Evening journal., 1908-08-17
TO SHOW MICE
AT COUNTY FAIR
Pet Rodents the Exhibit Of
Federation Of Mouse
Clubs

Doubtless the most interesting exhibit
at the New Castle County Fair IN Sep
tember will be the trained mice which
have been entered by Mile. Marie Ballet,
of this city. Much has been done re-
Gently In the development OF the Fedora
ton OF Mouse Clubs OF America by Mile.
Ballet and Sylvester Chichester Lloyd.
OF New York. and the Fair management
feels gratihed by its success In secur-
ing this exhibit.
Mile. Ballet will show thirty-one OF
these valuable rodents. some Of which
she describes as follows;
Blacks and blues. black and tans,
black eyed whites. blue and tans. broken.
spotted and patched, chocolates and
blacks, cinnamon browns, creams, dark
sabes. Dutch marks. fawns, medium
sabes, self silver. silver greys, browns,
fawns, tortoiseshells, tricolors or sabes
and whites, variegated, whites. self
fawns, self reds. self chocolate, self
blacks. reds and whites. fawn and white.
orange, plum, plum silver. camelbacks.
silver black and white. silver and
whites, chocolate and white and black
and white Japanese waltzing mice.
Rodents Are Aorobats.
AT the recent mouse fanciers show In
Madison Square Garden in New York.
there were shown mice costing any
where from $500 to $4,000 piece and
the prizes on these were very valuable
These mice are easily tanned and trained
and can be taught to do many tricks,
like looping the loop, turning somer-
saults, walking tight-rope. and ring
ing a bell.
Mile. Ballet finds the mice are intel
ligent and affectionate, easy to feed and
to keep clean Having been a breeder
Of fancy mice for several years she takes
great pleasure in showing some new
breeds which much thought study and
care have evolved. Some OF those OF
which she is especially proud are three
fawn and white, two red and a family Of
red and white very beautiful choco-
late and white buck and soft fine white
and black waltzing mice.
A very rare waltzing mouse will be
shown. "Old Billy" over three years Of
age, and with a most remarkable coat.
In his first year he was a beautiful
white and black, his second year his
black marks turned grey and now in
his third year these gray spots arc
turning brown and his white spots are
pink Mile. Ballet is making this phe.
nomenal change the subject OF much
study and hopes 70 be able in a short
time to solve this problem. and preserve
the strain. There is absolutely no fake
about. this and Mile Ballet has named
Billy her puzzle In the same cage
will be seen boy" very rare and
beautifully marked buck, who won blue
ribbons at Madison Square Garden last
year.
Other attractive mice which will be
shown are Louis d Or" an orange
doe, also a blue ribbon winner. There
Will be several imported mice and some
perhaps that can not be found in any
other collection on this side OF the ocean.
All are blue ribbon winners, except those
that were born this spring.
Mouse Association Officers.
The officers of the National Federation
OF Mouse Clubs of America are as fol-
lows:
President, Sylvester Chichester Lloyd.
"Cresthill Mouseries," Highland. New
York; secretary and treasurer, Miss
Maude G. Morris, Highland. N. y: vice.
president Mile, Marie Ballet. No. sos
Broome street. Wilmington Del; vice
president, Miss Christine Spencer. sta
pleton Station S. T.; vice-president, Miss
Abbie Lathrop, CRANKY. Mass: vice
president, DR.. G. B. Southwick. Phi. ID.
n. Y. City Entomologist; vice-president.
Prof. c. II. Ellard, Columbia University,
n. Y. City Entomologist; vice-president,
Redwood scientist, N. Y. University.