Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-06

one Of the manufacturer cat colorings,
as are also the smokes and some of the
other scarce and exceedingly valuable va
rieties The originaiseato solors are thought
to have been white, biaek and orange. and
from these the other SELF" or .'solid'
eoIors, red, blue, etc. as well az all the
many variations Of i5teoiof are supposed to
The tabby, we are told by scientists, orig
mated from years Of wandering In the will
derness. Just as tedayoK any cat is left
generations scientists WIFI tell us the coats
will be found to have taken on stripes and
spots, which 1t is said ~ wise provision
Of nature to protect hef among her foes.
We see this theory BEST illustrated in the
great cats-the tiger andfthe leopard.
So in domestic cats we have the brown
tabby. the great taHby.2 the blue. the red
or orange, the silver aiad other Tables.
type but the majority afe carefully bred.
All varieties have their enthusiastic adj
mirers and in England they band together.
forming clubs to specialize in the color
ing their members admire and strive In
every way to perfect their particular hob
by In America there is only one special
club. but it has quite a range, including
cream orange, red and tortoise shell.
However, this club counts among It's
members enthusiasts in all of the other
colors and its active membership roll Is
the longest of any cat club In the United
States.
Breeding Of Chinchillas.
The chinchillas have been bred hereto
fore for color only, the attempt being to
initiate newly coined silver, and show
points have had to be neglected. Most of
the chinchilas therefore, present narrow
heads with long noses and inferior bone.
Chow is a wonderful exception to the rule.
She won many prizes in England. among
them being a silver cup for the lightest
silver, and her children are covered with
oil there She has the broad head
and large bone usually found only in male
cats and exceedingly rare in all silvers. but
her great glory is her enormous, beautiful.
sea green eyes.
Turcana is young and has never visited
show. She is Of noble house. however.
with blood blue and extending back beyond
the memory Of stud book. The best blues
are obtained by judtcious intermingling
with blacks, and the best blacks are said
to be the result Of the use Of most decidedly
contrasting colors. as deep orange or
chinchilla on black For this reason Meme
liks queens were selected each for marked
distinction in her class to color. as well
as for perfection in any show point in
which Menelik himself might be lacking.
Menelik and his five queens do not reign
alone. A son, Cambyses by Roxana, has
won three first brown tabby prizes and is
noted for his sweet type" his short nose
and his pretty face. said by many admirers
to greatly resemble a pansy. Among MS
children he points with pride to three by
the best marked brown tabby in America
"Baronia" imported by and belonging to
Mrs. Gotwalts Of Pottstown, Pa.
Darius Dunain is very light and very
large brown tabby with the disposition OF
a baby. He is happy only when being neio
and fondled, and is intensely jealous Of
every other feline.
Many Fine Pets.
Many fine pets have gone forth from the
Khora ssan, and at all seasons Of the year
~, civ notant travelling crates are in use
for transportation to- shows or to happy
homes far away. A few of the best known
are Amytis of Pittsburg; Artaxerxes. win
ner of first at nine months over eight old
and noted cats at New York last season;
MeneIik-Atossa and Khorassan-Shireen,
who, with their sister. shadu rMulk. last
season wrestled female 1 brown tabby hon