The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-17
ANGORA BEAUTIES ON SHOW
Few Fine Minneapolis Cats Will Be Seen at
st. Paul's Charity Cat Show-Most Own
ers Unwilling to Risk Exhibition Dangers.

and the Misses Ann and Frances Meeker.
of Minneapolis, are assistant superintend-
ents. DR.. Richard Price is the examining
surgeon.
It is expected that there will be from
forty to fifty long-haired cats shown and
the number of short haired animals is
still indefinite. OF the Angoras Mrs. Be-
son will show thirteen, Mrs. Sloggy, fve
and Mrs. Searles three. The exhibit will
include several valuable animals and the
price of the Angoras ranges from $l5 to
$35.
Raising cats is rather fad among
women just at present, and Miss Meeker
has recently visited the famous kennels
of Mrs Locke, of Chicago. Mrs. Locke
sells her kittens for $40 and many OF her
grown cats bring her $780, She is ex-
perimenting with the chinchilla,
South American breed, which is a ball Of
silver fur and is known as the most diff
cult to handle.
It is about year and half since the
Misses Meeker became interested in
raising cats. Before that they owned
white, and had raised him from a kitten.
When he was disposed of they sent to the
Inglewylde kennels, Maiden, Mass, for
stock and received Little Egypt. She was
only three months old and with the ex-
ception of few white spots on her
breast is jet black She is Whitehead
stock and carries herself with a dignity
and grace always found in a wild ami
NAL, for Little Egypt was wild cat and
has been reared in captivity by Miss
Meeker. Her mate, Marc Antony, is
magnificent red and white cat with red
eyes.
The other cats We're raised from birth.
They are Babs, a gray and cream, and as
full of mischief as even Mrs. Grand's i'm
beauty with soft fecks of white on his
brest, and Huckleberry Finn whose sex
bellies her name, and who is all cream and
grey and white.
Monday three little kittens were added
to the stock of the Misses Meeker, one jet
black and two white and gray. Mare
Antony, like proud father, gathered his
other children, Babs, Dandy Deever and
Huckleberry Finn, and led them up to
see the little newcomers. They sat
| around the box in which the wee things
lay and looked at them solemnly. Babs
ventured to put out her paw to touch
them but the watchful father interposed
| and refused to allow any caresses.
| Marc Antony is wonderfully intelligent,
| indeed all of the cats are clever and can
| roll over when they are hungry and jump
| when told to, and one might when Little
! Egypt was taken with convulson Mare
Antony ran to Miss Meeker's bed and
| never rested unLll he udu iOuSeu #ueI duu
she had gone to look after his mate.
Miss Meeker finds the raising of cats
a most interesting and absorbing occupa-
| ton. 1t is enough to watch the kittens at
play to become attracted by them; their
every movement is full Of grace and the
beauty Of their long coats and odd-col-
ored eyes cannot be resisted. They are
| remarkably healthy and with the excep-
| ton of accidents have been little trouble
| to their mistress. Marc Antony fell from
a second story window and injured his
| foot, but he bore the pain with the
| philosophy of an old Roman.
! They are fed twice a day on soft foods
and chopped meat and the dish Of milk is
! kept where they can. drink whenever they
wish. In warm Weather they are al
Flowed to play In roomy shed for hours
at a time and led by Babs they have the
4 merriest kind of romps.
Il The finest of cats come from Egypt. Al
i everybody knows, cats were once objects
= of worship in that country and among
some of the inland tribes are still treat
ed with veneration. Port Said is thu
/ cat market of the world and many {
A passenger bound east or west has become
Interested in the animals and has re-
manned over steamer in the hope OF OBJ