REPORTS FROM EARLY BRITISH CAT SHOWS 1935

1935 [MIDLAND COUNTIES CAT CLUB] CHELTENHAM CAT SHOW

LOCAL SUCCESSES AT CAT SHOW Gloucestershire Echo, 4th January 1935
Local competitors were very successful in the annual championship show of the Midland Counties Cat Club at the Drill Hall, Cheltenham, yesterday. There was a good attendance of visitors throughout the day. Mrs. Yeend, of Ashleigh, Cleeve Hill, whose famous Blue Persian Ch. Mischief of Bredon gained the highest award the National Cat Club's show at the Crystal Palace a few years ago, did extremely well. Her beautiful Chinchilla Langherne Laurus took the prize for the best cat in the show and won many other awards besides. The Midland Counties Cat Club awards were as follow:–
Silver Special for best cat in show.–Mrs. Yeend, Cleeve Hill, with Langherne Laurus.
Silver Special for best kitten in show.– Mrs. E. Langston, Craufurd, Maidenhead, with Donita of Thame.
Challenge Cup for best long-haired kitten bred by exhibitor.–Miss Langston with Donita Thame.
Challenge Trophy to breeder whose kitten has gained most points.–Miss Langston with Donita of Thame.
Thorpe Challenge Cup to owner of longhaired stud whose kittens have gained most points.–Mrs. Yeend.
Beresford Challenge Cup for best Siamese cat.–Miss F. A. Dixon, South View. Thames Ditton, Surrey, with Pita.
Beresford Challenge Cup for best longhaired orange kitten, bred by exhibitor.– Mrs. Campbell-Fraser, The Approach, Hendon, with Hendon Defendant.
Beresford Challenge Cup for best longhaired blue kitten. –Miss Langston, with Donita of Thame.
The Lady Alexander Challenge Cup for best British short-haired cat. –Mrs. J. Fosbery, Blackbest, Brimpton, Berks., with Eastern Dinah.
Challenge Cup for best cat bred by exhibitor –Mrs Yeend, with Chubby of Bredon.
Silver Challenge Trophy for best Siamese female bred by exhibitor.–Mrs. R. Cates, Winterbourne, Bristol, with Northwoods Gianetta
Challenge Shield for best blue cat bred by exhibitor. –Mrs. Yeend, with Chubby of Bredon.
Ch. Mischief of Bredon Cup for best blue long-haired male adult.–Mrs. and Mr. Boulton, with Townfield Harmony.
Ch Northway Shelmerdine Cup for best blue long-haired female adult. –Miss Langston, with Darling of Allington.
The Adams Challenge Cup for best Chinchilla kitten bred by exhibitor. –Miss Langston, with Donita of Thame.
Mrs. Slingsby's Cup to owner of blue long-haired stud whose kittens have won most points.–Mrs. Yeend.

The class prize list included the following from Cheltenham and district:
Blue male cat. 2, Mrs. Yeend, Ashleigh, Cleeve Hill, Cheltenham, with Chubby of Bredon.
Blue Breeders cat.–1, Mrs. Yeend, with Chubby of Bredon.
Blue Novice cat.–2, Mrs. A J. Dudridge, 20 Berkeley-place, Clifton, Bristol, with Biue Serenita.
Blue Senior.– 1, Mrs. Yeend, with Chubby of Bredon.
Tortoiseshell cat, male or female.–1, and Championship, Mrs Yeend, with Pansy of Bredon.
Blue-cream kitten, male or female.–1, Mrs. E. Davies, The Lodge, Northway House, Tewkesbury, with Nothing Nicer.
Chinchilla cat, male.–1. and Championship, Mrs. Yeend, with Langherne Taurus.
Silver tabby cat, male or female. –1, and Championship, Miss H. M. Roberts, Laburnum House, Frampton Cottenell, Bristol, with Lucinda of Frampton; 2, Miss B. V Bracey, Fern Villa, Station-road, Staple Hill. Bristol with Nicholas of Silverleigh.
Any colour breeders' kitten (not blue).- 3, Mrs. E. Davies, with Nothing Nicer.
Any colour novice cat (not blue). –1, Mrs. Yeend, Pansy Bredon.
Any colour novice kitten (not blue). –2, Mrs. E. Davies, Nothing Nicer.
Any colour limit cat (not blue). –1, Mrs. Yeend, Langherne Taurus.
Any .colour junior (not blue). –1, Mrs. Yeend, Langherne Taurus
Any colour (open) cat, male. - 1, Mrs. Yeend, Langherne Taurus.
Siamese cat, female.–1 and championship, Mrs. R. Cates (Winterbourne, Bristol), Northwoods Gianetta; 2. Mrs. E. M. Hughes (Longdon), Daffodil of Sabrina.
Siamese cat. breeders. –2, Mrs. Cates, Northwoods Gianetta; 3, Mrs. E. M. Hughes, Daffodil of Sabrina.
Siamese novice, cat or kitten.–1, Mrs. E. M. Hughes, Hooka-Bois; 2, Miss (Stratford-on-Avon), Slingsby Minna Bluff.
Siamese limit, cat or kitten. –2, Mrs. Cates, Northwoods Gianetta.
Siamese special limit, cat or kitten –1, Mrs. Northwoods Gianetta; 2, Miss Rowsell, Slingsby Minna Bluff.
Blue foreign cat, male or female. - 1 and championship, Miss Sheila Ingram (Christ Church-road, Cheltenham), Russian Lady.
Any colour S.H. junior, including Siamese. –2, Mrs. Cates, Northwoods Gianetta.
Stud cat (judged by progeny, must be present).–1, Mrs. Yeend, Ch. Mischief of Bredon (Blue Persian).
Any variety kitten pair, L.H. or S.H.– 2, Mrs. W. Short (Northway Cottage, Tewkesbury), Ammon and Boethius.
Any variety veteran (over 5 years).–1, Mrs. Yeend, Ch. Mischief of Bredon.
Any variety neuter, L.H. S.H. –1, Miss R. D. Robinson and Mrs. Broxton (Kempsford, Fairford), Merely Michael; 2, Mrs. Cooch (17 Lypiatt-terrace, Cheltenham), Mosee; 3, Mrs. D. L. Goodeve (Thames Lodge, Cheltenham), Ginger Joe.
Novice exhibitors' class, A.V. cat or kitten.–2, Miss S. Ingram, Russian Lady; 3, Mrs. W. Short, Boethius.
Radius, A.V. cat.–1, Mrs. Yeend, Langherne Taurus; 2, Mrs. Yeend, Chubby of Bredon; 3, Miss G. E. Fisher (New Barn-lane, Cheltenham), Gideon of Westfield.
Radius, A.V. kitten. –1, Mrs. Short, Ammon; 2, Mrs. Short, Boethius; 3, Mrs. E. Davies, Nothing Nicer.
Household pet, cat or kitten.–1, Mrs. Cloke (Cheltenham); 2 and 3, Miss Swan (Cheltenham).

CLUB CLASSES
Midland Counties Cat Club.–Any variety L.H. cat, male: 1, Mrs. Yeend, Langherne Taurus.
Midland Counties Cat Club.– Any variety S.H. cat. m. or f. (including Siamese): 1 Mrs. Cates, Northwoods Gianetta; 3, Miss Rowsell, Slingsby Minna Bluff.
National Cat Club. - Any variety L.H. cat: 1, Mrs. Yeend, Langherne Taurus.
Newbury Cat Club.–Any variety male, adult: 1, Mrs. Yeend, Langherne Taurus.
Southern Counties Cat Club.–Any variety adult: 1, Mrs. Yeend, Langherne Taurus.
In addition to the special prizes offered by the Midland Counties Cat Club, prizes were awarded by several other clubs, including the National Cat Club.

ARISTOCRATIC CATS ARE PHILOSOPHIC! MIDLAND COUNTIES’ SHOW AT CHELTENHAM. FAMOUS EXHIBITS Cheltenham Chronicle, 5th January 1935
A lot of noise might be expected from 185 cats under one roof, but evidently well bred cats are philosophers who take things easily, and the Cheltenham Drill Hall was a place of quiet and interest when the championship show of the Midland Counties Cat Club was held there on Thursday. This was the fifteenth annual show of the club, for several years past held in Cheltenham, and was a very successful one from all points of view. The number of cats was an increase of 30 on last year, and the entry of nearly 700 for the 105 classes was an increase of 40. The quality of exhibits was very high, and while Blue Persians were the most strongly represented, great interest was in the number of rare breeds on view. There were cats all colours and many different appearances.
THOSE ORDINARY CATS. The entry included six Manx cats, a record for the show, and seven Abyssinians with furs like those of rabbits. The ordinary-looking cats were in fact ordinary cats, being entered in the "domestic" section. The show was graced by the presence of Champion Mischief of Bredon, the famous Blue Persian belonging to Mrs Yeend, the show manager, which won the championship at the National Cat Club's Show at the Crystal Palace a few years ago. Another striking entry was a Smoke male, Ch. Suffolk Dumpling, belonging to Miss M. D. Alexander, of Ipswich, which has never been beaten and has 15 championships to its credit. This animal has a smoky black fur which shows pure white underneath when blown.

Mrs. Forsyth-Forrest, the president of the club, was one of the judges, the others being Mrs Basnett, Mrs. Bazeley, Mr. Ambrose, Mr. Aubrey, and Mr. House, with Miss Adams referee judge. Mrs. Yeend, of Cleeve Hill, was the show manager, and Miss J. Fair, of Tewkesbury, the show secretary. The honorary veterinary surgeons were Mr. W. L. Dartnall and Mr. W. C. Maguire. [Prize list same as Gloucestershire Echo, 4th January 1935]

MORE WINNING CATS Hendon & Finchley Times, 11th January 1935
More successes for Mrs. Campbell- Fraser! At the Midland Counties Cat Club championship show at Cheltenham last Thursday, her home-bred red tabby Persian kitten, “Hendon Defendant” was marked as the reserve best kitten in the show, also winning six specials, which included two silver challenge cups. Mrs. Campbell-Fraser’s adult cats at the same show won a championship, a first, a second and two thirds There seem to be weekly additions to the honours list at the Approach Cattery.

URCHFONT. PRIZE KITTEN. North Wilts Herald, 25th January 1935
At the recent cat show held in Cheltenham Mrs. W. Smith's Blue Persian male kitten ”Cherrington Pixie” gained a first prize in the novice exhibition class and two specials, two reserves and two very highly commended in other classes.

1935 [SOUTHERN COUNTIES CAT CLUB] PADDINGTON CAT SHOW

JUDGING THE KITTENS Hendon & Finchley Times, 18th January 1935
Mrs Campbell-Fraser, whose show successes I so frequently announce, is judging the blue Persian kittens at the championship show to be held by the Southern Counties Cat Club at Paddington next week. This is one of her big events, for the show includes about 500 cats, and there are 150 classes and 200 specials. The eighteen supporting clubs include the Cat Club de Champagne.

CAT AND DOG DAY ARISTOCRATS ON VIEW IN LONDON. Nottingham Journal, 24th January 1935
It was cat and dog day in London to-day. About 400 bored and sleepy cats spent an idle day at the Southern Counties’ Cat Club’s Championship Show, and nearly 300 dogs were almost as inactive at the Pekin Palace Dog Association open benched show. But there was this difference - the dogs or most of them did keep awake. Some of these aristocrats of the cat and dog world had traveled from Birmingham and as far north as Gateshead. They represented the finest specimens in the country and they seemed to know it.

“These animals are worth hundreds of pounds,” said an official at the cat show. And an official at the dog show (If you call a Pekingese a dog) said something very similar. But the value Is nothing, simply nothing, compared with the affection and attention lavished on these creatures. One exhibitor at the cat show told she had to keep a maid to look after her darlings!

THE PEKE WAS PIQUED—THE CAT JUST SNOBBISH BOTH WERE ON SHOW: NEITHER WOULD SHOW OFF Daily Mirror, 24th January 1935
By David Walker. [. . . ] the Southern Counties Cat Club was holding a championship show in the Paddington Baths. The only thing that pekes and cats have in common is an air of invincible snobbery and an unshakable faith in their own superiority. The cats at Paddington made no bones about it. They had big notices up, "Do not touch” and "Do not feed," and they made it plain that they would like to have added "Do not stare." One or two well-meaning owners had hung little toys in the cages for the cats to play with, but the only people who played with them were visitors attempting to engage the cats in conversation. That is one of the advantages of being owned by a cat—you can talk to it in more or less ordinary English. But if you live with a peke you must learn the whole of the Oodhlums-Doodlums language from A to Z [. . . ] If you said, "Is Buzzums-Wuzzums ready for his ickle bicky-wicky then? " to a cat it would probably ignore you. And I don't blame it. But on behalf of Pekingese it must be admitted that they would take you for brisk health-giving walks—a thing a cat would never do. What ? . . . Run ? . . . Me ? A large number of prizes were up for adjudication at both shows, but I felt inclined to give the first prize to the woman at Great Portlandstreet who tried to make her Pekingese run. I have never seen such a look of pained surprise on any face, human or otherwise, as twisted that little Peke's features. For sheer disgust it was only comparable with the expression assumed by Ch. Lotus-Lucina, at Paddington, when I attempted to stroke her

MIDLAND PRIZES IN SOUTHERN COUNTIES CAT AND "PEKE" SHOWS Birmingham Daily Gazette, 24th January 1935
Mrs. Grove, of The Vicarage, Tuck Hill, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, gained first prize with Mokola Tutanekai in the blue kitten (male) six to nine months class at the Southern Counties Cat and Dog Show in London yesterday, a first in the blue kitten novice (male or female), and a third in the A.V. kitten class.

SOAME CATTERY TRIUMPH AWARDED SOUTHERN CHAMPIONSHIPS Bexhill-on-Sea Observer, 26th January 1935
The Soame Cattery, Cooden, had another triumphant day at the Southern Counties Cat Show at Paddington on Wednesday. Five cats were sent, two being full champions and three needing a third end final honour to achieve this distinction. When they returned all five were full champions. In all the entries secured four championships, five firsts and numerous specials. One, “Tortoiseshell Ch. Soame Lady Motley,” was the best long-haired female. “Ch. Soame Crusader,” pale cream stud, has had a most successful show career, being the best kitten in the show (1933), the best cat in the show (1934), and winning three championships this season.

1935 YORKSHIRE COUNTY CAT CLUB (BRADFORD) SHOW

WHEN THE CAT'S AT A SHOW THESE MICE DON'T PLAY –THEY DAREN'T Hull Daily Mail, 26th January 1935
Life must be rather hard for a pedigree show cat. There were many of them at the Bradford championship show yesterday–all looking very beautiful and with that detached, superior expression of a very well-bred cat–yet it must have been trying for them to pretend they were not interested in mice. For hundreds of mice squeaked and rustled within three yards of them. And on their left were cages full of chirruping birds.

Mrs F. E. Taylor, treasurer of the Yorkshire County Cat Club, exhibited her blue Persian cat. "He is the best rat-hunter I know. He loves chasing mice, and he is the terror of all the starlings in our district. Of course he is well-bred enough to pretend he is not interested now. But if he only had the chance. . . ." These blue Persians are most fashionable in cats. "It is probably because they fit in so well with modern decoration." Mrs Taylor said, "and, after all, if you are going to have a cat, why not have a beautiful one?"

Cats were kept well apart from the birds and the mice while the judging went on. They regarded the proceedings with lofty disregard, and never twitched an ear or an eyelid. "But if we let them go for just a second . . . ." said Mrs Taylor.

1935 EXETER CAT SHOW

FELINE BEAUTY DISPLAYED RECORD ENTRIES AT EXETER CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW Western Morning News - 7th February 1935
Wales, Scotland, and all parts of England, were represented in the record number of entries received for yesterday's championship show, organized at the Drill-hall, Exeter, by the South-Western Counties' Cat Club, when well-known champions and winners at Crystal Palace and Olympia were among the exhibits. A pleasing feature was the apparent increase of local interest in the show, and several cats in the district were entered for the household pet class, which had to be withdrawn last year because there were no entries. Altogether over 140 exhibits were received, compared with 110 for the previous show, and the standard was well maintained. Among noted champions present was Lady Eardley Wilmot's champion, Raleigh, winner at Olympia, which was, however, defeated in the longhair section by the same owner's Pedro of Allington. The latter was adjudged reserve best cat in the show, taking second place to a beautiful Siamese female, Mrs. Hindley's Hoveton Sultana. 1

BEST DEVON CAT. The award for the best kitten was secured by Mrs. Brunton, with her September Sunshine, and Miss Cathcart's champion Trelystan Garnet obtained the trophy for the best Devon cat. In the cream female class Capt. St. Barbe's Vanity of Culloden was made a full champion, and seems destined to follow in the footsteps of its prominent sire, Champion Buff of Hanley, which experienced one of its rare defeats yesterday in the male section. Mrs. Stevens, a well-known Western fancier, secured several awards with her pale blue Persian kitten; while Mrs. Sampson was another exhibitor with her Crystal Palace winner, Ata of Shatterway, which secured three firsts and one third. Officials were: President, Mrs. Michelmore; vice-president, Mrs. Stevens; hon. secretary, Miss Bowden Smith; hon. show manager and secretary, Mrs. Sampson; judges, Mrs. Yeates, Mrs. Wade, Miss White Atkins, and Mr. Ambrose.

AWARDS. LONGHAIRS.
Blue, male - 1, and champion and 3, Lady Eardley Wilmot, London; 2, Miss Langston, Maidenhead.
Blue, female - 1, and champion, Mrs. Forrest, Ashford; Mrs. Vize, Sutton; 3, Mrs. Le Sueur, Ramsbury, Wilts.
Blue, breeders -1, Miss Langston; 2, Mrs. Forrest; 3, Mrs. Le Sueur.
Blue, limit - 1, Mrs. Vize; 2, Mrs. C. Tomlinson, London; 3; Mrs. Le Sueur.
Blue, novice —1, Mrs. Tomlinson; 2, Mrs. Le Sueur; 3, Mrs. Hepworth Thwaites, Taunton.
Blue, junior - 1, Lady Eardley Wilmot; 2, Miss Langston; 3, Mrs. Tomlinson.
Blue, senior— 1, Miss Langston: 2, Lady Eardley Wilmot; Mrs. Forrest.
Blue, kitten, male, 6-9 months— 1, Mrs. Hartland, Gloucester; 3, Miss M. E. Grace, Taunton.
Blue, kitten, female, 6-9 months - 1. Miss Langston; 2, Mr. A. Simpson, Bury; 3, Mrs. Stevens, Bristol.
Blue, kitten, male or female, 3-6 months - 1, Mrs. Brunton, Midlothian, Scotland; 2 and 3. Mrs. Stevens.
Blue kitten, breeders - 1, Mrs. Brunton; 2 and35, Mrs. Stevens.
Black male - 1, and champion. Mrs. Evans, Taunton.
Black kitten – 1, Mrs. E. Putnam, Newport, Mon.
White, male and female - 1, Miss Morant, Southwick, Sussex; 2 and 3, Mrs. Cattermole, London.
Cream, male— 1 and champion, Mrs. Bazeley, West Drayton, Middlesex; 2. Mrs. Stevenson, Gloucester; 3, Mrs. Green, Paignton.
Cream, female - 1, and champion, Capt. St. Barbe, St. Albans.
Cream, kitten— 1. Mrs Sampson, Sidmouth.
Blue cream, male or female - 1, and champion, Mrs. Saunders, St. Albans; 2, Miss Pelly, Epping; 3. Miss Wood, Newton Abbot.
Blue cream kitten - 1, and 3, Mrs Sampson; 2, Mrs. Bartler. Poole.
Red tabby, male - 1, and champion, Miss Stuck, Saltash; 2, Mrs. Fosbrry, Brimpton, Berks.
Red tabby, female— 1 and champion and 2, Miss Stuck; 3, Mrs. Fosbery.
Red tabby kitten, male or female - 1, Mrs. Fosbery; 2 and 3. Mrs. Pellow, Newbury.
Tortoiseshell, male or female - 1, and champion, Mrs. Yeend, Cheltenham; 2, Capt. St. Barbe.
Brown tabby, male or female - 1, and champion and 3, Miss Cathcart, Paignton; 2, Miss French, London.
Chinchilla, male - 1, and champion, Miss Langston; 2 and 3, Mrs. Yeend.
Chinchilla, female—1, Miss Langston, 2 and 3, Mrs. Newton, Salterton.
Chinchilla (kitten?) male or female - 1, and 2, Miss Langston.
Smoke, male or female—1 and champion and 2, Miss Alexander.
Smoke, kitten—Miss Alexander, Ipswich.
A.C, except blue, novice - 1, Miss Stuck; 2, Capt. St. Barbe; 3, Mrs. Cattermole, London.
A.C. novice, kitten - 1, Mrs. Stevens; 2, Mrs. Brunton; 3, Miss Langston.
A.C. except blue, senior - 1, Miss Langston; 2, Mrs. Stevenson; 3, Miss Alexander.
Graduate, over 9 and under 12 months - 1, and 2, Miss Stuck.
A.C. brood queen - 1, Miss Stuck.
A.C., brace, cat, and kittens - 1, Lady Eardley Wilmot; 2. Miss Langston; 3. Miss Stuck.
A.C. except blue, breeders – 1, Mrs. Bazeley; 2. Miss Langston, 3. Mrs. Fosbery.
A.C, breeders, kitten - 1, Miss Langston; 2, Mrs. Fosbery; 3, Miss Fair, Tewkesbury.
A.C, limit - 1, Mrs. Yeend; 2, Mrs. Fosbery; 3, Mrs. Saunders.
A.C. junior - 1, Mrs. Bazeley: 2, Mrs. Yeend; 3, Mrs. Fosbery.
A.C., maiden —1. Mrs. Stevens; 2, Mrs. Brunton; 3, Miss Stuck.

SHORTHAIRS.
Siamese, male - 1, and champion. Miss Dixorn, Thames Britton, Surrey; 2. Mrs. E. M. Hughes. Shrewsbury; 3, Miss E. Taylor, Glastonbury.
Siamese, female - 1, champion, and 3, Mrs. Hindley, Chiddingford, Surrey; 2. Mrs. Cates, Bristol.
Siamese, breeders - 1, Miss Dixon; 2, Mrs. Cates; 3, Mrs. Hindley.
Siamese, novice - 1, Mrs Hughes; 2, Mrs. Maturin, Southampton; 3. Mrs. Cates.
Siamese, limit - 1, Mrs. Hughes; 2, Mrs. Maturin; 3, Mrs. Cates.
Siamese, Junior - 1, Mrs. Hindley; 2, Miss Dixon; 3, Mrs. Cates.
Siamese, Senior - 1, Mrs. Cates; 2, Mrs. Hughes; 3, Mrs. Maturin.
Pairs - 1, Mrs. Cates; 2, Mrs. Maturin.
Abyssinian, male - 1, Maj. Woodiwiss, Danbury, Essex; 2, Mrs. Maturin.
Abyssinian, female - 1, and champion, Mrs. Kelsall; 2, Mrs. Maturin; 3, Maj. Woodiwiss.
Abyssinian, kitten— 1. Major Woodiwiss.
Russian, blue - 1, and champion, Mrs. Sharman.
Red tabby—1, Mrs. Sharman, London.
Black, male or female - 1, and champion and 2, Mrs Fosbery, Brimpton, Berks.
A.C., male or female - 1,, Mrs. Kelsall, Heafield, Sussex; 2, Mrs. Sharman; 3. Mrs. Fosbery.
A.V., breeders - 1, Miss Dixon; 2, Maj. Woodiwiss: 3, Miss Clarke, Teignmouth.
A.C. kitten- 1, Maj. Woodiwiss.
A.C., British kitten - 1,,Mrs. Collings, Paignton; 2, Miss Clarke.

NEUTERS.
Blue long hairs - 1, Miss Leat, Exeter; 2, Miss Whalley, Teignmouth; 3, Mrs. Waterfield, Honiton.
A.O.C., not blue - 1, and 2, Mrs. Evans; 3. Mrs. Showbray, Exeter.
Short hair - 1, Mrs. V. E. Major, Exmouth; 2, Mrs. Cates; 3, Mrs. Showbray.

VARIOUS.
A.C., selling, cat or kitten - 1,, Mrs. Stevens; 2, Miss Stuck; 3. Mrs. R. L. Alexander. Taunton.
A.C., team, cat kitten - 1, Miss Langston; 2, Miss Alexander; 3, Miss Stuck.
A.C.. radius - 1, Miss Sampson; 2, Miss Clarke; 3, Mrs. Kingdon, Exeter.
Household pet - 1, Mr. R. Taylor; 2, Mrs. Stuck, Saltash; 3, Mr. Waterfield.

CLUB CLASSES.
Members of South-Western Counties' Cat Club. - Long hair, male - 1, Miss Langston, 2, Mrs. Yeend; 3, Lady Eardley Wilmot.
Members of South-Western Counties' Cat Club. - Female, long hair - 1, Miss Stuck; 2, Mrs. Le Sueur: 3, Mrs. Fosbery.
Members of South-Western Counties' Cat Club. Long-hair kitten, male or female - 1, Mrs. Fosbery; 2, Mrs. Sampson; 3, Mrs Stevens.
Members of South-Western Counties' Cat Club. Short-hair, cat or kitten - 1, Miss Dixon; 2. Mrs. Fosbery; 3, Miss Bate.
National Cat Club.A.V., long hair- 1, Lady Eardley; 2 and 3, Miss Langston.
National Cat Club. A.V., long hair, kitten- 1. Mrs. Fosbery; 2, Mrs. Brunton; 3, Miss Langston.
National Cat Club.Short hair, male female, cat or kitten— 1, Mrs. Hindley; 2, Mrs. Sharman; 3. Mrs. Fosbery.
Midland Cat Club. A.V. cat-1, Miss Langston; 2. Miss Stuck; 3 Mrs. Yeend.
Midland Cat Club. A.V. kitten —1, Mrs. Stevens; 2. Mrs. Fosbery; 3, Mrs. Brunton.
Southern Counties' Cat Club. A.V. cat- 1, Miss Langston; 2. Miss Stuck; 3, Mrs. Yeend.
Southern Counties' Cat Club. A.V. kitten- 1, Mrs. Simpson; 2. Mrs. Brunton; 3 Mrs. Putnam.
Newbury C.C.C. A.V. cat - 1, Lady Wilmot; 2. Mrs. Bazeley; 3, Mrs. Fosbery.
Newbury C.C.C. Kitten or graduate – 1, Mirs Brunton; 2, Mrs. Fosbery; 3. Mrs. Sampson.

1935 KENSINGTON KITTEN CLUB SHOW

1935 [SOUTHSEA CAT CLUB] PORTSMOUTH CAT SHOW

A CAT SHOW Portsmouth Evening News, 8th August 1935
The first cat show ever held in Portsmouth will take place under the auspices of the Southsea Cat Club on September 12 in the St. Mary's Mission Hall. The Cat Club is a newly-formed body under the presidency of Dr. F. E. Beddow, D.Sc., Ph.D., and with Councillor H. G. Cook as chairman. It is the ambition of this society, the first of its kind in Portsmouth to establish competitions and cat shows for grown-ups and children.

CAT SHOW. PORTSMOUTH’S FIRST EFFORT IN THIS DIRECTION. LIST OF WINNERS. Hampshire Telegraph, 20th September 1935
Meet Achilles of Sandford, born April 27 this year, and though so young already famous. For to Achilles has fallen the distinction of winning the silver cup offered by the Southsea Cat Club in the first show of its kind ever held in the City. The St. Mary's Mission Hall was the place chosen for the honour. Achilles was one of a large number of magnificent specimens of the feline species; some of them of considerable value. They lay in their extempore homes taking life with superb ease, only getting up with languid grace now and then to stretch their limbs or condescend to a little refreshment of raw meat. Among the famous ones was "Tish" (property of Mrs. Dodd, Portsmouth), a huge creature, who would have been bigger still if his mother had not bitten off his tail in babyhood, thus inflicting a loss which probably cost Tish an even wider celebrity than he already enjoys.

All the fashionable hues in feline beauty were to be seen, but only a connoisseur could do justice to them. The perfection which is summed up in the snubness of nose, width between ears, largeness of eyes, and abrupt luxuriance of tail is apparent to the lay visitor in their conglomeration of charm, rather than in individual excellence. So many lovely cats have never before been seen together at one time in this City. Some of them had names that sounded like headlines from Keats and Shelley. Thus there was: Launcelot of Ladderlane, June of Baffins, Pansy of Pineland, Chloe of Correnden, just to mention one or two. Among the household pets class, however, were such cognomens as Tinker, Bacchus, Titch, Bogey, Tim, Disney—less euphemistic perhaps, but admirable for hard wear.

Exhibitors came from as distant places as Gloucester and Middlesex. There was a good entry, too, from local people. Some of the cats were famous prizewinners at other shows. Mrs. Audrey Radmore (Southsea), Hon. Secretary and Show Manager, had several successes besides Achilles, the cup winner. Mrs. Bassett, of Salisbury Road, Portsmouth, won the cup given by Councillor H. G. Cook for the best household pet. Miss Evelyn Langston came down specially to do the judging. During the afternoon Dr. F. E. Beddow, the President, looked in. Among the well-known exhibitors and others present were: Mesdames Tomlinson (Littlehampton), Dodd (Portsmouth), Shannon, Garratt, Le Sueur, Jack, Bird, Clare, Ward, Aitken, Maturin (Southampton), Miss Adams and Miss Campbell Frazer.

The Prize Winners. Judge, Miss Evelyn Langston, of Maidenhead, ably assisted as steward by the Treasurer. Miss H. Ellis.
Class 1.—Blue male: 1, Mrs. Garrett with "Crispin of Sandford," who also won the silver cup presented by the Southsea Cat Club for member owning best cat, the silver badge presented by the Blue Persian Society for the best blue long-hair owned by member; the Club's Silver Jubilee medal for the best blue long-hair bred by exhibitor, offered by the Southern Counties' Cat Club; the Southsea Cat Club's silver cup for the best cat In show; and 2s. 6d. offered by Miss Maidwell for the best blue male bred by exhibitor; 2. Mrs. Jack's "Shanklln Rajah"; 3, Mrs. Tomlinson's “Prince M."; res., Mrs. Tomlinson's "Sir Walter of Henley."
Class 2.—Blue female: 1, Mrs. Cyril Tomlinson's "Princess G.M.," who also won the special offered by Mrs. Jack of 5s. for best blue female; 2. Mrs. Jack's "Juanita," who also won 5s. special offered by Mrs. Yeates for best exhibit in show under two years old, cat or kitten; 3. Mrs. Tomlinson's "Peckham Powder Puff" also won special of 5s. offered by Mrs. Jack for best blue female; res., Miss Ellis's "Fairy."
Class 3.—Blue male (2-9 months): 1. Mrs. Radmore's "Achilles of Sandford," who also won the silver cup presented by the Southsea Cat Club to member with best kitten In show, and 2s offered by Mrs. E. Dixon for best blue male 2-9 months; 2, Mrs. Brown's "Smokey," who also won special given by Mrs. Dodd of 2s. 6d. for best eyes blue male kitten; 3, Mrs. Ward's "Ko-Ko"; res., Mrs. Dodd's James of Baffins.”
Class 4.—Blue female (2-9 months): 1. Mrs. Bird's "Cheekie Tripper," also 3s. offered by Mrs. E. Dixon for best blue female 2-9 months; 2, Mrs. Dodd's "June of Baffins," who won Mrs. Walford's special of 2s. 6d. for best head and ears blue kitten, male or female; 3, Mrs. Radmore's " Mariella of Bourneside"; res. Miss Tyler's "Dinky."
Class 9.—Chinchilla (male, female or kitten): 1. Mrs. Radmore's "Albany Anthony," who also won a special given by Mrs. Trefusis, and a special given by Mrs. Newton for best Chinchilla; 2. Mrs. Radmore's "Chloe of Correnden"; 3, Mrs. Rough's "Albany Chere."
Class 14.—Any variety tabby: 1, Miss Fisher's "Tigress of Hadley," who also won 5s. for best sable coloured tabby; 2, Miss Fisher's "Tiger Tim of Hadley"; 3, Miss Fisher's "Tabitha of Hadley."
Class 21.—Household pets: 1, Mrs. Bassett's "Tiger"; 2, Mrs. Smith's "Jim"; 3, Mrs. Daines's "Peter"; res., Mrs. Lee's "Tommy."
Class 23.—Miscellaneous selling: 1. Mrs. Aitken's "Bourneside Pruscilla”; Miss Fisher's "Tigress of Hadley"; 3, Miss Fisher's "Tiger Tim of Hadley"; res., Miss Fisher's "Tabitha of Hadley."
Class 24.—Any variety (novice, adult): 1, Mrs. Jack's Shanklin Rajah"; 2, Mrs. Jack's "Juanita"; 3, Miss Fisher's "Tiger Tim of Hadley"; res., Miss Fisher's "Tabltha of Hadley."
Class 25.—Any variety (novice. kitten): 1, Mrs. Radmore's "Achilles of Sandford": 2, Mrs. Aitken's "Bourneside Pruscilla"; 3. Mrs. Brown's "Stuckey"; res., Mrs. Radmore's "Albany Anthony:"
Class 27.- Children's pets: 1, Miss Betty Foley's "Tony"; 2, Misses Storry's "Tiddledee"; 3, Miss F. Cole's "Babette"; res., Master Bennett, who had a special for best pet shown by boy under 14.
Class 30. —Any variety (British); 1, Mrs. Sharman's “Champion Tudor Wench of Coryton" 2. Mrs. Sharman's "Bride of Coryton”; 3, Miss H. Eills's "Josyloo."
Class 32. - Southsea Cat Club's class for adults: 1, Mrs. Garrett's "Crispin of Sandford"; 2, Mrs. Tomlinson's "Princess G.M."; 3. Mrs. Jack's “Shanklin Rajah"; res., Mrs. Aitken's "Bourneside Sue."
Class 33. - Southsea Cat Club Class for kittens: 1, Mrs. Radmore's "Achilles of Sandford"; 2. Mrs. Dodd's "June of Baffins”; 3, Mrs. Aitken's “Pruscilla"; res., Mrs. Radmore's "Albany Anthony."

1935 THAME SHOW

THAME SHOW Northampton Mercury, 6th September 1935
Thame Show has been described as “a glorious collection of almost everything that flies and walks.” There is abundant evidence that this year’s show, which will be held on Thursday, September 19, will fully live up to that reputation. In addition to the show of livestock . . . there are exhibits of cats, rabbits, pigeons and British and foreign birds, a dog show and a grand horticultural trade display.

THAME SHOW Buckingham Advertiser and Free Press, 21st September 1935
THAME SHOW WRECKED Gale causes Terrible Havoc. Marquees Ripped to Pieces. THAME SHOW, which has the greatest variety of exhibits any one-day show in England, and which attracts hundreds of spectators from North Bucks, was partially wrecked Thursday, when, shortly after the opening, one marquee after another was ripped to ribbons by the terrific gale. Marquees collapsed, one man had to receive medical attention, and there were many narrow escapes. The public assisted in removing live entries from the show tents . . . The completion of the judging of cats, poultry and horticultural sections had to be abandoned.

Confusion reigned just before 11 o’clock when the 200 feet tent, which had housed the dogs, was caught by the wind and collapsed. . . . Some time before, when the top of the tent split, the dogs were removed at once. The cats, too, had been moved from their cages, immediately before the tent began to collapse [. . .]

There were increases in the number entries in all sections of the show except two, and all the judging and business of the show were carried on under unprecedented conditions . . . there were 32 classes for cats, but this section showed a slight decline on account of influenza.

THAME SHOW Bucks Herald, 20th September 1935
The 1935 Thame Show will down in the long history of the Association as the most remarkable one - by reason of a disastrous gale . . . After a small percentage of the rabbits had been judged the secretary thought it was inadvisable to continue [affected all the small animals]. . . . It was found possible only to judge the outside exhibits [large livestock]. . . With the exception of specimen roots [drought] and cats [influenza] each section showed an increased entry. [Note: All cats were safe, only reported fatality was a canary when bird cages were overturned.]

1935 CHESHIRE SHOW

CHESHIRE AGRICULTURAL SHOW. CATS OF UNUSUAL COLOUR. Cheshire Observer, 7th September 1935
Business and pleasure were combined with the happiest effect at Cheshire’s great agricultural show, held on Thursday, on the specious Roodee at Chester . . . Judges: Cats: Mr. C.A. House, Stroud Green, London . . . Stewards: Cats: Miss M.B. Wrench (chief), Miss Le Gallais, Mr. A.P. Sanders, Mr. A. Rowley.

Although the entries were down in the cats section, most of the classes were fairly well filled. No doubt, owing to the hot summer, many cats would be out of coat, and owners would no be inclined to enter them. Great interest was taken in the animals, some of them of decidedly unusual colour, and the tent was thronged throughout the afternoon. A very successful exhibitor was Miss Vera Rose, of Hoylake, who carried off three first prizes. Miss G. Jinks, of Laura-street, Crewe, secured two first prizes, and Miss Speakman, of Southport, exhibited the best cat in the show.

CATS. Short hair, any colour, adult, either sex: 1, Mrs. E.E. Drinkwater, West Kirby; 2, Walter Tolson, Batley; 3, F. Hough, Manchester.
Short hair, any colour, kitten under nine months, either sex: 1, Mrs. E.E. Drinkwater; 2 and 3, the Misses Rochford, Baynard and Crook.
Siamese cat or kitten: 1, Mrs. E.M. Hughes; 2, Mrs. E.E. Drinkwater.
Long hair, blue male, adult: 1, Mrs. A. Frith; 2, Mrs. A. Frith.
Long hair, blue female adult: 1, Miss N. Ffoulkes Roberts; 2, Miss M.E. Hirst, Huddersfield; 3, Mrs. John W. Armitage; r, Miss E.M. Albrecht.
Long hair, any other colour, male adult: 2, Miss Vera Rose.
Long hair, any other colour female adult: 1, Mrs. G. Jinks, Crewe; 2, Mrs. John W. Armitage; 3, Mrs. S.E. Tomlinson, Manchester; 4, Miss Vera Rose, Hoylake; r, Miss Vera Rose.
Long hair, blue kitten, 4 to 9 months, either sex: 1, Mrs. G. Jinks.
Long hair kitten, any other colour, 4 to 9 months, either sex: 1, Miss Vera Rose; 2, C. Rounds.
Long hair kitten, any colour, under 4 months, either sex: 1, Miss E.M. Albrecht; 2, Mrs. John W. Armitage; 3, A.F. Oldham, Chester; 4, Mrs. M.J. Heap, Chester; r, J.W. Pilling, Southport; hc, A.F. Oldham.
Long hair or short hair brace of kittens: 1, Mrs Vera Rose; 2, Mrs. M.J. Heap; 3, A.F. Oldham; 4, the Misses Rochford, Baynard and Crook.
Long Hair or shorthair neuter: 1, Mrs. V.H. Davies; 2, A. Rowley, Betley; 3, Miss D.P. Speakman; 4, Mrs. Aldridge; r, Mrs. M.J. Heap; hc, Mrs. Aldridge; c, Mrs. C.L. Willis.

CHESHIRE SHOW Cheshire Observer, 7th September 1935
There was an exciting and unrehearsed incident at the Cheshire Show, on Thursday, when a valuable, prize-winning, Siamese cat escaped from its pen and dashed across the ground pursued by anxious officials. The fugitive chose an unfortunate refuge – the dog tent – where the canine competitors immediately gave voice in protest at the intrusion. Scores of the thousand-odd dogs joined in the chorus of howls and barks, and pussy, frightened by the pandemonium she had caused, fled to the poultry tent, where eventually she was tun to earth by the searchers, and restored, none the worse for her escapade, to her relieved owner.

BLUE PERSIAN'S SPECIAL PRIZES. Leeds Mercury, 7th September 1935
At the Cheshire Agricultural Show, Mrs. A. Firth, of St. Elmo, Skelmanthorpe, was awarded two specials for best cat benched with Cato, a beautiful Blue Persian.

1935 SIAMESE CAT CLUB SHOW

WEEPING BEAUTY AT SIAMESE CAT SHOW BY Daily Herald, 26th September 1935
An Oriental beauty, with deep blue eyes and a magnificent coat of sable, lay weeping on a wite fleecy blanket in the Drill Hall, Chenies-street, W.C., yesterday. Men and women bent over her sorrowing head murmuring words of comfort. But the beauty from Siam refused to be happy. She was Oriental Minoo Pinckle-Purr, first-class pet of Miss M.C. Gold, of Haslemere, Surrey. She was acclaimed champion in the Open Female Adult Class at the Siamese Cat Club’s Twelfth Annual Championship Show.

These Siamese cats hate to be parted from their mistress or master. They cry or brood unhappily all the time they are left alone. Oriental Minoo Pinckle-Purr was recently imported from Siam. She has a lighter coat than cats bred in this country, and her eyes are not quite so vividly blue. But she makes up for that in straightness of tail and a remarkable wedge-shaped face and long, high hind legs and little round feet like brown velvet cushions. This year 130 cats are competing.

Miss Nesta Bland, of Wembley Park, Middlesex, one of the veterinary surgeons at the exhibition, told me: “Many more people are taking to Siamese cats, because they are the most lovable in the world. They love their people with a passionate devotion and follow them about like dogs. But if you don’t like chatting and lots of conversation don’t attempt to keep a Siamese cat. They are great conversationalists.”

As a concert of cat-calls ranging from high Cs to dismal groans rent the air, Miss Bland continued: “You might think the cats are only howling senselessly, but, believe me, the owner of each cat knows exactly what each is saying.”

Miss Gold’s champion, Argus Silky, won the championship award in the Open Male Adult class.

SIAMESE CATS The Scotsman, 26th September 1935
At the annual show of the Siamese Cat Club, held to-day at the Drill Hall in Chenies Street, there were large numbers of people interested in this distinctive breed of romantic history. Disappointment was expressed that the show was smaller than usual this year, but the prevalence of cat distemper in recent months was held to be responsible for a decline in the number of entries. Anyhow, over 130 cats made a lively enough display. There is no doubt that the Royal cat of Siam commands an increasing popularity in this country. The official register has now reached the sixth volume, and there are members of the Siamese Cat Club in nearly every English county and in many parts of Scotland. A few years ago Siamese cats were rarely seen, as they often are now, in the more exclusive of the London dog and cat shops. But the demand for these cats of character grows steadily, and the show to-day was a reminder of the progress achieved by the breed in Great Britain in about half a century.

SIAMESE CATS Belfast News-Letter, 26th September 1935
A chorus of catcalls greeted me when I entered Bloomsbury hall where the Siamese Cat Club was holding its yearly show this morning. Everywhere I went I saw the sharp, intelligent faces of these aristocratic cats, which are, paradoxically, very doglike in their habits. The Siamese cat does not take his surroundings for granted like the ordinary “mouser.” He studies his home and the people in it, and if a stranger tries to make friends with him the advances will be rebuffed until the Siamese has had a really good look and is quite satisfied with the newcomer’s credentials. The Siamese I saw this morning had not quite got over the shock of being torn from their homes to sit on a show bench, and some of them were voicing their disapproval. An annoyed Siamese cat makes a noise just like that baby shouting for its dinner. Siamese cats are very good “mousers,” I was told this morning. They are quite without fear, and love to wander about the countryside fighting rats. One woman exhibitor told me of an incident that proved her cat’s intelligence. A neighbour's tame mouse had escaped and was found by the Siamese while he was out ratting. He brought it alive into the drawing room of his home and released it. He knew the difference between a tame mouse and a wild one. These cats, which look more attractive than their commoner fellows, are getting very popular now. Twenty years ago there were only 25 members of this club; now there are 400 and there is quite a flourishing trade in the export of kittens - at an average of four guineas each.

ROYAL CATS OF SIAM Yorkshire Evening Post, 26th September 1935
Visitors to the championship show in London of the Siamese Cat Club who make only occasional contacts at long intervals with the cat fancy are apt to find their supposed knowledge of the breed surprisingly obsolete. The original fawn and black Siamese, with pale blue eyes and faintly astonished expression, is supplemented by several varieties, each with Its own peculiar characteristics. Among about 200 Siamese assembled in show rivalry to-day, a majority tended to much lighter shades and denser black seal points. The animal Judged best in the show, a kitten five months old, belonged this class of sharply-contrasted marking, with pale cream coat and black pointing. Another deviation from accepted standards Siamese beauty concerns their eyes. A special cup is awarded for best and deepest blue eyes, and among candidates presumably are some languorous beauties with true violet eyes slanting Orientally in wedge-shaped heads.

LUXURY CATS Nottingham Journal, 26th September 1935
Many of the same people who had been looking at rare plants at Olympia this morning were looking at rare cats this afternoon when the Siamese Cat Club held its championship show in Bloomsbury and it seemed out of place for Mr. Anthony Ludovici to talk about the working classes as being inveterate cat lovers in such company. The women at the show to-day talked lovingly of their aristocratic pets’ habits of chewing holes in the sleeves of their coats and gnawing their dresses while the cream-coloured cats lay around on fleecy blankets. The cats however are not so delicate as some of the owners seem to think and there were not many absentees on account of the “cat cough” or “feline distemper.” Visitors, however, were asked not to touch the animals because of this infection. Mr. Ludovici talked about cat virtues and Miss Margaret Rawlings, the actress, gave away prizes at this super cat show.

YOUTH AND AGE Nottingham Journal, 28th September 1935
When Miss Margaret Rawlings, the actress, distributed the awards at the Siamese Cat Club’s show this week there was a constant ripple of laughter. For every other prize had been taken by one woman, Mrs. Hindley, of Chiddingfold. I had a talk with this remarkable woman who has been breeding Siamese cats for 14 years, and she told me that her method was if not to “treat them rough” at least to avoid pampering them. “I have the oldest cat in the show,” she told me. “It is 11-and-a-half years old. That cat is a fine old veteran because it lives independently almost like a stray.” Mrs. Hindley took a prize for the best cat in the show with her youngest entrant, a little kitten. A good double event. The kitten is named Prestwick Pangurban after a Siamese cat to whom a monk in the 8th century wrote a poem on the margin of the Epistles to the Ephesians. [Pangur Ban was an ordinary cat owned by an Irish monk, not a Siamese cat.]

ROYAL CATS OF SIAM The Scotsman, 30th September 1935
It was an entertaining hour that I spent at the Championship Show of the Siamese Cat Club the other day. This is the largest cat club in the country, a fact which speaks emphatically enough of the proud place which the Siamese has won since it was first introduced to Great Britain towards the end of the last century. But, as any Siamese owner will tell you, her cat is no ordinary cat, and must conquer wherever it goes. They say it is the people who generally prefer dogs who succumb with the most surprised delight io the charms of the Siamese, which are utterly unlike those of the less aristocratic puss. It is not so detached nor so independent. It will even follow at your heels, and you can take it for walks. Admirers of the Siamese are one in their enthusiasms. Of their pet 's intelligence and capacity for affection they cannot speak too strongly. "And they are not difficult to rear," said one exhibitor, "as some people suppose. Indeed, they are unusually healthy creatures, if you look after them with common-sense and don't spoil or coddle them." Most excellent advice! Anyhow, after an hour in their company, one could well appreciate the superlatives of their friends. The grace and charm of the Siamese are undeniable, and it seemed that, unlike their lesser cousins, they will at once admit you to intimacy. The expression and feeling conveyed in one protesting miaow has to be heard to be believed. Don't you like it? No! Do you want to go home? Yes! They were eager to answer your questions at length, and return stare for stare, curiosity for curiosity. The Siamese Cat Club has, by the way, a number of members hi Scotland. The Club was founded in 1901, and its president is Mr Compton Mackenzie.

SIAMESE CATS ARE LIKE DOGS. Todmorden & District News, 4th October 1935
Do men like cats? From a visit I made to the Siamese Cat Club's twelfth annual show I gather the answer is “Yes, if they are Siamese cats." The explanation given me by one of the 130 exhibitors–the majority of whom are men–is that the Siamese cat has characteristics resembling those of a dog, which makes him popular with men. Unlike the rest of the feline tribe, the Siamese cat has the canine instinct to attach himself to one person. He remembers faces, is very sensitive to environment, and is highly intelligent. His favourite resting place is the mantelpiece–where he is an expert at dodging ornaments–and he will make a pal of a dog, often preferring a dog's company to that of another cat.

RECTOR'S HOBBY. Bury Free Press, 5th October 1935
The Rector of Chevington (Rev. A. K. Shrewsbury) indulges in the hobby of breeding Siamese cats. At the Siamese Cat Club show held in London last week, he gained 2nd prize Brood Queen, 2nd Novice Exhibition, 4th Junior Cat, 2nd litter.

1935 PAIGNTON SHOW

HUNDREDS OF MICE AND CATS ALL ON SHOW AT PAIGNTON Western Morning News, 3rd October 1935
There were 160 cats and 294 mice at Paignton Public Hall yesterday. Fortunately for the mice, there was no risk of sudden death, for the cats, like themselves, were in pens. It must admitted, however, that many of the cats were too concerned about their personal beauty to worry about such things as mice. The reason for this strange assembly was the annual show of the Paignton and District Fanciers' Association, who are to be congratulated on establishing a new record for the entries, which came from various parts of the country. There were some particularly fine specimens of blue longhair, tabby, and shorthair cats on view . . . The cats were judged by Mrs. Yeates (London), of the National Cat Club Council. Awards were as follows:

CATS. Longhair, blue, male - 1, Mrs. Sampson, Sidmouth; 2 and 3, Mrs. Redmore, Yelverton.
Female - 1 and 3, Mrs. Sampson; 2, Mrs. Dawe, Bere Alston.
Cream and blue cream, male or female - 1 and 2, Mrs. Sampson; 3, Mrs. Green, Paignton.
Brown tabby, male or female - 1 and 2, Miss Cathcart, Paignton; 3, Miss W. French, London.
Longhair, any colour--1 and 3, Miss K. Stuck, Saltash; 2, Miss Cathcart.
Blue kitten - 1 and 3, W. G. Webber, Exeter; 2, Miss E. Dawe, Bere Alston.
Any other colour - 1 and 2, Miss Stuck; 3, Miss Evans, Paignton.
Any variety breeder's cat or kitten - 1 and 2 Miss Stuck; 3, Miss Bate, Exeter.
Longhair, any colour, kitten - 1 and 2, Miss Stuck; 3, Miss Evans.
Any variety shorthair, adult –1, Mrs. Collings, Paignton; 2, Mrs. Williams, Abbotskerswell; 3, Mrs. Sharman, Hampton-on-Thames.
Neuter a.v., long or shorthair– 1, Mrs. V. Major, Exmouth; 2, Mrs. Stuck, Saltash; 3, Mrs. Walters, Exeter.
A.v., novice - 1 and 2, Mrs. Sampson; 3, Miss Stuck.
A.v.. novice, open to Devon - 1, Miss Cathcart; 2, Mrs. Sampson; 3, Mrs. Major.

For South-Western Counties Cat Club members
A.v.. adult - 1, Miss Stuck; 2, Miss Cathcart; 3, Mrs. Sampson.
Kitten - 1, Miss Bate; 2, Miss Stuck; 3, Mrs. Sharman.
Household pet, adult – 1, Miss E. Brown, Torquay; 2, J. Roberts, Brixham; 3, Mrs. B. Quicke, Paignton.
Kitten - 1, Miss M. Adams, Torquay; 2, Mrs. Collings; 3, Torbay Mill. Ltd.
Shorthair kitten, a.v. - 1, Miss Bate, Brixham; 2, Mrs. Sharman; 3, Mrs. Collings.
Brace, long or short hair - 1 and 3, Mrs. Sampson; 2. Miss Stuck.

1935 BLUE PERSIAN CAT CLUB SHOW

BLUE PERSIANS ON SHOW Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 11th October 1935
Eighty-eight heavily-furred, orange-eyed Persian cats were gathered at Holy Trinity Hall, Great Portland Street, for the Blue Persian Cat Society's championship show to-day. Sulky, "squashed" faces are the mark of the Persian aristocrat–only the less sophisticated kitten entries showed any enthusiasm. Their elders slept in silent boredom, very different from the concentrated, almost sinister, interest shown by their cousins the Siamese on such occasions. No cat voices were raised above the human chatter–the Persian is silent and contemplative, and the abstracted gaze of his fine eyes are in strange contrast to the wide blue stare that meets one at the Siamese show. Moormead Dumpling, who had been declared the best kitten in the show, went so far as to put back her ears and give every sign of temper at being lifted from her cage to be displayed. Woodchurch Apple Blossom, the best cat in the show, merely slept. Only one Yorkshire cat was to be seen–Kirklington Mitzy, shown by Mrs. Payne, of Bedale, Kirklington was highly commended in several classes.

CAT SHOW SUCCESSES Portsmouth Evening News, 11th October 1935
Achilles of Sandford, owned by Mrs. Audrey Radmore, upheld the hopes he raised at the Southsea Cat Club Show when he won three prizes by again winning at the Blue Persian show in London –second in special limit class, fourth in male kitten class (three to nine months); fourth in male kitten class (five to nine months); and reserve in novice male class. June of Baffins, owned by Mrs. Dodd, of Copnor, who was a prize-winner at the Southsea show, captured three third prizes. Mrs. Jack’s Shanklin Juanita and Shanklin Rajah were both very highly commended, and would have done better had they been in full coat. The competition at the show is very keen, the best Blue Persians in all England competing.

HELPRINGHAM. PRIZE CAT. Sleaford Gazette, 18th October 1935
Out of 35 entries at the Blue Persian Cat Society’s championship show, held in London on Thursday of last week, Mr. F.C. Tomlinson’s “Jill of Knott Hall” secured the special prize given for the female cat with the best eyes. It was also awarded fifth prize in its class.

1935 NEWBURY SHOW

SOUTHSEA CAT CLUB [NEWBURY SHOW] Portsmouth Evening News, 2nd November 1935
The Southsea Cat Club held Its own again at the Newbury 19th championship cat show. A Southampton member, Mrs. Allen Maturin, was the winner of a first, two seconds and three specials with her Abyssinian kitten, Southampton Jubilee Gem, and obtained the silver jubilee cup for best foreign kitten in the show. Her Southampton William Rufus–a beautiful red, won a second and third. Mrs. Sharman, the long distance member from Hampton, Middlesex, won a first and second with her Abyssinian female kitten, St. Vincents Arda, and a second with Panther of Coryton–a second was also won by her Britlas of Coryton. Of Isle Wight members, Mrs. Paul Freeman had great success with her blue Persians, securing first and second with Carthion Caesar, a second for a blue kitten pair, third with Carthion Carla, and fourth with Carthion Cressida. Mrs. Garratt, also of the Isle of Wight, won first and two seconds with Carthion Cleopatra, blue Persian. Mrs. Aitken, the Banstead, Surrey, member, won a second and third with Bourneside Sue and a second with Bourneside Pruscilla. Mrs. Audrey Radmore won again with her big blue Persian kitten, [Achilles of Sandford] which took two thirds and a fourth, and with Albany Anthony, the Chinchilla kitten, which had a third and v.h.c.

LOCAL SUCCESS AT CAT SHOW. Falkirk Herald, 2nd November 1935
At the Newbury Championship Cat Show held this week, Mr Thomas Waugh, Baird’s Buildings, Graham’s Road, Falkirk, was successful in securing first prize, silver cup and two special prizes with his black Persian cat. With the same cat earlier in the year Mr Waugh gained first in singles and first in pairs at the Kenniston Kitten Show. {Kensington Kitten Show?]

1935 CROYDON SHOW

SOUTHSEA CAT CLUB [CROYDON SHOW] Portsmouth Evening News, 16th November 1935
Mrs. Audrey Radmore, hon. secretary of the Southsea Cat Club, won second, third and reserve prizes at the Croydon championship show with her massive blue male kitten [Achilles of Sandford]. Several other members of the club, resident in other areas, between them secured many awards.

CROYDON CAT SHOW. RECORD NUMBER OF ENTRIES. LOCAL PRIZE WINNERS Croydon Times, 16th November 1935
A record number of entries, over 1,100, marked the Croydon Cat Club's show at the Baths Hall, Croydon, on Wednesday. There were 411 cats entered for competition, many of them competing in two or more classes. A special attraction this year was an extra “Silver Jubilee” section, the cups in these classes being won outright. Black long-haired kittens won in popularity, though there was a good entry in the Manx classes. The show was opened by Mr. H. G. Williams, who was accompanied by Mrs. Williams, and a large number of interested people visited the hall during the day.

A handsome chinchilla cat, Thistledown Carus, owned by Miss Steer, of Porchester-square, London, was awarded the cup for the best cat in the show, also carrying off the honours for the best long-haired cat. Wivenhoe Serena, owned by Mrs. Bowle, of Wivenhoe, Essex, was adjudged!the best short-haired cat. The prize for the best long-haired kitten in the show was won by a local entry, Noxina, a tortoiseshell kitten entered by Mrs. Axon, of Bingham-road, Addiscombe. Paletta Bellabell, a Siamese, won the prize for the best short-haired kitten. She is owned by Mrs. Goldthwait, of Sydenham. The special awards for neuters went to Bonny Bruin of Nork (long-haired), exhibited by Miss A. Grundy, of Banstead, and Silver Penny (shorthaired), who is owned by Mrs. Burls of Stretton-road, East Croydon.

Arrangements for the show were made by the secretary, Miss H. Hill Shaw, and her committee. The judges were Mrs. Slingsby, Mrs. Neate, Mrs. Bazeley, Mrs. Blofield, Miss Adams, Miss Atkinson, Miss Richardson, Mr Western and Capt. W. H. Powell. Mrs. O. Hill was the referee judge. Local winners were as follows.

LONG-HAIRED VARIETIES
Black kittens – 2, Dawn of Downside (Mrs. Kidd, Carshalton Park-road, Carshalton); 3, Della of Downside (Mrs. Kidd).
Tortoiseshell kittens – 1, Noxina (Mrs. Axon, Bingham-road, Adiscombe), 2, Pannoxa (Mrs. Axon).
Cream kittens – 3, Buffaxa (Mrs. Axon).
Blue-cream kittens – 3, Staroxa (Mrs. Axon).
Blue maiden cats – 2, Myowne Superma (Mrs. Vyse, Epsom-road, Sutton).
Blue kittens (male) – 3, Moormead Dinky Boy (Mrs. Cook, Kingston-road, Ewell).
Blue kittens (female) – 1, Kingsley Alexandra (Mrs. Riley, Rlbblesdale-road, Streatham); 2, Moormead Dumpling (Mrs. Cook).
Blue breeder's kitten – 2, Kingsley Alexandra (Mrs. Riley).
Blue novice Kitten – 2, Kingsley Alexandra (Mrs. Riley).
Blue maiden kitten – 3, Kingsley Alexandra (Mrs. Riley).
Blue pairs – 2, Moorhead Dinky Boy and Moorhead Dumpling (Mrs Cook).
Chinchilla female – 3, Langherne Diana (Mrs. Gordon Plater, Grassmere-road, Purley).
Chinchilla kitten –2, Gossamer Rosemary (Mrs. Gordon Plater).
Any colour novice kitten but blue – 1, Noxina (Mrs. Axon).
Any colour pair but blue – 3, Monica of Downside and Della of Downside (Mrs. Kidd).
Any colour litters – 1, Mrs. Aitken, Common Field-road, Banstead; 3, Mrs. Axon.
Selling class – 2, Bourneside Pruscilla (Mrs. Aitken).

SHORT-HAIRED VARIETIES
Siamese females - 2, Yum-Li (Mrs. Thame, Lancaster-road, South Norwood).
Siamese female kittens – 3, Saliung (Mrs. Wilson Catt, Oxford-road, Carshalton).
Siamese breeder's cat – 3, Yum-Li (Mrs. Thame).
Siamese senior cats – 2, Yum-Li (Mrs. Mrs. Thame).
Siamese litters – 2, Mrs. Buffard, Park HIll Rise, Croydon; 3, Mrs Buist, London-road, Thornton Heath.
Manx males – 1, Josephus of Cademuir (Miss Hill Shaw, Elgin-road, Addiscombe).
Manx females - 1, Jig-Saw of Cademuir (Miss Hill Shaw).
Manx kittens – 1, Lucky Patch (Mr. Buffard); 2, Bunny Girl (Mr. Buffard).
Brown tabby cats – 1, Bourneside Nip (Mrs. Aitken).
Any variety even-marked – 1, Carol (Mrs. Carew- Cox, Clyde-road, Croydon).
Any variety novice British cat – 1, Anthony Argentum (Miss Watts, Rosecourt-road, West Croydon).
Any variety limit cat – 2, Jig-Saw Of Cademulr (Miss Hill-Shaw); 3, Ebony of Cademuir (Miss Hill-Shaw).
Any variety senior cat – 1, Jig-Saw of Cademuir (Miss Hill Shaw); 3, Josephus of Cademuir (Miss Hill-Shaw).
Any variety team – 3, Mr. Buffard’s team.
Any variety breeder's kitten – 1, Lucky Patch (Mr. Buffard).
Any variety novice kitten – 2, Bunny Girl (Mr. Buffard); 3, Teddy Tailless (Mr Buffard).
Any variety pair kittens – 3, Teddy Tailless and Bunny Girl.
Veteran cats – 2, Josephus of Cademuir (Miss Hill Shaw).

NEUTERS
Any colour long-haired – 1, Bonny Bruin of Nork (Miss Brundy).
Any variety shorthaired – 1, Silver Penny (Mrs. Burls, Stretton-road, Croydon); 2, Silver Pat (Mr. J. Cook, Brighton-road, Croydon).

25-MILE RADIUS CLASSES
Any variety long-haired kitten – 1, Kingsley Alexandra (Mrs. Riley); 3. Moormead Dinky Boy (Mrs. Cook).
Any variety shorthaired kitten – 1, Saliluang (Mrs. Wilson Catt).
Any variety long-haired neuter – 1, Bonny Bruin of Nork (Miss Grundy).
Any variety short-haired neuter – 1, Silver Penny (Mrs Burls); 3, Silver Pat (Mr. J. Cook).

5-MILE RADIUS CLASSES
Any variety short-haired cat – 1, Jig-Saw of Cademuir (Miss Hill Shaw); 2, Josephus of Cademuir (Miss Hill Shaw)
Any variety long-haired kitten – 1, Noxina (Mrs. Axon).
Any variety long-haired neuter – 2, Bonny Bruin of Nock (Miss Grundy).
Any variety short-haired neuter – 1, Silver Penny (Mrs. Burls); 2, Silver Pat (Mr. J. Cook); 3, Mozarta (Miss Whyte, Brighton-road, South Croydon).

CROYDON CAT CLUB MEMBERS CLASSES. Any variety neuter – 1, Bonny Bruin of Nork (Miss Grundy); 3, Silver Penny (Mrs. Burls).
SILVER JUBILEE CUP CLASSES. Short-hair neuters – 1, Silver Penny (Mrs. Burls).

THE CAT SHOW West Sussex Gazette, 21st November 1935
Over 400 cats purred and mewed all day long in Croydon Baths Hall at the show of the Croydon Cat Club. Many appeared in several classes, so that the entries exceeded 1,100. This year there was an extra "Silver Jubilee" section. A charming Chinchilla, Thisledown Carus, sent by Miss Steer, of Porchester-square, W., took the cup for the best cat in the show; and also was judged to be " queen" of the long-haireds. Local people were well represented among the prize-winners, notably Mrs. Axon, of Addiscombe, whose successes included the award for the best long-haired kitten. The show was opened by Mr. H. G. Williams, who was photographed with one of the prize-winners daintily posing on his shoulder.

[CROYDON CAT SHOW] HENDON’S LORD CHANCELLOR Hendon & Finchley Times, 22nd November 1935
Mrs Campbell-Fraser’s red tabby male Persian “Hendon’s Lord Chancellor,” was placed in the champion class at Croydon Cat Show.

[CROYDON CAT SHOW] Lincolnshire Echo, 25th November 1935
Mr. J.H.A. Martin, of Helpringham, with his blue Persian kitten, “Claudette,” at the Croydon Cat Show, gained second prize in the kitten class. Mr. Felix Tomlinson, of Helpringham, secured the reserve card with “Jill of Knott Hall” in the championship section female adults.

1935 CRYSTAL PALACE SHOW

PUSS! PUSS! CAT BREEDING’S GONE TO THE DOGS Sheffield Independent, 29th November 1935
Cats from all parts of the country will be on exhibit at the National Cat Show at the Crystal Palace, London, next week, but not one cat from Sheffield. At any rate, a Daily Independent reporter could not find a cat with sufficient pride of pedigree to enter itself when he made extensive inquiries yesterday, and it appeared from inquiries that the pastime and business of cat-breeding is a dying one in the Sheffield district. There is one breeder of Siamese in the outlying district, but she only had one kitten! In days of old, the veterinary surgeons said, there used to be cat-breeding in the city, when great pride was taken in evolving Persians of various size and colour, but that all seems to have gone. When the Yorkshire Show was held here once, so popular were pedigree cats that a whole section of the show was devoted to them, and marquee was filled with fluffy, purring felines.

NOTTM. CATS FOR LONDON SHOW. Nottingham Evening Post, 30th November 1935
There will be 158 classes at the National Cat Club show, to be held at the Crystal Palace on Wednesday and Thursday next, and the entries include animals from Nottingham, Skegness, and Sleaford.

A MENU FOR CATS / THE CATS’ BANQUET various, 4th December 1935
There was a special menu at the Crystal Palace London, to-day. It was as follows: Boiled fish; meat (finely chopped); rabbit (nicely boiled); drinks to suit individual tastes. The lunch was served to over 1,000 cats waiting to be judged at the annual championship show organised by the National Cat Club. Mr C. Yeates, secretary of the show, said the Persian was still king of the cats, but the supremacy of the blue variety was being seriously challenged, especially in the kitten classes, by Chinchillas and creams. Siamese cats are becoming increasingly popular.

FATHER OF 800 Daily Mirror, 5th December 1935
Eight hundred children at the age of eight. This is the achievement of Blue Persian Champion Son o' Flick exhibited in the National Cat Club championship show at the Crystal Palace yesterday. Blue Persians are the most popular breed, members of this class being worth on an average £100 apiece. Next come the husky-voiced, blue-eyed Siamese. Many of the elite did not compete, but were for exhibition only.

THE CAT SHOW. CHALLENGE TO SUPREMACY OF THE PERSIAN. Nottingham Journal, 5th December 1935
Although the Persian is still king of the cats, his supremacy was strongly challenged by other classes at the National Cat Cub’s Championship Show, which opened at the Crystal Palace to-day. Mr. C. Yeates, secretary of the show stated that Chinchillas and “creams,” especially in the kitten classes, were now serious challenger to the blue variety for the crow of popularity. Siamese cats are also becoming increasingly popular, and a variety exhibited for the first time this year is the blue-pointed Siamese. Visitors to the show took a special interest in the Abyssinian class, and many of the commented on the quiet gentleness of these cats. A local winner was Mrs. Seely Whitby, of Wollaton Park, who secured second prize in the class for female Siamese kittens, aged six to nine months.

CAT LIKES FILM ACTING, "SNUBS" SHOW JUDGES Daily Herald, 5th December 1935
For the first time in 46 years there was a champion cat at the National Cat Club's Championship Show that didn't care what the judges thought about him. He was interested only in film magnates. pantomime producers and photographers. This cat, big, fat, good-natured Champion “Matthew of Greengables," a chinchilla Persian owned by Mrs. Sargent Stowe, of Devonshire-street, W.1, got a job at Elstree during the filming of "Abdul the Damned." He earned a guinea and a half a day for three months and now he prefers a job as a film actor or in pantomime as Dick Whittington's cat.

ABYSSINIA IN THE FASHION Liverpool Echo, 5th December 1935
At the Crystal Palace National Cat Club’s annual championship show were pure-blooded aristocrats of the cat world valued up to £105, and several not purchasable at any price. Increasing in value are the Abyssinian cats. “The demand for them has increased enormously since their name became so familiar,” said a breeder, who had “a waiting list for kittens.”

388 CATS ON SHOW. WESTCOUNTRY PRIZEWINNERS AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE Western Morning News, 5th December 1935
There is a record entry annual championship show at the National Cat Club, which opened at the Crystal Palace, London, yesterday, totals showing 388 cats, comprising 1,141 entries, or 20 more cats and 75 more entries than last year. Westcountry successes included:
Longhaired cats, red tabby, male – 1, Miss Stuck, Saltash;.
Cream, female - 3, Mrs. Sampson, Sidbury, Sidmouth.
Long-haired kittens, blue, male, three to six months – 3, Mrs. Sampson,
Female - 2 Miss Thornley, Winkleigh.
Blue, male, six to nine months – 1, Mrs. .Sampson.
Blue, pairs, three to nine months – 3, Miss Thornley.
Red tabby, six to nine months – 1, Miss Stuck.
Cream, male or female, three to six months – 2, Mrs. Sampson.
Chinchilla, female, six to nine months - 3, Mrs. K. M. Newton, Budleigh Salterton.

CAT SHOW SUCCESSES CHALLENGE CUP WON BY SALTASH ANIMAL Western Morning News, 6th December 1935
In addition to those announced Wednesday the following were among the Westcountry awards at the National Cat Club's Show, which concluded at the Crystal Palace, London, yesterday:
Silver Jubilee commemoration medal, for best cat red, cream, tortoiseshell. and brown tabby long-hair classes - Ch. Rosette of Thorpe.
Challenge salver for best orange, cream, tortoiseshell or tortoiseshell and white, and the National Cat Club Challenge Cup for best red tabby long-haired adult - Miss K. M. Stuck, Saltash, with Wiveliscombe Hiawatha.
Red. cream, tortoiseshell, blue, cream, and brown tabby, Society's Club Breeders' Challenge Cup for red tabby or red self kitten, Kensington Kitten Club silver spoon for best long-haired tabby kitten in show, and Newbury Cat Club special for best red longhaired kitten - Miss Stuck's Wiveliscombe Helios.
Long-haired cat, any colour junior. except blue, male or female - 3, Miss Stuck.
Long-haired kittens, blue, maiden, three to nine months, male or female - 2, Mrs. Sampson, Sidbury. Sidmouth.
Brown tabby, male or female - Miss M. E. Grace, Taunton.
Any colour, litter, long-haired, shorthaired, or Siamese - 3, Miss M E. Grace.
Any colour, breeders, except blue, male or female - Extra 1. Miss Stuck; extra 3, Mrs. Sampson.
Silver Jubilee class, any colour, long haired, male or female - 3, Mrs. Sampson.
Visitors' class, any variety kitten, long hair, short hair, or Siamese - 1, Miss Stuck; extra 3, Mrs. Sampson.
Debutant class, any variety, male kitten, long hair, short hair, or Siamese – 1, Mrs. Sampson.
National Cat Club class any other colour, long hair kitten - 1. Miss Stuck.

NATIONAL CAT SHOW. SCOTTISH EXHIBITOR’S SUCCESS. The Scotsman, 6th December 1935
Success was scored by the only Scottish exhibitor in the National Cat Club’s 46th annual championship show, at Crystal Palace, London, yesterday. Mr Waugh, Falkirk, gained second place in the Northern Regional Class for any variety kitten, long-haired, short-haired, or Siamese. His kitten was Basildon Trinket.

BLACK CATS MAY BE LUCKY, BUT WHITE ONE WINS CHIEF AWARD Norwood News, 6th December 1935
Black cats are supposed to be lucky but sometimes a white one gets its share of good fortune, as was shown at the National Cat Club's annual show at the Crystal Palace, which closed yesterday (Thursday) evening. For the first time for many years the award for the best exhibit went to a white cat, Casino Boy, owned by Mrs. Cox-Ife. There were 1,141 entries from 388 exhibitors, and there were many excellent kittens. Amon g the local exhibitors was Miss P. Gailetly, Croydon-road. Anerley, whose cats took three first prizes, one second and three thirds, all for long-haired kittens.

LOCAL WINNERS AT NATIONAL CAT CLUB Reading Standard, 6th December 1935
Among the local winners at the National Cat Club’s 46th championship show held at the Crystal Palace yesterday (Thursday) were Miss Tidbury of Purley, Lady Eardley-Wilmot of Henley, and Capt. W.H. Powell.

[CRYSTAL PALACE CAT SHOW] Portsmouth Evening News, 7th December 1935
Mrs. Radmore, Secretary of the Cat Club, secured third and reserve prizes at the Crystal Palace show with Achilles of Sandford. Four members of the Club also appeared in the prize-list. A first prize and championship was won by Miss Evelyn Langstone’s champion Dassy of Allington; another first was secured by Mrs. Maturin’s Jubilee Jim; second place was secured by Mrs. Aitken's blue litter and her Bournside Pruscilla and Mrs. Sharman’s Bude of Coryton was a winner.

CAT FANCIER’S SUCCESS Falkirk Herald, 7th December 1935
Mr. Thomas Waugh, 27 Graham Road, Falkirk, was a competitor at the National Cat Club championship show held at the Crystal Palace, London, on Wednesday when the entries reached a total of 1141. Mr. Waugh exhibited his black Persian cat which gained a second prize for him in its class and was placed reserve in the any variety class except blue. With the same cat he secured first prize in the any variety class at the recent West of Scotland Fur Show.

KITTEN WITH UNBEATEN RECORD. LUTON EXHIBIT FIRST AT CRYSTAL PALACE. Beds and Herts Pictorial, 10th December 1935
"Daydream," the kitten of Mrs. A. J. Gander, Luton, scored another success at the National Cat Club show at the Crystal Palace on Wednesday and Thursday, being placed first in the female kitten class. It has been exhibited only at championship shows, and has yet to be beaten. Previous successes achieved were two firsts at the Blue Persian Cat Society's show and two at Newbury.

MATTHEW OF GREEN GABLES The Era, 11th December 1935
“Matthew of Green Gables,” the Chinchilla cat that played Abdul Hamid's only loyal subject in “Abdul the Damned,” was entered in the National Cat Club's Championship Show held at the Crystal Palace last week.

NATIONAL CAT SHOW. BEST EXHIBIT THE SHOW CAME FROM OXTED. Surrey Mirror, 13th December 1935
There were several exhibits of East Surrey cats at the 46th Championship Show of the National Cat Club, held at the Crystal Palace last week, at which there were 1,141 entries. The outstanding feature of the show was the award of best exhibit to a white novice named “Casino Boy,” belonging to Mrs. Cox-Ife, of Oxted, this being the first time for many years that a white cat has carried off the highest honours. Mrs. Cox-Ife also won a number of other prizes with “Casino Boy,” “Wantele Huang-Chow,” "Ch. Casino Luck” and “Reekie.” Other East Surrey winners of first prizes were as follows:
For long-haired cats: Miss W. Longley, Bookham, with “Topper Malone,” a brown tabby male, and “Louska,” a brown tabby female; and Mrs. B. G. Aitken, Banstead, with “Bourneside Tinkerbelle,” a three-year-old cat.
For short-haired cats: Mrs. Corps, Purley, with “Plato,” a Manx cat. A prize was also won by Miss Bretherton, Effingham.

LOCAL PRIZE WINNER Hendon & Finchley Times, 13th December 1935
Mrs. Campbell-Fraser’s Persian gained prizes at the National Cat Club Show at the Crystal Palace.

1935 OTHER REGIONAL SHOWS

KEITH FUR AND FEATHER SHOW. Aberdeen Press and Journal, 2nd January 1935
Except those for poultry, the entries in all sections at the annual show held in the Longmore Hall by the Keith Poultry, Pigeon, Rabbit and Cage Bird Association were below those of last year. The reluctance of cage-bird fanciers to show where cats and rabbits are exhibited was thought to be, to large degree, responsible for the small entry in the cage-bird section. [Cat judge - Mr A. Findlay, Montrose]
CATS. Long-haired cat –1, A. Rhind, Keith; 2, Mrs Simpson, Moss Street.
Short-haired – 1, C. Sinclair, Land Street, Keith; 2, W. Shearer, Land Street, Keith; 3, Master J. Hendry, Seafield Lane, Keith.
Kitten, long or short-haired– 1, Miss A. Hendry, Old Town, Keith.
Tortoiseshell, male or female – 1, A. Simpson; 2 and 3 Jas. Morrison, Mulben.
SPECIALS. Best cat–A. Simpson (tortoiseshell).

OPEN FUR SHOW IN GLASGOW The Scotsman, 15th April 1935
A successful open fur show was held in the Typographia Hall, Glasgow, on Saturday by the Glasgow and District Fur Club.
Best Cat - J . W. Milligan, Clydebank (Blue Persian.)

CAT SHOW TO BOOST FILM. BRADFORD'S PUBLICITY FOR "HOUSE OF DOOM" Kinematograph Weekly, 25th April 1935
To publicise "The House of Doom" (Universal). the adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Black Cat,” Robert Burns, of the Regent, Bradford, thought it an appropriate idea to organise a cat show. Numerous entries were received, and heats were run off each afternoon during the week of screening. Press photographers were present the first day, and photos appeared in the Bradford Telegraph an hour or so later, giving the event excellent publicity. Write-ups were given in the following days, so that at the grand final on Saturday there was a big attendance at the theatre. Miss Joan Ingram, of the Terence Byron Repertory Co., appeared at the theatre to present the prizes.

CAT SHOW AT BRADFORD Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 24th June 1935
The first annual cat show of the Bradford and District Animal Clinic was held at the Oddfellows' Hall, Thornton Road, Saturday night. The show was open to all classes of cats, household and thoroughbred, and Mr. G. W. Adamson, with a common house cat, was awarded the prize for the best exhibit. There were three classes for thoroughbreds, but only Persians were entered, and in this class Mrs. L. Farrington gained the award. Miss Bunty Long exhibited the best young kitten.

VALUE OF TAIL-LESS TABBIES. Belfast Telegraph, 17th July 1935
The policy of awarding prizes for the best Manx cats at the Isle of Man Agricultural Show with a view to encouraging the breed is being continued this year by the island's Board of Agriculture - a board of the Manx Government. The Manx authorities are anxious that the tail-less breed of cats, which is peculiar to the island, should not be lost, for the cats have a utility value as hunters of rats and mice as well as being of much interest to visitors, and the best specimens of the island will compete for the Government prizes at next month's show.

PRESTWOOD SHOW. Buckinghamshire Examiner, 2nd August 1935
This very attractive show will this year be bigger and better than ever . . . Rabbits, cats, and children's pets are all to be seen at this show.

PRESTWOOD SHOW. Buckinghamshire Examiner, 9th August 1935
[Entries] cats, rabbits, and pets, 22 (making a total of 87, as against last year's 99).
Cats. Any variety: 1, Mrs Driscoll; 2, Mrs. Waller; 3, G. Wenday.

UPPER DEESIDE AGRICULTURAL SHOW Aberdeen Press and Journal, 12th August 1935
The eighty-sixth show the Upper Deeside Agricultural Association took place at Torphins on Saturday in very fine weather. This show, the only one in the north that sticks to its name as an agricultural show without any outside attractions.
CHILDREN'S PETS. Long-haired cats – 1, Margaret Chalmers, Wardhead, Lumphanan; 2, Donald Philip, Bank House, Torphins; 3 Wm. Niven, Church Road.
Short-haired cats – 1, Alan Stuart; 2 and 3, James Gibb, Haughhead.
Short-haired cat. and kittens – 1, Eveline Henderson, Torphins; 2, Charles Shearer, The Square. Torphins.

BICESTER SHOW Buckingham Advertiser and Free Press, 7th September 1935
[This show didn’t have a pet-stock section, but cats, cavies and mice were accommodated as children’s pets.]
Children’s classes. Cat or kitten – 1, B. James; 2, J. Brittain; 3, J. Clifton.

BIG DICKENSIAN BAZAAR CITY HALL EFFORT FOR VAST HULL PARISH Hull Daily Mail, 26th November 1935
One of the most remarkable bazaars to be held in Hull opens at the City Hall to-morrow and continues for four days. It is the “Dickensian" Bazaar, designed to help the vast parish of Drypool" . . . On Saturday there is to be pet cat and dog show, with good prizes.

[TAVISTOCK SHOW] Western Morning News, 5th December 1935
CATS. Long hair, any age or sex – 1 and 3, Miss E.W. Dawe, Bere Alston; 2, Mrs. Russell Palmer, Bere Alston.
Short hair – 1, Mrs. L. Redmore, Yelverton; 2, Mrs N. Trethewey, Yelverton; 3, R.C. Stallard, Tavistock.
Kittens, long or short hair, under six months – 1 and 3, Miss E.W. Dawe; 2, Mrs L.Redmore.
Mrs. Reade’s prize for best kitten – Miss E.W. Dawe.
Prettiest kitten – Miss E.W. Dawe.

FORFAR FUR AND FEATHER SHOW Dundee Courier, 2nd December 1935
Principal winners were: Cats–Captain J. P. P. Simpson, Dundee; Miss Davidson, Bridge of Cally; D. Gauldie, Arbroath; and Mrs Buchan, Forfar.
[Cat judge – R. Mills, Denny.]

FORFAR FUR AND FEATHER SHOW Arbroath Guide, 7th December 1935
At Forfar Fur and Feather Show on Saturday . . . other local prize-winner were: Cats – 3, D.C. Gauldie.

STOW FUR AND FEATHER SHOW Berwickshire News and General Advertiser, 31st December 1935
The fourth annual fur and Cather (open) show was held in Stow Town Hall Saturday. The exhibits reached a high standard, but the attendance was very disappointing. The principal prize-winners were:–
Cats–Miss Blaike, Stow; Gavin Greenshieids, Fountainhall.