Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-19
CATS CONGRESS- Is In SESSION;
DARLINGS ADMIRED BY CROWDS

separate apartments, and the big cat
spends most Of its time on soft blue
pillow.
wee McGregor" is a tiny Persian
Angora kitten with very long hair Of
a beautiful blue color, which never
moved from its easy place in a small
Indian basket all day. The basket was
no larger than hat, but the kitten
seemed to think 1t the most comfort-
able place in the cage. The kitten ut
terly disdained the pillow and even
cream ard beefsteak could not induce
1t from the basket.
Cat Has History
At one end Of the room was a large
cage with a big gray and black house
cat in it. Mike is its name and its mis-
tress said he is nothing but a house
cat, but he Is very nice"
Mike is a cat without q country.
The animal was born on board a Ger
man liner when the boat was within
one days Journey Of New York Mikes
mother was n Bavarlan cat and be-
longed to little German girl. When
the child's family sailed for America
she cried for her cat and that Is the
way Mike" became a cat without a
country. Mikes life has been rather a
remarkable one and only one of the
achievements to the animals credit Is
the bringing up of a flock of nine tur-
keys deserted by the hen which hatched
them. Mike stayed in the basket with
them day and night until the little
things were big enough to no longer
need a mother"
Mrs. Girton, president of the Los An
geles Cat club and one of the chief
workers In the cat show, shows many
beautiful cats from the blue Eyed
Kennels" Her cats are nearly all the
long-haired white Angoras with blue
eyes and perfect hearing. One of them
has a tail with a spread Of sixteen
inches across.
Lady Blue Eyes Is Charming
Blue Eyed Prince, a male who re-
ceived first prize at the San Diego cat
show, is one which she has entered,
and Lady Bite Eyes is the charming
companion. True Blue, another of Mrs.
Girton's cats, has an especial fondness
for pink and is the only one from the
kennel which has a pink pillow. Mr..
and Mrs. F. D. Hogoboom have beau
tiful white Angora pet from the Chi
cago feline aristocracy. Chicago has
furnished many cats to Southern Cali
fornia and visitors to the cat show yes
terday declared the show to be the best
ever given west of that city.
Bengal, a magnificent wildcat who is
in class all its own, is attracting
much attention. Bengal Is the only
one not Gagged. The animal sits upon
a pedestal, receiving with condescend-
ing grace all who come to pay court.
Bengal is the property of Mrs. H. A.
Stearns and Is as much of house pet
as any cat whose ancestors have all
been domesticated.
The Duchess, white Angora with
brown markings is another little lady
of high degree.
King Cole Is a Beauty
Mrs. e. A. Wright's prince Charm
ing is cat worth knowing. 1t is
an especially beautiful Angora. Two
Manx cats, Tom and Jerry the pets
of Miss Adeline Chandler, attracted
much attention. These animals have
no tails and 1t appears that until yes
terday there were a great many peo-
pie in Los Angeles who knew nothing
of cats without tails. They have pedi-
grees. though, and do not seem to be
the least disturbed over the lack OF
the other article.
King Cole, belonging to Mrs. II. e.
Goodrich of Westlake avenue, is a
splendid specimen of feline beauty and
the prince never heSitates to reject all
food save beefsteak and cream.
There are more than a hundred cats
in all and the managers of the show
had busy time yesterday finding
cages for all of them.
Today will be society day and this
afternoon women interested in cats will
serve tea when the kittens can spare
them for few moments.
Tomorrow afternoon the children will
be given first attention and some Of the
trick cats will perform for their bene-
fit.
The work of the judges was begun
yesterday, but will probably not be
completed until this evening. In ad-
dition to the ribbons which the cat
club awards there are many handsome