REPORTS FROM EARLY CAT SHOWS IN THE USA - PITTSBURGH

FIRST INTERNATIONAL CAT SHOW – Pittsburgh Weekly Gazette, 21st February, 1904
In this same live stock department the writer discovered that the very newest departure is to be an international cat show – the first ever held. The announcement of the classification and prizes is still in the printers’ hands, but will be mailed next week. Here at least is one species of live stock that belong to woman, and her attention to the skilful breeding of cats, their pedigrees and prizes is a fad and something more than a fad. Forty breeds of cats are specified in the classification to be sent out, and the felines brought to the fair will find spick and span white enamelled cages prepared especially for their comfort. Hundreds of the most fashionable women in America and Great Britain are interested in this event and the following cat specialty clubs will undoubtedly participate: American Cat show, Atlantic Cat Club, Beresford Cat Club of America, Cat Club of England, National Cat Club, Royal Canadian Cat Club, Washington Cat Club, Pacifica Cat Club and the Lockehaven Cat Club.

A CAT HOSPITAL IS STARTED HERE. ARISTOCRATIC VISITORS AT SHOW HAVE PLACE TO GO IF THEY BECOME ILL. The Pittsburgh Press, 26th November 1909
Interest in cats and dogs has increased at such a rate in Pittsburg that a hospital has been opened fer their care and treatment. In the event of any of the aristocratic cats which will be exhibited at Old City Hall, Tuesday, November 30 and December 1 and 2 taking ill, they will be hustled off to the hospital in short order, which is situated at No. 6023 Station street, and of which Dr. Edward Martin, a veterinary surgeon, is at the head.

Household pets require close attention and clean surroundings. and if there is any laxity in this respect, they become ill. Some of the felines. which will be exhibited at the show of the Pittsburg Cat Club, are used to the same kind of treatment as humans and when any symptom of illness makes its appearance, the cats are promptly hustled to the veterinary surgeon. Great care must be accorded them, because some cost fortunes. Cat fanciers frequently pay $100 to $300 for s cat of their favorite breed and there will be many at the Pittsburg show which cost more than this sum. As much as $2,000 has been paid for a cat, but this latter price was only paid once, s far as known.

At at the Pittsburg show will be Rob Roy of England, a champion Chinchilla, for which the owner. Mrs. George H. Lynas, of Logansport. Ind., paid 525. This cat - probably one of the best of its breed in the world - will arrive in Pittsburg Sunday morning. Some or the women fanciers who will exhibit breeds have many thousands of dollars invested in the felines, and especially is this true of Miss Jane Cathcart. of Oradell, N. J., who maintains a cattery. She has a splendid building, built especially for their care and comfort and maintains it at considerable expense. She is a great friend of this household pet and one of the best authorities on cats in America.

CATS FROM FAR AND NEAR HERE TO WIN PRIZES. The Pittsburgh Press, 30th November, 1909
Cats, cats, cats, and then more cats; big blue-eyed white-furred pussies; felines with astounding pedigrees; cats from home and cats from abroad; cats white and cats black — all kinds of cats except the backyard variety, opened the first Pittsburg cat show at Old City Hall. Market street, this morning.

Cats whose insurance totals small fortunes are competing with cats who have never been publicly exhibited before. And still they are coming. Royal Siamese, Abyssinian, Manx, Russian, Persian, Tortoise-shells, Chinchillas and freak cats, they are all there. Some are too aristocratic to participate in midnight musicals, others are of the harmony-disrupting and discord-loving variety. Cats from far and cats from near are arching their backs in pride as they eat specially prepared cat dinners from special trays in the hands of special waiters.

Among the first of the exhibitors to arrive was Mrs. E. L. Brace, with Miss Jane Cathcart'a famous Royal Siamese cats. They were brought from Oradell, N.J. Other exhibitors are: Mrs. H.G. Dykhouse of Grand Rapids. Mich., 15 exhibits; Mrs. E.D. Doesch, Elizabeth, N.J., editor of the Cat Review, exhibit of Silver Persians; Mrs. A. Melville Small, Chicago, 15 exhibits, owned by Chicago fanciers; Mrs. M. A. Warren, St. Louis, Chinchillas and Orange Persians; Mrs. W. J. Furness, the celebrated cat portrait painter of New York, Chinchillas; Miss Gwendoline Fletcher, Glassport, N.Y., showing "Tottingham," famous prize winner; Mrs. W. L. Bixby, St. Louis, Persians; Mrs. G. H. Lynas, exhibiting Rob Roy the most valuable cat in the show, a Chinchilla from England.
Among local exhibitions is "Tom," a freak cat owned by a Braddock woman.

CAT SHOW WILL BE HELD IN JANUARY – The Pittsburgh Press, 22nd February, 1910
Exhibitors from City and Other Places Will Strive for Prizes Offered
A thousand cats are to be placed on exhibition by the Pittsburg Cat club at the club’s forthcoming show at Old City hall, January 24, 25 and 26. The Pittsburg tabby will be in evidence and Pittsburg cat owners are being invited to place their pets on exhibition regardless of what their pedigree may be. It is not necessary that the Pittsburg cat have a pedigree to show itself off. Cat fanciers say it has often happened that the domestic or short haired cat whose owner did not think it had any value when shown took many prizes, beating some of j the pedigreed oats.

The Manx, Abyssinian, Russian and Siamese breeds as well as the Shaded Silvers, Blue and White-eyed White cats will be seen in great numbers. There are hundreds of Persian, Angora and domestic short haired cats In Plttsburg, and R. W. Kenney, secretary of the Pittsburg Cat club, whose headquarters are at No. 516 South Highland avenue, wants the owners to communicate with him regarding the exhibition of their pets.

The local cat club gave its first exhibition last year and at this year's show the club will have cats from Kansas City, New York, Chicago, Syracuse, points in Virginia and the New England states on exhibition. As the Pittsburg show follows the New York exhibition many of the best cats exhibited there will be brought to Pittsburg. The coming show in point of numbers will be twice as large as last year and a big prise list will be offered, so that the best breeds, both local and those from elsewhere will share in the honors.

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THE ARISTOCRATIC CATS OF THE NATION (- Pittsburgh Post Gazette, January 8, 1911) are to have a three days’ exhibition in Old City Hall, January 24 to 26, under the auspices of the Pittsburgh Cat Club. It will be the second show of the kind given in Pittsburgh. The indications are that twice as many cats and kittens will be exhibited this year as last. Many Pittsburgh women already have listed their pets. There will be several hundred local exhibitors. The interest manifested in the event on the part of Pittsburghers is surprising the officers of the club.

A prize already has been awarded. Miss Carrol Macy of New York is the recipient. She receives a handsome gold medal for having sent the first entry. The club always awards a prize to the first exhibitor. Silver King, a tabby owned by a prominent St. Louis, Mo., woman which took first prize last year, will be exhibited. This cat is worth $1,000.

Mrs. J. C. Mitchelson. Tariffville, Conn., will have two breeds on exhibition, known as Australian cats, from Australia, and the only specimens of their kind in America. Some splendid felines will be exhibited by owners living in New York, Boston. Mass., Chicago, Ill., and other large cities. It will require 600 cages for the show. Prominent among the breeds to be exhibited are the Manx, Royal Siamese. Tortoiseshell. Brown Tabby Persians, Black Persians, Silver Tabby Persians, Smoke Persians, Orange Persians, and short haired cat3 of many varieties.

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THE CULT OF THE CAT IN PITTSBURGH By Adele Fay Williams, Pittsburgh Gazette Times, 22nd January 1911 (Second Section, Page 2)

"Do you like cats?" Such is the burning question likely to be asked nowadays. Beware how you answer. Be not hasty in judgment. It is a trap, a test, a question of temperament. If, of course, you really like cats, you are safe. You possess hidden virtues, undoubted benignities, a long roster of good qualities - if you like cats! You will be admitted to the inner circle of the aristocracy of cat lovers. But if you are ignorant, or indifferent, or an enemy to cats - it amounts to the same thing – you will be cast into outer darkness. You are a Philistine, as far as the cat fancy is concerned. Therefore, be careful.

Pittsburgh possesses an unsuspected degree of enthusiasm in the direction of the cat fancy. It is a pervasive fancy. It spreads easily; it is contagious and epidemic. Once you absorb its bacillus, you are done for, there is no cure. Let one family in a neighborhood fall heir to a high-class feline, and shortly other families in the neighborhood must needs become owners of high-class felines. This is not imitation, nor yet emulation, it is education, progress. The Pittsburgh Cat Club started in 1908 with five members. It has now a membership of 125 ardent supporters. Miss Margaret Rudolph is the president; Mrs. J. W. L. Willcox, vice president; Mr. J. W. L. Willcox, treasurer; Mrs. R. W. Kenney, corresponding secretary; Mr. R. W. Kenney, show manager and secretary; Dr. Edward Martin, veterinary surgeon; Mrs, H. G. Dykhouse, judge.

The "fancy" is growing rapidly in Pittsburgh. It is, of course, a pastime for the rich, yet many others in the Smoky City own good cats. Some women raise cats for pelf, and find no difficulty in selling kittens at good prices. Although there are many in Pittsburgh to whom this fancy is an unknown quantity, it does not chill the enthusiasm of the active fanciers. And to be a fancier is to be active. No middle course is possible.

Why has the cat taken hold of the interest and the pocketbook of women, nowadays? Not only fashionable women, society women, but all sorts of women? here are several reasons. For one, the good qualities of the cat are recognized and better understood, after 3,000 years of fluctuating interest and indifference. But chiefly, it is a cult of beauty – a beauty that depends only upon itself for its appeal. It is, moreover, a kind of unconscious protest of womankind against materialism. Against those utility seekers who demand use with or without beauty; who insist that a cat must catch "mice, must be a good ‘‘mouser.’’ Mouser! Forsooth! the highly bred, finely constituted feline would not be allowed to eat a mouse, should he catch one inadvertently. Mousers there are, indeed, long or short-haired, who are a terror to rodents. Mice have died and cats have eaten them, but not for love. The profession of a Persian cat is Beauty, pure and simple. As many philosophers have asserted beauty and goodness to be interchangeable terms, it is certain these silky aristocrats have endeared themselves to their mistresses by their affection and intelligence no less than their beauty. And in Pittsburgh, so long the symbol for the hard practicalities of business sense, this fancy is founded upon the need and desire for beauty, and the sympathy between feline and feminine at their best, rather than the dictates of fleeting fashion. Many pedigreed high-priced cats have daintily in the comfortable homes for which Pittsburgh is famous. Many of the cats coming to the cat show in Old City Hall on January 24 are bred in catteries in or near Pittsburgh.

There will be thousands of dollars’ worth of cat flesh behind the wires of the ‘Empire’ pens, loaded with medals, ribbons and decorations. Cats are coming from all points of the compass, but the local following of the feline will surprise many, both in quantity and quality of exhibits. Pittsburgh possesses the unique distinction of being able to hold cat shows without the ghost of a "scrap." There is not even a little bit of a disagreement over the awards of prizes, however great the disappointment of exhibitors. It is said that at a show in a less fortunate city, which shall be nameless, a young woman whose expensive cat received second prize hysterically tore the red ticket in two, and fled in angry tears. It was hard, to be sure, after paying hundreds for your cat and receiving several prizes, but - one should be a good loser.

If any cat may be said to be pre-eminently the fashionable puss of the moment, the choice lies, so says an eminent fancier, between the blue-eyed, white, long-haired cat, and the finest ‘‘silver." Both, at their best, have something more than feline looking out of their beautiful eyes.

Mrs. R. W. Kenney of South Highland avenue, Secretary of the Pittsburgh Club, owns the beautiful shaded silver Persian, "Ard Tarim," who has already many prizes to his credit. He looks on this work-a-day world out of wide, wondering eyes. Mrs. Kenney has also a fine "smoke," a ‘‘blue’’ long-haired cat, and a short-haired silver tabby with wonderful color and strong markings. He was a "stray" picked up on the street whose lines have fallen truly in pleasant places. He will be seen, side by side with his pedigreed companions, in the coming show.

Miss Mary Kenney owns a number of blue-eyed, long-haired white cats that are superior aristocrats of the beautiful "Sunburst" and "White Friar" strain. They have captured many prizes and doubtless will gain many more. Mrs. Lucy Elston, an enthusiastic member of the executive committee of the Pittsburgh Cat Club, sends a "blue" cat and other colors. Miss Martha Groff of Douglass avenue sends several cats, among which are some fine orange tabbies. Mrs. C. H. Harsch has an interesting string of locally famous cats showing the development of waifs and strays. The celebrated "Billy Brennan," once a stray, now arrived at high estate, will be among them.

Mrs. Charles S. Smith of Rout street has some finely colored orange tabbies which will glow like flames in the pens at Old City Hall. Lamont Button of the Kurdistan Catteries is a brother of Mrs. Smith, and will have one of the largest and most interesting strings of show felines in the exhibition. They will comprise orange, black, silver and some especially noted brown tabbies that are expected to create a sensation in the cat world. Willlam Johnston of Pittsburgh will show a string of Persians. Miss Marion Agnew of Lincoln avenue, Bellevue, will send a charming long-haired tortoise-shell. Mrs. A. G. Ingram will send a Persian cat. Mrs. Albert E. Butler sends a string of blue-eyed white Persians. Mrs. J. W. I. Willcox, vice president of the club, will send two long-haired, blue-eyed white cats, and a shaded silver. Mrs. Edwin Drury of North Highland avenue sends a "blue" Persian.

R. W. Kenney, the busy and energetic secretary and general manager of the "show," promises an aggregation of feline marvels that will eclipse all former attempts of this young and fast-growing association. Everything possible is to be done for the comfort and safety of each cat in the show. There are over 450 prizes offered; a longer list than that of any other cat show this year. They are wonderfully attractive. There are scores and scores of silver cups, Club trophies, "challenge cups" from cat clubs, medals, memorials, and many "specials" of jewelry, paintings, cat furniture, china and bric-a-brac. Silver cups are offered by Mrs. Holmes, Miss Kenney, Mrs. Perkins, Mrs. R. W. Kenney, Mrs. G. B. Smith, the Fort Pitt Kennels, Miss Jane Cathcart, Mrs. E. L. Brace, Mrs. H. G. Dykhouse, Robert W. Kennew, Mrs. Forsythe Donley, Mrs. J. C. Mitchelson, Miss Rudolph.

There are prizes for stray cats, too. Miss Keating offers a cup for the best waif that has been given a home. There are special prizes for the domestic feline, so long called "common," who has been able to demonstrate that he (or she) may be very uncommon indeed. A case of condensed cream will go to the best short-haired cat entered by the Animal Rescue League. These prizes are designed to promote interest in breeding good short hairs for pets, that may be called both useful and ornamental.

Famous cats from famous catteries all over the United States will be seen in Old City Hall. "King Rex Basileus," owned by Mrs. O. L. Dasch of Elizabeth, N. J., will appear again in Pittsburgh, where he won ‘first’ last year in the light ‘chinchilla’ class. Young "King Winter," famous "chinchilla," owned by Miss Carol Macy of New York city, who won "first" in the Atlantic Cat Club show held in Madison Square Garden this season, will come to the Pittsburgh show. Mrs. J. C. Mitchelson of Tariffville, Conn., former president of the Atlantic Cat Club, will bring the only pair of imported Australian cats in America. They have been figures of curious interest in every show in which they have been exhibited, and have won many prizes.

Miss Jane Cathcart of the Oradell Catteries, New Jersey, will send a string of unusually interesting cats. There will be fine black short-haired cats, and there will also be those strange, eerie wanderers, the Siamese, the Manx and the Russian cat, that excite sympathy as well as admiration. Mrs. E. L. Brace of Rochester sends a string of the pretty delicate cream Persians. Mrs. F. Y. Mathis also sends creams. Mrs. I. J. Ketchen of New Rochelle will show famous tortoise-shells and brilliant orange tabbies. Mrs. Shannon Smith of Kansas City, Mo., sends a string of imported brown tabbies, especially fine in color and clear markings. These cats have the longest journey of the visitors, but as cats now travel with every care and luxury, they spring out of comfortable crates waving their fluffy plumes like fashionable women in ball frills jump out of their carriages. Mrs. Warren of St. Louis, Mo., sends "Silver King."

A famous cat who will be seen at Old City Hall is "Sandalphon," a magnificent chinchilla, owned by Mrs. F. E. Connolly of Roosevelt, L. I. He has the glory of being acclaimed the "best cat in the show" of the Atlantic Cat Club this year. He also won the prize as "best kitten In the show" last year. He has been a sensation wherever shown; he has untold blue ribbons, cups, medals and "specials’’ to show for the three times he has been on exhibition. This will be his first time in Pittsburgh.

The lay mind has sometimes confused ideas as to what constitutes a "good" cat, a good price for a cat, a good color for a cat. What is a "Smoke," a "Silver," a "Chinchilla," a "Blue?" Why the cat whose fur is a delicate gray at roots, and midnight darkness at the tip of the hairs should be called "Smoke," will be understood readily in Pittsburgh. The faces of smoke cats are smudges of soot out of which their orange eyes gleam oddly against a silvery ruff around their necks. White cats, as a rule, must have eyes blue as the skies - twin lakes on a field of snow. Black cats must have orange or amber eves, so must orange or cream cats. A silver cat may have amber or green eves with black rims, and be a prize winner. A "blue" cat is neither more nor less than the maltese of our early recollections, and must have orange or copper-colored eyes. A cat of color must be without white markings, not a collar or shirtfront even or he becomes a "broken color,’" and shut out from competition with the solid colors. The chinchilla is a solid color of pale delicate gray; the silver "tabby" has stunning stripes of black on a pale gray ground.

"Tabbies" received their name from the wavy lines of a watered silk made by the weavers of "Atab," a street in Bagdad. A "tabby" is a striped cat in any color The "tortoise shell’ is an interesting arrangement of yellow, black and orange patches. Tortoiseshell "Toms" are said to be scarcer than hen's teeth. A good cat, whatever its color, must be compact, "cobby," with strong little bones, short legs, short tail (never boast of the length of your mouser’s tail!) - dainty little ears, tufted, set widely on the broad head; large, full eyes, straight and beautiful over a short, saucy nose, and square muzzle.

The cost of a cat is limited by the popularity of the breed, and the size of your "roll." Some kittens sell for $5 and some may be had for $500. Some cats would cost you $5,000 - if you could get them for that. It’s a deal like the tulip fancy in Holland. It all depends.

Pittsburgh enthusiasts may lay the flattering unction to their souls, that distinguished people of all periods have been interested in cats. The Egyptians worshiped them. Richelieu watched them play by the hour. Mahomet cut off the sleeve of his coat rather than disturb one of his pets. Poets have. loved them. Swinburne, Cowper, Gray, Keats, have melodic verse anent them. Chateaubriand, Moncourt, Gautier, Zola, Loti, Maupassant, have expressed themselves in charming praise of cats. Besides, there is Agnes Repplier, Helen M. Winslow, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Mary WiIlkins Freeman, Julian Hawthorne, Mark Twain, Oliver Herford, who have written themselves down as those who love their feline friends. Artists, too, have a special sympathy with cats. Engene Lambert, Dolph, Madame Ronner, Elizabeth Bonsall, Louis Wain, have devoted them selves almost solely to portraying cats.

The Pittsburgh cat show, while interesting in itself, is doubly so from its purpose. Its proceeds will be devoted to the benefit of the Animal Rescue League. This is a new organization whose object is two-fold; to relieve the suffering of animals, and to protect the public from the dangers of neglected animals. The league possesses already a 16-acre farm with buildings arranged for the reception of cats, dogs and horses. The president of the league is J. W. L. Willcox; vice president, the Rev. John Royal Harris: treasurer. E. C. Stone; secretary, R. W. Kenney.

The league will be represented at the cat show by a wonderfully diversified string of cats, There will be a large black cat, a cream weighing 13 pounds, a small orange Manx cat, a long-haired tortoiseshell and other short-haired cats. These will show the trend of the ministering work of the league, and will spread broad its gospel of kindness.

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PLEBEIAN BUT PUGNACIOUS CAT NEARLY ENDS SHOW OF FELINES. Almost Trims Up Dozen Aristocrats Before , His Master Appears - Harrisburg Telegraph, January 27 1911

Special to The Telegraph. Pittsburg. The annual cat show of the Pittsburg Cat Club closed. It came very near closing when Diamond, a large cat of the streets, known to every habitue of the Diamond market, surreptitiously gained entrance to Old City Hall, above the market, where the entire cat show of several hundred felines was in repose. Diamond is owned by John Crowley, a night watchman, and for some years had traveled with the watchman on his rounds, whipping dogs, and in his time Diamond is known to have killed about fifteen other cats. Within three seconds after Diamond had slipped into that cat show there was an awful fuss. Diamond never did like a good-looking cat, a clean cat nor a strange cat of any kind, and he proceeded to do his best to whip the entire show. Diamond was outnumbered about 600 to one, but, luckily for all, there were only about a dozen that he could engage at once. People for blocks thought there was a fire or a riot. Half a dozen watch- men tried to stop the fights between Diamond and the society cats, but were helpless. Diamond had sent many cats limping away, and was apparently only getting warmed up, when Crowley, his master, came rushing into the hall and called him. That was enough. Diamond with one bound was on top of his master's shoulder and was borne to safety, while a few hundred badly mussed society cats blinked and spat at each other until morning.

MORE LOCAL CATS SHOWN. Pittsburgh Post Gazette, December 29, 1912. Coming Exhibition Will Have Pittsburgh Animals as Competitors. Many surprises will be sprung during the third big annual exhibit to be staged by the Pittsburgh Cat Club January 13, 14 and 15 In Exposition Hall in conjunction with the poultry show to be staged there the week of January 13 by the Poultry Exhibition Association of this city. In the two previous exhibits tabbies which were never before looked upon as anything but ordinary cats pulled down some of the handsomest prizes and took their places among the famous felines of the city. In each succeeding show more local cats are being exhibited, and a larger number of prizes, consisting of medals and cash, are now owned by local fanciers. No cat is barred from exhibit in next month’s show, and among the exhibits of fine Persians, Siamese, and Australian cats will be found the common house variety. The pet cat or kitten stands just as much of a chance to win one or more of the handsome prizes to be awarded as any of the more blue-blooded specimens.

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POULTRY SHOW OPENS TOMORROW – The Pittsburgh Press, 14th January, 1917
One of the largest poultry, pet stock, waterfowl and cat shows ever held in Pittsburg will be open all of this week in the Exposition building, Duquesne way. [. . .] On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday will be displayed the many beautiful Persian, Chinchilla, Manx and other rare cats. Entered in the cat classes are many of the most famous of their kind. These blooded aristocrats that travel to and from shows in silk lined pullman boxes are sharing honors this week with the many common, ordinary family cats that were lucky enough to have arrived at the show without having been chased half way to the hall by a pack of dogs. Even the show management never realized until last season the great interest taken in cats. The crowds visiting the show were about evenly divided between the cats and the poultry.

The majority of the people visiting the cat section are of the fair sex. Many prominent Pittsburgers have purchased admission tickets in good sized lots, and will entertain their friends by taking advantage of the novel opportunity to entertain their friends by a visit to the wonderful exhibition of furry beauties in Pittsburg this week. The feed offered the cats must be of the very best quality. The morning repast consists of lean ground sirloin steak from which even the tiniest particle of fat has been removed. The noon lunch is of cream especially ordered from one of the wholesale milk dealers, while grocery stores have been called upon to deliver the choicest of canned salmon for the evening meal. "Wonder Boy," "Creamery King," "Major Domo," and other pedigreed pussies will gaze in awe at the champion of champions. "Silver Dyke," the most famous Silver Persian cat in the world. His value has been estimated by competent authorities in both this country and England to be anywhere from $1,000 to $10,000. His owner, Mrs. D. J. Owens, of this city, is quite sure that the higher figure does not nearly represent his true value. His majesty will sleep on the downiest of eider cushions under a canopy of richest royal purple.

AWARD PRIZES IN CHICKEN AND CAT SHOW HERE. The Pittsburgh Press, 19th January, 1917
Class ribbons and cups ware awarded yesterday to birds and cats entered in the sixth annual show of the Poultry Exhibition of Pittsburg when the judges completed the task, of examining the thousands of birds and animals at the Pittsburg Exposition. There were entries from 40 states, many prizes went to distant states. The show will close tomorrow night.
[. . .] The classes and awards were made as follows:

CATS GIVEN PRIZES. The Pittsburgh Press, 19th January, 1917
Mrs Eliza L. Brace of Churchville, N.Y., editor of the Cat Courier, was judge in the cat show. She made the following awards:

Long Haired Cats
Blue-eyed white male (novice) - First, Sir Richard, Mrs. W. B. Bishop, Toledo; second, Crown Prince of Pearls, Mrs. O. T. Young, Hopedale. O.
Blue-eyed white male (open) - First and winner, Lovett, Mrs. H. McKelvey,Butler.
Blue-eyed white female kitten — First, Kilti Ki, Miss L. Gerber, Butler.
Blue-eyed white female (novice) — First, Mrs Harchy, Mrs. Young; second, Witch of Mischief, Mrs. D. J. Owens, Pittsburg; third, Princess L, Mrs. McKelvey. j
Blue-eyed white female (open) - First and winner, Tango of McKeesport, Mrs. Natton Neal, Sewickley. J
Golden-eyed white male (open) - First and winner, Bob White. Mrs. C. T. Haines, Vinemont, Pa.; second, Sir Pithale, Mrs Bishop; tied for third, Lucky Mascot, Miss H. Geis, Pittsburg, and Cotton, Mrs. P.A. Wolfert, Pittsburg.
Golden-eyed white male (novice) – First, Bobewhite, Mrs. R J. Taylor, McKeesport.
Golden-eyed white female (novice) – First and winner, Snow Bird, Miss Gerber.
Black male (novice) — no first; second, Bobewhite, Miss M. Ehrenfeld, Pittsburg; third, Ophello, mrs. M. Luerhed, McKeesport.
Black Male (open) — First and winner; Diamond, Mrs. H. McCoun, Oyster Bay, N.Y.
Black Female Kitten — First Econd; second Edis. Both owned by Mrs. Charles Davis of Pittsburg.
Black female (novice) - First and winner, Dinah Doe, Miss Geis; second, Topsy, Mrs. Davis.
Blue male (open) – First and wlnner, Hampton Shining Light, Miss Ella Celty, East Cleveland, O.
Blue female kitten — First, Hampton Roseleaf of R, Miss Celty.
Blue female (novice) – First, Fluffy, Mrs Guy bennett, Pittsburg; tied for second, Baby Toppy Bray, Mrs Richard Knox, Pittsburg, and Minnie, Miss Eva Daly, Pittsburg.
Blue female (open) – no first; second Fluffy, Mrs Bennett.
Cream or Fawn Male kitten – First Buckeye Kinto, Mrs. G.F. Street, Voungstown.
Chinchilla male – First and winner, Silver Dyke, Mrs. Owens; second, Wonder Boy, Mrs. Owens; third, Hafiz Peter Pan, Mrs Hazel Downey, Toledo.
Chinchilla female kitten – First, Pom Pom, Mrs Neal.
Shaded silver male kitten – First, Major of Normandy, Mrs. Harry Shaw, Warren, Pa.; second, Fritz of Normandy, Mrs. C.S. Gleason, Pittsburg.
Shaded Silver male (novice) – First, Silver Jap, A. Stucky, Mt. Oliver
Shaded Silver female (novice) – First and winner, Lady Kelly, Mrs. Downey; second, Phoebe Lynette, Mr. Stucky; tied for third, Fluff of Normandie, Mrs W. Ubinger, Knoxville, and Beatrice, Miss B Gillen, Roscoe, Pa.
Shaded Silver female (open) – first, Phoebe Lynette, Mr. Stucky; tied for third, Musetta, Mrs. Owens.
Silver tabby male (novice) – first, Buster, Mrs. Black, Pittsburg.
Smoke male (novice) – Captain Cupid, Mrs. A.M. Mackay, mcKees Rocks.
Smoke male (open) – first and winner, Giblin Pertonax, Mrs. Owens; second Le Beau, Mrs. Bishop.
Smoke female kitten — First, Smoky Girl, Mrs. Owens.
Smoke female (novice)- First and winner, Nita of Normandie, Mrs. Owens; second, Lady Simplicity, Mrs. Owens; third, Betty, Miss Geis.
Smoke female (open) – First and winner, Lady Pitt, Mrs. F. Schmaus, Pittsburg, first, Megan Pertinax, Mrs. Owens; second, Lady Cloud, Mrs Bishop; third, Gypsy of the Fox Valley, Mrs Lemley, Pittsburg.
Red male (novice) – First and winner, Burgundy Boy, Mrs Bishop; C.W. Busy Izzy, Mrs J.R.Taylor, mckeesport; W.C. Bitty, Mrs Leo Logan, Niles, O.
Red male (open) – no first; second, Buster Brown, Miss Mary Guthrie, Pittsburg.
Red female (novice) - First and winner, Lady Melba Torrington; second, Lady Tiddie De Winks; both entered by Mrs. J.W. White of Pittsburg.
Red Tabby Male Kitten – First, Buckeye Fritz, Mrs. Street.
Red Tabby Male (novice) – Buckeye Laddie, Mrs Street.
Red Tabby Male (open) – First and winner, May Sarer of Fox Valley, Miss Blanch Watson, Aurora, Ill.
Red Tabby Female Kitten – First, Buckeye Sue, Mrs. G.A. Goldthorpe, Warren, Pa.
Red Tabby Female (novice) – First, Buckeye Princess Majestic, Mrs. Street; second, June Girl, Mrs. G.B. Fuller, West View; third, Indian Maid of Tepee Fame, Mrs. D.W. Brown, Columbus.
Red Tabby Female (open) – First and winner, Buckeye Red Flame, Mrs. Street; second, Indian Maid of Tepee Fame, Mrs. Brown.
Brown Tabby Female (novice) – First, Wiggs, Miss C. Elston, Pittsburg.
Any Other Colour with White, male or Female – first, Panky Pooh, Miss Gillen; second, Wilhelmina, Mrs. Dan Einstein, Pittsburg.
Odd-eyed White Male or Female (open) – first, Pedro, Mrs. Lemley.
Green-eyed White Male or Female (open) – first, Prince Jamie Second, Mrs. L.K. Kranse, Pittsburg; tied for second, Du Betty, Mrs Mattox, Pittsburg and Veronica, Miss Geis; tied for third, Fashion, Mrs. McCabe and Tippy, miss Helen Hibborn, Wilkinsburg.
Mother cat and Kittens – first, Lady Norma and kittens, Mrs. Owens; second, Queenie and kittens, Mrs. Schmaus.
White Neuter – Tied for first, Boolu of Camden, Mrs. Harry Shaw, Warren, Pa., and Licky, Mrs. S.H. Fuller, Pittsburg.
Red or Red Tabby Neuter – first, Buckeye Pat, C.T. Street.
Cream Neuter – first, Bobby Mac, Mrs. Mackay.
Any Other Colour Neuter – first, Stanhope Prince, Mrs. Fuller; second, Tommy Boy, C. Ward, Pittsburg.
Any Other Colour with White Neuter – first, Babe, Miss M. Shoemaker, Pittsburg; second, Normandie, Mrs. Joe Vogel, Pittsburg.
Silver Champion class (male, solid colour) – First, Silver Dyke, Mrs Owens.

Short Haired Cats
Blue-eyed White Male (open) – first, Snow, G.P. Sanders, Pittsburg; second, Bill, Miss Margaret McWilliams, Carrick.
Black Female (open) – no first; second, Blackie, Mrs. H. Etling, Pittsburg.
Blue Male (open) – first and winner, Oddies, Mrs. A. Harsch, Bridgville.
Blue Female (novice) – no first; second, Doody, Mrs. Harsch.
Tortoiseshell Female (open) – first, Lassey, Mrs. Harsch.
Manx Male (open) – first and winner, Bobbie Doyle, Miss L.C. Doyle, Pittsburg.
Manx Female (open) - first and winner, Kitty, Robert Shallenberger, Pittsburg; second, Lady Doyle, Miss Doyle.
Any Other Colour Neuter – first, Major General Scratchie, Mrs. Mackey.
Any Other Colour Male or Female (open) – first, Brownie, Mr. Sanders; second, Mina, Mrs. A. Keister, Wilkinsburg.
Short Haired Tabby – first, George brown, Mrs. A. Chartney, Pittsburg.
Grey Tabby Female (open) – first, Susie, Mrs. Etling.