The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-09-09
CAMPTOWN'S nOMlNG CATS.
A NEW KIND or SPORT INTROhIo D
ny IKE GILyREr.
The cats Of No Particular Breed; ,oupt,,
Cats Preferred Training ~ the Cot, f.,
Flights-Nine OF Them In u RAJ, 10,
MCKeeiey's Secret for winning the Z opt,,

The cats of No Particular Breed: Ioupt,,
Cats Preferred Training ~ the Cot, f.,
FliEhts-Nine OF Them In a Rae, 40,
McKeeiey's Secret for winning the 'ont,,
If tho National Association OF Ron r.
Fanciers Ia ever formed Ike Gilyrpy Oh. ,Ir..
town. y. j.. can boast that he made r, ,.
istence possible, for he is the founder o,t.u, r..
hominR cat club in the world. II istl.O4,r.
town Iloming Cat club and has for IT, a. N..,
a cats head in a garter with the motto ,rir,
cat CANT back.
The club has seven members. Each member
owns a loft OF cats. all properly marked W.T.,
light collars and tags. The cats ar" o' o., r,-.
ticular breed. but are Just plain basnya lI AID
kitchen tabbies OF country raising 1I, .,
fanciers say that they doubt 81 city ,r- al
ever be- good homers. owing TO tLc 'uf Var
they are inclined to follow roads and .yr...
while the country cat will take a., -..rr,.,
line home except where his flight Is iur.rrngt.t
by watercourses so wide that "A dt,uIr m..t
be made TO find II bridge. The best f.nd o,
homing cat. the club men say. is one that a..
done his hunting around the house and barn
and has not been led away 10y a taste .r t.t
mice. g~rasshoppcrs. sparrows and yuuns rab-
bits. for u game hunting cat would be- cure Il,
daily on the way home 10 look for u tuu,lsou,
morsel.
The homing cats belonging to the Camrfovn
Club are classified according to age ana SEA nj
in no other manner, a. there can br no tilI. I.r.
class this year, Since last spring tie u,ui,rz
have been training their cats over short l.sH,.
such rs 1000 or 1000 yards. Ike G.Nrr, s.,
that his striped tabby julie came home ss.i
yards from Short Hills "A few nights agu VI iiu.
eight minutes. A cat Is taken IA 0u Ordinary
fishing basket to IA point decided upon tII .,.
leased at a specified time. while the uvI..r ,-
up. watch IN hand, Ia note the return a.
favOrite. Most Of the early training itl .Nut'
distances WAS done by 0TDlllIE the pur .rt.
buggy and driving rapidly away. IT,, I
been kept up persIstentN until IN" cat, ',.m. 10
but II must be- observed that this h. uuI' ono.
practice, and until last sunday ugHt nuIl..
could tell how a bunch OF cats might 6cf
The first race was SET down for u o,lu,r IN
Sunday night, and nine cats We're entered ami
sent To a point on the road In the Oui-LIr-.f
Railway. The distance was 5,upu yards. ..
nearly three miles. The cats were rllDri do
seven baskets and taken lu tie starting u.nfnt
Ira Cole. whose watch was set 10 currr-pu,i
with the others. Ike tilvrey and Louis NrIlrr-
bach each had two entries and the rest ,r,
apiece. Each man guarded his lpli boz ,un-
pany with a companion 10 currOhorHtr i- rr,-
ord. Win one exception the eats were an
goud-loUking animals. The exception lie saul
Ia have been pinched from Hen GIrI,f rar.,
tavern by one of the members a couplru uuffI,
ago and thoroughly trained 10y sum" -n.r.r
method This was a NANCY t"o-''lr-oIi
The cats were let loose promptly at opu.k
and Just as promptly two eat fight -ti.',
in the road. while five other eat, took o. ,u.,-
In five different directions. on" alone beaded
straight for home on the road she clru. il
was Hen Gleichman's gray. entered los Ilu,l
McKeeley. She was back on hi, front -r.,p
AT e.5ll3. and Ike Gelyrey's gray Wa SECOND.
twenty minutes later, His other car cane
in the next day badly damaged Tie wa, ole
of the Scrappers. Two cats have not rrturr,i
yet. but the others made fair time and held
ont encouragement for another and longer
flight in the near future. The success, u
McKeeley's cat led some Of the members 10
think that he was using drugs on the animal
When questioned about the matter 10y u SIS
man MCkepley said.
Nonsense It, just this way. Gloirhual
Is n great fisherman and the cat likes fish flea
hasn't been doing much flshing recently. ~
hasn't had much luck, and ! presumed on th,
cats taste. | always showed her a pnrsy
or a weakfsh before taking her out for train
inG and let her see where ! put II under tie
front ~tOOp. On the day before III" race I
starved her and when she was going away
] showed her a big weaktsh. let her smell =
IL and let her see me put II under the stooI.
You can bet she had that on her mind when
she got out of the basket. Some Of the otter
hungry cats stopped to eat grasshOpUeIs AID
they're eating yet.