The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-17

Minneapolis cats willAnot be well rep
charity cat show for the benefit of the
Harriet Island day nursery in St. Paul,
which will open in that city wednesday
and continue through Friday. There are
any number of women in the city who are
firmly convinced that their cats would
win prizes if exhibited, but they are not
going to risk the health and welfare OF
their pets by exposing them to the dan
gers of a show. .. -..--. s.-..
Cats with pedigrees are most suscep-
tible to changes and the management OF
a show cannot guarantee that Table s
corner will be free from draughts. Then
there is always the chance of some cat
eluding the searching eye of the examin-
ing veterinary doctor and exposing every
feline in the show to eczema, of which
cat fanciers are ever in dread. Each cat
is examined by a veterinary doctor, and
If he is in anything but the pink Of per-
faction and if his skin shows the slight
est tendency to eczema, he is refused ad-
mittance and cannot compete for the sill
yer loving cup. ..
Among the cats which will go over from
Minneapolis are the three beautiful An
Antony Danny Deever and Huckleberry
Finn. Miss Slocom will send her red-and-
white Angora, and there the list Of ex-
hibitors ends as far as Minneapolis is
concerned. The other people who could
send cats, cats worth looking at, are DR..
George Roberts. whose John Walter, a
ack-andwhite Angora, weighs almost
thirty pounds and is II years of age; Mrs.
w. S. Mott has a black-and-white Angora;
Mrs. Francis Henry, pure white cat of
the same breed. Mrs. J. F.. Blaine has
some fine coon cats, striped like tabby.
Miss Shaw's cat is a sister of Miss Meek
er's Marc Antony, and came west with
her brother and two other kittens when
they were but 3 months old. Mrs Stan
| ley Kitchel, Mrs. Fred Van Doren, Miss
Lippincott, Miss Agnes Kelly, Miss Nance
Olson and Edwin Branch all have hand
some cats. Mr.. Branch's Pepper is just
now figuring before the public in a law
suit. A.
The management of the cat show pro-
vides boxes for each cat and the owner
furnishes a cushion which will set of
her pets beauty TO the best advantage
i, The day before the show opens is de-
voted to the decoration of the boxes, and
a main from Saltwater has announced his
intention of hanging the temporary home
! of his cat with blue satin.
| Each exhibitor pays an entrance fee Of
! so cents, and after the medical examina-
ton is passed, the cat is admitted. il
| the owner wishes to take her pet home
! at night she do so on payment o.
| S. and giving promise that the cat viii
| be returned to the show by 10 o'clock the
next day. Many of the St. Paul exhibitors
will take advantage Of this clause, bu
out -of-town people must content them
selves with remaining at the show to see
| for themselves that their exhibit Is re.
ceiving proper food and attention.
| The prizes include silver loving cup
| offered by DR.. e. P. Whitcomb for thu
best cat silver cup from DR.. J. Ohage
! for the best white cat over year old
a hand painted loving cup from Mrs. G. A
Hyde, for the best tabby; and a loni
string of minor prizes, all represented b.
red, blue and yellow ribbons. The points
which the judge will cover are the shap
of the head and it's characteristics, eyes
ruff, fur, quality, tail, size, shape, condi
1 ton and color, and the cats are divide
into long haired, short-haired, Persian
Angora, Maine, tortoise-she and Nal
tese. Mrs. ]. Mccullough Of the Lindel
kennels, Indianapolis, Ind, will act
j judge.
j Mrs. R. B. Bosom, CT St Paul, Dis super
| intendent; Mrs. n. M. Sloggy, w. w. Good
i Of st. Paul; Mrs. ]. N. searles, Saltwater