The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-08
FOUR CATS OF EMINENCE.
One Has a KangarOO's Legs, Hare's
Tail and a Great Head.
From the New York World.

From the New 1Ork w OIlu
In New York the queerest cat is owned
by Mrs. Eliza ]. West of No. 251 West
Twelfth street She calls It a cat, but it
resembles more closely a rabbit or kan
CARGO. This freak of nature is named
"Buntie." 1t is three months old. In ex-
perience and knowledge, however, it is
decades ahead of its mamma, Minnie" a
staid matron of eight summers.
With the exception of an abnormally
big head, "Buntie' is a plain cat-very
plain-down to the waist There the diff
ference at once makes itself manifest
The hind legs are combination of kan
CARGO and rabbit, while the brief tail is a
cross between a hare's and pug dogs.
This combination gives it peculiar gait
and viewed from the rear it is almost i'm
possible to tell what kind of animal it Is.
It's gait is a hop, step and jump the last
being the best defined. The hind legs are
bent like rabbits the entire portion
from the elbow to the toe being fat upon
the ground The tail is like hare's, but
II has a peculiarly tight curl.
Three other kittens were born to Bun
tics" mother at the same time None OF
them was a freak like "Buntie. Like
Cassius. "Buntie" has lean ana hungry
look" although well fed and cared Tor.
This famished appearance IS enhanced py-
tho abnormal size of her head, which IS
ra,1ch larger in circumference than the
tbinnest portion of her body. Her color IS
that Of an overripe pumpkin. The Iur IS
long and the ears very small
"Buntie" is one of the smartest Kittens
in the metropolis. She begs, plays dead
and does all kinds of tricks but, Tor some
reason, seems to have an inherent pleJu-
dice against her brothers and sisters
with whom she declines to play. Her
disnosition is as erratic as her physical
structure is unique.
A T,ondon cat has broken all records Of
feline endurance. This cat had comfor-
table home in the London station of the
Midland railway She was well cared for
and was the pet of the trainmen and sta
zion guards. 1t seemed that this cat, of
all others was most likely to lead an
uneventful life. She had never shown
anv narticular curiosity concerning the
engines Of the road or their mechanism,
contenting herself with loafing about the
lunch room, where there were many OPP
nortunities of securing comfortable
. meal.
one day this cat. like many mortals,
became possessed Of desire to travel,
and not caring 10 walk, she stole ride.
Freight trains. apparently did not suit
her. for she took passage on the fastest
train that runs over the Midland railway.
Nobody knows when she got there, but
when the Midland flyer" which makes
the run from London to Ketterng. seven
ty-two miles. i'm about eighty minutes,
reached Ketteriug the cat was found
perched upon car axle, somewhat dizzy
and rumpled. apparently with no inten-
ton OF leaving her perch, but OF continue
ing her journey to Edinburgh.
The railroad men were puzzled to know
how the cat retained her hold upon piece
of iron revolving "A hundred times min
ute. The more they discussed 1t the great
or was their establishment Finally a Man
chester engineer determined to find out