New-York tribune., 1900-01-24
THE POPULAR PET.
BREEDING OF FINE CATS BECOMES A
REGULAR OCCUPATION.
Tables WORTH THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN
NEW-ENGLAND CATTERIES-HINTs FOR
FEEDING AND TREATING
THE ANGORA.
THE ANGORA.

The cat family is having it's innings present.
and the Angora is in especially high favor, be-
cause of its generally superior intelligence and
beauty. 1t can be taught tricks like dog
The points of fine Angora. as described by
an authority. are as follows: Small orange shaped
head; nose rather short large brilliant eyes;
small and rounded. with a tuft of hair the
apex; a full flowing about the head and
neck; body not too long, and covered with long.
silky hair, slightly curling; legs of moderate
length; paws with tuft of hair growing from
the toes; tail long and fat with abundant hair;
rich color and correct markings.
There ten colors, including the mixed. The
pure white. black. blue and buff the rarest,
and naturally the most expensive, but brown,
gray, mixed tiger and maltese, mixed black and
white gray and white blue and white, cuff and
white. tiger and white. maltese and white, ermine
and tortoise shell are as much liked by many.
The price of Angora kittens ranges from s. to s25
and of cats from so to slOO Trick cats of course
command special prices
The Japanese fond of cats, and their pet
riety is a peculiarly handsome breed of yellow
and black in large spots, with short tails. The
short tail is natural popularity. and the Japan
csc have superstition that long tailed cats pos
the power of bewitching human beings. In
Persia the cat is almost an object of worship The
Shah has fifty in his household. and every has
a special room and attendant. When the Shah
travels the cats accompany him and carried by
horseback
So great has the popular fancy for cats become
that a number OF kennels have been opened
throughout the country for the purpose of improv-
ing the rarer breeds. The Walnut Ridge Farms
and the Siverton Kennels-the latter conducted by
a woman Florence Dyer-in Massachusetts; the
"Angora Cattery.' in San Francisco. kept by Mrs.
A. II. Hoag devoted to Angora and Persian
cats, and their owners do a thriving business.
Mrs. Clinton D. Locke has 'cat kennel in
Chicago but her profits given to the cause of
charity and not to personal gain. Mrs Locke is
the wife of the rector of Grace Church, Chicago.
King Max black Angora. and Ajax. a pure
white, belonging to one Of the Massachusetts ken
nes are valued at 81 600 each. At Woodhaven.
Long Island, there is an orange Angora called
Napoleon the Great valued at 5000. He weighs
twenty-seven pounds and has hair SO thick and
long that it has to be clipped regularly.
These thoroughbred cats extremely sensitive
to draughts and require great care Kittens may
be taken from the mother when four weeks old.
Warm milk is their first food, then. they grow
older bread soaked in milk. Feeding should be
regular About o'clock in the morning warm milk
may be given; at $50 more milk; at bread in
milk oatmeal at and at o'clock milk
always warmed. When they months old
beef chicken broth may be substituted for the
milk at one meal Between two and three months
the number of meals should be lessened, that
when the kittens three months old they are
ceivng three meals day, their allowance there
after.
Once week teaspoonful of powdered willow
charcoal should be mixed with the oatmeal, and a
prevents skin diseases Grass should be supplied
every day when possible. and Catnip is desirable
at frequent intervals. II skin disease appear.
citron ointment walnut wash may be used
With advantage.
For cats, cooked meat fish and vegetables, in
fact. the ordinary family menu, without the sweets
constitute the bill of in the middle of the day.
The bones must BE- removed with the utmost care.
and the food be kept scrupulously clean.
Many people think that cats rather dull, but
they often display remarkable intelligence in in
dvidual cases short time ago given
by a resident of Fshki- the Hudson a friend
in Flushing. Long Island. The remained, with
evident discomfort, for three days, then disap-
peared. and in a few days presented himself at his
old home in Fishkill. How he had accomplished
the long journey alone the family could not
derstand, but there he
A singular adoption by a cat is told by little
girl in Pets and Animals Her pet one day
caught little gray squirrel and took 1t to the
house. As she dropped II it for refuge to the
basket where n litter of young kittens lay, and
cuddled down among them. They seemed 10 think
looked the basket over shifted the squirrel then
established herself among her babies usual. and
thereafter treated the newcomer one Of the
family.
a woman living in a suburb of Boston
prised day by seeing Muf, large. dignited
yellow cat, bring a mouse and lay it at her feet
proud of his prize and eXpectant OF appreciation
that his mistress had the heart TO disappoint
him, so led the way TO a large tub containing a
palm. and directed Muff TO place the mouse there.
He laid II the earth close to the palm. then
tenedly lay down beside the chair of his mistress
But the funny part of this true story is that from
by him directly TO the palm and laid beside it,
In the Bench Show to be held in Madison Square
Garden next week a number Of handsome Angora
and Persian cats will be