New-York tribune., 1903-01-10
SNAPSHOTS AT THE CAT SHOW.

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Thursday consider the case OF Jack the me
black Persian exhibited by Miss Lincoln. Of Worces-
1e- Mass Jack had been temporarily moved INTO
the cage next his own. The judges happened along
~ that moment and seeing that his cage was
empty. marked him as absent and AWARDED TN, sne
IS considered by experts the hnest black Fefsis[
7ron cups WITHOUT number, Miss Lincoln was con
slaeTseE glre disturbed when they heard the
facts nd wished 70 revoke thelr decislon 4I 44u
axe lack - The Boston cat sho~y week, where
she is 10 one Of the judges
wr. Burton Harrison spent q long time at the
show yesterday forenoon, trying 10 buy black
f-rsiau with orange eyes She could not find what
she wanted, however
When Miss Margaret A GuneE takes her short
haired cream Siamese cat Chink out for an airing
people almost invariably take him for dog ne
has the corkscrew tail and hindQuarters Of pug
and his legs are short and stubby but his face ana
REX ere distinctly those Of feline another
Siarnese cat that attracts popular attention II
Tflu. owned by Mrs. II. s Hofstra. of Garden
Iitv Thu Is q chocolate cat and seems an AFRO
fa-- rnbappv 6ispositioned creature Most OF the
ats welcome the visitor with joI or al me - 49,
lea<+ with interest Not SO with Thu who assulnes
- e--srgers Tilu is gifted with Siamese voice
- rare power and dscordance tls palilIN e he
spe1ds : good deal OF his time in complaining or
vEorrT1nE aloud ne Is easily one Of the features
~ the show
rflu mas long. lean tail which be WATTS IN
7frr defiance II the mob of women and children
Tho peer into the cage in which 41e resides Chink
has only ring by way Of = tail There has ,~c oeTl
}ate. The tailed or the taiiless was me rue %
Ssmese cat Experts have decide'i u Is SAID 'hal
she cream tailless is the royal breed
Yrs Nix one Of the Judges. is mourning the loss
of So which Edwin Post gave her for St Humans,
= beautiful smoke Persian She comhing one
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hr 50 she hurriedy thrust the bills into the pocket
- .er APRON and with her work. Ten
i'I5otgS y ,.5AS name for cat when asked what il
meant Mrs Nix ex'iaIneo @ IIr ti.a5 - humans J.
Mrs Nix s.ho lives in the old Sir William John
.or mansion a JohnstoWn- has built house for
te- .s+terv n contains six rooms has hardwood
doors and round corners like hospital. and there
,,etvee,, twenty and thirty cats thoroughbred Per
slams all them. are donieiled- VI haEsnt @ serli6
cst On the place oe,isIss s.+r., "a 49,. -
-leyy On exhibition are Moonlight Lassie; Morning
C-ierx uiara Ford. Jack Frost King Of the silvers
,T5 f,oIivDon Diana is tortoiseshell She has
rzker s-sf prize as the best female in the show
scattered among the many pfize winning cats.
49, .spes are dadoed and wainscoted with
rlue aud red ribbons, and whose names ana peel
erees are bazoned forth conspicuousiy lor heI VINO
runs 20 read are the cats Tn1ca nave ao1 aiioSu
,,-e,,frn, os any sort. even commenced
80 ~, e,ss Of tho prize winners their ldolizng
-7is-reSses hang. and the admirins cloNa o.
,,s5,- e,-,,atiate on the points Of their daflings
Pff, the cats that have beeD passed over ps Nhe
fDdees st in lonely secluson-in the show ou' no.
Of n Their very owners seem TO be ashaiieo -
.bern The uanlpered ninions OF fame WINS"
-. - ~sa,,,res 20. into the public prints. a
- sr5 eTerciSe5 i1y their owners, VINO VII ~ no
sIIo-- +he asfendauts Of the show 10 Isuen -.
srbe ,,,ssf,c-s ,eafs hav and mix aifo
meat doled o1lt 70 them by the nirelss l ,r,@n -
Garden F3ut 10 The sentInentast S!t+i Cow
-vho loves rsts fdfotically. TIE pam ntIe s
Tnorplsce cats that connosseurs shla Bisr They
5es- - The bluest blooded imported feisiaLl -
f,ffv from their hearts the nfsietteu. -, .,-rt;r-
rreSiocre csrs the cats that arsif 1 ans 'ii4@ 80
fIjsr lr Terr,zr lza hle-oniy just CATS