New-York tribune., 1907-12-19
THOROUGHBRED CATS.
Persians and Siamese DsUide Hon"
Ors zcith Feathered Tribe.

Fur and feathers are all the fashion at Madison
Snrsre Garden this week The nineteenth aniiuA.
exhibition OF the New York Poultry Flseon Ano
pet stock Association and the sixth annual $40"
90 tho Atlantic Cat Club are happening oolh et
- Tao conjunction proves one interesting
+ri,, namely that cats not nearly so casty
as heus are The hens at Madison square 1au.
ao nothing but put their heads togetner anu iiiaAS
disparaging remarks about the passefsoy Aho ei'
hens in the adjoining cages while tne cats a.
o,tbar rnarniicentIy indifferent to the "orio o.
sweetIv amiable, sticking ingrauarns paws 80
from their cages and mutely begging sou " S,op
and nlav with them. AS for the roosters' ln7S a0
fast making their throats sore CROWNS o'e
thing else in the show -.
1ha cats do not exactly like the publicity thrust
,,non them. but all except one are too poIlte 10 say
So The exception is siam de Farls' NE -
C-o,bcart,- famous screw tail Sianese cat WnIch
is full of disgust and voices il in ouc ana ansiS
tome Next door Siam de Paris IS f&o'neo ol1-l'
NJ, IT q Dvkhouse's straight tail Sianlese.
There has been L rivalry between these TWO o"
ers Miss Cathcart maintaining tnat the Sew 60
is a sign of cat royalty in Siam and tha' s''asnI
tqus are not even tolerated In the inner paIaco
- iii. Mrs Dykhouse is all for straight
tt1s :, are the Judges at the present show. ZOE
Romeo Siam carries of the prize IN the aaineSs
class The only female Siamese cat IN tniS co4-4-
+r, oecupIes a cage near her coInpaTloIS- @He l0-
ioicss In the eupaoniOus name or Romeo A~tanoa" ~
Iarsia, cats galore are in this show-oeautirul,
a-tsfocratic and loved to death by every one who
sees them. Silver Phantom. InasnIIeei. ~ 80 -
ohiIIa lately imported from England and the cner-
fshad nossessiou of Mrs. James ConlsA, carrieu on
a first prize The first prize IN the class 0. oiu9
eyed whites won by Miss Ava FoIIaIo 80
Purirana said to be the rneSr oIue sSea "iiso
persian ever benched. The third prize m tniS
Lass fell to White Aigrette. which belongs 10 a1ss
Laura Gould Hopkins secretary OF SIle cle' 1,y.,t
lucky cats take their honors modesty. put h,'o ,
AJe-rette does permit herself some airs over IIle
honors accorded her three charming chliGre &
nerba The Crusader and The Matador- IheS dIe
an pure white and blue eyed. and there was an
other lust like them. but IT died IL Is sara thas
So many blue eyed white kittens never happeheo
De,oIe ~ kitten for size is Miss Elizabetn
Nortons Greylock H. which Is SO enormous tnds
were it not for his playfuIness you ~ouet rooa me-
ersss that he is only seven months old GreyioeA
n. whose complexion is lovely silver gray car
ried blue r1ooon - 49,
The Hon. Peter Stirling, othsrw1se Peue. tnS
"~at Journal cat had just returned from strcii
with mis- master yesterday afternoon when tn9
Tribune reporter called on him Peter salo ne
,i,.ad his walk but that Fourth avenue was ratner
too ouet What Peter really enjoys, his master
savs is Broadway in the height OF the rush nour.
quite near Peters cage IS tnal OF h1nuSonio |.l
black and white cat. which looks mucn IKE any
6ne short haired cat of those coiors tIs she se,S
up and you see that she has no tail sne is
Manx and born on E G. Benecic'S > Sdeh' en-
route from the Isle OF Man.
The humane societies ought to be pleased at tne
way the cats treated Most Of them nave rono
,nisresses lowering around. sohcitosly teeins not
their pulses but their noses rs his nose cooiE
,s polite inquiry frequently exchanged oet"een
rival nlistresses. The cats cages are nAeu 70 uo
md Pink and blue the favorite colors Tor
cushions and hangings, but one black and gray
fellow has a house gorgeously decorated WITH reu
crane paper even the wires being wound WITH IL.
Nanoleon a handsome shaded silver belonging 10
Mrs A Mullen looks out between festive stream-
ers of srnilax and pink carnations Most OF , sns
-o,,an nave thoughtfuIly provided their cats with
nI.vrhinss Teddy bears being the favorites ap-
narentIy II cannot be said tnat the cats caio
49, go g. their fne fxings and they show a curl
Gus tendency to leave theT Susi''0Ai~ gnu 'SS -
their little tin pans ,. a.. NJ, ~,
9 Uofstra president OF the cat club. attracted
sreat deal of attention Mrs Hofstra was III yes
Irdav and could not be at the snow. SO MISS
tIa1Eirs the secretary. left TO near the orunt
- tbe complaints Of dissruntled competitors Cen
ooIlg about three Inqutring at once why their
ta,+tifri cats did not get even honorable menucn.
O' - e~csted woman rushed up to the secretary.
.syhere is that kitJen?" she demahdeo
What kitten2 -. .. e.
..Niv kitten that was dying want 20 take u
home and dissect II. and see what II also OF.
But the kitten had. disappeared anu l1o SS'S
r,c-tem could not be performed