Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
CAT SHOW WORSE
THAN JIM JAMS"
ALL SORTS OF FREAKS ARE
ENTERED
Some Are Blue, Some Orange, and
Some Other Colors That "Just
Cats" Have No Busi-
ness to Be

Society evidently refuses to wet its
dainty feet even for fair charity, plus
a cat show. The management of the
Chutes park exhibition of choice feines
found this out yesterday to their regret,
but n good cause dies hard and If the
weather man tries to balk them they
will continue their show till he has to
bring out the sun. Present plans are to
continue the show Sunday night, and
possibly till Monday.
Visitors who failed to take in the
show yesterday may miss some of the
interesting features. Early yesterday
afternoon while one of the young men
was seeking a can which he might at
tach to a short-haired pussy he came
upon remarkable animal padding
around the water of Chutes park lake.
The creature had the bill of a duck,
but this was set off by as fine a set of
whiskers as ever graced a Thomas
feline. The body was covered with
dark brown hair, and the beast swan
around the side of the lake by means Of
it's web feet.
Scenting a new creature the young
man hurriedly went to the exhibition
pavilion and told his story to the at
tendants. At first it was attributed to
mans diet, but finally his earnestness
persuaded the listeners, and captur-
ing party was sent out. When they re-
turned 1t was at once evident that the
find was great one. The creature be-
cause of it's resemblance to a cat was
at once called a web-footed cat and
placed on exhibition at the show rooms. |
Later it was learned that the supposed
feline was a cross between an Aus
fro1 lon hNtn nlyhi nd 10, ItY,.,
'possum.
Freak Graces Show
A pair of rabbit cats bred by Frank T.
Cantara are another freak exhibit of
the show. These strange creatures
have the launches of a rabbit and the
short stubby tail of that animal, but
their bodies and heads are those of
cat. At places on their bodies the cat
hair gives place to rabbit fur. These
strange quadrupeds hop about like a
rabbit and eat grass. Mr.. Cantara pro-
duced them by crossing a male rabbit
and a female cat. The original litter
contained seven little ones, but Jack
and Tootsie are the only ones left.
An accident to one of the exhibitors
who was viewing the sights at the
Chutes was the occasion for the Great
ing of another class of cats yesterday.
While young man, who desires his
name to be kept quiet, was leaning ove.
the railing watching the sea lion dis
porting in the icy water he noticed soma
animals swinging around in the pool.
Crawling over the rail to get a closer
view he fell into the pond. He then
observed that the creatures he had seen
were also variety of cats, called cat
fish.
Catfish Attract
Several were captured and brought
into the pavilion where an aquarium
was hastily improvised A new class
has been created for their especial ac-
commodation. Forty points will be
counted for length of whiskers, twenty
five for sharp "jabbers'' on the side of
their heads, fifteen for breadth of head,
ten for area of fin and ten for grace
fully shaped body. The winner, in ad-
dition to receiving a blue ribbon, will
win silver cup for the finest catfish in
the show and will probably be exhibited
at downtown aquarium provided the
legitimate pussies don't get him in the
meanwhile.
In the line of real cats, Mrs. Cora
Weston, who has exhibits Nos. l and 2, |
has two of the prettiest cats in the
show. Her Babe Alice, blue cat with
orange eyes, is a daughter of the
famous Black Mawcot. The other is
Buster White, hearty, fat, well grown
kitten months old and weighing ten
pounds. His mistress eyes sparkled as
she showed off his good points and ex-
planned what a great eater he is. Buster
is a very fine pussy and expects to leave
the show with blue ribbon around his
snowy white neck.
Orange Cat Exhibited
Mrs e. Goodrich has as her entry
Buster Brown, an orange tabby who is
the son of the old prize winner Robin |
Adair
Hans, 2-year-old silver cat, and the
white angora, Princess, which is years
old, are the entries of Mrs. j. j. Walter. |
Jim, a 7-months-old kitten belonging
to H. A. Carried, is making his initial |
bow in the show line. This pussy has
pure amber eyes, which place him al
most in class by himself Jim's mas
ter is confident that James will bring
home the bacon this week.
Mrs. ]. c. Girton's showing of fine
pussies is one of the best as we'll as the
largest in the show. 1t embraces King
Cupid, a blue-eyed white angora cat
the cup for being the best cat at the
San Diego show. Lady Jewel won first
in her class at the same exhibition. |
Then there are Princess, the mother of
California True Blue; Ii Hu Chung, a
female Siamese champion from way
back, champion Prince Blue Eyes and
Trouble, a pussy with one yellow eye
and one blue one. This cat made the
highest scoring in last years show.
scoring 99% points out of a possible 100,
and taking the silver cup.
Another famous cat is Lady Blue
Eyes, known as the club cat. The pic
ture of this pretty pussy appears on all
the club literature, and her owners
have renounced all claims to the adver-
nf tn n1tth