New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-05
VEGETiRIAN ANIMALS.
CAT AND DOG CHAMPIONS OF THE NO
MEAT DIET.
From The Sketch.

From The Sketch.
Visitors to the Vegetarian Exhibition at the
Memorial Hall found nothing to try their faith
50 severely as the vegetarian cat. 1t was not
present in person. for the sufficient reason that
it has been dead these two years but its portrait
in oils shows II to have been a more than usually
comedy specimen of its kind. Miss Whitfield.
its owner during the fourteen years of its earth
~ career. asserts that the likeness does no more
than justice. Queen Nah was tabby, long
furrcd and finely marked. Her infancy was
spent under the best auspices. her mother being
a Persian and her birthplace cleIgymanS
house in Shropshire. She came into the care Of
Miss Whitfield at the age OF three weeks and
since then till her lamented death remained
under that lady's roof. not proving ncon-
slant, as some ilcsh-eating breeds do. when the
household removed from Shropshire to Thorn
ton Heath
Queen Nab was a vegetarian. not by education.
but by instinct. From the time when she desert
cd natures sustenanCc she developed an eXtraor-
binary passion for vegetables Of all kinds Her
favoritcs Wcre peas. beans and Brussels sprouts,
but nothing came amss. She would go out into
the garden ana eat StraWbcrTieS OH their Deus.
EocIoot and dates she revealed in though those
are not uncommon feline tastes. In the case OF
potatoes she made "A distinction. She would de-
YOU" them with avidity. 50 long as they were
not boiled. with that exception. she had no
particular views about cooking. For beverages
she preferred milk and cocoa. Her singular diet
did not affect her health. for she IVed 10 her
mature AZ" in tn" best of condition ana temper
ON coming TO the tcklish point OF queen
Mab's vegetarian principles. II Is necessary 10
consist of more than IN sect Queen Nab may
br.call,d a vegetarian Of the second degree. Shc
was not avcrsc to washing down cauliiiower
with cream and she would eat meat at a pinch
but her predictions were manifest from the
first when she could get vegetables she would
not eat meat. and the animal element was
gradually dropped out Of her bill Of fare. Most
Of her peculiar tastes were acquired during her
country life. when a large garden ministeref to
her every dcs.re: and after coming to town her
mistress madr a POINT ~ seeing that the daily
cabbage not diminished. -
Did Queen Nab catch mice? The truth VIII
out: now and again but rarely. she lapsed TO
that extent. Hut not in malice. she would
play with them" said Miss Whitfield one last
word. and it is SaddeninG one. queen Maps
daughter and only descendant has succeeded to
her place in the household. She is voraciouS
nl"at-cat"r.
As a type of n vegetarian dog may be mem
toned Lord Butte Brdno magnificent specimen
Of a smooth St BERNARD standing thrty-fo
inches high at the shoulder. with the Famous
Plinlimmon blood both sides lie Is ny
Colonel Butte out of Lady Lill. and was born on
Mnrrh ~ lSo3 His owner Herbert s. Rant.
first showed him at Crufts in 1895 where he
was highly commended since then Loro
Butte Bruno has lived the life Of ease and
luxury Of n household pet. but this hlissfui
stat, Of existence will Suffer temporary
eclipsc during these closing weeks OF the year.
as MIR Riant has decided to enter him for the
show OF the West kensington canine Society.
To- be- held this month and for the Jubilee open
show of the Ladies' Kennel Association whicn
win be held in the grounds of the Earrs Court
Exhibition in December lie will at any time
turn from the tempting steak or chop even
from young ducklingS plump partrldges anu
the savory grousc-and choose instead apples
oranges melons nuts (Which must be cracked
and r,clrd for him by his human friends)-in
fact every Kind OF fruit and vegetable.