill, Worcester, Prince Laddie, 2.
Blue, junior – Mrs Yeend, Ch. Mischief of Bredon, 1.
Chinchilla, female – Mrs Aubrey, Ch. Langherne Sunshine, 1.
Breeders, any colour, senior – Miss George, Bunkered of Balbedie, 2.
Brace, any colour – Mrs Yeend, Ch. Mischief of Bredon and Keecha of Bredon, 1.
Veteran, male or female – Mrs Aubrey, Ch. Langherne Sunshine, 1.
Stud, progeny must be present – Miss George, Flick-a-Maroo, 1; Nurse Nicholls, Cupid of Callow, 2.
Brood Queen, progeny must be present – Nurse Nicholl, Dawn of Hope, 2; Mrs Aubrey, Ch. Langherne Sunshine, 3.

LONG-HAIRED KITTENS (Under 9 Months)
Cream, male or female – Miss Bedford, Ham Court, Upton-on-Severn, Worcester, Pearly Prince, 2; Miss George, Malvern, Beige of Hanley, 3.
Chinchilla, female – Mrs Aubrey, 1, 2 and 3, with Langherne Sybil, Langherne Jewel, and Langherne Felice, respectively.
Any colour, breeders, except blue – Mrs Aubrey, Langherne Sybil, 3.
Any colour, novice, except blue – Mrs Aubrey, Langherne Felice.
Any colour, limit, except blue – Mrs Aubrey, Langherne Jewel, 2; Miss George, Beige of Hanley, 3.
Any colour, special limit, except blue – Mrs Aubrey, Langherne Sybil, 2.
Pairs, except blue – Mrs Aubrey, Langherne Jewel and Langherne Sybil, 2.

SIAMESE ADULT (Over 9 months)
Siamese, females – Miss L. Chichester, The Grange, Claines, Worcester, Guyers, 1.
Siamese, novice – Miss L. Chichester, Guyers, 1.
Siamese, limit – Miss L. Chichester,Guyers, 1.

SIAMESE KITTENS (under 9 months)
Siamese, male – Mrs H.C. Jenkins, Oldbury Grange, lower Broadheath, Worcester, Tiggah, 2
Siamese, female – Mrs H.C. Jenkins, Meed Jill, 2.
Siamese, novice, male or female – Mrs H.C. Jenkins, Tiggah, 2; Miss Thornton, Punka Walla, 3.

NEUTERS
Long hair, blue – Mrs L. Whinfield, Severn Grange, Worcester, Sir Archie, 1; Mrs B.E. Johnstone, 9, Landsdowne Crescent, Worcester, Christopher Columbus, 2; Mrs H. Hancock, The Manor House, Kempsey, The Bun, 3.
Short-hair, including Siamese – Mrs L. Chichester, Littaman, 1.

MIDLAND COUNTIES CAT CLUB
Long-hair, female – Mrs Aubrey, Ch. Langherne Sunshine, 3.
Long-hair, female, kitten – Mrs Aubrey, Langherne Sybil, 3.
Short-hair, kitten, including Siamese – Miss L. Chichester, Claines, 1; Mrs H.G. Jenkins, Meed Jill, 2.

NATIONAL CAT CLUB
Any variety, long-hair cat – Mrs Yeend, Ch. Mischief of Bredon, 1.

NORTHERN CAT CLUB
Any variety, cat or kitten, long-hair cat – Mrs Yeend, Ch. Mischief of Bredon, 1.

THE NEWBURY CAT CLUB
Any variety, male – Mrs Yeend, Ch. Mischief of Bredon, 3.
Any variety, female – Mrs Aubrey, Ch. Langherne Sunshine, 1.
Any variety, kitten, female – Mrs Aubrey, Ch. Langherne Sybil, 1.
Any variety, breeders’, cat or kitten – Mrs Aubrey, Ch. Langherne Sunshine, 3.

LOCAL CLASSES
Any variety, cat – Miss George, Malvern, Bunkered of Balbedie, 1; Mrs Yeend, Pershore, Ch. Mishief of Bredon, 2; Mr B. Holloway, Worcester, Prince Laddie, 3.
Any variety, kitten – Mrs Aubrey, Langherne Sybil, 1; Mrs Aubrey, Langherne Jewel, 2; Miss L. Chichester, Claines, 3.

SPECIALS
The best cat in the show was Miss E. Langston’s (Maidenhead) Dante of Allington, the reserve being Mrs Fosbury’s (Brimpton) Eastbury Sunbeam. Mrs Fosbury’s red male tabby, Eastbury Trigo, was adjudged the best kitten in the show, and Marmaduke o’Mendip, Mrs F.H. Stevens’ (Bristol) blue male, was reserve. The best short-haired cat was Miss Chichester’s (Claines) Siamese female, Guyers.
Beresford Challenge Cup (for best Siamese male or female): Mrs Hindley, Prestwick Mata Biru.
Beresford Challenge Cup (best long-haired blue kitten, bred by exhibitor): Mrs Stevens, Marmaduke o’Mendip.
Challenge Cup (for best neuter): Mrs F. Beresford, Langherne Donovan.
Lady Alexander Challenge Cup (for best British Short-hair): Mr J. Taylor, Ch. Evenmark.
Silver Challenge Trophy (for best Siamese female): Miss L. Chichester, Guyers.
Challenge Shield (best blue cat, bred by exhibitor): Miss E. Langston, Dorinda of Allington.
Silver Spoon (for best blue, long-haired female adult, entered in the Northern Cat Club classes): Miss Marley, Blue Haze of Cardonald.
Silver Spoon (for best long-haired female adult other than blue, entered in the Northern Cat Club classes): Mrs Yeates, Chintz.
Silver Spoon for best long-haired kitten other than blue, entered in the Northern Cat Club classes): Mrs B. Stevenson, Buff of Hanley.
Silver Spoon (for best short-haired cat other than Siamese, entered in the Northern Cat Club classes): Mrs Jackson, Ch. Bilateena.
Silver Spoon (for best black kitten bred by exhibitor), mrs Campbell Fraser, Hendon, Black Gobbo.
The Lotus Vase (for best white long-hair kitten), and special (for best exhibit in the black and white long-hair classes): Mrs Cattermole, Lotus Bluebell.
Silver Spoon (for best black long-hair adult), special (for best head and eyes in black, long-hair adults), and special (for best coloured black long-haired adult): Mrs M. McKenzie, Hillingdon Black Jester.
Founders Challenge Cup (for best blue cat or kitten), Henley C.C. (for best blue male cat), the Oglethorpe C.C. (for best coloured blue adult), and the special (for best eyes, blue adult male or female): Mrs Yeend, Ch. Mischief of Bredon.
Spencer C.C. (for best blue kitten): Mrs Stevens, Marmaduke o’Mendip.
Allington C.C. (for best blue female) and special (for second best blue adult): Miss E. Langston, Dorinda of Allington.
Special (for best head and ears, blue male kitten): Miss Baggs, Blue Boy of Monkton.
Special (for best head and ears, blue female kitten): Capt St. Barbe, Fairy of Culloden.
Octavian of Allington Cup (for best Chinchilla cat): Miss E. Langston, Dante of Allington.
The Smoke Female Cup: Mrs Coltart, Selma Starlight.
The Ch. Devon Dempsey Bowl (for best silver tabby adult, bred by exhibitor): Mrs Ronald Bailey, Metu of Invergloy.
The Ch. Langherne Knight Cup (for best kitten bred by exhibitor), and the C.S.S.S. Female Kitten Cup (for best female kitten in C.S.S.S. classes) Mrs Aubrey, Langherne Sybil.
Wedderburn Trophy (for best smoke kitten): Mrs Reynolds Sams, Dark o’Runnymede.
Spoon (for best Chinchilla cat of opposite sex to winner of Octavian Cup): Mrs Aubrey, Ch. Langherne Sunshine.
Spoon (for best smoke male): Mrs Reynolds Sams, Ch. Dragon of the Cottage.
The Slingsby C.C. (for best long-haired blue neuter): Mrs Whinfield, Sir Archie.
Silver Challenge Cup (for best long-haired neuter other than blue) and silver sealing spoon (for Chinchilla neuter): Mrs F. Beresford, Langherne Donovan.
The Rapunzel C.C. (for best short-haired neuter): Mrs Christmas, Billy.
Silver sealing spoon (for best Siamese neuter): Miss L. Chichester, Litaman.
Novice Cup (for best novice kitten), male or female, and silver spoon for best short-hair kitten: Miss Williams, Julienne.
The Litaman Cup (for best veteran, male of female): Miss Busteed, Hanworth, Highfield, Litamott.
The Mikado Cup (for best neuter cat or kitten): Miss L. Chichester, Litaman.
Special prize (for opposite sex to winner of Novice Cup): Mrs H.C. Jenkins, Tiggah.
Best long-haired exhibit in N.C.C. classes: Mrs Yeend, Ch. Mischief of Bredon.
Best short-haired exhibit in N.C.C. classes: Mrs Higginbottom, Silver Bell of Westfield.
Best Siamese exhibit in N.C.C. classes: Miss Dixon, Aouda.
Best cat shown by Newbury C.C. (and spoon for breeders’ classes): Mrs Fosbury, Eastbury Sunbeam.
Best kitten shown by Newbury C.C.: Mrs Aubrey, Langherne Sybil.
Best short-hair cat shown by Newbury C.C.: Mrs A. Maturin, Kitya Nama.
Best cream kitten shown by Newbury C.C.: Mrs B. Stevenson, Peg of Hanley.
Best short-hair British cat shown by Shorthair Society member: J. Taylor, Ch. Evenmark.
Best short-hair foreign cat shown by Shorthair Society member: Mrs Hindley, Prestwick, Mata Biru.

OPEN SPECIALS
Best Chinchilla female bred by exhibitor: Mrs Aubrey, Ch. Langherne Sunshine.
Best pair, long-haired blue kittens: Miss Joyce Fair, Northway Posy and Northway Pippin.
Best smoke female kitten bred by exhibitor: Mrs Yeates, Mounette.
Best silver tabby female kitten bred by exhibitor: Mrs Newton, Cleopatra of Connenden.
Best Chinchilla neuter: Mrs F. Berestford, Langherne Donovan.
Typical Siamese head: Mrs Hindley, Prestwick Mata Biru.
Best long-haired silver tabby: Mrs R. Bailey, Meu of Ingergloy.
Best team: Miss E. Langston, Ch. Dion of Allington, Desmond of Allington, and Dante of Allington.

1930 SOUTHERN COUNTIES (KENTISH TOWN) CAT SHOW

CAT AND DOG LANGUAGE [SOUTHERN COUNTIES SHOW]. Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail, 24th January 1930
Cat shows in these days, writes a colleague, are among the most amusing and, to the uninitiated in the speech of cat enthusiasts, bewildering entertainments, says "Peter Simple" in the "Morning Post." The impression is received that one is, by mistake, attending a prize distribution at some "co-ed" school. "My dear, have heard about the Princess? Three of her children are here and they are successful. Billy has two firsts and a third, and both the girls have firsts. Isn’t it just too wonderful the way in which her children always score?" I a fair sample from the Southern Counties Show held this week. Or a pretty girl rushes up, her eyes shining, as she asks "Have you seen my little girl yet?" and, without waiting for a reply, goes on, "My darling Prudence has done it again, and her sister is second to her. Oh I am so excited, and Marjorie’s little boy is top of his class. Do come and see him, he’s too sweet." It certainly sounds far more polite than in the dog world.

1930 ABYSSINIAN CAT CLUB SHOW

PRICELESS CATS. ABYSSINIANS COME TO LONDON. FELINE ARISTOCRATS. Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail, 12th March 1930
The oldest cat has come to London. It used to catch mice in the palace of ancient Egypt thousands of years ago. Perhaps after the time-honoured privilege of cats, it has often looked at the mighty kings of biblical days. Perhaps it has mewed familiarly under the stroking hand of stately queens. Perhaps it has even had its tail pulled by King Tutankhamen himself. All these things may have happened, Nobody will ever know except the cat, but his nine lives expired many centuries ago, and only his mummified body was on view at the Abyssinian Cat Club show at 30 Brooke Street, London, E.C., to-day.

Miss E.K. Wakeford, one of the organizers at the show, told a Press Association reporter to-day that the Abyssinian cat was considered by many authorities to be absolutely identical with the sacred cat of ancient Egypt. "Very little is known about the sacred cat," she said. "Cats were, of course, worshipped as gods. People in ancient Egypt used to shave their eyebrows and go into mourning if a cat died. Anybody who killed a cat was condemned too death. As anybody who saw a feline death scene was liable to be suspected of murder, people used to get as far away from such scenes as possible. When a cat died it was embalmed and often places in a tomb. Mummified mice were put in the tomb with the mummified cats so that they should have something to eat if they felt hungry in the next world.

"The cat goddess was known in Egypt in at least 1,600 B.C. In the middle Ages people thought witches turned into cats, and so they used to throw enormous numbers of cats into bonfires. Whole cages full of cats were burnt in this way.

"All the cats in to-day’s show are cats of quality – really royal cats. You see, Abyssinian cats, like Siamese cats, are royal. The first Siamese cats only came over because the King presented a pair to an ambassador or someone of that sort. It is the same with the Abyssinians. There are not more than 20 or 30 Abyssinian cats in this country, and nearly everyone of them is at the show. Their great, great grandfathers were members of the Abyssinian royal family of cats. Most of them have come from Somerset.

"They are, as you see, long, slinky, leopardy-looking things, rather like wild animals. They have been described as rather small and elegantly built cats with graceful slender limbs, large ears and lustrous eyes. The most usual colour resembles that of a wild rabbit. At present these cats are priceless owing to their rarity."

SACRED CATS. DESCENDANTS OF EGYPTIAN ANIMALS AT LONDON SHOW – FELINE ARISTOCRATS Daily Mirror, 13th March 1930
In a little room in Brooke-street, W.C., the smallest and most exclusive cat show in the world was held yesterday afternoon. It was the first members' show of the Abyssinian Cat Club, and this breed is so extremely scarce that the twenty specimens present were the majority of those in England. The Abyssinian should properly he Called the Egyptian cat, for, in the opinion of Mr. H. C. Brooke, a noted authority and a member of the club, it is identical with the sacred cat of ancient Egypt. The best specimen at the show was Ch. Woodroffe Rastus, bred by Major E. S. Woodiwiss, the hon. secretary of the club.

BLUE BLOOD FROM ABYSSINIA. Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 14th March 1930
Thirty Abyssinian Royalties of the highest blood are holding court in London. They are being waited on hand and foot by a number of people who no doubt fondly imagine themselves to be their owners and who would refer to the occasion, not as a levee, but as the Abyssinian Cat Club Show. These Abyssinian cats are the only live ones of their kind in England. They belong to the Royal family of cats of Abyssinia; they claim direct descent from Bubastis, the Cat Goddess of Egypt, and at the moment one of their divine Egyptian ancestors reposes in mummified state among their Royal couches. They look, indeed, strange beasts, slim and small, with large ears. They have a reddish-brown rabbit-like colour which has earned them among the profane the disrespectful nickname of "bunny-cats." It appals us to think of the servile state of any owner" with whom one of the thirty deigns to live.

The commonest cat may look at a King, for all of them have pedigrees as long as those of the Welsh families who trace their fathers name by name back to Adam. The first Manx cat came from Japan or China, the long-haired cat from Persia, the Siamese cat from the Court of Siam. Even the common garden cat is said to have drops of the same Royal blood of Egypt. Every one certainly maintains a sense of dignity that no mesalliances with wild cats have been able to destroy. Autocrat and not aristocrat is the right name for the most mongrel, unprepossessing tabby who ever scrounged herring bones from a dustbin. He comes and goes at his own imperious will. He is capricious, irritating, and, when he feels like it, unapproachable. His purrings and caresses are favours. He never begs for milk, as a mere slavish dog begs for its food. He demands it, and, when it comes, is always ready to turn up his nose and walk –or rather stalk–away for no reason at all. He is an unpunishable, aloof, mysterious individual, who always contradicts and always has his own way.

Heaven forbid, then, that we should ever rashly house one of the Royalties of Abyssinia. If their qualities accord with the blue purity of their blood, they must be exacting taskmasters, and our sympathies go out to the brave band of men and women who form the Abyssinian Cat Club. Mere cow's milk, scraps of meat and cod may do for tabbies, but the Abyssinian cats must surely dine on Grade A cream out of a Crown Derby saucer, on slices of veal and fillets of best Scotch salmon, and then retire to digest on a cushion covered with the finest satin and stuffed with thistledown. The lift of a whisker must be law. Their patronising must be insufferable, and the state of slavery to which they reduce their hosts almost abject. It is, indeed, a consoling thought that there are only thirty of them in England, for thus the odds are happily long against the arrival of an Abyssinian slave-driver master next Christmas morning.

[ABYSSINIAN CAT SHOW] Croydon Times, 15th March 1930
The smallest cat show ever held in London took place on Wednesday, at Holborn, when only Abyssinian cats competed. Many experts believe this breed to be descended from the sacred cat of Ancient Egypt which the Egyptians used to embalm, and a mummy buried in a tomb hundreds of years B.C. was on view at the show. The Abyssinian is the scarcest domestic animal in this country and it is estimated that there are not more than 30 altogether. As a matter of fact it is almost entirely due to Mrs. Carew-Cox, a Croydon lady, that the breed has persisted in this country. Some years ago she fell in with one at a Somerset hotel, and since then has bred many champions. This is a description of the Abyssinian cat: "An elegantly built animal with large tufted ears, lustrous eyes and slender limbs, it has s silky coat not unlike a wild rabbit, hence the popular name, bunny cat. Scarcity in this country has made it almost priceless."

It is the last observation that intrigues me, and I have been examining my own cat thoroughly in the hope of discovering it is an Abyssinian. I am not certain. Not even the love I bear it can make me believe it is elegantly built, but if by "large tufted ears" is meant ears that have bits torn out in the course of desperate battles then my cat has a strong strain of Abyssinian. Its eyes (or at least the one eye left to it by the savage animal next door) can scarcely be termed lustrous; they are distinctly bleary. Its fat, overfed appearance prevents its limbs from being slender but, as against all this, it certainly looks more like a wild rabbit than a cat and I think it must be an Abyssinian after all:
FOR SALE.–A rare Abyssinian worth hundreds of pounds. No reasonable offer refused. Apply, Marksman, "Croydon Times," Croydon.

ABYSSINIAN CAT CLUB Somerset Standard, 21st March 1930
Mr Chorley, the Master of Sexey’s Hospital, exhibited some of his Abyssinian Cats in a private view arranged by the Abyssinian Cat Club in London last week. The special interest of the variety lies in the fact that it is undoubtedly identical with the sacred cat of the ancient Egyptians. Mr Brooke, the vice-president of the club possesses a cat mummy taken from the cat cemetery at Beni-Hassan, a skull from Zagazig, and a photo of an Abyssinian cat from a 4,000-year-old tomb painting at Beni-Hassan.

1930 KENSINGTON KITTEN SHOW

KITTENS ON SHOW. Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 17th July 1930
There was a kitten show at Earl’s Court to-day. Experts there had to appraise the points in Chinchillas and smokes, silver tabbies and brown tabbies, red "selfs," which are cats with no markings, Siamese, Manx, Abyssinian, blue British, and blue Russian. For show purposes a kitten must be over two months and under nine. At a championship show three months is the lowest limit. Litters are entered at any age up to three months, but under two they must be with the mother or foster-mother.

FELINE DESIDERATA. Nottingham Evening Post, 17th July 1930
To-day I made the acquaintance of "Silver Penny" and "Billy" at the Kensington Kitten Show–two full-grown silver tabbies who so often run neck-and-neck for prizes at such competitions. They took merely a mild interest in their surroundings, being quite used to admiration. But when I inquired the origin of a plaintive wailing, I was told, "Siamese, most likely," for foreign cats, more lithe in body and svelte in appearance, are usually the noisy ones. Another curious distinction is that, whereas the Chinchilla is born like a silver table, and the dark markings go off, the Siamese is born pure white, and its characteristic markings come. Foreign cats may also be identified by their wedge-shaped heads. For British breeds a round head, with large full eyes well placed, small ears and short nose, wide muzzles, short tail, a cobby body like a pug-dog, and an absolutely even colour are demanded by the connoisseurs.

PRIZE KITTENS. Morecambe Guardian, 1st August 1930
When I went to the Kensington Kitten Show at Philbeach Hall the other day I found the place crowded out with cat-lovers. It was quite a field day for them–and for the beautiful "exhibits," who seemed well aware of the admiration they were attracting. Three hundred kittens were on view, and one by one they were placed under the judges' daylight lamp, for the exact shade of their coats to be seen. They passed the rest of the time gazing at the crowds or playing with balls, with intervals of sleep. First prize in the show went to "Sally Satin Toes" a good-looking, but bad-tempered, Blue Persian. She positively growled at the judges! I was rather intrigued, too, by a kitten with a dark brown coat, which, its owner told me, was a cross between the Siamese and Russian Blue short haired breeds.

1930 SANDY SHOW

SANDY SHOW Biggleswade Chronicle, 29th August 1930
The heat wave of the last few days told on the live-stock generally, and exhibitors spent an anxious time [nearly thirty valuable rabbits died of heat-stroke at, or on the way to, the show – ninety degrees in the shade].

Kittens (Sandy Society Members)
Any Variety Longhair Kitten – 1, Mrs Fosbery, Eastbury, Blenheim M.; 2, Capt. G. St. Barbe, Desire of Culloden; 3, Capt. G. St. Barbe, Ariel of Culloden; res, Capt. G. St. Barbe, Robber of Culloden.
Any Variety Shorthair Kitten – 1, Miss E.C. Busteed, Rhobinagh; 2, Mrs Sharman, Khoosh-lah of Coryton; 3, Mrs Sharman, Masphopah of Coryton; vhc, Mrs C. Crawly; hc, Miss E.C. Busteed, Michaeltomys; c, Miss E.C. Busteed, Shaun.

1930 WIDNES HORTICULTURAL AND PET SHOW

[WIDNES] HORTICULTURAL [AND PET] SHOW Runcorn Weekly News, 29th August 1930
Dennis's Recreation Grounds provided an ideal setting for the first annual show and fete organized by the Widnes and District Horticultural Society on Saturday, in conjunction with which a pet show was held by the Widnes Auxiliary Branch of the R.S.P.C.A.
Persian Cat: 1, Miss Mary Mitchell, 3, Sefton Avenue, Farnworth.
Black Cat: 1, John Wynne, 89, Taylor's Cottages, Hale Road, Ditton; 2, Eric Prescott, 298, Liverpool Road, Hough Green.
Black and White Cat: 1, John Elson, 120, Milton Road; 2, Jack Bailey, 5, Appleton Village.
Barred and Tortoiseshell Cats: 1, Archie Allman, 15, Joseph Street; 2, Roland Kennington, Millfield Road.
The adjudicator for cats and rabbits was Mr W. Meagher. Every competitor who did not win a prize received a small present of some description.

1930 ISLE OF MAN CAT SHOW

WHERE IS THE "RUMPY"? Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 17th September 1930
The Cheshire Cat vanished and vanished till only the grin was left, which seems much the sad plight of the Manx "Rumpy." He is familiar enough, grinning from ear to ear, on the posters which invite us to the Isle of Man, but in the flesh he has gone. Or almost. A Manx Cat Show on the Isle was graced with only a single completely tailless cat. Apparently the Americans have deprived the Isle Man of its "Rumpies," just as English tourists have deprived it–nearly–of its ancient Celtic tongue. This is very sad, for the Rumpy was none of your elegant, languid Persians who disdained his duties as a rat and mouse trap. He was not only picturesque but practical; a better mouser never existed. What the Manx Board of Agriculture is going to do about it I don't know. If they can't find a feline Deucalion and Pyrrha to re-people the island they will have to reimport some of the original tailless stock, which, I believe, are still to be found in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics as well as in Madagascar.

1930 SIAMESE CAT SHOW

200 CATS IN SHOW –AND ALL OF THEM SQUINT Daily Herald, 19th September 1930
Why do Siamese cats have a kink in their tails? And why do they squint? Cat lovers and scientists have been puzzled for centuries, but the kink and the squint remain as mysterious as the origin of the cats. About 200 of these feline problems will be on view at the Siamese Cat Club's Show at Holy Trinity Hall, Great Portland-street, London, on September 24. They are worth anything from three guineas to £100. They are reputed to be descendants of the Sacred Cat of old Egypt, and besides this is what Mrs. Walker, secretary of the Siamese Cat Club, says about them:– "They adore the people they live with and follow them round like dogs. You can call a Siamese cat, and it will come to you just like dog and talk to you."

CLUB FOR SIAMESE CATS. Belfast Telegraph, 20th September 1930
I think the Siamese cat must be the strangest and most mysterious creature in the animal kingdom - interesting enough at any rate to have an institution devoted solely to its interests. The Siamese Cat Club, which holds its annual show next week, is the largest specialised cat club in the world and has 250 members. The president is Mr. Compton Mackenzie, who owns the island of Jethou, where he keeps Siamese cats, which he names after the heroines of his novels. There seems no doubt that these animals, with their brilliant inscrutable blue eyes, cream-coloured bodies and "seal" brown faces, legs and tails, play an important part in the religious ceremonies in the temples of Siam and Annam, where they may be seen in marvellously ornate cages with incense burning in front of them. Many scientists hold that the kink in the tail, which is an ancestral trait, is the relic of a prehensile tail. The origin of these strange cats is lost in antiquity, but it is believed to be the sacred cat of old Egypt by many who know all about these things.

SIAMESE CATS. Western Morning News, 24th September 1930
Siamese cats owe their introduction into this country to a member of an old Devonshire family. It was in 1884 that Mr. Gould, then Consul-General at Bangkok, brought the first Siamese cat seen in England as a present to his sister, Mrs. Veley. So great was the admiration they excited that in 1901 the Siamese Cat was formed with twenty members, of whom Mrs. Veley was one. She is still a member and is exhibiting at the show being held by the club at Trinity Hall, Great Portland-street, tomorrow. The Siamese cat, with its cream body, seal points, sapphire blue eyes, and curious kink in the tail, has some very doglike characteristics. It can be taken out on a lead or in a car. It will follow like a dog. It is very much a one person's animal, faithful and affectionate, and bad tempered only if deprived of human companionship.

Sacred Felines. Siamese cats are used in religious ceremonies in Siam. No one has yet succeeded in discovering the exact part they play, but they have been seen in gilded cages with incense burning before them in the temples. The Siamese Cat Club now has a membership of 250 and is the biggest, cat club in England and probably in the world. The entries for tomorrow are 147 cats and over a hundred kittens. They will be competing for prizes which Include a bronze medal from the French Feline Society, gold, silver, and bronze medals from the Viennese Cat Club, and a bronze medal from the president of the club, Mr. Compton Mackenzie.

BRITISH SIAMESE CATS. Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 25th September 1930
Though at the Siamese cat club show, today, I did not find any breeder who exports to Siam, I was told it is generally admitted nowadays that Britain produces a better breed of Siamese cat than can be found in Siam. The British breed have a pure blue eye, seldom seen in Siam. It was in 1884 that the first Siamese cats were brought into England by Mr. Owen Gould, whose sister, Mrs. Veley, was exhibiting at to-day’s show. Since then a club has been started, and it has a membership of 250, mostly women. The cats fetch good prices, and often ten guineas is asked for a kitten. Future development, however, may not be so rapid. Practically every champion in England shares the same sire or grandsire, and breeders badly need some new blood. Recent quarantine regulations however made it difficult and expensive for cats to be imported.

THE SIAMESE CAT MUST NOT GET FAT! Western Daily Press, 25th September 1930
Where the Slim Figure Wins Every Time. Before women began adopting all sorts of methods to get slim, slimming was rigorously carried out in Siamese cat circles. Every Siamese cat knows that with a stout figure it stands little chance of winning a prize in a show. A show cat must keep thin at all costs. But dieting has its reward –at least that the experience Kitya Kama, whose wonderful slim figure helped him to obtain the distinction of being the best male cat in the Siamese Cat Club's annual show, which was held in London yesterday. Th. most valuable cat view, however, was champion Bonzo, who has won seven championships and is valued at £100. He lay on a soft white blanket in cage 46, surrounded by his children and grandchildren.

MERCIA FALLS IN LOVE AGAIN, BUT ONLY WITH SIAMESE CAT. Daily Herald, 25th September 1930
Miss Mercia Swinburne, the young actress of "Almost a Honeymoon" fame, has fallen in love again. The object of her affections is a tiny Siamese kitten. Her first love was a Siamese kitten. So now there are two. The second one was handed to her yesterday on behalf of the Siamese Cat Club when she had distributed the awards at a championship meeting London.

I gathered from her (writes a "Dally Herald" representative) that there are no cats like Siamese. They meet you at the door when you come home, they are single in their devotion, and they do not "meoew"–they talk to you.

Miss Swinburne was supported enthusiastically by Siamese cat devotees most them women–from all parts of England. These cats, say their owners, will follow their mistresses about like dogs; leave the room when a stranger enters; go on hunger strike if their mistresses are ill or absent. And they are - one fair owner's phrase–so exotic!

They are reputed to have a kink in their tails, and a squint. However, the squint, I discovered, is no longer worn in the best circles, and the kink is fast becoming a rumour. Of the 13S cats on show, only one had an honest-to-goodness squint. What has happened to the squint and the kink? It was put to me that as imports of Siamese cats had decreased owing to quarantine regulations, and that as most of the Siamese cats here now are English by birth, they had–well, when you are in Rome do as the Romans do–or–in the cat world–the Persians.

SIAMESE CAT CLUB. Exeter and Plymouth Gazette, 25th September 1930
The Siamese Cat Club, which held its seventh championship show in London today, was founded in 1901 by a few enthusiasts. Among these were Gambier Bolton, a great amateur photographer, and Louis Wain, the famous artist, who is still a Vice-President, along with Miss Forrestier-Walker, another original member like her sister, Lady Vyvyan. The Siamese cat was first introduced into England in 1884 by Mr. Owen Gould, whose sister, Mrs. Veley, is again an exhibitor. So widespread has the cult become that a record entry 368–135 cats and 17 litters of kittens–is reported from all parts of the country. In fact, it is estimated that there are more of the breed nowadays in England than in Siam. With its wedge-shaped face, blue eyes, creamy body, and seal points, it has a distinction all its own, besides possessing an intelligence practically equal to a dog's. Champion Bonzo, belonging to Mrs. A. Maturin, of Southampton, was to the fore as usual, but the first prize for kittens went to a novice–Mrs. Baker, of Windsor.

SIAMESE CATS FROM THE WEST. Western Morning News, 26th September 1930
Among the prize-winners at the Siamese Cat Club show on Wednesday were two very charming kittens from the Westcountry. Andaluya, owned by Mrs. Crisp, of Bude, was the best female kitten between three and six months old, winning in a class of 24 competitors, and the best female kitten over six months and under nine months was Fontemell Anne, owned by Miss Simey, of Shaftesbury, who also won in a very big class. Other kittens whose merits were recognized were Rok-Li, owned by Miss Amor, of Poole; a trio shown by Mrs. Arscott, of Blandford, Annie Nancy, Olette, and Fontemell; Simba Nanki, owned by Miss Forden, of Bridgwater; Leprecaun, owned by Miss Williams, of Blandford: Keremat owned by Mrs. Worthington, of Blandford. These did not succeed in getting into the list of prize-winners, but all gained very highly commended or highly commended cards in extremely strong classes. A fascinating litter of kittens shown by Mrs. Cates, of Winterbourne, Bristol, was fourth in a class of 16 litters. There were few adults from the West country, and those who did appear were not very lucky, Miss Williams's Ragtag, who was fifth In the female championship class, being the only one to make her mark.

1930 NEWBURY CAT SHOW

PRIZE CATS Hendon & Finchley Times, 31st October 1930
At the Newbury Championship Cat Show, on Tuesday, Mrs Campbell Fraser, of Hendon, who has been selected to judge for the United States Shows, gained with her two exhibits two first prizes and championship.

WEST COUNTRY CATS AND KITTENS. Western Morning News, 1st November 1930
West country exhibitors were most successful at the important championship cat show held by the Newbury Cat Club this week, and in the Chinchilla kitten classes especially most of the honours went to kittens from Devon. Mrs. Newton, of Budleigh Salterton, took first, second, and third in the Chinchilla male kitten class with her beautiful trio Caliph, Corsair, and Columbus of Correnden, and Colleen of Correnden was third in the Chinchilla female kittens, the leader this class being Sunshine of Aldwych, owned by Mrs. Drake, of Braunton. This exquisite little kitten also took two other first prizes and the cup offered by the Chinchilla Silver and Smoke Society for the best female kitten while her mother, Langherne Jewel, was first in the Chinchilla female adult class. Mrs Drake has certainly made an auspicious start as a breeder and exhibitor of Chinchillas.

Tortoiseshell and Cream. Mrs. Summers, of Wimborne, owns the winning male Siamese, Maeltomis which gained his second challenge certificate at this show, and only has one more certificate to win before he is granted the title of champion. Mrs. Evans, of Taunton, won in a very strong class with her red male kitten Heathside Shahjan, and her tortoiseshell Heathside Variety was second in her class. Mrs. Green, of Newton Abbot, owns Gundafrid of Wolborough, first prize winner in the cream kitten class, and Miss Stuck of Saltash, won first and third in the red tabby female kitten class with Wivelscombe Sunshine and Wivelscombe Sunflower. Wivelscombe Sunshine also winning the award for best long-haired kittens in the show.

1930 YEOVIL FANCIERS' SHOW

YEOVIL FANCIERS SHOW. Western Gazette, 31st October 1930
Well maintaining the reputation it has gained for so many years past, the annual show of the Yeovil and District Fanciers' Association was held in the Yeovil Liberal Hall on Wednesday. The change of day from Thursday to Wednesday was rewarded by an exceptionally good attendance, particularly from the areas outside the town.
CATS. Judge: Mr T.J. Ambrose.
Blue Persian, female – 1 and 3, Mrs M.Ramell, Gillingham; 2 and vhc, H. McKeating, Odcombe; hc, Miss F. Ardagh, Maiden newton; c, Mrs A.J. Buckley, Gillingham.
Blue Persian kitten under four months – 1 and 3, Mrs M. Ramell; 2, vhc, hc, and c, H. McKeating.
Siamese, male or female – 1, 3, and hc, Mrs H. McKeating; 2, Miss F. Ardagh; vhc. Miss P. alsop, Martock.
Household pet, to include neuter – 1, Mrs Evans, Sherborne; 2, H. McKeating; 3 and hc, Mrs M. Ramell; vhc, Mrs E.V. Bassett, Yeovil; c, Peter Hamblin, Yeovil.

SPECIALS.
Arthur Oddy Memorial Challenge Cup for the best cat shown by a member - Mrs H. McKeating.
Best cat in section - Mrs H. McKeating.
Silver badge, blue long-haired cat or kitten, shown by a member of the Blue Persian Cat Society – Mrs Ramell.
Silver medal Siamese, shown by a member of the Siamese Cat Club - Mrs McKeating.

1930 CROYDON CAT SHOW

A NOTABLE WESTCOUNTRYMAN. Western Morning News, 12th November 1930
Among those who are judging at the Croydon Cat Club's Big Championship Show tomorrow is Mr. H. C. Brooke, of Taunton, who is one of the leading authorities in the cat world. Mr. Brooke possesses a very unusual distinction, as it is believed that he the only living Englishman who has fought regular Continental duels with both sword and pistol, and he still bears the marks of some of the fierce encounters of his student days. Although he is a well-known judge of show cats, especially of the short-haired breeds, he is really chiefly interested in rare or curious animals, and has at one time or another had some most unusual pets, including a number of wolves and many of the lesser-known varieties of small wild cats, most of which have become perfectly tame and domesticated under his care. Now, owing to rigorous quarantine regulations, he can longer obtain specimens from abroad, and has to be content with a few ordinary cats.

Mr. Brooke has one animal, at least, which is unique–a short-haired cat of an even and very beautiful shade of red. This cat came to Croydon Show last year, where he was much admired, and attracted a great deal of attention from the experts, but Mr Brooke has decided to leave him at home this time. Mr. Brooke's reputation as an authority on cats is as high on the Continent as it is in England, and he has judged important shows in Paris, Germany, and Austria, although he always returns from Continental shows in a very envious frame of mind, because he sees there the rare breeds which are now barred to him.

WESTCOUNTRY CATS CROYDON. Western Morning News, 14th November 1930
At the Croydon Cat Club Championship Show yesterday Garb[oldisham] Tess, owned Mrs Kennaway, of Blandford, won a challenge certificate in the tortoiseshell and white class and the second and third prizes in the same class went to Garb Dame Patch and Garb Bobby Dazzle, also owned by Mrs. Kennaway. Mrs Newton, of Budleigh Salterton, won first the Chinchilla female kitten class with Colleen of Correnden, and second in the Chinchilla male kitten class with Caliph of Correnden. Mrs Drake, of Braunton, won third with Langherne Jewel in the Chinchilla female adult class, and third in the Chinchilla female kitten class, with Sunshine of Aldwych. Other winners were Matinee of the Combe, owned by Miss Langhorne, of Chard, third, blue cream adult, and Imp of Barley Hill owned by Miss Bowden Smith, of Exeter, third, smoke male. Mr. H. C. Brooke, of Taunton, who was to have judged the short-haired kittens at the show, was suddenly taken ill on the night before and so could not be present. [Sadly he died in hospital the next day.]

CROYDON CAT SHOW. WEST-COUNTRY WINNERS. Exeter and Plymouth Gazette, 15th November 1930
At the Croydon Cat Club Show Mrs. Kennaway, of Blandford, won a challenge certificate and second and third prizes; Mrs. Newton, of Budleigh Salterton, won first in the Chinchilla female kitten class and second for males; Mrs. Drake, of Braunton, won third in the Chinchilla female adult class, and third in the Chinchilla female kitten class. Other prize winners were Miss Langhorne (Chard) and Miss Bowden (Smith Exeter).

CROYDON CAT SHOW. 430 FELINE ARISTOCRATS ON VIEW. LOCAL WINNERS. Croydon Times, 15th November 1930
Four hundred and thirty aristocrats of the feline world were on view at the Croydon Baths Hall on Wednesday, when the annual championship show of the Croydon Cat Club was held. There were over a thousand entries, from all parts of the country, and there were many beautiful cats displayed. The Siamese, Abyssinian and Blue Persians, many of whom reclined on silken cushions and whose cages bore strict injunctions that they were not to be fed, or in some cases even touched, were particularly fine. What is more, they knew it, judging by the supercilious manner in which they surveyed the visitors. A cat may look at a king, but even a king must feel he is taking a liberty by looking at some of these haughty cats!

"Mischief of Bredon," the beautiful Blue Persian belong to Mrs. Yeend. of Cheltenham, excited general admiration and won the special cup for the best Long Haired Cat in the show and also for the best cat in the show. Other special trophies were won as follows:
Best Short Haired. "Morgan Le Fay," Miss Fitzwilliam York
Best Long Haired Kitten, "Barrie of Branston," Miss P. Galletley, Anerley
Best Short Haire Kitten, "Hoveton Matador," Mrs. Blofeld, Norfolk
Best long Haired Neuter, "Samson," Miss A. West, The Waldrons, Croydon
Best Short Haired Neuter, "Billy," Mrs. Christfas, Forest Hill
Best Household Pet in Show, Mrs. Rivers, Lower Addiscombe-road, East Croydon.

LOCAL WINNERS. The local winners in the different classes were:
LONG HAIRED SECTION.
Blue Kitten (male) – 1, "Midas of Cardonald," Miss Darlington Manley, Nottmgham-road, South Croydon.
Blue Breeder's Kitten – 4, "Midas of Cardonald," Miss Darlington Manley.
Cream Kitten – 3, "Prospero of Cardonald," Miss Darlington Manley.
Blue Cream Kitten – 1, "Jasonette of Four Wyndes," Mrs. White and Mrs. Vise, London Worthing-road, Sutton
Smoke Female – 1, "Elizabeth of Kostany," Mrs. Waber, Croydon-road, Wellington.
Any Colour Team – 1, "Midas, Miranda, Mayflower, Puck, Prospero, Phyllida and Punch," of Cardonald," Miss Darlington Manley.
Any Colour Litter – 2, Mrs. White and Mrs. Vize.

SHORT HAIRED SECTION.
Siamese Kitten (male) – 1, "Chunda-Sahib," Miss H. Hill-Shaw, Elgin-road, Addiscombe.
Siamese Novice Kitten – 3, "Chunda-Sahib," Miss H. Hill-Shaw.
Siamese Veteran - 1, "Sabia of Cademuir," Miss H. Hill-Shaw.
Abyssinian Male – 2, "Gilead," Miss H. Hill-Shaw, Elgin-road, Addiscombe; 3, "Ras Isis," Mrs. Carew-Cox, Clyde-road, Addiscombe.
Abyssinian Female – 2, "Sabel," Mrs. Carew- Cox.
Abyssinian Kitten (male) - 3, "Negue," Mrs. Carew-Cox.
Manx Male – 1, "Josephus of Cademuir," Miss H. Hill-Shaw; 2, "Kisser," Mrs. Corps, Cross-road, Purley.
Manx Female – 1, "Blackberry of Cademuir," Miss H. Hill- Shaw.
Manx Kitten – 1, "Phrizzy of Cademuir"; 2, "Peter of Cademuir"; 3, "Moses of Cademuir," all Miss H. Hill-Shaw
Manx Novice – 1, "Enbonius," Miss Alice Kent; 2, "Kirry of Cademuir," Miss H. Hill-Shaw.
Red Tabby – 3, "Rufus the Red," Mrs. Iles, Hares Bank, Addington.
Tabby (any colour, kitten) – 1, "Jezebel Ann," Mrs. Iles.
Any other colour novice – 2, "Gilead," Miss H. Hill- Shaw.
Any variety Brace (not Siamese) – 1, "Josephus" and "Blackberry of Cademuir," Miss H. Hill-Shaw.
Ditto Team – 1, Miss H. Hill-Shaw.
Ditto Breeder's Kitten – 2, "Phrizzy of Cademuir," Miss H. Hill-Shaw; 3, "Jezebel Ann," Mrs. Iles.
Ditto Novice Kitten – 1, Miss H. Hill-Shaw; 2, "Tumbler," Mrs. Iles
Ditto Pairs Kittens – 2, Miss H. Hill-Shaw
Novice Exhibitors Class – 2, "Pataliputra," Mrs. Buffard, Park Hill Rise, Croydon.

NEUTERS.
Any Colour But Blue (Long Haired) – 3, "George," Mrs Waber.
Any Variety Shorthaired – 3, Mrs. Burls, Stretton-road, East Croydon.
Any Variety Long-haired Kitten – 3, "Midas of Cardonald," Miss Darlington Manley.
Any Variety Short-haired Kitten – 1, "Chunda -Sahib," Miss H. Hill-Shaw.
Any Variety Long-haired Neuter – 2, "Samson," Miss West, The Waldrons, Croydon.
Ditto Short-haired – 2, "Silver Penny," Mrs. Burls.

FIVE MILE RADIUS CLASSES
A. V. Long Haired – 1, "Blue Haze of Cardonald," Miss Darlington Manley; 3, "Parkilass," Mrs. Buffard.
A.V. Short Haired – 1, 2, and 3, Miss H. Hill. Shaw.
A.V. Long Haired Kitten – 2, Miss Manley
A.V. Short Haired Kitten – 1, 2, and 3, Miss H. Hill. Shaw.
A.V. Long Haired Neuter – 2, Miss West; 3, "Tabsfield Billy Boy," Mrs. Kennard, Downside-road, Sutton.
A.V. Short Haired Neuter - 2, Mrs. Burls.

NATIONAL CAT CLUB CLASSES. A.V. Short Haired Cat or Kitten - 2, Miss H Hill-Shaw.
SIAMESE CAT CLUB CLASSES. Siamese Kitten – 3, Miss H. Hill-Shaw.

HOUSEHOLD PETS.
Long Haired - 1. Mrs. O. E. Riley; 2, Mrs. Dixon.
Short Haired – 1, Mrs. Corps; 2. Mr. Ronald Skilton; 3, Mrs. Packham.
L.H. Neuter – 1, Mrs. Rivers; 2, Mrs. Rawlins; 3, Mr. H. M. Evans.
L.H. Neuter - 1, Mrs. D. Bush; 2, Mrs. O'Brien; 3, Mrs. Beare.
Kittens – 1, Miss G. Wells; 2, Mrs. Price-Hawkins; 3, Mrs. Bush.

[CROYDON CAT SHOW] Croydon Times, 15th November 1930
Though East and West are supposed never to meet they succeeded in doing it at the Croydon Baths Hall on Wednesday at the Croydon Cat Show. Exotic eastern cats from Abyssinia, Siam and Persia were to be found in juxtaposition with English tabbies and black and whites. Most of these prizewinning cats are very haughty, superior fellows who look disdainfully on mere mortals. After looking up some of their names I can understand it. With a name such as "Jasmine of Farnborough," "The Aristocrat of the Court," or "Verotto Petit Beurre," who would not feel a little superior? If I ever enter my cat for a show, an improbably contingency, I shall have to change its name. What chance does a "Spot," a "Bimbo," or a Tweedles" stand against creatures with names like "Sheena of Bettinge" and "Speedwell Gossamer?" My cat will have to be rechristned with some such name as "Flowers of Sulphur" or "Sir Thomas of the Tiles."

1930 CRYSTAL PALACE CAT SHOW

CHELTENHAM CHAMPION AT THE CAT SHOW Gloucester Citizen, 4th December 1930
At the champion show of the National Cat Club, at the Crystal Palace, Champion Mischief of Bredon, owned by Mrs Yeend, of Cheltenham, was awarded the first prizes for the best exhibit and for the best long-haired cat in the show.

[CRYSTAL PALACE] CAT-AND-DOG LIFE! Daily Mirror, 4th December 1930
There will be a cat and dog show running simultaneously at the Crystal Palace to-day. In order to save the judges and everybody else who happens to be present from leading a cat-and-dog life, however, they will be separate! It is the second day of the National Cat Club's Championship Show and the opening day of the Ladies' Kennel Association Show. The cats will remain in their present quarters in the Concert Hall, while the dogs, who have been basely kept in ignorance of the presence of their proverbial enemies, will occupy the South Nave. Many owners will be exhibiting pets at both shows. The most interesting exhibit at yesterday's show was Mrs. Yeend's Chief Mischief of Bredon, a magnificent blue, said to be the best cat in England. It is certainly one of the largest and fluffiest. Although a blue, Chief Mischief can hardly be described as an athlete; he looks far too fat and contented to be a champion mouser! Another aristocrat, which, however, comes of a great ratting family, was Lady Alexander's Tommy Noddy, first prize-winner in the tortoiseshell class. In a cats' beauty competition of this kind great importance is attached to the colour of the eyes. In order to win a prize Siamese and white cats must have deep blue eyes, while blue Persians and black cats must have copper-coloured eyes. Green eyes are only allowed to chinchillas and silver tabbies a fact which rather shows up those animal artists who delight in painting black cats with green eyes.

100 GUINEA CAT. BLUE PERSIAN STILL CHAMPION Daily Herald, 4th December 1930
Four hundred cats were gathered at the Crystal Palace yesterday, when the two days’ champion show of the National Cat Club opened. The most valuable cat in the show is a blue Persian, said to be worth 100 guineas. This is "Champion Mischief of Bredon" which, for the past year, has never been beaten.

[CRYSTAL PALACE] Kent & Sussex Courier, 5th December 1930
At the two days’ championship show of the National Cat Club opened at the Crystal Palace on Wednesday, the best short-haired cat was "Dido," owned by Mrs. L. French, Horsham, Sussex.

CATS AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE. Western Morning News, 6th December 1930
Since the National Cat Club's Show at the Crystal Palace lasts for two days, only the most enthusiastic of the Westcountry cat breeders exhibited there, but some of them were extremely successful. Mrs. Newton, of Budleigh Salterton, was awarded first prize for a delightful litter of four Chinchilla kittens and an older kitten, Corsair of Correnden, which has already been to several shows, was third in the Chinchilla male kitten class. Whisker of Wood, owned Miss Wood, of Newton Abbot, was the second cream male kitten, and Wiveliscombe Sunshine, owned by Saltash exhibitor, was second red tabby female kitten.

THE BEST CAT IN ENGLAND The Tewkesbury Register, and Agricultural Gazette, 6th December 1930
The best cat at the National Cat Club’s annual show at the Crystal Palace this week was Mrs Yeend’s blue long-haired male, Champion Mischief of Bredon, who, for the third time in succession this year has secured the premier honour by the unanimous vote of the judges. He was also the winner of innumerable special prizes, and his record up to date is greater than that of any cat in recent years. Our readers will join us in congratulating his owner, Mrs Yeend, of Bishop’s Cleeve, and formerly of Cropthorne, who is one of the most prominent cat fanciers in the country.

1930 ARBROATH SHOW

1930 REGIONAL SHOWS

ABERDEEN FUR AND FEATHER SHOW Aberdeen Press and Journal, 17th February 1930
Cat judge – Mr Andrew Findlay. [The results for the cat classes were not printed]

HOSPITAL AND AMBULANCE FETE Buckinghamshire Examiner, 16th May 1930
At a meeting of the Hospital and Ambulance Fete Committee, held at the Institute on Monday . . . The Chesham Fanciers’ Association promised to arrange a "show," and a Cat Show was suggested and favourable received. It was reported that a conversation on the subject had been discussed – over the cemetery wall. A cat show was decided upon. It was intimated that prizes would be given. The details were left to the Fanciers’ Association to arrange.

HOSPITAL AND AMBULANCE FETE Buckinghamshire Examiner, 6th June 1930
I understand that the Chesham Fanciers’ Association are hopeful of making a new venture at this fete. Arrangements are being made of a cat show . . . so far as this one can gather a cat show has never been attempted in Chesham before, and this section should prove quite a draw.

HOSPITAL AND AMBULANCE FETE Buckinghamshire Examiner, 6th June 1930
The Fanciers reported that they were arranging for a five-class cat show, and also arranging for a fur show.

CAT SHOW Uxbridge & W. Drayton Gazette, 13th June 1930
In connection with the Hospital Carnival, a cat’s show has been arranged on the ground, at 7.30 p.m. on Monday. The following classes are included:- 1, Persian (best coat); 2, short-aired cats, best markings (tabbies); 3, tortoiseshells; 4, heaviest cat; 5, black, or black and white. Other classes may be arranged according to entries received. The organizers will be glad to hear of prospective entries before the dat in order to facilitate arrangements. Entries 1s. 6d. per cat, to be paid on the ground, or in advance to "Cats," 12 Radnor-road, Harrow.

THE HOSPITAL AND AMBULANCE FETE. Buckinghamshire Examiner, 1st August 1930
During the last few years some of the members of the Chesham Fanciers have arranged attractive exhibitions in connection with the fete, but it is to be regretted that the attempt to carry out a cat and dog show was a failure to a very large extent. It was rather expected in some quarters that this would be the case, and there were those who thought that if a dog show was needed it would have been better to have approached the Missenden Society to carry such an exhibition out. It does seem that it would have been more in their province and that their name would have drawn more entries.

THE HOSPITAL AND AMBULANCE FETE. Buckinghamshire Examiner, 1st August 1930
An additional item this year was a cat and dog show staged by the Chesham Fanciers' Association, under the direction of Mr. and Mrs. S. Waller. Only nine dogs and cats were on view, people apparently being nervous of this new venture, and refrained from entering their pets. Nevertheless, these exhibits were visited by many people, and generally admired. Mr. Robbins (Lye Green) judged the, cat and dog show, with the following results:–
Cats.-1, Mr. S. Waller; 2, Mrs. Franklin; 3, Mr. S. Waller; res., Mr. S. Waller.

MADRESFIELD SHOW Kington Times, 28th June 1930
Madresfield, the Great One Day Show of the Midlands. 31st Exhibition in Madresfield Park, Malvern, Thursday, Aug 7, 1930 . . . Open Dog and Cat Show . . . Entries Close . . .Ring, Dog and Cat Sections, July 21st.

RABBIT [AND CAT] SHOW Bucks Herald, 4th July 1930
A rabbit, cavy and cat show, organised by the Aylesbury and District Rabbit Society, was held in the Chalfont Hall on Saturday. The entries, which included the cream of the district . . . The Chesham and District Fanciers supplied pens.

BRADWORTHY SHOW Western Times, 25th July 1930
Bradworthy annual fair, feather and horticultural show took place yesterday, at West Villa Park. [Cat judge - Mr. A. Davey].
Cats, long coats–1 and special, Claude Wade: 2, Mrs. S. Johns; 3. F. Facey.
Cats, short coats–2, E. Jennings; 3, Fred Balsdon.

BETTER THAN EVER. EXETER POULTRY SHOW. Exeter and Plymouth Gazette, 18th August 1930
Mr. W. H. Edwards presided at a meeting of the Exeter and Devon Poultry, Pigeon, Rabbit, Cage Bird, and Cat Society, held at the Seven Stars Hotel, Exeter, when the schedule for the show to be held on Wednesday, November 5th, in the Lower Market, Exeter, was revised. Many new classes have been introduced, and the exhibition will probably be one of the best ever seen in the West of England.

CHESHIRE SHOW Cheshire Observer, 6th September 1930
The popular Cheshire Agricultural Show, an important annual event in county life, took place on the Roodee, at Chester, on Thursday. [Cat judges: Mr Beresford and Mr Townsend] [Cat results not printed]

FANCIERS’ SHOW Portsmouth Evening News, 28th October 1930
The City of Portsmouth Fanciers’ Society are bolding their forty-first annual show in the Wessex Drill Hall to-morrow and on Thursday. The cat section is again proving most popular, many exhibits at the Newbury championship cat show travelling on here.

A PRIZE CAT Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer, 14th November 1930
"Tiddler" a female Persian long-haired cat, the property of Miss E. Seymour, of 24, North Road, Midsomer Norton, won the second and third prizes in open classes at the Exeter and Devon Pigeon, Cagebird, Cat and Rabbit Society’s Show, held at Exeter on the 5th inst.

FUR AND FEATHER AT DUNDEE The Scotsman, 8th December 1930
[. . .] Annual open show promoted by the Dundee, Angus, and District Fur and Feather Club. Lady Airlie referred to the fact that the House of Airlie was represented at the show by at least one competitor – a small kitten. It transpired that it was placed second in its class, under the names of of Lady Jean and Lady Margaret [her daughters] . . . Although entries showed a slight decrease over last year, nevertheless the show as a very successful effort, there being keen competition in all sections. That devoted to cats showed a big entry.
Best cat in the show went to Captain J. & P.P. Simpson, Dundee.

TORPOINT POULTRY SHOW Western Morning News, 15th December 1930
The sixth annual show of Torpoint and District Poultry Association was held on Saturday at the British Legion Hutt, Torpoint.
Cats. Any variety – 1, H.W. Stoddon; 2, Miss N. Jones; 3, Mrs Needham.
Specials – H.W. Stoddon, Mrs A. Giles, Mrs Pearce.