The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-02-06
Brookside Kennels in This City Pho
neer Industry of its Kind
in The State.
KITTENS WIN MANY PRIZES
King Kibo and His Long Line of Defendants
Have Made Kenosha the cat Produc-
ing Center of the Northwest

One of the most interesting insti-
tutions in Kenosha and one that is a
novelty in the state of Wisconsin is
| the Brookside Cat Kennels, which
recently won renown in the world of
pet stock by taking long list of
prizes at the Chicago Pet Stock show,
held at the Coliseum in Chicago last
week. Through the victories of Lady
| Bluff - "White Cloud, Captain and
''Kibo'' Kenosha has received the
reputation of being a city in which
the finest Angora cats in the West are
raised.
The Brookside kennels are the only
cat kennels in the state of Wisconsin.
Milwaukee has several stores in which
the cats are offered for sale but there is
no other place in the state in which
the dainty "TaDbies' are raised for
the trade.
The Kenosha kennels were opened
less than three years ago, but in these
three years the cats have taken the
highest prizes offered for competition
in the United States and the kittens
from the Brookside kennels are now
the ruling favorites among the fan
ciers in both Chicago and New York.
The producing power Of the kennels is
all too small to supply the demand for
| Brookside kittens.
G. Raymond Robinson and James F.
McC1atchey are the owners of the
Brookside kennels and when they we're
opened less than a dozen cats were
housed in the little building. But
three years of continued success has
caused an enlargement of the kennels
until at the present time they are mod
ern in every respect. The little low
buildings in which the Angoras find a
home are built especially for their
comfort. The houses are constructed
| in such a manner that they are kept at
the same temperature from one end Of
the year to the other. In order to
make this possible steam plant has
been placed in the house near the ken
nels and hot water is used for a heat
ing power. The quarters for the cats
are most elaborate. One whole side of
the building is built of glass in order
to give the cats plenty of sunlight.
| The walls are all painted in soft tints
in order to prevent any injury to the
eyes of the kittens and the rooms are
curtained in order that the sunlight
may be shut out if necessary.
| Every one of the fifty cats now in
stock has an apartment of its own.
| These little apartments are fitted up
in the height of cat fashion. Each
apartment has little iron bed made
es pecia ally for the kennels by the Sim
mons Manufacturing company, of
this city, and the beds are dressed in
the whitest linen. In the apartments
are also to be found bath tubs and fish
| for feeding and a ball for the cat to
play with.
From the time the kitten is born
until it finds a permanent owner It
has every care that would be given to
new born babe. It is tenderly fed
and washed daily and every care pos
sible is given it by half dozen en-
p1oyes of the kennels. When it is old
enough to have the air it is allowed a
certain amount of exercise daily in a
little enclosure adjoining the cattery
and at the close of the evening it is
tucked to bed in little bed in one of
the apartments. The cats, old and
young, are all kept absolutely clean
and no insects have ever been found in
| the kennels.
The king of the KENNEL is "Kibo' a
great -b1ack Angora with flashing
Thrown eyes. Kibo is prize winner,
having won first honors at the show in
| Chicago last year and at other shows
during the past autumn. He is an inn
ported cat brought direct from Europe
to lead the Brookside kennels. Next
to Kibo comes Captain, also winner
Of the blue class. Then Lady Fluffy,
who won theE first prize at the recent
| Chicago show.
The cats find ready sale and bring
very fancy prices, kittens from the
! kennels having been sold several times
at 500 and the cheapest price ever re-
ceived for kitten was SIS. Recently
Neptune, alEkitten but three months
old, was sold to E. B. Martinda1e, the
New York musician, for fancy price
Among the prize winners at the ken
nels outside of the leaders are White
Cloud, Gismonda, Lady Beatrice,
lFloradora and Neptune.