REPORTS FROM EARLY CAT SHOWS IN THE USA

ARKANSAS

CAT SHOW – Arkansas City Daily Traveler, 22nd October, 1903
The St. Agnes Guild of the Episcopal church will hold a cat show at the home of Mrs. Unsell, Nov. 20, 1903. Anyone desiring to may enter their pets. Prizes will be given.

CAT SHOW – Arkansas City Daily Traveler, 14th November, 1903
The St. Agnes Guild will hold a cat show, Saturday afternoon and evening Nov. 21, and all ladies and children in the city are requested to box or cage their cat and bring them in by noon. There will be five prizes offered for the finest Angora in one class. In the other class for the fattest, leanest, cutest and meanest. Messers Albert Denton, E. L. McDowell and E. L. Kingsbury will act as judges. Chicken pie supper will be served from six until nine. Watch next week's papers for location.

CAT SHOW – Arkansas City Daily Traveler, 18th November, 1903
The cat show will be held in the room vacated by the Harned grocery, Saturday afternoon and evening. Prizes on display in the window of E. Kirkpatrick's store.

ASBURY PARK, NEW JERSEY.

CATS ARE CALMER THAN THEIR OWNERS. Asbury Park Press, 21st August 1960
ASBURY PARK–The cats were calmer than their owners as the combined Garden State and Sand and Surf Cat Clubs of New Jersey championship cat show opened yesterday at Convention Hall. The show will continue until 10 p.m. tonight. Three-hundred and sixty-two cats, a record 118 kittens, and about 300 people were on hand.

Had there been a ribbon for noisiest cat, a Siamese would easily have won it. They were the liveliest too, often cavorting in their cages, or pawing through the bars in an effort to make friends with the cat in the next cage. For the most part the cats curled, detached and self-absorbed, in their cages. A few withdrawn introverts tried to hide from public scrutiny by crawling under cloths covering at the bottom of cages.

Felines came form 19 states and Quebec, Canada, to vie for the title of All-American Cat, the Mrs. Pegeen Fitzgerald trophy, and other awards. A former Miss Universe contestant, Mrs. Nikki Horner, Newburgh, Ind., exhibited her copper-eyed grand champion longhair white male, Shawnee Moonflight. Mrs Gordon Clark, Greenwhich, Conn., giving a blue-eyed white Persian a last minute touch up with comb and baby powder, explained her start as an exhibitor, "l wanted a black kitten as a pet, but when I went to buy one a red tabby scratched my arm, and I fell in love with it. I got friendly with Barbara St. George who owns the cattery, and she got me interested in showing." Mrs. Clark has switched to white cats.

"I'm nervous waiting for the judging," said Mrs. Roland A. Smith, Chatham, who entered a coal black Persian kitten, Willowind Black Magic, and a snow white Persian kitten, Willowind White Pride, in their first show, her second. The kittens, as different as day and night, were the entire first litter sired by grand champion Vel-Vene Voo Doo, the 1959 cat of the year. The kittens are family pets, as well as for show, Mrs. Smith said, explaining that the household also includes "a dog, tropical fish, and a five-year-old boy."

Mrs. H. M. Cole and son Hutchins, of Birmingham, Ala.. were a prize winning mother-son team. Mrs. Cole showed a champion brown tabby Shawnee Julie of Aberdeen, 1960 All-SouthernCat. The boy was exhibiting champion Selene's Tammy of Aberdeen, 1960 All-American Abyssinian Cat. which resembled a young lioness.

Richard Gebhart, president of the Garden State Club, is show manager, and John Bannon, also Garden State, assistant show manager. Mrs. Marilyn Kayhart, vice president of Sand and Surf is show secretary.

Mi-Hart Godolphin, first son of 1959 grand champion, Vel-Vene Voo Doo, captured best of show in the kitten judging last night. The kitten is owned by Miss Mildred Hart, Boonton. Vel-Vene Voo Doo is owned by Roberta Green, Cedar Grove.

HE'S THE CAT'S MEOW. PERSIAN CHAMP DOES IT AGAIN. Asbury Park Press, 22nd August 1960
ASBURY PARK – Shawnee Moonflight, a copper-eyed, grand champion, white Persian male long hair cat, took a giant stride toward its second straight title of All-American cat by capturing best of show at the second annual combined Garden State and Sand and Surf Cat clubs of New Jersey at Convention Hall yesterday. More than 3,000 people visited the two-day show that had 362 entries from 19 states and Quebec, Canada. Also included was a contest among a record-breaking 118 kittens. The top kitten, Mi-Hart Godolphin, first son of Vel-Vene Voo Doo, was named Saturday night. The kitten is owned by Miss Mildred Hart, Boonton. Vel-Vene Voo Doo is owned by Robert Green, Cedar Grove. Shawnee Moonflight is owned by Mrs. Nikki Horner, a former Miss Universe contestant of Newburg, Ind.

Richard Gebhardt, president of the Garden State Cat Club, Orange, said the All-American cat is chosen on points it piles up at various shows around the country throughout the year.

Best female cat in the show was Champion Nor-Mont Confection, a blue Persian owned by Mrs. Nell Hoag, Rockville, Md. Mizpah Ali Baba, a Burmese male solid brown shorthair, owned by Mrs. Vivian Chartier, Reno, Nev., was second best of show. Best opposite Shawnee Moonflight was Grand Champion Wila-Blite Pola Silva Wyte, a female Manx owned by Mr. Gethardt. Mr. Gebhardt said the show was a "tremendous success."

VOO DOO WINS TOP HONORS AT CAT SHOW. Asbury Park Press, 20th August 1962
ASBURY PARK – Vel-Vene's Voo Doo, a black Persian grand champion cat, was judged best cat in the 24th annual National Championship Cat Show" which closed at Convention Hall last night. Sherman Mischler, beachfront director, presented the cat's manager, Richard Gebhardt, Orange, with the City of Asbury Park Cat Show trophy. Voo Doo, 1959 Cat of the Year, is owned by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Green, South Orange.

Best Cat of the opposite sex went to Minqua's Juniata, a blue female owned by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Martinke, Newark, Del.
Second Best Cat was Fairvilla Mike's Boy, a cream male owned by Mrs. Elizabeth Unger, Florham Park.

Mr. Gebhardt, who is president of the Garden State Cat Club and show chairman, was presented [with] a plaque for his efforts in putting the show on. It was presented by Miss Loretta Willwerth, a show coordinator. More than 3,000 persons attended the two-day show. There were 256 entries, all pure bred cats valued at more than $50,000. The entries came from all over the country and Canada.

ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

CAT THAT ALERTED MOTORIST HAILED AT DIXIE SHOW HERE. The Atlanta Constitution, 23rd November 1959
Municipal Auditorium was definitely no place for a mouse to take a happy-go-lucky stroll Sunday. That is unless Mr. Mouse was hankering to became a smorgasbord for one of the many preened and fluffed cats entered in the Cotton States Cat Show here. More than 150 cat fanciers from throughout Dixie entered their favorite animals in the two-day show which ended Sunday night.

Three Manx, entered by Jerry Wise, a Chattanooga, Tenn., TV man, drew considerable attention and praise during the show. The Manx, a rare breed which comes from the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea, has no tail and its hind legs are higher than its front ones. "Everything about the Isle of Man seems to be a bit weird," he said. 'The cats have no tails, it is the only place in the world now where Caucasians still practice black magic, and they have a breed of cattle that has four horns."

While Wise talked, most of the cats in the show had been retired in their private little cages which come complete with fancy and frilly drapes. "They're raising all sorts of racket now," he said, noting the chorus of meows coming from here and there. Guess they're getting nervous. The oldtimers start first. They know the show is breaking up and they want to go home."

Wise is taking a handful of ribbons home this trip. His three cats–Benny S., Buzzita and Darby O'Gill made a good showing. For Darby it was his first show. The four-month-old was named the best kitten in the opposite sex in the all-breed show. But Benny S. may be the one closest to Wise's heart. "A few weeks ago," he said, "l was driving back from Nashville and began dozing at the wheel. Benny, who was asleep in the back seat, climbed up on my shoulder and gently needled me. I woke up just before leaving the highway. About 50 miles down the road Wise dozed again and Benny repeated his act. "it's hard to figure out. Some way he knew I was dozing at the wheel. Maybe he just sensed the car was drifting off course or something," Wise said. "Anyway, it is one for ''Believe It or not.' ,"

In Sunday's judging Chez Moumette Cal of Nor-Mont, owned by Mrs. Gerald Hoag of Rockville, Md., was named Best Cat in the All-Breed Show and the Bett Grand Champion. Other winners were:
Best Long Hair: Shawnee Moonflight, owned by Nikki Horner, Newburg, Ind.
Best Short Hair– Van Lyn's Platine, Lynne Vanderpoel, Nanticoke, Md.
Best Opposite Sex, All Breed–Kohinoor Kathleen of Moonfleet, Mrs. E. A. Rogers, Atlanta.
Second Best All Breed–Shawnee Moonflight, Nikki Horner, Newburg, Ind.
Best Opposite Sex, Long Hair–Silver Moth Chrissie of Mil-War, M. C. Witte and W. C. Witte, Atlanta.
Second Best Long Hair–Nor-Mont Simone's Randy, Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Ehrhardt, Columbia, S.C.
Best Opposite Sex, Short Hair–Bograe's Yellowstone Red, Ernest F. Otten; Jonesboro.
Second Best Short Hair–Chi Sai Ko Ket, Mrs. Christine Streetman, Houston, Tex.

AKRON & CLEARWATER, FLORIDA

"SHAWNEE" WINS CHAMPIONSHIP. Tampa Bay Times, 20th January 1964
CLEARWATER – A copper-eyed white male cat, Shawnee Moonflight, was judged best cat at the fifth annual Championship Cat Show held Saturday at Memorial Civic Center on Clearwater Beach. Shawnee Moonflight is owned by Bill and Nikki Shuttleworth of Jefferstown, Ky. He also was judged grand champion and best longhair in show.
Best short-haired cat in the show was a female seal point Siamese, Ma Khanda Matil, owned by Mary G. Platt of Houston, Tex.
Champion cat in the show was a smoke female, Silver Moth Dream Dust, owned by Florence Kemmer, Bradenton. The three-year-old cat was also named second best cat of the show.
Winner of open competition was Makhanda- Gi-Jette of Woodbine, owned by Mrs. R. J. Snelling, Decatur, Ga.
Winner of novice competition was a Silver male tabby, Rose Lane's Serge, owned by E. D. Riedel, Tampa.
Best kitten of the show was Birch Haven Dixie of Larks-Purr, a black female. She is owned by Mrs. Gladys Morgan, St. Petersburg.

CONNECTICUT CAT CLUB

DANBURY, CONNECTICUT.

CATS FOR THE DANBURY SHOW. TWO FANCIERS WILL SEND PETS TO CONNECTICUT. NONE WILL BE SENT TO TORONTO. ROYAL CLUB OF CANADA WILL OPEN ITS SHOW TO-DAY – MRS. BRACE AND MISS CATHCART WILL ATTEND – MRS. BRACE TO SUPERVISE DANBURY SHOW. Democrat and Chronicle, 29th August 1906
Mrs. Elizabeth L. Brace, secretary for the Lockehaven Cat Club, and Miss Jane R. Cathcart, of Oradell, N. J., will go to Toronto to-night to attend the annual show of the Royal Cat Club of Canada, to be opened this morning. None of the Rochester fanciers will exhibit there this year, as they usually have in former years, because the cats can win no championships, the Royal Club not being under the rules of either the American Cat Association or the Cat Fanciers' Association [. . .]

The next show of Interest to Rochester fanciers will be held in Danbury, Conn., October 1st to 6th. It will he conducted in connection with the annual fair of the Danbury Agricultural Society, which is affiliated with the Cat fanciers' Association. If her health permits, Mrs. Brace will attend the show and have general charge of benching it, of the judges' books and other appointments. Mrs. Brace's services were sought sometime ago by Danbury people, but she was not able to assume the task. It is difficult to get strangers to conduct cat shows with success, the fanciers say, and therefore one who has done this is in great demand. The secretary of the Danbury Club, a man, is in correspondence with Mrs. Brace and thus far has planned the show under her directions.

The cages of the Lockehaven Club have been rented for the Danbury show. They were made for one of the Rochester shows and have proved to be an improvement on those used at the average exhibition, They have been rented for a Chicago show and twice for shows in Cleveland, They are easier to put up than most other cages and show the cats to better advantage, it is sald.

Mrs. Alfred Jackson, president of the Lockehaven Club, will enter in the Danbury show her female smoke Princess Claro. Mrs. Mary S. Sage, treasurer for the club, will probably enter Rolly Poly, one of the best blue short-haired females in America, and Peterkin, a Russian blue imported from England recently. Peterkin has the short, thick coat peculiar to the Russian cats and is the only one of his kind in this city. Mrs. Sage is mourning the loss of two valuable blue kittens, the only short-haired cats ever born in America, eligible to registration in the stud book, both parents being champions. She would have entered them in the Danbury show. Mrs. Brace says hardly a letter from a fancier comes to her, but tells of similar losses. This mortality is attributed to the great heat and dampness of the season. One fancier, Mrs. Dykhouse, of Grand Rapids, Mich., who has exhibited in Rochester, has only two kittens left out of thirty.

PRIZE FOR A ROCHESTER CAT. MRS. BRACE'S LADY GENTIAN A WINNER AT THE DANBURY SHOW, Democrat and Chronicle, 8th October 1906
The Lockehaven Cat Club will meet to-morrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the home of the president, Mrs. Alfred Jackson, No. 143 Meigs street. The secretary, Mrs. Elizabeth L. Brace, returned on Saturday night from Danbury, Conn., where she conducted a cat show in connection with the annual agricultural fair of that state. The show was the first to be held under the new Cat Fanciers' Association. Mrs. Brace's blue cat, Lady Gentian, won a first prize. She was the only Rochester cat in the exhibit. Mrs. Brace spends one day of each week in Buffalo, preparing for the show to be held there by the Buffalo and the Lockehaven Cat clubs, the first week In December, which she ls to conduct.

FITCHBURG, MASS

ENTRIES FOR THE CAT SHOW. The Fitchburg Sentinel (Mass), November 6th, 1896.
Characteristic it is with all shows of a nature similar to the coming affair in this city, that a great many entries are reserved until the last moment. At the recent show in Springfield 35 entries were refused, owing to their not having been filed in time. The entry list for the Fitchburg show will close promptly at 8 p. m., Saturday, Nov. 7, and no name can be inserted in the catalogue after that hour. Entries for the "Midway," which includes small pets of all kind, must also be in the hands of the managers on or before the hour when cat entries close. The following list gives entries to date [I've used the complete list from 9th Nov, 1896]:

COMPLETE LIST OF ENTRIES The Fitchburg Sentinel, November 9th, 1896.

"Hannah," native, Mrs. E. H. Cook, city.
"Peter," native, Mrs. Martha Stanton, city.
"Spot," native, Cobb, Aldrich & Co., city.
"Tat," native, Miss Helen Donavon, city.
"Puss," native, Miss Alice Donavon, city.
"Tramp," native, E. W. Read, city.
"Toddles," Siamese, Mrs. Frank W. Abbott, city.
"Midget," native. W. E. Oxford, city.
"Billie," native, Miss S. V. Girard city.
"Frank," native. Mrs. J. L. Coombs, city.
"Tiger," native, Mrs. Julia Marcotte, city.
"Topsy," native, Miss Stella C. Kimball, city,
"Mennola," native, Miss Estelle Hayward, city.
"Terror," Angora, Mrs. Charles Downe, city.
"Fluffy," Angora, Mrs. J. W. Kelley, city.
"Fitchburg," native, George B. Woodward, city.
"Rollstone," native, George B. Woodward, city.
"Teddy," native, Mrs. W. F. Young, city.
"Zaccheus McKinley," Harry F. Allen, city.
"Joe," Raccoon [Maine Coon?], W. F. Kimball, city.
"Billy," native, R.S. Litchfield, city.
"Nigger," native, R. S. Litchfield, city.
"Sir Peter," Angora, Mrs. F. B. Kimball. Somerville.
"Little Miss," Angora, Mrs. F. B Kimball. Somerville.
"Topsy," Angora, Mrs. Annie Kidder, city.
"Fluff," Angora, Miss Maude Greene, city.
"Mignon," pure while Persian, Miss Carrie Stemfeld, Albany, N.Y.
"Blossom," native, Mabel Cleveland, Worcester.
"Baby June," born with but two legs, owned by Miss Clara Freeman, Westfield.
"Jerry," blue and white Angora, winner of prize in class New York show, Mrs. A. M. Joy, Cambridge.
"Flossie," black and white Angora, Mrs. A. M. Joy, Cambridge.
"Joe Jenkins," pure black Russian, 1st prize winner in class at Madison Square Garden, Mrs. A. M. Joy. Cambridge.
"Sweetheart," native, Miss Estelle Holman Hunter, Boston.
"Bunker," native cross, H. Clallin DeVoe, Salem.
"Yank," red and white Angora, Geoffrey Allen Newton, M. D., Lynn.
"Sam," Brown Tabby Angora, Geoffrey Allen Newton, M. D., Lynn.
"Grover," native, 13 lbs., Mrs D. R Coleman, city.
"Lolo," native kitten, Miss Annette Breckinbridge, city.
"Merry," native, 12 lbs , Mrs. Howard R. Scott, Leominster.
"Menne" white native, Miss Hayward, city.
"Cazzo," Maltese native, Mrs. S. R. Cole, city.
"Fuzzy," Angora, Miss E. Sarah Melville, Clinton.
"Bones," native, red tabby, Mrs. E. N. Bowman, Sterling.
"Essie," Angora, Miss Marion Stearns Willis, Smith college, Northampton.
"Judas," native, Miss Kathryne R. Klemmer, Springfield.
"Bob," native, with a history, Engine No. 1, S. F. D. [Springfield Fire Dept]
"Hotishiaa Zoom," Japanese, Adrian L. Potter, manager.
"Ora Lee," native, Miss Whitney, city.
"Belzebub," Angora, Mrs. E. S Wallace, Springfield.
"Mark Hanna," native, Mrs. E. L. Clark, city.
"Oriole," native, Miss Fannie Crocker, city.
"Ennie," native, Mrs. L. E. Norcross, Worcester.
"Minyon," pure French-Persian, bred by the Chartreusse monks, female, imported from Paris, valued at $1000. This cat is a blue, and is the finest specimen ever brought to this country, owned by Frederick Kurtz, Fairfield, Mass.
"Handsome Dan," native, Mrs. Edwin R. Hartwell, Clinton.
"Nix," native, born with but three legs, July, 1895, and is as lively as a cricket, owned by Leon Potter, Springfield.
"Tiger," native, Mrs. Viola Willard, city.
"McKinley," native, Miss Ruth M Hayes, city.
"Tom," native, Lowell J. Foster, city.
"Dick," native, Mrs. W. S. Bullock, City.
"John Dorris," native, F. R. Nutting, city,
"Jerry," native, D.I. Damon, city.
"Snow Ball," pure white Persian, with a blue and green eye, Mrs. E. A, Turnbull, Boston.
"Titwillow," Angora, Mrs. E. A.Turnbull, Boston.
"Mike" and "Casey," natives, Henry A. Estabrook, city.
"Tiger," native, Mrs. J. D. Williams, city.
"Goldie" and "Pansy," Angora kittens, Lizzie Turnbull, Roxbury.

Several men have been at work all day getting the hall in readiness for the show. The cages are placed in position.
Miss Lillian White, pianist, will play at intervals during the day and evening. Doors will be open for reception of pets at 7 a. m., Tuesday, and ladies wishing to decorate cages may do so before 10 a. m., at which time public is admitted.

THE CAT SHOW OPENED, TODAY. The Fitchburg Sentinel, November 10, 1896
Fitchburg's first cat show opened in Wallace hall, today, and will continue Wednesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. felines of all sizes, colors and ages are on exhibition. The pets, for most of them are as much thought of by their owners as a near relative, are comfortably and prettily caged and placed around the four sides of the hall. The cages of the local entries are nearly all decorated with bunting and ribbon, giving a pretty effect to the hall. But it is neither the cages nor the decorations that attract attention but the cats themselves. Minyon, the $1000 French cat, was the beauty of the show. He was bred in France by the Chartreusse monks and looks every inch a patrician. His fur is long, thick and silky, and in color between blue and white.

No. 61 will surely get a prize, for it is as pretty as any feline in the show. He is a pure white Angora, quite large and has beautiful hair and eyes. Miss Maud Greene, daughter of Col. H. G. Greene, is the happy owner of this fellow and the pretty decorations on the cage show how much she thinks of it. Many local cats, notable for their size or beauty are well worth going far to see while felines from out of town with wide reputations make the show very complete.

The hall will be open afternoons and evenings. Many have visited the hall today, and gone away delighted, but the general public will begin to visit the exhibition this evening and tomorrow, when everything will be in order.

THE CAT SHOW. The Fitchburg Sentinel, November 12, 1896. This is the last evening of the cat show for the felines will be invisible after 19 o'clock tonight. The attendance was very large Wednesday afternoon and evening, and from all indications will be still larger, this evening. The prizes will be awarded, tonight, and at 6 o'clock the voting contests will also be closed. Mrs. F W Abbott's "Toddles" is second in the beauty contest and at the same time is first in the contest for the homeliest cat. This little cat is considered by the judges one of the prettiest of the entire exhibit.
Miss Greene's "Fluff" still leads for beauty, while No 21 is just at present the most popular cat, with 21 votes. Admirers of the feline tribe should not fail to attend either this afternoon or evening for the exhibit is all, and even more than it claimed to be

ADRIAN L. POTTER, WHO RAN A CAT SHOW in Wallace hall in 1896, has since held similar shows in Springfield, Northampton, Holyoke, New Haven and many other cities, and now announces a cat, pet dog and fancy pet stock show In Washburn hall, Worcester, March 20-22: The entry list is open to all kinds of domestic small pets. - Fitchburg Sentinel, March 13th, 1903

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN

ONLY 9 MONTHS OLD, BUT IS A CHAMPION Democrat and Chronicle, 18th January, 1909
Mrs. Elizabeth L. Brace, who returned on Saturday from the Boston Cat Club's show, will leave to-night for Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she will take fifteen of Miss Jane R. Cathcart's cats and some of her own, to exhibit in the Michigan Club show on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. . . . Mrs. Brace took to Boston The Duchess, a Siamese cat that Miss Cathcart recently imported from Siam at large expense. This pretty creature is so valuable and tender that Mrs. Brace took her in a cage with Genesee Valley Jane, made for carrying by hand. In this they went in the Pullman cars. They scarcely made a murmur while on the trains. The Duchess, who came to Rochester about January 1st, is a fawn color with ears, tail, legs and mask of seal brown. Her eyes are blue.

HAINSVILLE/ANTIOCH, ILLINOIS

HAINSVILLE/ANTIOCH CAT SHOW Truth, 16th February 1899
At Hainsville or Antioch, in the United States, there has been a cat show, far exceeding our native efforts in success and importance. A musician composed a "Cats' March" for it, in which " purrings and miaows were intertwined with sweet graceful melody." Most of the cats wore silver collars. They slept on their own beds of quilted satin, with richly embroidered pillows, and they fed on finely-minced chicken, and daintily-dressed fish, off dishes of band-painted china. One splendid black feline creature had five yellow satin cushions for his couch. His neck-ribbon was also yellow, and, like his cushions, appeared to have been carefully matched to his eyes. A silver locket–probably a prize won at some former show–was suspended from the ribbon. His name is Diavolo. One of the cats at the show has 111 sons and daughters, "all living, and prosperous and respectable members of society," adds the chronicler whose account of the affair I have been reading. Never since the days of Ancient Egypt, when the cat was a sacred animal, has the feline race been so much honoured as at this exhibition. Let Lady Marcus Beresford look to the laurels of her fifteen fine pussies!

INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI

PERSIAN IS BEST CAT. The Kansas City Times, 29th February 1960
INDIANA WOMAN EXHIBITS TOP ANIMAL. Mrs. Nikki Horner Is Also Owner of Top Female Feline.
An orange-eyed white Persian male cat was named the grand champion at the third Championship Cat show yesterday in the Armory, 2323 South Crysler street, Independence. The cat, named Shawnee Moonflight. is owned by Mrs. Nikki Horner, Newburg, Ind. Mrs, Horner also owned the best cat of the opposite sex, an Orange-eyed white Persian named Shawnee Soapsuds. The show was conducted by the American Cat Fanciers association and was sponsored by the Kansas City Midwest All-Breed Cat club and the American National Cat club.

AWARDS ARE PRESENTED TO 22 ANIMALS. The Kansas City Star, 29th February 1960
Grand Champion Is an Orange-Eyed Persian Male Owned by Indianan.
Twenty-two cats were winners yesterday at the third championship cat show conducted by the American Cat Fanciers association and sponsored by the Kansas City Mid-West All-Breed Cat club and the American National Cat club. Named grand champion at the show at the Armory, 2327, South Crysler street, Independence, was an orange-eyed Persian male cat owned by Mrs. Nikki Horner, Newburgh, Ind. Mrs. Horner also owns the best cat of the opposite sex, another orange-eyed white Persian. The other winners:
BEST CHAMPUON OPPOSITE SEX. Silver tabby domestic short-hair male–Shawnee Marksman. owned by Mrs. Horner.
BEST OPEN CLASS. Blue Persian female–Shawnee Gai Girl of Golden Sands. owned by Russell L. Franing. Milan, III.
BEST OPEN OPPOSITE SEX CLASS. Seal point Siamese male–Tap-Toe Native Dancer of Slo-mar, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Snyder, Taylor. Mich.
BEST NOVICE. Seal point Siamese male–Bercrest's Li-Kai, owned bs Mrs. Richard Bertch, Des Moines.
BEST NOVICE OPPOSITE SEX. Frost point Siamese female–Carousel Opal of Livingston, owned by Mrs. Ruth Peterson, Tarkio. Mo.
BEST KITTEN. Blue Persian male–Blue Acre Macbeth, owned byMrs. Wanda Scott, 12408 East Fifty-first, Independence.
BEST KITTEN OPPOSITE SEX. White Persian Female.–Tinas Snowflake, owned by Mr. and Mrs. John R. Long, Parkville.
BEST NEUTER. Seal Point Siamese.–Mv-lo's Henry of Twin Springs, owned by Franklin Baldwin, 922 Linwood.
BEST SPAY. Seal Point siamese.–Ups'N Downs Jahdah Ling, owned by Mrs. Margaret Hillsdowns, Chicago, III.
Winners under classifications in the American National Cat club:
The grand champion and reserve champion owned by Mrs. Horner.
SECOND BEST CAT. Chinchilla Persian Male.–Sky's Castle Jeffrey, owned by Mrs. Willard Shy, St. Louis.
BEST CHAMPION. Seal Point Siamese Female–Verja Suda Choi, owned by Mrs. McKendry.
BEST CHAMPION OPPOSITE SEX. Seal Point Siamese Male– Medicine Lake Kapu of Ty-Ru. owned by Mrs. Tyler.
BEST OPEN CLASS. Seal Point Siamese Female– Makehanda Maraca, owned by Miss Cynthia Platt Houston.
BEST OPEN CLASS OPPOSITE SEX. - Blue point Siamese male–Wolfgang's Artig of Livingston. owned bs Mrs. Peterson.
BEST NOVICE. Frost point Siamese--Slo-Mars Young Val of Bercrest. owned bs Mrs. Bertch.
BEST NOVICE OPPOSITE SEX. Blue point Siamese female– Roger's Heights Corvette, owned bs Glenn Robberson, Mustang, Okla.
BEST KITTEN. Black Persian Female–Shellico's Miss America, owned by Mrs. B. R. Shelton, 2910 Fast Fifty-ninth.
BEST KITTEN OPPOSITE SEX. White Domestic Short-Hair Male–Karabee Young Lochinvar, owned by Mrs. Karen Bjerking and Miss Phoebe Bjerking, Minneapolis.
BEST NEUTER. Seal Point Siamese – Leduc Tigre Tay, owned by Martin C. Beatty, Louisville.
BEST SPAY. Seal Point Siamese – Ups'n Downs Jahdah Ling, owned by Mrs. Margaret Hilldowns, Chicago.

JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI

FIRST MAJOR CAT SHOW HERE ATTRACTS FANCIERS Clarion Ledger, Jackson, Mississippi, 1st May 1977
Judging is just beginning Saturday at the Mississippi Cat Fanciers Cat Show in the Hilton Hotel ballroom. Patricia Boyd says the show is the first CFA show in Mississippi. The chapter has been organized "for about a year," the chapter secre-tary adds. While the first cat show in the United States was 1895 in Madison Square Garden in New York City, cat shows are fairly recent in Mississippi, Boyd says. The first state show was held in McComb. Saturday, approximately 250 cats are in competition with overall judg¬ing divided into all breed and specia¬lity judging. On exhibition are two prospective new breeds — Scottish Fold and White Lace. [Probably Snowshoe]

JOLIET, ILLINOIS

ANNUAL SHOW OF CAT CLUB. The Joliet Evening Herald, Illinois, 2nd February 1905
EXHIBITION WILL BE HELD NEXT WEEK AT THE MASONIC TEMPLE. FULL LIST OF THE JUDGES. THE OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES IN CHARGE. Handsome Challenge Cups Offered by National Club and the Joliet Club.
The second annual show of the Joliet Cat club will be held next week 'Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Feb. 9, 10 and 11, at the Masonic temple, Jefferson street. Mrs. Phillip Mersinger is superintendent and Miss Martha May Brown is the secretary of the show. The judges are: Mrs. J. B. Mount, Mrs. Oella T. Blake, and F. W. Story. The officers and committees of the Cat club are: Robert F. Palmer, president. Miss Martha May Brown, vice president. Miss Kathyrn K. Kirk, secretary. Mrs. Phillip Mersinger, treasurer. Directors, Mrs. W. F. Godley, Mrs. O. T. Blake, Mrs. J. B. Mount, Mrs. J. W. Folk, Miss Ethel Stevens.
Show - Mrs. Mount, Miss Brown, Miss Kirk, Mrs. Davis, Mrs. O'Bern. Mrs. Folk, Miss Ethel Stevens.
Arrangements - R. F. Palmer, Mrs. Mersinger, Mrs. Godley.
Decorating - Henderson Howk, Harry Godley, Ben Russell.
Selling - Mrs. O. T. Blake, Mrs. Mersinger, Mrs. Godley.
Feeding - Mrs. O'Bern, Mrs. Gouch, Miss Stevens.

Entry forms may be had on application to the superintendent, an entry fee of one dollar being charged in each long-haired class, and a 25 cent fee in the short-haired class. The show will be conducted under the rules of the National Cai Show. The Challenge cups offered by the National Cat club and by the Joliet Cat club are as follows:

National Cat Club Cups.
LONG HAIR. (Three Wins)
National Cat Club Cup for orange.
National Cat Club Cup for tortoiseshell.
Ravenswood Cup for chinchilla.
Ravenswood Cup for cream (breeders' cup.)
Chicago Poultry and Pet Stock Cup for white.
Cleveland Cup for black.
Black Cat Society Cup for best black (breeders' cup.)
Argyle Cup, best male and female (American bred) from one cattery.
Sweepstakes Cup, for type and coat (same owner.)

(Three Wins)
J. C. C. Cup, to be announced later.
Lambert Cup for best orange male owned in Joliet (one win.)
Silver Cup for best orange eyed, black male, Joliet Cat Club, Novice class.

DONATIONS BY BUSINESS MEN. LIST OF SPECIAL PRIZES OFFERED FOR THE CAT SHOW. The Joliet Evening Herald, Illinois, 6th February 1905
THE SECOND ANNUAL EVENT WILL BE HELD THIS WEEK IN MASONIC TEMPLE. Show To Last Three Days, Thursday, Friday and Saturday - Will Be Successful.
The list appended is the completed number of special prizes donated by the Joliet merchants for the second annual cat show, to be given by the Joliet cat club, Feb. 9, 10 and 11, at Masonic Tempie:
A. C. Clement, Joliet. $3-in gold for longest tailed cat in show.
Mrs. J. W. Folk, special for best black novice, female, Joliet Cat club.
Special for breeding queen, showing best eyes in offspring.
Special for best black male, futurity class.
Mrs. A. H. Baker, special for best black owned in Joliet.
E. J. Peck, jeweler, sterling silver spoon for best long hair, silver tabby, male.
E. E. Henry, crockery, salad dish for best long hair, orange female.
Vance-Fitzgibbons, furniture, game ping-pong for best waif kitten shown by little girl.
F. W. Henley, books and stationery, address book for best odd-eyed, white male.
Joliet Dry Goods.Co., $3 silk umbrella for best blue-eyed white no vice female (White Friar stock).
Aller Bros., dry goods, etc., bottle toilet water for, best solid tortoise shell, long hair female.
H. G. Yahn, jeweler, Rookwood vase for best blue, tong hair male, over one year.
Aller Bros., dry goods, etc; bottle toilet water for best amber-eyed white female.
News Company, Navajo rug for best long hair imported tortoise shell and white female.
Burt & Hutchinson, boots and shoes, pair $1.50 slippers for best country cat shown by little girl.
Miss Martha M. Brown offers burnt. wood box for best short hair brown tabby kitten.
California Tea Co. offers vase for best cat shown in premier' class.
G. E. Feagans, jeweler, silver medal for best orange-eyed long hair female.
Carl Oesterle, jeweler, sugar shells for best long: hair silver male.
Carl Oesterle, jeweler, silver butter knife for best country cat and kittens.
Navajo cat cushion for best black novice male.
Robert P. Kiep, jeweler, silver berry spoon for best little country kittens.
Special - Best orange-eyed black male, Futurity class.
Marsh & Beach, boots and shoes, pair slippers for best short hair, blue male.
Mrs. O. T. Blake, silver feeding dish for cat with best orange eyes in Joliet Cat club.
Julius Krause & Co., jewelers, silver olive fork for best blue-eyed white male.
Douglas shoe store, $3 umbrella for best collection of short hair cats.
C. E. Dice, jeweler, cut glass salt and pepper for best any color tabby.
Hurd & Bigelow, photographers, $5 photos for best long hair blue male shown in Joliet greatest number of times.
Mrs. P. Mersinger, cat basket for best imported long hair tortoise shell and white.
Mrs. B. Olin, hand painted china for most humane cat.
Miss Clare Fithian, hand painted china for best white Maltese male.
Dinet, Nachbour & Co., clothing, $3 pair shoes for best orange male in Joliet Cat club.
McGinniss art store, hand painted china for best short hair cat shown by school teacher.
Special - Mouth harp for best waif cat or kitten shown by little boy under 12.
Special for best orange-eyed male.
Miss Adda Baldwin offers piece burnt leather for best blue short hair female, Joliet Cat club.
Miss Florence Jones offers fancy work for best short hair orange female, Joliet Cat club.
Mrs. Hulshizer, lace handkerchief 'for best short hair cream male kitten.
Van Fleet & Co., woodworkers, offer handsome turned policeman's club for best cat shown by a policeman.
Special for best long hair imported tortoise shell and white.
Joseph Stephen, carriages, etc, horse blanket for best barn cat.
Blacy's fruit store, box candy for oldest city Cat.
Barrett & Co, hardware, aluminum kettle for largest cat in show.
Theatre candy store, box candy for odd-eyed short hair white.
M. F. Sahler, stoves, furniture, picture for best blue female.
J. I. St. Julian, harness, etc., cart whip for best cat shown by a teamster.J
John Carlson, Seltzer drug store, bottle perfume for best tabby and white cat.
T. J. Kelly, dry goods, special for best black and white cat.

Joliet Humane Society.
Offers silver star and membership in Band of Mercy to school boy or girl showing:
First, best brown tabby cat or kitten.
Second, best black cat or kitten.
Third, best blue cat or kitten.
Fourth, best white cat or kitten.
Fifth, best orange tabby cat or kitten.
Sixth, best tortoise shell cat or kitten.
Seventh, book for best solid color rescued cat.
Eighth, book for best solid color rescued kitten.
Ninth, book for best broken color rescued cat.
Tenth, book for best broken color rescued kitten.
Joliet Cat club, handsome picture for largest number of cats rescued during year by any one person.
Miss Martha M. Brown, burnt food stein for best cat shown by a milkman.
Cahill Tea Co., vase for best long hair smoke.
Friend offers hand-painted china plate for best long hair cat under one year, Joliet Cat club.
Friend offers hand-painted plate for best long hair black cat over one year, Joliet Cat club.
Mrs. O. T. Blake, silver feeding dish for best black novice in Joliet Cat club.
Kittie Kirk, box stationery, best white Maltese female, Joliet Cat Club.
Joseph Labo, florist, etc., fern for best store cat.
Henderson Howk, poster picture for best office cat.
Ducker's Corner drug store, bottle Violet of Sicily water for best eyes in short hair cat, any color.
G. E. Jarvis, clothing, merchandise, value $1, for best A. O. C. long hair Joliet cat shown by boy.
Mrs. Mersinger, cut glass for best orange-eyed black male, Joliet Cat Club.

MANY ENTRIES FOR COMING CAT SHOW. OUR OLD FRIENDS THOMAS AND MARIA TO BE IN LIMELIGHT. The Joliet Evening Herald, Illinois, 8th February 1905
At the rate the entries for the cat show are coming in, access will attend the club's efforts. Telegrams and letters are received daily by Mrs. Mersinger. Following is a partial list of entries to date:
Mrs. O.T. Blake of Chicago, exhibits three cats, "Spangle," "Spangle Belle," and a blue-eyed white Persian; "Red Lotus," a Persian, and "Amaryllis," a blue and orange, will be entered by Mrs. W.F. Godley; R.F. Palmer enters "Roderick Dhu;" Mrs. Mersinger, "Melusko;" Mrs. Knowlton, "Buttercup" belonging to Mrs. Rutledge; Mrs. J.B. Mount, "Thomas Mann;" Mrs. J.W. Folk, a black and white Persian.

Entries have also bee made by Earl Dahlem, Francis Darlington, Milton Converse, Florence bowen, Mrs. Campbell, Henderson Howk, Miss E. Gougar, Mrs. O'Bern, Mrs. Shorey, Laura Wetherell, Ben Russelol, Candace McCormick, and Mrs. Ingeman.

Mrs. Erchs and Mrs. Kerchival, of New Lenox, Mrs. palmer of Jackson and Mrs. Wightman of Plainfield have made entries. By mail Mrs. Mersinger received entries from Chicago from Mrs J.J. Almquist, "Duke of Argyle" and "Maid of Avenel" and from Mrs. E. G. Hanft, "Ashton."

THE CAT SHOW IS NOW OPEN. FELINES OF MANY KINDS AND COLORS ARE ON EXHIBITION. The Joliet Evening Herald, Illinois, 9th February 1905
Black cats, white cats, yellow cats and cats of many colors, some in baskets, some in bags and some in mahogany brass-bound cages, made their way this morning to the Masonic Temple to be exhibited to the public during today, tomorrow and Saturday. The 9 o'clock train out of Chicago brought several National Cat club exhibitors this morning. Mrs. Davis brought ''While Friar;'' Mrs. J. Mathias, "Alexieff,'' a championship cat, and "'Siamese,'' a cat with such a strangely marked face as to resemble a monkey; Mr. Almquist, of Argyle Park, brought two cup winners, "Duke of Argyle'' and ''Maid of Avenel;'' Mrs. O. T. Blake brought "Spangle" and "Spangle Belle." Charles E. Dymond of Grand Rapids has on exhibition "Sylvia," a cat of "many colors" that won the cup at the cat show in Evanston. Mrs. A. H. Baker, treasurer of the N. C. C., brought "Niji Owana" and "Hawthorne." Howard Alton of Chicago exhibits his cup-winning ''Silver Donna;" Mrs. Wallin, "Pense," a tortoise shell, and three blue-eyed white Persian kittens; Mrs. Ivory Miller of Kansas City sent "Polly" a cat of many colors.

F. W. Storey and Mrs. O. T. Blake from Chicago, assisted by Mrs. J. B. Mount, will judge the award.

Many of the local exhibitors are expected to come in late this afternoon. Mrs. Mersinger's "Tommy Ruffles" is already meowing for attention. Mrs. Godley's "Red Lotus" receives all homage with a degree of condescension, while the cat with the white mice in the same cage, quite oblivious of the fact, attracts no little comment. At 12 o'clock fifty cats were in place. Eighty cages in all have been provided. [It then repeats the local entries from previous article.]

MAKING AWARDS AT CAT SHOW. OUT OF TOWN EXHIBITORS CARRY OFF RIBBONS AND CUPS. THEIR HONORS ARE MANY. MR. AND MRS. ALMQUIST OF CHICAGO SUCCESSFUL. The Joliet Evening Herald, Illinois, 10th February 1905
"Silver Donna" Captures the Ravenswood Challenge Cup – Other Winners.
The awards at the cat show are being made as rapidly as possible. The out-of-town exhibits have carried off ribbons and cups until they are weighted down with honors. The Argyle cups to be awarded to the best male and female (American bred) from one cattery, was won by "Duke of Argyle' and "Maid of Avenel," shown by Mr. and Mrs. Almquist of Chicago. Both cats have won so many ribbons at various shows that the cages are noticable for their decorations. "Hamish," exhibited by Mrs. F. W. Story of Chicago, was awarded first prize and a special. "Angus" won a first and two specials. "Silver Donna," shown by Mrs. Howard Alton of Chicago, won the Ravenswood Challenge cup outright. Mrs. Mersinger's cat, "Dewilda," a black amber-eyed, carried off a first prize and a special. "Delusko" won a first and two specials. "Hawthorne," a black amber-eyed shown by Mrs. A. H. Baker of Chicago, is the champion of the cat show. Hawthorne has won three silver cups - at the Cleveland show at the show of the Black Cat society and at the National Breeders' and Poultry association.

F. E. Hewitt, of Mazon, secretary of the Poultry show, is in town, being an exhibitor at the cat show. His cat "Snowball," a white amber-eyed carried off first prize in the open class and first in the novice class. Mrs. Howard Alton of Chicago who is in Joliet, exhibiting her prize winning cat, "Silver Donna," has recently purchased "Argent Laddie" from Mrs. Champian of New York. Argent Laddie won a first prize and a medal at the New York Cat Show.

Yesterday evening, just at supper time, Master James Elwood came across the street from his home to the cat show, carrying a bowl of soup. "I've brought my cat's supper," he announced. "My cat won't eat anything but my mother's cooking, so I brought over some oyster stew."

CAT SHOW WAS GREAT SUCCESS. THREE DAYS EXHIBITION CAME TO A CLOSE LAST EVENING. WINNERS OF THE PRIZES. . The Joliet Evening Herald, Illinois, 12th February 1905
MISS BALDWIN'S PET HAD LONGEST TAIL. JOLIET FANCIERS FARED WELL IN STRONG COMPETITION – NAMES OF THE PRIZE DONORS.
The second annual show of the Joliet Cat club, held in the Masonic Temple, came to a close last evening, after a most satisfactory and successful three days' show. The Joliet show compared most favorably with shows held in other cities, Chicago not excepted. Many of the exhibits have been shown in Cleveland, Chicago, Ravenswood, Evanston and other cities, and Joliet ranks of equal importance. The awards made are as follows:
N. C. C. CHALLENGE CUPS.
Long Hair - Three Wins.
National Cat club cup for orange, won by "Hamish," owned by F. W. Story, Chicago.
National Cat club cup for tortoiseshell, won by ''Spangle,'' owned by Mrs. O. T. Blake, Chicago.
Ravenswood cup for chinchilla, won by "Silver Donna," owned by Mrs. Howard Alton, Chicago.
Ravenswood cup for cream (breeders' cup), [no winner details given]
Chicago Poultry and Pet Stock cup for white, won by "Maid of Avenel," owned by M. Almquist, Chicago.
Cleveland cup for black, won by "Hawthorne," owned by Mrs. A. H. Baker, Chicago.
Black Cat society cup for best black (breeders' cup), won by "Hawthorne," owned by Mrs. A. H. Baker, Chicago.
Argyle cup, best male and female (American bred) from one cattery, won by "Duke of Argyle" and "Maid of Avenel.'
Sweepstakes cup, for type and coat (same owner), won by "White Friar," owned by Mrs. Davis, Chicago.

JOLIET CAT CLUB CUPS.
(Three Wins.)
J. C. C. cup, white female, won by "Princess," owned by Mrs. Wightman, Plainfield.
Lambert cup for best orange male owned in Joliet (one win), won by "Red Lotus," owned by Mrs. Godley.
Silver cup for best orange-eyed black male, Joliet cat club, novice class, won by "Delusko," owned by Mrs. Mersinger.
The championship ribbons were won by: "Maid of Avenel," white; "Hawthorne," black; "Angus," orange; "Silver Donna," silver; "Leo," smoke; "Spangle,"' tortoiseshell; "Kouhla," Siamese.

Winners of Specials.
The 'specials' donated by the local merchants were won by the following:
A. C. Clement, Joliet, $5 in gold for longest tailed cat in show, "Dick," owned by Miss Baldwin.
Mrs. J. W. Folk, special for best black novice, female, Joliet Cat Club, "Dewilda," owned by Mrs. Mersinger.
Special for breeding queen, showing best eyes in offspring, "Spangle," owned by Mrs. O. T. Blake.
Special for best black male, futurity class, "Roderick Dhu," owned by Mr. Palmer.
Mrs. A. H. Baker special for best black owned in Joliet. "Delusko," owned by Mrs. Mersinger.
E. J. Peck, jeweler, sterling silver spoon for best Jong hair, silver tabby, male, "White Friar," owned by Mrs. Davis.
E.E. Henry. crockery, salad dish for best long hair orange female "Minnette," from Plano.
Vance - Fitzgibbons, furniture, game ping-pong for best waif kitten shown by little girl, cat owned by Mrs. Thomas McGrath.
F. W. Henley, books and stationery, address book for best odd-eyed white male, "White Friar," owned by Mrs. Davis.
Joliet Dry Goods Co., $3 silk umbrella for best blue-eyed white novice ice female (White Friar stock), "Galatea," owned by Mrs. O. T. Blake.
H. G. Yahn, jeweler, Rookwood vase for best blue long-hair male over one year '"Angus," owned by F. W. Story.
Aller Bros., dry goods, etc., bottle toilet water for best amber-eyed white female, "Snowball."
News Company, Navajo rug for best long-hair imported tortoise-shell and white female, "Spangle," owned by Mrs. O. T. Blake.
California Tea Co., vase for best cat shown in premier class, "Angus," owned by F. W. Story, Chicago.
G. E. Feagans, jeweler, silver medal for best orange-eyed long-hair female, "Spangle Belle," owned by Mrs. O. T. Blake.
Carl Oesterle, jeweler, sugar shells for best long-hair silver female, "Silver Donna."
Carl Oesterle, jeweler, silver butter knife for best country cat and kittens, "Nelusko."
Special, best orange-eyed black male; futurity Class, "Roderick Dhu."
Mrs. O. T. Blake, silver feeding dish, for cat with best orange eyes in Joliet Cat Club, "Red Lotus."
C. E. Dice, jeweler, cut glass salt and pepper for best any color tabby, "Paulina."
Hurd & Bigelow, photographers, $5.00 photos for best long hair, blue male shown in Joliet greatest number of times, "Angus."
Mrs. P. Mersinger, cat basket for best imported long hair tortoise-shell and white, "Spangle Belle."
Mrs. B. Olin, hand-painted china for most humane cat, ''Paulina.''
Miss Clare Fithian, hand-painted china for best white maltese male, "Spangle Belle." [presumably incorrect – Spangle Belle won tortoise-shell and white class.]
Dinet, Nachbour & Co., clothing, $3.00 pair of shoes for best orange male in Joliet Cat club, "Red Lotus."
McGinniss Art Store, hand-painted china for best short hair cat shown by school teacher, cat owned by Miss E. Gougar.
Special, mouth harp for best waif cat or kitten, shown by little boy under 12, cat owned by Mr. Converse.
Special, for best orange-eyed orange male, "Red Lotus."
Miss Florence Jones offered fancy- work for best short hair, orange female, Joliet Cat Club, cat owned byMiss Ethel Stevens.
Special, for best long hair imported tortoise-shell and white, cat owned by Mrs. W. F. Godley.
Walter D. Stevens, carriages, carriage whip for oldest country cat, 15-year-old cat, cage 66.
Theater Candy Store, box candy for odd-eyed, short hair, white, "White Friar."
John Carlson, Seltzer Drug Store, bottle perfume for best tabby and white cat, "Nellie Gray."
Cahill Tea Co., vase; for best longhair smoke, ''Leo."
Friend offers hand-painted plate for best long hair black cat over one year, Joliet Cat Club, "Nelusko."
Mrs. O. T. Blake, silver feeding dish for best black novice in Joliet Cat Club, "Nelusko."
Kittie Kirk, box stationery, best white maltese female, Joliet Cat Club, "Adeline Patti," owned by Miss Martha Brown.
Joseph Labo, florist, etc., fern for best store cat, "Tommy Ruffles," owned by Mrs. Mersinger.
Henderson Howk, poster picture for best office cat, "Tommy Ruffles."
G. E. Jarvis, clothing, merchandise, value $1.00, for best A. O. C. longhair Joliet cat shown by boy, "Amyrillis," shown by Harry Godley.
Mrs. Mersinger, cut glass for best orange-eyed black male, Joliet Cat Club, "Red Lotus.' owned by Mrs. Godley.
Henderson Howk's cat won the silver cup offered by Harry Godley.
Mr. Palmer's "Roderick Dhu" won a cup offered by the N.C. C.
Mr. Schaffer's cat and Mrs. Godley's cat won the two watercolor paintings offered by F. W. Story, of Chicago, who acted as one of the judges.

ARISTOCRATIC CATS WILL CONGREGATE The Joliet Evening Herald, 6th February 1907
Joliet Felines Which Will Be Seen at Show Tomorrow – Many From Chicago.
Tomorrow the aristocratic cats of Joliet, Plainfield and Chicago will rendezvous at the Barber building and for three days will receive admiring friends at that place. In other words the annual Cat Show of the Joliet club will open with a large entrance list. Robert I. Palmer has lost interest in cat shows since the untimely death of Rhoderick Dhu, his magnificent black long hair, but has two handsome kittens which may show. These are Violet, a white, and a pretty black pussy.

Other fine cats are as follows:
Mrs. Folk, black kitten Buster and two sisters.
Mrs. Wightman, Plainfield, Kenilworth cattery, Princess Lulu, Sunny Jim, Nellie Gray and 6 kittens.
Mrs. Gray, Plainfield, will show several handsome cats.
Mrs. McLaren, several beauties of the Buttercup stock.
Mrs. John T. Clyne, orange kittens.
Mrs. John B. Mount, orange cat.
Mrs. Winnie Fay Godley, Red Lotus, Chinquilla, both orange cats; and Pompon jr.
Mrs. Mersinger, Spangle cattery, Nilusko, black; Spangle II. and Spangle III., tortoise and white; Don Giovanni, cream color, prize winner in Chicago and Cleveland shows; Sunburst, orange, prize winner at Cleveland and Chicago, taking several blue ribbons; Martha, black, full sister to Rhoderick Dhu, with 3 kittens, and a black novice.
Mrs. Thomas Fewtrell, orange cat.
Miss Helen Barnes, orange Butterball.
Miss Mathilde Harmon, orange, Raffles.
Miss Florence Abbott, black and white cat.
Mrs. Clarence Davis, short hair Chochow; long hair White Six and King Mers.
Miss Francis Dillman, blue and white kitten from Spangle cattery
Miss Martha Brown, Highball, black with orange eyes.

KANSAS CITY

THE WOMEN OF KANSAS CITY ARE GOING TO HAVE A CAT SHOW – The Salina Daily Union, December 22nd, 1902
The women of Kansas City are going to have a cat show. The cat promotors say the feline can be educated. I hope so, but very few cats need educating. [...The rest of the article isnt about the cat show itself.

IN SEARCH OF TWO CATS. A MYSTERIOUS ESCAPE CAUSES ANXIETY IN CONVENTION HALL. THE CAGES OF "TOD SLOAN" AN "SELIM" WERE EMPTY THIS MORNING AND THE MISCREANTS COULD NOT BE FOUND. The Kansas City Star, 19th January 1905
Wanted: Fifty experienced hunters to take part in a grand cat drive in Convention hall. No dogs allowed to participate.
The management of the Poultry and Cat show in Convention hall is seriously considering the publication of the foregoing advertisement. If they decide to do it there will be a chance for somebody to earn fame and everlasting gratitude of two women. Fore somewhere in the vast Convention hall building, romping around among the steel girders or rolling in some dusty corner, there are two highly prized aristocratic felines. They are causing the management considerable anxiety and their owners many tears. They were missing this morning – "Tod Sloan," a Persian beauty, known as "Toto," the property of Mrs. E.D. Kellogg of St. Joseph, Mo., and "Selim," an Angora of seven months, owned by Mrs. A.G. Davis of Jefferson City. Their escape must have been the result of a cat plot because their cages are adjoining. Then, too, there were hundreds of hens around them and in that atmosphere it must have been easy to "hatch" a plot.

On the front of Tod Sloan's abandoned cage there hangs a sign which reads, "He can do anything but talk." Tod is an acrobatic cat. He probably can talk fluently in cat language and no doubt he whispered to Selim about midnight, reminding him that it was a fine moonlight night and that he smelled chicken. An electric arc light shining brightly made a fine moon. Tod and Selim are both "gentleman" cats and the natural love that young men cats have for nocturnal roaming and midnight serenades made them forget their aristocratic training.

Selim left a tell-tale bunch of white fur sticking to the edges of a hole stretched in the wire netting. It would require a Sherlock Holmes to determine the avenue of escape which "Toto" made use of. All the bars of his cage are so close together that looks like an impossibility for a cat of his size to squeeze through. But he did somehow, probably with Selim's aid. He left behind his comb and brush and his pretty silk covered sofa cushion. He didn't even finish his supper, for on his plate this morning there were an egg untouched and a chicken wing with most of the meat still on it. A half dozen employees at Convention hall searched everywhere for the missing cats this morning, without success.

The judging of the cats and awarding of prizes will take place this afternoon. There are only sixteen cats on exhibition, though the management had declared there would be 200. The prizes for fowls have all been awarded. The show will close tomorrow night.

JIM PROMOTED Liberal Enterprise, Missouri, 3rd February 1905
There was great interest taken in the poultry and cat show at Kansas City last week. There were five divisions in the cat exhibits which were as follows: The Angora, Maltese, Persian Angora, Persian, Mixed, and Gray Striped cats. There were five prizes awarded in the maltese division. Mrs. H, M. Branson's Jim was awarded fourth prize, which was very gratifying to Jim's many friends here. The following is an extract from a letter by Mrs. Branson to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Belk, of this place.

Kansas City, Jan. 29, 1905.
Dear Papa and Mamma:
Now then, pa, you can never again say that Theodore is ahead of Jim, as the latter associates not with ordinary cats but with aristocrats. We, H. M. B., Jim and I, have just returned from Convention Hall where Jim had spent three days and two nights, he having gone there early Friday morning. You will see Jim won the "green ribbon," or fourth prize. To my way of thinking he should have gotten second prize and Jim Corbett first prize. Jim Corbett was the largest Maltese there but he got 5th prize. Jim was the next largest maltese there. The maltese cats that got 1, 2 and 3 prizes were all smaller than Jim. I can't understand the decision and I'll bet the woman who owned Jim Corbett was disappointed. She thot sure her cat would get first prize. Lincoln, an Angora, and Princess Puddin, a Persian, were very nice as many others. Jim didn't show off to his best advantage he was drowsy, anyway he has Theodore bested. Jim was admired by a great many people. I stood off at a certain distance and took items, he was viewed by thousands of people. Now really, can Theodore swell hereafter with equal pride with Jim? Jim seemed real glad to get home this evening, although he took his fate in his cell at Convention Hall quite contentedly.

Jim is six and a half years old, is a native of Mt Vernon, Mo., he was reared by Mrs. J. B. McGuffin in the year 1898, he lived there one year then moved with the McGuffins to Liberal, remained here two years and was given to Mrs. H. M. Branson by Mrs. McGuffin (whose memory is ever dear in the hearts of the early settlers of Liberal) at the time they went to California. He lived in Nevada, Missouri, two years, and the remainder of his life has been spent in Kansas City.

BEST CAT AT SHOW . The Kansas City Times, 12th January 1960
The best cat at the Mo-Kan Cat show was Shawnee Moonflight, a copper-eyed white male Persian owned by Mrs Nikki Horner, Newburgh, Ind. The Eaton challenge trophy for the best showing by a Mo-Kan member's cat was retired by Mr and Mrs Frank Lockrey, 9071 East Sixty-sixth street terrace, Raytown. Their chocolate point Siamese female was the best grand-champion, opposite sex. Other winners:
Best cat, long-hair show: blue Persian male, owned by Mrs Ethel Kingsland, St Louis.
Best cat, short-hair show: seal point Siamese male, owned by Mrs Helen Weiss, Houston.
Best cat, opposite sex, all breed: chinchilla Persian female, owned by Mrs Blanch Shy, St Louis.
Best grand champion, all breed: chinchilla Persian male, owned by Mrs Shy.
Best novice, all breed: blue Siamese male, owned by Lockrey.
Best open, all breed, black Persian male, owned by Mrs Shy.
Best neuter, all breed, blue Persian, owned by Mrs A H Edwards, 3452 East Seventh.
Best spay, all breed: seal point Siamese, owned by Mrs Margaret Hill Downs, Round Lake, Ill.
Best household pet, all breed: brown tabby, owned by Raymond Lee Long, Des Moines.

KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE

SAKS MODEL TO EXHIBIT CHAMPION RED PERSION IN CAT SHOW SATURDAY. The Knoxville News Sentinel, 29th January 1953
The American champion Red Persian female cat will be exhibited by her owner, beauteous Saks Fifth Avenue model Nikki Horner, during the East Tennessee Cat Fanciers Show at Chilhowee Park Saturday and Sunday. The cat is Champion Shawnee's Copper Luster. This cat in 1951 was the all-South champion Red Persian female. Nikki Horner will bring 14 of her 60 cats to the show. Among wthem will be a frost-point Siamese kitten, the first of the breed to be shown in this region. Already there are 177 entries for the all-breed show. There will be two specialty shows also. The exhibits will open at 10 a.m. and close at 10 p.m. each day. Mr R D Smith, of Oak Ridge is president of the show and Mrs A C Bearden, Fountain City, is show manager. Mrs Smith and Mrs H M Lietzke of Oak Ridge are secretaries.

LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY

AT STRATHMORE CATTERY. MANY ADMIRERS OF FELINES ATTENDED EXHIBITION AT LEXINGTON, UNDER AUSPICES OF MISS FRANKS. The Boston Globe, 15th October 1905
Lexington, [Kentucky], Oct. 14 – The cat show at the Strathmore cattery closed this afternoon after a very successful run of two days. The attendance both days was very large, and the admirers of felines came from miles around. The exhibition aroused much interest owing to the fact that the Strathmore cattery is the home for destitute and neglected cats which come under the notice of Miss Isabelle Franks, who has carried on the work of caring for these wanderers for several years, and from time to time has had to add more room for her strange family. Many women loaned their cats for the exhibition, and every species of the feline tribe could be seen from a Manx kitten up to an 18-pound office cat of a local druggist. Miss Franks has received much praise for her work.

AWFUL ARNIE VOTED, TOP CAT. The Lexington Herald, 10th September 1972
Tok-Lat's Little Awful Arnie was voted best cat and grand champion in yesterday's competition among 101 shorthaired entries at the Silver Cup Cat Show at Castlewood Park. The sable male Burmese is owned by Joan Batchelor of Evanston, Ill. Taking second best cat and best champion honors was Casto's Zebemy Doodah of Ariem owned by Joyce Casto of Westerville, Ohio. This feline was a seal point male Siamese. Third best cat went to Shawnee Davy Crockett, a black, male American shorthair owned by Nikki Horner of Louisville. Today's competition will be highlighted by the all-breed finals, Judging will begin at 10 a.m.

TWO EXHIBITORS WIN TWICE AT LOCAL CAT SHOW. Lexington Leader, 11th September 1972
Two exhibitors had – two winners each in Lexington's first Silver Cup Cat Show at Castlewood Park Sunday. Mrs. Nikki Horner of Louisville, Ky., and Mrs, Joan Batchelor of Evanston, Ill., led the 102 exhibitors with two wins each. A total of 194 cats were entered. Profits from the show were donated to the Lexington Public Library. The winners in each category, with judges' names in parentheses:
Ring 1 (Richard Gebhardt) – Babalong Lovebug, white Persian, owned by Barbara Long, St. Joseph, Mo.
Ring 2 (Harriet Wolfgang) – Grand Champion Shawnee Painting The Town Red II, red Persian, owned by Mrs. Nikki Horner, Louisville, Ky.
Ring 3 (Adam Frecowski) – Grand Champion Little Awful Arnie, Burmese, owned by Joan Batchelor, Evanston, Ill.
Ring 4 shorthairs (Marjorie Needles) - Grand Champion Little Awful Arnie.
Ring 4, longhairs (Marjorie Needles) - Grand Champion Shawnee Sunny Side Up, Cream Persian, owned by Mrs. Nikki Horner.

NIKKI HORNER CATS GET THREE BLUEGRASS WINS. The Lexington Herald, 10th September 1973
Cats owned and bred by Nikki Horner of Louisville came away with three of the six prizes offered in this weekend's Bluegrass Cat Club Silver Cup Show at Castlewood Park which ended yesterday. Two of the three winners came in the prestigious all-breed classes. They were Shawnee White Wash, a copper eyed white female Persian grand champion and Shawnee Painting the Town Red, a red female Persian grand champion. The third winner, in the longhair specialty ring, was Shawnee Sunny Side Up, a cream male grand champion.

Other winners in the show that attracted 196 entries from15 states were Rococo Ruby Petunia of Adam's Rib, owned by Adam Frecowski of Chicago Heights, Ill., a Tortie female grand champion, American shorthair; Bemydot Bolihi, owned and bred by Mary Jennings of Waddy, a red male Persian open; and Run-Free Sun Maid of Helios, owned and bred by Mr. and Mrs. Ron Santelli of Rochester, N.Y., a lilac point Siamese female.

SUNNY SIDE UP IS CAT'S MEOW AT CASTLEWOOD. The Lexington Herald, 9th September 1974
Gr. Ch. Shawnee Sunny Side Up was, to say the least, the cat's meow at the third annual Silver Cup Show conducted by the Bluegrass Cat Club. The cream Persian male cat, owned by Nikki Horner of Louisville, won three of the six events in the show, which ended Sunday at Castlewood Park. Shawnee Sunny Side Up won two all-breed events and a longhair specialty event.

In two other short hair speciality events, Kemlen Chango, a Burmese male owned by Harley Kemp of Detroit, Mich. and Ch. Cafra's Aurora, an Abyssinian female owned by Carol and Lewis Fineman of Miami, Fla., were winners.

The other event, for longhair cats, went to Gr. Ch. Hawthorne Nite Liter of Lee, owned by Mr. and Mrs. William Lee of Grand Rapids, Mich.

LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY

THEY'RE CAT'S MEOW, SAY FELINE OWNERS The Courier Journal, 30th January 1956
By Ira Greenberg. A house is not a home without a cat. This was the feeling of feline fanciers from throughout the nation who exhibited some 200 cats in the Ohio Valley Cat Club's two-day show that ended yesterday at the Henry Clay Hotel.

"Cats are independent, intelligent, and affectionate," said Mrs. Lovraine Wiesemann, founder of the club and show manager. "They help make a home what it should be by the warmth and friendliness they bring out."

She was supported in this by Miss Frances Strohbeck, 1340 S. Floyd, who said her house would not hold the welcome it does for her if it were not for Billy, a 4-year-old Persian. At 16 pounds, he was reportedly the largest cat at the show. "I find myself talking baby talk to him all the time–I just can't help it." Miss Strohbeck said. "Most people I know are the same way about cats, they're so cute the baby talk just comes out."

Mrs. Wiesemann, who has been breeding cats for 10 years, observed that many persons living alone find companionship in their pets. "I have seen examples of people who didn't care to live–after undergoing a serious operation, losing a baby or a husband–and I know of several instances in which cats have saved lives," she said.

She herself had a similar experience seven years ago when she lost a baby. Caring for her cats and her other children helped heal the hurt of her baby's death, she said. Her husband, Gilbert A. Wiesemann, 897 Honeysuckle Way, is president of the Ohio Valley Cat Club. Her daughters, 12 and 13, 'help in her cattery. Mrs. Wiesemann says a lot of stories about cats are nothing but old wives' tales. Such as:
1. Black cats bring bad luck–Ridiculous."
2. Cats take a baby's breath away, while he's asleep, thus smothering him by breathing his breath–"Absolutely untrue."
3. Cats always land on their feet–"No, that's not true. I've seen cats fall on their backs, break their necks, and break their legs. One of my cats fell 3 feet and broke its leg when it missed its footing. They try to flip over of course, but sometimes they don't make it."
4. Cats have nine lives–"Sometimes I wonder, after seeing some of their speedy recoveries when ill, but of course that's not true."

Mrs. Wiesemann is especially proud of her 8-month-old Peke cat–a red tabby that resembles a Pekingese dog–which won a championship ribbon at the show. Hers is the first Peke cat that has appeared in Louisville. The best cat in the show, however, was Triple Grand Champion Tempurra's Yours Truly, a blue-point Siamese, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Richard Birkett, San Francisco, and exhibited by Mrs. Rupert Graham, also of San Francisco. Second best in the show and best female was champion Shawnee Masquerade, a tortoise-shell long hair. She was bred, owned, and exhibited by Mrs. Nikki Horner, Jeffersontown, Ky.

Also among the winners were two youngsters, Diane Schuhmann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leo C. Schuhmann, 2167 Lowell, and Lynn Murray Spalding, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Greig Spalding, Indian Hills. They had the two keys–out of the 3,000 the club distributed–that opened cages containing the two door prizes–kittens. Lynn, who will be 12 today, received a Seal Point Siamese kitten, while Diane, who will be 11 tomorrow, won a Tortie kitten.

CATDOM'S FINEST WILL CONVENE HERE. The Courier Journal, 23rd August 1959
There've been a lot of conventions here this summer which have taken over almost all the hotel rooms in the city. Now there's another group of "delegates" coming to town (next month), and plans already are under way to house them all. The problem this time is a little bit different, though, because the September onslaught will consist almost entirely of cats.

The Kentuckiana Cat Club will have its first big show at the State Fair, and all of the finest and most aristocratic cats in the United States are coming, long with the people with whom they live. The cats will spend their days parading up and down the exhibit space, but they expect to be properly housed while they are here winning more ribbons. Some of the felines will stay in their beribboned cages out at the Fair for the entire show, but most will prefer to leave at night with their owners.

It seems, though, for some unknown reason, there are some difficulties attached to finding housing for even the most aristocratic felines. To get the show on the road, Mrs. Robert W. Folsom at the Louisville Automobile Club has been busy on the telephone checking all hostelries in the area and compiling a list of the ones that can accommodate the visitors.

There'll be all kinds of aristocratic cats and kittens on display at the Fairgrounds starting September 11. The kittens must be 6 months old, and Nikki Horner's new Siamese kittens missed just one day. They were born March 12. Nikki, who always has been one of Louisville's greatest cat fanciers, with accent on the Siamese, now lives in Newburgh, Ind. She's practically a resident here still, though, as she is back and forth all the time visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. Horner Willoughby. She brings her cats with her when she comes, and is a hard-working member of the Kentuckiana Cat Club.

Officers of the club who are arranging the show are Hugh Moneypenny, president; Mary Jane McElroy, vice-president, and Frances Place, secretary-treasurer. Wilson Beatty is in charge of entries, which closed August 10.

CAT FANCIERS SHOWING 300 IN LOUISVILLE. The Courier Journal, 1st February 1976
The aristo-cats are reigning this weekend at the Holiday Inn Convention Center on Fern Valley Road. The Roses for Felines Fifth Annual Championship Cat Show has attracted about 300 entries from all over the United States. Categories include best of breed competition among Himalayan, Persian, Siamese, Manx, Russian Blue, Tabby and other felines. In final judging this afternoon, the Blanket of Roses will be awarded to the best cat in the all-breed ring.

Spectators can catch a glimpse of some of the wonders of the cat world. Joyce Boyd of St. Matthews is exhibiting her "Blu Ringer," a Rex. That breed has a coat of wavy hair that almost looks marcelled [permed]. Rex cats are unusual because they are "not a man-made breed," Ms. Boyd said. A barn cat in Cornwall, England gave birth to a mutant litter of curly-haired kittens. Through inbreeding Rex cats were perfected as a breed.

One unusual man-made breed on exhibit was born in Louisville. Nikki Horner of the Shawnee Cattery spent 18 years creating the diminutive, dark-haired copper-eyed Burmese. The breed. she said, finally was recognized last October by the Cat Fanciers Association.

The show, which runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today, is open to the public for an admission charge. Proceeds from the admission go to the Roses for Felines Neuter-Spay Fund.

A FELINE "MISS UNIVERSE" PAGEANT. THESE CATS WIN WITHOUT WORKING AT IT. The Courier Journal, 5th November 1972
A cat show is unlike a horse show or a dog show. All the cats do is sit in cages and look pretty. They don't run, they don't do tricks. "It's sort of like a Miss Universe contest," said Nikki Horner of Louisville, the operator of the world-famous Shawnee Cattery (well, it's famous in the cat world, at least) and the manager of the Louisville Cat Breeders' Fall Show, which began yesterday at the Fairgrounds.

Nikki is a fast-talking woman who believes in cats and self-promotion. In one breath she says, "Oh, please don't write anything about me," and in the next she tells you, "I've got more wins, grand champions and world records than anyone else in the world. My cats are tops." Nikki owns around 150 cats, none of which are being exhibited at the local show ("I don't believe in competing at my own show," she says). She shows all around the country, and she also breeds and sells cats for a living. Recently, for instance, she sold Shawnee Davy Crockett, a short-haired black American cat (that's a common alley-type cat to you and me) to Mr. and Mrs. Bill Barrer of Marietta, Ga. for a cool $1,000. "Nobody else could have got that much," said Nikki.

The cats at the local show aren't the sort that you're apt to find hanging around the neighborhood fish market. They all are kept in cages, some of which have been preposterously decorated. For example, the enormous cage of Shawnee Pink Cloud, a cream Persian owned by Mr. and Mrs. John Norton of Louisville, was done up in what might be called Early Feline Baroque: An aqua curtain on the walls, a matching aqua sleeping tub, a soft sheepskin rug on the floor. And these cats are not named "Kitty" or "Tabby." They are bluebloods, after all, so they have names like "Pitt's Peau de Soie of Lori-Li" or "Catseance of Katrina." My favorite was named simply "Chicken."

Another thing: Almost every cat has a personal vanity case, which includes such necessities as combs, brushes, powders, nail clippers and tissues. And if an owner doesn't have all those necessities, there are booths where he can buy everything from hair spray (or should it be fur spray?) to Christmas tree ornaments with pictures of cats on them.

"I guess cat people are a little eccentric," said Mrs. Martha Higgins, an exhibitor from Dayton, Ohio. "If you like it, you will put up with all sorts of misery. Take me, for instance. I'm allergic to cats."

The focal points of activity are the six areas where the judges work. For judging purposes, the cats are lumped into various categories according to sex, color, breed, etc. There seem to be more categories than there are cats. In breeds alone. For instance, there are cats with curly hair, no tails and very little fur. There are Persians, Himalayans, Burmese, Americans, Bombays and heaven only knows how many more. Suffice it to say that if you have a cat that doesn't win anything at all, it should be banished to the nearest alley.

The cats are placed in cages on the judges' table – plain ol' cages, that is, with no frills – and a number is placed on each cage. Then the judge looks at each cat. Often he removes the cat from the cage and fondles its fur, looks in its eyes, checks its tail. Reminds a guy of an Army physical. Then comes the moment of truth. Ribbons in hand, the judge walks around and pins them on the cages. There are blue ribbons, red ones, black ones, yellow ones and white ones. And there are tri-colors for the really big ones. Sometimes the audience gets so excited that when a judge pins a ribbon on a cage, there is a burst of applause.

One of the early big winners was Shawnee Pink Cloud. He won four ribbons and two gold trophies in the premier division, which is for cats that have been neutered. His co-owner, Mrs. Jean Norton of Louisville, was ecstatic; Shawnee Pink Cloud celebrated by going to sleep. The show continues through this afternoon.

MALDEN, MASSACHUSETTS

MALDEN'S DOG [AND CAT] SHOW WEDNESDAY – Boston Post, November 5th, 1901
Malden's [Mass.] dog and cat show, the first one of the kind ever held in Malden, will be held Wednesday, Nov. 6, in Peirce building, 102 Pleasant street. The prime movers in getting up the show are Mrs. G.L. Weaver and the Misses Weaver. Dr. Samuel green, the noted dog fancier, who has handled many imported bull dogs, will be superintendent of the show. Up to this morning nearly 100 animals had been entered [. . .] The show will open at 10 o'clock in the morning and close at 10 at night. Ribbon prizes will be given. The judging will begin at 2 o'clock in the afternoon and be finished at 6 in the evening. Miss Pease and Miss Gray will judge winners among the cats.

MALDEN DOG AND CAT SHOW – Boston Post, November 7th, 1901
The dog and cat show under the auspices of the ladies connected with the fair in aid of the Malden Hospital was given in a large vacant store at 701 Pleasant street yesterday, and was a great success. The show began at 10 o'clock in the morning, and until midnight the place was filled with spectators, who inspected the canines and felines on exhibition. Dogs of all kinds were here and many species of cats were there, and the entry list was filled. During the day 85 dogs and 19 cats were refused admission on account of the scarcity of room.

NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT

Hartford Times, March 1885: Among the recent exhibits at the New Haven Cat Show was a cat which belonged to the office of the New Haven Union. It had been dropped from the Brooklyn Bridge with a view to drowning it, but a New Haven steamer was passing over the spot, and the kitten struck unharmed on its deck. The Captain appropriated it, and on reaching New Haven gave it to the editor of the Union, in whose office it acts as assistant to the waste basket.

Various, March, 21st, 1885:The swinging silver teakettle with which PT Barnum burned himself a day or two ago was won by him as a prize for a cat exhibited in a New Haven cat show.

The Inter Ocean, March 21, 1885 PT Barnum's pet cat Traveler took the premium in a cat show at New Haven. The prize was a silver teakettle, and the old showman concluded to celebrate the event by brewing a cup of tea himself. He succeeded in scalding his hand and burning the table cloth.

Various March 13, 1886: Some remarkable cats are entered for the cat show in New Haven. There are a full dozen or more of five and six-toed cats. Striped Beauty, a tiger cat, weighs fourteen pounds. Dick, a maltese, follows like a dog. A jet-black cat with eight toes on each forepaw weighs twenty-three pounds. Jack, owned by the men of steamer C, of the New Haven fire department, has one yellow and one blue eye. – various, March 1886.

Mr Bunnell's Prizes. He is notified not to give away boycotted goods. Manager George B Bunnell, of the dime museum of this city [New Haven, Conn] received notice as follows: Sir, the prizes you have on exhibition, to be given away at the cat show, are the Derby Silver company's goods and there is a national boycott on the same. You are requested by the executive board of the Knights of Labor of New Haven to return them to the manufacturers. Under no circumstances must they be given away or sold. Respectfully, Walking Delegate. The goods referred to were exhibited in the store windows of prominent business houses. These parties also received like notification and immediately complied with the demand to remove the articles. Mr Bunnell has acceded to the demand.

– various, March 17, 1886: Boycotted Silverware. New York March 16. Boycotts take a funny turn now and then […] at a big cat show at Bunnell's Museum, yesterday afternoon, Manager Bunnell was to have awarded $400 worth of silverware made by the Derby Silver company as prizes, but before noon he was notified by a committee of the Knights of Labor that the goods of the Derby Silver company are under a national boycott, and Bunnell was told that he must send them back to the manufacturers or be boycotted.

The York Daily, March 20, 1886: New Haven's cat show was boycotted last week because its prizes were made by a firm under the labor ban.

AT THE CAT SHOW. The New Haven Daily Morning Journal and Courier, Conn., 28th January 1905
"If they only wouldn't talk baby-talk to me!" His Highness the Prince elevated a disdainful nose and swished a tail like a $50 ostrich plume. Then he settled himself luxuriously on his pale blue mattre and looked through contemptuous, half-closed eyes at the crowd around his cage.

"I despise people who come to cat-shows," he said, when the crowd had melted to one or two "The women call me Tootsie and Dearie and the men write things about one's ruff and one's color in little books. At the cattery it's different. They understand me there and leave me alone. I've been to two dozen shows and as you see by these ribbons on my cage I have taken a prize or two in my time, but I won't be able to keep up this strain much longer. Angora nerves won't stand it. See that old lady over there with the bag of biscuits? Well, she's been here all day and gave me a sweet little cake the first thing. It made me sick and I've had to take a dose of medicine and am on a water diet. Then there was a girl who stroked me the wrong way for five minutes and made my ruff stand up around my ears. It took me an hour to get myself in shape again. She'd spoil any cat's chance of a prize.

"Nine lives indeed! Why, one would need 18 lives to stand these silly people who come to cat shows! No, I don't like being in a cage. It makes me feel like a bird and that isn't a self-respecting way for any Persian or Angora to feel. But most of us have our own baskets to sleep in and we are groomed twice a day and taken out for exercise once in a while. Oh, the cages are pretty enough. The white cats have blue and pink pillows and I, as you see, have yellow draperies to show off my color. There is a great deal of snobbery in a place like this. For instance, the blues and silvers think that no other color is fit to associate with. The snow whites with blue eyes and pink noses are absurdly vain of their beauty, although they seldom have any prize-winning points, and the chinchillas are sometimes so proud that. they won't compete with any other kind of cat. That one over there won 28 prizes at different shows, and he-is so used to crowds and cages he doesn't pay any attention to them any more. I wish I had his stoicism. A sister of his didn't come because the weather is so cold, but she is what I call a cat. Her owner was offered and refused $1,000 for her at the Rochester show the other day. Think of all the cream and catnip $1,000 would buy Me? Oh, I am worth about $150. I cost $75 when I was a mere kitten. '

"Good things to eat here? No, nothing but raw meat and water. Milk is bad for aristocratic cats, you know. We can hear the chickens and birds from here and they annoy me very much, but I suppose one has to put up with something to win prizes. One thing does make me nervous. They have a sign outside reading 'Cat Show, Admission 60 Cents.' As I came in this morning there were two dogs standing looking at, it and as I passed one said to the other, 'I wish we had 50 cents!' "
New York Globe.

OREGON CITY

CATS FOR THE WINDOW – The Oregon Daily Journal, 4th April, 1903
Here is a chance for a cat show. The Racycle agency at 343-and-a-half Washington street has declared that they are in the field to secure for their window a mother cat and lots of kittens. The playful young felines will be placed in the window and mother Tabby will look after their various comforts. The small boy and the cat fancier has a chance to loan for a few days to the company the happy family.

CACKLING SHOW NOW AT HEIGHT – Oregon Daily Journal, 9th February, 1904
The chicken show is on and the cacklers are holding noisy sway in their carefully prepared cages at First and Main streets. The doors of the exhibition were thrown open this morning at 9 o'clock and visitors at once made their appearance. [. . .] The cat show will open Saturday morning and close Monday evening at 10 o'clock. A large number of prize cats have been entered and it is expected that, the joint exhibition will be the largest and most successful ever held by the Oregon State Poultry association.

POULTRY EXHIBIT TO CLOSE TODAY – The Oregon Daily Journal, 15th February, 1904
The Oregon State Poultry association will hold its annual meeting and election of officers this evening at 8 o'clock at the Metropolis hotel, corner First and Main streets. The poultry exhibit and cat show will be open today until 10 p.m., and all those who have not visited the show should take advantage of the extension in time and pay a visit to the exhibits which are well worth witnessing. The winners of prizes in the cat exhibit are as follows:

First prize Angora cat, Mrs. G. A. Brown, Oregon City; second prise Angora cat, Mrs. J. A. Walker, Mount Tabor; black Angora cat second prize, Mrs. J. A., Walker; third prize, C. L. Wingard, Walla Walla; first prize Angora kitten, Mrs. J. A. Walker, Mount Tabor; yellow Angora kittens, second and third prizes, C. L. Wingard, Walla Walla.
White Persian cats first prizes for male and female cats, Mrs. Belle H. Fletcher, Tacoma, also first prize for male kitten, and blue-eyed Persian kitten; tabby cat first prize, C. L. Wingard, Walla Walla, White Angora cat, Mrs. W. G. Stowell.

PITTSFIELD & NORTH ADAMS, MASS.

FIRST ANNUAL CAT SHOW – The North Adams (Mass) Transcript, February 25th, 1896. It Will Be Held at Odd Fellows' Hall in March. In our advertising columns will be found the announcement that the "first annual cat show" to be held in this city will occur at Odd Fellows' hall March 11, 12 and 13. It will be conducted by A. L. Potter, who has managed similar events very successfully in Springfield, Holyoke and Northampton, and who has one booked for Pittsfield.

It is not strange that while cat shows are in order in this part of the state North Adams should be selected as one of the places for exhibition. There are, doubtless, as handsome cats to be found here as elsewhere, at any rate it would be different [sic] to make their owners believe otherwise, and the novelty of such an event here will be apt to create an unusual interest.

As will be seen by the date of the show, there is no time to be lost by those who expect to exhibit their favorite felines. The preparation of the animals to be exhibited should begin at once. The ribbons may be put on and the cages adorned at the last moment, but in the short time allotted for the necessary "physical training" the desired results can only be expected through liberal feeding, tender care and proper hours. In this matter no attention whatever should be paid to the notions of the cat. Upon their superiors depends altogether the success or failure of the undertaking, and with proper preparation every exhibitor may confidently expect that the first prize will be awarded to "Our Tom."

The prices will be placed on exhibition in Bartlett's drug store window at an early date.

THE CAT SHOW IN PITTSFIELD is a success. The Springfield Union correspondent says the hall is crowded day and evening, and adds: "Several valuable cats from out of town are shown. 'Skip,' owned by F. C. Witt of Greenfield, is valued at $100. Three-legged Miss Nix and 'Mountain Maid,' part cat, part skunk, are interesting objects of attention." – The North Adams Transcript, February 28, 1896

TOWN TALK. CAT SHOW NOTES. Adrian L. Potter, manager of the coming cat show, has returned from New York where he attended the opening of the Madison Square Cat show which had as leading patroness and patron Mrs. John Jacob Astor and J. Pierpont Morgan. Entries for the local show are being made to W. L. Roll, secretary and judge, who has desk room at F. N. Ray's shoe store. The cages and care are provided by the management each person privileged to cast a free vote for the handsomest and the homeliest cats; prizes are offered for best decorated cages, and Miss Alice U. Clancy, the talented young pianist of Springfield, has been engaged for the occasion. Society has taken hold of the fad in an enthusiastic manner in neighboring cities, the show in Springfield being attended by over six thousand people. Mr. Potter intends making these Shows an annual feature of social entertainment in the circuit of the cities where the show has been given. Worcester follows North Adams and already there are numerous entries from that city. For years the men have had poultry, dog and horse shows, but now the ladies have a chance to exhibit pets and explain their points to admiring friends. Other small pets taken and exhibited in the "Midway." Entries close March 9. Early entries secure best cage location. – The North Adams (Mass) Transcript, March 6, 1896.

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A NOVEL EXHIBIT. North Adams (Mass) Transcript, March 7th, 1896.
A Cat Show Soon To Be Held In This City. Surprising Facts And Figures About Cat Shows In General. A Fad Endorsed By The Elite. High Priced Felines. Different Classes Of Cats. Full Details.

Considerable interest is being taken in the cat show to be held in Odd Fellows' hall next week Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, under the management of Adrian L Potter. Since the first national cat show held in the spring of 1895 at Madison Square garden, New York, feline exhibitions have come to be a fad enthusiastically embraced by society people. Mr. Potter was the first person to conduct a show of the kind outside New York City, and opened in Springfield, where he resides. The affair was attended by the elite of the city and vicinity, and since then Manager Potter has successfully conducted similar exhibitions at Northampton, Holyoke and Pittsfield, and he goes from this city to Mechanics hall, Worcester, for the first week in April.

Many are inclined to smile at the idea of a "cat show," but when the pussies are domiciled in prettily decorated cages and are bedecked with ribbons of bright hue, those who have been regular attendants at dog and poultry shows at once acknowledge a cat show to be less noisy, more pleasing to the eye, and, in fact, more interesting in every way than the shows of feathers and barks. The cages are two feet square, with inch mesh wire top and front, sides of half-inch pine, with back the same, having two doors. Cushions may be placed in the cages by owners, and sand pans and food dishes are provided by the management. Men are employed under the direction of F. G. Cooley, superintendent of halls, to attend the felines and feed them as per owner's direction.

Cats are divided into many classes, chief of which are: Tortoise shell, (red, yellow and black, very rare); brown, silver, blue, grey, red, yellow and chinchilla tabbies; solid whites, blacks, rods, blues (Maltese) and browns. There are longhaired, short-haired and Siamese, which have a short, plush-like fur. One of these rare animals will be exhibited here by F. C. Witt of Greenfield. The cats are judged by points, and a common-bred animal may score high up in points. Angora kittens command a good price and the demand exceeds the supply, according to raisers of fancy cat stock.

Pure white Angoras sometimes have blue eyes. One such is owned by D. W. Stevens of Westfield, who values his pet at $1000. The cat show closing today in Madison Square, New York (second annual) had cats on exhibition valued at $2,500, Mrs. John Jacob Astor and J. Pierpont Morgan were patroness and patron of the affair, which guaranteed its success socially and financially.

Each person attending the show is privileged to exercise the right of suffrage by casting a free vote for the handsomest and homeliest cats, and the ones receiving the most votes are awarded silver cups. A prize, a Malachite fruit dish, is awarded the most popular cat, this being also decided by vote. The result of the voting is frequently at intervals placed on the blackboards.

Miss Alice V. Clancy, the talented, young and petite pianist of Springfield, will entertain patrons of the show with classical and popular selections. W. L. Rollo, a former raiser of fancy felines, is to be the judge and will award the prizes as soon after the opening of the show as possible. The prizes are on exhibition in the window of Bartlett's drug store. Manager Potter is receiving entries at F. N. Ray's shoe store. Entries will close Monday evening. Early entries will secure best cage location, but entries are generally held back until the last day and then come with a rush. Among those who have signified their intention of entering pets are Mrs. F. G. Dayton, Mrs. William Orr, Mrs. Lenox, Mrs. F. E. White, Mrs. Winters, F. C. Witt, H. W. Clark and others.

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THE CAT SHOW. The North Adams Transcript, March 9th, 1896.
Entries for the Exhibit to be Held In this City.
Interest in the cat show to be held at Odd Fellows' hall March 11, 12 and 13 increases as the time for the exhibit draws near, and that there will be a good variety of cats on exhibition will be seen from the list of entries already received. The Entries:
Peter, solid maltese, native, male, 6 mos., Albert Kelly.
Napoleon, brown tabby, native, female, 5 yrs., Miss Mary McCusker.
Daisy, gray tabby, native, female 3 years, Miss Mary McCusker.
Dido, solid blue, angora, male, 4 years, £. R. Bennett, Florida.
Hazel, Silver tabby, angora, female, 3 yrs., E, R. Bennett.
Bluebell, gray and white, native, male, 2 yrs., Margaret Cavanaugh.
Ben, gray and white tabby, native, gelded male, 4 yrs., H. W. Clark & Co.
Venezuela, gray striped, native, 1 yr. 6 mos., W. H. Sperry & Co.
Jum, maltese tiger, native, male, 10 mos, George H Livermore.
Toodles, solid blue, native, gelded, 3 yrs, 1 mo., Mrs. W. F. Orr.
Fluff, buff angora, gelded, 3 yrs, Mrs. C B. Lenox.
Tiger, brown tabby, male native, 2 yrs. Mrs S. L. Gardner, Holyoke.
Adonis and Venus, twin angoras, entered for exhibition only, F. H. Lewis, Springfield.
Maybelle, while, native, female, 2 yrs., Mrs. John Woodhull, Pittsfield.
Armenias, blue and brown, native, 2 yrs., Miss Annette Tyler, Northampton.
Bunyan, black, native, male, 4 mos., Miss Ethel Wilcox.
Dan, blue angora, male, 1 yr. 10 mos.; Susie, blue angora, female, 1 yr. 10 mos.; Queen Anne, dark blue angora, female, 6 mos.; Prince Royal, maltese and white angora, male, 6 mos.; Fannie, tiger marked angora, female, 2 yrs.; Espagnola, black and white, Spanish, female, 3 yrs., imported 1893 fall, Mrs. F. E. White.
Tom, silver tabby, native, gelded, 1 yr, 6 mos., C. C Fisher & Co.
Jack, brown tabby, native, gelded, 4 yrs., Mrs. C. S. Brooker.
Peter, brown tabby, manx, gelded, 1 yr. 6 mos., W. W. Allen.
Topsy, gray tabby, native, male, 5 mos., W. W. Allen.
Beauty, solid blue, native, male, 2 yrs,, W. W. Allen.
Mountain Maid, part skunk, part cat, black and white, long haired, female; Miss Nix, born with but three legs, blue and white, native; Fusion, a yellow and white waif, owned by manager.
Skip, a royal cat of Siam (sometimes called Japanese); zebra marked and colored, 9 mos., male, F. C. Witt, Greenfield.
Minyon, imported, blue, Persian, female, 4 yrs., Fred Kurtz, Fairfield.

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THE CAT SHOW. The cat show opened at Odd Fellows' hall at 10 o'clock this morning with seventy-five entries. Cats of all sizes, colors, and of fourteen different classifications, all caged in rows at either side of the long hall. The cages are decorated according to the taste of the exhibitors and the general effect is very pretty. The show will be continued tomorrow and Friday. – The North Adams Transcript, March 11, 1896

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THE CAT SHOW. The North Adams Transcript, March 12, 1896.
A Novel Exhibition in Progress at Odd Fellows Hall. Many Cats of Many Kinds. Prettily Decorated Cages. A Large Variety of Animals to be Seen. Some Extra Odd and Fine Specimens. Imported Cats. A Good Exhibit.
There was a small attendance at the cat show last night, as was to be expected for the weather was anything but agreeable. As a result those who were present had plenty of elbow room and abundant opportunity to look over the large collection of felines at their leisure. This is the first cat show held in North Adams and it must be confessed that it is a more interesting affair than had been expected by many. To one unused to such events a cat show might seem like a rather small affair, but the exhibit at Odd Fellows' Hall proves that a well arranged and well conducted exhibition of cats is by no means devoid of interest.

The number of entries is larger than expected by many and nearly every compartment in the rows of cages extending the whole length of the hall on either side is occupied. The cages are prettily decorated and many of them are handsomely furnished with carpets, cushions, etc., and the cats look and appear very comfortable and contented, with few exceptions. Here and there is one that gives evidence of not being used to being away from home and out nights, but the cat family as a rule being familiar with these dimensions, there is noticeable among the great majority of those on exhibition a spirit of sweet contentment and most perfect resignation.

Most of the cats are natives and there are some fine specimens, noticeable among them being animals owned by Mrs. Shepard Thayer, Mrs. R. H. Fulton and Mr. V. W. Braman, the latter being a manx, or tail-less cat, often called rabbit cat. A. O. Hodge also has on exhibition two large manx cats, one of them weighing thirteen pounds. Mrs. F. E. White exhibits five angora cats, all fine specimens, and a silver tabby imported by her from Spain. The latter looks like a native and there is nothing specially noticeable about her except her beauty.

The Japanese cat exhibited by Mrs. F. C. Witt of Greenfield is a rare beauty. Her fur is almost as short and sleek as that of a seal and she is striped in a way that reminds one of a zebra. This is the only Japanese cat on exhibition and she naturally attracts a good share of attention, both on account of her rarity and her beauty. This animal is valued at $100.

A near neighbor to this pretty Jap is Minyon, a pure blood Persian cat that was imported from Paris. She is two years old and is owned by Fred Kurtz of Fairfield, Mass., who paid $75 for her in Paris. She resembles an Angora, her hair being even longer apparently, and she is the largest looking cat in the hall, though not the heaviest. Her color is gray and she is valued at $100, although it is said the owner would probably refuse twice that amount for her.

On one side of the hall is a cat that devotes much of her time to the care of a very young kitten, and on the opposite side is to be seen a family of nearly half-grown kittens still under the care of their mother. To those desiring a view of happiness these two cages are recommended.

There is one dog on exhibition, Mr. Fulton's pug, Dixie, which was brought to the hall to keep the cat Toodles company. There is also a single white rabbit in one of the cages. Among the special curiosities is Mountain Maid, owned by Manager Potter. This cat was raised by G. W. Tillotson of Tyringham and is declared to be half skunk. The appearance of the animal goes far to bear out the claim and she is an object of much curiosity. Mr. Potter also exhibits a cat that was born with but three legs.

The prizes to be awarded are on exhibition in the hall and there are many handsome articles in the list. Prizes are to be awarded by vote to the most popular and the handsomest and homeliest cats. For the most popular cat votes cost 5 cents each, but all who enter the hall may vote for the handsomest and homeliest without charge. All of the other prizes will be awarded according to points scored. A buff angora owned by Mrs. Lenox of Church street received the most votes last evening for the prize for the handsomest cat.

The show is conducted by A. L. Potter of Springfield, and the judge is W. L. Rollo of Springfield, a well-known cat fancier and expert. Good piano music is furnished by Miss Alice Clancy of Springfield. The show is open from 10 a.m. to 10 p. m., and will close tomorrow night. The price of admission is 25 cents; children, 10 cents. The show opens with disagreeable weather, but the hall will doubtless be visited by a large number of people before the close of the novel exhibition.

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PRIZES AWARDED. At the Cat Show In Odd Fellows' Hall Today.
Prizes were awarded today to the following owners of cats : H. W. Clark & Co., Mrs. F. E. White, Mrs. Shepard Thayer, Mrs. R. H. Fulton, Mrs. C. S. Brooker, C. C. Fisher & Co., W. W. Allen, Miss Daisy Beale, Leroy C. Sherman, E. Goodenough, Miss Mattie Dilworth, Master H. Quackenbush, Miss Vera M. Cota, Mrs. F. A. Taylor, Mrs. H. E. Blake, Miss Kittie Davinne, Mrs. F. J. Dayton, Mrs. A. O. Hodge, Mrs. C B. Lenox, Miss Agnes Potter, G. H. Livermore, Mrs. G. N. Rich, Mrs. E. M. Dayton, J. H. C. Pratt, John Sullivan - The North Adams Transcipt, March 13, 1896

A FINE PET CAT owned by Mrs. Richard Fulton of Holbrook street died Friday night. The symptoms were those of poisoning, but it is hard to think any one would be mean enough to poison so handsome and harmless an animal. The cat took a prize at the cat show held in Odd Fellows' hall about two years ago. – The North Adams Transcript, March 19, 1898

PORTLAND, OREGON

POULTRY SHOW NEXT WEEK - The Oregon Daily Journal, December 4, 1902
The Oregon State Poultry Association will hold its Eighth Annual Exhibition on December 10 to 16 at Merrill's Cyclery [Portland, Oregon]. The object of the exhibition is to encourage the breeding of better stock and "more of it." President Fenwick, of the Association, in an interview with a Journal representative yesterday afternoon, said: "I expect this year's show to be larger than any previous year, in fact, I think this will be the largest show of its kind ever given on the Pacific Coast. [. . .] We will also have a 'cat show,' which will no doubt also attract the ladies."

POULTRY SHOW OPENS TOMORROW – The Oregon Daily Journal, December 8th, 1902
The Oregon State Poultry Association will commence holding its eighth annual exhibition tomorrow afternoon, at Merrill's Cyclery. All exhibits have already been received from all over the Pacific Coast, including California, Washington and Idaho. An additional feature of the show this year is the cat exhibit, which will attract the ladies and children.

POULTRY SHOW OPENS TOMORROW - The Oregon Daily Journal, December 9th, 1902

The eighth annual exhibition of the Oregon State Poultry Association will commence tomorrow morning at the Merrill Cyclery. The exhibition will be the largest ever given on the Pacific Coast [. . .] The cat show which will be an additional attraction promises to far surpass any previous exhibition of its kind and will consist of a variety of members of the feline species, including longhaired cats and long-haired kittens. Several prizes will be awarded for the best display of litters. Among the many species of kittens to be exhibited will be white kittens, tabbies, with and without white, Siamese and Manx.

POULTRY SHOW CLOSES DOORS - The Oregon Daily Journal, December 16th, 1902
The Oregon Poultry Association will close the doors of their annual exhibit this evening [. . .] The additional feature of the exhibit was the "cat show," which has drawn large crowds of women and children. About 50 specimens of that many varieties of the feline species were seen in the different coops formerly occupied by fowls. What with the purring, meouwing and spitting of the tomcats, pussycats, kittens, and other members of the cat family, and the crowing of the cocks, the cackling of the hens and geese, the gobbling of the turkeys, and the quacking of the ducks, on entering the Merrill Cyclery where the show was being held, one became under the impression that pandemonium had broken loose among both the members of the feline colony and those of the various bird families.

CATS WILL COMPETE FOR MORE THAN 100 PRIZES IN CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW The Oregon Sunday Journal, Portland, Sunday Morning Issue, 11th January 1914
The prize list offered at the fourth annual championship show of the Oregon Cat club, Inc., to be held at the Meier & Frank store January 22, 23, and 24, is growing steadily. Handsome cups and merchandise gifts of practical value are donated. More than 100 prizes have already been obtained. Others are to come. Entries are being received on the sixth floor of the store, and the books will be closed January 16.

The Oregon Cat club offers cups for best cats in the following long-haired classes: Golden-eyed White Male, Blue Male, Blue Female, Black Male, Black Female, Cream Male or Female, Silver Male, Silver Female, Silver Tabby Male, Silver Tabby Female, Smoke Male, Smoke Female, Orange Male, Orange Female, Brown Tabby Male, Brown Tabby Female, Tortoiseshell.
Dorr E. Keasey, Silver cup - Best cat in show.
Beresford Club medal - Best cat of opposite sex.
Staples the jeweler, Silver cup - Best cat of opposite sex.
Mrs. C. Ditmar, Seattle, Wash., handsome sofa pillow - Best stud judged by his get, stud competing in show.
Cat Lover - Cup for best stray in show.
Mrs. Zetta M. Rudersdorf cup - Best S. H. Blue Male kitten.
Mrs. T. A. Short cup - Best descendant of Cougar.
Mrs. J. E. Sophy cup - Best L. H. mother cat and kittens.
Mrs. C. H. Mitchell cup - Best odd-eyed White Persian Female Novice.
Mrs. H. Donohoe cup - Best L. H. Cream kitten.
Mrs. H. B. Allen cup - Best L. H. Golden-eyed White Female.
Mrs. E. Fauts cup - Best S. H. Blue-eyed White Female.
Mrs. F. F. Brandes, cut glass dish – Best L. H. Tortoiseshell and White.
Mrs. W. Milton Seaman cup - Best L. H. Blue-eyed White Female.
Mrs. M. Gibbs, studio 7th, tea-room floor, Meier & Frank - China ''Gold Scenes'' cup and saucer for best L. H. Blue-eyed White Male.
A. R. Specht, $2.50 bottle perfumery – Best S.H. Orange and White Neuter.
Mrs. F. Legrand, violet beads – Best stray S. H. mother cat and kittens.
Humane Worker, silver cup - Best S.H. stray kitten entered by boy.
Mrs. C. H. Mitchell - Beautiful doll to girl under 12 years of age entering best S. H. stray.
Boston Sample Shoe Store, F. J. Glass, mgr., $2.50 worth of merchandise - Best stray S H. White Neuter.
Oregon Cat club cups - Best S. H. Brown Tabby Male or Female; best L. H. Shaded silver Male; best L. H. Shaded Silver Female.
Routledge Seed & Floral Co. - Best S. H. Golden-eyed White Male.
Oregon Cat club - Best S. H. Blue-eyed White Neuter.
Oregon Cat club - Best any other color Neuter.
Mrs. F. L. Heylman - Donates beautiful paintings.
Prize for best decorated cage.
Mrs. C. H. Mitchell - Picture, man entering a stray, also embroidered centrepiece for best S. H. White Neuter kitten Golden eyes.
Miss Vivian Cooley - Book for best stray white kitten entered by boy under 12 years of age.
Dr. I. N. Palmer - Silver cup Gray Tabby with White Neuter.
Holtz prize, cut glass dish - Heaviest cat in show.
Mrs. C. H. Mitchell offers the following:
Embroidered centerpiece - Best L. H. odd-eyed White Male.
Picture -Second best S.H. stray mother cat and kittens.
Pin cushion embroidered - Best L. H. Blue-eyed White Male Novice.
Embroidered pillow top - Best L. H. Green-eyed White Male. .
Cat Harness - Best Black Persian Female.
Embroidered pin cushion - Best L. H. White kitten in show, also Cat Harness - Best L.H. Green-eyed Silver.
Pin cushion embroidered - Best S. H. Blue Stray Neuter.
Mrs. Fred G. Hillier, Seattle, hand-painted plate for best descendant of Champion Sir KoKo; also hand-painted plate for best L. H. Black Female bred and owned in Oregon (donor's cats will not compete).
Cat 'N Fiddle - $2.00 box Dusky Dreams, oldest cat in show.
Mrs. J. E. Sophy - Fruit basket for best descendant of ''Frosty.''
Dr. Agnes M. Browne cup - Best L. H. Silver Male kitten in show.
Miss Josephine Sloane - Picture, hand-painted water color by Maud Kimball, Chicago - Best L. H. Orange Neuter.
Mrs. H. E. Allen, tea tray - Best cat sired by Moxie. Embroidered centerpiece – Second best cat in show.
J. P. Jaeger, silver vase - Best Gray Tabby with White Neuter.
Mrs. W. J. Murray, sugar shell – Second best S. H. Blue Female.
George Ford - Box cigars man entering White Male or Female kitten.
John Fritz, box chocolates - Best S. H. Neuter.
Orlen Royce, photographer Photo order for best L. H. Golden-eyed White Neuter.
Mrs. J. Stanton - Cat collar and harness, best Golden-eyed S. H. White kitten.
Mrs. E. M. Cusick cup - Best S. H. Blue Female.
Specials by Billy Snow.
Simonds Manufacturing Co., hand saw - Black and White Male or Female.
Dr. G. H. Huthman, veterinarian, offers a handsome cup for most popular entry in show. Winner to be decided by voting contest.
Mrs. Claude L. Simpson offers cup and specials.
Mrs. Frank D. Clark, Medford. Or., Bronze cup – "Avonlea Trophy" for best L.H. Black Male kitten.
Trullinger cup - Best S. H. Black Neuter.
A complete list of prizes will appear in the catalog.

ROCK VALLEY, IOWA

[IOWA] ROCK VALLEY CAT CLUB TO HAVE EXHIBITION SEPT. 9 – Dixon Evening Telegraph, 14th August, 1956
FREEPORT. The second annual Cat Exhibition of the Rock Valley Cat Club will be held Sept. 9 at the Stephenson County Fairgrounds located just south of Freeport, it was announced at the August meeting of the club which was held at the home of the president, Mrs. Donald McFadyven, Rockford. Nearly 800 people attended the first show held last year in Beloit. Miss Rachel Salisbury, Milton Junction. Wis., was appointed show manager; Mrs. Elwood Baker, 1267 S. Galena St., Freeport, show secretary, and Mrs. Edmund Howard, Tiffany, Wis., show adviser.

The public will be admitted free between 1:00 and 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 9. A wide variety of cats will be on display, including champions and ordinary house-hold pets, Siamese and Persians, Abysinnians [sic] and Maine coon cats, snow-shoed-pawed cats and bob-cats, blue-eyed whites and odd-eyed whites, smokes silvers, and cameos, and cats of many patterns - pandas, mackerels, calicos and tabbies. Door prizes will include some of the newest items in cat comfort and owner interest. Snacks and drinks will be available in the pavilion and there is adequate parking space at the fairgrounds.

CAT SHOW WILL FEATURE UNUSUAL PERSIAN CAMEOS The Post (Iowa), Volume 14, Number 42, 11 January 1962
Featured at the Rock Valley cat show Feb. 3 and 4 in Rockford armory will be a number of Persian cats of the new, cameo color developed by one of the club members, Dr. Rachel Salisbury of Milton Junction, Wis. Coats on these striking, long-haired cats shade from ivory white next to the skin to cream or red tipping on each hair, with darker areas on face, forelegs, back and tail. The eyes are red gold. Overall cameo cats present a pinkish color that is greatly admired. Dr. Salisbury began to develop the color in 1955, when she retired from college teaching. Her original cameo appeared in a litter from the accidental breeding of a smoke male and a tortoiseshell female. Charmed by the tinsel-like beauty of the young male, Dr. Salisbury proceeded with genetic care, over a period of several years, to standardize the color. In Wanaki cattery at Milton Junction, cameos of the 5th and 6th generation are now breeding true - all kittens are cameos, either shell, shaded, or smoke in pattern.

The first cameos ever entered in a cat show were exhibited in Rockford at Rock Valley Cat club's first annual show Feb. 9 and 10, 1957. They were Wanaki Cameo Coon and Wanaki Garland, ancestors of the Wanaki cameos which won the national All-American and the Inter-American cameo awards of 1961. At various cat shows in the Midwest, Dr. Salisbury has since won 10 cameo championships and a grand championship, besides many bests, special rosettes and ribbons. Three of her cats will be among the cameos exhibited at the Feb. 3 show. Other club members exhibiting cameos will be Mrs. Mildred Klassy and Mrs. Jackie Frederickson of Madison and Mrs. Donald McFadyen, 9173 Baldwin drive. The cameo color in Persians is now accepted for competition m the two largest national associations - American Cat Fanciers association, and the Cat Fanciers association, and many breeders from coast to coast are entering cameos in the winter shows. In 1959 Dr. Salisbury organized the Cameo Cat club, with members in most of the United States, as well as Canada, New Zealand and Australia. Members are working together to develop and popularize the color further.

"The satisfaction of developing a new color," says Dr. Salisbury, "lies in seeing others adopt it and set about raising their own cameo cats, thus carrying on the delicate color which has become so regular during the past two years and which at some recent shows has constituted one of the largest color divisions. Apparently the cameo Persian is here to stay."

Entries deadline for pedigreed cats for the show is Jan. 15, but there will be a new category for which the entry deadline will not fall until Feb. 1 – for household pets. Entry for the household pets division is being set at $1.50. Entry blanks may be obtained from Mrs. H. A. Nelson, 4011 Burrmont road. More than 200 cats from throughout the nation and parts of Canada will compete in the Rockford show. Judging them will be Lila Rippy, Huntley, Ill.; Phyliss Whitney of Oregon, Howard Krebs of California, Conrad Barr of Vancouver, B. C.

SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA

A MEW-SICAL SUCCESS. Several New Pussies Entered Yesterday at the Cat Show. The cat show was a howling success. A number of new cats were entered, among them being a Tobias Angora, owned by Mrs. L. S. Oakford, probably the most beautiful black Angora in this part of America. A Manx kitten is another newcomer, while a cat and family of kittens are seen among the late arrivals. The kittens seem to be contented in their roomy cages and are glad to be petted through the bars. Many children visited the show yesterday afternoon and the spacious room was thronged most of the day. It is by far the most unique show ever seen in Scranton. The yellow Angora, "Orange," belonging to Mr. Rose will probably receive the first prise. - The Scranton Republican, October 17th, 1896

CAT SHOW CLOSES. Best Bred Cat on Exhibition Owned by Mr. Rose. The cat show came to a conclusion Saturday evening, the attendance during the day being very large. The first prize was awarded to Rose the hatter, for an Angora cat, which was judged to be the finest bred feline on exhibition. The votes for the handsomest cat were scattered among a number of the exhibits, the largest number, 93, being cast for the white cat, "Ben Bolt," owned by Mrs. C. B. Penman. The next highest numbers were cast for Mr. Rose's English tiger cat, Mrs. L. S. Oakford's black Angora, Mrs. Donnegan's old cat with little kittens, and Miss Rafter's cat, coming in the order named. A large number of votes was also cast for the cats owned by Mayor Bailey, Brandow & Miller, Miss Clare Brewster, T. F. Edgar, Mrs. Reed, Harry Mayer and Mr. Blewitt. - The Scranton Republican, October 19th, 1896

SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA

EAST TEXAS CATS WIN RIBBONS AT SHREVE CAT SHOW. Longview News Journal, 6th December 1959
Two members of the East Texas Cat Club came home from the Shreve Cat Fancier's first annual Double Merit Royal Championship Cat Show with ribbons for their cats. Mrs. Eugene Bullock of Longview, exhibiting Linai, a Blue Point Siamese male, captured the rosette and ribbon as Best Champion Blue Point Siamese. Mrs. Bullock is president of the East Texas Cat Club. Several cats, formerly owned Mrs. G. R. Myers of Longview, member of the ETCC, also won awards at the show. A silver blue male kitten owned by Rebecca M. Cameron and Donald I Cameron of Marshall won a first place blue ribbon for kittens.

At the recent meeting of the East Texas Cat Club held in Longview members heard Mrs. Bullock discuss fitting a cat for shows. Next meeting is to be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 26, at Marshall. Mrs. G. R. Myers of Longview is slated to discuss Persian Cats at this session.

SIDNEY, ALABAMA

"A CAT'S A CAT": IT JUST AIN'T SO. The Oneonta Star, 13th April 1965
SIDNEY – If you were to say "Here kitty, kitty" at the Susquenango Cat Show on April 10 and 11 in Sidney, you would have found yourself surrounded by 181 purring pets. Among. them would have been Larks-Purr Precious of Castilia, a champion blue cream female who strutted off with the top spot in the Best All Breed Competition. Owned by Mrs. Marcena Myers, of Aliquippa, Pa.. she was handled by Mrs. Merald Hoag, of Rockville, Md. Winner of the best opposite sex cat in the All Breed Competition was Mizpah's Ferdnand of Briarwood, a grand champion Burmese male owned by Mrs. John E. Baker, of Pittsburgh, Pa.

The Susquenanga Cat Show was divided into three separate judging classes, The Susquenango Cat Club All Breed competition judged by Mrs. Blanche Smith. of Washington, Pa. and the National Siamese Cat Club Inc. Short haired Specialty and the International Color Society Long Haired Specialty judged by Mrs. Joseph St. George, of Pound Ridge.

Shawnee Trademark, a grand champion silver Tabby male, owned by Bill and Nikki Shuttleworth, of Jeffersontown, Ka., and handled by Judith Hindall, of Stow, Ohio, was judged best cat in the short hair judging. This is an outstanding cat. He is the best domestic short hair in the country and one of the top ten of all breeds in the country. Sal-don pa-chi, a grand champion Burmese female, was judged best opposite sex cat in the short hair class. She is owned by Pam Vannini, of South Salem, N.Y.

Best cat in the long hair division went to Nor-mont Valdine, a grand champion copper-eyed white female. She is owned by Mrs. Merald Hoag, of Rockland, Md. Mrs. Hoag's Skyways Eric of Nor-mont was judged best opposite sex cat in the long hair class. He is a grand champion red male.

The cats are judged on structural points rather than behavior. Points considered are shape of head and ears; shape and color of eyes; structure of body, tail, feet and legs; texture and color; and general condition.

Most of us are familiar only with the common household pets, Unregistered and unpedigreed, they nevertheless have found a place in the cat shows. They may be judged on disposition, grooming, beauty and condition. This is a fun class and if you are a feline lover a good way to learn more about cat shows and the rare and fascinating breeds of cats.

Among the rare cats in Susquenango Cat Show was the Abyssinian, an unusual variety said to be one of oldest known pure pedigreed cats. Its coat is ticked like that of rabbit, One of most affectionate breeds Is the Burmese. This cat has a sable brown coat of satin-like textured fur. The Persian cat has a long, flowing fur coat that makes it look very elegant. The Siamese cat Is perhaps the best known of the foreign short haired cats, its unusual markings and slant eyes give it a distinctive appearance. Born without a tail, the Manx is the most unusual in looks. Don't let anyone tell you a cat is just a cat – it just isn't so!

SOUTH BEND, INDIANA

ELKHART SITE OF CAT SHOW. MICHIANA FANCIERS SPONSORING U.S. EVENT. The South Bend Tribune, 1st March 1964
Shawnee Cassius. Clay will be one of 190 contenders holding the spotlight in the judging ring for best cat in the National Cat Show to be staged next Saturday and Sunday in the Hotel Elkhart. This is a rare Burmese cat owned by Mrs. Nikki Shuttleworth, of Louisville, who also will show Shawnee Moonflight, quadruple grand-champion, 100-time winner of Best Cat in international showing. Moonflight is a copper-eyed white Persian.

Michigan Cat Fanciers Assn. sponsors this annual show which will be held from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., during the two days. Jack Curda, South Bend, and Thomas Ballard, Elkhart, are managers. Among other entrants will be Miss Jean Ramsdale, of California, who has appeared on television with her prize chinchilla cats. Among the numerous breeds will be Persian, Siamese, Abyssinian, Manx, Red Peke, Himalayan and domestic and foreign short hairs. Ten mid-western and southern states will be represented at the show, which is open to the public.

SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS

OFF FOR CAT SHOWS Democrat and Chronicle, 2nd December 1905
Mrs. Elizabeth L. Brace, of No. 42 Greig street will leave this morning for Springfield, Mass., to attend a cat show. She will exhibit four of Miss Jane R. Cathcart's cats and four of her own, one of which is Blue Gentian. Mrs Brace sees to the showing of Miss Cathcart's cats while Miss Cathcart is in France. Later in December Mrs Brace will attend the show in New York, to be given by the Atlantic Club.

STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT.

A POULTRY SHOW - AND CATS. New York Tribune, 2nd January 1903
Stamford, Conn., Jan. 21. - In the opinion of the judges the poultry show of the Stamford Association now being held is equal in quality of the exhibits to anything ever given in this country. It is the biggest show ever given in Connecticut. [. . .] One of the most attractive exhibits in the cat show was Miss Dorothy Champion's imported masked silver Persian, Lord Sylvester. This cat did not compete. Miss Champion, who judged the cats, declared the exhibit of the short haired variety the best she had seen in a long time. Among the winners of specials in the cat show were E. B. Hoyt's brown tabby, Dr. Frank Abbott's shaded silver Kensington, Dr. Abbott's silver tabby Kensington Jewel, Mrs. A. G. Quimby's house cat, and Tyler Crittenden's orange cat. To-night several hundred chocolate mice were given away as souvenirs.

CATS VERY TAME AT ARMORY SHOW – The Evening World, 21st January, 1903
There Are Only Sixty, and They Are Merely an Adjunct to Poultry.
STAMFORD, Conn., Jan. 21 – The cat show, which opened in the Armory yesterday afternoon, contains about sixty cats, owned by Stamford people principally. One of them, the property of Dr. Abbott, and called the Pride of Persia, is valued at £1,000. A mechanical arrangement represents the "field trial for mice" which was much advertised, and which started the Humane Society people to action. The poultry show, of which the cat, exhibit is an attachment, comprises about 1,800 birds, including many of those which won prises at Madison Square Garden. The show is tame.

(Photo, The Professional World, 30th January, 1903) MRS. HOMER S. CUMMINGS, the society woman of Stamford, Conn., who aroused the ire of the mayor of the city, Chas. H. Leeds, by proposing a mouse-killing contest in connection with the cat show now being held, and then, when the storm of protest was at its height, caused the shafts of ridicule to fall heavily upon his honor by announcing that chocolate mice were to be used.

CAT SHOW, CHRISTMAS WEEK. RENOWNED SPECIMENS OF FELINE TRIBE TO COMPETE FOR CHAMPIONSHIP. The Daily Morning Journal & Courier, 15th December 1906
The Connecticut Cat Club will hold a championship show at Stamford on the 27th and 28th of December, at Kindergarden Hall, 176 Summer street, and if all goes as it promises, there will be some renowned cats and kittens to be seen and judged on this occasion. The famous "Rags," photographed so many times, and adorning many of the cat postals, will be there. Champion Anthus of Thorpe (owner, Mrs. Bixby of Chicago, who won over all the imported cats at the Buffalo show recently, will honor the home cats with his shaggy presence. Miss Pollard's famous white queen, "Puritanna," will excite admiration among the Fancy. Two cats that survived the San Francisco earthquake, coming through only a little singled and coming out of the Buffalo show with flying blue colors, will also be on view. Mrs. Frye's famous chinchilla "Caesar" and "Strongheart,' one of the finest long-haired blacks in the country, will lend his swagger presence to swell the list of champions. Eighteen cats from Mrs. Cathcart's cattery are entered and many local cats are listed among the 100. Mrs. Cummings has entered five in their respective classes, including one of the famous Blues whose flattering attention to mice, once upon a time, gave joy to the nations, and, incidentally, involved Mayor Leeds in a lively controversy, also a tailless Manx that has travelled by land and sea from the isle of Man, Miss Frances Hoit's "I winkle" from New York, a famous brown. tabby, will be there in all his glory and winter furs. Mrs. Mathis' cream, "Pete K." will also be shown - the cat that took a special for coming from the longest distance at the Buffalo show.

The judging will be by Mr. Cowpland of Wade, Penn. The premium list and entry blanks, and all details concerning the show, can be obtained from Mrs. 'Mathis, Noroton Heights.

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION NOTES – various, August/September, 1903: A cat show will be a feature of the live stock department. It is predicted that the largest and finest collection of tabbies the world has ever seen will be on exhibition at the fair.

WORLD'S FAIR NOTES – The Daily Journal, 2nd January, 1904
A cat show will be a feature of the livestock department. It is predicted that the largest and finest collection of tabbies the world has ever seen will be on exhibition at the fair.

EVERY CAT TO HAVE DAY – The Indianapolis Star, 18th February, 1904
St. Louis, Mo., February 17. — A new feature and one that is counted on to attract the maiden ladies of the country has been added to the list of competitions at the St. Louis world's fair. The new feature will be a cat show, to he held November 8 to 11. It is planned to have every known variety of the nine-lived felines on exhibition, from the silk-coated blue bloods to the sleep-disturbing fence cat. The preliminary preparation are now in the hands of Chief F.D. Coburn and the entries will close September 20.

BLUE PERSIAN WINS TOP TROPHY HERE IN CAT SHOW. St Louis Globe Democrat, 13th December 1953
A blue Persian female cat named Kansas City Lil Em of Blue Acre won the best-cat-in-show trophy at the sixteenth championship cat show last night in the Central States Solid Color Club competition in the Hamilton-Wilshire Hotel. The owner is Mrs Wanda Scott of Independence, Mo.

Two best-in-show winners in the Greater St Louis Cat Club competition, which will end to-day were: Best kitten – Medicine Lake Wee Sal, owned by Mrs Adolph Olson, Minneapolis, Minn.; Best Opposite Sex Kitten – Medicine Lake Seal Boy, owned by Mrs Olson.
Other winners in the Central States competition were:
Best Opposite Sex Cat – Shy's Castle Buzz, owned by Mrs Willard Shy, St Louis.
Best Champion – Ch. Shy's Castle Starrette, owned by Mrs Shy.
Best Opposite Sex Champion – Ch Wycliffe Chelsie of Nor-Mont, owned by Mrs Merald Hoag, Rockville, mo.
Best Grand Champion – Gr. C. Kiva's Kri Kri of Concordia, owned by Mrs John M Porter, Concordia, Kan.
Best Novice – Les Cygness Cissle, owned by Mrs Paul Swan, Independence, Mo.
Best Opposite Sex Novice – Shy's Castle Son O'Liza, owned by Mrs Shy.
Best Kitten – Nor-Mont Luscious, owned by Mrs Hoag.
Best Opposite Sex Kitten – Shawnee Copper Coachman, owned by Mrs Nikki Horner, Prospect, Ky.
Best Foreign Short Hair – Ch. Rosedere Dolly of Chesterfield, owned by Mrs Ethel Kingsland, Chesterfield, Mo.
Best Domestic Short Hair – Rexall Blue of Kirkwood, owned by Mrs O J Bressie, House Springs, mo.
Best Short Hair - Ch. Rosedere Dolly of Chesterfield, owned by Mrs Kingsland
Best Neuter – Blu Acre Nudger, owned by Terry Jackson, Independence, Mo.

4 MARYLAND ENTRIES WIN CAT SHOW PRIZES. St Louis Post Dispatch, 22nd November 1954
More Than 500 Persons in Attendance at Annual Event Here.
Four cats entered by Mrs. Merald Hoag of Rockville, Md., won honors in the annual Greater St. Louis Cat Show held Saturday and yesterday at the Kings-Way Hotel. More than 500 persons attended. Mrs. Hoag's Dixi-Land Sir Gai of Nor-Mont was rated the best cat and her Nor-Mont Luscious was the best of opposite sex of all breeds entered. Nor-Mont Snow Shoes was judged best cat in the solid color show, sponsored by the Central States Solid Color Club, and her fourth entry, Ch. H.R.H. Mystical of Cobourg, was the best domestic short hair. Other winners in the all breed class included:

Best novice - Shy's Castle Cathy, owned by Mrs. Willard Shy, 9878 St. Charles road, St. Ann; Best opposite sex - Wallman's Prince Charmer, owned by Mrs. H. J. Wallman of Minneapolis, Minn.
Best foreign short hair - Ch. Shawnee Heather, owned by Mrs. Nikki Horner, Prospect, Ky.; Best opposite sex – Stonner Jet of Miamanx, owned by Mrs Margaret Newton, Miami, Fla.
Best of opposite sex, domestic short hair - Yeffie Lazy King, owned by Mrs. Effie J. McCaffrey, 2113 Overlea avenue, Pine Lawn.
Best short hair - Ch. Shawnee Heather, owned by Mrs. Nikki Horner; Best opposite sex - Stonner Jet of Miamanx, owned by Mrs. Margaret Newton of Miami, Fla.

The best of opposite sex in the solid color show was judged to be Gaymoor Merry Dee of Pets Beautiful, owned by Mrs. Helen Mackiewicz, Milwaukee. The entry of Mrs. Shy, Shy's Castle Cathy was the best novice in this division and best of opposite sex was judged to be Bonnie's Billy Boy, owned by Mrs. Marian Bell, 46 Warder avenue, University City.

Mrs. Nikki Horner's Ch. Shawnee Heather was best of the short hair show and the best of opposite sex was Blue Grass Adonis, owned by Lucas B. Combs, Lexington, Ky.

Other short hair winners:
Best novice - Wallman's Prince Charmer, owned by Mrs. H. J. Wallman of Minneapolis, Minn.; Best opposite sex - Marhan Minka of My-Lo, owned by Mrs. Frank Lockrey Sr., Kansas City.
Best kitten - Medicine Lake Chai-Dah, owned by Mrs. Adolph Olson, Minneapolis, Minn.; Best of opposite sex - Medicine Lake Coco Doll, owned by Mrs. Frank Lockrey Sr., Kansas City.

INDIANA KITTEN BEST IN CAT SHOW. St Louis Globe Democrat, 25th January 1959
"Shawnee Moondance," a white Persian long-hair male kitten, was named best-of-kittens yesterday among all breeds in the twenty-first annual Cat Show sponsored by the Greater St. Louis Cat Club. Its owner is Mrs. Nikki Horner of Newburg, Ind. This two-day exhibition, at, the Coronado Hotel, 3701 Lindell bl., will run through today. About 250 owners from various states have entered Persian, Siamese, Manx, domestic short hair, Burmese. Abyssinian, Russian blue breeds and others.

Other winners:
Best Kitten, Opposite Sex – Mylo Annalice, owned by Mrs. Myra lockery, of Kansas City, Missouri.
Best Long-Hair Kitten–Favors Twilight Vikki, owned by Mrs. Naomi Favors of Gas City, Ind.
Best opposite sex - Shawnee Moondance.
Best Short-Hair Kitten – My-Lo's Blue Bonnet, owned by Frank Lockery Sr., of Kansas City, Mo.
Best opposite sex - My-Lo's Henri, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lockery, of Kansas City, Mo.

INDIANA ENTRY IS TOP WINNER IN CAT SHOW. 25TH January 1960
Champion Shawnee Moonflight, owned by Mrs. Nikki Horner of Newburgh, Ind., was named best cat and best champion in the annual show of the Greater St. Louis Cat Club, held yesterday and Saturday at the Statler Hilton Hotel. Other winners were Champion Shawnee Soap Suds, also owned by Miss Horner, second best cat, best cat opposite sex and best champion opposite sex; and Champion Wila-Blite-Pola of Silva Wyte, owned by Richard H. Gebhardt of Orange, N.J., best grand champion. Best novice honors were taken by Shawnee Robby of Pajobi, owned by John Marshall of Boonville, Ind.; best kitten was Chesterfield Nicole, owned by Mrs. Esther Kingsland of Chesterfield: best neuter was Chesterfield Kippy of Shy's Castle, owned by Mrs. Norman Goldman of Brentwood, and best spay was Lady the II, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lewis of St. Louis.

1902 CAT SHOW, TACOMA, WASHINGTON STATE

[TACOMA SHOW] POULTRY SHOW TO BE ENDED TONIGHT The Tacoma Daily Ledger, 3rd January 1905
The eleventh annual show of the Tacoma Poultry association, which is being held in the basement of the National Bank of Commerce building, will close tonight [. . .] Prizes for the cat show were awarded as follows:
White Persian - Mrs. W. H. Fletcher, Tacoma, first, second and third.
Blue Angoras - Mrs. Oleson, Parkland, first and second.
Black Tabby - Mrs. Hammer, Tacoma, first.

TOPEKA, KANSAS.

PROSPECTS BRIGHT FOR THE DOG [AND CAT] SHOW - The Topeka Daily Capital, 5th November, 1906
Prospect are bright for a big dog and cat show in Topeka this winter. T.I. Herren, who presided at a meeting at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, Thursday night at which it was determined to hold such a show, said last night that the indications were the outside dog and cat fanciers would give substantial help to the enterprise in the way of making exhibits. Mr. Herren will leave this morning for Kansas City and other points where he will meet prospective exhibitors and tell them of the Topeka show. He will go to Independence, Mo., St. Joseph, Mo., Leavenworth and possible one or two other points. There are a great many dog and cat fanciers in all of those cities and they will be enthusiastic over the Topeka show, once the plan is explained to them. Eleven new members will be added at the next meeting of the Topeka Kennel Club.

The Topeka Daily Capital, 9th November, 1906
George Burghart, speaking of the dog and cat show held in Kansas City last year, said recently: "I think a dog and cat show is one of the most interesting events of its kind that I have ever attended. It attracts the people from all walks of life. Women are especially interested in such an exhibit of pet animals and always attend in great numbers."

NEW ENTRIES FOR DOG AND CAT SHOW – The Topeka Daily Capital, 12th November, 1906
There is a growing interest in the dog and cat show to be held in Topeka this winter, according to T.I. Herren, one of the prime movers in the project. Mr Herren said that a number of prospective entries cam in voluntarily yesterday. He says that A.S. Thomas, manager of the Santa Fe Watch Company, West Eighth street, has a large Angora cat which is to be entered in the exhibit. This cat has a bushy tail, is much larger than the ordinary house cat and makes a rather imposing appearance. He plays among the cut glass and chinaware of the store without breaking a single piece. He has a habit of sleeping in a cut glass piece costing $50. One of his pastimes is to jump into the horn of a talking machine while the machine is running, in an effort to find the voice. Recently this cat became entangled in a large piece of fly-paper and came near over-exerting himself to the point of death. He is on good terms with most dogs, but takes particular pleasure in tormenting some of them.

"Coon" is a Persian cat owned by George W. Stansfield of 623 Kansas avenue. The cat is 9 months old, came from Rockford, me, has the markings of a raccoon and has a penchant for ice cream. Mr Stansfield also has a 3 year old black and white Angora cat. This animal is a vegetarian, eating beans, onions and green corn with particular relish. In the coming show, Mr Stansfield will also exhibit "Nobby," a white poodle dog.

An important meeting of the dog and cat fanciers of the city is to be held at the National Hotel tomorrow night.

The Topeka Daily Capital, 25th November, 1906
Promoters of the dog and cat show to be given under the auspices of the Topeka Kennel Club, say they are hoping to secure the Auditorium for the show. They say it will be necessary to have the exhibition in some large building in order to accommodate the large number of exhibitors and the crowds of visitors who will attend.

WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA

A PRIZE CAT SHOW will be held in this city all next week commencing on Monday evening, at 16 West Market street, There will be three prizes. If the people of Wilkes-Barre and Pittston and surrounding towns will make their entries on or before Friday, October 23, it will be an accommodation to those arranging the exhibition. All the entries are free and cages are furnished free. This party was in Scranton last week and gave a very satisfactory show of cats, and that isn't much of a cat town, either. – The Scranton Republican (Pennsylvania), October 23rd, 1896

WILKES-BARRE CATS EXHIBITED. Quite a Number of Them Are on Exhibition on West Market Street. The Wilkes-Barre Record (Pennsylvania), October 27, 1896.
Wilkes-Barre has had poultry shows and food shows, Barnum's shows and other shows, but never before has it had a cat show. The show opened last night in the Myers block on West Market street with some of Wilkes-Barre's favorite felines on exhibition. Among those in the cages were Betsy and daughter, entered by Harry Wilbur, Miss Brundage's trick cat, Maltie, Miss Catherine Parsons's "Coxey," Mrs. Dennin's "Pinkey," from the Wyoming Valley House. "Pinkey" does not seem to like the show.

William Schrage has a handsome cat entered. "Snow," entered by David Wolfe, is the only cat in the show with u a blue and brown eye. Miss Murphy has a handsome Maltese cat entered and Miss Sperring has also one of the prettiest pets in the show. Peter Ryman has an English tiger cat entered that is much admired. "Don," Miss Ruth Fuller's feline, is a handsome animal, as is also "Bob," the Manx cat owned by Dean Tuck. "Nip and Tuck," twin cats, are owned by Henry Tuck, and are nicely matched. Other pretty animals are "Tom," owned by Mrs. Baldders of Dorranceton; "Malty," entered by W. H. Miller, and "Rory O'Moore, entered by Miss Edith Brower.

In connection with the cat show is Mrs. L. L. Sturgeon Brown, born without the use of her arms or hands. Mrs. Brown performs some wonderful feats with her feet, such as playing the piano, fancy work, crocheting, knitting and writing. Her eyesight is very good. She does not get close to her work, but threads a needle at a distance of over three feet. Commencing to-morrow Mrs. Brown will give piano solos every thirty minutes.

VARIOUS

Half Cat and Half Fisher. Rockland County Gazette. RH Hammond of Charlestown exhibited one of the most curious specimens of a cat to be seen at the cat show in connection with the Eastern Maine fair. It is clear black, half cat and half fisher, a small black animal resembling a sable. It will take to water as readily as a duck, and can be seen any day at home plunging into the stream. – The Boston Weekly Globe, October 3rd, 1888 [A Fisher, or Fisher Cat, is a type of Marten indigenous to North America]

Those who intend to exhibit cats at the great cat show next Tuesday should call at the drug store of A M Robinson, Jr, and make their entries today or Monday. – Bangor Daily Whig and Courier, September 6, 1884

The cat show to take place at Greenwood Garden this week, is already attracting considerable interest. Twelve prizes will be awarded covering fat cats, lean cats, black cats and many other kinds of cats. Suitable quarters will be provided for the animals and a special attendant will look after them. Bangor Daily Whig and Courier, August 2nd, 1887

CONCERT HALL – Bangor Daily Whig and Courier, 1st September, 1887
Entrance to Concert Hall is effect through a door leading from the balcony in Norombega, and here large numbers of visitors find their way and enjoy looking over the tabby [household] cats. There are sixty-three little black, white and motley, possessed of all the feline virtues and possessed of tempers one would not care to irritate. Following is the list of the exhibitors and of the cats and kittens:

Mr. D.L. Robinson, West Brooksville, tiger and coon, four months old.
Mrs. W.H. Sally, tiger, 14 and a half pounds.
Master Joe Greenier, English pet, Minnie.
B. Tewkesbury, Neddo.
E.A. Clary, black.
Mrs. Flora A. Thompson, coon, black.
Mrs. F. T. Hall, tiger, very large.
Dora S. Morison, tiger and tortoise.
Miss Mabel Martin, black and white.
Miss Ella A. Crosby, maltese, six toes forward and five behind.
L.L. Alden, Angora.
Dr. J.E. Hathorn, black, 15 pounds.
Mrs. Angler W. Tapley, tiger.
Miss Nellie McQuinn, tiger.
Miss Edith L. Tibbetts, coon.
Miss Annie M. Marston, Brewer Village, Angora.
S. Basford, coon, with two kittens.
George M. Ware, Bucksport, tiger and coon, 15 pounds.
Mrs. J.M. Bartlett, maltese cat and kittens.
Mrs. S.H. Woodbury, tiger, 13 years old.
A.J. Nicholson, white cat and four kittens.
David B. Ward, spotted black and white, 11 years old.
Mrs. A.N. Peteres, tiger and kitten.
W. Severance, tiger, 15 pounds.
Harlow's drug store, tiger and kittens.
Dr. H.L. Jewel, Angora.
Charles Yorx, tiger.
Flora Lowell, coon.
Fred S. Crosby, Angora.
George E. Richards, maltese, with 16 toes forward and 10 behind.
F.A. Howard, tiger, 16 years old.
Josie Goodhue, tiger.
Mrs. H.J. Stevens, Angora.
R.A. Hathorn, one black and one white.
Mrs. Gertrude Marston, brewer Village, black.
Herbert Hart, Holden, black.
Mrs. Nellie S. Prescott, tiger.
Clara A. Johnston, tailless.
Fred D. Jordan, white with one yellow and one blue eye.
Ally and Franke Moore, of brewer, cat and kitten.
Miss Nellie Warrer, 2 kittens.
S.J. Veazle, coon cat and two white kittens.
G. Kittridge, tortoise shell cat and two kittens.
Miss hattie Rich, brewer, tiger cat.
Mrs. T.E. Nusfield, coon, 'Jack Plopaw."
Mrs. W.B. Gould, two black cats.
Henry Hall, maltese.
N.D. Beecroft, white quartette, cat and kittens.
Charlotte M. Swett, tiger at and two kittens.

A cat belonging to Miss Maude Simpson, entered for the cat show, when being taken from the basket at the hall to be put in the cage, became frightened and bolted, jumping out of a window into the stream and swimming ashore disappeared on the opposite bank. Notwithstanding its fall of seventy-five feet it turned up yesterday morning in time to be carried to the show and take a prize. – Bangor Daily Whig and Courier, September 2nd, 1887

A Champion Cat. E K Carman of 109 Reaney street, South Chester, has what he considers the champion cat of the county. It weighs fourteen pounds, measures three feet one inch from th point of its nose to the tip of its tail, and is three months old. Puss is three fourths Maltese, and is so handsome that the owner intends to take her to the coping cat show. - Delaware County Daily Times, February 4th, 1885

Indianapolis, May 10. J W McKinney, manager of the Cromwell Cat Show, and a guest at the Hotel Dennison, awoke this morning to find himself minus $1,100, which an enterprising sneak had stolen from his clothing during the night. Only yesterday he was warned against carrying so much money constantly with him. – The Cincinnati Enquirer, May 12, 1884

A PET DOG AND CAT SHOW. St. Louis, May 13 - The annual show of pet dogs and cats, under the auspices of the Women' Humane society, opened here this afternoon in Harmonic hall, with several hundred entries. All kinds of dogs and cats have been entered and some of them are the choicest pets owned by prominent society people. [list of doggy exhibits, but not cats!]. The show closes Saturday night. – The Parsons Daily, May 14th, 1897

CAT SHOW TO-DAY. Poughkeepsie Eagle News, January 11th, 1898 Tabbies of Every Description Will Be on Exhibition at the Y.M.C.A. Hall. Manager Potter of the cat show, which opens to-day, has been a busy man during his stay here, making preparations for this big exhibition, which will be held in the large hall of the Y.M.C.A. He has made many friends during his short stay, and his great interest in little pets has brought him in contact with many people. The exhibition promises to be one of the most novel ever held here. There will be all sorts of cats, including long-haired Angoras and the "bootjack" variety that conducts nightly concerts on our back fences. The handsome prizes to be awarded the lucky ones are on exhibition in the window of Mr. Shwartz's store. All of the cages will be in position this morning, and the hall will be open from 10 o'clock in the morning until 10 at night, and will continue for four days.

IN ANOTHER CAT SHOW. Manager Potter will be in Kingston with his great cat show the first week in February, and William W. Lawrence, of this city, has entered his pretty Angora cats. Miss Sarah Haviland, of Pine Plains, who won a first prize in this city, has also entered her house pet. Of course, several prizes will come to Poughkeepsie. – Poughkeepsie Eagle News, January 27, 1898.

LANSING'S Poultry Show is Open. Lansing, Mich., December 27. The Lansing poultry, pet stock and cat show opened to-day with a large number of exhibitors and every prospect of a successful meeting. – Detroit Free Press, Dec 28, 1898

IT WAS A RARE SHOW OF CATS and all the various kinds of these household pets were there, from the every-day tabbies to the more aristocratic angoras and Persians with their long, silky coats. All were quiet and dignified and most of them were made happy by a blue ribbon. Among the exhibitors of first prize winners were B.H. Pinney, W.H.H. Dugan, J.P. Gilman, Miss H. Hoffman, Charlotte Bourdon. Mrs Wilson's cat, 20 years old, divided the 2d prize with a maltese friend. – Spirit of the Age, Woodstock, Vermont, February 11, 1899

SALEM, OR., CAT SHOW - East Oregonian, 9th November, 1904
A poultry, dog and cat show is to be held at Salem December 15, 16 and 17. This will be the second annual exhibit of the Salem association.

POULTRY SHOW – Daily Capital Journal, 15th December 1904
The Salem Poultry, Dog and Cat show opened this afternoon with a large list of entries. There promises to be a good attendance during the week, and many fine birds are on exhibition.

BENCH SHOW FOR PIQUA – The Piqua (Ohio) Daily Call, 1st February, 1905
A suggestion has been made that the dog, cat, and poultry fanciers of the city get together and arrange to hold a show, exhibiting their finest specimens. In other places such shows have been held for a number of years and with a uniform financial success.

He said "Such a show might be made to embrace as large a scope as might be desired. It might be a dog, show, it might be a dog and cat show, it might include both these, and poultry, pigeons, etc. In fact it might include as much or as little as might be desired. Such a show would have the advantage of being a novelty in Piqua and would draw for that reason if for none other.

"Piqua possess some well-bred dogs, bull-dogs, Boston terriers, fox terriers, etc., and some equally, well-bred cats and poultry. It is true that there are not a sufficient number of all to make a good exhibit by themselves, but there are kennels at Dayton, Cincinnati, Columbus, Lima, Findlay and Toledo, all of which-would be certain to make exhibits. The same is true of poultry and pigeons. There would be no difficulty in arranging for outside exhibits, competent judges could be secured from some of these nearby towns and all The expenses could be reduced to a low point. Donations of prizes would not be the hardest thing to secure.

"The city possesses an excellent place for such a show in St. George hall. It is easy of access and has abundant floor space. It should be a comparatively easy matter to give a three days show there. In most places these bench and poultry shows have come to be quite a society function, like the Horse shows in New York. Enlist the interest of society and the success of the affair is assured."

It would be a good and an excellent idea for some of the leading fanciers of the city to get together and talk over the subject and see if such a show as has been suggested could not be successfully given in Piqua.

[ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN] WASHTENAW POULTRY AND PET STOCK SHOW [1906] – Detroit Free Press, 27th October, 1905
The above show opens at the Light Guard armory, Ann Arbor, Mich., January 8, and will run four days. This show will undoubtedly be a good one and fifteen hundred entries are expected in the poultry line alone. [. . .] A cat show is also to be one of the attractions. A. F. Smith, of Ann Arbor, will have on show some of the "Cavies" he is now breeding for the University of Michigan. Judges Tucker of Concord, and Hughes, of Indianapolis, will attend to the awards. E. W. Owen, Ypsilanti, president; George R. Cooper, Ann Arbor, secretary; E.Y. Edmunds, Ann Arbor, superintendent. Mr. Cooper says everything is progressing nicely and that the show will be the best ever held in Washtenaw county.

NEWPORT SHOW WINNER - The Wichita Daily Eagle, 6th February, 1906
The Bijougraph presents the moving picture "Down on the Farm," also "Toba," the picture of the $1,000 Angoria [sic] cat which was the prize-winner at the Newport cat show last summer.

[INDIANAPOLIS] WON SEVERAL PREMIUMS – The Hancock Democrat, 22 February, 1906
Clarence Hewes, resident agent of the Inland Poultry Journal received several premiums on his birds at the State chicken, dog and cat show at Indianapolis. He also took first on Scotch Collie dog and first on Angora cat.

CAT SHOW – The Burlington Free Press, 29th March 1906
The ladies of the Methodist society will conduct a "cat show" in the offices recently vacated by Drs. L.A. Russlow and J.P. Gifford Friday afternoon of this week. Already entries have been made for a large number of pet cats, Guinea pigs, white rats and other animals.

CAT SHOW – Burlington Weekly Free Press, 5th April, 1906
The cat show held in the office recently vacated by Dr. L.A. Russlow yester afternoon and evening under the auspices of the Ladies' society of the Methodist Church was a success. Cats of all kinds and description were on exhibition, also a five months old Shetland pony, several guinea pigs and a number of Belgian Hares. Large crowds of people visited the exhibition in the afternoon and evening. The judges appointed were Mrs. J.W. Gabrielle, Mrs. A.M. Hubbard and Mrs. W.C. Emerson and prizes were awarded as follows:

The best Angora cat, Fluffy, owned by Mrs. Ida Drake, blue ribbon and first prize. The red ribbon and second prize to Ralph Denny; third, a cat entered by Miss Marion Drew. In the class of domestic cats, a fine black feline owned by Fred E. Bryan, Terrence McDennis, with a remarkable pedigree, won the first prize and blue ribbon; second prize and red ribbon, the cat entered by miss Kathleen Bixby; third, Miss Mildred Goodwin. Mrs. Myron Gay, Mrs. D.T. Dyer and Miss Beulah Hayes had cats that were given honourable mention. The ladies secured a neat little sum from the show.

POULTRY SHOW AT COLISEUM STARTS TODAY – The Des Moines Register, 5th December, 1922
At 7 o'clock this morning, the feathered pride of ten states will begin moving into the Coliseum for the second annual Coliseum show of Iowa. [. . .] Judging of birds, placing of awards and the close of the cat show entries are scheduled for Thursday.

NEWTON SIAMESE WINS CHAMPION CAT SHOW HONOR The Boston Globe, 1st November 1957
Newton's Tayoh, a 2-year-old male Siamese cat, won first place ln the Siamese seal point champion class at the Boston Cat Show held yesterday at Horticultural Hall. The cat is owned by Mrs. Arthur C. Cobb of 374 Kenrick St., Newton. It won rosettes last year in Boston, Great Lakes, Ill., and Wilmington, Del. An exhibit by Russian Princess Nathalie Troubetskoy of Sunapee, N.H.. attracted many [Note: Egyptian Maus]. The two-day show will end today at 10 p.m. with the selection of the best cat at the show. Mrs. Alice Morrill, Arlington, is manager of the show. Secretary is Mrs Carl F. Muckenhoupt, Newton Highlands. The show has attracted 227 cats.

CATS ON DISPLAY – The Bristol Daily Courier, 10th May, 1959
The Delaware Valley Cat Fanciers will hold its fourth annual championship cat show Saturday at the Edgely Fire House. The show will start at 10 a.m. and run throughout the day. The public is invited to attend and witness the judging and see the cats on display in decorated cages. The cats will include long-haired Persians. Graceful Siamese, tailess minx [sic] and dozens of other recognized distinct classes, plus a large entry of the non-pedigreed, familiar house pets.

A rare Maine Coon cat will be on exhibit as will a seven-month old Ocelot. The Ocelot is the house pet of Mrs. John Wilcox, wife of a Philadelphia disc jockey. Food and refreshments will be served by the ladies auxiliary of the fire company. Admission will be 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children. Proceeds from the show will go to the Bucks and Montgomery County SPCA.